DESPATCH CONTEST
\ FROM ADELAIDE TO SYDNEY. tinifed Pr<>s* Association—By Eiictrio i clegTaph— Copyright. , SYDNEY, April 7. A military despatch contest, Adelaide to Sydney, between cyclists, motor-cyclists, and motor-cars, has concluded. Thc cyclists received twontyfour hours' start on the motorcyclists and thirty hours on the cars. The cyclists arrived early this morning, alter a journey occupying 69hrs 32min' The cars are expected four hours later, and the motor-cyclists a couple of hours after the cars.
Tho cyclists averaged a speed of 16$ miles per hour.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14324, 9 April 1912, Page 7
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84DESPATCH CONTEST Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14324, 9 April 1912, Page 7
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