Although Hubert Opperman was unable to complete the Coronation sixdays’ race because of his partner, L. Rogers, New South Wales, being forced out with a badly injured knee, the Victorian had the consolat’on of knowing that the hard raring in 'his event provided him with an invaluable workout to fit him for his f >r(hcoming series of unpaced record attempts. A cablegram from London recently stated that Opperman broke the LondonPortsmouth and back unpaced record by 27 seconds. The Victorian already holds the world’s 24-hour at 461? miles, which he made in England in 1934. His objective will be 480 miles—2o miles for 24 hours on end.
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Southland Times, Issue 23227, 16 June 1937, Page 14
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