KING'S CUP AIR RACE
FATAL CRASH OF MACHINE KING EXPRESSES SYMPATHY (Received September 13, 6.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Sept. 12 In winning the King's Cup air race C. Gardner beat the speed of any previous winning machine by not less than 57 miles an hour. The Secretary for Air, Viscount Swinton, who presented the cup, referred to the fatality which was the first accident in the race since 1928.
The King asked that his sympathy be expressed to the relatives of the victims.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22833, 14 September 1937, Page 9
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84KING'S CUP AIR RACE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22833, 14 September 1937, Page 9
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