MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY.
NEW MOTORING RECORD. To' cover the /journey between ; Mel- . bourne and Sydney, a. distance of 670 miles,, in I3h. 36m. is a remarkable ~ achievement, 1 and ope f just established by a motor-car >. driven by Mr., S. 0. . Otto» v ' way.; ; His' time has reduced the previous ; motor record by 65m.• His average: speed >•-, was 381 miles per hour for V the whole ! drive, and he never at any time exceeded 63 miles an hour, while in every township ' through which he Raised ;he slowed down to! a? speed in acoordanpa with the traffic; regulations.' 1 But -fox slight -mechanical trouble en route Mr.;Ottoway would. ' ably Have cat (mother 45m. ,oft the record. :
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18322, 12 February 1923, Page 7
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116MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18322, 12 February 1923, Page 7
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