PARS ABOUT CARS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19721, 11 December 1926, Page 20 (Supplement)

PARS ABOUT CARS

OCCASIONAL DEVELOPMENTS SEEN ABOUT THE TOWN Holiday trips are now in contemplat i oil. . * * • # Drying- roads mean dust—but no slips in the backcountry. * * A 20-h.p. Rolls Royce—one of the much discussed junior class—was in the city last week. It is Wellington owned. • w • One reason why there arc so many traffic accidents is because some pedestrians fail to stop two feet and some motorists are too slow in stopping four wheels. * * • • Signs, signs everywhere and not a sign of scenery. « ' ♦ • • A ‘‘safety first,” film will be screened at Wanganui for the benefit of local motorists at an early date. * * • • An enterprising service car concern is now running a daily service across the precipitous Napier-Taihapc road. • # •’ * Many new and striking models were exhibited at the London Olympia Motor Show, staged early in November. * * # * Brighter paintwork is now the mode. New ears seen in Wanganui favour two colour finishes in distinctive hues. ® * • ♦ A large and handsome Berliet tourer, a fine French ear. was* in town last week. Though lacking four-wheel brakes it was a striking piece of work.

The trend towards light ears is disclosed in smaller models by Marmon and Studebaker, the latter’s product being known as the Erskine. * * Sf * A Detriot firm is manufacturing a car snialler even than the English Baby Austin. America, has so far failed tn emulate British and Continental successes in the light car field. America’s latest effort is the Bury. ♦ * * • England has now two £IOO cars, the Gillet and the Ensign. The makers of the latter have, revolutionised their policy. They formerly built a £200(1 product. * * $ * Exhibits at Olympia showed that English builders are going more for the flexible engine and less gear changing on future English products. ♦ # * * Buy British Goods! Yet nearly every local body round Wanga American automobiles or trucks, ft is the local authorities, and the big cooperative business concerns, who should give a lead in this direction.