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Southland Times, Issue 21997, 22 April 1933, Page 13

A new word, “Auto-servitorium,” has recently been coined in the United States to designate an “ultra-modem service station, which may be taken down, moved, and re-erected on a new site without damage, or enlarged as business grows.

Distributor point cleaning is a task that many owners like to reserve to themselves. In doing so, some of them make a mistake that often makes necessary the early purchase of a new set of points. Instead of being content to remove the raised places on the platinum or tungsten, they try to eliminate the pits. This is unnecessary and wasteful of the point material. The depressions make no difference in the efficiency of the units. The raised spots do. The new creosote-oil substitute for petrol, which is being produced at Belfast Gas Works, Ireland, is now available to private motorists at sixpence a gallon. A special carburetter is needed for use with the new fuel. Production is at the rate of 500,000 gallons a year. If clean rain water is obtainable, it is preferable to tap water for use in a radiator, as it is less liable to cause “furring.”