A.A.A. MANAGER'S REPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 12, 15 January 1929, Page 16

A.A.A. MANAGER'S REPORT.

CHRISTMAS TOURING

The holiday period this season has been a particularly busy one, reports the touring manager of the Auckland Automobile Association. Every courtesy has been extended to Southern motorists, who have not been slow to appreciate the work of the association, and it has been a common experience for these motorists to remark: "My word, you have a wonderful association—seems to be the only one in New Zealand that is doing anything." Many of our members who have returned from touring have expressed their appreciation of the A.A.A. signposting in the South, while those in the North have in many cases followed our instructions although contrary to local reports, and have found our information invaluable.

The camping grounds throughout the province have been well patronised, and up to the present very few eomlaints have been received. The Rotorua camping ground •has been full to overflowing, and our patrols in the district nave had a busy time coping with the touring traffic. The Auckland camping ground at the Show Grounds has also been well patronised, and the majority of motorists were pleased to be able to camp so close to the city. Others who preferred to be further away have been accommodated at Tui Glen, which is generally recognised as one of the best equipped and conducted grounds in the Dominion. The Hamilton patrol reports that the local camping ground has also been well patronised, as many as thirty cars being in at one time.

Motorists who have visited Tauranga are loud in their praise of the A.A.A. agent, who has gone out of his way to provide for their comfort. One.member writes: "I landed at Tauranga a complete stranger, and not having taken the precaution to engage accommodation found myself in a very awkward position. Finding all hotels and boardinghouses full, I happened to see the AJLA. agent's sign, and as a last resort thought that I would try there. Mr. Clinkard, the agent, spent some considerable time and went to no end of trouble, and finally secured me accommodation."

THE BROKEN GLASS PATROL. Hundreds of pounde of broken glass have been removed from the streets of New York City aince the recent establishment of the Highway Broken Glass Patrol of the New York Automobile Club. Besides picking up broken glass, the patrols have aided hundreds of motorists who were stranded by the roadside.

This hint might be accepted by the local A.A.A. patrolmen. When they com* aeroM a mass of splintered glass on the roadway its removal would be very muck appreciated by motorists. v