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A WORLD'S CAR RECORD. AVERAGE OF 114 MILES AN HOUR. London, Sept. 27. At Montlhery, Voison broke the world’s record of 400 kilometres in 21hrs. 58min. 53.955ec5. He covered 27-10 miles in 24 hours, averaging 114 miles an hour. Voison continued in the hope of beating Lindbergh’s long distance flight record, with a view to demonstrating that a motor car is capable of travelling nt a greater speed' than an aeroplane provided the contest is over a considerable period of timeHo notched the world’s record of 3000 miles in 26hrs. 31min. 52.125ec. and 5000 kilometres in 27hrs. 30!,min. when he stopped.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 29 September 1927, Page 7
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