The Motor World

NZ Truth, Issue 791, 1 January 1921, Page 8

The Motor World

. » , (By "Crank.")

Three one- thousand ton concrete motor boats are now under construction inßng- ; nrn ' . ' The , 100 ° ton vessels will carry 1000 tons of cargo, and will be used for coastal trade; also between England and the Continent. s i : t : : Sheepshead Bay Speedway, one of America s most famous racing tracks, is being- dismantled. One wonders what is the reason. The fight between manufacturers and workers m the Italian engineering industries, .which attracted so much attention by reason of the large number of men affected, has now been brought to a close, and work has been resumed -everywhere, according to advices received from tha Fiat Company The Italian Government interfered m the dispute by voting a law under which the workers were given a certain control m the management of the factories. The underlying principle of this was that If the workers were given the opportunity of collaborating with the management m the internal affairs of the factories, he would realise that there are limits which,; cannot be exceeded without entailing complete, destruction, and this union of capitar^ncUabor would be likely to have a beneflciai^effect on economical ?u i£ lo ?V a; ? d national prosperity. At the Fiat factory, which"is'the;most important of the- Italian automobile industry, and one of the most important engineering establishments m the' whole of Italy, work has been resumed on this baste,, and the old management has again taken command. The new law is about to be applied, and it is hoped and believed that a satisfactory and permanent peace will thereby be obtained, with increased production and higher general prosperity. '-' n :: One of the results of the high cost of petrol m various countries is the increase or steam-driven lorries on the road. Although not pictures of beauty, they certainly can pull loads. Another advantage If^. 11 ]. °^? can always hear them coming. Safety Flrßt." y - . By the end of this year Mexico will be the biggest petroleum exporting country, beating even the United States. It is reckoned that the output will aggregate 135,000,000 barrels, of which about 100 - 000,000 will have gone to the United States. v "^ .«— «ftrq— — 1_— —^— —^ mmmnmm