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ACANDID OPINION

CAPOTTS

(By Special Arrangement with The Morris Owner)

If you wish to remain popular, and to avoid alienating your friends; take my advice and never criticise another fellow's car. I've had some, so I know.

Eustace came to me, one day and said.

say,

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"Why, what's wrong?" he asked somewhat ominously. "Everything," I replied. Eustace's bristles roso.

You're very helpful, I must "If there's he growled. anything wrong, I want to know what it is. Personally, I thought "Look hero, old man, I don't she wont jolly woll." protond to know much about cara Now, when am asked my and I can't make up my mind opinion, I always assume that it whether my 'bus is going well or is because it is worth having, and not. Sometimes I'm delighted it annoys me to have doubts cast with it, and then, at other timos, upon it by a follow like Eustace, I feel it isn't doing its boat." I who, by his own confession, wish you'd come for a run and knows nothing, so I was justly give me your honest opinion,"

incensed.

FLATTERY COUNTS.

"If you want the truth," I said, bluntly, "you shall have it. Now, in spite of my somewhat The thing's a dud. The engine's unfortunate appearance, I am got no acceleration and develops quito human, and when anyone about one mouse-power. The big- suggests that I am an expert in 'onds BTU gone, likewise the motora, or anything else for that gudgeon-pins. The gears screech matter, I am naturally flattered, like a million cornerakoa and are so I said.

almost impossible to change. "Right O! What about to. The whole contraption judders morrow? Will two o'clock suit and squeaks and rattles like the

you ?"

very deuce and ought to be on the scrap-heap. Personally, I wouldn't have it at a gift,"

"Thanks, awfully," said Eus- tace. "I'll bring the old tub "Thanks!" said Eustaco, round to your place at two, dryly. "I'm not offering it to prompt."

you at present, so you needn't worry."

At the appointed hour, next day, I heard a noise like some- "You asked me my candid body beating a borrugated iron opinion, "I retorted, "and you've roof, and there was Eustace got it. If you don't like. It, I'ma outside, quivering like a jelly, in sorry."

car.

the driving seat of an antiquated "I don't care twopence for your With an air of conscious opinion," said Eustaco, rudely. "I superiority I joined him, and we never pretended the car was a started off.

Rolls-Royce, and there's no need First Eustaco drove, and I to be so darned superior. It might thought what a rotten driver be possibly impress a stranger, but was. Then we changed over. It doesn't impress me. I've seen took the wheel and immediately (and heard you in your own rotten exonerated Eustace. I have little rattletrap seldom enjoyed a drive less. I carried out a few simple tests on an basy, main road course, and the car bohaved as though it were the Scottish trials. It was awful.

"I'm surprised you can hear anything." I snoored. "If I drove that thing far I'd be stone deaf."

Look hero," said Eustaco, angrily, "You swark a lot, but you know about as much about FOOT AND BRAKE DISEASE.

Car B & Cow with water on the Eustace, grinned in a perfectly brain, and now I come to think of and I said it, you look rather like one, too." golf-satisfed way nothing, partly because my heart My retort was drowned by the was too full for words and partly clatter of his infernal engine, because it seemed more im-which was, perhaps, just as well. pressive to reserve my opinion Of course, I roalise that Eustace until the ordeal was over. Atia an exceptionally ill-mannered last, with a sight of relief on my brute, and I cannot think how I part, we reached home,

over became friendly with him "Well," said Eustace, brightly. but, speaking generally, I havo come to the conclusion that it is What's your candid opinion?". "Rotton!" I said, feelingly. safer to speak the truth about a Eustage's face suddenly became man's offspring than about his about a mile long:

Cur.

SPEED AND EXPERI-tion, but when I say that the

MENT.

Major Segraves' Opinion.

research staffs of great organisa- tions. as well as the National Physical Laboratory and Mesars. Vickors, Ltd., have devoted much time to research on our behalf, the rosulte of which are in- corporated in the stream-lining of the car, it will be obvious that Shortly before Major H. O. D. those best qualified to know the Sogravo sailed from England for value of research do not consider the United States.in order to atthis experiment a waste of time tempt to establish a world's spood, and money,

rocurd (which proved successfull, Data affecting evory branch of an English motorist wrote to the the motor industry will be obtain- Journal of Commerce protosting ed from the tost, while aoranauti- against speed trials and the build-cal research will benefit from a ing of special cars for this purpose. more exact knowledge of the be-. Below, we give Major Sograve's (haviour of fast moving bodies on reply, which, from such a famous land. At a speed of 200 miles an motorist, is a valuablo comment hour a car is in fact half way to in justification of racing: {boing an aeroplane.

Sir, Your correspondent, Mr. As another example, many dif- Teignmouth Shoro, criticises forent. alloy stools have been pro my attempt to attain a spoed of pared and are used in the car's.. 200 miles an hour in America construction, and a knowledge of next month, and complains that their performance under great manufacturers might find some-strains will be of practical value thing better to do than "dovising to metallurgy. Months of research, froak cars for obtaining freak too, have been spent on the tyres spoeds.

alone, and so on.

May I be allowed to correct By a coincidence there is your correspondent's wrong im-nowhere in this country Buitable to let the car out to full spoed. prossion?

