Mr. A. H. M'Lean, of tlia Tourist Motor 'Coy., Ltd., of Hastings, now in America, cables that ho can secure three English "Comm'er" Motor Lorry Chasses, viz., one SJ, one 4J, and one 3J tons; and as it is practically impossible', to secure good reliable. lorries from England on acoount of the war, merchants, carriers, and contractors have now the exceptional opportunity of semiring one of tliese by getting in touch with us at once. The s.s. Isl- - leaves America on September 28th, and if we Tecoive an order by about 22nd, tho lorry could bo shipped by this sti nner and would arrive in Auckland, about October 18th, thus being 111 plenty of time for tho coming' wool season. Messrs. Williams and Creagh, tho well-known shipping agents at Napier, are at 1 resent using two "Commer" lorries, md have now ordered another "Comm?r, to arrivo ex the s.s. Niagara, flio Tuiiist Motor Co., Ltd., of Hastings, will be pleased to furnish further particulars on appln cation—Advt. .
TED B S.A—FAVOURITE WITHMILr< TARY DISPATCH EIDEKS—ANB WHY. . ' , t . „ It has sometimes been psid, 11h mucH truth, that tho business test is the best test of any motor. War is tho grimmest business of mankind, fnd t.lO military motor-cyclist stakes his life, very often, upon tho reliability of_his mount. Here is what Sergeant K» E. Schofield, senior instructor of the Motor-cycle Section at Aldersliot, has to say:- Nearly every dispatch rider that has gone to the front luis passed through my hands, and I iriii therefore in a position to< judge how' the different makes of machine are in favour. The B.S.A. is by far away the favourite, and it has yet to happen that iv B.S.A. has failed to act up to its well-earned repute. . . . I may state that 50 per cent, of tho mochines here are 13 g i motor-cyclist with the Sec-* Olid Cavalry Division, British Expeditionary Force, writes in a privato letter: "The reads are hellish. . . . My B.S.A. is tho goods I never have to touch it. They nro the bikes, my boy. They knock tlie and any other mako you like to montion into a cocked hat." There are plenty of other letters from the front, all to the came effect. Wo are landing 20 of tho latest model B.S'.A/s ex s.s. Marlborough this week, and can give immediate delivery. Tliey are ideal machines for cither' solo or siile-car service, and their reliability is famous. Tho li.p. is 4}, and the throe-speed countershaft gear is foolproof and wonderfully efficient. Adams, Ltd., Christcbuicli, Wam;anui, Palmerston North; Sutherland and Rankine, Wellington; Tourist Motor Co., Hasting?, Agents for B.S.A.—Advti
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2572, 21 September 1915, Page 4
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