MOTOR CARS, MOTOR CYCLES FOR THE NEW YEAR TRADE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1639, 4 January 1913, Page 4

MOTOR CARS, MOTOR CYCLES FOR THE NEW YEAR TRADE.

\7o ore pffering for immediate delivery the famous Clement Bayard cars, noted for tholr graceful appearance, and absolute reliability.' These "French Talbots" aro guaranteed to run 100.000 miles with a minimum of attention, the 8-12 h.p. 3-seater Cloment-Bayard, with full running equipment, eells at JD295) tho 10.15 n,p. Clement-Bayard, \ fully equipped, sella at .£399 14s. fld., ond tho 10-15 1-5 seater Clement-Bayard,' fully J equipped, cells at JG42C 4s. 6d. ( these prices being inolu)?iyo of everything usually sold as "extras." Those splendid light cars of tho Studebaier manufacture, whioh have earned such a wonderful Now Zealand reputation for gfr'ng satisfaction and "making good," arci offored as follows:—20 h.p; 2-seatcr Stude-baker-Flanders, finished in French groy and comploto with hood, wind-shiem, fivo lamps, cloofc, and speedometer. ,£2751 20 b.p. 1-scater Studobaker-Flandcrs (same finish and equipment), ,££9s; 30 h.p. 5-seater Studebakor E.M.F. (snmo equipment), £375. In motor-oyclcs we have tho. world's best, tho "Triumph," fixed'engine £16, frco cnglno JGSO, S-spocd .£B7 10s.. and that popular mnahiup, tbo "8.5.A.," fixed engino wC7O, free engine XBO, 2-speod ' .£BS. Wo wolcomo loftorfl requiring particulars of our wido range of motor oars and motor cycles, and anyoho interested is cordially invited to write us at tlio hood offico, High' Street. Cliristchuroh. Branches at Wanganui and , rahnerston North, where cars and motor cycles ban bo inspected. Also at agentsTourist Motor Co,. Hastings, Sutherland uid BadHm, Weulngton.-^Advt,

a Tha Public Workg Department ha« «o 1 oeptod tho tender of Messrs. Stevenson aw Cook, Port Chalmers, for the oonstnictioi of a dredge to"be' utilised in'iraprovini h tho Waihon «uul Ohinemuri Tirers. • Tin ■» contract price is £BW. Tho work of tin " drodgo mil bo to remove from tho riven r tailiuga from"tho Waihi mine, which' h'av* » been' deposited in; their 'channels, witl 9 rcsuJta wliich have Led to numoioua com 3 plaints on tho part of settlers engaged « in working rivor-frontogo. lands.. t _Tho Hon. W. Frasea:«iid the Hon. W , H; Horrica are ahout to make; a tour oi 3 tlio Thames;and Day of Plenty distrjets. They ' wdl .visit, .'.among : other places, . lliames, Waihi, Te Puko, Tauranga, and ' Opotiki, Tho Ministers will bo' acconi. I paniod pn their tour by Mr. T. ?W, Fisher, ) Under.feocrot»ry"foi" Native Affairs, win ! eaves-' to-day;, "to ' join • tho ' Hop, • »- 'H. Henies''- at Auckland, nnd I Jlr. R. W. '■'■ Holm.cs, Engineer-in-Chiei ' of tho .l'Mblic Works , Dopartmcnt, I who leaves 'for tho " north to-m'or-i row. ovoning'. Both Ministers and Departmental officers ore expected tQ return to i Wellington about January' IS.' ; ' ' i , ff h« annual conference of tho New Zea- , land United Master Rakers' -'Industrial , Association ;ef Employers has bepn-fixed ■ to be held in Dunedin on-February 8. ■ Some'time- ago a cor'didUinvitation was . oxtonded to tho Australian Federal Master Dakora' Association to'-- send dolegatea across to tho • N.ow Zealand Oonforcrice, and from what Mr, H. F. Allen ' (sec--1 rotary .to tho. Niw Zealand ABSoodation) gathered wh?n on a visit to Sydney . and Melbourne recently,'there is likely . to bo a. good representation from Australia prosont, A meeting, of tho Wellington Ataster Bakers' Assooiation, will l beheld ehbrtly tb"apppint delegates. -Tho .. nrosidont (Mr. ,W. A.'Kellow) and secretaiy (Mr, Allen)Will, attend, . 