A Thrilling Motor Ride.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 March 1910, Page 4

A Thrilling Motor Ride.

•*ir Fritz who l.ail: iroiu Hand, k, Hiarn, and win: im Hie past tWj ,sv,;rs ha.s been sLvj. farming in . v ,.,v ,-r.uth Wales. il;t- - toiirii. • >,'..■.•.■ Zealand v>. inotor-car. He ha i ;::-. his nv\'u\ de- I biro in coni!-ig {.-> '\\-x Zualan .. t:. niuke an a viit ol .Mount (.\>ok. but oirciini.-'.ai'.c,'.-; prevented him '•■""i doing :-■. .\lr Kurtzhal-s :'• nd party ; ■ t :•:> rur as the Hei-nii ,;| g''. mid ;.il:»r •> dangerous pa. , ; s.t;:e aero.ss , l>.■ !!.,-:iker l< iver, w hid: "as in lion;!, ••■.me in -ilj; J jl of Ta.s i '"an glacier. "{{,■' sinie al'tern' on j heavy rain . ,;i,e on, and i:e\: j llloniing 1-iK.i ~;.j; ? tijl fjiHin-j; y.., licavily that (•':■ intended a.'-reui had to lie abiiju'oned. the party conteiitling with gcini..-: j •!:>M' up In tli.- gliici.-r and vi.'W'iiv | its iinnieny.il;.-. .Mr Kiirizlil;::-:- !;a '. a thrilling exju rieece in the .j'Uirncy hick fi;;ii the Ifc.rniitage. In an interview. , with an Otago ibilv Times report^' , , he stated that Hi'. | lei't the Tlermitagi- at !.."!() a.m.'. but hiiind the streams in an extre;:ifly l!oc:!ed .stat.'. the bridge o\er i ii,' bavin.; been wa^ht>d

away. They therefore gave up hope (if getting through to tinnorth that (lay. nnd started bar!; \';>v t!u' lii-riti!itii<j;e. It took ;.:dri lioiii'S to cover two miles, tin , c-ir being stuck sixteen times in dili'erI'tit liver l)'':!s. The party reached liie Ili-niiit:ijir' at ! p.m.. u/t tn t!ii' skin and starving, Inning ha! nnthing to eat lor twelve hours. " Stopping at the Hermitage overnight, uv left at (i o'clock next morning, determined to u;e f through. The rain Iritl moderated, and we regarded our chance:-; amore hopeful. The roads w-re P'irtially washed away, and we crossed .sixteen streams, duw !i wliich rushed hroken ice. We hi! resoked to yet to Chris!church that niyht. We leache I Lake I'ukaki at I'J o'clock. ;ni I |)iislk'(! on to Kairlie hy way ol 'IVkapo. We covered the 10 miles \-\ an hour and a quarter, rind, haviii'j; telephoned to TekajX) to pi'epare a hamper lor three, we merely slowed down there in order to allow it to he thrown into the car. Then w:> sped on ay.iin. Tekapo, we reached at 12.M0 p.m.. and there we ha.l a force;! stoppage owiny to riinniu^ , .short of benzine and havin>.i; to effect some repairs. We yot away at U.lo p.m. Uealisiny; that it was impossible to reach C'lih'stchuich li'Mt nifflit, we deciiied to catch tlunorth exju-fss at Timaru. That allowed us - -s than an hour to cover tlr- ''■) miles, and there, was a hoary !.. . 1 wind and a bad road. Our next-ind fin:;!-- decision was to make for Temuka, ,'SB miles away, which would yive us until 4.MBp.iii. There wa.s an air of more certainty about that plan, and off we sped, Isnt Kate wa.s against us. Before we had gone five miles wo were stuck up for about ten minutes. Off we went a sain at a speed of (."i miles a.n hour, but at different places we encountered no few_r than 2(i mobs of slioep. This all meant lost time. ft was a mad race all the way, and every second counted. Coats and hats' flew out of llii! car, and some parts came adrift, but there was no stopping. Then a spring broke, but on we flew, and dashed into Temuka with only 30 seconds to spare. ft wa.s the most thrilling'rifle 1 have ever experienced."