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Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 129, 3 June 1920, Page 2

! . '"" . ■ ' . ■ ■■ \ Overland! 4 Sets Endurance Mark. Stock Car, Running 24- Hours a Day for Seven Days, Travels a 45Z Miles. DRIVEN continuously, for. seven, days and sewm* bights,, over ordinary suburban roadways,. an. Overland 4 stock case has established at i ' . Indianapolis, TJ.& A.,,,a»;new world's niileige record for. a ligjvbvcar under [ 168 hours or incessant ..driving.. . The Overland 4 in,the seven.day> and nights of. this remarkable en- ■ • duranca run, piled up &i\ record, of 5,452-15. miles*. The car finished the , grind im the same fiiisk; tyres with which, it started- ToNnake this aen; ; ' record, the driver*. of:. Qverkuid. 4i mainiainod. an. average, speed, of 324 miles an hour, 24 haul's a^day. Gasoline mileage was 27.24 miles a , r I gallon, i ' ■ • ■ . c '■ . . I • Th«j consiateinry of, Overland performance; is shown ia tk© i-ecord of each day's run. The, first, day and. night, the speedometer legjstered 749 niiles. On the Second day., the mark was 773 miles; on the third, . .. ' "" 747 miles; on-the iwuth. 703 ; 'fifth, 809;. sixth,. 823,;-' and on the liast lap erf the new world's record, 753 miles. • ' A The tost, the first of, its kind, tff be tried and aotually accomplislied ■ by a light oar,, started.; at. 9. a.m.. on* February 25j and eaded at 9 a.m. ; on Marcli 8. - Althoaglx the ■ now Overland 4 with Triplex springs had been tested . 230,000 miles under, all; possible weathca' and road conditions before it; » was pla<:^ on. tlie. market b>- the W - , that the Indianapolis endurance run is one of' tlie most eonyinciug , . demonstrations yet mad©-of'the reliable^ ewnoinieai. performance, of th© ; car and the road-comforfc qpalities of the now famous Triplex spring sus- ' • . pension. Officials who witnessed the seven«-day rwa from start to finish-were convinced by a careful; examination o.f 'tlie. cair and, its power plant after the run that the- ea^ was ieady to i^epe.it the endurance test of the 16S hours of furious* driving largely because it liaxl been* protected by the new 4 Triplex springs. The run is considered. th» highest possible verification . of the ability of this new: spring suspension; to protect the car from road weai* and pa'ovido' big, can- riding comfort ia a motor-car of shore , wheelbasuj. k This record is considered afl^the move, praiseworthy ina«uucb as ih» Overland 4 -was .driven by ordinary drivers.« Tlv» :nen chosen for the . ' grind ttre employees, erf< the sales and secWty fmce af the Gibao© Com-S-^ny, and they had no'previous experiejoca in, ondluxanco contests. They.' ' , ro/e tbo cai' Ishrough snowstorms and in • weather that sent tb& mercury in tlus streot thermometers far below tli» zero (Cen.t.> mark. > " . During the entire' r-un-, there \v&&. but ons* puncture. A rte/w inner tuba was placed :n tHe tyow shoei. • , " It is nonserxstiv&iy. estimated, tliajfe 3452 miles o£ diiving over the ordinary run of suburban roads is eq(Ua.L to tlio usage, and punishment to which tho a/vera,ge motor-car ownej" would subject the car he drives in 1 a year's operation. That makes (>varland 4'a achievement all the i > more noteworthy in indicating to what kigh standaixls tho manufacture « , of lightweight, economical, ea&y-ridiug motor-cars has been raised by an American automobile ; manufacturer.

\ m a Winter is Here * *, N i.r~ - —L -J. ..-■■■— i i i I* " figJ.J^^k % # p^ ¥¥Iyi T M \CJ U t€# i'liilSlilSll Ip" "I Register Grates, Heating flnjSrv' Jmm isk ■■' .' m ' .. Cookihjf Ranges.' r b^>^v-^Jflßiftll Antique [Kerbs and Goal t WtMk V^\ljO^Sß V^S^ t0 °Ur S^OW rooms BYTfIELL ©©•, ... Hardware Merchants, 1 T ~ I 'Blenheim, ! . p ■ - J I • '■' ■-' [ ■ •'■•'- '\ - THE FARMERS' CQ.-GP. '' [ESTAbLISHBD 1881.] Head Office and Warehouse, Cashel Street, Chriatchurch Capital Authorised ... >^60,000 Capital Subscribed ... . £943,505 Capital Paid Up ... £638,867 Reserve Fund £170,000 Turnover (i ended 31st July, 1919) .„ £*,261,193 1 >' ' ■ I STOCK AND LAND SALESMEN, Auctioneers, " Woolbrokers^ Grain and Seed Merchants. % i All Classes of Farmers' Requirements , " . < ' ' arailable. including / | MACHINERY AND GENERAL ■ FARiI IMPLEMENTS. . •'CO-OP" BINDER TWIKE. CORM SACKS. , WOOLPxVpKS. WP. HARDWARE. SADDLERY. ; GROCERIES. :..„' ) DRAPERY. FURNISHINGS, etc INSURANCE.—Chief Agents for . • Canterbury for the Farmers Co-op. Insurance Association. Cover ar- V ' ranged for Fire, Marine, Accident. Live Stock, Employers' Liability, Motor-cars. , I '. ".' ■. ; » THE NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION OF CANTERBURY, LTD Marl borough Branches at BLENHEIM, SEDDON AND HAVELOCK. It pays well to advertise in Job Printing—any stylo or color—* Tbb Mablbouough Expbess. at "Express" Off«cb.

Business Announcements., Mr A. E. Preston, WHGItfBSALE & RETAIL BACON , OO'RER,, etc. BEGS to announce that in of all reports to the contrary, he i& still operating in Marlborough and surrounding districts through hjs representative, W. P. Ourle, who is authorised to give the same good value as heretofore and pay cash for all purckases made. All ■ communications will ' receive prompt attention addressed to Box 189, Blenheim. Visit Now W. CARR'S, Market St for GUNS AMMUNITION And all other Sporting Goods kept in stock. also CUTLERY ENAMELWARE ALUMINIUM WATVB CROCKERY FANCY GOODS FURNWRF. FLOOR, COVERINGS WALL PAPERS And many other lines too numerous ' io mention. WALNUTS. HAVING booked, up with, our clients large orders lof r this season's walnuts, wo are in the position to dispose of your crop to, the bestl advantage. Get into touch with our Association before selling elsewhere. ' Marlborough for good apples. Why not for good walnuts Link up to the live agency. Bo it now. Drop a line to N. PATON, Managing Secretary. "THE MARLBOROUGH FRUITGROWERS' ASSOCIATION, LTD. P.O. Box 83. ttow is the Time to do Your Autumn Sowing & Planting. ■jVTEW SEASON'S Onion and Cab--1-^ bage Seed in. stock, including Whito Tripoli, White Elephant, Gianu Rocca, Ailsa Craig^ Brown Globe, i3rown Spanish, James' Keeping. Cabbage: Lamb's. St. John Day, Mem's No. 1 Enadd Market. Plant now: Anemones,' Freesias-, Ranunculus. DARWIN CHOICE MIXED TULIPS. Seeds and Bulbs posted to any part of the district. Now is the time to attend to the, ordering of your Roses. , We have a: fine stock for this coming planting season. If you have special names or varieties, let tis have it. We are in a sound position to give advice. . JOHN HALE AND SONS, SEEDSMEN AND NURSERYMEN. P.O. Box 187. Blenheim 'Phone: Shop 409; Nursery 275,