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GRAHAME-WHITE AGAIN. BOMB-THROWING FROM THE SKY. A FLIER INJURED. By Cable— Press Association.—Copyright Received September 16, 10.30 p.m. New York, September 16. Claude Grahame-White defeated Glen Curtis in the world's speed championship of five and a quarter miles, doing it in omin. 47 4-ssec. Johnstone won the aeroplane bomb-throwing contest. Grahame-White was second. Roe, an Englishman, fell and was seriously injured. MR. GLIDDEN® SCHEME. Received September 16, 10.30 p.m. San Francisco, September 16. Charles Glidden, originator of the long distance prize tours for automobiles, offers a trophy for annual aeroplane tours, starting next year. Mr. Chas. Glidden is an American millionaire devoted to the motor movement. Three years ago he sped through this country in a huge motor car, and had then conquered the continent of Australia. He was extremely popular in New Zealand, not merely because he praised it, but because he spent money very freely, and appeared to be ruggedly democratic in liis methods.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 136, 17 September 1910, Page 5
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159IN THE CLOUDS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 136, 17 September 1910, Page 5
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