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SERIES "BA" PASSENGER,

R.4.C. Hor Power Rating 20,33. Maxinuum Horse-Power 80 at 8,000 Revolutions.

Piston, Displacement 194 Oybic Inchor: » Whoch, Bass 109 Inches,

Speed 60 M.P.H.

545

345

News from Everywhere

GOOD OPPORTUNITIES.

try's purchases from England in return for the Homeland's pur chaser of Empire: butter.

NEW SPEY BRIDGE.

That there is wide scopo in the motor industry for energetic and Feficient young men of the right; type is the opinion of Mr. A. H. Falmer Phillips, F.I.M.T., se ex- The new bridge over the River pressed in his presidential ed-Spoy at Grantown has lately been drees to the Institute of the opened. It is the largest single

Mr

PUBLIC SCHOOL COSTS.

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AMBITIONS OF EX KHEDIVE.

DESIGNS ON THRONE OF SYRIA

BID FOR FRENCH SUPPORT.

MIDNIGHT ESCAPE FROM

Despite an intensive huny by the polies of two counties, leginald. Prion 20-year-old criminal Abbas Hilmi Pash, the exlunatio who escaped from Comwall Khedive of Egypt who was de..

Mental Hospital Bodmin, is still posed by the British authorities to

at liberty.

the Carnegie Institute for Physical Doopmber 1914, for holding com Training.

Price, a six-fost quarryman, was munication with the King's som serving a sentence of 14 months ies, is endeavoaring to secure for imprisonment for housebreakiar SCHOOLBOYS AND THE himself the prospective throne of

when he was sent to thoasy! LEAGUE.

Syria. It is unlikely that the He is considered dangerous. Nowell Smith, of Oxford, as received, or will receive, any By some mennew he obtained an poke ca the matter of interestingcouragement and support what old police uniform, and, wearing schoolboys in the League of Nations her from the French High Commia this with slippers, ho get through and international relations. Ho sioner or from the Syrian nation a window of the

the subject down raluctant throats your with both. and to forging a precocious and

assium and

Motor Trade. The expansion of the span reinforced concrete arch in opposed, he said, to ramming But he is striving, hard to win fa climbed the wall into the mar

industry, the replacement through Scotland, and cost £48,000.

Its

The or Khedive is possessed of

roadu

old age, and the necessity for more length of 240 ft., the roadway is 18 unreal interest on boys too youngs considerable wealth, and, in addi. The polico believe that Price

scientific methods of research, ent wide, and there are two foot- gineering, manufacturing and mer paths each of ft. é in. Work chandising, are the three factors the bridge began on April 1930. which open up attractiva avenues of employment.

Mr. Phillips, was confdent of the future awaiting in overseas markets, reasoning that if there are 3,500,000 cars in use in England,

to have any idea of what it was tion, some months age, renounced all about. The great object should all claires to the Egyptian throne be that boys of character and in-in return for an annual pansion of Welligence should not leave school | £30,000 from the Egyptian Govern.. without having had that character ment He spent several weeks in and intelligence prepared, suitably to their age, to exercise the in fluence they were certain to hard The United States Patent Offlor in the formation of an enlighten as just issued a patent for a deed public opinion,

NEW GARAGE DOOR.

"DEVICE.

Kalt

Xote!

· Weight

P. O, B.

Prico

Roadster

**2-pass. 2,805-lbs.

0$475

Packing Price

Dollrared: Avathly... Delivery ・・・

G$170.

Konditor Sports Tourer...

4-pars, 2,330;lb«.

495

170

7866

5-pes, 4,300-ibm.

$10

175

695

Coups (1 Window)

...2-pa ■.. 9,385.1ḥ

836.

195

130

Coupe (5 Window)

...Spuk. 3,480-lbs,

200

745

Undips (5 Window).

...5-pass. 9,480+1km. --`

895

200

735

Coupe Sports

4 pass. 1,356-lbs.

576

205

780

Coach Doors!

.....pasal 9,875-lbs.

245

200

7:43.

Bodan

...5-pass, 2,876-lba.

035

205

840

a country, of 45,000,000 population, the number of cars that

China

May

and:

'vice' which will close and latch the

Sedan Special

...5.pass. 2,715-lbs.

205

865m

India with their 738,000,000 in-

Unbriolet Convertiblo..4-pasa. 2,075-iba.

