BIG MOTOR SHOW.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18526, 30 October 1925, Page 5

BIG MOTOR SHOW.

OLYMPIA THE SEVENTH

TO BE OPENED ON NOVEMBER 7

The Seventh Motor Olympia. promoted by the progressive Canterbury Branch of the New Zealand Motor Traders' Association will be opened nr. King Edward Barracks on Saturday evening. November 7th, continuing until November 14th.

This Olympia bids fair to. eclipse easily all previous efforts by the promotors for several reasons. One is thatthere will be a more comprehensiie range of motor vehicles, as several new cars, not shown in Christchurch previous! v, will make their bow. so to speak, » the public. '! hcv will include American and British types. On Siin<fuv a big consignment of cars, mostly British, will reach Lyttelton. and the traders will have a busy week in preparing the vehicles for the Show. _]t is interesting to note that a proportion of the cars on view at Olympia will subsequently be sent south to the motor pavilion at the Dunedin Exhibition. More thought has been put- into the disposition of the vehicles, and the general arrangements than at any of the previous shows. For instance, an entirely novel scheme of decorations and lighting will be employed, so that with the blending of car colours, decorations and liahting effects, a brilliant spectacle should evolve. That the lure of Olvmpia is a vcry real thing, is proved by the co-opera-tion of the public. Last year persons visited the Show, and this year the promoters anticipate beating the Auckland record of 3-1.000.

Jtevelations are promised' in the latest products of the motor-car manufacturers in tho direction of greater riding comfort, new models, improved design, advancement in coachwork, and the provision of one hundred and one accessories incidental to the complete car. Olvmpia will bo open from 10 a.m. till iO'p.m. daily,-and'a special orchestra has been engaged l . DUNEDIN EXHIBITION. MOTORISTB' CAMP. The following additional particulars have been received concerning tho camp at Tahuna Park, which will be, available to all monikers of motor or-; ganisations, associated with the South Island Motor Union. Arrangements have been made for ail electric light to bo set up on tho camp site and gas rings are to bo installed for cooking purposes. Portable boilers will bo used, water being laid on to tho Park. "The use of tho shelter sheds (open front and sides) has boen arranged for, and it will not bo necessary for campers to bring tents unless they prefer to _do so, Tent-flies and mOtor-covers will be useful, as they can be placed round the sides and front of the sheds to make them quite comfortable. The s.hcds have iron roofs with clean clay floors. The Park sou is of a sandy nature, and does not hold rain water for long. Wood and coal arc being arranged for, also scrim, for sheds and straw for bedding. Tents will not be available in Dunedin. To safeguard campers' property, it will be necessary to appoint a caretaker, and a charge will be made for each party occupying the camp (about 10s or 20s) towards the cost of what is beinjr provided. The camp will l>o open to motorists on presentation ol their membership cards. ' A number of members of the ft. I. M.U. are going to Dunedin to attend the quarterly meeting of that body on November 2<th, and will make enquiries concerning the camp, during their visit. The information they gam will be made available to motorists on their return. , ~ c As an indication of the scarcity or hotel accommodation about the end of November, the secretary of the Otago Motor Club, writing, to Mr P. R. Harinan, secrctarv of the 5.1. M.U., states that he has had to make arrangements for delegates t-o stay at Broad Bay, which is about 10 miles from the city, on Otago harbour.

The cap of the gasoline tanlc filler has in it a small hole—if the gasoline system is of the gravity feed type. This is to allow air to enter the tank, explains the "-Automobile Digest." so that the gasoline flowing out will not leave a vacuum, which will finally become so strong as to stop the flow of gasoline to the carburettor. Wheir gasoline fails to reach the carburettor at aiiv time, make sure tiir.t this veno is open before looking for stoppage.