CAR REQUIREMENTS.

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 37, 13 February 1937, Page 15 (Supplement)

CAR REQUIREMENTS.

Dependability': Automobiles should bo operated day after day, week after week, in steady, repair-free use. Low Cost: Expense of operation is total cost, divided by miles and years of use, of all expenditure during life of the automobilo. Ruggedness: Subject to heat, cold, sun, rain, and all the strains of operation, automobiles must withstand all conditions of service. Service Freedom; A minimum of repairs and freedom from maintenance delay are requisite to satisfactory op^

I Safety: The impact of an automobile: 1 in collision is fearsome. Hence, every safety factor is essential. Mileage economy: Low cost is in r long service, with expense amortised » over many thousand miles of opern- « tion. 2 Appearance: Style and appearance i are no more costly than their lack — 8 the difference is design imagination :l and production skill. Power: The equivalent of load ca- - pacity, power is needed so that our e automobiles may operato when and I where we need them, under all condii tions of traffic. i Comfort: Fatigue for driver and paSs senger must bo eliminated, by every device for easy riding, without strain. o “In whose reign do wo first hear of o railways, Mary," asked the teacher. ■, “In Solomon’s," promptly replied - Mary. j She was asked to think again, out persisted in her original statement, and the teacher inquired why she thought ‘‘Because," replied the child, “we aro told in tho Bible that tho Queen of d Sheba went to Jerusalem with a very r great train." <&<§>&<s■ s A teacher had dwelt with wearisorao s iteration on the part played by carbo c hydrates, proteins, and fats respectively in the upkeep of the human body. I, At the end of the lesson the usual test i- questions were put. II “Can any girl tell me the three foods required to keep the body in health 1" ■- was tho first one. ;o There was silence till one girl replied: p*“Breakfast, dinner and tea!"