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I CANADIAN NEWS JOTTINCS. I 1]\1 i \iovTni* \r„ .};tmiarv 171 h, linvc H!«jivs l atin r prided to li^C Mll-il 'Ho-K-. it t«> sp«-e<l and efficiency as the tele- •hui.e. I m !««* wo come very close to the United J -itates regard to the number of telephones proportion to tin* population and the extent with which 1liey aro made use of by private individuals. Now our pride in the 'phone has eeeivod something of a. shock. The housewives of the city are iold that, the ton free use of he instrument is productive of commercial evils is well as being one oi the factors resuliin;: in the iiigiier cost of living. Mrs. Julian Ik-tub. jn*csi- dent of the League of New York. is for 1 lie statement. She. been organising a Montreal branch of her league, for. r.s she savs u Economists have calculated tJut 1hr<e-<j alters of the world's wealth is spout, by ■women. It is our duty, there- lore. to spend it wise'v." SINS OF THE 'PHONE. I Ordering goods over the "phone, snid Mrs. | Heath, checked the time-honoured to bargain. But her most curious accus.it it>n ag.iinst the "phone was that it deteriorated the fhops where it was most in use. When not under the continual eye of customers it was natural for- a shopkeeper to become lax in the arrangement o' his shop. AY hen customers oil led up instead of eal'inu in he was apt to allo»- his shop to get' irt\ and his goods higgledv-pig'>ledv. and geueralh to tii.M inNi habits destructive 10 {.Plul 1"1' It is to be hoped that, Mrs. l]<ib"i lectures an etT. r's will result in Mil improvement ill MoiiM'tnl's hous.do'epiu-: -« 1I.M-«I improvement, j, ) .-J-it.!< meanwhile !-»»vi- given you (after ;■ u iivv do"" of dom"stieity at the beginning of hi tor. THE LOYAL FRENCH. An-, her fljferosting address recent.lv de'iveit VNS !P:I/ made to tipc (''INA-IIAN ( HI]> of T.E OT,' II the iion. llodelphe The Kutpjec of Mr. liOinienx's addro.-s was The (.Quebec Ai t (The HI iti-1* Act of V'ai eiT"d"HI n''ovi,M,i made for Un- o\eriinie: nt' tli" l.Voviiu-e. I'Yeiieli law "IHI Ln.!I¡ h effectively combined,and the rtligionol ;h- p, on assured tot h< in. 1 lie made it, the occasion of tit, in!p"OI\(,ll fir the lovaltv 0" F, m* Canadians t o Siritish in^t e iion \e may iè, ¡.,aid.0 (I t.. i method by "J.i(,1 we can best serve 1 :H' Fn'pi hut:1" ('Hlla,1ia,n"i. whether as g"¡,i,.1t tI., F i our IlIin,1" ;1."(':111 the same, Th". 1;1' ,1 j■ I■.i union for evcrv Canadian is hi" \1a,jn;ty the I" the frown, and that gn-at in--tp timeii* of fi which belongs to liu- ar.d N )I, Const itnlion. Talk' not to a Froneh-' 'ana i annexat ion to 111 r II i 1.1 S'atos, Our (', '1, iti- contains all that he loves III 111"/1:11" a.i maintains all that there is iu democra.-v. BETTER WAT EH SUPPLY. '1'llo\I1;h1. :\11'1"1)1(,,1 h. tht' 'i"" (t 1 ',1< n" j roeei.t break in the huge illtalw pip li.e Moo' Council have issued an appeal l.-r j.n ••eu.ge- repairs to the conduit wltpl'Ü 1 !It' break i the strengthening and Knjljlt>ltof hat p' been weakened, au I the in^lnUation of ;.n ««t>i gonev supply I'i'om (he Lionine Conn!, 'l iI" pip.' from <)?' c' t" the '••el' "r ?.