MODERN MOTOR GARAGE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2787, 3 June 1916, Page 11

MODERN MOTOR GARAGE

MR. ANDREAV SAIITH'S. Tiie.-. increaso in popularity of the motor-cur in Taranaki has brought in its train a demand lor first-class motor-car accommodation 'and for an establishment where, all, motor accessories are procurable; and at which all ■ work connected with 'uiotor-carg, motor freighters, aud motor-cycles can be done. A very fine establishment, at which all. "motor" requirements can be promptly satisfied is that of Mr. Andrew Smith, Criterion Garage, Liardct Street, New Plymouth. The garage is very centrally situated, beiug practically in tlio middle of the town. It is oae of tho largest establishments of its kind which has yet been erected in the North Island, and it holds a very considerable number of cars, 'buses, freighters, etc. Tho. business is. of some' years' standing, and the present new premises are modern and up-to-date. Mr. Smith's manager is Air. Thomson, who has had a great ileal of experience in the. business. - ;

So. commodious are the premises that .there is to all intents and' purposes unlimited accommodation; -the garage will hold about, twenty, big. freighters .iiid thirty,or forty, cars. ' , - 'The public is thoroughly catered for. Nightwatchhieii. are employed; and the principal , members of the firm have thoir residences connected- with \tlio telephone system, so that- customers need never be btuck for-want of.any important requisite or;, delayed' through- lack of expert; assistance: 'There are, many other little ways, too, in which the firm' caters to the convenience of the public.

.: The stocks beld are, very heavy and very complete.;- . Car accessories of almost every kind can bo procured—tires, tubes, lamps, oils, and so on. Repairing is-the firm's special line, and it possesses one of the biggest repair works' in Taranaki. The plant is most llp-to-date. Tlio foreman of the workshops, Mr. Clifford, is among the bestknown motor experts in the North Island. He learnt his trade in the AYolsloy AYorks at Homo, and after that gained additional experience in Paris. Under him, Mr. Clifford lias four fully-quali-fied mechanics and other hands.

Another specialty is car overhauling. This branch of the business has grown to such proportions that cars are being overhauled at the rate of about sixty per year.

The works aro fil.led with hydraulic press for pressing the solid' tires on to the wheels of the motor freighters and motor 'buses. The piles'of old tires in an outshed testify to the volume of business done in this line.

: There, is also a tire compressor, one of tlio latest machines the Americans have placed on the market. It is capable of getting iip a pressure of 2001b. to tho square inch in 0110 minute. It can blowup any tire 111 the space of a minute. Tires are blown up with tho machine, ami no charge is made. The show window at the garage conveys some idea of the completeness of the stock carried: There are motormirrors, head-light bulbs, tail-light bulbs, valve and other springs, sparking plugs of all makes /and sizes, X-ray air inlets, tire pressure, gauges, oil lamps, and motorists' outfits of all kinds. Elsewhere among, the stock may be noticed such indispensables as motorists' soap, Johnson's prepared wax for polishing, spare parts for cars, packings, sleeves for bursts, lubricating oils, goggles, tire pumps, Universal pump connections, and so 011.

Mr. Smith lias the agency for the I'y rene fire extinguisher.