LAND SPEED RECORD
NORMAN SMITH’S ATTEMPT TESTING THE TIMING APPARATUS. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, December 30. At the invitation of the Auckland Automobile Association, Dr C. E. Adame, the Dominion Astronomer, will leave Wellington for Auckland to inspect the timing apparatus to be used for recording the time taken by Norman Smith, racing motorist, to cover certain distances on Ninety Mile Beach in connection with his attempt on the land speed record. The association is anxious that the timing gear should be absolutely accurate, and Dr Adams will inspect the apparatus, and probably test it.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21531, 31 December 1931, Page 11
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96LAND SPEED RECORD Otago Daily Times, Issue 21531, 31 December 1931, Page 11
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