CARLESS.
Bermuda Prohibits
Them. PEDESTRIANS PARADISE.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1928.
there never will be a car until some, salesman convinces "the" Government that the time is ripe to rovoke the law which says, in unmistakable terms, that nat a single car may be sold for uso In Bermuda.
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Visiting motorials from more speedy portions of the globe look at the faland and sigh; sigh to soc If the island of Bermudn wanted perfect roads everywhere,
scenic highways and slogan it might choose from quialte "The Pedestrians Paradise" and nothing faster than a horse, "The Jay-Walkers' Playground."
Reason?
There is not a motor car on this island of the West Indies, and
Nash New "400" Series Important Features.
Three Bories,
10 enclosed models, 6 open. madels...
4 whoolbase lengths.
Salon bodies.
Twin Ignition motor,
Alroraft type spark plugs.
High compression.
Bonnalite aluminum pistons.
(invar struts)
7-bearing crankshaft.
Chollow crankpinsi Houdaille and Lovejoy shock absorbors.
(exclusive Nash mounting) Toralona) vibration damper. New double drop frame.
Bijur centralized chassis lubrication.
(lubricates 21 vital parts by 1' stroke)
One piece Salon fenders,
Clear vision front piller posts.
All exterior metalware ohrome
plated over nickel.
Bhorter turning radius.
Longer wheelbase.
Easier steering.
Body rubber insulated from frame.
Biller-Nash bumpers, and bumparoits.
FREE RIDE FOR PROSPECTIVE BUYERS
Many of the inhabitants have never seen a car, so they will never know what they are missing -nor what is missing them,
Twin
GREATER -
Ignition.
More power and greater speed,.
Fuel Econonly. Faster Burning
Thorough Combustion, Uniform power impulses. Higher compension with
Absence of spark ́ knock.
All care with more lyre & complete Ent of tools &c.
NASH STANDARD SIX:
Touring ............
$1,200
-1.200
4-door Heda............... Cabriolet,
1.350
1 385
NASH SPECIAL SIX:
· Touring -
2 door Sedan..................yes
1.450 1.485
4-door Sedan....
1.625.
Cabriolet.......enga
1,516
NASH ADVANCED SIX
7-sealer touring
1.750
7-nester 4.mor Be inn
2163
STOCKS CARRIED.
Prices for other models on application.
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THE RETURN OF
ARTHUR.
In His "Excalibur" Car.
[By Fred Gillelt.]
So all day long the wheels of motors rolled Along the Western Road from dawn till dusk, From London to Land's End and back again.
The night closed in. The setting sun went west
Like a red tall-light on a car of gold,
And Dorn' closed the local village shops.
As in the days of yore, when curfows rang The knell of parting day at B p.m.
It was at a wild and lonely spot on this particular road that a solitary sports model might have been seen plodding its homoward way on this particular night. Its driver was Sir. Bedivére, junker. Somewhere between Stonehenge and Tintagel he is a little hazy as to the exact spot-he became aware that he was not alone on the road. Something was approaching from the west; something more brilliant and dazzling In the way of headlights than he had ever struck, A moment later he struck it, or else it struck him, and he Iny for some moments among the floorboards of his ditched sports model.
When he came to himself he was aware of a gigantic and kingly figure, clad in a complete suit of rustproof plus-fours, standing above him, counting the seconds,
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
So you are counted out, as Mordred was
In the Inat tournament at Lyonesse.
Fair sir, dost yield thee to my puissant, car,
Or shall we joust again-a merry 'bout?"
"No, that's about enough," answered Sir Bedivere, junior, who was a good-natured follow. "I'll pat the mat--or what there is left of it. But what's the game, and who are you "
The kingly figure proudly unrolled a large white banner, on which were written in large red letters the words "Arthur is here."
"That's all very well," said Sir B., junior, "but my insurance company will want a few more details. What's your name and address?"
"My name is Arthur-Arthur Uther's son,
And my address was once at Caerleon
And Camelot, but that is ancient history.
I went away. I said I would return.
And here I am. It's fourteen hundred years
Since I wont west. This Leap Year I've come back
On a Ninth Wave"
At this surprising Intelligence Sir, Bedlvere, junior, reports that his hair stood on end, like a permanent ninth wave at a haircraft exhibition, for he felt he was suffering from a bad attack of tele- vision or noetivisionitis. However, being a sport, he pulled himself together and said: "Well, Arthur, old man, glad to see you back, of course, and all that. And how are all the boys-Beaumains, Dagonet, Lancelot and all that lot at Camelot, what? And where have you been laying yourself up all this time?"
