ANOTHER CHALLENGER FOR THE WORLD WATER SPEED RECORD Mr Edward Spurr, a 31-year-old Englishman in the cockpit of his £IO,OOO speedboat, Empire Day 11, with which he hopes to secure the world record for speed on the water. A contest against Sir Malcolm Campbell in his new Bluebird speedboat, and Count Theo Rossi, of Italy, is planned.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23810, 17 May 1939, Page 4
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57ANOTHER CHALLENGER FOR THE WORLD WATER SPEED RECORD Mr Edward Spurr, a 31-year-old Englishman in the cockpit of his £10,000 speedboat, Empire Day II, with which he hopes to secure the world record for speed on the water. A contest against Sir Malcolm Campbell in his new Bluebird speedboat, and Count Theo Rossi, of Italy, is planned. Otago Daily Times, Issue 23810, 17 May 1939, Page 4
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