Fast Ocean Steaming.
The Orient Line steamship Ormuz f'ved in Plymouth Sound at G. 30 . on Saturday, January 14, it being the ninety-iirst day since she sailed from that port for the Colonies, In the interval she had travelled 24,060 knots, and made 15 stoppages at various ports, besides remaining 15 days at Sydney. The Ormuz's outward passage (says the Pall Mall Budget) is distinguished by being the fastest ever made to the Antipodes, her ocean steaming time from Plymouth to King George's Sound being 25 days ti hours, and the time occupied in the transit of the mails to that port, from the hour of posting in London, being 23 days 10 hours—a remarkable record. The speed averaged from the time of taking the mails on board at Suez till landing them at Adelaide, was upwauls of 15| knots, and the best day's run was lot) knots, equal to ill knots, The Ormuz has come irom Adelaide under easy Hi steam in less than 33 days, including
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2859, 28 March 1888, Page 3
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168Fast Ocean Steaming. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2859, 28 March 1888, Page 3
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