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DEFENCE OF DESERVING

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A mild revolution in practice is now

The world us, we fear, but little interested in the rights of authors, or their wrongs taking place in the British motor industry. Your man of letters, is not a sympathethiệ Usually each year has seen new models character. But even as author should have WYNN Justice, and we hope that Parliament will presented to the public for the first time not ignore the Bill which Sir William Bull at the annual motor show, held at the has introduced to change two points in the law bearing hardly upon the profession of Crystal Palace and Agricultural-Hall in authorship Cuo is rather a matter of prin the early days of metering and thering ciple than of general importance. Af pre-

sent, when a book appears to someone i recent years at Olympia. This year the authority editous, blasphemous or ob motor manufacturers have taken time by scene the publisher is prosecuted, not the call wuthor, and the author has no right to be the forelock and announced the new heard in his own defence. Such cases are designs in July instead of waiting until very salom fought by the publisher, who, October

Whether this is beneficial to very naturally, prefers to plead ignorance or inadvertence rather than defend the the public who purchased their cars in character of the book. It is hardly to be the spring and early summer months is denied that this is inequitable if the author, had a défance he ought to be allowed a matter of debate, but if this policy to make it. Ofthe other hand, if he had only does away once and for all with the not he is probably quite as guilty as the publisher. Therefore, we must mppert Sir dreary waiting for many weeks for de- Wilkam Bull's proposed, reform that when livery of newly-designed models that have such proceedings are taken in future the

Buthor should be brought into court, p been ordered, good must result Let Yet we confess that it is but a small point. hope that henceforth people will be able Prosecutions of this sort sro rure, and carer to walk into the show rooms of all dealers still the cases in which there is much room for argument about the character of the in British automobile carriages, make book. The second reform i is of much greater their chofer, pay for the vehicle, and have importanen Beaders are becoming familiar with an announcement following the title it sent home that day or the following in a modern novel to the effect that all the day like any other article they purchake. persons in the story are imaginary. Many readers must have been moved to remark The motor carriage has now arrived at the this is a 'most superfluous warning, the point where the manufacturers must But in fact it is a protective clause against a real danger. A few years ago a distin- build their stock in advance of the de-guished forclist was sued by a gentleman mand instead of always being behind the who bore the same name as & character who sales, and consequently missing a certain had been made the subject of a brilliant novel. It became clear in court that the amount of business. People will not novelist knew nothing of the plaintiff and wait to-day for any particular

davelist on the sase but he was never- car when there are so may make of intended nothing against him, and the

many kinds to

theless exposed to long and harassing legal choose from, varying so little in actual proceedings Juries, we may hops, would ascfulness and performance. While there always, in such circumstances, find for the defendant, but no one who has watched will always be a certain clientele who juries and judges in their dealings with libel require special or “purpose-made” motor cases can feel absolate-confidence. More. carriages, and who will be prepared to orer, it is but little comfort to the an pay an extra price anil wait for their ful defendant to know that all reasonable choice, these are a very small percentage people are agreed the charge ought not to of the motor traders customers People have been brought buy ready-made cars and want immediate delivery. This early announcement of new models for 1998 is the first step to wards that end.

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THE 20 H.P. ROLLS-ROYCE

We have also to consider that for every such case which comes into court there will certainly be several which, though never going beyond threats, caused much worry and some expense. What Sir William Bull proposes-and One hardly knows where to start in members and his Bill is backed by dealing with the plethora of new models, for libel in respect of references in a work And therefore the order in which I deal of fiction shall be maintainable unless it with them is purely arbitrary. The latest can be proved the author intended to libel the complainant. If this become law it 20 hp. Rolls-Royce chassia has right-hand will no longer be possible for Mr. X.T.Z. change-speed and brake levers instead to threaten a novelat because a novel of his the central position, in the original modek makes some X.YZ. the villain. On the and the same design of six brakes on other hand, if some misguided novelist does front and rear wheels as the latent 40-30 deliberately pillory a man or women be Rolls-Royce chassis styled the New will be just as liable to pay for it as now Phantom." The announcement of the he is. This is, we submit, the rational way company states that owing to the of dealing with the matter. Under such a unqualified success of the Rolls-Royce law of libel Leigh Enat would have had servo-assisted; six-brake system as fitted a good chance of winning an action against Dickens for describing him as Harold Skimpole. On the other hand, the chance. which at present exists of some unknown Mr. Hep arising to prosecute Dickens for libelling him as Uriah would be eliminated.

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the 40-50 hp.. New Phantom chassis, it has now been decided to in corporate it on new 20 b.p. Rolls-Royce chassis for purchasers who order it when they arder a chassis. The extra charge for these brakes is £85. This decision has involved the re-design of certain com- It is no doubt a source of pain to very ponents, notably the front axle to receive sensitive people when they find their the brakes and the gear box to receive names used for characters which they detest, the servo." This allows a choice of four There was, some time ago, a poor lady of wheel brakes or brakes only on the rear unusual name who committed suicide be wheels, but few, if any, will grudge pay cause, by an extraordinary chance, her ing the extra price for the additional name had been given to the heroine of a safety of the six-brake system.play. But the only way to avoid such The original 20 h.p. Rolls-Royce has a accidents would be to prohibit all works of trottet order to set the demand to imagination Daily Telegraph.

trols, In meet for

the higher speeds that all cars are rea at. nowadays, the new 20 hp. chassid is supplied with a four-speed gear box, with out extra charge, for those who prefer it to the present three-speed box. The closer gear ration make easier changing possible, and relieve the engine by main taining its reve" and enabling it to give its best power under varying rand conditions. The distinctive feature of the gear-box is that the reverse gear is "ar- ranged to be out of mesh when not in use, and consequently does not waste power by churning the oil. It consists of two gear wheels of different dimensions applied so as to mosh, one with the third speed gear gear wheel and the other with the first speed, and so arranged that one pair of gears engages slightly before the other to make a change easy and silent. I am testing this new 20 h.p.. Rolls-Royce next week, and shail, therefore, leave other details as regards its running until alter that practical demonstration t

A six-cylinder Bentley is another of the new, modela. It, is to be styled the Big Bentley "to distinguish it from the four- cylinder 150 hp. model that is retained in the manufacturers programme. The new, chassis has a wheel base of Bft: 9lin, so as to be able to carry a large coach- work body light in weight, and com fortable for hvo persons. The engine con- forms to the usual Bentley practice, but in of a total gylinder capacity of three litres as against the two litres of the four cylinder motor Perhaps this afger Bentley is an indication of the public's demand for ears dotting about £1,000, which are capable of high touring, speeds. A further example of the tendency to meet the demand for more power is the new Hilmanäled: a larger, model than the present types on the road. This has many original leatuses that must be left for a future article dealing with its road. performance

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