TYRE SUBSTITUTES
DUTCH EXPERIMENTS Rabbit skin prices, it is said, are soaring in Holland, where they are being used to stuff cycle tyres. The Dutch have experimented with cork tyres and wooden blocks wired on wheel rims. In Italy it is stated that cycle wheels of wood and iron are a success, whilst in Budapest efforts are being made to run buses with wooden wheels on rails.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 13770, 13 October 1942, Page 3
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67TYRE SUBSTITUTES Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 13770, 13 October 1942, Page 3
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