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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2747, 15 April 1916, Page 4

a MKW ZEALAND ENGINT3EK*S PHI--1 OPINION OP THE STODR •BAKBB. THb Tourist Motor Co., Hastings, knowtag that we are closely interested in Studebaker motors hare forwarded to as a copy "£ a lengthy business letter eont hhemby Mr. Afiau I!.. M'Leaii, the en. Sneer 0 f their firm, who is at present m Detroit, investigating the claims of the 1916 models of the great American automobile manufacturers. The Tourist Motor Co. have Very courteously pen us to publish, extracts from the Ctter and wo extract the following paragraph as likely to interest owners and protective owners of Studebaker cars "mv honest opinion about the Studebaker car is that it is tbo best value for money on tHo American market, and as far as hnWh and workmanship are concerned it 16 second to none. I coueidcr that we would be foolish to take up for' any higher • priced car that is built Ce because if we repaint the Studsoaker and equip it with wire .wheels (t would be equal to the Minerva m appearance and quietness of running. The en. eine is the cleanest designed one that I Havo inspected." It may be explained that Mr. M'Lean's mission to America was to secure the agency of a high-priced American car to take the place of the firm's Silent Knight Minerva agency. There is a good market in liawkes Bay for the very best car obtainable, regardless of price. Mr. M'Lean's honest opinion regarding the Studebaker is that tfiere is no American car on tue market better than tlio Studebaker at any price. Hie hve-seater touring Studebaker (1-cylinder, 25 li d.). with electric self-stsrter and eleotrie fights sells in New Zealand'for .£315, the three-seater Studebaker, with same equipment, being priced.at .£335. Adam* TM N Z Importers of btudebaker Motors' Christchurch, Palmerston North, WaiWanui. Agents—Tourist . Motor Co., Hnotfutrs; Auckland Motor Co, Auckland) Newton king, Stratford and New Plymouth; Toinlis and Co., Hamilton. To ore onen to receive, aser.ts for the Wellington territory. Applications to be made to Adams, Limited, Christchmrch,— Advt.

A proposal was made by Captain Whitney, at the annual meeting of thd Auckland Acclimatisation Society, that the Government be asked to prevent shooting during the breeding seasou and up to the closo season of each year, excepting in rabbit-infested districts. As, liqwcrer, the chairmau, Mr. H, Ostler, ruled that the suggestion could not bo accepted as a motion in the absence of notice, it was understood tliat the. question should be brought up at the first meeting of the now raunoiU