THE CARS OF THE BULLDOG BREED.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1746, 10 May 1913, Page 4

THE CARS OF THE BULLDOG BREED.

There is no car over imported to New Zealand which has won such tremendous popularity or put up ;v better competitive record than that sterling liritisli car, the Talbot. The successes of Talbot s in IK' Canterbury Automobile Association's competitions some two or tineo years ago will still be i'resh in the memory of experience! motorists. Quite recently, in Australia, the Talbot has won fresh honours, gaining first ami second places in the great Sydney to Melbourne contest. It is I'otflworthy that the Talbot holds the records from Sydney to Melbourne, Sydney to Brisbane, Melbourne to Adelaide, and Adelaide to Port Darwin. The English hour record of 1033 miles is held by a Talbot. The Talbot is pre-eminently tlio car for hard work and rough country, and its magnificent wearing qualities make it perhaps the safest automobile inveslincnt in (iio world. The handsome 11113 models of the Talbot cars are lilted Willi beautiful and luxurious flush-sided torpedo bailies, unci the new type engine, willi enclosed valves, together with the now noiseless wars, which make the car a Mv;:>cl and silent-ninning one. We have shortly to arrive live 1--28 h.p. t-.Vsvater Talbois, .'uul one 15-13 h.p. Talbot. The price in lvngland of Ihete cars is: 12-28 li-p., with torpedo body, 15-13 h.p., with torpedo body, I'.Ti- To thr.-.o prices Wfi arid only the cost of importation, nil lion est, a n 1 o.bave-boa vd merhcid of prico s:.-;svmcnt. Adams. Ltd., Garage, Inom Mr.st!„ Chvififh'Tf-h. Pr-Dirhos jM' Palmeriton Kortli and 'WujiEaiiui.-Advt,

