RECORD Do b ran po n&% 0 jj HI En |g I f%| The Greatest Performance ever put up by a Car in New Zealand has just been made by a HUPMOBILE CAR and a Great Record haß been established. The Model H Hupmobile (32 h.p.) Car left Picton on MONDAY AFTERNOON at 1 p.lYiij and ran right through to bUNEDIN, a total of , in the record time of 17-hrs. 25.nriins. Records were put up as folPicton to Ghrlstchurch: 250 Miles In 8 hours 45 mins. Chplstcharah to Timaru: In 3 hours 15 mins. Ghristchurch to Dunedin : 246 Miles (in darkness) In 8 hours 40 mins. 496 Miles In 17 hours 25 mins. The average speed, including crossing of rivers, and also including 9 hours driving in the dark, works out at over which is a phenomenal performance. giving absolute satisfaction, were used throughout the Selling Agents—
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16485, 26 February 1914, Page 2
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147Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16485, 26 February 1914, Page 2
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