ENGLISH RACING MOTORIST TO ATTEMPT WORLD SPEED RECORD.—Mr John Cobb will endeavour to break the land speed record of 357.5 miles an hour, held by Captain G. E. T. Eyston, at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, to-day. This photograph was taken at Bonneville during Mr Cobb’s last attack on the record.
TOURING FOOTBALLERS FROM RIJI. —Fijian Rugby footballers who arrived at Auckland in the Monowai yesterday to play a series of matches in the Dominion* This is the first native team to leave Fiji .
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22795, 22 August 1939, Page 14
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83ENGLISH RACING MOTORIST TO ATTEMPT WORLD SPEED RECORD.—Mr John Cobb will endeavour to break the land speed record of 357.5 miles an hour, held by Captain G. E. T. Eyston, at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, to-day. This photograph was taken at Bonneville during Mr Cobb’s last attack on the record. TOURING FOOTBALLERS FROM RIJI.—Fijian Rugby footballers who arrived at Auckland in the Monowai yesterday to play a series of matches in the Dominion* This is the first native team to leave Fiji. Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22795, 22 August 1939, Page 14
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