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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 182, 7 September 1914, Page 2

THE SUCCESS OF THE SILENT 7 b.p. MATCHLESS. Res Tilts of the Auto Cycle Union of Great Britain and Ireland six' days' trial are now to hand. The test was one of great severity, the machines being called upon to ' traverse such shockingly bad and surfaeeless byroads and such appalling gradients that there was serious talk amongst the competitors of calling a,"strike" and abandoning the trial as being more than man and machine couid endure. However the more determined riders and best machines saw it through, among them the Matchless team which was the only sidecar team to finish complete, winning the side car team prize without opposition. On one awful hill the solitary machine to get to the top was a Matchless side car driven by Mr R. E. Guest, an amateur who threaded his way through a hundred "failures." This trial has again demonstrated the wonderful power and strength of the Matchless "models de luxe" side car machine, and intending purchasers should see this model and test its capabilities. Our shipments are coming forward just the same as usual, and we have a few complete outfits reserved for local sale to arrive shortly. MATCHLESS MOTOR AGENCY, N.Z. W. H. Phipps Black, Sole Wholesale Agent and Importer for N.Z., 92 Manchester Stret, Christchurch.. ,36