Service For Tourists

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 278, 14 February 1928, Page 6

Service For Tourists

I Private Cars Sold and Repurchased "Your car awaiting your arrival, and repurchased when you leave/’ is the motto of a London firm which does a big business with tourists, and Army officers on leave from India, Egypt and so on. All makes of cars are available, and licences, registration and insurance are prepared in advance, at cost, in addition to free driving tuition if necessary. Free service everywhere is arranged. Special arrangements are made to repurchase the car before leaving England again, at terms agreed on in advance. Under this scheme it is possible to hire a £2OO new car for six months’ use—with no stipulations as to mileage and free service the whole time—at a total cost of less than £3 a week. YEARLY RE-LICENSING APPLY BY POST IN ENGLAND The absurdity of Ne w Zealand’s method of issuing number-plates for motor licences each year and the difficulty it causes both to car owners and issuing offices, is emphasised by reports in London papers to hand of relicensing in the Old Country. The “Morning Post” said that the rush to renew licences at the end of December was greater than ever, and the official advice was “Apply early, preferably by post, and avoid the crush." “We do hope that this year people will use the post as much as possible," added the official. “They only have to go to any post office to get a renewal form, fill it up, and post it to us with the registration book and the fee and the licence will be sent back to them through the post." How much better than queuing up for number-plates and fiddling about fixing the plates on the car. And the cost of a paper licence must be infinitesimal compared with new plates ‘ every year.

(AUCKLAND AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION). ACTIVITIES WEEK BY WEEK The service officer of the association, Mr. R. E. Champtaloup, together with the information officer, A. Anderson, are leaving to-day on a tour North to secure road and route information. The first step in the new reorganisation has been taken by the appointment of two of the motor-cycle patrols. These two men will be on the highway as soon as motor-cycle outfits are equipped. At the last meeting of the council the secretary notified that he had leased the larger premises required by the association. These are on the first floor of the same building, and will be several times more commodious than the present offices. * * * The service officer’s car is being fitted with a grade meter, an instrument valuable when preparing maps. ROOTES’ BUSINESS HUGE ORDERS BOOKED The last British Motor JSnow at Olympia resulted in vast contracts for the sale during 1928 of British motorcars. Messrs. Rootes, Ltd., probably the world’s biggest distributors of British cars, advise that on October 11 they completed contracts for the sale during the present year of no fewer than 25,000 cars. This is the largest show contract of the British motor industry, representing a value of approximately £6,000,000. The arrangements refer chiefly to Bean, Rover, Daimler, Austin, Hillman, Sunbeam, and Clyno, a very fair proportion of which are destined for overseas markets.