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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16487, 28 February 1914, Page 14

RECORD EXTRAORDINARY. PHOTON TO DUNEDIN. The Greatest Performance j- ever put up by a Car in New Zealand has just been made by a HUPMOBILE CAR ‘ .•' ; ' ' -• i ' y and a Great Record has been i established. The Model H Hupmobile (32 h.p.) Car left Picton on MONDAY AFTERNOON at 1 p.m., and ran right through to DUNEDIN, a total of 496 Miles . - '■ ' i in the record time of IThrs. 25 mins. Records were put up as fob lows Picton to Christchurch: 250 Miles in 8 hours 45 mins. Christchurch to Timaru: In 3 hours 15 mins. , ' .. ■ Christchurch to Dunedin; •246 Miles (in darkness) In 8 hours 40 mins. / ■ - ..tv;..: TOTALS I Picton to Dunedin: 496 Miles In 17 hours 25 mins. The average speed, includ* ing crossing of rivers, and also including 9 hours driving in the dark, works out at over 28 MILES PER HOUR which is a phenomenal per* formance. CONTINENTAL TYRES, giving absolute satisfaction, were used throughout the journey. N.Z. FARMERS CMP. ASSN. LTD. Selling Agents— KIBBLEWHITE AND VAUGHAN.