THE "TRIUMPH" MAKES GOOD AGAIN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1603, 21 November 1912, Page 4

THE "TRIUMPH" MAKES GOOD AGAIN.

There are athletes and horses, yes, and motor-cycles, that have their bad days and t'heir good days... When all the conditions arc just right they can put up a very fine performance. ■ With the man and the horse' this will always be the case, but we surely have a right to expect a little more consistency from a. machine. "We claim that the ''Triumph" is a consistently reliable motor-cycle, and in proof of that consistency we don't have to go any further back or any further afield than New Brighton races conducted iri the Canterbury district during, the season opened a lew weeks ago.. At every one of these meetings Ilia "Triumph" has been to the fore, and ■Saturday's events were no exception to the rule. In the ten-mile event I'. Haworth, on a "Triumph," established a fresh, single-cylin-der record for thr distance, travelling!at the rate of over 51 miles per hour. Jn the fifty-miles event A.. J. Fuchs, n Itstone rider, oh a fully-equipped roadster "Triumph," weighing 2121b., was first, and H. E. Douglas, on a two and a half years' old "Triumph," broke the fifty miles record by five minutes, making fastest time in the race, beating, the twincvlinder machines, and running second. Wo might remark that the challenge isMied by Mr. G. B. Brown, the.well-known "Triumph" rider, sonic time ago to undertake a hill-climbing competition against any machine of any power, on either the Paekakariki Hill (North Island) or Sumner Hill (South Island) for ,£lO, the sum (o bo given to some charity, has not yet been accepted. This is an indication that the "Triumph" is just as consistent nud reliable on the hills as on the flat. The new "Triumphs" sell as follow:—Fixed engine .£70,, free engine £SO. three-speed ,487 10s. : Adams, . Ltd., High Street, Christchurch, Wanganui, and Palmerston North.' Agents, Touiist Motor. Co., Hastings, and • Sutherland and Rnnkine, .Jler.oer Street, Wellington,—Advt. .

Tho butchers' promises in the olty of Wellington woro closed.all day yesterday 'tho dnto of tho butchors' annual picnic. But th,o picnic was not held—it had boon overlooked. The Court of Arbitration will sit nt Wellington on Friday, November 29, to henr twp workers' compensation cases:— Hickman v. tho Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.. Lt<l.;' and Sollors.v. tho Shaw, Savill and Albion Co., Ltd. At a mooting of tho Auckland Com. petitions Society on Tuesday ovoning it was decided not to hold a festival next year, but to suspend operations until 19R After throo years' operations it was found that whilo a handsomo profit had resulted thq iinst year, the two succeeding festivals had resulted in llliiincial loss. Tho result was that, after paying all accounts, tho society was just about square. It was thought that tho last two competitions had followed on each other too quickly, whilo tho forthcoming exhibition would tend to absorb a' 'great dieal of attention next year. It was also quite possiblo that the exhibition authorities might wish to do something themsolves in tho nature of children's competitions—Auckland "Herald." That a, scholarship offering special advantages to tho sons of poor parents should bo allowed to go begging may appear a littlo strange, but such is tho position this year with regard to tho Rawfings Scholarship. According to tho will of tho late Mr. Rowlings, a scholarship of .£lO a year, with free school books, tenable at tho Auckland Grammar School or some other approved secondary school, is offered. Tho conditions requiro that at least twenty candidates should enter, and so far .only threo have offered. Such a stato of affairs is regarded with dissatisfaction by tho trustees (Messrs. F. 0, Ewington and G. A. Buttle], both because they.regard it as unsatisfactory that there should bo so littlo evidence of appreciation of the bequest, and becauso it is unfair to ..the throo entrants, who will next year be .too old to compete. Thero are only a few more days to run before it will be too late to receive any further entries for tho examination, and in the event of tho required number not boing forthcoming it will be impossible to make any award this year.—Auckland "Herald." • . , "There is no other man in tho world who comes upon the scene as a coroner does, who has got all the power he has." —Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., whilo conducting an inquest yesterday. At tho Bathurst Municipal Jubilee last week tho Premier of New South Wales, Mr. M'Gowen, gavo somo of his experiences in England to illustrate how very littlo is known of Australia outside Australia. He asked a London, policeman why he did not emigrate and draw tho higher rates paid in Australia. Tho policeman replied that heMvas too old; he was 30. Mr. M'Gowen asked him why he called that too old. "Well," said the London constable, "it would take me five years, to learn your language!" Mr. M'Gowen found American ignorance,.quite as bad. All.) ho could get out of tho Yankees, when he told them Australia had a greater area than the Slates, was: "Well, our maps don't show it." Ho had to explain that no Yankee mapmaker dared represent any country as -larger than the United States for fear he would be shot. The small boys and girls who were drawn up on the' Bathurst Showground recently to listen to an address from tho New South Wales Premier, Mr. M'Gowen, heard a rather amusing story. It was about a littlo lad who, even before the advantages of education were as • widespread as now, managed to make the most of things. He was eking out tho family income by selling newspapers, but he struck a man who wouldn't buy. Argument led to a conversation, in which the question of smartness came up. "How smart are you?" the unwilling, buyer asked. "Smart enough to make 9d. out of sixpence," the bright lad replied. 'Ton lend mo 6d. and hold these papers for me, and I'll show you how." The questioner took tho papers, and disbursed tire sixpence. In a little whilo .the boy cams back with a loaf of bread under his arm. "Herd's ■• 3d", said- he; "and the .baker, over - tho road's 'got' 3d.;-' and here '-'■ I've got a. loaf, of bread to. take home to my mother. Isn't, that 9d. worth?" '; ■ .