The North Wales Chronicle and Advertiser for the Principality

WELSH FEDERATION OF EX- SERVICE MEN. MEETING AT RHYL. A meeting of the North Wales Regional Council of the Welsh Federation of Dis- charged and Demobilised Sailors and Sol- diers was held on Saturday at the Gros- ve-nor Hotel, Rhyl, Mr R. D. Wass pre- siding. It was resolved to appoint Mr W. N. Skelton, of Holywedl, as salaried organis- ing secretary for North Wales, and to or- ganise the counties of North Wales into divisional councils. Mr R. D. Wass was nominated to the vacant position of vice-president of the JVelsh Federation. It was moved by Mr Skelton, seconded by Mr Diplock (treasurer), that this Execu- tive Council express its sense of gratitude to Mr Cecil Williams for his services to the ex-service men during the time he has acted in a purely honorary capacity as general secretary of the North W alea Fed- eration. This resolution was carried unanimously, and Mr Cecil Williams responding offered to help Mr Skelton by acting as assistant secretary pro. tern., which was thankfully accepted. A strong resolution of protest was passed against the lowering of the ex-servico men's unemployment donation, and it was decided also to ask for the refund of the compulsory allotment made by the men during 1914.

■» i CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS IS LAXATIV. FOR CHILD. LOOK AT TONGUE! REMOVE POISONS FROM STOMACH, Ll vER AND BOWELS. i 1 'Accept "California" Syrup of Figs only -look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child -.9 having the best and most harmless laxa- tive or physic for the little stomach liver and bowels. Children lore ite deiicious fruity taste. Full directions for tJuMa dose on each bottle. Give it without fear. Of all chemists, Is 3d and 28 per bottle. Mother You must say "California.

I THE LLANDUDNO WINTER I GARDEN. Good music and a pleasant sociableness help to maintain tho jjopuianty of the Winter Garden Concerts: 111 the Llandudno Pier Pa, iLion. The concerts arc helod daily at 3.15 p.m. a,;¡u at &.15 p.m.). lhe afternoon concerts are found to be specially attractive to people from outlying places, to whom the journey home after the evening concerts is a troublesome experience Ladies in Conway or JPenmaemiiawr, for example, who spend an occasional afternoon m Llandudno to look at the shops, may find it agreeable to visit the Winter Garden to hear the music, ajid, if they so wish, partake oi afternoon tea in the Winter Garden Cafe. In Llandudno as in London, the iiiatiiict) habi." is growing, and the Season Exten- sion Committee wish to cater for it. lhe committee are arranging for a singer to taku part in the programmes on Satur- day and .Wednesday afternoons. A good singer is engaged tor every evening con- cert. Patrons Irom a distance attending the evening concerts may be reminded thai there is a trajn to all stations to Jiangor, except Aber, after the evening concert; also that electric cars for Craigydon, Ithob- on-Sea, Colwyn Bay, and Odd 001 vyn run at the close of the evening concert. A powerful and musical contralto voice is possessed by Miss Gertrude Entwistk-, the singer engaged for last Saturday night. Mr George Atkinson's pianoforte solos at the same concert gaiued universal appro- bation. For the ensuing concerts the committee have made the following arrangements: — To-night (Thursday) and to-morrow (Fri. day) Mr James Coleman, tJhe popular bari- tono, is to sing. On Saturday, Suuday, and Monday evenings another new singer will appear, in the person of Mr w. Davidson, tenor. For the following nights of next week Miss Hilda Blake, <.ei!t.-a:to, is engaged. The LJandudno Choral Society, who have been rehearsing for some weeks, will give a miseclhyieous programme at the Winter Garden Conœrt on Wednesday week, 'fDlteer cember 10th. !?!1? !!)!U)tt)

LLANDUDNO CHILD WEL- I FARE SCHEME. f A t Miss Barker, Plas Goisarth, Llandudno, has forwarded a cheque for it,000 to Jlr. Wood- house, chairman of the Health Committee, to be used as a nucleus of a fund for providing a suitable building at Llandudno to be used as a centre for the maternity and child welfare scheme of the committee. It is intended that the centre shall contain -accommodation for the Health Visitor, Infant Clime, two matern- ity rooms, And creche.

