SHORT CIRCUITS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 251, 14 June 1932, Page 2

SHORT CIRCUITS

Very small, hard-to-find, slow leaks in inner tubes can be readily found by soaping the tube. While the tube is wet rub soap from the bar over the entire surface of the tube. Small bubbles will form at the leak, no matter how small the hole. Stretching the tube sometimes helps. * . * * Thickened with powdered whiting, metal polish serves well for polishing aluminium, which is always troublesome to keep cl'ean. * * =i= After doing a dirty service^ task on the car, a little caster sugar sifted on to the hands and rubbed in well with olive oil will clean them very effecfively. The sugar acts as a mild abrasive and the oil as a solvent. The mixture is rinsed off with warm water, and leaves the hands clean and soft. * * * , The transport strike in Palestine, which very nearly paralysed the community, was made as a protest against high taxation on motor vehicles. It is now announced that substantial reductions in registration fees have been made, and a small reduction in duties on car tyres. * * * Loose battery terminals cari burn out headlight bulbs almost as fast. as you "can replace them. If tighteriing the cohnections fails to stop the epidemic, drive to your electrical service station and have the trouble investiga,ted before it develops into something more serious. |