MOTORING ITEMS
New Zealand was Britain’s best -customer for motoi-cars during the ;,firs; six months of 1936, buying
valued at £637,882, cqmwith South Africa (£395,162), Britain’s largest customer in this trade. ... The sales during the first half of this' year were; slightly behind those •of ' the record figures during the name period in 1935—24,199 private cars worth £2,794,318, as against .28,198 cars valued at £2,831,889. Dim headlights or dashlights will ■ ■■. result from, a number of causes, but ' first, of all see that 12-volt globes are not fitted in a six-volt system. . When driving at night for any considerable distance along strange • country roads it is an advantage to direct the near-side headlamp toward the edge of the road. ' About two million people, directly •of indirectly, “ live ” on the motorcar industry in France, which? at one time held second place in world production, but is now fourth.
A school for motor racing has been started at Chicago. Young drivers are invited to undergo free tests on the midget car dirt track course. There has been a big. response. -
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Matamata Record, Volume XIX, Issue 1763, 7 September 1936, Page 7
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177MOTORING ITEMS Matamata Record, Volume XIX, Issue 1763, 7 September 1936, Page 7
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