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1500 MILES IN SIX DAYS ON A MOTOR CYCLE. j Some wonderful/ ride® .have accomplished on the- modern '■ motor' oyoße, tout no performance lias' ever been recoi'd'ed in. the colonies of Hong, diiistiance endurance riding that can compare wittih Mir - Dendy's recent performance. , - Oil Mocfdiay, the 20th, November last, Mr Dencly, a Canterbury motor I cyclist, istlairtea o.ut on has record ruifr to cover 1500 indies ain. six days, and fiViP, maximum riding time in each day nob to exceed 12 hours. The route cfhosenl wa® from Christ church to Iniveroargifll ExxJitement grew very mtense when it was made known that Bendy had covered 1110 mifes up till 8 a.m. on Friday night, and it was argu'ed iby well l kniowni critics that to complete the 1500 miles on &atut> day's run' of twelve hours would mean that Dendy had to rade 390 miles at am average speed' of 32 miJtes an foouir, a seemingly tapossLtUte task, over : moimitailnis, tussock roads, and through river beds and water races. It oriity first class material aaid workmainsihip that can. come through tests dike -these withv flying colwirs, and just as the clock wias striikdaig eigjhfc,- dead on tame,- an ~' the presence of thousaindls 1 of spectators, TDendy arrived, tired, wieary, ana travel' stained, having accompTshed hfe great mde without one mecfcain*cal stop or adjustment, the on% trouble experienced being one punicDiendy rode a 1911 model 3£ h.p. Ptremier motor cyrilie. . Immediate delivery can' be given ot these famous machines. Large stocks to' chloose from. TOURIST MOTOR CO., «-td., HASTINGS. . Solle Agents for New Zealand'. R. POOK, Mastertom Agent. NOW COMPLETELY CURED " For several yearn * suffered from frequent bilious attacks which would last two or three dny«, but it would be some time before T. was myself again," writes Mrs J. W. Peake, 147, Dowl : ng Street, Dartinghnrsfc, N.B.W. "I used various remedies to check the attacks without any effect, and at last gave np the attempt. . However,' » friend gave me some Laxo-Tonic Pills which I took tbe next timfl a bilioup fcorb camo oa; arid they complete!? cured ms." Price lf»|d and Is fid Sold by all Chemist# and Storekeepers.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10495, 5 December 1911, Page 5

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Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10495, 5 December 1911, Page 5

Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10495, 5 December 1911, Page 5

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