CYCLING AND MOTORING NOTES

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 March 1915, Page 4

CYCLING AND MOTORING NOTES

Jt'i-oiu the Dunlop Itubbor Company ot Australasia, for the week ending J?eb. 27th. 1915.

According to the amended N. S. W . Motor Traffic Act, Victoria and othc Interstate motorists crossing the border into N. S. W. must register their cars and pay a registration Tec. If or many years the boot was on the other foot, N. S. W. motorists having to pay a registration upon entering Victoria Owing to the unfairness of this tax, representation was made last year to the Victorian authorities to repeal the motor act in that respect a movement that was successful. Now the N. S. W . Government has turned round, and put a border tax on visiting motorists. The position now is that N. S. "N\ • motorists can drive into V ictoria out hindrance or foe, whereas Victorians must register. The Automobile Club of N. S. W. Ie doing its utmost to have the new amendment quashed. The amateur bicycle championships of Australia are to be deckled in Sydney on Saturday March (itli. Classic events to be decided at the one and five miles championship of Australia. Victoria and Queensland are sending representatives to Sydney to take part i in the leading events. It appears that the term "amateur -, as applied to many of the leading motor cycle contests held in Victoria is being stretched in a most elastic manner. Riddrs who earn their livelihood in the trade, and are out and out professionals in every respee complete on equal tersm with buna tide amateur riders who take part in sporting events purely for the love of the racing, and it the motor cycle clubs in Austailia do not watch this aspect of the sport closely, it will "crush out" the genuine amateur rider. Trade men have such a big pull over private owners that they naturally carry off the majority of the sporting events held on the road, in fact on many occasions they sweep the board, to the exclusion of the rider who pays for his sport This evil is a growing one, and unless scotched by the controlling club, will sooner or later, result in the very type of rider the club wants to encourage being squeezed out of sporting contests If trade riders are to be allowed 'n contests, then separate classes should be provided and the bulk of the prizes be apportioned to the real amateur tho man the clubs should encourage. The motor cycle clubs should clearly define the qualifications of an amalear motor cyclist, and a trade or subsidised rider, and adhere to them. If they don't the best side of the sport will die out for want of protection.

A unique testimony lo Die wearing qualities oi the Australian made Diuilup -Motor Tryes in to hand. It appears that some two years ago liio Katoomba-Jenolau Motor Car Service (N. S. W.) which carries the heavy tourist traffic over the blue mountains out to the famous Jenolan Caves, contracted on a mileage basis to use Diuilops on their fleet oi 2-ton 8-seater cars, the arrangement being that if the covers, purchased at list price, did not run 3000 miles each, a credit was to be allowed for each mile short, and lor every mile in excess or 3000 the makers had to be paid at the same rate. It seemed an equitable arrangement. This

is how it panned out. Thu retail price of tyres used was £9 ss. Tlie following are some of the prices that were paid per cover on the mileage basis:— £21 Hβ 9d; £21 3s 8d £17 15-: 3d £17 12s 3d; £16 13s Ikl; £15 ils 2d t.tc. and during the currriuy c f th<agreement the prices paid for covers used were a long way in aO>'.iiuo «.f what they could have been f.-r "straight out". Wh.ls; 'I-Kniops , are still to be used by the Jenolan Car Service, they are in future to be purchased in the ordinary and cheaper way. It is a striking testimony to the consistent durability of Duiilop motor tyres under novel conditions.

The appeal of the light cars is going to bo very great during the nest year or so. Not only to the new fry of niotordom but to the big car owner will the small vehicle prove its utility and economy. To many of the latter its peculiar features, its liveliness, and the sporting driving it affords, have yet to me demonstrated; by why owners of heavy old-fashioned vehicles, with the stodgy engines of a few years ago, still cling to them instead of investing in these neat little speedy two-seaters is hard to comprehend. 'Apart from the low cost of upkeep, the ease of handling in traffic, etc., irtakes the light car a delightful proposition on decent roads. For some years past the world's cleverest engineers have been endeavouring to perfect an hydraulic drive "or transmission purposes. A Victorian resident, Mr J. Pomeroy, claims to have evolved an efficient oil drive and clutch that can be applied with success to all classes of motor power. For motor car purposes, such a drive would be ideal, doing aivaj with the necessity of the gear-box, etc. A .working model, incorporating the new drive and transmission apparatus, is now in hand and will be tested at an early date. <p • . » • • . The Canadian Government has in contemplation a vast scheme of road improvement, nvliichv will necessitate the expenditure of £7 ,000,000. It has If W. M. Clark wore to offer you 7s 6d for 10s, you woiuld accept it with pleasure. That is exactly what Clark's are doing now—not in hard cash— but in saving on your [boy's school suit, ilea-d Clark's new ad vertisement on the "1 am a Dootnmker, , ' writes Mr Frederick Miller, Great Jiing Street. North Diinedin, N , . .Z. "end for many years enffered from terrible headaohee and irregularity of' -.the Dowels due to my sedentary life.. After taking me box of Chamberlain's Tablet* I >vae greatly benefited fend tliey soon effocbed my cure. Upon the slightest symptoms of constipation. I take* two or '-.bree tablets which always eefc ;me right. A drt Sere » a '/poncferf ul 5e poet free ,*areel for easln with ordei't--Paii of f , !- x>w Lisle gloves, all s'b*<loe; p*ir or 2-donie Lisle gloves, all eh&dai. tucked Paris net yose; pair; eieevee to match; three hair nets; glave mender. Satisfaction or your monsoy baek "vith tieeo eleven articles for t». Oollinson and Cumninghame, P&lmenton

\ been discussed for a considerable time, ; but has heretofore hung lire. The J was has, however., given it the neetHl j stimulus, for it has resulted in a great ! number of men being out of employ- ; nient. The project is a very ambit- / ions one. and when jjnislied will have far-reaching effects in the development j of the. motor industry. Heretofore standard British cars have not been suitable for Canadian roads, or rather deeply-rutted tracks which are misnamed roads. These new highways j will afford proper running conditions for cars built on purely English lines. ...... • • j According to reports nothing a.p- j proadiOK in efficiency for transport the i motor waggons .serving at the front with the new JJritish Army Service Corps, and equal or still greater tribute is paid to their drivers.