SHAKESPEARE ON CARS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 39, 14 August 1926, Page 18

SHAKESPEARE ON CARS

I will remedy this gear ere long. —King Henry IV., Part 11. As horns are odious . . . they are '-..-. necessary. . —As You Like-It. The name of Pago and Ford differs. .—Merry Wives of "Windsor. 11l show the best of springs. —The Tempest. I'll tell them all by their nanies as they pass by. —Troilus. I like the new tire. —Much Ado About Nothing. Hear the drum, and the vile squealing. —Merchant of Venice. Being mechanical you isught not to walk. —Julius Caesar. Out dog! Out cur! Drivest me past! —Midsummer Night's Dream. Still a-repairing, ever out of frame and never going right. 1 . . —Love's Labour Lost.

There Is a highway in Texas whQje there is no speed limit, and such signs as "Flivver do your best" greet, the motorist, at intervals for 35 miles. But the .road is not_a State highway; it isa private one built by San Antonio sportsmen and leads to a hunting and fishing resort. A toll is imposed for the use of the road and drivers can go as fast as they like.

Motorists who cause obstruction by parking too far from the kerb are to be prosecuted, by the Newmarket Borough Council. The borough traffic inspector has submitted a list to the council in which some extreme cases were recorded. A lorry was stated to have stopped 9ft Gin from the kerb. One motor-car was alleged to have parked at. Oft 6in, and another': at .a distance of 6ft from tho kerb. There were several in excess of four feet.

of strainer. Then start up the engine and run,it for ten minutes, after which period the solution should be drained out, 61 .'the system and replaced with clean ■ water. The engine is then run again for a while, after which the system should again be emptied. The radiator and ja.ekcts .will now be clean and ready for uso in the ordinary way. In all probability the action of the chemicals will have destroyed the rubber hose connections, and new ones should be fitted. Do not allow tho solution to touch any part of the

enamel or woodwork, as it will leave a stain which will bo difficult to remove.

As showing tho utility of tho moi/jrcar, a Wanganui paper states that the other morning a local motorist was scon driving his roadster home, well linden. Beside him on the sent were his wife and children. In thn dicky seat was the family perambulator,'and in front of the car, perched on the bumper, was a sack of potatoes.

"Where can I park my car?" is a question heard frequently in this era of the automobile, and in Wanganui it is uttered not only by visitors, but also by citizens and country people who drive their cars into the city area, states tho local "Chronicle." • The Corporation's, latest contribution towards the solution of the difficuly is a decision to convert the vacant Drill Hall square into a car park. This measure will bo only temporary, so no special paving' will bo put down. Tho cars will simply run on to the grass, but direction posts to maintain them in single-lino formation will be put in.

Not being a believer in motors, states a Sydney "Sun" cable message of Ist .Tilly, Alfred Haynes, of Burton-on Trent, hired a horse and waggonette to take..his wife .and family for a drive. A boo stung the horse, which ■wrecked tho vehicle. Another horse and waggonette wore obtained, but these had a collision with a motor-cyclist, who was rendered .unconscious. While the family was returning homo on foot a motorist ran down and' injured Haynes.

A. car load of Rugby supporters returning from Danncvirke on "Wednesday eveuing■■■■last met trouble on tho rWaipukurau road (states the "News"). When near tho Lindsay Keserve the wheels, skidded) on the greasy surface and the car crashed into an electric light pole. The forco of the impact ■was so severe that the car was practically wrecked and the electric power transformer was damaged. Two of tho occupants-of the car, Messrs. Nelson and Morton, were injured, the former in the chest and the latter facial cuts, and were, removed to the hospital at Waipukurau.

"There is one matter I should like to bring before the meeting and that is in reference to a plea from the motor inspector for better tuition to beginners by the garage proprietors," said Mr. T. F. Macdonald at a meeting of the Southland Motor Association. He went on to say that the inspector complained bitterly about some of these firms selling cars and turning out "half-pie" drivers. One lady who had bought a

car had not been taught how to back it, and the inspector had spent a week teaching her to drive decently. Mr. Macdonald said he thought the position might be improved if one or two members got together and had a pamphlet printed which would contain hints to young motorists. This would also tend to lighten the duties of the traffic inspector. Eventually it was decided that a committee go into tlio question of getting a small pamphlet in type and report later to tho general committee. "'

There are, it appears, places—or at least one place—where motorists arc as careless in their observance of tho rules and regulations as in New Plymouth (says tho "Herald"). A motorist who has had long experience in various parts of tho world, in discussing traffic in Wanganui, told a "Herald" reporter that he had never been anywhere where there was so much laxity. "I would rather drivo in London any day than in the Avenue," ho 'said. "The London people keep to tho rules, but hero many motorists arc all over the place. They break the speed laws and do not worry to keep on the correct side." When 3nolorists hero want to turn a corner on their left, ho complained, they often pull out to tho right on approaching the corner instead of keeping in to the kerb. Again, when they are turning to tho right, many of them fail to give tho traffic behind them any indication. "Yes," ho concluded, meditatively, "I would far sooner drive in London, even in a dense fog. It's time someone woko up in Wanganui and put things straight."