“Guy” Motors & “Karrier” Commercial Cars

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1534, 18 September 1919, Page 28

“Guy” Motors & “Karrier” Commercial Cars

Two Sturdy AU-British Productions for Carrying Loads of 2,3, 4 & 5 tons Will shortly embark for Australasia under the command of Captain Harold Richards. Officer of the British Empire

News reaches us from the Old Country that Captain Harold Richards, whc is well known in the motor industry at Australasia, has been appointed sole representative in this country lor the powerful " KARRIER lorries, sole proprietors and manufacturers Clayton and Co. Huddersfield. Ltd., Karrier Works. Huddersfield, England, and tor the GUV " 2-ton motors, designed and manufactured by Guy Motors. Ltd., Wolverhampton, England. Both firms are well known, and British through and through, They rank as leading motor lorry builders in Great Britain, and their vehicles played an important part in the recent war. many thousands having been supplied to the British War Office. Each make has won distinction under the Union Jack and Old Glory. The man whc has been sc fortunate as to obtain the sole representativeship in Australasia for these two makes of /ehicles is Captain Harold Richards He will have the full support of the directors of both firms, and is endowed with full powers to appoint agents and manage the*' KARRIER ' and*’ GUY ” business in these Colonies. He is intimately acquainted with the requirements and conditions of New Zealand, Australia, and Tasmania He is a British-born subject, his parents being natives of Wolverhampton, where he served a seven years apprenticeship with one of the leading motor car manufacturers. His business aptitude and resourcefulness have already been proved. Previous to the war he was manager of the Dominion Motor Vehicles. Ltd., Wellington. New Zealand. Those who can recollect some of the big sporting events of the industry tn

1908 and 1909 will remember Harold Richards was awarded Medals bv the Canterbury Automobile Association for both the reliability and non-stop trials. In 1911 he drove a touring car from Wellington to Auckland, via Main Trunk Route —the first to ever complete this journey ; the time taken was 8’ days. The return journey was made m the same car via 1 apuo and Napier in 24 hours 11 minutes running time. New Zealanders will remember that a graphic account of

Captain Euan Dickson leaves England by the Arawa on September 14 to take charge of the Sockburn aerodrome for the Canterbury Aviation Company. « * • « At a meeting of the Auckland Automobile Association last week a committee was appointed to make inquiries regarding a property in the city for the provision of a garage and club rooms for members. Mr. W. H. Field, M.P., is to ask the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives whether the Government is going to introduce any fair system of taxing motor vehicles. Motor owners, said the hon. member, were quite ready and willing to pay such taxation. * * « 1’ At the annual meeting of the Otago Yacht and Motor Club, office-bearers were appointed as follows: —Commodore, Mr. A. C. Hanlon; vice-com-modore, Mr. H. E. Moller; rear commodore, Mr. W. R. Waters: hon. treasurer, Mr. E. C. Hazlett; committee, Messrs. C. W. Sundstrum. J. R. Cameron, J. H. List, D. Patterson. T. Harridge, A. E. Jenkins, A. Lewis. R. S. Knight, F. Goodwin, and A. Welch; hon. treasurer, Mr. J. R. Cameron: secretary, Mr. E. S. Wilson; auditors, Messrs. G. Canter and N. Oliphant; delegates to the Motor Boat Association. Messrs. C. W. Sandstrum and E. C. Hazlett. * • ♦ K, The two electric motor lorries purchased about a year ago by the Napier City Council have covered 11,000 miles at a cost of £l4O for current and £1 17s. 6d. for repairs.

the performance appeared in i number ol prominent papers in >914 this same Harold Richards wa_- one of the first to volunteer for active service , joined the New Zealand A.S C as motor driver, and left with the mam body of the Expeditionary Force in March. 1915, he received his commission in Egypt, and was given the organisation of the New Zealand Mechanical Transport and Workshop Unit He was in charge of the Workshop Unit and Motor Ambulance Convoys m Egypt until August. 1916. when the Unit was transferred tc- England. A vear later as Officer Commanding Mechanical Transport. he was given charge of the organising and arranging of the re-education and training scheme for New Zealand limbless soldiers, and later went to France as officer in charge of the New Zealand Motor Transport Workshops Subsequent to the signing ol the .Armistice he returned to England, and was re-posted as Officer Commanding Mechanical Transport and re-education ol limbless soldiers Captain Richards has been awarded Officer ol the Order ol the British Empire. We give him a hearty welcome, and feel certain he wili receive a warm and cordial reception from old friends, and that he wil' make many new ones Captain Harold Richards expects to arrive here about the middle ot July In Australia he will operate from Sydney, and any letters sent him previous tc his arrival should be addressed tc the G.P 0.. Sydney In New Zealand he will operate from the New Zealand Express Company. Wellington.

