CYCLING RECORD BROKEN
FREMANTLE TO SYDNEY OPPERMAN’S FINE RIDE SYDNEY, Nov. 19. The cyclist, Hubert Opperman, arrived in Sydney from Fremantle, covering 3017 miles in 13 days 10 hours 11 minutes, and beating W. Read’s record by 5 days 8 hours 21 minutes. Police cars piloted the cyclist through the city, which was crowded with welcoming thousands.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23354, 20 November 1937, Page 14
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57CYCLING RECORD BROKEN Otago Daily Times, Issue 23354, 20 November 1937, Page 14
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