WANGANUI SPEED BOAT.
FIFTY MILES AN HOUR. [BY TELEGRAPH—PRF a S ASSOCIATION.] WANGAUI, Jan. 23. At the annual regatta to-day there was a tremendous crowd. The Masport Oup, the New Zealand speed-boat championship trophy, was retained by the local boat, “J. and J.,” it reaching at times a speed of 50 miles an hour. The Picton challenger was third. In a a subsequent race the former hit a floating log and was seriously damaged and the latter had engine trouble. The Auckland champion, Miss Akarana. won all the outdoor motor*boat events.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 24 January 1928, Page 5
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