SPEEDBOAT RACING
ATTACK ON WORLD REOORD 90 MILES AN HOUR EXPECTED (Untied Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received May 26, 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, May 25 Secretly built from designs by Mr Edward Spurr, engineer, in collaboration with Lawrence of Arabia, a 16fe'et speedboat, christened the Empire Day, is expected to achieve a speed of 90 miles an hour and is attacking the Italian world record of 70 miles an hour on Lake Windermere within three weeks.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19380526.2.73
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20508, 26 May 1938, Page 9
Word count
Tapeke kupu
75SPEEDBOAT RACING Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20508, 26 May 1938, Page 9
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Waikato Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in