610

201

820

Landan Convertible...5-pass 2735-lbs.

850

205

865

Optional Equipment at Additional priós:-

Bumpers 315, Spare Tire & Tube $11.50 each, Radiator Beres and Cowl Lamps $5, Sixth Wire Whool and Well Fordern $10, Wall Fender Tire Locka per pair $2.50, Chrome Tiro Covers per

- pair $15, Trunk Rock $7.60, Tourista Trunk 8301 SOTIES

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SERIES "BB" COMMERCIAL.

R.AC. Horge Power Rating 20.53. .. Maximum Horas-Power 60 at 3,000 Revolutions,

"Piston Displacement 194 Cubis Inches. Wheel-Bass 109 Inches.

Spoed 50 M.P.E.

Half Ton Chaayla

(5.26 x 18 Tyren).. 1,870-lbs. ·G$365 G$120 G$475 Optional Equipment at Additional price:-

Bumpers $16, 8pare Tire and Tubo $1250 esch, Radiator Sarsan. and Cowl Lamps 35."Sixth Wire Whos and Wall Fanders $10, Wall Fender Tire Locks per pair $2.50, Chrome Tire Covers per pair $18, Trunk Rack $7.50, Tourista Trunk 385,

SERIES "N" UTILITY

R.AC. Hores Power Rating 20,88.

Marianum Horse-Poiner 60 at 3,000 Bevolutions,

Pisten Displacement: 191 Cubic Inches. Whool-Bass 181′′ and 157%.

Spead 45 M.P.H

18 Ton Chassis 131w.2. 8. Ñ.....2,700-lb». - $520

G$140

G$880

14 Top Chassis 131 w.. DE N12,820-lbe.

545

348

:690

Ton Chassis 157 w.. S. No..2,840.ba.

500

155

745

2 Ton Chassis 157 v.a. Da. ND...3,960-1ba,

680

155

785

Optional Equipment at Additional prica:-

Spare Tire and Tubo 30 x 6-8 ply $25, 32 x 6-8 ply $40, 32 x 8-10 ply $60:

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habitants, is enormous. He display.

hiding hear Bodmin, but Plymouth police are watching the ferry which links Cornwall and Devou between Torpoint and Devonport.

London during last autumn for the to realise that he bad altogether. purpose of rehabilitating himself in, failed to convince Great Brifu the eyes of the British Government | of hia, inuvconce in 1914.. and of British opinion,

A Cool Reception...

l

He was received in official circles

Paris Conversations.

Ho then proceeded to Paris The conference decided to ask the

where he sought to persuade, French, dcor of a garage as a car is backed authorities of the colleges of Ox out, and which will also unlatchford and Cambridge that Latin frigid politeness. The British Gor throne of Byria, the establishment

and politically speaking, with a statesmen of his suitability for the s

ed great faith in the English sales and open the door in response, to the should not be demanded in college ernment was naturally in no mood of which is being spoken of i man; but bombastic beings whose

entering movement of the car. The entrance examinations from candito lend an ear to any criticism by connection with the early termina solo. assst. is to mix" wall are

invention is described as being dates who are intending to take him of the present regime in tien of the French Mundare. Is essentially an auxiliary not wanted by the best employers mounted close to the tide of the and have already antisfied the

door. mathematical or sajentifio degree p Salesmen are not born, they are the door frame, which moves into the examiners of the University in result of hard work, intelligence, garage, being pushed ahead by the Latin. This was proposed by Mr honesty of purpose, common sense, hook-absorber of the car Contact F. B. Malim, of Wellington." and a study of human nature. Mr. with the shock absorber serves to Phillips dealt most fully with thei

The anal resolution of the confer operato a device which draws the openings offered by resanych, latch. When the car is leaving the Chairman, Mr Frank Fletcher, ence was one proposed by the partments of all kinds. Those about to embark on a career should garage, the auxiliary door follows Charterhouse, stating that it would it to the door, frame, after which welcome the provision of a pet book auxiliary door is supported on a track running close to the roof of the garage. This track is inclined so that the door will follow the car as it moves towards the exit. When the car is garaged the doors may be closed in the usual way.

said that the responsible heads u ambitions in a new direction, and (contrary to certain rumours), the Acccrding, he turned his eye and the Freuch Governments, and

professed the koonest interest. in French High Commission in Syris.

