Capetown, Feb. 9.
A new record for a light from England to Capetown was sct with the arrival here to-day, after a remark-[able journey, of Flight-Lieut, 'Tommy Rose, the British aviator who won the King's Cup alr race last yea 'The aviator, who had lost valuable time on' account of a tropical storm, which made him land 70 miles south' of Salisbury, his penultimate stopping-place, covered the 6250-mile ash in three days, 17 hr. 38 min.
in doing s0, he clipped 13 hr. 16 min, from the previous record, held by Mrs, J. A. Mollison (Amy John-ison), who, in' 1032, accomplished the same journey In four days, six hr. 54 min.
Fligh(-Lieut, Rose, who used the same. Miles Falcon monoplane in which he won the King's Cup air Face, left Lympne, in Kent, at 1225 am. GMT. on February 0.
MFlipht-Lieut. Rose was given an offieinl welcome to Capetown by the Deputy Mayor—Reuter.
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