OLYMPIA MOTOR EXHIBITON.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16986, 8 November 1920, Page 10

OLYMPIA MOTOR EXHIBITON.

♦- A NOTABLE DISPLAY. Tiv.- O'vm, hi liv.ov Exhibition tv:ft a t. history h.m already .vtabjished .t----rmf as ona oi the more notable evente of the vear. Motcrdom has a p-aliw fascination for everybody. whether e«r ''7,-nors or not, and a collection oi the •lifvi products of 1"'• !w»ing ~f the- world is In-..:ml U |.'!ov- a poverivl attrition. Th-* K'al branch «•! Oarage Proprietors' A«-oc:ation. *-Jio organiser? of the exhibition. sfc ioriun■tc in possessing here a hall of the siz«» .1,1 tr ,,« of the King Edward Barnvds.--. A j.r:r• 'culaily adapts iueit to :b.' , fjort'.Vt': display oi" cars ami * iiirics of motoring. The cN-nmtion - :>cned on Sr.t?:rday night vrn* in tU« , i,inion ot travelled and observers easily the host function of its ,'nid vt i.rg.uii;. : ed in the Southern 7[<:.:i.-»he;e. Every available !*juar»i ;»;;it o*. sij.'i' -' provided hy the Barra f !-;-■ vnr. taken up and if for i-he f-.it*irr ; the Hiof individual exhibitors £toin- . ron' - then the accommodation will have 0 },«. enlarged tll<! creation of anuexiv or sonic other dtvico or the. limit i.i spaen procurable by any ono party h-i.ro to he reduced. flic exhibition v,a' 3 a striking example of the renne.nont- of industry, also oi the opulence ..f the age. There were shown samples •-.•f sill that if; latest and best in the way -i motor cars, large and small, motor cvcles with their attendant ontfUs, .-net'-ia] apparatus and devices to »ive • hohe to the connoisseur, heavy lorries and farm tractors and a range ol brands r/i faol an<l lubricant*. Nor was it by e.nv means a mere collection of exhibit?., 'tennine taste and skill were displayed m » i.p set-tin.' and arrangement of the cx-idbu-ii' and the whole wan set off bv house drapings and decorations and a full iilaze 'of light, specially provided by the "Electricity Department of the City Council. The exhibition, which was crowded with sightseers rtn Saturday night, will continue throughout the -ceek. The official otiening -was conducted by T>r Thacker, '.Mayor of Christchurch. "himself a keen He declared that, the exhibition was a triumph of organisation on the part of the Garage • Pronrietors' Association. He niention- : the part motordom took in the "War and the part it was destined to take in rhe pursuits of peace. "There is no greater iov in the world." be added, "than the* 7>ossession of a good car." ■'Brit, ho ad t] rvl, srood cars were not ?rprvthin<z. Good roads were wanted, ron'-retp highways from the North Cano <o th- Bluff, petrol and lubricating oils in sufficient quantities and at. reasonable price? were also wanted, liken"ue improved traffic regulations binding on all ■i-oad uses, and especially regulations to banish the incompetent driver. "Motor rar<! nhould not he a luxury/' he concluded. "Everybody should be able to conic i» as motorists."