- .t!?; station v ïl be 3 in dbo.-mfer. 1 < f0- t. in Mid 0' 1 i et» d >(>■, I. Tie- in-w |I )P t-i 1"1 C' COO. T.e M nF hI' 1( iti- ;• danger leu' ni P1 -eod t 1\0 oi "ft" h ,t tho citizen- li" rise np in -1:i^. Tin •> a! t.' r th >••• U p- of -so it w- ■■■ re- r for :!H' ,c;1"41Ir. and ;>i • th ^u'dtx part i' s a. e i' c 1 ■ •* !l! i- !!I;C i-etipo, io ,S'> 'r m ii. i pv.-> i 7 I 7 Calia 1;!1 t 1 r-!< ] e P po I't >. f •, Central Ane-rioiU ili r' f. 'e -m -h- 1. of t v. o 11!¡ Uii1 ii» • n i Trades < ( Vm, 11: V The lioi-. t; ■; -i p.. mineiit /irti's lie n Ml g _'es; ii-lis ;!> e- I- imp T., t i to t-, u w hSPI eJ.! •• lliinL., V; f' 1)"JI\):\lt>.I:t:I:J !)I i: >' ire e- e; > j» s. • o v • ii) { !ie ??w- mt'i, .:i .[ '? i .)' i'J:I;lii'¡ <¡\I:i'¡:i;¡' ¡.;hliUI.J re.iultr I'sii, m -td e development. I'rossu e.y t,'i • -e w t:« improveuielli in si/ipp: i- i1 ie-i as a which will elevate iiae-o. ;a..e.t oi t. GMAND OP7.1A. Me.uuteu by lire. h;i 1 a s-ti ci'v 0" wat"r. trea-'ers were not So t.re.nbl d in m:n as t1 unable to enjoy giant'o; a as spppiie-l bv i l;e beloved ?!(?!rtH)??-?t.<i,!?,.in. I'le- >: -asd has ju-t c lose, au 1 t.,)nf J it wa •< gwuuin art is ii, sucee-s far in ",1'11(" (f other v.-a it was -t fiiian -ial laihue. This yar the prum'ot. wore New York and (,'hiet.go m,'n, ij-ist, (i and 'I" two pree'-din-i seasnj.s, tlioso b.-hiii'! firgiinisjit ion wore ) ■ o ti'eieers, iieaded bv J..J"I(t. Ft a nk M< i; hen. For throe venrs their- loss was «<>niothhig approiudiing £ 10.000 nnnutdlv. ?".s\t?''t'))n'<)?.rj:));!r<?)<.h.t?'?lC.CUO ))!):.H?!!y. )J:.t IjiitJv that the experiment, will bo. abandoned, The P"OJ."Olf' reaiise that building up n p:'yin:: r'fVniW for grand opera i a Jow rud tedious pi\>eess. üETTf: MOUSES. I'he third readir.g was given a liill in ihe t^ueboe ]^isliiLure to ]>rovid« better housing th< working people of Quebec province, to mn'tipiv schools, to instruct ihe worker and lii, eri and to provide them ns well wi.h stilJieieut tech nieai sidiools mid night schools. In ,,(',p'aillilJ;1 I the V;11.iolis of the Hi!! the Speaker u: tlie House said. "We have made the workshops of the Province healthier by meitns of regu- lations that our inspectors Ù;1\t, applied con- scientiously to the situation. YVe have looked after the security of the worker bv seeing that every industrial establishment has all th" appliances for safeguarding the worker (hat it. should have. YVe hare protected the health of the labourer's wife and his children by limiting their hours of labour and we have passed a law which secures to the working mall a generous com- pensation for accidents that eoino to hill) while engaged in his avocation. It is flOW necessary to take -another forward step and*give the worker a healthy dwelling, one that air and the sun (.an get to, one where there will be room and to spare for all, one where the rent will he moderate and one where the lot of the working man ma.v be macle a hanuier one.

