SHORT CIRCUITS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 94, 11 December 1931, Page 2

SHORT CIRCUITS

Stopping so suddenly as to stall the motor wili result in serioqs injury to the clutch. Always throw out the cluteh in time to prevent such a eondition. A motorist who had lent his driving lieense to another was " sent to prison

for three months at Ripon recently, , despite the fact that his explanation was that he had been entirely misled, as he did not intend the lieense to be used. A good test for the ignition system is to remove a high-tension lead from a plug and hold it at a distance of, say, iin. from the cylinder falock; then turn the engine, and if the system is O.K. a fat spark should be obtained, but if the condition is poor a weak spark will result. After a muddy trip a hose should be turned on the car, not hard against the body work, but with a soft regular pressure. Oil and grease spots will quickly disappear after the use of a little water and good soap, which should be rinsed off immediately. A good cleaing polish is certain to give a bright lustre and will not unduly wear away the surface. It is essen- ^ tial to the appearance of the car that [ the metal should be kept bright. The latest French statistics report that England is only the third greatest car-owning country in the world with 1,500,000 cars, being beaten by France with 1,544,057, and the United states with 26,500,000. "Only last year," says the "Autocar," "Sir William Morris gave £47,000 for the rebuilding of the Orthopaedic Hospital at Headington; Oxford.' Now he has capped this gifts by presenting £25,000 to the British Empire Cancer Campaign for the establishment of a research fellowship in radiology at the Mount Vernon Hospital, near Northwood, Middlesex.! The gift brings the sum total of Sir William's donations in the medical field alone to more than half a million pounds." According to reports in European papers, more than 1300 young Italian women are taking advantage of free instruction by Government pilots in the art of flying aeroplanes. All classes of the population are represented, and three princesses and four duchesses are learning to fly. An extensive bridging proposal affecting the main highway from Dunedin south ward was advanced to a further stage when the Main Highways Board, at its last meeting, approved plans and specifications for the new bridge over the Clutha Biver at Balclutha. The new bridge is to be a steel truss structure on eylinders and the estimated cost is £58,000.