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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16488, 2 March 1914, Page 11

RECORD .S'f TO J • - Thje| Greatest Performance everput up by a Car in New Zeajaiid has just been made ' HUPMOBILE CAR ■ • ;• : it ■■ ■ . • I and Great Record 1 has been established. The Model H Hupmobile (32 h;p.) Car, left Picton on MONDAY AFTERNOON at 1 p.im., v' and /ran right through „to DUNEDIN, total of. in the record time of 17hrs. 25 mins. Records were, put up as follows : * Picton to Christchurch: 250 Miles In 8 hours 45 mins. Christchurch to limara: In 3 hours 15 mins. Christchurch to Dunodin: 246 Miles (in darkness) In 8 hours 40 mins. i TOTALS: Picton to Dunedin: 496 Miles In 17 hours 25 mins. f> ■ . —“—” ♦ ' • , ' The average speed, including crossing of rivers, and also including 9 hours driving in the dark, works out at over ’• T - 28 MILES PER HOUR which is a phenomenal performance. CONTINENTAL TYRES, giving absolute satisfaction, were used throughout the journey. N.Z. FARMERS CO-OP. ASSN. im Selling Agents— KIBBLEWHITE AND VAUGHAN.