MOTORING NOTES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXX, Issue 2307, 6 March 1930, Page 3

MOTORING NOTES

LONDON WILL-GET TAXIS WITHOUT DOORS. A fleet of two-seater taxi-cabs of unusual design will appear in London shortly. Invented by William Gowan, of Capetown, the cabs, which have passed all tests, will have two curved sliding panels forming the front of the passenger compartment, instead of doors. These can be operated by the driver without leaving his seat or by the passengers. There is accommodation for two when the movable arm is raised. Heavy luggage can be taken on the front platform. The inventor says the absence of doors will prevent accidents, while the body is less costly and weighs 2501bs less than the usual ton-and-a-half cab. COST OF BENZINE ANALYSED. Retail benzine prices in countries other than America, are lowest in Japan and Rumania and highest in Bolivia and the African Gold Coast. The low price of 22 cents gallon in Rumania, as compared with 31 to 38 cents in France and 38 to 43 cents in all the United Kingdom, was attributed to the fact that Rumania produces and refines its own petroleum. The lowest retail prices for benzine is in Japan, where the cost ranges from 22 cents to 29 cents a gallon. Bcnz%e in Bolivia costs 64 cents a gallon, and on the Gold Coast, from 63 to 64 cents.

FORTY-FIVE MILES OF AUTOMO-

BILES A DAY.

The .American automobile industry is making forty-five miles of automobiles, end to end, every day, which is much faster than roads are being built. There are also 635 different, models of motor cars being built and the renewal demand is constantly growing.

CAMPS FOR MOTORISTS

HAMILTON ARRANGEMENTS.

The opinion that the Hamilton Borough Council had adopted a wrong attitude in closing the motorists ’ camp in Tisdale Street was expressed by Dr F. D. Pinfold, at a meeting of the Hamilton agency of the Auckland Automobile Association held last Monday evening. It was decided to visit the Swarbrick Park area, situated on the river bank between the public hospital and Palmerston Street, with a view to asking the Borough Council for its. use, should it be suitable.