CYCLE RECORDS.
(■('vluithb.^ Hi^k 2 , Mi', ■ Francis ; Birtlea' (^started(out ito 'break-yet''angtlier cycle'record. 1 ' :*,Tlie?task ; he'Shasoset; himself (this;.timb''is,:a; i;;,tak«. good '-proportion:of .the, lat';'to);^tho:Tatp:of:ls:miles orf;hoHr. KHe left 4>ffif^^^N'ibffice^fiti:2;'a.in;plji3 < :)further\ ■;i'prpgramme ! ■beingi:tb'*tjeakfast 1 at : Levin;.7.3o >;Wanganul on; through, i which.; town.; he ?;,' hopes (fe'(reac}i>at < ;8 v:V t-:' ; ': ; -v x:l ;>w;'liast tweek^Mr^Birtlestwehtwer, the; road HwhioKvheuntends^tbfplloW^aM'he. gives-the ■Vfollowihgv description" of/at feWellmgtpii; to; (' Palm'erstoh—iol : \» miles'-: over' ,:, metalled ((rorfti, (;mPstly.vgood;:;..witK, tirby-Kills^the;--tfgaliau;-. ;vl"aeMkanki,:ithirty-milesvyfrflm-'iithe^city;, way sis {fairly, level-{q' Levin7(67i(niiles),; after a whiohut'?is;;undulatihg ; (and( hilly lo'i Palmerof :34;:miles," 3 and '>the*whoie'. distance; to r :New vPlymbuth is>2s9 /((distance ('of : ■48(;miles rbad.(;;is '(('"good/ v j i hiny'<iiea'rv,a'urakiha:and.;.Wanganui, iii.but ■ that''there-is- splendid: level -travel: slingCto^;Waverley^?2-vßiilp3)V/: : S'ley,onward. tb c ;HaVera.: the- road 'Is'(in ;;a (state 'of disrepair .''ibeing-, full.of (ruts.and(:covered .'«iinmber.^fVsteep : :hills^Twith^ ; ;-sharp: curyfis;v ■iM teKHaweravtnerb':is;; a::slight;;imprbvbmcnt :(in^ ; ; Stratfordj'is'agairii fairly; gbbd. v v*-'(.:'( • V-(' -:';;';,Mi\(Birtles 'states (thatVthe, road ;from( {Wei-' '■?:. Ehgtbh•;; to: iNapibrp/bver •' >hicK;;;he ~ is. gbodiVexcept i forXthe vdescent. of; -vthe\Rimutakasi; ! ,\vhere : ith6'{curves.[ar6';sharp; .N'and:ftbeKsurface' : brbkeh, v .vand; ; for,::Spme ,fpur Smiles
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 429, 11 February 1909, Page 11
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156CYCLE RECORDS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 429, 11 February 1909, Page 11
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