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Advertising : 1,212 wordsReaders are invited to write to the Motoring Editor when faced with mechanical difficulties. Questions should reach this office ...
Article : 55 wordsEvery motorist knows that the efficient running of his engine depends upon the correct proportions of petrol and air in the mixture, but as practically all ...
Article : 512 wordsWhen a family pays 2/ to 2/6 for a pound of tea or two pounds of steak, it is little realised that the price paid is on a par with what the purchaser pays per lb for an upto-date motor car. ...
Article : 842 words"B.W.," Morpeth, writes: "My car is fitted with artillery wheels, the spokes of which have become shabby; all the paint or varnish is off some of them. ...
Article : 170 wordsF.Y., Wallsend, writes: "Recently I was discussing with my friends as to what occurs to the gases in a car engine during their ignition. One argues that ...
Article : 270 wordsWhen the above photograph was taken recently only the tail and one main frame remained to be placed in position, and the duralumin framework of the giant ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 162 wordsC.A., Dungog, writes: "Now that the mornings are frosty I find trouble in starting, or rather I can get the engine to start, but after running a second or so ...
Article : 144 wordsWhile the Fuel Research Board of England has been spending Government subsidies in an unsuccessful endeavour to produce a commercially successful motor ...
Article : 52 wordsPressed steel body construction is gaining ground in every country. In England an unusual demonstration was recently given of the strength of this type of body. ...
Article : 62 wordsSeveral methods of measuring the amount of detonation likely to be caused by a motor spirit are in general use. Among these are the H.U.C.R. (highest ...
Article : 304 wordsFor the first two months of 1931 the export values of British motor vehicles and parts showed a drop of £298,086, in comparison with the first two months of ...
Article : 71 wordsThe New York Automobile Club recently asked some 21,000 motorists what they considered the worst sin that drivers are guilty of. Thirty-eight per cent. ...
Article : 47 wordsThe ambition of Campari, one of the most successful Italian racing drivers, was to sing is opera, and in between the big races he spent a great deal of time ...
Article : 71 wordsWhen J. B. Dunlop, the Dublin veterinary surgeon, made the first pneumatic tyre in 1888 for his son's bicycle, be little realised the far-reaching applications of ...
Article : 165 wordsIn Court eases concerning motoring offences so much emphasis is laid on the importance of sounding the horn that many motorists; particularly the less ...
Article : 279 wordsAfter 10 years of drilling for oil in New Jersey, U.S.A., at a cost of £600,000, an engineering firm has definitely abandoned its attempt to locate petroleum in ...
Article : 52 wordsThe all-powers championship of Queensland, held on the Brisbane River over a six-mile course, was won by La Belle (R. A. Whittaker) in 9mins 7.2secs. The ...
Article : 54 wordsAn interesting and little thought of aspect of the incidence of the 7½d Federal petrol tax is the fact that the owners of all the motor cars and motor trucks one ...
Article : 200 wordsMany of the latest model cars have shuttered radiators, enabling the driver to obtain greater engine efficiency during cold weather. It is an easy matter to ensure, ...
Article : 139 wordsWhen it is considered that rust is the principal destructive agent to car finishes, and that rust is the result of road dirt, grime and grit, the importance of regular ...
Article : 156 wordsMeasured in terms of energy values, petrol in three times more powerful than T.N.T., six times more powerful than nitroglycerine, eight times more powerful ...
Article : 45 wordsFrance is one of the best roaded countries in the world, having 2.08 miles of roadways per square mile of territory. England has 2.04, United States 0.99, and ...
Article : 106 wordsThe North Manchester (Eng.) Motor Club recently held a new type of event which they described as a road courtesy and safety test." It included the use of ...
Article : 86 wordsA disconnected or broken windshield wiper of the suction type will cause difficulty in starting, and will affect the action of the vacuum tank, causing it to run ...
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Tue 12 May 1931, Page 2
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