Motor Cycling
.Motor cyclists are invited to take ■ pari in a one-day reliability trial. |to be conducted by the Auckland j .Motor Cycle Club tomorrow. Available I to all starting is a special ration ol half I a gallon of petrol. | Pillion riders are very often carried, and they stand aside to watch while j the riders go through the dillerent. ! sections ol the test. Owing to the i present shortage ol machines it is now i permissable for any number of riders to compete with the same machine. All starters are required to be at the Town Hall by 10 a.m. Sunday morning. The New Zealand beach championships will lie held at Muriwai Beach on Sunday. May 11. The programme starts at I I .."id a.m. The championship events will he held over a distance of 10 miles with one mile straights; the handicap events are run over a five mile course with halfmile straights. The Automobile Manufacturers' Association ol I nil'id States has adopted a u"w plan for rating motor trucks, j placing emphasis ou Ihe gross weight jot the vehicle rather than on nominal | tonnage rat ing
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23955, 3 May 1941, Page 7 (Supplement)
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190Motor Cycling New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23955, 3 May 1941, Page 7 (Supplement)
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