MOTORS & MOTORING

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2937, 24 November 1916, Page 9

MOTORS & MOTORING

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Hood Renovations. The care of the liood is a matter to which the average owner pays but lit— tlo attention ,and yet is an item well worthy of the consideration of all unless they are desirous of spending a deal of money unnecessarily. In a long spell of very dry weather, when tho nood may not be in uso for considerable periods, it is advisable to put it up when in tho motor house and to stretch it tightly by means of the straps. Tin's enables it to be kept in its proper shapo and prevents it from becoming worn at tho creases, as it would if Tolded down, whilst it is also advisable occasionally to give it a thorough brushing, as nothing ruins any form of cloth so much as dust. There are a number of preparations on tne_ market known as hood renovators, which, may often be used to improve its appearance. Here and There. Tho Greytown Borough Council is being asked by tho Wairarapa Automobile Association to reconsider its speed by-law. The grounds of the objection are that it is not reasoliablo to ask motorists to travel at less than twelve miles an hour, tho speed limit being lower than it is in the majority of larger centres, and that the association; feels that careful drivers of cars will be exposed unduly to prosecution . The association also protests against tho principle of the borough overseor_ being financially interested in prosecutions. _ Electric warning signals are being installed by the Railways Department at the five railway crossings in Peatherston. Tho executive trf tli'e WaVrarapa Automobile Association has decided at its last meeting to draw the attention rf members to the fact that a prize of £5 is to lie offered for tho best treatise on the subject of more efficiently maintaining the main roads in connection with the increasing use of motor-cars and motor-lorrios. Motor-car manufacturers in America arc turning their attention to ways of making pleasing and useful bodies. One idea is tho individual and movable front seat. Such an arrangement is ver yuseful, for not only can eacli front passenger onjoy riding comfort, but also the car can be utilised in a social way liy turning these seats around in their sockets. The chairs can also be used on the ground! as well, for picnic and'camping expeditions. These seats are also adjustable as to leg-room, by moving them forward or backward within a wide range. Sign-posts are to be erected Try the Wairarapa Automobile Association Jat the bottom of Martinborougli Gutting, Moreton Road, Somerset Road, andl Ahiaruhe. Warning srgns are to bo set up near tho bond opposite the Chinese gardens on the Greytown-Car-terton Toad, and on a dangerous windy spot on the Rimutaka road l . A new motor-car record was recently established from Perth to Kalgoorlio (W.A.). The distance; of 365 miles— mostly very rough going—was negotiMr. J. Friedman on a "Dodge" car in 13 hours 45.miniutes. A small cut in the rubber tread of a motor-car often gives an opportunity for dirt to work in between the rubber and the fabric, resulting in a loosened tread, and eventually in a burst casing, through the canvas rotting. A deal of this can bo obviated by closing up cover gashes, as soon as they are noticed., One of tho best preparations on the market for this class if work is "llepairct," a self-vulcanising dough' that enables motorists to not only permanently plug up' cover holes, but also to repair punctured tubes. It is put up in compact form by the Dupnlop Rub-;'. ber Company. . Lighting-up time: —To-day, 7.12 p.m. Next Friday, 7.21 p.m.