THE QUEEN MARY.
SPEED SHARPLV REDucID. THICK FOG ENCOUNTERED. EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO PLAN. United Press Assn—Elem Tel. Cnpyrighli .\'l-I\\' YORK, May 30. A correspondent of the New York 'l'inlcs on hoard the lincr Queen Mary saysz~filwaming at an average speed ur 30:61; knois. Britain‘s bid for [he hluc rihmnl ol‘ the A‘ilaniic seemed to hc wilhin her grasp during, ihc '2'.) hours from noon on Friday nnlil noun [o—day Allowing for an hour's change in time, the liner steamed 766 nautical miles, compared with the Normandlc‘s third—day record run of 7M- nnles. The ship's officers still insist that no determined cilorl is being .nqu to eslahlish a record. They said they expected to reach Ambrose Llsnt. New York, at 11 mm. on Monday morning as scheduled, and i 0 dock soon utter wards. Later in the afternoon, however a thick fog diminished hops; Ihal. the liner would establish a 13"301'd. Al 11.15 pm. her speed “'45 sharply reduced. The commander. Sir L‘dgar Britten. said: ”Everything is going according to plan and the results so far exceed our equcintions. We are not out to show on" or to aim at. italustlu records.“
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19900, 1 June 1936, Page 7
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191THE QUEEN MARY. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19900, 1 June 1936, Page 7
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