AIR-RIFLE SHOOTING. I February 2 to 0— Putley v Wellington Heath Fox y Wellington Bell v New Inn Prince of Wales v Ledbury WMC White Hart v Biddulph Talbot v Yew Tree Plough v Nondescripts February 9 to 13- Wellington Heath v Plough Nondescripts v Talbot Yew Tree v White Hart Biddulph v Prince of Wales Ledbury W M C v Bell I New Inn v Fox Wellington v Putley February 16 to 20- Putley v Fox New Inn v Ledbury W M C Talbot v Plough Wellington Heath v Wellington Prince of Walea v White Hart Yew Tree v Nondescripts Bell and Biddulph bye February 23 to 27— Bell v Putley Biddulph v New Inn Plough v White Hart Wellington v Yew Tree Prince of Wales v Talbot Nondescripts v Wellington Heath Fox and Ledbury W M C byes March 2 to 6— Fox v Bell Ledbury W M C v Biddulph Plough v Prince of Wales Nondescripts v Wellington Wellington Heath v Yew Tree White Hart v Talbot Putley and New Itin, es March 9 to 13— Talbot v Bell l^iduulph v VWljnoton [Tenth \Y |-| in liait K,i\ W M C v Nondeaerip's Hii'hy v Yew Tree v N"»- Inn l'louuh and Wellington byes March 16 to 20- Bell v Plough Wellington v Biddulph Prince of Wales v Fox Yew Tree v Ledhnry W M C Putley v White Hart. Nondescripts v New Inn Talbot and Wellington Heath byes March 23 to 27— Prince of Wales v Bell Biddulph v Yew Tree Fox v Plough Wellington v Ledbnry W M C Talbot v Putley New Inn v Wellington Heath White Hart and Nondescripts byes March 30 to April 3- Bell v White Hart Nondescripts v Biddulph Fox v Talbot, Ledbury W M C v Wellington Heatu Plough v Putley New Inn v Wellington Prince of Wales and Yew Tree byes

FOOTBALL NOTES. [BY THE TYKE."] There were five matches in the Worcester and District League on Saturday, and the leading clubs both had difficult tasks with local teams. Ledbury Town went under 2-1 to Hereford City, while Colwall drew with Badsey Rangers. St Clements defeated their Worcester rivals, Young Liberals, 5—1, West Malvern played a 2—2 draw with Evesham Wanderers, and Norton Barracks lost at Evesham to the United by 3-1. Ledbury Town can be commieserated with in not drawing with Hereford City, as although the City were the better balanced team on the day's play, yet the fine defence of the Ledbury halves, backs and goal withstood their skilful attacks throughout the first half, and then only fell in the second half through two errors. To have a point which seemed within their grasp, snatched from them in the last three minutes was indeed hard luck, and especially when the error was made by one who was the outstanding player on the field, Rodney Powell. But I am overrunning my tale. The ground was in a dreadful condition so far as foothold went. The sun had thawed the overnight frost, and rendered the turf greasy on top, so that the players could not twist and turn with any degree of certainty. Ledbury welcomed Goodwin back to the team, his first appearance since his iujury against West Malvern on Boxing Day, and he was placed at outside left, Watts crossing over to the right to the exclusion of Pudge. The City were without two of their Worcester contingent, Payne and Robert, and included Foulds jwbo it will be remembered resided for some time at Ledbury in the 1912 cricket season) and Davis. Mr E Rowlands, Hereford, was the referee, and the teams lined up as follows:— LEDRURY TOWN. Vicarage. Smith. el Partridge. W Powell. R Powell. Griffiths. Watts. Hoult. Bennett. J Taylor. Goodwin. 