It is a challenge in keeping

In the first place, its main object Therefore we are carrying out the is not to break any record like eperiment in the hoart of tho recent attempts. It is the most greatest motor-producing country ambitious soiontific exporimont of the world. in the history of the motor indus- try. Sciontists have calculated with the vigour and enterprise of that the highest theoretical spoed the merchant adventurers of old, which can be obtained by road and proves, among other things, vehicles is in the neighbourhood that our manufacturers are not of 200 miles an hour, and we are bohind those of other countries in

oither knowledge or courage. going to find out if this is EO.

Whotbar we are successful or It is a great privilege to ho not, information of the highest associated with the attempt. value to automobile engineers Yours, &c., should result from the expori- mont. It is not possible in a short space to more than hint at the nature or extont of this informa-

Fr

H. O. D. Sograve. 25, Elm Troo-road, St. John's

Wood, N.W.8, February 28th, 1927.

USED CARS

APRIL

1927.

DODGE BROTHERS PASSENGER

CARSL

Roadster

G31,100

Special Roadster.

G$1,150

Rumble Seat Sport Road-

stor

G$1,250

THREE

Touring (5-passenger) ..G$1,126

Special Touring (5-pas-

senger)

.G$1,178

SPECIAL

The Sport Touring (5) ..G$1,210-

Touring (7-passenger).G$1,320

Special Touring (7)

.G$1,870

Coupe

.G$1,276

OFFERS

Special Coupe

G$1,825

Sedan

G$1,825

Special Sodan

.G$1,375

The De Luxe Sedan

.G$1,500

GRAHAM BROTHERS COMMER-

CIAL CARS.

Chassis only Chassis and Cab .com-

*plete Express Body Truck com-

plete

LG6 920

G$1,056.

G$1,270

Canopy Body Truck com-

plete

.G$1,805

Screen

Side

Canopy

Truck

G$1,320

| Panel Side Canopy Truck .G$1,350

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PRICE

H.K. $3,200.

CHALMERS:-7-Seater Sedan 1928, in good condition.

PRICE

H.K. $2,000.

ARROL-JOHNSTON :-5-Seater. H.K. $1,400.

PRICE

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GRAHAM BROTHERS 1-TON. MOTOR TRUCK CHASSIA AND COMPLETE VEHICLES:

Chassis only. G$1,170 Chassis with cab seat Chassis with complete "

.G$1,240

cab

G$1,305

Express Body Truck com-

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G$1,485

Canopy Body Truck com-

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G$1,530

Stake Body Truck com-

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.G$1,565

GRAHAM BROTHERS 1-1/2- TON MOTOR TRUCK CHASSIS

·AND COMPLETE VEHICLES.

Chassis only

.G$1,840

Chassis' with Cab Seat...G$1;705 Chassis with complete

Cab

.G$1,775

Express Body, Truck com-

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.G$2,020

C$2,085

Stake Body Truck com-

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GRAHAM BROTHERS 2-TON

MOTOR TRUCK CHASSIS AND, COMPLETE VEHICLES:

Chassis only

Chassis with cab seat....G$1,850

G$1,785

Chassis with complete

cab

G$1,920

G$2,200

.G$2,230

Farm Body Truck com

plete Stake Body Truck com-

plete Hydraulic Hoist Dump Body Truck complete (1-1/2 cubic yard capa--

city

.G$2,695

ESSEX SUPER SIX MOTOR CARS.

.G$1,150

.G$1,200

C$1,250

Touring Conch (2-door) Sedan (4-door)

HUDSON SUPER SIX MOTOR CARS.

Touring (7-passenger) .G$1,600 Coach (5-passenger) .. .G$1,740 Brougham (5-passenger) .G$2,085, Sedan (5-passenger) Sedan (7-passenger)

G$2,215

G$2,880

PACKARD SINGLE SIX MOTOR CARRIAGES (Model 426):

Phaeton (5-passenger) .G$2,750 Roadster (Rumble seat) ..G$2,850 Sedan (5-passenger) ....G$2,850

PACKARD SINGLE SIX MOTOR CARRIAGES (Model 433):

Touring (7-paasenger)

Coupe (4-passenger).

.G$8.805

.G$3,800

Club Sedan (5-passenger) .G$3,845 Sedun (7-passenger)....G$3,420 Sedan Limousine (7-pas-

'songer)

.G$8,520

PACKARD STRAIGHT EIGHT MOTOR CARRIAGES (Model 336):

Phacton (5-passenger) .G$4,290 Roadster (Rumble Seaty G$4,390. Sodag (5-passenger) .G$5,410

PACKARD STRAIGHT EIGHT MOTOR CARRIAGES (Model 843):

Touring (7-passenger) G$4,686 Coupe (4-passenger) ..G$6,475 Club Sedan (6-pagson-

ger)

MMMIM Sodan (7-passenger)

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Farm tractor owners, proepos-

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.G$5,820

G$5,735

G$5,835

Sedan Limousine (7-pas-

sengen) The above prices are in U.S. Currency and are for delivery ex garage, Hongkong. All prices subject to change without notice.

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