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Evening Star, Issue 19660, 13 September 1927, Page 4

Two New Zealand Women and an ESSEX COACH accomplish Longest Transcontinental Trip in Annals of Australia. Mrs Gladys Sandford and Miss S. Christie, with history=making Essex-Six, arrived at Hislop & Gibson’s Garage at 2.30 to-day. The Car will be on view for Public Inspection To-night and To-morrow. **fK ■// Si m Twice - Across Australiaand mw Through Mew Zealand! |T took two New Zealand women and an ESSEX Super-Six to make the longest transcontinental trip in I Commonwealth history. Mrs Gladys Sandford and Miss S. Christie, of Auckland, crossed and recrossed the wilds of Australia in a stock ESSEX Coach, covering no less than 11,000 miles in the journey. With camp equipment, food, etc., the car weighed nearly two tons, and still negotiated the entire trip without mishap; and now, with the same ESSEX Coach, they are travelling through New Zealand. The famous record-breaking ESSEX Coach will be exhibited at Hislop & Gibson s all day W- eduesday. Take this opportunity to inspect the world-famous ESSEX, which has set a standard of performance never before equalled in motoring history. Read Mrs Sandford’s tribute to Essex Stamina and Performance ! We publish this letter from the pen of Mrs Sandford. To those contemplating the purchase of a car this letter is self-explanatory, and, we think, requires no further comment: — WELLINGTON, September 3, 1927. Jo Ladies Contemplating the Purchase ‘of a Car. Lear Friends,that First of all, I should tell you that I am interested in a practical way in all pertains to cars, 'because 1 am conversant with the technical. side of cars, and am able to do ordinary running repairs and overhauls myself. I might mention that 1 was too first lady in New Zealand to hold an aero pilot’s certificate. This was obtained months and 1 believe 1 am still the only woman bolder of this certificate. The" idea of crossing Australia from oast to west and north to south appealed to my somewhat adventurous spirit, and to my friend Miss Christie, and 1 had sufficient confidence in my ESSEX Coach, which had already travelled 30.-16 miles, io stait it on this strenuous undertaking without any serious overhaul whatever. . Briefly, our route in Australia lay from Sydney, through Melbourne, Adelaide, Fort Augusta, Coolgnrdic, to Perth, thence return to Adelaide, and northwards through, Oodnadaita, Alice Springs, etc., to Katherine and Lanvin From Lanvin wc retraced our tracks on the same route to Adelaide, thence via Melbourne to Sydney. - Luring this total trip .of .11,058 miles, as you-'can imagine, ail kinds of conditions that test the qualities of a cur wore encountered. Hough conditions, where springs, frame, body, and other essential parts wore strained to their utmost Smooth conditions where the engine was speeded up to its full capacity. Wet conditions from tropical rains and on many occasions we were bogged for hours at a stretch, and no help uas available to pull us out. Dry conditions, when loose shifting sand made progress almost impossible. Hot conditions, when the climate of the Northern Territory was- added to hv several bush fires in grass higher than the car, whicn came near to putting an end to our trip for all time. Cold conditions on the southern portions of the continent in mid-winter, when easy starting in the morning removed all anxiety as to the battery Standing up io t , (e ESSEX CARRIED US THROUGH, and one need hardly 'say more than this plain statement. It proved conclusively that, whilst tho ESSEX is renowned for its refinement, it has all tho stamina of the bestknown cars that have onjoved popularity for country conditions. My experience suggests that the ESSEX is better for rough work than many of the more costly _ cars, because it combines light weight and durability to a degree of perfection unattauicd by otliGi cars. A car could be built so strongly, that it would never break under any circumstances, but it would be so heavy and unwieldy that it would make no progress where roads were non-existent and soft surfaces are encountered; thereloro the idea! cai, as I have previously stated, is the dUr which gives the best combination oi lightness and strength. My ESSEX car was tho first dosed car to visit Dnnvm and manv other places through which we passed. Wc did not break a spring at any time, althougn, this breakage is very common with other cars in Central Aiistralia. All this experience will surely prove to you that if the come through such a trying ordeal, with flying colors, you need have no hesitation in selecting this car for your probably more normal requirements. die makers claim unit the ESSEX Coach" is a closed'car for country as well as town usage, and the wonderful condition of the bodv of my Coach, alter all its straining and twisting, is conclusive proof of tho accuracy of their statement. It- only needs a coat of paint to be as good as ever, except, of course, the upholstery, which suffered irom the load (sometimes 0101 one ton) which we carried. . , • Ours was no speed stunt with a specially-prepared car. Wc started out simply in a standard ESSEX Coach, purely in a spirit of adventure, to see lor ourselves the varying aspects of the Australian Continent, ft took ns tour months to complete the trip of 11,000 miles, but you will agree this is nearly two years running lor the moderate motorist. Yours sincerely, GLADYS SANDFORD. See the actual Conquering Essex in our Showrooms and NOTE how well the Car is Autographed . Topical Downpours, Deserts, Snow, Mud, Swamps, Busk, and Mountains cannot deter Essex— proving there’s nowhere an Essex cannot go. 5 HAVE YOUR NEW ESSEX HERE—BEAUTIFUL CLOSED MODELS FROM iSfS* TOMIMI©M‘ MOTOES, Ltd. AUCKLAND, HAMILTON, WANGANUI, NEW PLYMOUTH, HAWERA. PALMERSTON NORTH, WELLINGTON, CHRISTCHURCH, TIMARU. HISLOP & GIBSON, Dunedin, AGENTS FOR HUDSON-ESSEX. Roxburgh: A. EARL. Lawrence: D. STEWART. Tapanui: WYLIE BROS. Oainaru: J. R. CLARKE'.. [itaj ALEX. BOOTH. Oraakau: C. L. CALDWELL. Cromwell: A. SOUNNESS. Balclutha; WILSON ELLIOT. Only ESSEX Could Do It! Special Arrangements have been made for Mrs Gladys Sandford to give Three Interesting Lectures on her Experiences, as under:— OCTAGON THEATRE, Evening Performances, Tuesday, 13th, and Wednesday, 14th. EMPIRE THEATRE, Afternoon Performance, Wednesday, 14th.