AN UNIQUE ACHIEVEMENT.
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TRE TRIANGEL commercial motor vehicle, which is shown in the accompanying illustration, has just completed a remarkable feat in Denmark. During the course of an 18 days' trial it has traversed a total distance of 10,000 kilometres without untoward incident. During the whole of this period the crigine has been running, and., in order that the trial should be more or less of a non-stop nature, three drivers have been placed in charge one after the other, each doing a shift of eight. hours.
The trial was carried _out under the auspices of the Danish Aimy's Technical Corps, which planned the whole details of the run, and in order that. the mechanical components of the vehicle should not be tampered with in any way during the course of the trial, the start, Mg handle and other parts were sealed. A load of lead weighing 2,000 kilos. was carried by the vehicle.
The 14.6 li.p. engine of the van proved temarkahly efficient throughout the trial, and this is a feather in the cap of its Danish builders, when it is borne in mind that the total distance covered by the machine was equivalent to that from the North Pole to the Equator.