A DEMONSTRATION OF " TRIUMPH" POPULARITY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1591, 7 November 1912, Page 4

A DEMONSTRATION OF " TRIUMPH" POPULARITY.

'. The strated time-, iri'd. time again,:'here in NW Zealand, its possession : :of'.. -.such hi ; ]i qualities a& ' in running, effictenSjr, i;apa'oitj:.to_; stand hard Wear,. and ability tp climb hills, at high speed.. It has demonstrated these things in actual competition, under competitive, conditions;, and it has demonstrated thorii less' publicist but ripjt less effectively:, in every-day use at .the hands of thousands of motor-cyclists. Ever ; since we first iijtr'fldiie«d, tlip -VTriumplv'* t.6 the New Zealand market' the 'machine hus'gtfrf.wh in popularity' until la-day itis tftp Standard motor-cycle' in '. the machine by which all other's ti.re. judged/ If additional demonstration is heeded of the, popularity of the "Triumph," w;e may mention that we have entered into a, contract for the siip'pty cbiririg the next twelve month? of, '500' "Triuiiiph" motorcycles, the liiawjjriim. 'iiuniber.' available for shipment here, The total retail value of the order is' .£-10,0.00. The Srst shipment of S§ "Triumphs," avriVin'g, .per the s.s. lonic, i(iider"the new- contract.-lias 'a retail, value of ,£7OOO, Mid is the biggest' shipment of iiio tor-cycles of onc,iniike''c i 'e.r sent-to one. firm in Australasia.' That is a demonstration of pur faith in the "Triumph" and out belief in its na! popularity. AVo caii also show the accepted contract to anyone interested. The new model .1912-13 "Triumphs" sell as"follows:—Fixed engine,' .£10; free iii-' gi.iic, 4)80; three-speed, £87 Ms, , We have fixeH aid free engiiie models fop imnied'iate delivery.' Adams, Ltd,, agents'for "Triumph", mptoi'-cveies and cycles. Sigh Street, Christehurch,; Branches at "sa\. mefstoii North, Wa.fl'gan'«i'. Agents, Messrs, Sutherland and < Ranking, Mercer Street, Wellington, and' ' the' Tourist . Motot Co,, Eastings.—Advt, '■"•'

[ It is nudemtood that tho' .military r traininif camps this year will bo for brigades, and that in the Wellington district tho bas<i for tho camps will W «t Oringi, > near D.fttilM>Vir)(o. Last yfinr the enmjis ' were for battalions only. 1w idea is te - have nn infantry brigiulo camp, nnd a . camp for. the mounted rides brigade, nt , sopamte periods. ■Thcso j>lnns do not interfere with training caiiTps for t'm W<-'l" 1 lihgton coast defence tfoops-'-UiO JMfth • Kogiment and tho Garrison Artillery—but ) will bo confined to the field troops oiily, 'J'ho field artillery brigade troops will j make their own arrangements with, respect' to their camps. .'* One of the many conundrums piit to i Judge Uoydon in the New South Wales " Industrial Court Was, ivhat is ywirk • Worth? His Honour boldly grappled With " it, and—admitted failure "wo often I hoar it said," began his Honour, ''that > because a woman is doing a man s. work j she should receivo the man's wages. But they never heard the converse opsitipii. that man's wtiges should, bo.reduced te t.ho | amount for which ft woman could well do t the work. Then again," continued his ; , Honour, "work might be Vorfch mijch . nioro to one ieinployer than to another. , But liiis Court lias always taken as its basis the question..of. whst is n living '. wage, and olpftrly...' the living wage for I Woman is not the"same as that for a lflun P with » hoinp and: f'auiily tP keOp." After : this, judge ileydon wont on to ;say -that it. was a question/about which there, could apparently be:nb finality, "becauße,"' h$ ■ declared, "there j's iio : nieasuto of the ' vntuo of work Pxtept tho old one; of 'get • whiit yovi.cii.u.' But wo can no loiigcr I apply; that:test. bocuusP there, is lip open [:■ market cojiipetitiou, nnd instead of a : mai' j kpt price for'lwork thcro isa Court price." . . The eoinpildtioii pf standards under . tho sal© of Food and Drugs Act has been , considered by tho''Health Department, . "and regulations uiid'e'r the Act drawn up, ' Theso wero placed boforo the. Grown Law i Officers sbmp time ago' for .revision.' They i tire now. in their final, stages, of drafting, i .■ arid it. ;is hp.pcd that they', will bo issued . shortly after the. rising, of'the Hpusp.' ■ f'.-'.: Petitions from branches of tho Sports ■ Froteclipii Txiagiie--,')'/ of. thehjrTaskihg .for a rcftsonalile' ipc'rciiso' .in the ipr^sent . number, of pacing day's, : and .for tho: re*. ' nioval of fhe.yprbhjbiti:oh' ; pf the. publica- < tipfl.of dividends, \vcro..reported uppn by ■ tho. Petitions Commitfeo "of. thelHousb of I'' Kepresohtatives lrist nigh.ti', The repbrl of tho' committee, was that,, as. a question I .of pplicy was involved, thevtpm'mi.ttce.hod ' no.recbmm'jndati.p/i'to'ijiake, ,■ Mr. D; MPri.arty, Eepretarj- to the' iFnr- ! niturß Workers'. IJn'ion',:. lctivcS for .'Auckland tb-day. The .'object.. of his visit is to endeavour tp bring'.'.about .a .pe.aoei ful ending to the .dispute be.tween the Auckland ■■ furniture-makers and" their workmen;, The '. latter.' ars dematiding ;a cliaflge of ayvard.. ; '■/>....