WHEN FIRES OCCUR
MOTOR-CYCLE RACING Entries are already being received for the Auckland Motor Racing Club's annual grass track motor-cycle races which will be held on March 2 at Takapuna. The Middle-weight 500 c.c. Championship of New Zealand has been allotted to tills meeting as the track is very suitable for the exceptionally fast 500 c.c. motors that are now competing on New Zealand tracks. P. Coleman has entered for all the big events and he will defend his world s record times.
It is a very wise precaution for motorists always to carry an efficient fire-extinguisher, properly charged. If the engine catches fire while under way on the road, turn the petrol off if the tap is accessible, but leave the engine running. Motor spirit is highly inflammable; a back-fire, a naked light, a burning match, a spark from pipe or cigarette may start a conflagration even by contact with petrol vapour from a receptacle some little distance away. If a fire occurs, smother it at once with a sack or cloth (obviously not oil-soaked)’, sand, earth, or, if available, with fire-extinguisher. Use of water may make matters worse. Don’t allow old oil to accumulate, nor leave oil-soaked rags lying about.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 586, 12 February 1929, Page 6
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202WHEN FIRES OCCUR Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 586, 12 February 1929, Page 6
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