BENEFIT OF MOTORISTS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 85, 20 January 1928, Page 8

BENEFIT OF MOTORISTS

PETROL SERVICE. •AN AUCKLAND' UNDERTAKING. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, January 19. Three uniformed patrolmen "to render service to motorists will be appointed immediately by the Auckland xYutomohile Association. One man will bo chiefly engaged in erecting signposts in the country, another will be employed on motor-cycle duty in the suburbs and country, and the third official will direct the patrol service and cover popular routes near the city with a motor-cycle outfit. Reporting on the organisation ot the patrol to the council of the Automobile Association, the secretary said the increased service to motorists should greatly encourage membership. Motorcycle combinations' with special tools for breakdown work' would cost about £l3O. Each officer detailed for signposting would require a motor truck. Mr Hutchison submitted an estimate indicating that the annual cost of the various additions to the services of the Association would be about £IOOO. This sum included all salaries and motor-cvele running costs. It was considered that increased membership and other returns from extension of the or"•nnisation would, supply additional revenue, which would almost meet this extra expenditure. Mr Hutchison said the facilities to be offered should ensure a membership of 10,000 in the near future.