Tw& women were returned at the top of the poll at a municipal by-election at Stiatford-on- I Avon on Saturday. Three Labour candidates were defeated. Eighty Northumberland workmen's clubs and nine Durham clubs have deeklcd to pur- chase a north-country brewery, and steps are to be taken at once to raise the nccessary capital. The purchase price is £ 10,000.

I MOTOR NOTES. I A NEW PONVER TRANSMITTER. I (From Our Motoi-itig Correspoittleiii). It is an accepted truism that the British motor industry is milos behind the Ameri- can in the way of progress. In the mat- ter of standardisation for example, which every American manufacturer regards as an elementary necessity, British makers arc still at sixes and sevens, with the re- sult that users of British motor cars are compelled, in the case of wanting spare parts, to apply to a special agent or fac- tory, instead of being able as in America to obtain the same ill most at any garage or repair shop in the country. The near- est approach to a solution of this primary difficulty has been made by Dorman's, of Stafford, who have designed and manu- factured an internal combustion engine suitable for any make of car, and which has been adoptod by several British mak- ers. In this connection it is interesting to learn that Messrs Dorman are the pio- neers in what is likely to prove a revolu- tion in the way of power transmission, which, while it has no direct bearing on the production of motor cars at present, nevertheless is full of future possibilities which may in turn benefit the motor in- dustry. Incidentally it may be mentioned that the great legal controversies in the motor industry have been on the question of power transmission. The claims of the Seidon patent owners in America which Henry Ford fought and conquered and the claims of a famous French firm as the originators of the silaft drive, are oases in point. Tho new discovery which Messrs Dormaru have brought to the front is also one relating to power transmission. Ono of the wonders of the aerial war which puzzled readers was how it was pos- sible for airmen to "lire through the pro- peller" when the big blades were making it thousand revolutions per minute. To anyone who has seen a Lewis gun in oji-eration, pouring out what is to all in- teiits and puri>ose a continuous stream of lead, it would appeal to be a physical im- possibility for any object to pass in front of the muzzle of the gun once, not to say a thousand times a minute without being shot to pieces. Yet that is precisely the miracle which the novel method of power transmission ellected. How it was done in this pa.rticular instance would take more space than I have at my disposal to tell. But the fact remains that guns firing two thousand shots jwr minute were able to do so and miss the blades of a propeller which passed tho muzzle of the gun at least as many times per minute, or in the case of a three or four biaded propeller half as often again or twice as olten, without hit- tlllg a blade once. The marvels of mech- anism can show no para-iiet for accuracy. The discovery was made by a certain M. Constantineseo, and Messrs Dorman have tho crodit of putting it to practical pur- pose. It is called wave transmission. Briefly the discovery is one which will rank with the discovery of steam power, electricity, or any other great dis- coveries of this or the last century. Wave transmission is the result of the discovery that water and other fluids have a much higher compressibility than physicists had previously attributed to them. By means of these impulses, travelling at the speed of sound, can be set up in a column of any fluid-preferably water— ha\ ing a varying wave length applicable to the work to be done. These impulses, generated by ap- paratus' smaller and less costly than an air compressor, transmit power to drive a rock drill, for instance, or any other min- ing apparatus. And as the waves are not jn any way impeded by motion of the fluid itself, the same water is allowed to flow through the hoJiow drill to eloar away de- bris and variable blows can be exerted. While the application of wave transmis- sion has only been to mining machinery, since the war, it is quite on the cards that a go-ahead concern like Dorman's are not likely to lot it stop at that. When it shall be applied to the manufacture of motor parts, or possibly to the actual operation of the motor car itself, it may moan the salvation of the British mot-or industry as it proved to be of the British Air Force in the late war. Anyhow, I purpose at an eiuly (itiao to visit the works of Messrs Dorman of Stafford, to investig- ate p r o.ialiy iu-t how th, nev w.ve trans- mission works, when 1 hope to be able to write more intelligently on the subject than is jjos-sibie where my information is only sewnd hand. An explanation of the mishap to the "Bristol Fighter" aeroplane in the recent trails-continental race in America is fur- I wshtd by a letter from Brigadier-Goneral Charlton,, the British Air Attache at Wash- ington, who piloted the machine. It is ad- dresised to Messrs Rolls-lioyeo in reply to an inquiry whether the mishap was due to machine trouble, as had been stated in cable reports. General Charlton w rites: "Many thtuiks for your letter of October 9th, and it was, as you say, a great dis- appointment for me to have been put out ol the trans-continental event at such an early stage, more especially as I consider that I had the best machine and engine in the race. It is not quite correct to say that I had carburetter troubie. What hap- pened, actually, was that owing either to bad luck or bad management some water got in the petrol, wit.h the usual consc- quences of a forced landing in not very favourable country. I attribute no blame whatever to the engine, and hope, in-faet, to have it in the air again before mallY days elapse." Apropos the proposed Motor Agents' Union, which many people supposed had died abomiu, it would seem that the pro- ject is anything but dead. From a cir- cular letter issued by the Automobile Asso- ciation this week, signed by Sir VV. Joyn- son Hicks, chairman, and Major Stenson Cooke, secretary, the scheme is one which should be carefully scrutinised before any agent gives a perfunctory assent to become a member. As one of the rules of the pro- posed union is "to regulate and restrict such methods of trading between such motor agents and between them and other persons, there is more than a suspicion of the "thin edge of the wedge" of a trades union involved in the scheme. If the new union is proposing to dictate how and with whom its members may trade, there is no telling how far its dictation may go in the long run. And that sort of thing spells troubie-to everybody but the dictators. J. P. H.

