A small gin, on the side Three drinks and five tween Mr M. J. Dixon, the miles are the obstacles to Canterbury Rugby back be surmounted in a lunch- selector, and Mr R. G. time race tomorrow be- Woodward, a woolbroker. The two men will start their novel contest from », the Gresham Hotel in > Cashel Street. The route will take them through the wXa.4 Riccarton Hotel, the Carlton Hotel, and finally back to the Gresham. . JaL The two men, who are ' , • T , both in their 40s, are holding the race to help raise money for the 1974 Com- » monwealth Games effort The rules of the contest stipulate that each man must have a drink at the three hotels encountered along the way. OMjjjgSF'v* “I don't know about my ’ rival,” said Mr Dixon yesterday, “but mine will be r 'JK a small gin.” MR WOODWARD 'IR DIXON
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32361, 29 July 1970, Page 15
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