ATHLETICS.
HELSINGFORS, June 18. Nurmi ran the two thousand metros in 323 seconds, beating Wide’s 326 seconds. CHRISTCHURCH, .Tune 20. Tn the Canterbury cross country chain pionship, ten thousand metres, J. McKee (40/52) was first, R. Hillary (Tiroam 41/4) 2; G. L. Austin (41/22) 3. The course was hcavly. There were 34 starters and 30 finished. LONDON, June 18. At Stamford Bridge, in the women’s inter-club athletics Miss Edwards (Middlesex) ran a furlong in 26 secs., beating the world’s record by one-fifth of a second. '■ The race for the Senior Motor Cycle Tourist Trophy. Isle of Man, resulted: — Alex. Bonnet 1; J- Guthrie 2; T. Sinnster 3; J. W. Shaw 4. The winner averaged 68.41 miles hourly, n record.
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Grey River Argus, 21 June 1927, Page 3
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