WELSH INDUSTRIES SALE. I The atit)pal Christmas sale of the Welsh. In- dustries Association attracted many visitors on Monday to the depot in-Grosvenor-gardeiis, London, where Litdy Bry iiiiior-J ones was host- esj for the occasion. The feature of this year's sale is the splendid assortment of col- oured homespuns, the first obtainable since the beginning of the war. Thece naturally found It ready market, while log baskets and bookchests (reproductions from antiques) made by disabled soldiers and sailors, lace work, woollen .jumpers, Welsh cheeses, and a variety of other articles were also much in demand. Lady Bnchaiwfl-Jarcliiie, Lady Prichard Jones, Mrs Francis Brenton, Mrs Francis Mount, and Mrs Mash iter were among the many ladies present on Monday, and Mrs Lloyd George- visited the sale on Tneaday.

■Proposals to find worR for 20.000 ex-officers ) were considered at the Jyondon Mansion House I on Monday. The King sent a message expres- sing his interest in the future prosperity of ex-service men.

I ROAD INFORMATION FOR MOTORISTS. The following road information has been compiled by the Automobile Association and Motor Union, 3, St. Peter's Square, Manchester:- I ANGLESEY. Llanfair-Newborough: Steam rolling operations between DwyraJi and Newbol- ough. Menai Bridge-Pontraeth: Steam roller working. Beaumaris main road -.Steam roller work ing between Menai Bridge and Cadnant Bridge. I CARNARVONSHIRE. Bottwsycoed-Capel Curig: Steam roller working. Bettwsycood-Pentrevoelas: Yerj^ bad. Steam"roller working between Pe-ntrcvoelas and Cerrigydruidion. Cerragydruidion-Corwen: Very bumpy and many pot. holes. Conway-Bettwsyeoed (old road): Rough and bumpy between Gwydyr Castle and Bettwsycoed. Care advised through Conway, Deganwy and Llandudno. I DENBIGHSHIRE. AbeTgede-Colwyn Ray Good to Old L'OJ- wyn, but bumpy afterwards. Conway-Colwyn Bay: Tar macadam operations in lumd from Colwyn Bay to Mochdre and from Mochdre. to Oonway. These operations will prabiy last until March. St. Asaph-Abergele: Rough at intervals. Care required passing Kinmel Park Oamp. Trefnant Denbigh Bumpy at intervals. Care required passing through Lltwxldu- las and Abergele. I FLINTSHIRE. Prestatyn-Mostyn: Rough for three miles leaving Prestatyn and pot holes at intervals. Bumpy on Gronant Hill and at Mostyn Station, road being widened quarter-mile east of Prestatyn. Care advised- Rhuddlan-Dyserbh: Road closed for four houre L-acti day owiiig to tree felling. Al- ternative trom Rhuddian. Hear right i mile from Rhuddian, via Dyserth, rejoin ing the Prestatyn road at Dyserth crosa roads. From Meliden take tho second turning to left and proceed througvi the village of Dyserth, rejoining Rhuddian road in Rhuddian village. Trefnant-Bodfari: Bumpy first two miles, remainder good. St. Asaph-Tremeirchion: Rough, Care advised through Rhuddlan and Meliden.

