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Press, Volume L, Issue 14908, 5 March 1914, Page 3

Record | Extraordinary! PICTON TO DUNEDIN i i The Greatest Performance < ever put up by a Car in j New Zealand has just been j made by a tlupmobilei Car And a Great Record has 3 been established. I The Model "H" Hopmobile (32 h.p.) car left Picton on Monday after-J noon at 1 p.m., and ran 1 right through to Dunedin,! a total of 8 496 Miles In the record time of I 17 firs. 25 Minutes Records were put up as follows; Picton to Christchurch 250 miles in - 8 hours 45 minutes <?, ■ , Christchurch to Timaru ■ / fn 3 hours 15 minutesj Christchurch to Dunedin P} 246 miles (in darkness) ;'\ In 8 hours 40 mins. totals— PICTON to DUNEDIN .__ ! 496 miles in 17 hours 25 mins. - The average speed, including crossing of rivers, and also including nine hours' <Mving in the dark, works out at over 28 Miles per Hour Which is a Phenomenal Performance. ■ Continental Tyres,giving absolute satisfaction, were used throughout the Journey N.Z. Farmers Co-op. Association Limited SELLING AGENTS: Kibblewhite & Vaughan I