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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13490, 11 January 1908, Page 1

PENROSE'S SUMMER SALE. The Annual Summer Sale Is Now on at PENROSE'S Be there for the Extraordinary Values . that are offered in all Departments. . . Everything Reduced. PENROSE'S SUMMER SALE. THE MOTOR FROM CHRteICHUKCH 10 DUSJ£DIK VIA KAKAIA GORGE, 500 MILES. FACTS ABOUT THE TRIAL. The, trial was arranged in two clat»es>, one for small cars under 12 h.p., and one for large cats over 12 h.p. in the small car section seven cut-* started and its finished; in tiw large car section twentv-eight started and tw«nty-six finished." *l'be larga number of cuts finishing proved tlw reliability of the modern motor car. The maximum number of marks. ftr a iujd *top tnp was one thousand, le«i deduction f«r stoppage* on tb* ruad «»v uny r*s»v*i». Fi\e Talbots competed in the targ.- ' lass only, tbm; of which w-t>- in tli- "pen svvtton, ♦ ntered bv Adanr-. Limited. ;>nJ driven by Messri R- M. Macdonald. F. X. Adam?, and H. I- Adams, and two in the Private Owners." Class, filtered and driven by Messrs W. E. Mills and David Matson- It was quite expected that the Talbot cans would show out prominent iy in the trials, therefore it is not at rt-markabfe that four out of the live Talbots made absolutely non-stop ruiK. and obtained marks as follower —Mr . f--Mills (1000K Mr David Matson i 1000), Sir R- M. Macdonald (1000). Mr F. X. Adams obtained 999 marks, being penalised on--- point owing to the judges finding. on examining the car on arrival at Chriytchureh, that the radiator fan belt had slipped off during the journey from Oamaru. The Talbot driven by Mr H. T. Adams lost five points owing t> being stopped five minutes in crccbing a deep water race, and one* point for being stopped ten ssconds due to musing gear on j» hill. The five Talbots run like express trains - , always on time. and a.-, a team of live cats the performance w;is really excellent. Mr W. E. Mills and Mr David Matson wer" each awarded a first prize in the Private Owners' Class, and Mr R. M. Macdonald » first pric:. and Mr F. X. Adams a second prizft in the Opsn Claris. Th>- 12-16 h.p. Talbot, driven by Mr H. T. Adams is two ye.riF CAR TRIAL. old, having b~. n driven over 50,000 miles. Tii l ? 12-10 h.p. Talbot driven by Mr W. K. Mill> i.» about a year old and is the same car on which lie won the Duvau'jbell-.'.-: Bay umUil on the 9th May last. 'Hit- cars driven by Mr David Matron, Mr F. X. Adaint> and Mr K. M. Macdonald are new 15 h.p. Talbots, just ieceived. The success of the: Talbots in the Reliability Trial proves that the old and new model cars are equally good and can be depended upon for reliability and time-keeping alter years of hard work. The petrol coinsumptiuu test from Timarn to Dunedin proves Talbot cars to be very economical. The 15 h.p. Talbot, driven by Mr 11. M. Mucdouald «» third in the petrol consumption test, with twenty miles l» the gallon (tinder Id per mile). Mr F. N. Adams' tlalbut was iifth and Mr W. K. .Mills' Talbot sixth on the list. We have in stock new 15 h.p. 4-cylinder Talbots, also 12-16 h.p. Talbots, same as driven by Mr AY. E. Mills', and 10-12 h.p. 2-cylindcr Talbots. The 15 h.p. Humber driven by Mr A. Morton, president of the Automobile Association lost marks owing to dirt finding its way into the carburettor nipple front the petrol tank, and also for miising gear*: Dr Finch's 15 h.p. Humber lost marks owing to coil troubles, < tli-:r-wise both Humbers came through successfully. having no mechanical stops. We can give immediate delivery of Humber cars from stock. 15 h.p. 4-cyclinder and 10-12 h.p. 4-cylinder. The 22 h.p. Minerva entered by Adams Limited, and driven by A. Kerr lost one mark owing to missing the gear on a hill, and finished with 993 marks. We; can give immediate delivery of 22 h.p. and 24 h.p. Minerva cars. Ihe team of eight cars (five Talbots. two Huutbei-o. and one Minerva) came 1 through the trials most succe-sfully. non? of them having any mechanical troubles ur even tyre troubles on the road. Inspection of any of the above makes of cars cordially invited. Adams limited, late Adams Star Cyvlc Co.. 138-140 Hitrli Street. Cbristchurcli. Mer«f>r Street. Wellington. The Avenup. Wanaanui. The Square. I'almerston North. and Stafford Street. Tim-mi. ... ADAMS LIMITED. Stafford Street, Timaru.