giving the suggested restoration of the have refrained from Khilafas at Jerusalent or in India. the slightest encouragement, He hold namorous conversations ou He is anxious to visit Syria, and this subject with some of the In-to cross the border into Palestine But for this he would diau Princes and Mcalem delu And Irak

Lrouble which his presence ou Cambridge school certifiente posible Khalifah for the thore to wall understood in London. manifested a markad preferance, as Palestiniah Boil might occasion, in amination provided that the books. selected be limited to those which,

Syrian, throne, in proximity to the Similarly, his elevation to the

cause anxiety to the British Gov Egyptian border, could not but

erumenta.

give serious consideration to thethe latch springs into place. Thein alassics in the Oxford and gates. But the Indian Mosioms require a British visa, and the

motor trade with its endless rami- deations and rich "plums."

A GENEROUS GIFT:

Only last year Sir William Morris gave £47,000 for the rebuild- ing of the Orthopedic Hospital at Headington, Oxford, ̈ Now he has THE SMALL CAR ABROAD, capped this gift by presenting £25,000 to the British Empire Cancer Campaign for the catab- ishment of a research Fellowship in Radiology at the Mount Vernon Hospital, near Northwood, Middlecluded in the trophies are the sex. The gift brings the sum totad Challenge Shield for the 24 hours" of Sir William's donations in the

winter trial--the most strenuous in medical field alone to more than

New South Wales-and, the Wake-

During the last twelve months.or BO the Triumph Super Seven bas won 34 cups and trophies in open contests in New South Wales.

*In:

half a million pounds. Such figures fold Trophy for 1920. The latter is are i tribute both to his personal offered annually for the highest generosity and to the amazing success of the company he has built "887egate score in ten trials or- ap and now controls.

ganised by the B.A.C."of Australia, and it was won by the Triumph in competition with ears of many times the size,

GEAR CHANGING BY PEDAL.

Manufacturers not only in Eng- land, but all over the motoring AN ECONOMICAL COWLEY. world, are interested in the problem, of easy gear changing" Ampag other devices developed abroad is one sponsored by Progressive Motor

An enthusiastic Morris-Cowley owner in the Transvaal, South

Devices Corporation, 2,450, Michi- Africa, recently conducted in the gan Boulevard, Chicago, Ill.

the

presence of reliable witnesses "twa

The results were as follows:- Speed, 30 mph, constant, 4 stops, 35.3 mpg. Speed, 25 to 30 m.p.... depending on traffe, non-stop, 36,4

"By means of this device, instead Petrol consumption tests, the reanits of changing gears with a hand of which show that the Morris- lever, it is possible to accomplish Cowley is really economical.

operation by depressing the clutch pedal. To secure different speeds the foot is placed on a button toward the left side of the pedal far low speed, on the centre for acond, and on a botton toward the right for top gear. Reverse specil selection is accomplished by pull in a button on the instrument board. An emergency gear løver is mounted immediately above the

ML p.8.

No coasting whatever took place, and no fuel-saving device was em ployed.

THE

floorboards and, to use it in chang, NCER JUNIOR. IN

ZEALAND.

ing gear, it te pulled upwards about In the Pioneers' Club, reliability four inches. Neutral position of the premier award in the Trade trial, Singer Junior cars gained: the transmission is obtained by a class and second place in the Pri partial (three-fourths) depression vate Owner dass, while, together, of the pedal. The device uses

two cars carried off the team prize. ventional transmisie an eight-mile course on New

transmission and clutch Brighton beach another "Singar"} unita and merely joins their con Junior acomplished over 70 m.p.h trole Is is claimed that the device an excellent performance. can be installed on a car in an liqur

THE MORRIS MINOR IN S.A.

FAIR EXCHANGE.

A good light car performance was recently put up in South Africa consigament of British motor when E, T. Baxter drove a Morris lorries and cars, to the value of Minor (oh) from Johannesburg to Port Elizabeth-748 miles in a £15,000, was recently shipped to total running time of a hours. New Zealand na part of the coun- . The average upsed was 32 m.p.li..

their style and docente, worthy of intensive study.

spiritual agure of Abdul Medjid Abbas Hilmi Pasha was not alow the ex-Turkish Khalifah, and

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