NO TRAFFIC NORTH

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 822, 16 November 1929, Page 9

NO TRAFFIC NORTH

ROADS IN BAD STATE TOURS FOR THE WEEK-END Tbc heavy rains during the past week have made all roads north of Helensville and Waiwera. ou tlie two main routes, almost impassable for motor traffic this week-end. according to Mr. K. E. Champtaloup. touring manager of the Auckland Automobile . Association, this morning. However, roads are good up to these points a:td there will be plenty of scope in other directions for touring during the next few days until the roads dry again. The East Coast bays are till now within easy reach of the City along excellent surfaces. The beach at Orewa provides a splendid run and should be used as the road at this S point is in had order, j The beach racing of the Spores Motor-Cycle Club tomorrow at Muri•wai will attract a number of spectators, who are advised to take the Lincoln Road route and through Waimauku. The clay patch, about threequarters of a mile in length, is greasy today, but with a drying wind should 1 ! be quite passable if no heavy rain : falls. Surfaces are now good to Mara"' . . j and fair to Bucklands Beach. New 1 Brighton and Kaiaua are reached easily from the Paeroa-Pokeno Hoad. ; On the other coast Weymouth. Clark’s Beach and Karaka Beach will attru . t many. 1 , Longer runs will be to Thames and 'on through Coromandel to Bay, all on good metal roads. The route through Coroglen cannot he ! used at present, nor ran the road from j Mercury Bay to WaihL There are L i one or two stretches on the Tirau'l Taupo Road near Tokoroa which are j often difficult after wet weather, but , these soon dry again, and the remain- • der of the 200-mile run would be o - . ' j reliable surfaces. | The hot springs at Rotorua. T--1 Aroha, Matamata, Okoroire and a'. ; Waingaro, near Ngaruawahia. are now i within touring reach over all-weather roads. The touring manager of the . aaa will pay an official, xisit to i Waingaro during the week-end.