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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13808, 20 January 1909, Page 1

JOHN KEMPTH3RNE LAND AGENT.

Extra Cheap Carpet Squares and Lace Curtains at Penrose's Summer Sale, l REVERSIBLE BEDROOM SQUARE, Green and Fawn, 6 Feet x 9 Faet. . lob *» » 1 REVERSIBLE BEDROOM SQITARE, _ fl Bine, with bight Blue Flowers, bls 6 10 b Feet x 9 Feet. . • • 1 REVERSIBLE ARGYLE S<®ARE, „ Q ~ g of nseful Floral Design, 9 Feet s 21 ,0 15 9 9 Feet. . • ■ • • " I REVERSIBLE ARGYLE SQUARE, Fawn Ground, Moss Green Flowers, ,18 € 13 6 7 Feet 6 Inches x 9 Feet.. . - 1 JUTE BRUSSELS SQUARE: Fa™ Ground and Coloured Design, 9 Feet <3O 0 *- o x 0 Feet. - " •• • 1 TAPESTRY CARPET SQUARE, als* Green Ground, but wit*l*»™ 1 TAPESTRY CARPET SQUARE, Fawny Colored Ground, one that wo*.*t shsw the Dust; well set *p «i pet is ' reduced, Jo Feet 6 Inches x 12 Feet. • - • • " " 1 JUTE BRUSSELS CARPET 65 0 45 0 WHITE LACE CURTAINS, 2* YDS. .' LONG - • * 'Former Pric«;&,3s o 6d 3s lid. SALE PRICE, 2s 6d, 2a lid, 3s 3d. Si YARDS LONG. Former Price, 3s 6d, 3s lid, 4s 3d. SALE PRICE, 2« lid, 3s 3d, 4s 6d. Former Prices: • 5s 6d, 6k 6d, fc 6d, 10s 6d. SALE PRICES: 4s 6d, 5s 3d, 6s lid, 8s 9d. 4 YARDS LONG. . Former Prices: 8s 6d, 10s 6d, 12s 6d, 17s 6d SALE PRICES: Cs lid, 8s lid,; 9s 9d, 13s 3d. PENROSE'S SUMMER SALE !

