NOLAN

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20510, 28 May 1938, Page 32 (Supplement)

NOLAN

There’s a Motor Trimmer in this town Who excels the rest by far. He’s a wizard at upholstering Tne. seating of a car. We’ve seen a car with battered hood To his workshop dnven And when emerged it's just like new After the treatment it’s been given. The boss and all the men employed Are experts at- their job And they think the same of the man who spends A Fiver or a Bob ! Side curtains for the older cars Should be good these winter days. The man whom we refer to can" Fix them in many ways. Now who’s this man we’ve talked about ? He's a man of Hamilton fame. You’ll find his shop’s in Hood Street And NOLAN is his name.

BIG INCREASE LEYLAND EXPORTS A large increase in the export of heavy goods and passenger machines by Leyland Motors, Limited, is shown in the company's figures for the halfyear ending March, 1938. The number of vehicles shipped overseas during this period were 78 per cent more than those exported during the six months ending March, 1937. An analysis of the returns reveals that 17 countries, representative of all five continents, imported machines of Leyland manufacture. Demand for oil-engined vehicles is shown to be increasing, for 81 per cent more oil•mgined machines were shipped during the period under review than in the previous year. Trolley bus exports were 31 per cent higher and this figure is likely to he maintained in the near future, for the company has trolley-bus order's in hand for operators In Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Tasmania and China. SAFETY ON ROADS A significant statement was recently made by the British Minister of Transport (Mr Leslie Burgin) when speaking at the Institute of Civil Engineers in London. Amongst other things, he said, "The great age of canal and railway construction has passed, perhaps for alt time, but t!ic age of road and bridge construction has returned.” As regards Britain’s highways, Mr Burgin stated that "It is the intention of the Ministry, as speedily as circumstances permit, to bring up the country's road system to a standard fully adequate to meet the demands made upon it, and thus provide safe and expeditious transit for all classes of traffic.” Referring to pedestrian crossings in London, he subsequently stated at the Constitutional Club that “We must tell pedestrians to cross roads at fewer places and give them thi assurance that, when they cross, they will be safe. If necessary, we shall have a law to make it an offence for a pedestrian to cross the roads Dthe-wise than in accordance with regulations."