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The. most useful article for making temporary repairs on the car while on the road is iron wire, common baling wire. Make a coil around a broom handle, slip the wire off and it is in convenient shape to carry in the tool box. Wet brake linings can be burned dry by running for a short distance with the brakes set. Commercial reports indicate that South American countries are making phenomenal progress in road building, according to the California State Automobile Association. A pint of gasoline contains about 20.000 British thermal heat units, which represents energy enough to raise 12,000,000 pounds one foot. That can blow a light car a mile high. * * * More than 6,000,000 motorists visited the Californian national forests last year. * * * The Argentine Republ-ic is expending 5,400,000 dollars on road and bridge construction this year, reports the California State Automobile Association.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 124, 16 August 1927, Page 6
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