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CABS FOB SALE BABY Bat. Offers, 90 Stourbridge street. : PHBFECT. 24,000, tidy; £S9i> or offer. 1 129 North rd. 5649 J VAUXHALL 14/6 Cffupe. £250, offer. 157 Langdons rd. —— 1934 4-DOOR VB. Good motor, tidy. £325. Back Flat, 142 Kilmore st. QUICK Sale offer wtd. 1939 Standard 10 4-Door. Good order. 46-066. 1575 1928 CHEV. Laght Delivery, £l3O. 59A ; Waimairi rd., Upper Riccarton. 1927 BIANCHI Roadster, £ll5. Terms ar- . ranged. 142 Milton st., Spreydon. : 1951 HUMBER 12, Showroom Condition, ‘ tow mileage. Flat 4, 107 Bealey ave. . WRECKING 1927 Short Spring Chevrolet. : 274 North rd., Kaiapoi. ’Phone 127 M. 1928 MODEL A A on 16in wheels , mechanically good. Afrply 523 St. Asaph st 1939 AUSTIN, Big'Seven, excellent order, £385. Apply 798 North rd., Belfast. X 5734 , ALWAYS Cockram Car Sales for a Sporting Deal. Buying! Selling! or Trading! 5538 1939 PONTIAC. Good mechanical order. Paint good. Private. P 6026, “Press.” — 1582 JAGUAR 21 Litre, 1937. A beautiful car. Trade, terms. Ransley Motors, 391 Montreal st. north. 6036 MODEL “A” Ford Tourer. Runs well, tidy order throughout. New C.C.W. £175. 63 Middleton rd. X 5835 CHRYSLER 4-dr., 1927. A great car for camping, only £125. Ransley Motors, 391 Montreal st., north. 6036 1940 VAUXHALL 10, excellent mechanically, well shod, W.0.F., anti-glare visor, and towbar. £425 cash, 57 Hay st. _ PRIVATELY, 1940 Studebaker Champion, in first-class order; uses no oil. EconomicaJ to r un- Ring _4B-005_to _.inspect._X6lo2 STANDARD 8 ti.p., 1947, excellent mechanical order and appearance, ope owner since new. Ring 31-414, office hours. — 5965 1938 MORRIS 8; 1936 Morris 8; 1937 Austin 7; 1935 Morris 10. Easy terms and tradeins. Woolston Car Sales, Ltd., 449 Ferry road. 6212 PLYMOUTH, 1937, 4-Door Sedan, large luggage trunk. Good all round condition. £485. 393 Tuam st. Not Sunday after1928 BUICK 6 Four-door Sedan, new C.C.W., w.o.f. Tyres, body, engine good. £l2O. 19 Wellington st., off Oliviers rd. A 6200, “Press.” 1937 STUDEBAKER. £4OO Cash or near offer. New battery, new tyres; engine sound. Ring 48-567, or call 47 Jervois st., New Brighton. : 1493 ESSEX 4-Door Sedan; Singer 4-Door; Rugby Station Waggon; Erskine Sedan; De Soto 4-Door. Easy terms and trade-ins. Woolston Car Sales, Ltd., 449 Ferry rd. 6212 CITROEN SALOON, One owner. Tyres and motor excellent. £575. ARCHIBALD’S GARAGE, LTD--24 Oxford terrace. 2495 " RANSLEY MOTORS, 391 Montreal street, North. 3-LITRE RED, LABEL BENTLEY T.T. In Outstanding Mechanical Condition. 6036 TRIUMPH SALOON. ‘ ” 1929 Sedan, good motor, tyres and upholstery; recently repainted. £55 Deposit. Easy Terms. CHRISTIE’S CAR SALES, l7o_High street. . X 6404 1937" CHRYSLER SEDAN 1937 CHRYSLER SEDAN A Popular Model, and in extremely tidy condition. £625. ARCHIBALD’S GARAGE, LTD. 24 Oxford terrace. 2494 1948 CHEVROLET - “FLEETMASTER’’ SEDAN. One owner, complete with radio, heater, and leather trim. This beauty is as new! CHCH. CAR EXCHANGE, LTD., 190 St. Asaph street. ’Phone 31-091. GOOD" USED "CARS? - 1951 HUMBER 12 h.p. Low mileage, radio, etc. 1936 AUSTIN 10 h.p. Recently rebored. 1931 AUSTIN 7. Runs well. 1928 MORRIS OXFORD. Weil cared for. Terms and Trades Arranged. ALEXANDER, 33-857, _46 Kihnore street. BRADFORD DE LUXE ESTATE - CAR, 1950 Model, and only one owner. This is a real good buy at a big Saving on the first cost. It is beautifully finished in green, and is a two-purpose car, which can be used for private use and camping, or for business uses also. We can arrange easy terms. You are cordially invited to inspect. ADAMS, LTD., 219 Tuam street,, Christchurch. PARKER’S CAR SALES, 198-200 FERRY ROAD. HAVE a good selection of English and American Cars, 'all prices, all makes. Trades, Trades, Trades. Easy Terms. ’Phone 35-714. 'Phone 35-714. PARKER’S CAR SALES, 198-200 Ferry road, Near Lancaster Park. 5820

