LONG CYCLE RIDE
AUCKLAND TO WELLINGTON
In an endeavour to set up a new ?. Auckland-Wellington cycling record, a " Taranaki cyclist, O. T. Barnard, -left „ Auckland' at midnight. AccordingaitaL his schedule he hopes to complete" WeT ' long journey to Wellington in 35 of 36 houfs, his plan being to reach Waitaraktr'about 6 o'clock this evening and. Stratford two hours later. Everything < going well, he expects to be through, Foxton by 7 a.m. tomorrow, and to arrive at Wellington between. 11 a.in* - and noon tomorrow. / ". ~
Wellington cyclists propose to go out tomorrow morning •to meet Barnard* ' who will be piloted to the finishing point in Post Office Square by a traffic - officer. Officials in connection with' the record-breaking attempt are asfollows:—Judge, Mr. T. Booth; time*' keepers, Messrs. C. Hodgson, M. Saudi-. ford, and H. Jury. The Auckland-Wel-lington cycling record is hold by L. G.~ Lukey,. who; in 1934, covered the long journey in, 86 hours 19 seconds. Bar-. nard is a member of the New Ply-. mouthy Amateur Cycling Club, and hasbeen riding for only a little over * yeai\
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 18, 21 July 1939, Page 4
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177LONG CYCLE RIDE Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 18, 21 July 1939, Page 4
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