FAMOUS MOTORIST.
WELCOME ARRANGED FOR v SEGRAVE. (British Official Wireless.) Received April 11, 9.5 a.m. RUGBY. April 9. A public welcome .will, be given Major Segrave when he arrives ' at Southampton on Friday on the’ White Star iiner Olympic from the United States. The famous motorist is returning to England after regaining for Britain the world’s land speed record —231 miles an hour. All the shipping in port will be dressed with flags and an escort for the Olympic will be provided. The Mayor and Corporation will board the liner to greet Major Segrave, and a civic reception, to which 1500 people have been invited, will be held ashore. In London on Monday Major Segrave will be the guest of honour at a banquet which the Prince of Wales and representatives of Government Departments will attend.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 112, 11 April 1929, Page 7
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