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A large wool store in 'Circular Quay, Sydney, is being converted) into a park, irig station. Construction is on the l-ainp system, and provision will be matte for. 930 ears. There will be 53 makes of cars exhibited at the Sydney Motor Show which opens on January l(i. In pursuance of the general tendency throughout the colonies, British cars will be very extensively represented. It has been announced that the Indianapolis authorities have decided that intoxicated and careless drivers guilty of manslaughter,, as part of their punishment, will be forced to spend an hour in the mortuary alone with the bodies of their victims. Tourists travelling from Patea to Levin via Shannon are warned that the bridge over the Manawatu river between Poxton and Shannon is closed during repairs. The road to be taken turns sharp to the left down a steel descent to the ferry to .cross the river. The descent is sudden and unexpected, and care is necessary.

A device which .permits the combustion of crude oil in an ordinary gasoline motor has been perfected by the Swedish inventor, Nils Anderson, who asserts that the cost of running a motor car on crude oil is only one-third of the cost of running on gasoline. The attachment consists principally of a superheater, a special carburetor and exhaust pipe, together with connecting rods for operation. The crude oil' is carried! in the gas tank, while the small quantity of gasoline necessary for starting is carried in a small container.