I Mt. Diablo Record I Again Smashed! I PREVIOUS RECORD LOWERED 1 BY FOUR MINUTES | S3 Miles of Winding Mountain Road, § climbing 3,896 feet in 55 minutes. [ (From "San Francisco Examiner,' Oct. 29) .. 5 LITTLE GAR WINS , LOCAL GUP AGAIN ' j Briscoe Re-Sets Oakland Mt. Diablo Record I Time for 33 Miles is 55 Minutes. j3 The Briscoe again possesses the Mount fJS Diablo record, and with it the beautiful ; $a| Key Route Inn and Savage Tire Company > iffil tropliics. Last Sunday morning a stock £31 Briscoe touring car, four cylinder model, t fifl with four passengers, was driven from the ' k HH Key Route Inn, Twenty-second and S WB Broadway, Oakland, to the summit of £ I**** Mount Diablo, in 55 minutes flat. This K trimmed four minutes off the best previous e record. The distance is thirty-three'miles. 5 The record was out of the hands of the Ej Briscoe only ten days, the former record H of the Briscoe having been excelled H October 5. Sunday morning at 2 o'clock, H the attempt- was made, which again • H brought home the trophies. The drivers H were M. F. Doorley and V. W. Hammond. H Farlier in the evening a party, which 0 included Vice-President L. P. Wilson of H the Briscoe factory, drove to the summit H of the mountain, to be present when the H car arrived at the finish of the test. H The " BRISCOE " is a car that is doing H splendid work in New Zealand. Its price H is moderate, and all particulars can be H obtained from Dexter and Crozier Ltd.. H the Agents, Worcester St., Christchurch. ■ / CIGARETTES VW. ' BUCKtinBJOFiJBK'«/]f-—H JUL Jpji|^* KODAK ON YOUR HOLIDAY An Autographic Kodak will give an added charm to your vacation. Every happy incident can be shown in your Kodak snaps. Here is a suitable suggestion— No. 1A Kodak Junior fitted with' a Rapid Rectilinear Lens, for'. I daylight loading films, 4J x 2J, I fegd PPice *3/2/6,. H HWP sicklings Hi K^^^^^^f io9 Cashei st - chris,church THE XMAS GIFT SUPREME An AUTOGRAPHIC KODAK. ' ss,o 3 MAKE THIS XMAS A KODAK XMAS I The 3a Autographic Kodak | i j is an ideal Christmas Gift J r P? 3A Autographic Kodak It of great value to parents desirous of keeping a record of the progress of their children ; to holiday-makers, motorists, tourists, and travellers ; to architects contractors, men on the land; to those interested in scientinc subjects; and to teachers. 5/10 A ° ltCard picturcs ~ *3* Price, ffes Other Autographic Kodaks from 35/- upwards. Ilif IV? N °-.' Brow "'* » ideal for children. 1 11 miFSr I oSrl5 2i x - 2 * inchc *' Price 6/ " 11 BSft '" A " k £ ° r thC late,t K ,^* k Catologue Free ! KODAK DEALERS ■■ fwR for the name "Kodak" II {Of •tamped on the camera. M KOD*K(AW), LTD, AuckUnd Md , , «
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15769, 9 December 1916, Page 4
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