COLD AND WET.
SUTHERLAND’S TRYING EXPERIENCE. RODE BICYCLE FROM AUCKLAND TO WELLINGTON. (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, June 13. A. C. Sutherland, professional cyclist, who left- Auckland at 9.15 a.m. on Thursday, arrived here at the saime time yesterday morning. He experienced "bad weather in the latter part, and was very fatigued on arrival. Heavy rain came on after reaching Otaki, and the rider lost his way several times. At Tawa Flat, no great distance from Wellington, he was frozen, and crawled under a bush for shelter. He saw a light and found a hut with; two men, hut they had no food. Pacers picked him at times, 'but mostly be was by himself, and felt the loneliness more than anything. It was estimated that his actual riding time was 53 hours. He reached Hawera at 10.30 p.m. on Friday, Palmerston North at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday, and then rode through the night and a. cold head wind and rain till lie arrived. Sutherland .says lie would not do the journey again for £IOOO.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 13 June 1927, Page 5
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173COLD AND WET. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 13 June 1927, Page 5
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