"BEN'Z" MOTOR VEHICLES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1866, 27 September 1913, Page 3

"BEN'Z" MOTOR VEHICLES.

There appear elsewhere three illustrations depicting ibe siicce-sful ascent of Reuht'ii .Avenue (Brooklyn) on September ;! of a- 30-35' h.p. "Benx" motor wagon, loaded with two tons of coa! (2i sacks), besides four passengers. This motor wagon did a non-stop run between the State Coal Depot, Lower Cuba Street, to the top of Reuben Avenue (the latter part of the journey up a grade of 1 m 4), inside tweiitv minutes. The wagon carried its full load, ami demonstrated.what the lareor "Ben/." wagons will accomplish as evidenced more clearly by the 35-40'h.p. "Ben/." achievement in Napier in July last. I naclcd with 2 ton 4cwt. cf :ras cylinders. Shakespeare Road;-Prance lio ad,' and Thompson Road were easily ascended. In llawcra in April last the directors of the local cheese factory w ( ' ro shown the combined speed and lull-, climbing qualities of a "Hcjh wagon, which handled 8!) crates of cheese between the factory and the railway station—making three trips under innet> minutes—and then doing tho Tawlnti Hill route, fully loaded. The grado is 1 in !) in many parts.' Tho "Ben?, wagon is used for transport work bv every militnrv authority in Europe, and it was m evidenco in the recent Balkan campaign. Mr. Jul. A. Lutz. sole concessionaire for Xew Zealand, whose o'diec is in Phoenix Chambers, Lamblon Ouay. has given and offers to nivc demonstrations whenever osked, and will supply _ catalogues and prices upon written application.*