1947 FORD V 8 4-DOOR SEDAN Very Smart Appearance. Fitted with Extra Good Ttyres and specially Tailored Seat Covers. , This car is excellent buying at the Low Price of £B5O C. L. RHODES MOTORS 569 Colombo street. 2496 1938 PACKARD 6. 1938 PACKARD 6. IDE LUXE 4-Door SEDAN. One private owner. Run only 50,000 miles. Faultless condition and appearance. W. A. McLaren and CO., LTD., W. A. MCLAREN and CO.. LTD., I 108 St. Asaph street. 2631 OUR GUARANTEE TAKES THE GUESS WORK OUT OF CAR BUYING. 1952 AUSTIN A7O, 1300 miles, as new £l3oo 1950 COMMER STATION WAGGON, as ) new. Warranty £875 1949 MORRIS 8 Pick-up. Small mileage > Warranty £435 > 1930-31 OLDSMOBILE 4-Door Sedan. An 5 exceptionally good car £265 , POST WAR MERCURY, in splendid order 5 Warranty £ll5O 1 HAINES MOTORS, LTD.. . “Coast to Coast,” ’ 200 Manchester street, Christchurch. 5 6252 - "AUTOMOBILE.” WHO GAVE CARS THIS NAME? ALAN J. MCGILLIVRAY, / Car Exchange Service, 100 Oxford . tee. Elsoms Service Station. ’Phone 35-683. ; Offers as an item of interest, how a car became known as an “AUTOMOBILE.’’ Way back in the year 1894 a prominent engineer journalist, employed on the staff ’ of a well-known Chicago newspaper, persuaded the owner to offer 5000 dollars’ ;? prize money for a road race for the 0 "Horseless Carriage.” 5 In writing up the big event, the reporter was handicapped for an appropriate name 5 for these new machine chariots. 5 “Horseless Carriage” proved unwieldy, while motor-vehicle had a thoroughly uti- > litarian sound considered improper for the snorting racers of the day. 5 To create even greater enthusiasm in the road race, an additional prize was of5 fered for the best name submitted for the 3 new contraptions. Hundreds of names were offered. Names such as Goalone, quadricycle, autocycle, 0 Petrocar, Automotor, and Motorcycle. The prize money was eventually shared 5 by three people submitting the name 5 Motocycle. Opposition newspapers scorned such an 5 atrocious name, pointing out that the 5 machine buggies held ho resemblance to 5 a bicycle in any way. 5 Horseless Carriage and Gasoline or Steam Carriage became every day words, with Motocycle added. . Then out of the blue, the heated Argument was brought to an end. In far-away France the Frenqh Academy 2 had Invented a new word for all mechanical machines, and this word was, and still is: “AUTOMOBILE.” It may be of interest to readers to know more of the road race mentioned above. Contestants were given one year to pre- . pare for the titanic struggle, of banging juggernauts. Inventors of all kinds started building their entries, and what a conglomeration of nominations were received. Some, were built to run on carbonic » acid, acetylene gas, compressed air, liquid air. electric batteries, steam, and some long-haired inventors endeavoured to use steel springs. In all 85 final nominations were received . for the 92-mile race. As time went by many entries fell by . the wayside, until it was feared there would be no starters at all. On the eve of the great day a heavy snowstorm upset all calculations, and of the 12 final acceptors for the race, onlysix were able to reach the starting barrier under their own power, the others being pulled into place by drays. The signal to start was sounded. Terrific bangs, clouds of’steam and undreamed-of smells were ail welded into the air to-

gether. Of the 12 starters, seven only moved off under various means of power. Two battery cars left the mark and continued for about a half mile, where one subsided in a vivid electrical display, while the other thundered on for a good 100 yards, where it gave up the ghost. >■ Of the other five, only two completed the journey. The winner’s margin being 5 hours, with an average speed of slightly over 5 m.p.h. The promoters of the race .declared it a tremendous success, and that the future of the "motocycle” was assured. The opposition newspaper chuckled derisively. and announced the ‘'Horseless Carriage” to be a complete and dismal failure. Watch out for further "Items of Interest” by alan j. McGillivray. When Buying or Selling, make use of Your Own Sales Depot, CAR EXCHANGE SERVICE. 100 Oxford terrace. ’Phone 35-683. Private Thone 30-34 L 2894