Competitors in a sports meeting event had to run a mile, walk a mile, cycle a mile, and roller-skate a mile. There is no truth in the rumour that one unscrupulous entrant also skipped a mile.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 September 1939, Page 7
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36Untitled Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 September 1939, Page 7
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