RECORD MOTOR TRIP IN AUSTRALIA: FREMANTLE TO SYDNEY IN 7 DAYS 2. HOURS 32 MINUTES. Messrs. J. L. Burton and T. Smith on the 40 h.p. Hupmobile, with which they accomplished the record, cutting 44hrs. 3mins. off the previous record, which was held by F. Birtles. The distance travelled was 2600 miles, and the motorists had a hard time on parts of the journey, on one occasion being bogged for 10 hours.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1454, 7 March 1918, Page 26
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72RECORD MOTOR TRIP IN AUSTRALIA: FREMANTLE TO SYDNEY IN 7 DAYS 2. HOURS 32 MINUTES. Messrs. J. L. Burton and T. Smith on the 40 h.p. Hupmobile, with which they accomplished the record, cutting 44hrs. 3mins. off the previous record, which was held by F. Birtles. The distance travelled was 2600 miles, and the motorists had a hard time on parts of the journey, on one occasion being bogged for 10 hours. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1454, 7 March 1918, Page 26
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