AT LAST-THE LADY'S AUTOMOBILE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1554, 25 September 1912, Page 6

AT LAST-THE LADY'S AUTOMOBILE.

Ever since motoring became popular there has been a demand ftfr a small, light, graceful car, simple in construction and easv to handle, which should meet the special requirements of the lady motorists. Such a car has been at last produced by the famous French firm of Clement-Bavard, and the specimen 8-12 h.p. two-seater car of the 1912-13 type, which has. just been unpacked in our garage has claims which no other car to recommend it to the discriminating lady motorist. It has a-beauti-fully neat torpedo body, with the latest type of wiro wheels. Tn its construction simplicity and durability have been attained in a very race degree. It is exeeptionallv easv to start and so cleanly in its working ' that the lady driver need not even soil her gloves. By reason of its simplicity and popularity (he car is verv cheap. The price, .£275, includes nil adjustable wind-shield, a nice hood nlut and four lamps. • The. lyres are Miehelin's, the be=t in the world. The ear i'c economical «» petrol, running forty miles to the gallon. It will climb nny hill, and seat three passengers at a pinch. The of upkeep would range from .£25 to .£SO per year, according to use. Write for photograph of tho New Clemenl-Bay-nrd ladv's ear. Adams, Limited, asMits for Clement-Bayard Car?. Garage, Tuam Street, near High Street Simp. Alvo, "Mmmstnn. Wmijnnui, Snthntind Kou.kine. and Tourist Co., HasUngs.

Soma of tho recent immigrants nave not impressed the men who wero delegates to tho Industrial Corporation which sat in Wellington yesterday. Mr. J. 13. Laurenson, o£ Christchurch, said that ouo immigrant, who was over fifty years of age, went into his office to borrow one shilling with which to buy a uicnl. Tho man had offered n small tap? measnro ns security. "What aro you?" Mr. Laurenson had then nsked. "A nurse," was tho reply. "A what?" ejaculated Mr. Laurenson. "A nurse, a nnrso of tho sick," the man had answered. "Ho carried the measure," Mr. Laurenson explained to the conference, "to measure with after he had finished the nursing. Another immigrant who had gone to him, Mr. Laurenson said, was n man of 65 years, who had been "dumped out here without kith or kin, and truly helpless. This man had served thirty years as a driver on the Great Northern Hallway in England.

The cost of each of tho last fonr general elections is shown as follows in a return presented to the House of Representatives yesterday, on the motion of Mr. Wilson:-1902, X 25.484; 1905, .£21,626; 1908, i' 27,312; 1911, .031,807.

"I understand that one school in this district did not take a holiday on .Dominion Dav," said Mr. A. 11. Vile, at the Education Board meeting yesterday. "That's their own look-out, said the chairman (Mr. Lee). It was then explained that the school was kept open m anticipation of a visit from the board s inspectors. "The inspectors were expected, said tho chairman, forcing a jest.