'At tho present tinio bread'is ohcaper in Wellington than- several other centres, in : New Zealand. : Although Wellington master : bakers 'havo to- pay ; 10s; hiore" per ton for flour, thaii do tho-bakers of Duncdihj , the pries for a- 21b. - loaf in that city- is 4d. as compared with. SJd. in Welliugton. In Auokland tho Bib. loaf is being sold for 4d,i' and' tho .'price is', to,' be, raised from Sid. .to id. iuAVanganui next week.: Tho reason for tho rise is not only that flour is at present -£9 ' 10s. per! ton' delivered in Wellington, but that the cost of labour has inoreased-: all' rfiun'd; '■ It' : is paid that the reason why "the "price has not be<m raised in Wellington is on account of tho oo'ming; of the automatic' bakery, which .is going to dispense.with a good of labour, and give. bettor at a chwper rate .to tho public. In - tho case of, ono company, whiuh; is establishing an automatic bakory, tho machinery has'already been bought and paid for,,and'is now on its way to Now Zealand.' ,;';;.'.'■ Mr.' E. Newman, M.P, for Oroue, has beenrisiting Timarii. Mr, Newman telij a Timaru ''Herald" reporter tlwt ho was much imprassod- with Timaru, anil espoci- ■ ally with 'the-buccoss of ; th<i.breakwater. When l}e passed through Tiinafu' twe'ntyfivp'or'thirty ago; the prbspeots of the'tbwn, and-district;-were, vieryvnlueh less favourable than tlwy aro now. 'After inspecting the' magnificent backi-country, • which surrounds the town, ho believed that : this placo would- grow to become one. of tho foremost;ports of'the Dominion. ' He' fplt ; that Timarii would become a great seaside resort, and already, for health purposes,' ho was convinced that it was nof, te be excolled anywhero in New Zealand. Mr/.'Ncwinan is .-on" admirer of tko : Mackenzio| Country too, which ho. visited whilo'in the other 1 island. The Hon. R. H. Rhodes (PostmosterGoneral) hopes to issue shortly now regulations under, the Food.and Drugs--..Act. Theiio regulations, wpro foreshadbwed last , year whilb tho Mackenzie' Government 'was in. office, but sa.far have not been completed.: 1 Tliey : aro to govern,.weights and-measures,; as .well as tlio quality'of food'and drugs sold to .the public, and will also confer full'po'wor on the officers of : ttjo'Health' Department': to .'.•inspect goods ,6ol(j; in tins' ana 'other, packages.. Opa of the niters presacd upqn the at*tention,of'the then for Public Health by! a Trades Couhpil deputation last year; when tho projected rcgulatipha were under discussion,' was the necessity of seeing that'paok^ges; ;i .'6f butter Were Bold full-weight.- /At the time it-was proi raised that this and other "matters woiild bo coverod by tho regulafipns'whon they appeared,-i:'' ■. V .■.''•■.■■, .ii-':■"■■■■..; i ';'■.. The' Hon. C. rE. ; Frawir,"' PostmafterQeneral of the Australian Commonwealth, left by Mate' Trunk express 'yesterdayj for. Auckland;'. Before leaving ho had an 1 informal conversation irith;tho Hon. R. H. Rhodes in 'regard te wireless; 1 Atlantic cable rates, and other matters which nro' of : interest .to' bpth : Australia and' New 'Zealand! The Commonwealth and Domin-ion-Ministers: will'' confor.' at, "greater length., when' Mri Frazer, rctrirns to Wellington about'the middle'of the month; In regard,to the Atlantio cablo ratea Mr. Rhodes indioated to a reporter yesterday that the position was 6till morb' or Jess indefinite. 