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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1439, 22 November 1917, Page 26

At the last meet ng of the Auckland Automobile Association, the list of proposed stands for the use of motor cars between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. was forwarded by the City Council. The positions Othe stands were approved by the association. It was decided to request the City Council to erect notices at the stands for the convenience of motorists. In reply to the recent request from the association asking the Government to authorise the manufacture of alcohol for commercial purposes in New Zealand, a letter was read from Dr. Valint ne, chief health officer, stating that he had considered the matter with the Government analyst, and that he hoped to be able to supply further information shortly. * * * * A pleasant gathering was held at Napier last month, when the motor cyclists of the district assembled for the purpose of say'ng farewell to Mr. Deslie Dimbrick, who has since taken his departure for the front, having taken his aviation pilot’s certificate at the Sockburn aerodrome. In presenting Mr. Dimbr ck with a purse of sovereigns, Mr. H. Deighton referred to the fact that Mr. Dimbr.ck had been one of the most enthusiastic motorists in the district ever since he was in knickers, and said that much of the success of the sport had been due to his untiring efforts. He trusted Mr. Dimbr'ck would, after “downing” many Hun machines, safely return to his friends in Hawke’s Bay. Mr. Dimbrick, in response, thanked the donors for entertaining him and for the’r handsome gift, and said the memories of the past happy days with his fellow motorists, and of the many friends he was leaving behind, would assist him to face whatever lay ahead. * * * * A deputation from the Wellington AutomobTe Club, consisting of Messrs. C. M. Banks, D. R. Partridge, H. W. Dloyd, and H. J. Stott, waited last week upon the By-laws Committee of the Wellington City Counc’l. They asked that the speed limit of motor traffic be increased as far as it concerns the cross street intersections. They instanced the fact that not one motorist in a hundred observed the speed limit going along Courtenay Place across Tory Street, and also mentioned a number of cases where the by-laws had been a hardship. They requested that the lmit be increased. The committee assured the deputation that they would give the matter every consideration. * ♦ ♦ • For violating the State law regulating the speed of motor, vehicles, while engaged in a recent mT.tary chauffeurs’ contest conducted by the Wisconsin (U.S.) Motor Contest Association, two men were fined £2 and costs in the police court. The judge admitted that the object of the race was a most patriotic one and its only purpose to help the Government in time of war, but the court stated that it had made an inflexible rule to fine all speeders, regardless of the circumstances. • * * • The Ford Motor Works are carrying out a U.S. Government order for 200,000 aero engine cylinders, and these are being delivered at the rate of 5000 per day. The production of standardised aeroplane parts is proceeding at a tremendous pace in numerous American factories, and it is fully expected that before the end of the year 160,000 complete machines will be delivered to the American front. To th’s gigantic total, of course, has to be added the intens’fied British and French production, running into tens of thousands.