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Press, 3 February 1981, Page 27

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LITTLE BROWN CHUG DON’T I LOVE THEE

Our agriculturalist Volunteer Service person Abroad writes from Papua New Guinea." ' “My backyard mechanics knowledge has been invaluable here. The Institute was recently presented with a. couple of Chinese walking garden tractors as some sort of aid. I was the only one with the faintest idea of how to assemble and operate them. So now I am the Dong Feng Industrial ExportImport Corporation of Shanghai’s man-on-the-spot, agent representative ana mechanic. No Communist gold is yet stacked under my mattress, but We live in hope. . ’ ’ . “They have .an 800 cc single cylinder

diesel engine of somewhat eccentric design, but of reasonable reliability. They have an unfortunate habit .of rolling over on the least slope, but I am fitting dual wheels to give extra traction and stability. “They look like an old-time traction engine, with flywheel, belt drive, and steam puffing f roro to tal-ioss cooling system (as the water boils off, you replace it). ■. < “I have been arrested once and threatened with ‘courting’ by the local police chief, for driving on the road without registration. Apparently a motor vehicle is a m°tor vehicle even if the driver is walking.”