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MOTOR NOTES BY "VELOC"

some 200 publications throughout India, and Inspired the following letter addressed to Mr. J. B. Ross, of Walford's. Ltd., the Calcutta Distributors of Hillman cars:—

"Doar Mr. Roas, Sir,

MISLEADING SIGN.

¡Calcutta on a Hillman Minx,

Indian nowa ngoacy stated that the On Saturday afternoon last, re-distance covered in the 44 days sidents in the neighbourhood of was 80,000 Instend of the actual Peak Mansions were astounded 8,600 miles. This appeared in to observe a touring car gingerly making the descent of the not- motor road from the Penk to Pok- fulam. Watching the progress of the vehielo it was soon evident that the driver approcisted the

"I am the prominant indian dimculty of the task. For a time gentleman no doubt but oh Sir I am the very much interested it was possible to keep parts of spectaculater In the Ortomobeel the route in view, until, shrubbery Minx (not minx cats) but oh kind concealed the path. The bridge at Sir.you must have driven the dam the bottom by the Pokfulam re-wheels of the gharry to drive servoir was the next point upon good newspaper report which I [86,000 mile sin 44 dnyn as per the

which to focus, but a considerable am sending for your sperusal. In time elapsed, and still the car did closing I send you the best con- not appear. Those who were gradulations for Mr. Hillman Mr. watching were on the point of tele- Capt. Teter Benyin and your good-

self. phoning the Pokfulam Police Sta tion, fearing that a mishap had occurred, but this course was not necessary when the car again av-| peared in view, slowly retracing FIGHT IN FRONT OF its courke in reverse. The inet that fully half an hour was taken

Bung ho.

from

Mr. Mukherjee."

PALACE

of

on this morning to the King, who accepted it and sent for the President of the Chamber, M. Malinoff, in order to discuss the

1933.

in regaining the Stubbs Rond, in- dicates the difficulty of the pro-SIXTY SHOTS IN RUN- blem which confronted the driver. NING BATTLE The amazing part of the incident

Sofia, Dec. 28. was that those who intended to A Government crisis has been report the driver, discovered that precipitated by the demand he was quite within his rights, for the Agrarians for more portfolios the red sign at the top of the road in the Cabinet. The Premier, M. Monchanoff, tendered his resinn. merely states "Dead Slow." One cannot imagine the descent being made at all in safely, and it would appear that the sign has been erected in error. The writer walk- situation.

While M. Mouchanoff was with; ed over the route the next

mor-the King the third Macedonian ning, and from the wheel-marks, outrage within a week occurred | there were three or four places in the main square of Sofia bo- where disaster must have been fore the Royal Palace.

About sixty ahots were fired in narrowly averted, tracks being a running fight, A bomb was within a few inches of the precipi-thrown, a policeman on point duty tious side. It is somewhat re was killed, five persons were and twelve markable that the sign has no seriously wounded been noticed before, but now that slightly. it has, it should immediately be the legal organ of the Macedonian removed and one erected to the emigres in Bulgaria, who Was effect "No Motors." We imagine walking across the square ac- that any motorist who got into companied by a bodyguard of two serious difficulty would have amen. was suddenly attacked by the Proto- thoroughly justifiable complaint three adherents of

gueroff faction who were disgufa-] on the grounds of misdirection.

ed as aportamen, being accom-1 panied by dogs and carrying shot MODEL DE LUXE.

guns.

M. Evtimoff and one of his bodyguard were dangerously wounded.

M. Simeon Evtimoff; editor

of

One of the most attractive cars at the Olympia Show in London was the 40/50 11.p. Rolls-Royce Two passers-by, a Jewish mer- Continental saloon with bodywork chant and a Government official, were among the serious casualties by Hooper & Co., the well-knows in the street, while the chief nc- coachbuildera. Finished in two countant of the Ministry of War shades of blue, with blue leather was wounded by a stray bullet as upholstery and interior woodwork he sat at his desk nearby.

One of the nasallants was seized in walnut curl vencer, it provided almost at once; a second who fled, a magnificent example of the skill firing his revolver and throwing of both engineer and bodybuilder. his bomb as he went, was tripped In order to facilitate exterior up by an officer coming out of the cleaning as far as possible, re-military club and was also cap cesses and excrescences were re-tured. The third escaped. duced to a minimum in this body There are great pools of blood and luggage is accommodated in before the Royal Palace, where another Macedonian was killed in the shapely rear boot.

a similar but less spectacular out- "SOME" DRIVE)

rage only yesterday. There Is

among great indignation

Bul- garians at the continuance of thla feud.

In circulating a report of Capt. Benyon's drive from London to

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