SPARKS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 January 1927, Page 15

SPARKS.

A vacuum-operated gear change is being tried in America. One man, in every two in America, and one woman in every three are declared to be able to drive a car. The number of motor ears in use in the United States now exceeds that of telephones by 1,500,000. When about to pass another car one should glance in the rear view mirror to see if a car. behind is trying to pass. A taxi-cab recently dashed into a shop-front in Knightsbridge, London. One theory i* that it mistook ail the wax models for .real pedestrians. “The motor industry is still - n its infancy,’’ saiys Mr J. TNT. Willy®. That is why the little two-seater won’t behave when you’ve got visitors. A car left unattended at Croydon wag recently stolen and .returned two days later. “The make was not disclosed in the press.” is the comment of the Motor. If you appreciate the beautiful, If you have nob the soul of a barbarian. Moderate your speed considerably. The country is worth it. “Yes. I so’d my motor-car. Had to because it brought an army of tramps about the house.” “Brought tramps about the house? What were they after?” “Thev admired the machine because it would not, work.” Out of a number of rnotod fatalities officially investigated in Britain, the most frequent causes were children running into the road without looking, and cyclists riding carelessly; next came adult* crossing the road either heed'essly or confusedly, and then adults stepping off the kerbstone without looking. The motor-car lias been blamed for many things, including a reduction in the demand for woollen goods and in, increase in the waist measurements of many men over 50. and now the latest s- (hat it has become an important factor in the distribution of insect pests. According to Dr. A. H. Clark, of the Smithsonian Institute, U.S.A., the great expansion in the use of motors of recent vear;s lias tremendously increased the spread of nests, by providing harmful insects with an easy and speedy means of travelling from one place to another, hidden in produce and. merchandise.

Ai emergency fuse in the lighting circuit can he made by inserting a common door key in the clips. AYh.i'e this will not lit. the clips may be bent together and made to hold a small bolt which may generally be found in the emergency tool chest. If this is kept in mind! it might prevent an accident caused bv running at night without lights.