ELECTRIC RAIL CAR.
TESTS AT CHRISTCHURCH. .' \ i A SATISFACTORY. VEHICLE. CHRISTCHURCH, July 13. So heavy have been the demands om the new electric railway carriage running on the Christchurch-Lyttel-ton section .that it has been deemed inadvisable to employ it on Saturdays. The ca.r was given a 'run to Little River on Saturday to “break in” the batteries. A speed of about 50 miles an hour was attained on the return journey, and the trip was in e.vej’y . way satisfactory. By the consumption of fuel it was proved that the carriage is able to .. ; accomplish jourheys of over 100 miles without recharging its and on both the outward and the return trips an improvement was made on the schedule time.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5000, 14 July 1926, Page 2
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119ELECTRIC RAIL CAR. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5000, 14 July 1926, Page 2
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