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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 206, 15 August 1927, Page 6

Tremendous savings can be offered during the last week of Westerman and Co.’s “Total Eclipse” sale at Hastings, which definitely ends next Saturday. Wonderful bargains are being cleared from all departments in the lavish fashion that is customary at all Westerman and Co. s events, and it is remarkable what can be obtained for 1/- 2/6. 5/etc. Special bargains are being quoted in the showroom, and some of these are published in this issue • whilst all remnants and oddments are being cleared at half the marked sale prices. The British Ministry of Transport's order governing the size and construction of heavy motor vehicles, which was issued on Thursday exempts from its operation, existing vehicles and new ones registered witting the next twelve months. The order prescribes that the general overall length of heavy four-wheel motor cars shall not exceed 27 feet 6 inches, and vehicles over 26 feet shall hot, draw trailers. More stringent regulations regarding brake equipment and permissable weights for public vehicles are imposed. The limitations are modified in the case of the rigid form of six-wheel vehicles of approved construction, for which an overall length of 30 feet is fixed as the maximum.