WATER SPEED RECORD
ATTEMPT BY KAYE DON (British Otlioial Wirelsas) RUGBY, littli February. Kave Don, who will make an ollicial attempt on the' world water speed record at Buenos Aires early in March in the motor boat Miss England II leaves Tilbury to-morrow for the Argentine in the liner Andalusia. In trials on Lough Neagh, Don reached over 100 miles per hour on a threequarters throttle. In August Miss England II will take paid- in a race at Detroit for the British international trophy'.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 21 February 1931, Page 7
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84WATER SPEED RECORD Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 21 February 1931, Page 7
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