SYDNEY MOTOR TRADE.

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 37, 14 February 1933, Page 10

SYDNEY MOTOR TRADE.

Unchecked by a new Governmental charge on motor spirit, Sydney; motoring is reviving, according to the,, Sydney correspondent of - the Melbourne "Argus," iWho writes: "The subsidiary elements of the iriotoring industry aro feeling the impulse of , returning prosperity.. .The. decision of the: Government to enable moti oring fees to be paid in quarterly instalments, though not on as liberal a basis as was hoped for, has brought thousands of cars out of the garages, where owners had left'them. They are on.the roads adding-to the takings o£ "oil,. - tire,, and petrol venders, retread works, the accessories shops, garages, motor repair, works, and all the incidental activities. Still better terms —a lower,charge for the convenience of paying quarterly instead of annually—would bring thousands more cars out of the private garages where they, are deteriorating, and cause them :to have at least an occasional airing to the general benefit. The Government may be so impressed by the figures available as to liberalise ■ fee payments as'indicated. The fact that in December there were more than 3000 more cars than in the corresponding month of the preceding year is impressive. The figures for new cars as well as old look much better. The exposure of the licence on thewindowscreen may have brought a good many 'fee dodgers to the registration office, though it does not seem that it would be easy for them to explain non-registration for a year, or, perhaps, two. Some curious stories in this connection may be released presently."