USEFUL MOTOR-CYCLE.

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 154, 20 September 1927, Page 7

USEFUL MOTOR-CYCLE.

VALUE FOR TOURING. AN INCREASING VOGUE. Although in the opinion of many the motor-cycle is almost exclusively a vehicle of sport, it is apparent that every year sees a great increase in the number of riders who use their machines for other purposes. The numbei of persons who now take advantage of the motor-cycle’s possibilities as a atiilitarian vehicle is very large, but larger still is the ever-increasing band who ride motor-cycles as a pleasurable and economical means of seeing the country.

At holiday times and during their annual vacation, these tourists go further afield, so that in a year they probably see more of their country than those who have to be content with an annual fortnight by the sea or in the country see in a lifetime.

The day has gone when touring was a pleasure exclusively for the wealthy. Motor-cyclists have proved many times that a holiday awheel costs very little more than staying at home; in fact, to use one’s home as a centre for a holiday is often more expensive than a tour, as well as less valuable as regards health. THEFTS IN PARIS Every day some 50 motor-cars are stolen in the streets of Paris, despite all the “gadgets” invented to prevent such thefts, and such a large force of detectives had to be detached for cases that the Minister of Justice lias decided to issue a decree compelling all garage proprietors to keep special registers of cars that pass through their hands and the names and addresses of their owners. The garage keepers will also have to register all deals in new or secondhand cars in the same way as dealers in precious stones and jewellery. Purchasers of stolen cars will be liable to be charged with receiving stolen goods, and ignorance of the fact that the cars were stolen will be no excuse.

It is calculated that this measure will render the sale of stolen cars impossible and thus effectively put a stop to the thefts.

Old Gentleman (engaging a nev chauffeur): I suppose I can write t< your last employer for your char acter?

Chauffeur: I’m sorry to say, sir, eacl of the last two gentlemen I hav been with died in my service.