REVOLUTION IN MOTORING

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 101, 22 January 1918, Page 3

REVOLUTION IN MOTORING

TWENTY-SEVEN MILES FOR ONE SHILLING AMAZING CHRISTCHURCH INVENTION It has fallen to the lot of ft Chnstchurch gentleman, Mr. A. Donald J aterson, of Sumner, to perfect a system of carburation whereby tho cost, ot motoring will be immediately reduced to the amazing extent above menThis marvellous and most unexpected result is gained by being able to use tho heavy oils—full of strength and heat —procurable for Bs. a case, as compared to something like 265. a case tor petrol nowadays. . And not only does this heavy oil cost but one-third tho price of petrol, but it actually shows one-tlnrd more mileage to the gallon. Tests with a baby-prand Chevrolet, carried out m Christchurch during the past wee!;, under the supervision of reliable mo oiists, proved that whereas only M.i miles wero gotten from a gallon of the best benzine, a Zenith carburet oi beint' used, tho mileage done by tnis new carburettor, using ordinary tar oil at Bs. a case, was 27.6 to tlie gallon. The comparison means, inercfore, that fuel at but one-third Jio. cost can now be expected, with tlos new carburettor fitted to any car, to give practically one-third more n;Hc-

aS 'liin real position now is tlmt it Has actually been proved—and the promoters of the company about to I'O formed for tho manufacture and 11-ai-koting of this clever invention are willing It prove it any day to those mtcr-ested-that tbe cost" of motoring has been reduced to less than a halfpenny a mile. It is really putting things mildly to say that this new discovery in going to mean a complete revolution in motoring. It certainly "comes home to cno very forcibly when one hears of dehnite results as follows.—Some time ago Mr. Kenry J. Ranger, of Chnstchureh, put up a record return trip to Diincdin, liis Chevrolet car averaging >.).b miles to each gallon of petrol used. Even this, however, is relegated to the shade by the achievement of a similar model Chevrolet, which recently covered the distance from Sydney to Mount Victoria and return, averaging 31.J miles to the gallon of ordinary tar oil costing only Is. a gallon. This is at the rate of fully 2i miles for a penny. This was no "pint measure" trial, nut was an actual run of about 200 miles, maintained at the rate of fully 2} miles for a penny. These figures very forcibly demonstrate the tremendous advantage which this new carburettor enjoys, and speaks eloquently also of the commercial asset and distinctly payable proposition which the new company will possess. _ 1 • 1 The new invention has achieved something apparently in a new and altogether different realm to anything else on the market. The desire to produce an articlo which would make, a commercial success of tho cheaper heavy oils is certainly to be commend-' ed, looked at from an economic viewpoint. Petrol' is certainly getting scarce, and altogether too expensive for people to use privately—it has been aptlyi described as "simply burning money"! In Great Britain at the present time, however, tho scarcity is so acute that motorists .are not allowed to use petrol for private purposes at all. It may ouly he a question of time, before this happens in these parts. The position, however, is that even though potrol supplies were cut off from New Zealand at any time, the Dominion could by this new carburettor invention be absolutely self-supporting so far as motor spirit is concerned. The raw material from which .tar oil is made has actually been goins' to waste up to the present, and there is simply 110 end to the supply. When it is mentioned, also, that this new carburettor can be fixed to all kinds of petrol-driven _ enginesmotors, motor-cycles, stationary engines, etc.—the phenomenal prospects for its wide sale will be realised. In fact, Government returns prove that here in New Zealand there is really moro petrol consumed by stationary engines than is done by motor vehicles. The introduction of engines on farms for the driving of milking machino plants, etc., is said to have brought this neiv condition of affairs. Farmers will be quick to realise what this new carburettor means to them —the spending of Bs. rather than 265., and the gaining at the same time of a third more power, is too good n proposition to escape their notice. They will bs equally as keen as city men to take advantage of it. Anv motorist can, by spending 265. 011 a" case of "refined" fuel, get 108 miles (21 to the gallon) out of his car with an ordinary carburettor, whereas by spending the same amount of money exactly (265.) _ on ordinary tar oil made in the Dominion can get 702 miles (27 to the gallon) by thi,s new and improved carburctton A good American would say this is "some proposition!" In actual English arithmetic it represents 318 per cent, increased efficiency from tho same 265. expenditure. It has to be borne in mind also that this performance is reckoned on the everyday running of a heavy model Chevrolet—better performances have been made. _ but the foregoing is instanced as indicative iy what tho promoters are willing to prove can bo accomplished by anv motorist in his usual everyday ear driving. The secret of this phenomenal re-

suit lies entirely in tho new and improved carburettor. [L is a distinct advance on the carburettors in use :10m day to day, which could never be expcctcd to run on ordinary tar oil. They are manufactured to run with "refined" fuels only—which is said to ho negatively very much in evidence in these days by the trouble which motorists are experiencing through having to use lower-grade petrols than wero supplied in pre-war times.

A Chevrolet- car fitted with the Paterson patent is now being tued in demonstrations in Christchurch, Mid will shortly be brought to Wellington, where trial runs will lie given to anyone interested. In tlw meantime, full information may be obtained from Mr. A. T. Bate, Sliarobroker. Wellington, or direct from the Interim Secretary of Astralasian Carburettors, Ltd., 213 Manchester Street, Christchurch.

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