GIRL CYCLIST'S TRIP.
ARRIVAL AT WELLINGTON. JOURNEY OF NEARLY 80 HOURS. [by telegraph.—own correspondent.] WELLINGTON, Sunday. At, 10.40 to-night. Miss V. Baird, an Auckland girl, arrived on her bicycle at the G.P.0., Wellington, at the end of a trip from Auckland, which was begun at 3 p.m. on Thursday. In spite of rather unfavourable conditions toward the end of ihe long journey, Miss I'aircl \va s well ahead of her schedule. Under her original plan she expected to reach Wellington at 9 a.m. to-morrow. When she arrived to-night she appeared quite fresh, in fact, much fresher than her brother, Mr. S. J. Baird, who accompanied her. They had been just 79 hours 40 minutes on the road, and covered about 480 miles with three brief spells for sleep. Mr. J. C. Stewart, well known in Auckland cycling circles, accompanied the cyclists in a moto-car throughout the. journey.,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21142, 28 March 1932, Page 9
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147GIRL CYCLIST'S TRIP. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21142, 28 March 1932, Page 9
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