,■ A -party of motorists.who loft Cbristchurch 1011 liiesclay-'-.-mormng,'.covered -tho 38(5 .miles ■■ joui'iioy day. This is .thofirst timo in.tho history of tho Dominion . tliat so long-ia iruii :has been accomplished m .a day. Tho distaaco between Christchurch 'and Danedin : . (2-t6 miles) M-as covoi-od iii llio ; remarkable timo of 7hr. S3apin'.,. an average ;,sp6td of about 31imiles por. hour.' Splendid itiniy was again madd to Milton : (36: milos in Glmiiii) and- to . Balclntha (53 , "niilcs in llir" 50min.).- This speed could ciisily boon.maintained.for tho/balmicr of the:;journey,,-but the motorists lost: their • tho. darkness. - .Tho car,: a 30-40 li.p. < ,jta " thfl journey* ; ,. ■. ■' %
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 124, 18 February 1908, Page 9
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