'Now Zealand, ho said, had not taken any notion in the: matter since tho Imperial Conference at which it', was decided that tho laying of a, Stateowned cable ' across the ■ Atlantio sliould bo further considered at- a subsidiary:confereqceUn tho event of thoprivato conipanies,' which' control tho 'existing ijablo routes, doplining; te reduce their ratos. There was.no doubt.Mr. Rhodes romark-' ed, that if a State-owned oablb were laid the' rates could be "considerably reduced, but on the other hand the general'taxpayers of Groat. Britainl. Canada,; and .i Australasia would be,called upon to provide interbst and' depreoiation oharßes upon tha/Mst of the cable- Canada, the, :Postm'asb>f<<Joncral ,'added, seemed, to boJess warmly in favour of the project now than, fonnorly. Before anytliin'r. oould i bo dpno in the matter it would have to bo carefully, considered in detail "ht ai conference of representatives of tho 6ovordl countries interstd. J,- ''■)• ,'..;;; ■In- response to tho Royal' Wellington Olioral Society's adrertisemonts for a conductor, ecventeen- applications havo been received, four,'from. New Zealand and the rest from all parts of Austral*}. The cemmitteo has already held a mco.tmg, and haSj thinned out the names to four. The appointment will bohindo before.tho end of tho month. Tlio society's first performance this year is to bo Bizet's, opera, "Carmen!'' whioh has, been skilfully arranged for concert performance. The Boores crrivod • by the White Ster liner Athenie, and rehearsals of this new and interesting "work will follow upon the arrival of tho society's new conductor in Wellingten.' -• , •.":■.•:•'.'- '■."■'.'."•. . More thin one person exprossed surprise on visiting; Harris-. Street : yestorday , at finding the city eleotrio light office closed for holiday—on the second day after tho New Year. Ono esteemed citizen walked a considerable distance to ■ thoofiice' to pay. his account (on whjoh the Inst discount day figured as January 5), and, finding 'tho office closed,; was very indignant. Ho said that the aotion of the,council in closing ; an office which dealt in tho disposal pf an every-rdav utility when tho rest of the city—ovon the banks—were doing business,, was most crbi tary., l According to a, written mo?t arbitrary. Aoeording. te a written riotico pasted up at. tlio side of tho door tho Lighting Department's offices closed on December. 24 (from noon), 25, 20, and' 27 : nt' Christmas, and: January ,1, 2, and 8 at Now Year. - These holidays are additional to tho annual leave granted to members of. tho clerical staff.' The latest.fish etory, eaye.o. Timaru paper, is to tho eflect that a, South ' Canterbury fisherman has boon'quite cured of a fancy ho is said to havo posses.i?d for : "tickling" trout when flies failed him. Tho. i story goes that he had. his hand deftly i working undci - a projeoldng bank ready te i seizo the first! "spotted beauty" ho might i find reposing there, when Buddcinly a moiK 1 ster eel camo along, and. taking tho fmg- • ors of the man's hand for a choice mor- ' ebl of bait, snapped up ono of thorn, and i ondoavoured te swallow it. A trial of stronigth ensued between tho col and tho 1 man, and, though tho latter won, his ' linger still boars painful-looking marks of < lie enoountor; . ' v " i Mr. P. H, Hiokcy, Becrctary of the ! online conferonco of labour unions con- .' nened oy tho Federation of Labour, writes , o etato there is every prospect of a largo of unions'outsado tho federation i ioing represented. "It may interost j-ou J o know," ho writes, ■ "that already 20 5 inions in no way oonnected with tho . oderation ha\-o deoidod to bo represented, • ,nd that the number is increasing daily. } Jy tho tinio January SI rolls around' wo : nil .have a,: fairly " reprosentativo f athoring," • , j; At tho end of this month the Christ- f Jmrch Hospital Board will make a etart ipon tho orootion of on additional build- v ng at its consuriiptivo sanatorium. Tlie r ww strucfuro is to be. utilised for tho ], looommodation of advanced cnse9. ■ lj A Natural charm distinguishes ,tho h rearer of Warner's Rust-proof Cofijots.— ii .dvt. v