C.A.A. ROAD REPORT.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18236, 21 November 1924, Page 5

C.A.A. ROAD REPORT.

Arrangements have been mado with Mr J. S. Hawkes, organis-ing-secretary of the Canterbury Automobile Association (C.A.A.), for the publication in. these columns of a weekly report on Toad conditions. These reports are received by telegram and letter each week on the day prior to publication, and every effort is made to give readers accurate and up-to-date information regarding motoring roads in Canterbury, and also further afield. Readers are invited to send reports for publication in this column. Clarence River.—Fcrry 0 punt out of action. Waimakariri River.—Fordable. Chrlstchurch-Akaroa Road. —A slip has occurred between Birdling's Plat and Little Uiver. The obstruction should bo cleared by to-day. South Westland.—Road to Franz Josef rough in parts. Teddington Road.—There has been a slip on the Gebbies Valley side. MOTORING IN BRITAIN. CHRISTCHURCH MAN'S EXPERIENCES. A GOOD METHOD OF TOURING. "We motored practically through all England right to the north of- Scotland," said Mr H. C. Harrison, for many years secretary of the Sydenham Football Club, who has just returned from a visit to England and the Continent of Europe, when giving a representative of "The Press" some of his impressions of travel. "And what one can advise others to do is to motor through England and Scotland if they want to see tho country properly—it is really pretty. And tho roads—one can go almost from the South of England to tho North of Scotland on roads as good as any of our city streets. Thcro aro no loose roads, and no dust: we never came upon a stony road anywhere we went."

The mtrty consisted of Mr H. C. Harrison and his wife, Christchurch; Mr and Mrs W. A. Harrison, Auckland; and Mr J. H. Fisher, ark dealer, of Christchurch. When they decided to see England, Wales and Scotland by motor they bought an Essex car in Bournemouth between them. Transportation costs —petrol and so forth —for the four weeks that' the tour occupied amounted to £6—a sum that would not have taken the party far by rail. Mr Harrison spoke enthusiastically of the work of the Automobile Association, which had patrols on the roads —men on motor-cycles ready to provide spares to the motorist who has had a breakdown, or to give information when such was wanted. _ '' The sign-posting ; of the roads," said _ Mr Harrison, "is all that can be desired. It is almost impossible for one to lose his way if he has a road map and with the aid of the sign posts. All the roads are numbered, and the numbers on the sign posts correspond to the numbers on the road map. If one wants to go, say, from London to Liverpool, all he needs to do is to pick out the roads on the road map, note the numbers and look out for them on tho sign posts." The party took a month to cover the South of England, Wales and Scotland, roturning to London via the East Coast and the Midlands.