FREEMASONRY. INSTALLATION AT RHYL. I The annual installation meeting of the Hunter (324) Lodge of Mark Master Masons was held at tho Masonic Hall, Rhyl, on Monday evening, when Bro. Philip Thomas, P.P.G.-B.O., was installed Bs Woraiiipful Master. The installation ceremony was perfornied by W. Bro. A. W. Lewis, assisted by the Deputy Provinc- ial Grand Master of North Wales (VV. Bro. K. McEwen, P.G.S., Eng.), W. Bros. James Evans, H. Harden, and J. D. Polking home. The newly-installed W.M. afterwards invested his officers as foUows:- W. Bro. Ed. W. Harrop, I.P.M.; W. Bro. G. W. Gunnei-, S.W., Bro. E. W. Lovegrove, J.W.; Bro. S. G. Talbot, M.O.; Bro. J. Brookes, S.O. Bro. Caradoc Davics, J.O.; W. Bro. the Rev. Canon Nicholas, Chaplain W. Bro. A. W. Lewis, Treasurer; W. Bro. James Evans, Reg. of Marks; W. Bro. H. liaselden, D. of C.; Bro. Thomas Moore, Secretary; Bro. R. H. G. Sinallwood, S.D.; Bro A. J. Parsonage, J.D.; Bro. Stanley Roose, Organist; Bro. LI. Ed- wards, I.G.; Bro. VV. E. Jones, 8.S.; Bro. W. J. Jones, J.S.; and Bro. D. Pritchard, Tyler. The annual banquet was held at the Royal flotel.

FESTINIOG COAL SUPPLY. I MR 1U U) .KIMiS, M.P, AND TiMNS- rOKT QUESTION. In the lionet; ol Commons oil Tuesday Mr Haydn Junes iilked the Minister of Transport whether lie was aware that the pnvateiy ovvntxl railway wagyoiis of coal merchants at iiiaenau f cstinioK, when en route to collieries in the Kuabun district", were being diverged awl used for the conveyance ot nm-adam and felts from Arcing Station, Great Western iiaihvaj, that this practice resulted in serious delays in the delivery of-the neces- sary coal supplies to iilaenau Festiniog, and whether, he would take step,, to preveiit a rt- currence at this season ot a practice which was causing serious hardship? Mr Jthys Williams (Parliamentary Seere- taryj The practice of loading private owners' waggon. on the return journey when they would otherwise travel emptv is in the public interest in view ol the present shortage of empty waggons. 1 will, however, make ill- quiries iiiio this particular case.

ANGLESEY AIRSHIP STATION I VACATED. The Anglesey airship station is included in III, Air s list of aerodromes no longer in use by the lioyal Air f orce. It will be re- lunjuisijal ay txjon as the l«ovcrnment. properly thereon has been dk-posed of.

MADAME PATTI LEAVES I £ 110,337. Adela Maria Juana Patti Cederstrom, Baroness Cederstrom, ot (Jraig-y-^os, Vs- tradgyniais, Brecon, wife of Baron (Jiof Rudolp.i Cederstrom, aged 76, tho tamo us singer, left estate valued at ií116,367 itia 9d, with net personalty xvo,&57 18s 9d.

Famous Doctor on Zam-Ouk I "A UNIQUE SOOTHER AND I HEALER. VALUAfJLE HINTS FOR HOME AND I WORKSHOP. Medical experts who subject Zam-Buk to praeticvii teats find it wonderfully cura- tive and extremely reliable for superficial injuries a.nd obstinate skin diseases. That famous authority, Dr. ANDREW W lLO:f, say, "Wherever a box of Zam-Buk is handy this balm may be relied upon as an anti--q;,tic dressing winch reqwre4 no preparation and which JaS Lha ,additional advantage of possessing unique soothing and healing proper- ties. "In burn-s and scalps the injured skin surface may be advantageously treated with Zam-Buk. Strips of lint should be soaked in the, Zam-Buk dressing and placed over the injured parts. Then a layer of cotton wOool should bo placed and the who! firmly secured by a bandage. "Zam-Buk also provides one of the beet dressings for a wound or eut. It appears to exercise a special action on torn and severed tissues, keeping them clean and helping them to knit to- gether again. Its antiseptic qualities make it specially reliable." The- Aerdi'ct crt medical science every- where goes to prove what an exceptionally remarkable healer Zam-Buk is. there is no questioning the benefits to be derived from this unique herbal balm -in eases of Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Eczema, Vl- cers, Piles, Poisoned Sore> Cute, Burns, Scalds, Etc. A full 3-s size or is 3d trial size can be had of any chemist.