0 Heywood. Foulds. Ratcliffe. Bentley. I Davis. Quixley. Moseley. Taylor. Sutton. Hedges. Lucas. Hedges.. HEREFORD CITY. # Lucas beat- Partridge in the spin of the coin and elected to defend the road-end goal. Bennett started the game and the Town were the first to get going, but Lucas and Moseley sent them back. The Citizens then had a look-in, but they, too, did not get far, and back came Ledbury, but Lucas thrice pulled up the left wing. The half- backs on both sides put in splendid work, and it was evident that neither side were going to be let down in this respect. Hevwood had some good openings on the Hereford left, but he centred behind repeatedly, and Davis on the other wing did not do much. But Foulds, Ratcliffe and Bentley were always dangerous when in possession, and the former player displayed some pretty touches. Smith was prominent with clever overhead kicks, and Partridge did some fine tackling. The Ledbury forwards had a say in the argument, though Hoult was not displaying his usual form, and he seemed unable to do anything right on the greasy turf. Nevertheless Watts bad some nice passes from Bennett, Rodney Powell and Hoult, and he proved altogether too good for Sutton. Hedges was called upon by Bennett and Goodwin, and cleared coolly, and twice he only just got rid of the ball before Bennett and Watts were at him. Vicarage had a very easy time for him, and consider- ing it was Hereford City. The interval arrived without a goal. Soon after the restart Heywood got down on the left and centred nicely to Foulds, who found the corner of the net with a good shot. Afterwards for some time Vicarage was severely tested, but he made some fine clearances from Foulds, who kept shooting well. The backs stuck well to their work, and the halves were going great guns, Rodney Powell especially doing some fine tackling and feeding. Goodwin made some good runs on the left, the combination between Taylor, Griffiths and him being very pronounced. From one of his centres Hedges was hard put to to clear with Bennett in close attendance. The Ledbury centre-forward at this point made some fine attempts to burst, through, i and it was well for Hereford that Lucas was in form. Hoult shot just wide, and later the inside right received, beat Quixley with his pass and away went Watts. Lucas came across to tackle him, but Watts deftly slipped the ball past him, doubled inside and regained possession, and centred for Goodwin to dash in and equalise with a shot which shook the rigging. Xo goal scored by Ledbury for some years received such a cheer as did this goal, for I believe it is the first the Town have ever scored against the Citizens. There was still twenty minutes to go and the City naturally made strenuous efforts to regain the lead, but they were up against a magnificent defence, and although they forced two or three corners they were cleared, while Vicarage handled safely. The home forwards had their turns on the attack, but could make no impression on the defence, and so the game went on until three minutes from time. Hereford attacked j on the right, and the homesters could not get the ball away. Rodney Powell essavtd to clear but lifted the ball straight to Ratcliffe, who was in the centre of the goal and unmarked. He sent in a fast ground shot, which Vicarage went down to, but failed to stop, and Hereford had regained the lead. Soon after the whistle blew with the City winners by 2-1. To-day (Saturday) Ledbury Town go to Evesham to meet the Wanderers, whom they defeated at Ledbury 5—0. At Hurst meadow on Saturday last Colwall entertained Badsey Rangers in a league fixture. The home team made a surprisingly good show against the Rangers and the game ended in a goalless draw. Appended are the teams :-Colwall Spillsbury Collier, Barnett; Wood ward, Andrews, Hitchings; Amyes, Rogers, Chrome, Rushton, Taylor. Badsey Rangers- Hardiman A Sadler, W Herbert; Dore, W Hall. G Parker; W Sadler, W Hall, C Kean, G Knight, W Jelfs. ♦ Badsey won the toss and Colwall kicked off against a stiff wind, and with the sun in their faces. Both teams were about equal, though Colwall were more superior in getting away with the ball. The game was fast all through and Rogers, who worked like a Trojan, had one or two tries