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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10577, 7 March 1912, Page 5

THE VICTORIOUS TRIUMPH. WONDERFUIi. iIiSJQRD OF SUCCESSES ON TRIUMPH MOTOR CYCLES. At the H.B. Motor Cycle Club's sports Iheld on l HdStin&ft b ILac&course on Boxing Day, the Triumphs again practically swept the board. Out of an entry of 12 machines representing 5 different makes the Triumphs secured ten firßts, seven seconds, and 4 thirds out of a possible elwep events, Thio is ail 1®R # "more remarkaole when it is considered flhat the Triumphs' uad to concede I'arge handicaps to machines of equaJ powor and six of the ten first maoniflies -were ridden by amateur rider®. On Saturday. December 30th, Mr J. L. Braithwaite left for Wellington on his Triumph motor cycle to make an attempt om the existing figures oJ the Wellington to Napier record---viz., Bhrs 35mm., established by Ma H L. Schaeffer on New Year's Day 1909, also on a Triumph. In spite o: several attempts on other makes a machines, thiß record has. stood to the credit of the Triumph for thr* years. Mr Brathwaite left the Wei Cgt» Post Office at 4.20 a.m. « NTew Year's Day, and arrived at tto Napier Post Office at 10.57 a.m., jbi time being 6hrs. 38min... Towamng th previous record by neady two hours The Triumph ran perfectly fron start to finish, the only two stops being to take an petrol and oil. l L S , only perfect machines made ftxm the finest material procurable tha oan average 334 miles an hour ove 230 miles of New Zealand roads. Those who were at the Napie Post Office at the finish couRL no help but remark on the perfect coil dibion of the machine at the fimsl The Triumph is not only made to speed. It has proved itself to be th machine for, (hard work wear, and is perfectly adapted, t New Zealand roads. We can delivc both fixed mi free engine model from stock, and would be pleased t give trial runs to intending purct a ser a at all times. TOURIS7 MOTOR CO., LTD., Sole Agents for Triumph and Motor Cycles, Wairarapa, Hawke Bay, and Poverty Bay. ROBERT POOK, Loc J Agent. Be sure and get the famous Rosly Writing Tablets, 6d or Is each, froi local drapers and storekeepers.