"DOMINION" OFFICE TO NAPIER.
CYCLIST WILL -ATTEMPT THE RECORD. intention of ;Mr.'Frankißirties", .whoy-rMenUy.^pled-'.-through' the''-Northern Territory,;, of,' Australia, . to|.'- endeavour'-to. break the 'cycling record from- Wellington: tf> Napier,.'':. At;prosont the-record- time ';isYb<Sr. tween; 15 - and. 16 hours, /which was ■ established: by;"a-Napier .'resident;': ;The, distance to ;is72o? :iriilesj-.ahd; Mr. Bij;tlgs hopes to do it. m'twelve hours. His programme is Leave Dominion office \4 o'clock l f 'breabfast/atiMasterton 7.30 a:m.s 'iunch-iat.rDannevirk'e-12 'noon; reach Waipawa 3.30 p.m.; reach Napier 5 p.m. Of - course,'. these arrangements are subject- to weather conditions, since a hea'd wind,- even. :'td - Birtles's ; bicycle, wouM'.be sufficient' to- spoil .tt'6''perfomande.;'V-)Th6':'^le'\'riddea?willvto a Rudge-Wh'itworth, fitted with Diinlop roadracihg tyres. . : •. '
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 403, 12 January 1909, Page 8
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106"DOMINION" OFFICE TO NAPIER. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 403, 12 January 1909, Page 8
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