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HARBOUR LIGHT THEATRE—To-day, Matinee, 3 p.m.; Evening, 7.30; Special Holiday Programme. Richard Dix in "WomanHandled" (Comedy-Romance). Good Supporting Programme. To-morow (no matinee) : Double Feature, Lois Wilson and Clive Brook in "Broadway Nights." Richard Talmadgo in "The Better Man." Gazette. ' Comedy.

ROUND AUSTRALIA YOUNG COUPLE'S HONEYMOON TOUR 10,000 MILES OF TRAVEL Extract from the "Otago Daily Timet" Sydney Correspondent, March 18th, 1927. In this modern age diverse means are, chosen by up-to-date young couples to spend their honeymoons. But surely none was more novel than that of a young newly-wed couple of Brisbane, who chose a tour around Australia by motor-car as their mode. Not many people, even in the advanced stage of motoring to-day, would care to undertake a tour like this, much of it through unsettled country, through sandy wastes and deep fords, hut this bridal couple faced such a journey, and what is more, accomplished it in an "Overland-Whippet." They were Mr. and Mrs. J. Dorney. After they left Brisbane they traversed the Northern Territory and the Kimberley district of Western Australia, and visited Perth, Coolgardie, Eucla* Port Augusta, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. Their journey occupied over five months and was done in an, "OVERLAND-WHIPPBT" TOURING CAR. Mr. and Mrs. Dorney had some strenuous experiences, especially in negotiating the Pitzroy and other rivers of the North, and' again in the sandy country in Western Australia. Where the car forded the Fitzroy—a large river—it was very sandy, with two stretches of water to negotiate. It was impossible to get through by engine power unaided, and a party of eight aborigines was picked up at the nearest station and taken to the river, where they assisted the engine by pushing the car until it was on the far side. Through another river ford being flooded, the Dorneys were forced to make a-detour of 70 miles along a\rack never previously traversed by a wheeled vehicle, let alone a motor-car. But they battled their way through. At a third crossing the car struck a submerged stump and Mrs. Dorney was thrown through the windscreen and had her eye cut badly. Anxious to seek assistance for his wife as soon as possible, Mr. Dorney had to work hard to get his car out of the stream before a possible flood. In the sandy country of Western Australia the Dorneys had some very trying times. On one occasion Mrs. Dorney had to turn to and carry the luggage, including cases of petrol, one by one, while Mr. Dorney hauled the car through the sand with a winch and wire rope they carried. The grade of the hill was not so severe, but the surface was so soft that the moment the engine power was applied the wheels spun round and sank deep in the sand. After seven hours' labour the car progressed 75 yards. Por most of the 10,000 miles the load on the car • . A was 17 cwt. Petrol consumption for the trip averaged 30 miles to the gallon. The same set of spark plugs fitted when the car left Brisbane was used to the end, and the cylinders were de- , carbonised and the valves ground in Perth tt Z "** any Over a yetir ol is still a year a First in the field to offer 4-wheel brakes as s line with cars costing double and treble the VW Other cars must eventually foUow, but r »Tj| . - - V The VWhip#|£§ Then there's the drilled Crankshaft '^;vss§ f ask °the rs to ranted by the others, but the "Whippet's course, other cars of its class win Crankshafts later, meanwhile-*- ■■''?^ssi The "Whippet" has that used for expensi^^ Timken Bearings through both front and rear axled . ■■■■■■■■.#>■*& . . . previously considered too expensiy class, but the manufacturers of the '| think so. ;W The Overland "WhippetML combination of the mpatimm As an achievement of car eng&L "Whippet" is really in a class by ipl Only by price—and price classified with other cars at present^ Only 5 feet 8 inches high, yet with more enjoyed before in any light car. . . 55 miles safety, by reason of the lower centre of gOTwiSs Whippet. Whippet 6. HI Tourer £239 £315 ] Coach £285 £325 Seo>n £315 £355 ' Prices f.o.b. Ctaistdmrch or' Pm>**lf#! South Island Motors Ltd., 145 Arm||! Farmers' Co-Op. Garage, MadirasijS^ C.P.CA. GARAGE, Timaru. MORGAN A T. HEWTON, Lincoln. T. BULLOCK, B»»Pg^ SMITH & CO., Akaroa. G. ROGERS, Lt&Jj^wp| Distributors: The South IslandM Christchur ch and DunediM See the "Whippet" Stand 16, "West End?'l m