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This would appear to be the dedication of the "World Record" plaque on USS Lexington (CV-2) commemorating the ship's speed record described below in the Associated Press report in the Tuesday, June 12, 1928 edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune: NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER SETS WORLD RECORD

Washington, D.C., June 11. - (AP) - By steaming over the waters of the Pacific Ocean at an average speed of 29.2 knots an hour for 24 hours, the giant aircraft carrier Lexington established a world record day's run of 700 nautical miles. When the commander of the 33,000 ton vessel advised the Navy Department of the achievement today, the Lexington was traveling 30.4 knots an hour and indications were that she may surpass the record the first 24 hours on her 2,228 nautical mile trip from San Pedro, Cal., to Honolulu, where she is due to arrive tomorrow at 1 p.m. Captain A.W. Marshall, skipper of the powerful craft, reported that the vessel weighed anchor at San Pedro at noon Saturday.

This pic was taken at the Canberra peg driving ceremony which took place on Thursday 20th February, 1913...the Canberra peg driving ceremony marked the commencement of the layout of the city. Note that the Canberra Inauguration Ceremony was a different occasion...it was held a few weeks later on 12th March, 1913... trove.nla.gov.au/work/231185735 - the National Archives version of this pic identifies the surveyor as P. L. Sheaffe [ie. Percy Lempriere Sheaffe]... trove.nla.gov.au/work/231041977 - Sheaffe also appears in this other National Archives pic...there's quite a bit of info on him out there, in the digitised newspapers, etc... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15400549 - SMH, 24th February, 1913...item on the peg driving ceremony... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31397070 - the Queanbeyan Age, 25th February, 1913...a bit more detail on the peg driving ceremony... Same occasion...King O'Malley hammering in the first survey peg... www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/51971479047/ Also same occasion www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/51972480136/ trove.nla.gov.au/work/230953530 - National Archives pic of the 2nd peg being driven in... What a shame they had to ruin such a beautiful part of the country by putting Canberra there. They should have just built some great big fortress in Melbourne from where they could have issued edicts and sent their tax collectors and police to terrorise the population. Now that democracy has been cancelled goodness knows what use they'll have for Canberra.

Excellent!