Backed by Sir Abe Bailey
GREATEST MOTOR-CAR RACE IN HISTORY. United Press Association. —By Eiectric Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, November 18. The. London Dispatch says that Sir Abe Bailey has agreed to back the greatest motor-car race in history on the occasion of the Johannesburg Jubilee in 1936. The course will bo from Algiers ti Johannesburg, a distance of 8139 miles, and the winner will receive £IO,OOO. Sir Abe Bailey stated he rejected a request, to support an air race similar to the Melbourne race.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 272, 20 November 1934, Page 7
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83Backed by Sir Abe Bailey Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 272, 20 November 1934, Page 7
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