MOTORING.
■ ■: —.— RELIABILITY, TRIAL. The following are- the official awards of ' tho Canterbury Automobile Aseociatfon'e' re- ' I cent reliaibility trial to Mt. Cook and back: — ' PRIVATE OWNERS' CLASS. ' H. W. Piper (Cadillac) 1000 marks .. 1 Ca.pt. McLean (Cadillac) 999 marks .. 2 F. W. Johnston, (Panhard) 979 marks .. S 'Dr. Simpson (Hupmobile) 969 maiks .. 0 :H. E. Kennett (F.1_f1..T.) 965 marks .. 0 • G. Fleming (F.1.A.T.) &iS marks .. 0 , ■ T. I*, Cowlishaw (Lcon-Bollee) did not finish. i| OPEN CLASS. i J. C. Meroer (Hupmobile) 1000 marks .'. 1 >' L. Montgomery (Hupmobile 999 marlce .. 2 . Hawkee, Ltd. (Dolage) 990 murka .. 3 F. W. Johnston (Panhard) 979 marks .. 0 i Dr. Simpson (Hupmobile) . 969 maTke .. 0 IH. X Kenjiett (F.1.A.T.) 965 marks .. 0 'j G. Fleming (F.1.A.T.) 946 marks .. 0 I I D. V. Grant (Vauxhall), ML W. Stevenson i ; (New Pick), A. Irving (Calcote), C. Blake , (Overland), Kibblewhite and Vaughan (Over- , j land) did not finish. Had Captain McLean'e Cadillac not had a ' email mishap to ite back wheel, it would have tied with Mr H. Cadillac for 1 firet place. In this event the rules would havo required a run-off to determine the I winner, tritlh the Petrol Test-as the determining factor. However, it ie interesting to leara! from Mesere Dexter and Crozier, Ltd., the Agents of the Cadillac, that when, the respective petrol tanks were- refilled in the Reliability Run, there was loss than half a pint of difference in the petrol con- . I sumption. .6
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15219, 5 March 1915, Page 5
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