GARAGE GOSSIP

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 668, 21 May 1929, Page 14

GARAGE GOSSIP

Mr. E. A. Restall has been appointed the new A.A.A. agent at Coromandel.

Since 1920 more than 90,000 General Motors cars and trucks have been sold in the overseas markets of the world. During 192 S General Motors established new assembly plants in Warsaw, Poland; Stockholm, Sweden; and Bombay, India.

The only country in the w r orld where one cannot And a motor-car is Tibet. The total vehicular population of that country is one lone motor-cycle. It has been a loDg time since this one vehicle has been heard from and the country may be without even that by now.

There is a very important city in Italy, of more than 200,000 population, where ther are no motor vehicles. It is one of the few cities in the world where there are no registered Chevrolets. In fact, one cannot even find a taxi-cab in the whole town. The reason is that all transportation is carried on by water. The city is Venice.

Rapid progress is being made on the All-American Highway. The stretch covering the route from Valparaiso to Buenos Ayres has been completed up to the Chilean side of the Andes to La Cumbre. This point marks the end of the Chilean highway and the beginning of the Argentine section. The Argentine section between La Cumbre and Mendoza down the eastern slope of the Andes is expected to he in useable condition within a few months. NEW NUMBER PLATES A month has passed since relicensing commenced, and only about onethird of the vehicles on the road have been dealt with. Less than a fortnight remains in which to issue plates for the remaining vehicles. It is an offence to fit the new plates immediately, but it- is officially announced that the change over made be made on Saturday, May 25. Any motorist driving with the'old plates after the 31st of this month will be liable to prosecution. The same series of numbers applies to both cars and commercial vehicles, and the issue of number plates in groups gives an indication us to the origin of a vehicle; for instance, all numbers between 1 and 27,600 are being issued in the Auckland postal district, which extends from Mercer to the North Cape. Following are details of the allocations; Auckland, 1—27,600. Thames, 27,60 J.—32,100. Hamilton, 32,101 —43,700. » Gisborne, 43,701 —47,900. Napier, 47,901 —56,900. New Plymouth, 56,901 —65,900. Wanganui, 65,901 —72,900. Palmerston North, 72,901 —53,000. Wellington, 83,001—100,900. South Island, 100,901 —155.000. THE TRANSPORT COUNCIL “The personnel of the Transport Council, which has been announced, will be approved by the majority of our motor traders,” says the “New Zealand Radiator,” the official organ of the Motor Trade Association. It is pomposed of men of intelligence and ability, who are in the forefront of the interests which they represent. The proposal of the Government to set up a Transport Council has been taken seriously by the parties interested, and, in some cases, there was keen competition for the positions on the council. This is a very healthy sign, and the greater interest taken I in the council and its work, the greater the chance of success.