for goal, but was unsuccessful. Chrome did grand work in getting through the defence, but his colleagues failed to score by their erratic shooting. Taylor, on the right, time after time got near the goal, but could not get one in. Near the close of the first half some good work was being done in the Colwall half. Vadsev were pressing persistently and shots rained on Spillsbury, who was invincible. The visitors put in a shot towards the corner of the net and Wood ward came to the goalie's assistance by fisting the ball away— a penalty thereby resulting. But the penalty did not come off-Spillsbury was there. Chrome again made himself prominent with a fine individual run, and he put in a fine low shot which the goalkeeper saved. Numerous corners were given, but nothing resulted, and half-time came with the scores at par. The second half opened in favour of Badsey, and the iuside-left had a goal at his mercy, but fate-and Spillsbury-were against him scoring that day. Badsey con- tinued to press and forced several corners, which were cleared. The homesters broke away, but Taylor shot very feebly. The play was in mid-field for a time, and then a pass came over to Chrome, who put in a splendid shot, which was saved. Badsey came down on the left and passed in to the centre within two or three yards of the goal. Spillsbury saved, but was rushed and had to dodge to clear. The game was rather tame till near the finish, when Spillsbury was hotly bom- barded. After some stiff play on both sides Badsey eventually beat the defence and got right near the goal and one of the visiting forwards banged in a hot shot, but Spills- bury saved. A sharp tussle then ensued around the goalmouth with Spillsbury down still in possession and half-a-dozen opponents on top of him, trying to get him through the Qoalor off the ball. The referee, Mr A H Crockett, blew his whistle and gave a throw- up. Spillsbury again came to the rescue he safely caught the ball, and dodging his opponents, rolled over and over, and pushed the ball over the line for a corner. Nothing came of the kick, and the game came to a close with a goal-less draw. Spillsbury undoubtedly played a fine game and not once did he fail his side. Both backs played splendidly, especially Barnett. The halves were also good, Andrews playing fine football. In the forwards Rogers and Chrome worked hard, especially the former, while the latter was prominent with fine individual runs. j —————

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WORCESTER & DISTRICT LEAGUE. I Division 1. LEAGUE TABLE TO DATE. Pl'd won lost dm for asst Pts Hereford City 14.11. 1. 2. 61 13.24 Badsey Rangers .14.11. 2. I.8.11.23 Stourport Swifts 13.10. 1. 2. 40 1;5.22 Droitwich United 13. 8. 2. 3. 45.t2.19 Evesham United 15. 7. 7. 1.34.34.15 St Clement's R'ng'rs 14. 5. 6. 3.3.37.13 Norton Barracks .12. 6. 5. 1.34.34.13 Ledbury Town .14. 5. 8. 1.29.31 .U Young Liberats. 14. 4. 9. 1.28.45. 9 Stoke Uuited .1: 4. Ii. 0. 18 28 8 Eve-iliain Wanderers 13. 3. 9. 1.13.41. 7 West Malvern .l2.2. 8. 2.t6.33 6 Colwall .15. 2.11. 2 ..13^55^ 6 Colwa!! 1 5.2.11.2. 13  55 ?6

FIXTURES AND REFEREES FOR I JANUARY. DIVISION I. Jau :H -Stourport Swifts v. Norton Barracks H Bragg. Jiiu 31-Evcsham Wanderers v Ledbniy Town W J Davey. Jan 31-St. Clement's v. West Malvern C Rowberry. — «.

HEREFORDSHIRE JUNIOR LEAGUE. I PI'd won lost drn for agst Pts Burley Gate 13 10. 2. 1.51.. 21.21 Wye Valley 13. 9. 4. 0.40.16.18 R A..NI.C 11 7. 2. 2.29.17..16 Stretton United 12. ,v. 5. 19 21 I c2 *Byford Urited 12. 6. 6. 0.19.29.10 *BurghiU United 12. 3. 5. 4.24.34. 8 Ledhury Brotherhood 9. 3. 5. 1 .22.21. 7 Madley H. 2. 5. 3.12.18. 7 Pontrilas & District 10. 2. 7. 1. 8 34. 5 *fLugwardine United 9. 1. 8. 0. 6.28. U *Two points deducted in each case for playing ineligible players tLugwardine have resigned.

