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OWNER OF BRITISH PLANE EXPECTS TO WIN BIG AIR RACE
AUCKLAND, Monday
The hope that the machine he owns will win the Centenary air race was expressed today by Mr. A. O. Edwards, managing director of Grosvenor House, London, who is on his way to Melbourne. This machine is a specially designed De Havilland Comet, and will be piloted by C. W. Scott and Captain Campbell, two of the best pilots in England. It has a guaranteed speed of 200 m.p.h. and, according to Mr. Edwards, the pilots propose to take four hour shifts during the day with shorter shifts at night.
Daily Examiner, 2 October 1934
Colin Delaney waved from beneath the sandstone clock tower at the University of Sydney.
“Good to see you, Rowly,” he said as he shook the artist’s hand. “Sick of Canberra alread
