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1500 MILES IN S\X DAYS ON A MOTOR CYCLE. Some wonderful rides have been accomplilhed on' the modern motor cycle, but no performance ha* ever been recoiled in the colonies of long distance endurance riding that can compare wiitih. Mr Dendy's recent performance. On Monday, the 20th November last, Mr Dendy, a Canterbury motor cyclist, .started! out on M& record run to cover 1500 miles in. six days, and the maximum riding time in each! day sob to exceed 12 hours. The route chosen, ivas from to In.vereargffl. Excitement grew very intense when it was made known that Wendy had covew) 1110 mites up till 8 a.m. on Fricto flight, and it was argued iby .nowni oritics 1/h*A to comply -b' 1500 miles q» i*a*arday's ..■ of twelve houra, wold mean that Dendy had 1 to rWe d9O miles at an average speed of Al moJes an how, a .seemingly SanpostsiWKei task, over mountains, tussock roads, and through river bedsi and water races. It w owly first class materia] and workmanship that can, come through tests like these with flyjmg cokuira, and just as the clock waa striking eight, dead on tame, and hi the presenice of thousandfe of spectat- __ r\ j_ „~^, r rJi Uhw4i wwn.rv. cmn travel stained, having accomplsneo: his great rode withon* one mechanical stop or adjustment, +he ontty trouble experienced being one puncture. , Dendy rode a 1911 model 3J h.p. Premier motor cycle. Immediate delivery can be gaveu w these ifamoms madiimea. Lfflffae stocks to choose ixom. TOURIST MOTOJR CO., Ltd., HASIING& Sole Agents for New Zealand!. g. POOK, Mastertoiii Aamtt

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10517, 4 January 1912, Page 5

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Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10517, 4 January 1912, Page 5

Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10517, 4 January 1912, Page 5

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