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CYCLECAR AND MOTOR CYCLE NOTES. [BT CELERITEIt] TESTING A LIGHTWEIGHT MOTOR CYCLE. A 100 MILES TRIAL. With a view to confirming my previously expressed views on the lightweight question I am making a number of trial runs on light- weight machines. Last year there were only two or three real lightweights on the market, but to-day there are quite a number of machines which appear to be really sound propositions, but in order to satisfy myself of the merits of some of these machines, I am putting some of them through lengthy tests, in order to form an opinion first hand. The first machine I decided to try was the "Triumph" 2 b.p. Lightweight. I approached the makers and they very kindly placed a machine at my disposal for the week end. After having the controls explained to me I jumped into the saddle and paddled away out of the works the engine started firing within a couple of yards and soon began to pick up speed. I was at first struck by the eweet yet rapid accelerating power of the engine; there is hardly any noise from the exhaust at 10/15 miles an hour, and the machine just glides over the ground with an entire absence of vibration. This absence of vibration is principally due to the two-stroke engine, which as most motor cyclists know has a firing stroke every revolution instead of every other revolution as in the case of the four stroke type commonly met with. This gives a more even torque or turning move- ment, and as the thrust on the piston is more nearly equal at all periods than in a four- stroke, this conduces to a smoother running engine. Apart from this however the weight of the moving parts is so very much smaller than in the case of a 3 h.p. engine that this gain tends to reduce vibration, so that with a two-stroke lightweight engine vibration is reduced to practically nothing. I found this to be the case with the Triumph engine at all speeds. Dodging traffic in the busy, narrow streets of Coventrv on a Saturday morning when the roads are slimy and wet is not an enviable task on a motor cycle—in fact it is, almost dangerous on the average "')!, h.p. machine, but I found the little lightweight perfectly tractable on the worst grease and in the thickest traffic. I would not mind riding a lightweight machine similar to this one through anything, but I would hesitate to do the same on a 3 h.p. machine. The riding position is so low ttiat one can stand astride the machine aud there is a space of several inches between one's body and the top of the saddle—therefore if the machine does try to skid it is a very simple matter to save one- self without having to bite the mud. Leav- ing Coventry for Birmingham I was soon able to test the springing and staying powers of the little machine, for the Coventry- Birmingham load is probably one of the worst in the country, abounding in pot holes and road waves as it does. The 18 mile journey took me just 50 minutes, which is an average of 21 miles an hour, which is pretty good for so small a machine especially when several miles of traffic are included. I later found that the machine was quite capable of averaging 25 miles an hour over ordinary flat and hilly country, but naturally in the first 20 miles or so I let the engine take things quietly. For the first five miles the engine kept chuckling to itself until I found this was backfiring through the carburetter, due to an incorrect setting of the carburetter. By closing the air slightly I stopped all the chuckling and the engine never back-fired once again. Going out into the country I gave the engine her head and found there was no difficulty in keeping the speedometer at 30 m.p.h. on the lever. At this speed thete is no vibration, nor has the engine any tendency to overheat or seize as is the case with some two-stroke engines I have tried. I never once heard a konk nor did the engine once dry up though I kept it all out for miles at a stretch. This is certainly a feather in the cap of the makers, for I believe the majority of the two-streke engines are prone to overheating and will momentarilly sieze up, and then go along again if driven all out for any length of time. Possibly the system of mixing the petrol with the oil has something to do with the success. As a hill climber I found the machine quite a revelation. She took the first part of Rose Hill, the gradient of which is about 1 in tt\- on top, and then I took to change down for the remainder and sailed over the brow at a good 20 m.p.h. The hill is nearly J of a mile long and the average gradient must be somewhere between 1.7 and 1.8. To test the flexibility of the engine I went down the hill again and climbed it as slowly as possible. I found it possible to climb the whole length of the bill with the speedometer steady at eight miles an hour. When one knows that a machine will climb such a hill at any