MOTOR JOTTINGS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12785, 31 October 1919, Page 3

MOTOR JOTTINGS.

THE POST-WAR FRENCH GAES='-' "La Vie publishes ,W'V most interesting article : bii . ‘the' ieq'Vi ' dencies of motor cbnstructiouTdh Prance. The uni ter. points but ’’that " manufacturers in that country;; are tending towards the? production small car, the car of-,utility omical running, tooy:-is receiving. ■ most serious attention;, ifor.ib is.-ohvioimb'-i. ,> that there is no economy in .paying; 1 .- ■say, £SO less for a car-when it coste GdPhbre a-mile to' 'iMirib effort is, therefore,' being"; made to-limits the weight of tho cars, : and ' petrol consumption- pef railed notes that the Frcnch r makers show "a^ 1 - decided tendency to '-imitate;'American’ , ' A ! ‘ construction, not only ’ i n'-’the ', mamte ufacture of the engine,, Ijut' alsp ,'ln' : . tlie : general appearance .of; the'tears tliemtfT . selves. He declares, however,that the results- are not always-i happy,:' and ..1 strongly advocates .tilie-adaptation of American methods i^-diorT"toam ; ?■' servile imitation. There-, .is ; aisov-.-a- - notable diminution, in. the ;numberdtof;;Vmodels produced .by. the .differenteconi-,ti : panics. This tendency: :.roceives ..!.tho vi strong endorsement of asserts that it is tar better:toyhhverone rf good model than to puteoiftom Awhhr&rr: series of cars, varymg-shf - between 10 and 30 hip.* French cars will be fitted-witli bleptric &. . lights, and tiie •majottty' ,f bf i< 'lhe^iP i electric starters. This flatter, departure, : he views with some dnhio : u.htete; ?r::: Vt r fe • 5 all rightefor low-p6w6jed 7 e^^-bii^he f amount of current reipiffed- i<r : start- a!*? 1 • 60 h.p. engine is sodees'-'® not consider it - advish bid to- ihkteil necessary accumulators, which would add greatly to the general weigh-V'd?' the car.. He notes•" adoption of vacuum .ftedy-hlitedofes iipt approve of the placihg'ofsidiary tank on the carburetter. He would feel nervous, abobtfit' hTm'telff'-Jie says, and suggests that 'it had;i better be placed further bwhyV; igsnc&k THE. GLJHDEN TOUR 1920: v - The proposed reyivalVnest.y.ear -of Glidden tour, says^^^•Vldobi^ ! Aybrll^; ,, is scheduled for consideration ’. ifiJhij mid-winter meeting. q| .the"': A. A'.iif/i. by "V wliicli time it'is beuevVd m’anrifaptai will have been sounded but as '# thmr inclinations to enter, cars, te Y continent tour. The : A-A.A. lias mapped out a' tentacle New York to San Francisco, .overlsyhicli . - it is believed the running. .taking , . into account local speed.laws'andTeguk-..’ latiou, night and meal Ei^^Sb^JwSld-'V be three weeks to a„raputh'.' -.; ihe committee headed’, ••••iby, •- Kenncneil of the A.A.Ar«)iitest hoard sees no obstacle to. the tour outside of , a possibility that tbpr'imahnfactei-eTS, hard pressed to keepfprpductiodtep to demands—if this condition:: continues ■' ■ ; * n te • 192te—may not seet'theif way clear to prepare cars and cfews dor the run ' and foot the operating: billyh'running ■ into several thousand' ■• dollars.' ■ ; How- ' ■ ever, : the ocmimitteemenii vlook' ; for - ; a ' stabilising of the industry before' next' bs; . fall, and have strong hopes 'of-obnducte"'-''-mg the tour,;with a' large afield' te*ff entrants. . Progandra quickly cures A charge of profiteering;., against v th*i Bank of New Zealand was.made-byvMr,-;-;: .George Barclay,.the Liberal::{candidate'--" ■ for /-Ellesmere, last'inghte,’ ' die-,Said >7:‘‘ that last year the bank Jiadj.made ; ->• 100 per cent, and ip that ; .wns c fiteering all he ,could=.sayr 9 ; -as- r -t}lat r -if-.7-the farmer made such, a■ profit- am cry would soon be raised..- At tie-last-,v quarter the banks had. thirty millions' ' lying at call, on which,they paid no in*' terest. although theyvdeni- m(wt-c’6f l iit..b' out to . cHeuts. at interest. -On'thei-> other hand, the Post Office-paid 3i per.----;, cent on its deposits, -and--.vet -had the Gorvernmeirt over ’ :>i ' lions at the end of 1917,-besides a mil- ' ‘ lion to local, bodies.. : ,A ; State -.baakjT working on right hnesyrcbuld . enormous help-to .the industrial, oommnnity-, - and agiSultnrJv-. •, - hanks in the .various hentreejj, _ cheap advanced to -. farmers,•’ immeasurably better; than"payiis.Thjgh»i--rates to business firma. * i For Coughs and Coldß, n6ver ; ; j f