MELBOURNE TO PERTH IN AIR
ATTEMPT ON RECORD TO BE MADE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, Sept. 7. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith will take off from Melbourne to-morrow in his air race ’plane Lady Southern Cross in an attempt to beat the record to Perth. He intended 'to. fly from Sydney, but owing to the Mascot aerodrome being flooded and the great weight of fuel carried he decided to start from MJelbourno,
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1934, Page 7
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