UNION COMPANY'S FLEET.
A FAST NEW STEAMER. Melbourne, November 2. The Union Company's new steamer Makura has arrived here after a remarkably fast passage. She lowered the record from Durban with only sevt;. of her eight boilers in use. She eovcred the distance of 3.511!) miles in i." days 21) hours, averaging 10.8 knots nil the wax'.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 266, 3 November 1908, Page 2
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57UNION COMPANY'S FLEET. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 266, 3 November 1908, Page 2
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