AERIAL DERBY RACE.
VICTORIAN COMPETITORS. THIRD MAN PLACED FIRST. (Received May 10, 5.45 p.m.) MELBOURNE. May 10. Major de Havilland finished first in the Aerial Derby at tho Victorian Aero Club's pageant, but was disqualified for cutting a corner. Major Murray Jones was second, but could not take the prize as he was piloting a Government machine.
Mr. J. Turner, in a Hawk Moth, who finished third, consequently was placed first.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20869, 11 May 1931, Page 9
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