Motpr Reliability Trial. ORDEAL OF TEST. """N the good old days, when compari- to that time. The Waipara and Pasons vet* made by rule-of-tliuiub hau rivers bad to Ijo crossed—a task and many a blatant reputation" was every driver regarded with trepidation, made bv* dint' of the good, forceful and there was some fairly stiff hillblowing'of its owner. Hut in —cso climbing to do in the AVcka Pass. Tins latter davs the world has grown old "strict-testing" further reduced the arid suspicious, and has a nastv "svs- chances of all but a few leading cars, tematic manner of demanding the wiry Then on the fourth day came the and the wherefore of anv . claim to. "owning test of the trials—the LIS supremacy made on behalf of inau, mile run. to Akaroa and back. The horse or machine. If a man thinks t-ars were driven at full-speed from that he can box, or row, or plav~ten- Barry's Bay to the Hill Top on the renis, or shoot better than anvone else turn journey, for the hill-climbing speed he has to beat the man who has beaten test, and - then journeyed over Gebbic's all the others before he becomes fani- Pass to Governor's Bay, and thence ous to any extent worth mentioning, across Dyer's Pass, gliding down this and a racehorse that can't win races steep slope to Christchureh. The route doesn't get its • photograph printed. speaks for itself. It was something very often, eveu if its owner runs a for a ear to get through such a joursporting journal. The competitive test ney without a serious mishap. To is applied everywhere, and everything, get through it under trial conditions from 12in-naval guns to''the" latest without losing marks was an achievebrand of cocoa, can be tested and ae- ment to ponder over. The 15 h.p. Talcurately compared with other articles bot, driven by Mr H. T. Adams, was of its kind. There is nothing like the awarded the champion prize of the concompetitive test to settle little dif- test. Another 15 h.p. Talbot, driven ferences of opinion regarding merit, by Mr A. Kerr, came a good second, and the poor old gullible British pub- while the 25 h.p. Talbot driven by Mine, that is so wept over and.pitied is F. N. Adams, scored third prize, cornbeginning to look around and takeno- pleting one of the most decisive vietest on the things it buys, and as .ne tition by one make of car.. The Taltests grow daily more severe the result bots won out on all-round reliability, is acceptable to only two classes of hill-climbing qualities and economical public, and the people who, petrol consumption, notwithstanding as the Americans have it, can " dc- that the three cars were all, heavily liver the goods." It is rather a good laden with passengers on the hillthing for the. public that motor-curs climb. The Talbot team of four (all are susceptible to tests. If it were not touring models) and the thirty-two so it would be simply a matter of the other competitors put up a big fight for most nlausiblc salesmen securing all the three principal prizes of the trials. the sales. There is hardly anything \\"c have heard how Talbots swept the more plausible on earth than a good/board of the big prizes, the rest really motor salesman. Honesty beams from didn't signify much, but tile Talbots his bright blue eyes and the deep per- could not stop there. One of the 15sonal interest betakes in warning you ],_ p _ carSj j n addition to winning the of the countless bad points in all the champion prize, was given the first other cars is indeed affecting. But pi .j.. c j or the best four-cylinder car in rou won't get a fair and sqiuirc ap- tuc trial, a gold medal for a non-stop r raisement of the good and bad points rull a special trophy for reliability, of anv car from the salesman. lhe test's "the thing. A test of motor-cars was made in Christchureh during Christmas week. It was organised by The nm \ i as tly the first prize for the lowest : '. ars petrol consumption, covering 28 miles ' in ° to the gallon, at a cost of cightcen.,jy nonce. What a record for any car! the Canterbury Automobile Associa : T)lc 05.ij.p_ Talbot has still to be tion, and was "the only official test for. m .koiicd w ith, picking up a gold metouring cars conducted in New Zea- jyj f or a uon - s top run and a special land for the year. Cars from all over tropliv for reliability. The 10-16 h.p. New Zealand- started. There were Talbot was the tail end of the team, thirtv-six of them, out of thirty-seven Sue C ame sixth on the list of awards, entries, and they represented the best. , m( j was secou( i on ly to the famous 15 that the cleverest mechanical minds ot j. Talbot in the matter of economic Britain, France, and America could fcro ] consumption. The victory of -.0 produce. The trials themselves were Ta]bot eaJ . s vl \[ ]lo t surprise the makof a varving nature. On the first day To thenl it wi u | JC on | y thc.deoroduce. The trials themselves of a varving nature. On the first day •1 : fair average touring run was made, to Springfield and back, a distance of 110 niilcl There were no bad snags in that iaunt. On the second day - inoustration of an already proven fact. It is an old story to them, and has been told in every country where ear? are'tested on their merits. The prize hampion 15 h.p. trip through llakaia Gorge «as made ■ { Talbots arc now all sold. 'J he the run covering 149 miles or so. and ~,,. i()n 1; - L „. to j. m„ ck . Esq., the hundred or so water races winch w . lim , lt( .. the second prize 15 h.p. to had to be crossed gave the springs ot x c Gilcl)rist . E sq .. Oamaru; the those cars the testing ot their lives. t])i] . d - y/M ., 5 h p car t() ,j. Buckley, Those precious marks continued t-.i Ks Oamaru; and the 10-16 Chassis lose themselves in all directions, and to D Mat-son, Esq., Christchureh. lose themselves in all directions, and to D Mat-son, Esq., Christchureh. there was more than one -sad heart- There j s <r„mg to ho a big demand lor on the homeward run. lhe petrol con- Tu ]. Jots ], ero j„ x en - Zealand in the sumption test was made on this day, near f„turc —bigger even than in the * * ere again some of the most pro- lulst 3i esS rs Adams. Limited, the N'ew j cars failed to establish a rcpu- / e .,land Agents, feeling generous after tation" for cheapness in running. On the contest, are reducing the prices of the third day there was a trip to-Waian Talbot cars, so that everyone who can Ferry and back, a distance of 10(5 afford to buy a first-class ear will get miles. This was the heaviest trip up it—in the Talbot. STAFFORD STREET TIMARU.