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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16491, 5 March 1914, Page 10

RECORD EXTRAORDINARY. PICTON TO DUNEDIN. The Greatest Performance ever put up by a Car in New Zealand has.just been made by a HUPMOBILE CAR and a Great Record has been established. . The .Model H Hupmobile (32 h.p.) Car left Picton on MONDAY AFTERNOON at. Ip.m., > l : y ■i-’l'- -v . ' right through to DUNEDIN, a total pf 496 Milos in the record time of hrs. 25 mins. Records were put up as follows : Picton to ChflßtGhurch: , 250 Miles In 8 hours 45 mins. 17

Christchurch to Tlmaru: mlna;;r Christchurch to Ounadin: *<A 246 Miles (in darkness) In 8 hours 40 mins. VI • s.\ v - «Y TOTALS I . Picton to Dunedin: 496 Miles In 17 hours 26 mins. The average speed, including crossing of rivers, and also including 9 hours driving in. the dark, works out at over 28 MILES PER HOUR ..which is a phenomenal performance. CONTINENTAL TYRES, giving absolute satisfaction, were used throughout the journey. NX FARMERS CO-OP. ASSN. Selling Agents— KIBBLEWHITE AND VAUGHAN.