Behind the Wheel
British Motor-cycles Motor-cycles exported from Great Britain last year numbered 20,461. This figure reveals an increase over the previous year of 3986. Sports Saloons Popular Increasing numbers of sports saloons are appearing on Auckland roads. These cars, which in a measure combine the charms of both the sports model and tho closed car, are particularly popular with women. Largest Private Garage '1 he Maharajah of Mysore's garage, the largest private garage in tho world, contains no les§ than 66 cars, which are looked after by 44 chauffeurs. Among this total of private cars, buses, lorries, horse-boxes and special vehicles, thcro are eight Bolls-lloyces. No Hooting "I hope tho time will come some day when motorists will be forbidden to carry horns altogether," said Judge Watkins Cave in a motoring caso at Bournemouth, England. Motorists approve .the hooting ban in silence zones at night because warn-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22819, 28 August 1937, Page 12 (Supplement)
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148Behind the Wheel New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22819, 28 August 1937, Page 12 (Supplement)
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