I BANGOR CHARITY I ORGANISATION SOCIETY. TO BE WOUND UP. The 13th annual meeting o{ tihe Bangor Charity Organisation. fc>oci»-ty was held en Friday, the JVlayor (Air K. J. YViiitamisj prosiaing. 'I'litv aiuiiual report stated that there kad been a substantial decrease ui the number ot applications lor t; past year, as the Pensions -JUiccrs now dealt vvitn a large number of es-svs whica would otherwise come before tiH' Society. Tho only cases left to the Society were Chilian cases of sickness and distress. Dur- ing the year 42 cases were assisted, and 16 were not assisted- The Thrift Society wI., leeted £55 10s. The Executive Committee reported "tone resignation of the secretary (Miss Pinker- ton), and they testified to her paticnce and to the commons-ense siic had enown in dealing with the affairs* of the Society, They expressed their t.ianks to Miss A. E. WillirLm- the secretary of the Thrift So- ciety. The committee suggested the wind- in up of the Charity Organisation Society bee a us*' the conditions had so completely changed. The financial (statement -iowe(i that the subscriptions for the ymr amoumted to S75 5a 6d, with £ 45 donations for speciaj cases. I ALTERED CIRCUMSTANCES. Mr W. P. Matt-news mentioned that there were several loans to emigrants, but tneir recovery was pretty hopeless. As chairman of the committee he regretted the winding up of the Society, but lie re- cognised the complete change in the cir- cumstance, s whicU had taken place. Mr Perkins felt- very loth to part with the Charity Organisation Society. It would be a thousand pities to allow it to expire entirely without arranging to carry on some part of its work. People ap- peared to have. lots of money these days, and that, no doubt, was responsible for rile fact th.at they IukI such few cases of dis- tress to deal with. Could not tjho thrift work be carried on? Once they dropped the Society it would be difficult to carry it on again. Mrs Orton also thought it would be a mistake to allow the thrift work to drop. She agreed that, there was now no need for Í4'w Charity Organisation Society as conducted on the old lines. Mr Matthews, in proposing the termina- tion of tie Society, said the members wished to direct- attention to the fact that it was not. because theirc wa.s no longer need for sucn work in Bangor, but because the conditions had so completely changed since the Society wa.s started that tney thought the work now to be done required to be put on all entirely new basis. They gave up the Society in the hope that Bangor as a wnole would strongly support whatever new scheme was found best for the full development of the work needing to bo done. It would be a loss to the city if there was no central office where they could get full information ae to what M i king done and get assistance when re- quired. The encouragement of saving and wise spending was required more than ever now. Juvenile organisations need de- veloping. Health work which had now passed into the "hands of local authorities -migh,t call for voluntary helpers later on if it became evident that the official health visitor cannot possibly give the time for personal visiting which was found so valu- able. After some discussion the recommend 3" 1 tion of the Executive Committee to wind up the Society was carried unanimously, but the thrift work is to be continued. Mr Matthews a-skcd the Mayoress, Mrs Orton and Mrs Gibson to submit names to form a strong committee to carry out the work. The Maycr, in moving a vote of thanks to the o?eM?, mentioned t?lat Mr Matthews had been chairman of the Exe- ?Nlattbe,kA-s; ba<i bc-t-n e b .a i .rmiii of the Exe- to t.h4,? mf-,litiotie d t.'I.at -\Ir ,ru-tIv4,. CornTnittet, the fo)-rnat.i oii of

