SPORTING
PLUNKET SHIELD. AUCKLAND TEAM. The. Auckland team to meet Otago on New Year’s Day will he: Weir, Mills, Gillespie, Pestles, Whitelaw, Hay, M'Coy, Matheson, Vivian, Smith, T. Lyon. Rowntree is voluntarily standing down to give the young wicketkeeper, Smith (Y.M.C.A.)j a chance. Cleveriey, the fast bowler, is not available.—Press Association telegram.
LAND SPEED RECORD.
3* WIZARD” SMITH’S ATTEMPT.
TEST OP TIMING APPARATUS,
[Pik TJsitsd Prsss Association.]
WELLINGTON, December 30 At the invitation of the Auckland Automobile Association, Dr E. 0. Adams, the Dominion Astronomer, will leave Wellington for Auckland to inspect the timing apparatus to be used for recording the time taken by Norman Smith, racing motorist, to cover certain distances on Ninety Mile Beach in connection with his attempt on the world land speed record. The association is anxious for the timing gear to be absolutely accurate, and Dr Adams will inspect the apparatus, and probably test it.
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Evening Star, Issue 20988, 30 December 1931, Page 10
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