speed from 8 miles to 20 miles an hour the extreme flexibility of the engine stands out very clearly. As a further test I gave the machine a flexibility test on the level. The top speed I was able to obtain was 35 m.p.h. on the level with no wind. On top gear the machine weuld quietly plod along at eight f miles an hour, and on the low gear it was possible to walk slowly alongside the machine vith the engine firing regularly at every stroke. This was at a speed of 3^ to 4 m.p.h. I certainly never would have believed that an engine could have been so flexible had I not made the test myself. It is curious how the noise of the exhaust influences one's calculations when trying to estimate the speed at which one is travelling with a 3! h.p. machine. Going at 40 miles an hour the exhaust is much quieter than that of this particular lightweight when going at 35 m.p.h., and the rapid series of explosions quite misleads one as regards the speed until the speedometer is glanced at. It struck me that the engine speed must be vary high in order to obtain the flexibility, but on working it out I find there is very little difference between the speed of the "Triumph" 2 h.p. engine and that of the 31 h.p. engine. With a top gear of 5 1/8 to 1 with 24 inch wheels, the speed of the engine is 2,500 r.p.m. at 35 m.p.h., whilst the speed of the 3l h.p. engine geared 41 2 to 1 with 26 inch wheels is over 2,000 r.p.m. Therefore it is easy to understand why the bigger engine vibrates more, and there must be more wear as the reciprocating parts are so much heavier, though the bearing surfaces are very little larger than those of the 2 h.p. engine, the inside of which I examined thoroughly. At 5 m.p.h. on top gear the engine speed of the lightweight is only 360 r.p.m., and it is remarkable that the engine will pull at this low speed as it does without any overheating or once miss- ing fire. Never once did the engine attempt to fire four stroke, though this is a common fault with some two-stroke machines at low speeds. I found the petrol consumption worked out at 97 miles to the gallon with a fair amount cf low gear work as I put the machine into a number of stiff pimples. Oil is mixed with petrol in the proportion of 12.1, so that on a 100 mile run roughly 1-12 gallon of oil would be used. The idea of mixing the oil with the petrol appeals to me strongly. Oil is simply fed from the oil tank into a measure which is incorporated with the Detrol tank filler cap, and 6 measuresfull are poured into one gallon of petrol, or in proportion, then one can ride on until all the petrol is consumed without ever having to think about lubrication of the engine. This system is next door to the all-automatic lubrication, and must appeal to the ordinary rider as well as the novice. A neat two-speed countershaft and dog clutch type of gear is fitted in the bottom bracket, and is controlled from the handle- bar by the lower half of the ordinary type of carburetter operating levers, the upper being used to control the magneto. The gear is well made-I examined it thoroughly when adrift-and the control is just as simple as that of the carburetter. To change down the lever is simply push forward-a light touch does it—nothing else need be moved, and to change up it is only to close the throttle for a moment whilst the change is being made, or as an alternative lift the release valve a moment. The engine drives by chain into the countershaft and thence by belt into the back wheel, and from what I could judge the belt should last from any- thing up to 6,000 or 7,000 miles. The machine complete weighed 1451 bs, and my own weight taken at the same time was 121- stone, so the machine bad no fairy to pull about. I carefully studied the whole machine in the garage, and can only find one fault with it--tha is in regard to the rear brake. This is placed inside the belt rim and thereby impedes the removal of the back wheel to some extent. I pointed this out to the makers, and they tell me they will probably fit the brake outside the rim. I am satisfied that the little "Triumph" is a machine which may safely be placed in the hands of the veriest novice, or in those of the business man who wants to average not less than 25 miles an hour over all sorts of roads and in auv weather, for steadiness in grease I have never yet baen on its equal. There are a number of other interesting points which I should like to mention, but unfortunately space forbids. I might men- tion that 21 in. by 2 in. tyres are fitted, and it might be an advantage to a heavy rider to have a 2} in. tyro on the back wheel. During the course of the 100 miles test, I never adj usted anything, beyond the car- buretter levers, and I see no reason why a thousand miles should not be covered on a simple type of machine such as this without any adjustment whatever.

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