"I went," said Arthur, quoting Tennyson: ""To the island valley of Avillon
Where falls not hail, or raf, or any snow—" "So you've come here for a change," interrupted Sir B. "Woll, you'll get it in this climate-hall, rain or snow."
"That was one reason why I went away," King Arthur answered, "but the main reason Was that the Table Round was broken up And all my knights of that great fellowship Were dead or dise dispersed. Knight-errantry Had ceased to be the sport that once it was. I waited till the time knight-errantry Should be revived. I waited, as I say, Some fourteen hundred years, until at last With the perfecting of the motorcar Knight-errastry is once more on the road And mon rkle forth in quest of high adventure. Courtesy is revived and chivalry,
And people once again make pilgrimage
To shrines and beauty spota, and on the road Seek deeds of derring-do-
"I don't know about the derring," put in Sir B, "but the do generally takes place at the garages. However, proceed. Your tale, tall as it is, intrigues me. How did you get the car? It looks u very posh one."
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NOT MUCH TIME. According to the California The state of Utah allows visiting State Automobile Association, the motorists only 10 days to register, island of Bermuda, although having after which time they must get a many miles of good roads, prohf- temporary license for bits the use of automobiles.
covering six months.
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HAPPY VALLEY.
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GENES
MOTOR
Its body is upholstered in white samite.
And on a radiator, once my shield,
Observe, the motto: Dieu et mon Detroit' {"
"And very nice too," said Sir B., "but, to come down to brass,
tacks, what are you out for, Arthur?"
"You may well nak. I have not come for nothing.
THE
PONTIAC
SIX
—EVERY FEATURE OF THIS POWERFUL SIX IS EXCEPTIONAL-
"My old friend Merlin by his magic arts Assambled it out of some ancient sufta Of cast-off armour and a spear or two.
Ita chassis is the beat Excalibur.
I have a great idea that now's the time
To organlso a brand-new brotherhood,
A kind of Order of the Table Round,
Chandler, Hudson, Packard 6,
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But more so. I would make all motorlais
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Join in a league of modern chivalry, And every motorist should swear an oath That he would never do a dirty deed For three years and a day; would never say He'd left his licence in his other coat When he had let the fourteen days expire; Would never brag about his m.p.k. Or m.p.g., or tell his bosom friends What or how often-'he got out of her.' Would never have his number-plate obscured; Leave quattended more than twenty minutes His car; or fail to pay a parking fee; Or do, in short, any unknightly deed, Within the meaning of the Motor Act, That might involve á blue-black inky stain On the escutcheon of his snow-white licence.. "That," said the king, "is why I have returned, The old order changeth, as the poet says. And I would start a sort of Order of The Table Round brought up to date. May I Enrol you as a member? The subscription Would be quite nominal-say, ten-and-six, Including badge. I've got a bralny title
A sort of ninth brain-wave-I thought. of calling This new concern The Order of the Road
At this point-Sir Bedlvere, junior, stopped the flow of Arthur's blank-verse enthusiasm. "I'm sorry, did chap, but your idea Has been anticipated. You are about five minutes too late. It's of course a noble notion and all that, the sort of To-day's Great Thought that brings a gleam of sunshine into a foggy world and brings a smile to the face of the over-laxed motor owner who has just paid an extra, twenty-five per cont, on his insuranée prémium. But, as I say, Arthur, you're too late in boosting this Round Table Order of the Road atunt It's been done. We're already over-badged. There are already a lot of orders the R.A.C., the A.A., besides the Mustard Club and the Junior Turf Club."
Then Arthur took his seat behind the wheel, And turned his car Becalibur about And, with a sigh as deep and gurgitous As a self-starter suffering from pain, Os as a chara, honking to its mate; Drove back to Avilion from whence he came To wait another fourteen hundred years Until the time-if everähould be ripo For starting a new order of the road." Sir Bedivere sat up arid rubbed his eyes And said: "I fear they won't believe this tale
When I recount it at the Motor Club(Morris Owner).
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luxury car well beyond its price class in seat-room, leg room, and head-room, deeply upholstered and smartly trimmed; with extra long yielding springs. Book a demon- stration to-day.
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