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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 September 1915, Page 2

it is difficult to estimate what proportion of tyre troubles to-day are -lue to actual penetration of tiie tube by the two commonest forms of puncturing me.l iums to be met with, namely, nails and flints; but it can hardly be an appreciable figure, such as it was'in the old days. It would probably be found« tliat the vast majority of such troubles as are actually due to direct injury to the tube are traceable to carelessness in fitting tlio tube, which results in nips and bursts, and as long as an air tube must be used it seems Impossible to make it proof against carelessness useage and neglect.,v - * ■j. *