Cable Briefs
i At Melbourne Ambrose Palmer (12.6) outpointed Tom Chester (12.7). Palmer won every round of a 12-round bout. The British troops have caused heavy casualties to armed bands of Arabs at Galilee, but a stray shot killed Private Michael Fury, of the Manchester Regiment. Ten Arab corpses have been found and one Arab prisoner taken. Two stratosphere liners capable of flying at 20,000 feet with a top speed of 240 miles per hour at normal levels and greater when higher are being completed by the Boeing Company and will bo put into service by the middle of 1938 by Pan-American Airways. The bodies are shaped like elongated teardrops. They carry 35 passengers by day and 25 by night. Wis den's five cricketers of the year are given as Goddard, Hardstaff, Hutton, J. H. Parks and Paynter*
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 61, 14 March 1938, Page 8
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