GARAGE GOSSIP

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 372, 5 June 1928, Page 7

GARAGE GOSSIP

There must be a huge margin of profit in food and drink in Belgium, Holland, and France, for many roadside restaurants in those countries are offering free petrol to motorists who patronise them. One sign bears the open invitation, “Stop for lunch, and fill your tank free.” * * • Studebaker statistics show that January and February showed wonderful increases in sales. January, in fact, was the biggest January in Studebaker history in America, and also a record in Australia. In this month factory sales of Studebaker and Erskine cars to distributors and dealers in export markets exceeded every January in their history, and were 101 per cent, greater than January, 1927. February, like January, showed a remarkable increase over the corresponding month of 1927, both in the U.S.A. and in Australia. That one Londoner in every 20 will meet with a traffic accident and that it is three times as dangerous for a London child to be out in the streets as it is for children in the rest of the country, are rather startling statements appearing in the annual report on education, newly issued by the London Cfty Council. To prevent the material lining the inside of a door from being scratched it is a good plan to attach small metal plates to the lower corners of the door. These plates can be quite conveniently made from thin sheet aluminium—or even sheet steel, if it is enamelled to match the upholstery—and should be fixed to the door panelling with countersunk wood screws. * * * Mr. F, C. Allen, who has filled the position of direct factory representative of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, of Akron, Ohio, during the past few years has now been appointed managing director of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Coy., of New Zealand, Limited. Mr. Allen was associated with the Firestone Tire and Rubber Coy., of Akron, Ohio, U.S.A., and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, for about 14 years, and prior to that period occupied, for a considerable time, position of general manager in London for the Continental Tyre and Rubber Coy. He has been associated with the tire industry—in all its phases—for about 28 3’ears, occupying positions, not only in the purchase of ci de rubber in the East, but also in the Firestone laboratories at Akron.

He has visited practically every country in the world in promoting the extension of the sales of his company’s products.