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BY THE WAY
MOTOR NOTES BY "VELOC”
PEAK PARKING.
[the Mall, of the new premises of Within a few months the parking/Mesars, Maddens Ltd., who, by the problem at the Peak, in the vicinity for, the Humber-Elliman-Commer way, handle the local distribution of the top tram station, will be Group, and in whose products, remedied, and motorists who now motorists throughout India are tak experience trouble in finding spaceing an ever increasing interest. will be well provided for. It laThis fact, moreover, is most clear- intended to fill-in an area beldwly reflected in the large number of the existing car park, and when sales made during the Week, and In completed an entrance and exit the very cheerful prospects of big will be placed on the Stubbs and future business., Harlech Roads respectively. A) considerable amount of filling est concerns the purchase, by H.H. One order of outstanding inter- material will be required, and this The Maharajah of Kashmir, of will be taken from the hillside seven of the new Humber 16/60 along the Harlech Road, which, Saloons for the use of Officials in incidentally, will be developed at a his State, and of eight Commer future date as a motor road. With "Raiders" the great increase in the number of "Corinthian". The latter is to be one Commer motor vehicles in the Colony, the fitted with a special body (carrying terminus of the Stubbs Road, out-saloon, kitchen and bathroom com- side the Peak Hotel is quite in partments) for H.H, 's personal adequate to cope with the daily use during the many long trips that traffic to the Peak, and this is he makes, there being, of course, particularly noticeable during the no railways in Kashmir. stay in port of ships carrying
SPEED.
and
tourists. The work in connexion, THAT ROAD-RAIL PROBLEM. with the parking space has already At the time of writing, an impor- commenced, and is being carried tant step has just been taken to out by Messrs. Blackmore & Black-wards the ultimate solution of the burn, Ltd. of Alexandra Building problem of road and rail transport in Britain. As a result of agree- ments between issociations and The motoring nows of the week societies representative of road concerned the amazing performance hauliers, commercial motor users, of Sir Malcolm Campbell in attain- omnibus and ing the speed of 272 miles per motor manufacturers and tradera coach propictors, hour with his famous "Bluebird" and petroleum distributors, the at Daytona Beach. It is yet an- British Road Federation will now other tribute to the precision and be able to speak with one voice, excellence of British automotive in this respect for the first time engineering. and will provide achieving equality with the rail- further data so invaluable to motor ways and rendering it possible for vehicle manufacturers. The risk the negotiations between the two taken by Sir Malcolm was, of interests to take place through course, tremendous, but it has been, the medium of fully accredited re- pointed out time and time again presentatives of the two parties. that only by the lessons derived Under such conditions any agree from such outstanding feats, has ments reached will truly represent the present day perfection of the a definite movement towards the automobile been achieved,
IN INDIA,
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