MOTORING NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 51, 21 July 1914, Page 7

MOTORING NOTES.

MOTOR-CAR AXD BOAT. PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION' AT LOCH LOMOND. Mr L. C. Lambert, of Drumchapel, •car Glasgow, lias succeeded in building' * combination motor-car and boat. The strange craft has already undergone nuccessivc trials round and'on Loch Lomond. In the experimental model constructed by the inventor, the speeds achieved so far have been moderate, running to about 18 miles per hour 011 the road and three an hour on the water. It has, however, to lie noted that tue cylinder is tingle-cylinder, rated at only 4% horse-power, which is considerably less than the power smallest of modern motor cars. \Vith a bigger engine, Mr Lambert believes that he could get np a correspondingly higher speed. The important point is that the problem of building a car and a boat in one has apparently been solved. Ashore, the vehicle is driven in the normal way as a motor car while, when in the water the power disconnected from the \.'..eels and applied to a screw propellor at the stem, ■Steering is by wheel, the same afloat as on land, a flat piece of wood attached to one of the front wheels acting as a rudder.

MOTORIXU .VOTES. When a car is new, the paintwork is a very delicate thin}?, and requires great c&re if it is desired to last. Plenty of cold water is good for it, and a washing each day, whether the car lias been us '.l or not, will help to harden the varnisn. Prcc'aution.F, against damp should, be taken, and it is a fatal thing to leave a wet cloth or sponge on the paintwork for any length of time. A gentle rubbing with linseed oil on a soft rag tends to smooth the varnish and gives it a good finish. This is especially useful f<>r removing scratches or the mark? left I>y anything that chafe- again-l ihe Tarnish, such as a fold of the hood.

Tn removing the cylinders to scrape out the carbon deposit, it is useful to I'enieni .or that who ■e tin* dimensions do not. allow tlie hand to lie inserted into the cylinders, a pure of par<l clothing or "filleting"—similar to the wire brush of a tyre-repairing out fit nailed on the . sul of a piece of wood will clean oui el ev ices that the screwdriver l'.CVel' touches. The only satisfactory way 4 of rcpaiviucr a really had burst- that is, anything over two inches long -is l)v fitting a sleeve, which means cutting out the damaged part and inserting a length .if l" tubing. On the way (his is done depind.. to- a. great extent, the lasting 'jiialitief. of the repair. I'lucss the ut:mi■ -1 ciire is taken, a leak i- certain. In-lru.'iintis for clVccting 'hi- repair are coiitairi'd in tlie "I.i-illl far and Cyclical" of May IS. The great majority of motorists ar ■ s» ai'Vlicted with the idea Unit an cxe-s-----icely weak mixture means a cool onwhereas exactly the opposite is the .-a-c, that this popular fallacy cannot hi- contradicted too o.'lcii. v o writes ''.let'' ill the Auto-car. in advisiii:.' :i 11:i(!i• r < r>rr- -p.>mi.■ 11 i. troubled with ■ oiling on hill-. li. m-e a hirg.r :■■( or cut ilown his e^ti.l air -the former for preference. Ordinary gasfittcrs' white h. ad is tic best material to smear on the threads of a leaky acetylene burner before screwing it into place. Great care

should be taken to prevent any of the white lead stopping up tile hole in the burner. A tail lamp often goes out from lack of air as well as lack of oil. Sometimes, the air-holes around the bottom of the lamp become coated with mud, and great improvement can be effected bv enlarging them with a small round Me.

WHERE THE MANAGER CCMES IX. "A Supplier" writes from Tikorangi: —"ln your of the 15th insl., under the above heading, a reference is made to the success of the Kairanga Dairy Company at recent shows. The writer of the paragraph in question says that in addition to Mr. Kilpatriek's undoubted skill as a butter-maker, there are two other factors that have helped I towards getting the, championship, t viz., the number of Jersey cow.v milked fby Kairanga suppliers, and the excellence of the pastures of the di-trict. •i would be interesting to know whether the cows milked this pa.-.L season at Kairanga are a totally different 'of to those of the previous one, and also what very great changes could take place in the pastures in so short a time, for it is common knowledge that, prior to Mr. Kilpatrick taking over the management la.-t September, the state of affairs at Kairanga was not by any mean* all that could be desired. If an unfortunate manager grades lmd'y the blame is his, but if he is successful the credit lies with the suppliers in providing the right sort of cow's and the correct pa "tires. Speaking as a dairyman of several years' experience, if is with humility that 1 must confess that whil-t as :i class we are. in the opinion of many of us. quite capable of assessing the butter-fat contents of our milk rat a. glance, accurately judging tie: j weight by a casual look at the cans, to say nothing of cornering tin' London market and revolutionising Toolcy street, yet wc are apparently incapable abb' of generously and ungrudgingly ro I cognising the excellent work of Out be-t minagei's"