MERIONETHSHIRE I WATER RIGHTS. I I SIR OWEN EDWARDS' ACTION. j In the Chancery Division ''on Friday Mr Justice 1\ 0. Lawrence heard further evidence for the defence in the action brought by Sir Owen Edwards and his tenant of the farm, Tynymacs, Merionethshire, seeking to restrain Messrs Hugh, l'etef and m. Williams, owners of the farms Tyntwll and Ddalla, from diverting the course of ttic stream Nant- yr-AIlt Fach so as to deprive Tynyinaes of the benefit of the water. The evickiice was concluded, and Mr Owen Thouipwjn, K.C., tor the defendants, asked that the case should be adjourned, to that he might have an opportunity ot considering the evidence. His Lordship accordingly adjourned the case until Monday. AN AMICABLE ARRANGEMENT. I On Monday an amicable arrangenicnt wa", arrived at in the action. When the hearing was resumed, lhe parties had a consultation, the result ol which was that Mr Owen Thomp- son, K.C.. said lie was afraid the action must g^> on. His Lordship said no matter which way the case was decided he could lot'sec difhcuiUes. If there was a chance of coming to a sensible arrangement to divide the water he was wil- Iiikg tA) assist in any way in his power. Mr Owen Thompson said His Lordship's mind was following the suggestion they had been considering. Mr Ward Coktridge There is water enough for both. Mr Owen Thompson agreed that there was ample water. Alter a betin-ceii coiiii- sel and the forties, Mr Owen Thompson said they had arrived at a stage where it would be useful to have his lordship's assistance. The apportionment of the water and how this was to lie done was a very difficult question to work out. All the parties then went into his lord- ship's room, and eventually Mr Ward Cold- ridge announced that the differences liad been arranged, and the proceedings would be stayed on the terms agreed, which included the con- struction of a reservoir at the cost of the plaintiff, and the division of the iiormal now in to moieties, one for each side. His lordship, making an order in these terms, hoped that neighbourly feeling would I [irevail.

PURCHASE OF A LLANBEDR I l HOTEL. WARRINGTON EX MAYOR S ACTION. The hearing of the action, in which Sir Peter Peacock, an ex-Mayor of Warrington, sued Peter J.u)<<; Jones for specific pcriorin- anee of an agreement, to sell to Sir Peter the Victoria Hotel, Llanbedr, Merionethshire, was concluded on Friday in the Chancery Divi- sion. The case for plaintiff was that he bought the hotel tor &2,450 for his on Stanley, who desired to marry and settle down, but that during the honeymoon defendant changed his mind, returned the deposit, and sought to get out of the bargain. For the defence it was urged that defend- ant- had overlooked the lact that the hotel be- longed not only to him, but to his two broth- ers, and as they did not agree to the sale the bargain was void. It was also urged that the hotel was worth a great deal more than the price n-wntioned. Mr Justice Eve found that the brothers did agree to the sale and that the price was ade- quate. lie therefore gave judgment for plaintiff, with costs.

PARIS PRESS STRIKERS I GIVE IN. [ The Paris Prezs strikers have asked to be allowed to resume work. The strike began on November 11th, when "La Presee do Paris" represented the combined views news of the majority of the French liov>spapcrs. "La Feuille Commune" ap- peared a? the compoeite production of a number of Socialist newspapers, ?ne nev,- paper proprietors sau,d that thov were unable to give the iiieroasw :n wages de- manded.

