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Taranaki Daily News, 6 August 1918, Page 8

SALES BY AUCTION, ELTHAM SALE. ft'EKNfESJJAY, AUGUST 7, THE N.Z. LOAN & MERCANTILE AGENCY CO., LTD. VyiLL sell by auction as above: gQ SOBWARD & STORE COWS 0 fat con* 35 mixed yearlings 25 yearling'steers. 35 springing heifers IS empiy heifers IS IS-month. steer* CO hoggets HAWEBA YABDS. ISGESDAY, AUGUST & THE N,Z. LOAN & MEJfcMNflffiS AGENCY CO, LTD.»yii.L eel by auction as abWSs' 30 tobwaed & sTomcom ■-. C fat cows 40 yearling steers 40 mixed yearlings 30 yearling heifers 20 IS-month steers 30 empty, heifers 20 springing cows and heifers 500 hoggets (in lots) 100 ewes in lamb 1 light milk waggon withpole and shaft 1 milk waggon (carry 14 cans)

A steam-driven motor tycle machine constructed and designed by. Mr. William i in England has many original features. The frame j s that 'of an old I'Jf. shaft driven machine. This had the enclosed bevel drive slightly altered lo give the necessary room for the engine and boiler to be mounted in line. The boiler, which is of the multitubular type, is 12ins higir and 9ins in diameter and has 120 y 2 in copper tubes which carry a working pressure of 500 lbs. A seamless steel was used for its oonstruction, with serewed-in ends, which are electrically welded. The burner is of a simrde type with pilot and is arranged for burning paraffin' fuel. The engine is of the single-cylinder double-acting type, of S'.-in bore and 1 i-Jin stroke, and is coupled direct to the bask driving shaft. Thus arranged the engine is geared «'/ 2 to 1. The circular tank is divided into two parts, one containing fuel, and the other water, the former being fed under pressure to the burner. The boiler feod is pumped through two water heaters, first through nil exhaust heater and afterwards through a coll placed in the firebox. The exhaust is condensed a« much as possible by a surface condensor, the hot water being returned to the boiler and uncondenscd strain escaping. The machine was tried on the road, arid ; would steam steadilv at in miles per hour. A higher speed could be enjoyed for short spurts. Tts rather heavy weight, trouble with the burner hi a high wind, exhaust steam, email water carrying capacity and the wastefulness of the single expansion engine in steam at this high pressure, were a few unsatisfactory points observed. The rise, in steam pressure on a sudden stop did 1 siot tend to make one feel at case in iflie saddle. With the scarcity of lighter spirits lor fuels for intcrnjjleoinhustioii engines, the eteam motor-cycle may yetr*