MOTOR CYCLING NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 79, 3 April 1928, Page 20

MOTOR CYCLING NOTES.

' SPORTS MOTOR CYCLE CLUB. FIXTURES FOR APRIL. . The Sports Motor Cycle Club has arranged- the foliowing , fixtures for the month: April 8, Waitakere, meet at Western at 11 a.m.; April 15, Pukekohe, meet at Harp oj Erin at 1.30 p.m.; April ' Si, Cornwal'iis, meet at .Western Springs at 10.30 a.m.; April 20,.'Manly, meet at Ferry, 10 a.m. A steeplechase will be held on Mr. Ben Bollard's property at Henderson, on Saturday, April 14, starting at 2.30 p.m.. .A general meeting of the club will be held this evening^'in the Chamber *oI Commerce at ,7.45. NOTES BY THE WAY. Soap and water, the original cleanser, beats gasoline or kerosene when it comes to cleaning running boards on the car. ' First grade petrol is now, retailed* at 1/1J a gallon in London.'-' Benzole mixtures are 1/2}, and tfie'.iiew ethyl petrol fc 1/3*. % ■&!■ I. f>A* jg* 1 yj" r ' The leadTng South Island motor car registrations for JanuaiT were:—Essex 42, Dodge 35, Chrysler 30, Overland (Whippet) 29, . Chevrolet 2®, and Austin 29. It is not generally known that a speed of over; a mile a minute was attained 32 years ago. -Om January tl, 1896, the well-known British motorist, Pennington, covered a mile iq - 58s, a epeed of 62 jn4).h. .

Police statistics for Manchester show that of 72 fatal traffic accidents in 1927, pedestrians were to blame in 55 per cent ( of the, ,cases.. Most of the fatalities were, due to pedestrians stepping off the footpath in front of vehicles.

Construction of a green coloured concrete highway system involving over *1,200,000 ft undsr consideretion in J Texi». Th# county officials are cxreritnontlng with eolouring wetter. It Is conM#red th«|.| tinted surfaces will eliminate sun glare and eye strain. Red pigment ha* already been used eueeessfully on roads In Florida. ,

Motorists drivingJn ,th« country ihouljd refrain driving their wrong side When approaehing a vehicle proceeding in the opposite direction. The pTACtIoC of not pulling on to thf proper Sldo or only Just off the oncoming vehWe'a:; tr|eh (« highly dangerous, espfftially with th# loose shingle on roads in the eovfttrr & preafnt, .. 5 /

-There Is a close affinity bciwoeii 'plane aw motor ear engines. The great of HinWer In M» flight from mate if ,n * • t "dard i pattern contains a two tSethVlhl (economy have gone hand in hand.