Woman Motorist
RACING IN AUSTRALIA. Mrs. A. McKinnon, who arrived in Sydney recently with her husband, i 3 a racing motorist, mechanic and outboard motor racer. She and her husband brought with them a speciallybuilt racing car, to compete in motor races in Australia. The round-Australia car trim’s in 1937 have also attracted tho visitors. Mrs McKinnon, who is 27 years of age, has been fascinated by engines of many types since she went to England from Sydney six years ago. With her father and mother she lived in a cabin cruiser on the Thames, and when she went to London she commenced to take a great interest in motor craft, says the New Zealand Herald.
At 22 years of age, with a companion, she crossed the North Sea, from Westminster to Amsterdam, in a 14ft. Si-horse-power outboard-engined craft. Most of tho voyage was made in the dark, with only an electric torch for light. Later, Mrs. McKinnon raced for an outboard motor firm.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 14 (Supplement)
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164Woman Motorist Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 14 (Supplement)
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