A question was addressed to the Prime Minister in the House regarding the taxation ot motor vehicles to provide local bodies with funds for the upkeep of roads, particularly main arterial roads. The reply stated that provision was proposed in the Motor Bill of 1914 for the allocation of a proportion of the fees payable in respect of the registration and licensing of motors to be expended in the special repair of roads used for motor traffic within the provincial district in which the fees were received. It was not found possible during the war to proceed with that measure. An intimation of the Government’s policy in regard to the question of the upkeep of roads, particularly main arterial roads, would be made at an early date. * * * * Speaking of road building in America, Mr. W. G. Craven, an American export, in the course of an address at Invercargill, quoted some figures as showing the effect of improved methods on the numbers of motor vehicles in use. In 1915 there had been 2,445,664 cars registered in America, and three years later there were 3,500,000- —an increase of over 40 per cent, in three years. For every thousand of the population in the United States there were 49.5 miles of road, of which 5.21 miles were surfaced —equal to 10 per cent, of the total. In New oYrk State, with an area of 50,325 miles and a population of 9,113,000, the motors registered in 1918 over the 1917 numbers showed an increase of 65,595. During the period between 1909 and 1914 the asphalt roads had increased by 151 per cent, and the gravel and macadam roads had decreased by 24 per cent.

A fatal collision between a motor bicycle and a buggy occurred at Kamo Road, Whangarei, the rider of the motor cycle, Louis Osborne Woodcock, being killed. iy_ appears that the deceased was riding a motor bicycle on the Kamo Road about 7.15 p.m. on Saturday week, when he collided with a gig, driven by Mrs. Parkes. The shaft of the gig penetrated the deceased’s neck, killing him instantly. It is stated that the deceased was proceeding to his lodgings on Kamo Road, after having taken part in a football match at Portland. He had passed through Whangarei, and was going at a fast pace, and apparently did not see the gig until he was too close to avoid the collision. Dr. R. W. Baxter was called to the scene of the accident, but could only pronounce life extinct. The deceased, who was employed by Dalgety and Company, Ltd., as a clerk, was about 24 years of age. His parents reside at Trafalgar Street, Onehunga. « a » • The Milford Sound track has been more or less neglected during the past few years owing to bad roads and the effects of the war, but (the “Southland Times” states) there are signs that more popularity will come its way during the coming holiday season. Many requests for information regarding the track have been received by the local Tourist Department, and the guides and hut-keep-ers will probably be going out earlier than usual to get the track in order. In addition to the present mail contractor’s cars a new motor service is being started.

A question put to the Minister for Public Works was whether the Government had yet considered the question of defraying the cost of repairing roads which had been seriously damaged by heavy motor traffic forced on to such roads by the present curtailment of the railway service. Sir William Fraser’s reply was that the Department was prepared to consider each application for assistance on its merits. * * * * In reply to a letter from the Auckland Automobile Association concerning the enforcement of the city bylaws in respect to horse-drawn vehicles, the superintendent of police wrote stating that during the last six months 28 different drivers of horse-drawn vehicles had been before a court for having insufficient lights, and three for failing to keep to the left or near side of the street. “The police enforce without discrimination the provisions of the city by-laws dealing with fast and slow-moving vehicles, and I do not think that the drivers of the latter are such habitual infringers of the by-laws as your association would have me believe,” added the writer. It was decided to make further representations on the mati er.

Bicycle thieving is rife in Nelson at present, and scarcely a day passes without an advertisement appearing in the papers there concerning the removal of bicycles by unauthorised persons from places where they have been left by their owners. Several thefts have taken place in broad daylight. In some cases the machines have been ridden for a short distance only and then abandoned, while jn others the bicycles have disappeared altogether.