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Another smashing HILLMAN VICTORY HILLMAN Hawk and Minx gain FIRST PRIZES in gruelling 2000 miles CAPE-RAND-CAPE 1937 trials ~ ' Official results of the great South African 2,000 miles Cape-Rand-Cape Reliability Trial, which is run each year during the Easter holiday period under the auspices of the Metropolitan Motor Club of Cape Town, have just been published. They PRPMIER reveal an overwhelming victory for Hillman cars. . . - - .. . _ _ _ First Prize in the Big Car Class and the Premier Award for the Best-Performance in the Trial Irrespective of Class, which 1 AWARD carries with it the greatly, coveted Schlessenger Trophy, have been won by the Hillman Hawk Saloon entered by Mr.J. D. McfCnight. ' ' .— ; i_ * '. ■ .- ' ■■■ VCADC IM Hillman Minx Saloon entered by Mr. Dick Slabber, and • tAnj lIM W as also runner-up for the Premier Award— open to all cars SUCCESSION "^ every doss. \ ' ' ' ' mK^^KßK^KSi^^^^^^^Km ' • - <^^^^^| t (,; s exhausting and hard-fought contest, which provides one |j^KjgaMMMJ||^BBMBBK|K|^ '■—Jr - ■■ ■ of the stiffest tests of-its kind in the motoring world to-day, has been won by an all-British pJKjfsp J"T"\~'' ~ \ *\3f§fll J - Hillman car of perfectly standard type. Last year, it will be recalled, Dick Slabber's Minx rr^?it f> JBttJJiH Following on last year's magnificent achievement, there could surely be no more convincing ■ jts3s Jjplf I Hi JEra^Bt proof of Hillman quality and out-and-out reliability'than this spectacular "double event." jyi^ipir ji^ill' J M f jHHI^H British, American, German and Italian cars of varying sizes, up to the largest,'and numbering | 1 ] twenty-one in all, were entered for the trial in the hands of some of the best-known drivers BHBO^R%*^'l# i^HiHB f Ij^^^H in South Africa, and in open, hard-fought competition under severe weather conditions over HflM^Bii^^ L^^feMfe^^^^^^H many hundreds of miles of indescribably rough Colonial track, Hillman products have once •gain demonstrated their superiority beyond question as "Cars built for World-wide Service." |^^^^^^^^^^^^^*^^^^^ The victorious HIUU HILLMAN HAWK 20-8 Oh.p. (no increase in price) MINX 10-33 h.p. England's challenge to the world in the high-powered big-car field. Only a few £'s more than a baby car, but WHAT a difference! SO h.p., 6-cylinder, 5-passenger, 4-doo,r saloons. Chosen by British The only light car on big car lines. 10-33 h.p. 4-door saloons. War Office, Royal Air Force and London Metropolitan Police for Six side windows. Greater power and speed. Four people can reliability and economy. stretch with ease. Complete^with^ump. r^% 4^^ £^k Complete with Bump. f^k and gaßFoldin 1g artßear CR| JL^B ' Luggage Compart' OLE^^£- J^ Carrier. From ment. . From BHIHI \ , (Main Ports) . ' : (Main Pom) • Av.il.bU on Confid«nti«l E.»y Term. Plan. . .. Available on Confidenti.l Euy T«rms Plin. , Dealers: ■ . . WELLINGTON: A.B.C. GARAGE, 127 Lambton Quay. PETONE: LOCKHEAD, LTD. HERETAUNGA: R. JENNINGS & CO., Heretaunga Service Station. PAHIATUA: A. & R. DONALD. PALMERSTON NORTH: JOLLY & MILLS, LTD. OTAKI: J. SOUTHGATE. LEVIN: BONNER'S GARAGE. FEILDING: BLAKE & STRAWBRIDGE. MASTERTON: INGLEY & MORRIS. CARTERTON: R. H. EVERY, Garace, High Street. MARTINBOROUGH: LES CAMPBELL, Garage. FEATHERSTON: V. VENNELL, Garage Service Station, Fox Street. GREYTOWN: A. G. RHODES, Garage, Main Street. - N.Z. Distributors: TODD MOTORS LIMITED, Wellington. X ' '■' [__ __^_^_______ HILLMAN - the world's most reliable cars! —"*- / ..............-■■;■• Electrify YOUR FOOT PEDAL ■iT I Secrecy or HAND SEWING MACHINE Jp on tftoki'9l KLAXON Electric SEWING Telephone 5J^( fj MACHINE MOTOR... . ■fIIBHI \ n^/^W^^^i^^. From Foot Pedal to Electric in a second. Improved Facilities ftf^j^Hw a^BiliiMMO Do yOUr sewin^ in alf the time- Convert your !' ' • I^HpiSH^Hl^ pedal or hand machine to an electric speedster. Special apparatus has recentM^ml^^^^UßL^ lw«»t No pedalling, no tired legs. Just switch qn the |y been installed that will S^^^^^^^^B^^fSSv*SßW^|Q^^^^ current, press the foot regulator, and away you enable users of the Radio go. Easy to fit—easy to remove. Ideal for Telephone to speak with comhousehold or commercial use. piste confidence that their SHEED, REGULATOR%IdP^ T^,^ The sewing machine motor does not start till the foot regulator is &j^^B^^H[^^^Bfl J^Jmlßm GREAT BRITAIN* pressure and speed, fast, slow, or medium, can be had as required. MW|||f|^PPi^ , ft^M^^^ £1/14/- per minute (miniMachine stops immediately foot is removed. No strain on foot, \ fflmmT ■ ' mum charge £5/2/-]. OnlY^ l f\miP%m^ an<! WOrth :. See it in our ■ Only Actual Speaking O*%J t\J Showroom! ■ ™» is ck^d far. BHI Q^l BUI 1 BBIXBiwI BTJB ■I Bl see a<^° "n! Jy > 7^ Telephone with /4c Cccc^U<ki6 Confidence! Tram Stop Courtenay Place, Wellington. Also The Square, Palmerston North. ■■■■■■■■.■■■i_^_

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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 14

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