JOTTINGS

Shannon News, 10 February 1928, Page 4

JOTTINGS

We are told that “this year’s world output of motor cars will run into millions.’’ We are glad of this hint, and will try' our best to be one of those millions.

Success of recent experiments with a fuel consisting of mixed gasoline and alcohol indicate that the place for the latter is in tho motor,-not tho motorist.

Henry Ford is going to send his friend, Thomas A. Edison, one of the new model cars, but Mr. Edison, says he is going 1 to stick to his thirteen--ycar-okl flivver till it rusts away. Gan it be that he he is trying to make a new Edison record?

Disconnect the speedometer chain whore it connects with the instrument and pour in a small quantity of engine oil about every 10,000 miles. This detail of lubrication is almost universally overlooked, but it is quite important to the successful operation of the speedometer. Applicants for driving licenses in Washington, U.S.A., are required to give details of their height and features. When patching the inside of an outer cover it is a good plan to strap a cylindrical tin, such as a jam container, inside the tyre, so that the curved surface of the tin is in contact with the patch to prevent it curling-*’ Inventors all over the, world are trying to improve the motor-car, and a surprising number of applications for patents are made by New Zealanders. Needless to say, not one invention in a hundred possesses real merit. During 1926, 2137 applications for patents were made in New Zealand. Of these 228 related to devices or designs for vehicles 73 to gas or oil engines, and 35 to - oils and lubricators.