So sensitive is the light beam timing apparatus that will be used when Mr. Norm'an “Wizard” Smith attempts to. break . the motor epeed record on the Ninety Mile Beach in December, that, it will register even the passing of a bird, within. the. focus of the machine.' The device is.. so set that a beam, of light passes'from'a projector to a receiver and the interruption of the beam by a passin" object la Automatically recorded on a strip of tape. Such apparatus ia part of the equipment regarded as essential before the new racing records are recognised by the International Automobile Association of Recognised Automobile •Ghibs.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1931, Page 5
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