SPEEDING THROUGH

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 118, 9 August 1927, Page 8

SPEEDING THROUGH

I From the front door of the Dodge | Bros, factory to the back gate is 1£ miles. The best way to watch the road is through the windscreen. “You just missed a man,” said the wife of a motorist, as a pedestrian made a flying leap for a lamp-post. “I don’t care.” he growled. “I’ve got my quota for the day, anyway.” Reported that Mussolini has apparently planned to make all Italian motorists Government auxiliaries. All Italian motor owners have been ordered to become members of the Automobile Club, which has moved its headquarters Milan to Rome. No Argument.—lt has to be admitted that there are some rattling good cars in Auckland. STOLEN CAR DEALS A statute introduced in lowa makes it an offence to possess a car from which the engine or serial numbers have been removed. The regulation is aimed at the dealers who encourage car thieves by buying any car offered without inquiring into its history. A large trade in stolen cars is done in the United States by semi-respectable dealers, who give absurdly low prices for cars brought to them. They clap the glasses to the blind eye if the deal savours of an irregularity. These dealers rarely go beyond the law, and, even if their garages house three or four cars with obviously obliterated identification marks, they are always able to show receipts indicating bona fide purchases.