Tyre Inspection

NZ Truth, Issue 1240, 5 September 1929, Page 19

Tyre Inspection

TYRES should be exaipined occasion- ! ally for uneven wear. If the tread is cuttirig;or chopping off m spots, the wheals maybe out of line, or the tyre may^be under-inflated. „y : A .bent axle, bent steering knuckle, ■broken Spring, bent spindle, dragging brake, or loose v ; wheeL ; may -be causing, the damage.

MEtiWgMEET In The M^tyTrade

ASHCROFTtE|WAR|s> THE University of Experience; is the greatest hall of learning-, and? f roni it Ashcrbft Edwards, managing director of Cycle and: Motor Supplies; Limited, Wellington, has graduated with highest honors. Opportunity took a long time 'to come a-knocking' at his door,- Aso -''he journeyed, forth into the world, and himself paid a call on the tardy visitor, with the result that, we how find: him holding one -'of - the most important positions m New .Zealand's motordorti. Asncroft Edwards first saw the' light of day.in, Austi-alia^i .and :his early, education was directed .; towards a legal career, ...The law, .game, however; held little' 'appeal; for hirh, and m 1892 we findyhim- m charge of the factory of the "Dux" Cycle Company. 'Gold ,appeals>to;:usy all, -and "A.E." proved no' -exception'to this rule,- for he -. left -"'his,:;' positibpj^th; the ' ''Dux" company and joined .a . prospecting

syndicate' which' purchased a" gold mine at Sherwood, New South. Wales. Ashcroft tells, with a merry twinkle m his eye, the story ■of that, gold mine. The results of^ the first crushing were good, and tlie proceeds were sent into the bank at a town called Uralla, the messenger, being, the mine manager. "That was the last we sa,w of the bank manager and the gold," he concludes with 'a chuckle. We all can suffer defeat, but it takes a man to stand up and begin all. oyer again. ]£dwar.ds now entered into the cycle business once more and was ap^ pointed intercolonial traveller, for a cycle accessory house, making his first business visit to New-Zealand iri 19011 'A branch of the firm he represented was opened here m 1902, and m 1908 — 21 years ago: — "A.E,".. bought the corapahyis business. In the Doniinloh and re-named it Cycle and Motor Supplies, Limited. He became mana^ng director of the. riew,fiirm;a position' he has held right :dq^fi*;.t6"A the ' present time. . . ■:■'..-.'-.; • _ ■■ ■.• ••;■ His firm now has^ the New. Zealand agency for Morris cars and ho.lds the distinction of importing into the Dominion the first Morris to leave England^ vshores.y-K-A -^-^ A' .-'<;;■;• Y:.:Y' He., jus ,aiiAi'p>perdalistA£n d '• holds that as tih.ejrprpsp£^ of the Don^inio'n Ao^ependrsy. entirety . upon the Mother :;(^untr^;:weA should, to a man* adoptA{tlie;^slpgah : "British -Goods Al - waxs.^f^v;;.'' "... • ;