CAR ECONOMY AND THE BAYARD.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1729, 21 April 1913, Page 6

CAR ECONOMY AND THE BAYARD.

A keen demand has arisen in lalo years for a light', moderately-priced, economical small car. Such a car fills the .requirements of I lie commercial traveller, or of the motorist who, owning; n. big pleaeuro car, requires a small, reliable, cheaprunning car us a town runabout. The 8-12 li.p. Clement Bayard is the car that fills tho bill. Its price is .05, inclusive of hood, wind shield, and live lamps. It seats three persons. Its weight is llcwt,, and its nominal li.p. 12, practically n hundredweight to the horse-power. Its petrol consumption is one gallon to -10 miles; lubricating oil, one gallon to 500 miles. Tyres to last 10,600, cost JJI7 2s. for four covers. Spst'tl, 10 miles per hour on the flat. Hill-climbing ability: cot can climb the Paekakariki Ilill on the second gear at IS miles an hour. It is built bv Clement, Paris, the celebrated French automobile engineer, and its running expenses, including allowance for depreciation, do net exceed .L's2 per annum. It can be had finished iu either green, djirk blue, or Trench grey, and wo can give delivery in live minulrs. .Adams Limited. .Agentsfor Clement Bayard ears, Oarage, Tuaiu Rtrect, Christchurch. _ Depots at \Vangainti and l>!mcHon North. Art.)it-., 'J'our. Ist Motor Co., Haatinss,—Advt,

The rabbit pest lias appeared in a new light down Catlins way (says the "Leader"). They liavo quilo taken possession under the floors at Purekireki school residence, and by their burrowing threaten to demolish tho chimney foundation, whilo tho piles ot tho building aro seriously undermined. TheEo conditions apply to tho school and outbuildings, as well as the residence. Bunny seems to gather in hordes from the surrounding lands and find 3 shelter under tho building, whero tho rabbits are literally teeming ill numbers, 'l'lio Education Board have instructed their architect to do whatever work is neeossai'v, by wire-netting round tho foundations and otherwise, to stop tho nuisance and destruction.

A special emergency meeting of tho Auckland W.C.T.U. was held last week to consider the question of the Biblo in schools. Mr. Pudney presided over a large gathering. Correspondence on tho subject was read, also the circular from llio convention, setting forth the reasons wily the convention which met at Nelsoi. recently favoured the Nelson system rather than the Australian system. The Rev. A. Miller, a deputy from tho Bible-in-State-Schools League, was then asked to address the meeting. A long discussion ensued, in tho course of which many members expressed strong dissent from the action of tho convention. It was then resolved by 23 votes to 2, that tho Auckland W.C.T.U. reaffirm its adherence to the platform of the Bible-in-Statc-Schools League of New Zealand, and that its members pledge themselves to do what they can to advance tho interests of tho movement.

A birth took place on tho R.M.R. lonic on April IG, and at the christening tho child was named Charles Scaforth Chalk.

A heavy draught liorso belonging to Mr. David Suttie, carrier, was killed on a level crossing at the end of Kimihia Road, Iluntly, on Wednesday evening. ill'. Suttie was driving seven or eight horses over tho crossing, and tho last ono was struck by a locomotive, shunting from Te ICauwhata to l-luntly. The collision was so violent that a part of tho engine was cracked, and the glass front of the lamp was broken. ,This crossing is a particularly dangerous one (writes tho "Herald's" correspondent), as the trees on tho oast side of the line conceal tho approach of tho southern-bound trains. The valuo of tho horse which was killed was .C 45. Frequent complaints tlmt taxieab drivers imposo exorbitant charges npon their patrons have led tho Auckland City Council to endeavour to framo, a proper scale of fares. The council received on Thursday night a scale of charges drafted by tho Auckland Taxieab Proprietors' Association, as follows:—One to four passengers, is. per mile, mileago to lie counted both ways; each additional passenger, 3d. per mile per head; jicr hour, 15s. for four passengers from leaving stand until return to stand; minimum fare, 2s. lid.; between hours of 12 midnight to G a.m., 50 per cent, additional increase on above. Tlio Finance Committee reported that it could not agreo to tho proposed charges, which it considered excessive, and that it was gathering further information.

On March .11, during the run of the lonic from London to Wellington, the death of :i baby named John limperon, aged 75 months, took placo.

Mr. Henry Shaw, who is well known as a member of tlio Auckland City Council, has donated to the citv of Auckland a largo number of valuable books and rare manuscripts, to lxs housed in the Art Gallery and known as the Sliaw Collection. The gift was 011 Thursday night accepted by tho City Council with thanks. It was mentioned by tho Mayor, and assented to by tho- council, that Mr. Shaw should bo asked, as 0110 of the few men in Auckland capable of tho work, to properly catalogue and arrange tho Grey collection of books, manuscripts and curios. Tho council nlso thankfully received, for the benefit of the citizens, a gift of 800 volumes of books from the library of Mr. Frederick Shaw.

111 accordancu with the decisions of tilt Anglican General Diocesan Synods, the annual meeting of the parishioners of lChandallah and Ngaio litld last week, passed a motion .pledging itself to support the übje'ctivu ol tlib 'Hiblfc lit Statu Schools League, and requests that a referendum of tho whole' people of the Dominion be taken to decide the question. The meeting _ further • decided to call upon every parishioner to show his or her individual ndhoronce by—(a) , Barnest prayer for God's blessing on the movement; (b)signing the card (if membership; (c) active work in inducing others to sign tho cards of membership; (tl) contributing sonio donation, however small, to tho campaign fund.

In Hie article dealing with the cost of Hospital and- Charitable Aid administration and upkeep in Wellington (published on Saturday), the levy made 011 tho Wellington City Council foi the year 1911-12 vras incorrectly set down at JC2943. It should have been .£8,943. The difference in the amount of liquid arpts at 1110 end of the years 1910-11 and 1911-12 was inaccurately described as a "material discrepancy." It should have read "material difference."