A RECORD LOWERED.
WELLINGTON TO NAPIER-ON--A BICYCLE.
_• Mr. Francis,'Birtles, who 1 , 'left The Dominion office .at.;3 : ;a:m on Saturday,: to try to lower tte cycling record of 18 hours between Wellington and Napier, succeeded in;.his attempt.., Birtles, who was unpaced covered the distance, in; 14 hours 50 < minutes thus reducing Mr. Thompson's previous record by 3, hours 10 minutea. The weather was rainy all the morning, and slight head , winds wero esperienoei.!.later. ■:■ Birtles; finished before-' Tee Dominion Agency offioe, Napier, in good trim, havini? covered the last hundred mdoß in's houre 15 Bunutes-
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 409, 19 January 1909, Page 6
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93A RECORD LOWERED. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 409, 19 January 1909, Page 6
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