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Opperman’s Great Cycling Feat. LAND’S END TO JOHN O’ GROATS. Uniter] Press Assn.—By lSlectrtc Telegrapn —Copyrigh t. (Received Julv 19, 2 p.m.) ~ LONDON, July 18.
Hubert Opperman. the great Ausi tralian c y c 1 i s t, i reached John o’ i Groats at four o’clock this after- ■ noon, having cover- | ed the 865 miles ; from Land’s End at an average speed, I including all halts, !of .fifteen miles an i hour. He beat the record established Lbv J. Rossitter in 1929 by 4hr 21min.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20361, 19 July 1934, Page 9
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