A cable message was received yesterday by Mr. W. E. Caldow, secretary of tfie Royal Wellington Choral Society, from Madamo Mary Conly, the distinguished Australian soprano, definitely accepting an engagement to sitiK in tho socfery's performances of "Elijah" and '"lhe Creation." Tlio two concerts aro to be given in the Town Hall oil August; 1 and 12. Madame Conly only arrived back in Australia a few weeks ago, after several years' absence ill Great Britain, wheri she sang with much success both in concert and oratorio. The findings of the Public Trust Commission have not tended to alter the altitude of prominent members of the Labour parly, by whom, it is stated, lhe report was not viewed with any great favour. At tho meeting of (he Trades and Labour Council on Thursday evening a number of motions were moved by Mr. M. J. Rcardon, and carried. The resolutions set' out that the setting up of the Commission of Inquiry was in itself a covert attack upon tho Public Trust Office, calculated to shake public confidence iu its integrity and efficiency, and regretted that a member of tho public was not appointed to the Commission to safeguard tho interests of tho public. Any cliango in tho legal policy of tho Oflicc by withdrawing legal work and giving it to outside members of the legal profession was condemned as being' against the best interests of tho public and the Oflicc. "Thero were very few houses in Wellington not affected by last week's "storm," said a well-known'master plumber to a Dominion reporter yesterday. "Every plumber in Wellington, lie added, "lias been kept busy this week attending lo leaks developed during!the big [ southerly. Tho force of tho driving rain was sucli as to make most of tho leaks impossible to locale, and in the ordinary courso they aro not likely to prove permanent defects. A number of brick buildings developed damp >pot.s inside Wliero there had been no such thing previously. I'm inclined to think," said tho dumber in question, "that it was a record rainstorm as far us modern Wellington is conccrncd." Tho Stratford "Post" reports that fivo enterprising Tahora Road settlers have completed a telephone service, connecting with the Tahora- Post Office, , and equipped with tho very best instrumentsT' A carpenter was cliarged in tho New Plymouth Magistrate's Court, on Thursday (says an exchange) with having stolen timber belonging to the borough. It appeared iu evidence tluit he had taken somo planks (wliicli woro half rotten) and which wero lying under the Powderliam Street culvert, and sawn them up for firewcod. Under the circumstances tho magistrate recorded a convictipn, and ordered accused lo pay the valuo of the timber (255.) within six months. After this decision had been given a woman approached the magistrate and told a story which put a very different complexion on tho affair. She was a widow in poor circumstances it appeared, with, a family of young children to keep, and one cold night had asked the accused, who was a friend of her people, to get eomo wood to warm tho house. lie had obtained somo half rotten boards from tho bridge near by and had cut them up for lier. Tho magistrate, after hearing this tale, and witnesses having testified to the good character of tho accused, decided to rovers? his decision, and to adjourn tho case for u week. Mr. Rosser, when interviewed ofi tlio Ministers statement on the subject of reported discontent in tho police force, said that he was qnito easy in his own mind as lo his position in tho matter (reports tho Auckland "Star"). "I have not been an agitator among the men," lie said, "to sow seeds of discontent. He also declared that the Police Association was purely one for defence, and was not in any way a body that would bj concerned in industrial turmoil. Commenting on one or two points in connection with tlio association, Mr. Rossor remarked that advertisements had been inserted in leading Irish papers asking for men for tho Now Zealand .police force-"Eoyal Irish Constabulary preferred." As advisor in Auckland of the men, Mr. Rosscr was confident that lie had not committed any breach of the law. Not only the junior men, Mr. Rosser explained, but the older men and tho married men. were also members of the association. The association, he pointed out, was already formed, not merely proposed to bo formed. In Auckland only three refusals had bc?n receiv- ; ed. Thero was no such thing ns subversion of discipline, and fcr that reason only constables were eligible to join. The formation of a branch in Duncdin was now under way, under the guidance of on? of tho most prominent labour leaders in Duncdin, or even in New Zealand. The formation of tho association is not a political move, ho remarked in conclusion. Neither is it intended to act in concert with Labour, or laljour troubles. It is purely an association (o securo better conditions for tho men in t'lio'force. The Union Company's now chartered steamer Willochra was tho centre of attraction at Wellington wharves all day yesterday. During tho time she was in port, scores of people visited the vessel, and expressions of admiratjon could bo heard on all sides. Thero is no doubt that tho Willochra is a handsomely-ap-pointed vessel, and if she is kept in the Melbourue-Cook Strait-Sydnoy service should prove a popular ship. From stem to stern she is fitted with the latest appliances. Her passenger accommodation is excellent; and the furnishing throughout is of tho best, From what could be gathered from those on board, the Willochra is a splendid sea boat, 1 nnd has a very fair turn of speed. A full description of the vcfesel .appeared in Thursday's issue of The DojnNiox. Tho work of operating tho mechanical office appliances which have lately been introduced by the Public Servico Commissioner see'ms likely to become fairly popular, for already about I'JO girls employed in tho Civil Servico in various parts of tho Dominion have sent in applications to bo trained in tho use of the machines. About half of tho total number of applicants aro in Wellington, and nro at present being trained by Miss Hcdley, tho instructress ill chargo of the lueohanical appliances. Ten machines havo been provided and tho girls attend ] for instruction ill parties of ten at a time, ns opportunity serves during tho day. Somo of them attend in their own time, and others when they can bo spared from their vnrbus dopurtmeiits. One of tlio appliances which is being introduced is n neat littlo attachment to an ordinary typewriter which adds or subtracts columns of figures as the Items oro typed. A bulkier machine, which types out figure;! interminably on a web of paper, is used in more elaborate calculations, and still another appliance is a neatly constructed "checking-machine," on which, as its name implies, tho detail work rtono on tho other machines can bo rapidly tested for accuracy. Tho use of theso machines simplifies tlio book-keeping and accounting to a wonderful degree, and so many checks nro'supplied that mistakes aro made almost impossible. An expert typist?, Miss Hcdlov informed a reporter who' visited tho school of instruction yesterday, can become proficient iu iho uso of the calculating attachments to tho typewriter in about a month. The uso of tho other machines takes longer to learn, tho exact period depending, of course, upon tho aptitude of individual learners. After n time Miss Hedley will proceed to other centres of the Dominion to carry on tho work of instruction. > Mr. Harry Corson Clarke, who played Blackie Daw' iu "Get-llich-Quick Walling, ford" in New Plymouth recently, has practically decided on a tour of Australia and New Zealand with a company of llic, own, producing a number of American comedies. Ho expects to bo in New Zealand in September. Particulars of- to-morrow's church services will be found on pago 2.