The Motor World

NZ Truth, Issue 570, 20 May 1916, Page 12

The Motor World

(By "Self-Starter.")

It often has been said amongst motor truck manufacturers, that the person who purchases a truck, . whether it bo a five-ton truck or a two-ton truck, does not, or will not, understand that m either case that truck is only built to carry the allotted load and no more. If you were to ask every builder of motor trucks the reason for the majority of breakdowns, he would tell you the same thing: ' Motor truck users will overload. A two-ton truck is a truck intended to carry a two-ton load; a five-ton truck la meant to carry a load of five tons.: If you put two and a half tons on the two-ton vehicle, or an extra ton on the five-ton vehicle, you are dolog wrong:. You will not get, or can you expect to set, the best service out of your truck. Tou will not get the maximum return on the money invested, for, although your cost per load will go down for the time being, another cost on which it is hard for you to place your finger until it is all over, is going upV This figure is the depreciation. If motor truck designers understood that the rating of the vehicle was to bo generally" disregarded, they could go ahead on that basis and make trucks that would bo strong enough to stand the strain. On the other hand, if this condition existed you would not find your truck the economical vehicle it is today. If you are overloading your truck you are compelling the builder to make heavier trucks than are necessary, and tho result ia you are not getting the best for your money. Stay inside your guarantee and you will bo safe To overload. your truck means that you are holding back the advance of economical transportation methods. -You ■• are cheating yourself out of returns of your truck Investment, and you are driving your, business to death instead of to wealth. • . i • • .-•;■: Barney Olclfleld (AJec Hoss), "SelfSUvrter" Is glad to hear, h<Ls recovered sufficiently from his late illness to move about agam. Well, you want to keep out of drafts, as well' a« keep draughts out, or you'll probably get back to tho hospital. Tattle, of the D.M.V., is about to make a trip away for health reasons. He is a hUHtler ofi some fame, and Chevrolets, which have been selling fast of late, will not require to be dropped now. However, when one's nerves give way, a trip into the wnrnier climes is an excellent tonic, OBpeolaUy if My Lduly Nicotine is left behind. • V* •■ *■■ City Motor Inspector C. Whytman, who should knpw a decent car, has lately purchased a Chevrolet; also our worthy Mayor J. P. Luke, who is some judge, or ought to be. These Baby Grands are floating around solidly now.

and must prove that thoso of the tonoy class, who have taken thorn on, have found that they ore a good investment. Of courso they are. • • • Much has recently boon said In medical circles about the now disease, "PotromortJs," meaning death duo to Inhaling benzine engine exhaust fumes. ■There is no doubt that a genuine danger exists m exhaling the exhaust fumes from a car, iind garugo owners and managuiK. and all car owners should take warning thut it ia a \ory dangerous pructico to work m a small unventilated space with the engiiie running. The danger chiefly lies U\ breathing In gaseu from an engine In which the combustion is not complete, and, this is now very prevalent, owing to tho low grade of spirits which are sold. If the curburrttUor is ndjusUy properly, and tho combustion ia complete, poiKon from the* exhaust gases does not tako. place, for it i« the carbon monoxide which is tho dangerous element. This gas causes an intoxication (and it tinyono doubts it let him try for himself), it m the same rms which 'is commonly spoken of a« coui gas. which, an everyone knows, does not suffocate, but enters thu body u« a poison and is then carried to ihu lungs, whore v causes trouble ana then \i»u»Uiy nnishes up m death. Contrary to tho general belief this gas cannot be detected by smell, but It J-s frequently accompanied by other gtw<es, which havo a distinct odor. In Uself it is" colorless, odorless and tasteloss. Tho symptoms of this poisoning are dull headaches, dizziness, palpitation of tho heart, and at time* vomiting. Tho quickest remedy is to gnt tho patient Into tho fresh air, but if the unfortunate bo alone, and Is overcome by stupor the Inevitable result Is death.

b© acquired without venereal contaat. The report says: It is recommended that the public should be informed that the disease may be acquired by kissing and by using the same eating and drinking utensils or tobacco pipes as the diseased person. The statistics of the social distribution of the disease appear to show that unskilled laborers head the list. . Next comes "intermediate labor," and then the upper and middle classes. At the bottom of tho list are minera.and -agricultural laborers. Lord Sydenham's Commission made the following recommendations: Venereal disease to be an incapacity for marriage, by law; doctors' communications to parents m this matter to bo privileged; moral conduct instrnctlon In all types of education; instruction m evening schools and workshops; free modern treatment at hospitals; warn all army and navy recruits, the warnings to be repeated every year or -'so. : : ,-'■ \. * • '■■■ ■ . ; ' " ; These diseases can bo controlled and reduced ...WITHIN NARROW LIMITS by early and efficient treatment, but at present treatment is, m most cases, unduly deferred and adequate facilities for the best modern treatment do not exist To bring modern methods of treatment to bear on the infeoted^person Government action is essential. Arrangements should be made for accurate statistical records of the prevalence of disease, including the confidential registration of causes of death. Facilities for diagnosis and ,£ree treatment should be organised toy ,! the larger local authorities (county " councils and country borough councils), the Imperial Exchequer to contribute 76<jier cent, of the casts. . No 6ystem of notification should be adopted for the present. Advertisements of remedies should bo prohibited. j The recommendations are not very startling. In every line of them is to be seen fear of the wowser. Something much more useful than is recommended by the Lord Sydenham Commission should bo done m. New South Wales, and without delay. . The Australian Workers' Union and Labor Conference j at Sydney have declared, what Is i wanted is an up-to-date Contagious Diseases Act, and the same can be said for New. Zealand.