"Don't you ever stall in traffic? I always do." "Lucky me, with a Standard Ten. I can't stall it. The Automatic Startix makes starting automatic while the ignition's on." Jf you've ever stalled a car in crowned traffic, you'll welcome this refinement oj the Standard Ten. With the Startix Automatic Restarting starting is actually automatic and immediate from the moment the igtuticn's switched on till the moment it's turned ojj <r .;in. «1 "Wish I could do something-about my gear changes. John's always ut me about the way I change." "You don't need to do anything about them with a Standard Ten. There's no fuss about changing then. In fact it's automatic—you really don't know you have gears'* Synchro-mesh gears in znd, srd and top: silent, lightning, foolproof changes without using the clutch. Controlled freewheeling ;<,■> — a thrilling new motoring experience with a saving in your petrol bill. J jife:^**/!; "You get the most car lor your money with a Standard Ten."' "You certainly do. I priced all the extras that go with it, and they'd cost you £4O to buy separately." Automatic traffic signals; synchro-mesh in 3 gears instead of z; controlled free-wheeling; sliding roof; sun visors; enclosed trunk with collapsible luggage carrier; Startix and voltage control — and everything else from twin screen-wipers to dim and switch headlamp control. This most completely equipped car on the market — £3o9 inclusive of everything. Other 193 j Standards from £z)s so £489. Sole Factory Distributors Sub-Agents: MOCKETT & lIADLEY, Culverden. SMAIXBONE BROS., Asbburton. AMURI MOTORS LTD. DURHAM STREET, CHRISTCHURCH. CANNON STREET, TIMARU
To North Canterbury Motorists FREW'S GARAGE AMBERLEY Motor Garage Proprietors. 'Phone 18M Privrte Res. 38 P.O. Box *• ALL MAKES OF CARS SERVICED AMD REPAIRED AT SHORTEST NOTICEACETONE WELDING DONE. Full stock MOTOR AND CYCLE TYKES AND TUBES AND ACCESSORIES IK STOCK. BATTERIES in rtock for «11 Cllfc Plume, Voco, Union, Big Tree and Europ*. Petrol pumps en kerbside. Our long-stand-lug Connexion wita the MOTOR TRADE enables us to givp. the BEST SERVICE OBTAINABLE. PRICES are always rigtt. Call or write us for your requirement!. SAM FREW, Proprietor. A few Used Cars and Trucks wfcien tre a recommend mußt »• sold. I! F%£ IS DELIGHTFULLY DIFFERENT ] WHEN MADE IMPROVE .PERFORMANCE WITH A NEW SET OF ►ss *&)* MADE ENGLAND
A London detective, acting under instructions to watch in a certain spot for a wanted man, disguised himself ns an old saiior, selling matches. The arrest was made after a wait of six days. But the time spent was profitable in another way, for he collected £7 12s. So well did he act the part, that passers-by responded liberally to his silent appeal. His stock of matches was little reduced, for the total of his "earnings" was chiefly made up by charitable gifts, and not from his sales. The detective's chief ordered that the money should be paid in to the police account, on the ground that it had been earned in the employer's time and w . a f. therefore, the property of the rhl «„ J "Ported, however, that rtL WSuSl* of the mouey had
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21289, 8 October 1934, Page 4
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