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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1938, 22 December 1913, Page 4

On Saturday, Detective ■iUason arrested a man, why will appear in tlin Magistrate's Court t.liis morning charged with the tbei't of a brief-bag and goods (valued at, £10), belonging to Mr. Norman L. Gttrr SUCCESS OP THREE-SPEED s 'TJ;iU.Ml ) ]lS"iiiSlJ3E-CAlt TRIALS. There used to bo a action, not s* vKtf long ago, that the standard single-cylinder 31 h.y. vtioior-i'v-eki was nut powerful enough for side-ear work. Tho iistrcflr.c----tio!) of tho "Triumph" three-spied scar did a sreat deal to dispel that notion, and tlio fallacy must have received its deathblow in the side-car trials conducted by tho X.G.M.C.C. over the Alaroa-Chritf-church course ois Anniversary Day. Tho routo is full of steep lulls, and the goinjy was made heavier than usual by recent rains; Before the start it was coniklentiy prophesied tlint the singic-cyliiider machines would never-sea the crni of tlio ionrnev. To the surprise of everyone not in the know the sUiglr-cylhuter machines,of which there were thirteen, behaved on the average as well, ii not hotter than, the seven big twin-cylinder machines with engines of up to double tlis horse-power. Especially meritorious was I lie perforr.ianeo of (be three-speed "Triumphs.'* One of these machines, driven by 1\ Haworth, was one of the five which securoa fail marks for reliability, while it was only beaten for lirst place by a t\nn ; machine oil oiki paint. oil eonih.ioiu U this on'iy meant that tlio ' Tviutupn had an extra splosh ei niinl or s».p;ii drop of oil adhering to (be cnßine. it cetracjM within! fvoi-a the practical value of the "T'di'mph's" faultless pcrformp.'.ie?. ft -aild'he ineii' ioiTiyl that in this trial tin-re was no handicapping. Eyerv machine sl-eed on its own merits, irrespective of power. The "Triumph" w co'uded to ft "Cancelct' side-car, tlio riron ß lh. daintiness and liriitnws of v-hieh created much favcnraule comment. Tile firm of Adams Limited has now so. cured Ibe solo agency for the-e popular Fide-ears, and a shipment of It It? is now i>n route for New Zealand, fall and seo the new {luce-spoor! "Triumphs." which, in addition lo botojt perfect side-ear machines are economical in rumiiii'.', and liinaliv suitable for solo work, which'i# mure than can be hnnest'.v said of mint -;,l' the hi;: twins. Adams Ltd.. >' chnrch, J'almei-'ton North, and \Vf!r;:i- ---' mi*. Asenl\ Sutherland and Rauhine, Mercer Street, Wellington: Tourist Meier Co.. Hastings; Skcales and White, Auckland.—Advt