Behind the Wheel

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22687, 27 March 1937, Page 11 (Supplement)

Behind the Wheel

1 1 ■ Improving Vision Forward vision is always improved bv keeping the windscreen dean. A damp leather kept in an old sponge bag in (lie car is most handy for this pur" pose. After the Crash Motorist at police court: "In my Jong experience of accidents I have always lonnd that in a motoring accident the onlookers always take the side of the party -with the loudest voice." Washing Wire Wheels When washing wire wheels, begin with the spokes near the tyre valve and work round the wheel in one direction. Ify tlii! time the tyre valve is reached again you know that the complete wheel has been washed. Nuisance in New York New York police are turning their attention to a nuisance which is not unknown elsewhere. 'I bey will eliminate unauthorised persons who hang around to "mind" parked cars in hope of a tip, and those theatre and restaurant door-keepers who run down the street to get a taxi and arrive on its running hoard so that they must be tipped. Gas as Fuel in Germany There are now 't.'i tanking stations in Germany for supplying motor vehicles with gas fuel which is the same as that sold by the Municipal Gas Works. Hanover was the first town to build such a station hut now .'SB other towns, mainly i in the west of Germany, have followed suit. As the gas is produced solely j from home products it is highly prob- j able that the number of such tanking ( stations will be increased each month. i