THE TAIL OF A FISH THAT STINGS.—The tail assembly of a torpedo is most ingenious. By it are regulated the depth at which the torpedo travels and the direction in which it travels, and, of course, the propeller that drives the torpedo at some 40 knots towards its target. A tail of a torpedo being weighed at a factory that specialises in torpedoes.
MAN WHO LAUGHS AT PETROL RESTRICTIONS.—The cheers of hundreds of club cyclists greeted 28-year-old Tommy Godwin, as he cycled into Hyde Park. London one day recently, on the last lap of a year's cycle ride on the roads of Britain. He covered 70,065 miles, smashing Ossie Nicholson's record of 52,657 miles in 1937. He intends to ride for another 135 days in an attempt to bring his mileage up to 100,000.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 March 1940, Page 7
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134THE TAIL OF A FISH THAT STINGS.—The tail assembly of a torpedo is most ingenious. By it are regulated the depth at which the torpedo travels and the direction in which it travels, and, of course, the propeller that drives the torpedo at some 40 knots towards its target. A tail of a torpedo being weighed at a factory that specialises in torpedoes. MAN WHO LAUGHS AT PETROL RESTRICTIONS.—The cheers of hundreds of club cyclists greeted 28-yearold Tommy Godwin, as he cycled into Hyde Park. London one day recently, on the last lap of a year's cycle ride on the roads of Britain. He covered 70,065 miles, smashing Ossie Nicholson's record of 52,657 miles in 1937. He intends to ride for another 135 days in an attempt to bring his mileage up to 100,000. Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 March 1940, Page 7
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