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New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9092, 10 July 1915, Page 8

NOTICE TO TOURISTS. TOR HIRE. EIGHT-CYLINDER CADILLAC. Arrangements cam bo made with Mr 0. H. Barrington, of 142, Sydney street, for the hire of his luxurious and reliable seven-passenger eight-cylinder Cadillac Car for tours through the Main Trunk, Wairarapa, Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, or New Plymouth districts. In this new car there are seven comfortable seats, two of which can be folded into recesses and concealed out of the way when not required. The brakes are easily applied and very powerful. During Mr Barrington’s recent trip from Auckland to Wellington, he found it necessary on several occasions, when meeting with mobs of sheep and cattle on the road, to slow down from top speed to a snail’s pace, which operation was accomplished by the uso of the throttle control alone without change of gears or skilful manipulations the trip being completed without' » single puncture. The car possesses an eightcylinder engine, which enables the traveller to enjoy that unique oensation which tends to make you forget the presence of the engine—that sense of buoyance, of being borne forward by some means other than mechanical. It is perfectly apparent, oven, to an amateur in motoring, the extraordinary ease of acceleration/ and the astonishing extent to which tho Cadillac travels without gear shifting, and after .the first ride your own expressions of delight will go far beyond anything you may be told os to the car to be selected for a tour through the country. Mr Barrington has lalso for hire one of last yena-’a models, a 4-cylinder 10-50 h.p. Cadillac, which put up somewhat of a record last year, including three trips to Rotorua and a trip to Auckland. Parties anticipating a tour, either on pleasure or business, should not fail to consult Air C. H. Barrington at 142, Sydney street. Telephone 2269 (Auto) or ’phone 2040. Lamhton quay stand. *

According to the evidence of members of the New Zealand Automobile Union, which held its annual meeting yesterday, the roads of the Dominion are by no means a credit to the bodies controlling them. It was stated that certain of the county councils needed expert advice on the subject of road construction and repairs, and, on the suggestion of the Otago Motor Club, it was decided to urge the appointment of a Government engineer to advise, inspect, and superintend the construction and repair of roads. The Minister for Public Works is to be approached with reference to the- proposal. The action of local bodies in limiting the speed of motor traffic was also adversely commented upon at the meeting. The speed limit, fixed by the Ashburton. County Council across the local bridge at six miles an hour, was described as preposterous, and the Hutt limit of ten miles an hour was considered as most reasonable. It was resolved to ask the Government to make model by-laws with provision for reasonable speed, or else to allocate to itself the power of revising all speed by-laws with a view to uniformity. Sixty per cent, of English words are of Teutonic origin, 30 per cent, are Greek and Latin,- and 10 per cent come from other sources. All other things being equal, a baritone voice in a man and a contralto voice in a woman will wear better and last longer than any of the others.