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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17856, 31 August 1923, Page 4

w^m mz SS Buick Conquers the Wild Syrian Desert The ears uti m Hie toree-trail trips | j help were six cylinder seven-seater Biucka. ► the and no mechanical trouble was «• ~ * Do- perienced, while the average water eoo oiles gumption per ear was only three galex- lons. This Is a very big eoouideja , the tion in a ventur* of this kind, for t there is only one available water sop ply in the desert—at Butba Wells. All * the cars are to be fitted with refn- v „. gerators—to carry food ana iced dnnJca o 3"* -puncture-proof tyres, and hoods Ha- » «„ cd with asbestos. The total journey • «I ojj the direct tonf from Beirut to f m . Bagdad is 603 miles, and It ia ex- e ton petted that regular crossings of the 1 b© desert settioa will b» accomplished u» i fe.-116 hours. v *7u a. Every day comes fresh proof of the wonderful sterling quality of the BUICK, and now appears particulars of the proposal to establish a motor mail service across the Syrian Desert, from Beirut to Bagdad, with BUICKS. Mr. Norman D. Nairn, a New Zealander, who is in charge of the scheme, believes in BUICK cars for the rough work of the desert, and proof of his confidence is afforded by the fact that so well did the BUICKS stand up to three-trail trips that no mechanical trouble was experienced whatever. When better cars are built, BUICK will build them. We are selling BUICK Cars at the following favourable prices:— 6 Cylinder Touring Car £SOO 4. Cylinder Touring Car £4OO 6 Cylinder Roadster £490 4 Cylinder Roadster £390 Blackwell Motors Ltd. CORNER KILMORE, VICTORIA AND DURHAM STREETS :: CHRJSTCHURCH 'Phones 3145 and 2575 - And at Tancred Street, ASHBURTON Mc"WhanneU A Spanier

//, -It Doesn't Hammer Pistons Down The quality of a motor spirit decides the way it explodes. Some spirits detonate—explode instantaneously—hammer the piston with one crushing blow. Detonation causes knocking, vibration, wear and tear. Other spirits explode progressively. The expansion of gas is prolonged. Power is delivered throughout the entire downward stroke of the piston. It is this "follow through" which counts on hills. does not detonate. It explodes with a long sustained thrust, giving new speed on the level, and a new lift on the hills.

GUARANTEED TWO'YEARS Telegraph, Phone, Call or Write Philadelphia Battery Service Station 27 Lichfield Street, Cb.Ch. ITALA CHASSIS REDUCED !Y ABOUT i B In order to make a <rnlck and effectjra '•■ «• clearance of the cars taken orez by as ~ «- from tbe Balck galea Ltd., "wa have = j- decided to otttt ttala CbajraU at rednetiona qjC abovt #BOO per Chamda, and B *?**& «*"*» correapondlqgly haav? rej_ nttrtlaaa an varlooa gaooud-lund cara la "■ 'Xtanea 81« and 2875 S "-...■ »»«