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Shannon News, 5 August 1927, Page 4

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"Those speedy folk we'll have to muzzle. Why, they're nothing but n cross-road puzzle." " My wife has had no experience asa widow, and I'm not going to help her," said the man who refused to cross the street. When an automatic spark control 0v generator is equipped with grease cups, the cups should be filled with vaselinf to eliminate friction. You can criticise the back seat driv. ers all you like, but the fact remains ♦hat none of them ever ran an automobile into a -train.

A sugar spirit—a form of alcohol now being produced in South Africa it is believed, would, by virtue of its origin, be conducive, to sweeter running.

The generator charging rate should be adjusted when electrical accessories, such as windshield wiper or spotlights, arc added to your car's equipment.

An ingenious valve cap incorporating a visible tyre pressure gauge has been introduced in England. The caps are simply fitted to the valves in place of the usual caps, and a glance at them suffices to show whether pumping is required. " Cap'n, suh," explained the unblached motor cycle courier who had unsuccessfully attempted „o navigate a French highway in night traffic,

" everything was just goin' along fine, and den Ah see mah chance to dodge in between two motor cycles." " Well, what of it ? "

" Dat's al dey was to it, cap'n, suh. Dem two motor cycles was a truck."