THE NEW MODEL FORD. It was extremely fortunate (writes Mr J. T. Ward in "Fording") that I hap- pened to visit the Ford Works at Trafford Park, Manchester, on the very day the new self-storting Ford car was turned out in this country. And I was there to take delivery of a new touring car, and this was actually assembled and turned out while I waited. It may be mentioned that a standard Ford is a term which implies the chassis. The body, which may be fitted, is a mere detail,1 in the Ford works organisation. There is only one Ford as regards the chassis, or mechanical portion. The same chassis does duty for all vehicles turned out, whether chassis only, 2 sea-ter Nrun- about, 4-s.tod touritig c-as, tradesman's villi or town car, landaulette or taxi. Even the 1-ton truck is only altered to the ex- tent of fitting a stronger frame and I springs, solid rear tyres, and a longer driving shaft with overhead worm drive. The engine and transmission details and appurtenances remain the same. I LEFT-SIDE STEERING AND CONTROL. I The new self-starter entails a left-hand steering and control. That is, the driver sits on the left side of the car, while tiie three pedals and side brake lever are also on the left, the latter be'l iig only possible to be actuated by the left hand. More- over, the relative positions of the "throt- tIe" and "ignition" levers below the steer- ing wheel arc reversed, the throttle lever being now for the right hand. To put the matter shortly, the fitment of the self- starter and lighting set has necessitated such alterations that the American model Ford has perforce had to be adopted in its entirety. But the engine self-starter and lighting set fully compensates for all innovations and alterations, no matter how objection- able some may be, for it is a One job, thoroughly efficient and reliahle. The generator and electric motor for starting purposes are "built into" the engine unit, and tho latter has been re-designed in all necessary points to receive them. There is a new cylinder block with new timing gears, which, with the enlarged cylinder head, makes the engine itself a finer and batter power unit than ever. In all, the new Ford is put absolutely beyond the pale of oompetitiol1 for a long time to come, and the car is better value than c N- cf. CONTROL SWITCH. There is an instrument board on the dash, with a very attractive looking selec- tive control switch, the ammeter, and & plated stud to pull up, which actuates the air throttle on carburettef, as does the wire in the bottom of radiator in front which pulls out. Thus the driver can flood his engine with raw petrol as usual, without leaving his seat, fcr starting pur- poses. The switch is an elaborate affair of a compound character. The outer fixed plated lever can be placed at "bright," "off, and dim" for the head lamps and tail light. The head lamps arc of two-bulb variety, bright and dim lights, and these can be switched on or off at will, and the tail light remains lighted for either bright or dim he-ad lights. All lamps arc lighted from the battery circuit, and so remain alight, whether the car .-is running or at rest-iii itself a great improvement. The centre of switch has two keys in duplicate of the Yale lock" pattern, and can be taken out, this making a locked car to prevent theft or misuse. The key can be turned to battery," "off," and magneto positions, and the car can be started from battery or magneto. ELECTRIC STARTING. I The starting plug projects through the floor board, under the mat, and is pressed down by the driver's left heel to start the engine. All that is necessary to start is to switch on to "magneto" position, pull up the button to flood carburetter, and press down with the left heel the start plug. The fly-wheel gives a "whii-r" noise and the engine starts at once. That is, of course, providing the plugs are right, the needle valve adjustment not cut too fine, and so on. All conditions must be as per- fect as if starting by hand in front. The Parting foot plug is merely a switch. It makes connection of the two ends of cable leading from battery to electric motor, the starting switch being a neat and strong fitment just on the inside of the chassis frame. An extended trial of the new car as a whole reveals the fact that the Ford is better than ever. You sit at your ease and press your heel and the engine starts. The starter has more power to, start the engine than you have, and it turns the stillest new engine easily. The left hand steering feels awkward at first, but one soon gets used to it. But all the time you long for the old right-hand steering. Certainly the self-starter covers a multi- tude of other imagined defects. The right hand throttle lever to an old Fordite is much more disconcerting. One will use the left hand lever (now ignition) by force of habit and long use. As to all the rest, the new self-starting Ford is all that can be desired.

MOTOR CYCLE SHOW AT I OLYMPIA. The Motor Cycle Show opened at Olym- pia, Oil Monday, and the attendance the first day was a remarkable indication of the widespread interest in motor cycling. The exhibits range from a compact little motor-unit which can readily be fitted to existing push-cycles to an exhibit which would be a small motor-oar if it had two rear wheels instead of only one. There is also a range of some haJi-a-dozendifferent makes of scooters, many light-weight motor-bicycles, and a profusion of side-car combinations de luxe, with a sprinkling of three-wheel runabouts.

THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. I Control of All stock in the Ford Motor Company (says a Detroit correspondent) has now been secured by Henry Ford ajid his son Edsel through a purchase of the minority holdings 01 James Couzens, the millionaire mayor of Detroit and former Vice-president of the company. The in- tereefcs of other minority stockholders were purchased by Henry and Edsel Ford early in July for a stun said to be nearly £20,000,000.

PRICE OF PETROL. Replying to a question in the House of Commons, Mr Bridgeman said the average retail selling priqe of petrol per gallon in tins in November, 1918, was 4s, the cor- responding price in May, 1919, was 3s Nd, and the current average retail price was understood to be 2s lljd per gallon. Pet- rol had already been declared to be "an article in common use" under the Pro- fiteering Act, and the provisions of that Act accordingly aw-ied to it.

ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCH NEAR ABERGELE. The Abergele and District Antiquarian Society have resumed excavation work at tho ancient fortresi on the hilltop above the village of St. George, called Pare y Meirch." A considerable amount of the work was carried out there before the war. Mr Willoughby Gardner, of Deganwy, is again in charge of the operations.

On the motion of Lord E. Talbot, in the I ITouse of Commons, on Mouday, a new writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a member for the St. Albans Division of Hertford, iB the room of Sir E. n. Carlisle, resigned.

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