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GREAT PICTON TO DUNEDIN On Monday last a great test trip was Undertaken with a Model H Hupmobile Standard Touring Car. * The car ieii rxcton at i p.m. on Monday afternoon, and after running continuously all that day and night, over hills and rivers, and passing several flocks of sheep, reached Dunedin in the record time of 17 HOURS 25 MINUTES. RECORDS were put up as follow:—; PICTON to CHRISTCHURCH >...; >...;%.-: >#,-; *s® in 8 H(mrS Minutes CHRISTCHURCH to TIMARU .- < >•• -j >•• •: > : • •:" 112 Miles ** 3 Hours 15 Minutes CHRISTCHURCH to DUNEDIN M <...,: *..*' >...:- 246 Miles in 8 Hours 40 Minutes *I(STON to DUNEDIN >../>♦. *" ....>...?-.: 496 Miles in 17 Hours 25 Minutes Average Speed Over 28 MILES per Hour. • ~ The run from Hurunui to Hampden was made in total darkness. * Considerable time was lost between Timaru and Oamaru ttaragh taking the wrong road. Due regard for the safety of the travelling public was our -first consideration, and in no .instance was a risk taken in rounding corners or passing otliers/M The Car went through all rivers and sand beds without liaving.to resort assistance. This creditable performance clearly demonstrates that for RELIABILITY, MARVELLOUS ACCELERATION and BELL-CLIMBING capabilities the stands out on its own* >■. THE HUPP was fitted with Oversize ni.-ribbed CONTINENTAL TYRES, and came through the trying ordeal with only one s%ht puncture on«Baimoy Hill. . . . . Book your Order early, and become a satisfied Hupp owner. HZlßpersCo-op Assn. Ltd. jjellin^Age^ ,«&......_ J &$? '

MOTHER OF TEN. \ ' j The larger the family ttie * greater the need to "keep always Tiands; ih the house a bottle of a good cold or cough remedy. ..A .mother ..of ten. healthy -children writes that she is never without a bottle of Baxter's. Lung Preserver. S!he says: —"I-find that a few deses :of your Lung Preserver is nearly always sufficient to cure a cold if given at the first sign. I always keep a bottle of Lung Preserver in the house." All chemists and stores stock Baxter ?s Lung Preserver at 1/10 a bottle.—.6l.

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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 26, 7 March 1914, Page 2 (Supplement)

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Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 26, 7 March 1914, Page 2 (Supplement)

Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 26, 7 March 1914, Page 2 (Supplement)