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Construction of the racing car with .•which Norman Smith hopes to lower the world's land speed record at the Ninety-Mile Beach early next year, was commenced at Messrs. Harkness and Hillier'a engineering works a,t Sydney on 28th August. The first .rivet was driven by the Hon. J. A. Beasley, who explained to a representative gathering that the engine to be used would have almost double the power of the motor 6t the late Sir Henry Segrave's "Goldfen Arrow," shortly to be seen in New Zealand. When finished, the car would iireigh over 2^ tons. The design, which was evolved by Mr. 85on Harkness, has been approved by file British Government, and Smith Ifopes to attain a speed of 300 jn.p.h.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 71, 20 September 1930, Page 28
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