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  3. MOTORING TOPICS

    Free and unrestricted travel throughout Australia for the private motorist, will be well on the way to achievement when the tentative agreement between this State, New South Wales, and Victoria is completed and put into ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 512 words
  4. Check Up On Your Brakes

    When a number of motorists were charged in England recently with having inefficient brakes, it was said that a policeman armed ...

    Article : 70 words
  5. Courtesy With A Vengeance

    The British "courtesy cop" system is now in operation. The "Sunday Express." London, prints the following report from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 221 words
  6. Keeping Open Garage Doors

    Every motorist knows the difficulty of keeping a garage door open on a windy day. Here are illustrated two ways of scotching the door. In both cases the apparatus may be made by the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 40 words
  7. Effect Of Wind On Speed

    The effect of air resistance at ultrahigh speeds is strikingly illustrated by a comparison of the respective power outputs required to drive an express ...

    Article : 274 words
  8. Cattle Are Menace On Roads

    THE National Safety Council has from time to time brought under notice the danger of cattle being allowed to wander or graze ...

    Article : 263 words
  9. Safety Slogans

    IN teaching children to be careful in traffic, American police have issued signs bearing variations of popular nursery rhymes. ...

    Article : 166 words
  10. Handy Gadget For Owner-Driver

    A new and useful gadget recently put on the market in England is a tyre pump which works from a spark plug hole. ...

    Article : 137 words
  11. New Type Of Petrol Pumps

    Electrically operated petrol pumps, similar to those which are being used in New South Wales, are being installed in Victoria by the leading oil ...

    Article : 106 words
  12. Catches Beams

    BY the use of highway reflectors, Michigan (U.S.A.) promises to deal a blow at the cause of night fatalities on heavily travelled roads. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 121 words
  13. Number Plates

    SO many are the regulations contained in the Traffic Act that it is an easy matter for the motorists to unknowingly break ...

    Article : 83 words
  14. Life of Car Now Much Longer

    The reason why the average life of motor cars and trucks has gradually extended until it is now approximately 10 years, is that ...

    Article : 268 words
  15. One-Way Glass Used In Duke's Car

    The Duke of Kent has just taken delivery of his second Buick. He purchased his first Buick a year ago, and his 1938 car is of the same ...

    Article : 166 words
  16. When Choke Should Not Be Used

    Many owners of modern and comparatively modern cars fitted with down-draught carburetters find some difficulty in restarting the ...

    Article : 333 words
  17. Successful Tests With Rotary Valve Engine

    Judged by the successful bench and road tests which an Australian rotary valve car engine invented by Mr. H. S. McLaren, of Brighton (Victoria) has recently undergone, a substantial measure of success awaits the engine, not only in Australia, but also in other parts ...

    Article : 349 words
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