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Lew amt P/-/oea i4M£hi*i4Gn.<j£& i . CW»Mt>T». fll PSINQIII (t IMWIOOI The young man spending his holiday on a walking tour was toiling wearily along a seemingly endless road, when ha wet a farm hand. “How far to the nearest inn ? ” he asked hopefully. ‘ About four miles as the crow flies,” the other told him. The tired walker groaned, “Well, how far is it,” ha asked, “if the crow’s got a blister on each heel, a dashed great pack to carry, and has to walk?” J One hundred curves and hairpin bends are m their 18 miles of the Nurburg Bine, which has just been laid out in the Eifel country. It ts the largest racing and testing motor track in the world. There is very little banting upon the perfect surface of tar macadam. The gradienta range from 12 to 27 in the 100 going upward, and the down gradients to 11 in the 100. There is hardly a level yard of it. Many of the turnings are hidden in the trees, and drivers must be all eyes and attention for the 'whole of the run. The “ROYAL STAR” wd 9 monthly payments of 20/10/ Deposit CASH PRICE £B/15/The B.S.A. 20/Depont and 10J months el 2(57Caih Price £lO/10/. We Pay Freifhl. Only at lAGO, BIGGS Ltd. NEXT “ OCTAGON. Remember—Thi» it our only nan and our only Addreea.

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20612, 10 January 1929, Page 10

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Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Daily Times, Issue 20612, 10 January 1929, Page 10

Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Daily Times, Issue 20612, 10 January 1929, Page 10