When Major Gwilym Lloyd George, so®, of Mr Lloyd George, was fined £2 at Woking, Surrey, for driving at between 33 and 40 miles an hour in a road where the epeed limit was 20 miles, his solicitor said it was his first offence in 14 yeans of driving. Captain B. 33. Bassett, chief hydrogiapher of the United States navy, announces that the ocean's greatest known depth—6.lß miles —has been discovered about 143 miles south-east of Tokio. Ho estimates the amount of gold which is dissolved in the sea at “ thousands of millions of tons,” running about £2 to every 250 to 500 lons. la fast fighting aeroplanes the speed record goes to France with 190 miles an hour. America is next with 170 miles, while Britain’s top speed is 155 miles aa boas.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19373, 8 January 1925, Page 8
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134Page 8 Advertisements Column 6 Otago Daily Times, Issue 19373, 8 January 1925, Page 8
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