Great interest is-'being'-displayed- in' the ~ eculling exhibition between Arnst and Fogwell, wliieh is to take pluce at Day's Bay-on Saturday next., In preparation- of this event, both ' scullers, had a...trial spin yesterday • morningi; • and' ;:very./ pleasingly. .Steamers;' vrili run from the I'erry Wharf from 1.15 p.m. The . ' return fare is 2s. 6d.. ;■■' r . ■ ■ \"I have never come across a man who did,not swear,-' declared, a Brentford magistrate.- > - i'.'A message, dated Dvinsk; Russia, from the "Daily Graphic" balloon expedition, states "Desconded Mateki Derevni,: Novo Alcxandrovsk, in gale, easy.onough. Rough descent, on ice. About 1150 miles. All well." The world's record of 1193 miles accomplished by Count do la Vaulx;has apparently not been beaten, but it is a now record for Britain.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 399, 7 January 1909, Page 7
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