MOTORING NOTES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXVII, Issue 2765, 31 March 1927, Page 7

MOTORING NOTES

SUNSET TIMES. Thursday' 5.48 Friday 5.-Mi Saturday 0.47> Sunday' 5.44 -M’onday 5.42 Tuesday .1.40 Wednesday *>.39 TRAFFIC DIRECTION. The. action of the Borough Council in ordering the removal of the standard and arm ‘‘silent policemen” in the main streets was timely. They are not at all suitable for night use and had they been allowed to remain a serious accident would sooner-or later have occurred. It is suggested that broad white lines be used. If the lines are continually kept freshly painted this method of traffic direction should be successful. \Vh i c lines are used on some of the dangerous corners in the Hamilton borough. The most recent idea of > marking lines on corners and intersections is by means of stainless steel studs which glisten above the road surface. The advantages are that they do not wear off like paint and may, with proper treatment, be tarred over without loss of their sheen. Another up-to-date style of “policeman” seen in a South Taranaki town by a local bowler recently was a circular flat metal disc with four glassed apertures through which concealed electric lights shone at night. FORD PLANS FOR 1927. According to the “Motor Age” there is to be no slackening off in the amount of Ford ears to be produced this year. The Ford Company have announced their intention of increasing their production by 20 per cent during 1927. In 1920 the company enjoyed an increase in sales of 38 per cent over 1925, and the estimates for this year are based on a careful analysis of the world’s requirements. It is calculated that a good deal of the increased production will be absorbed in the country of manufacture, Canada, where the total registrations already exceed 850,000. It is expected that in 1927 the number of cars in use there will exceed the million mark, The present unsatisfactory state of' our own market for produce will also tend to be more favourable for the- sale of Fords to the detriment of the more expensive cars. p BRITISH MOTOR TRADE, A. delegation of British motor manufacturers has left England on a tour of investigation of the overseas markets, with a" view to increasing the export of British motor vehicles, The party will reach Now Zealand in the '■early winter so that they will have a splendid opportunity of seeing firsthand, the class-of vehicle most suitable •to our road requirements. Quite half the English cars at present are unsuitable to our ■ back block road, conditions, and manufacturers have been slow to effect improvements. No doubt many, of the coining delegation will quickly learn why British car sales have not kept pace with 'American. Certain British manufacturers have done so already.