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PQUALLING the best time ever • recorded- by a ;.,woman over 100 yards, Miss Evalihe-Martyn, of the Papanui Sports Club,:,establishes her claim, to be- ranked among the fastest women sprinters In the worl.d.When she ran round , about a. New Zealand record at a handicap meeting promoted by the Canterbury the Christchurch St. Patrick's Athletic Sports Association invited her to make an attempt" on the world's record for the 100 yards. She is running* from four to five yards;* better now than she was at the time the Canterbury provincial championships were contested.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1215, 14 March 1929, Page 14
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