Mending a Tyre.

Progress, Volume IV, Issue 6, 1 April 1909, Page 194

Mending a Tyre.

The puncture is a common accident for which it has often been thought that there ought to be a common remedy. As a matter of fact some remedies have been supplied but they are not numerous enough to have yet become common. A very promising one is by G. F. Likne, of New York. It is handy, cheap, and has the reputation among those who know it of

being effectual. It consists of a common darning needle of large size, with its point stuck into a wooden handle, say that of a brad awl. Two pins project from the neck of the handle, as may be seen from the sketch herewith, from opposite sides, and the top of the needle is cut off so as to leave half the eye, which then becomes a slot in the needle. To mend a puncture, stretch elastic rubber bands over the pins and through the slot in the end of the needle as tightly as possible until judgment shows that there is enough rubber to fill the puncture. Then insert needle rubber through puncture m tyre, throw the rubber off the pins and withdraw the needle. The rubber being tightly -stretched wilt contract when released, filling the puncture and leaving a small lump inside and outside of tyre. This will wear off outside in a very short time. It is advisable to ream the hole smooth before applying the rubber. This can be done by heating the needle with a match and then searing the edges of the hole.

The Nizam of Hyderabad proves his modernity. He is the premier native chief of India, and about the most independent. Recently, while he was motoring to an " at home ' ' at the British Residency, one of his vassals, the Nawab Surya Jung, overtook the royal car and rushed past it, narrowly missing a collision. The Nizam was furious. Two days later he issued a Firman, fining the Nawab a thousand rupees and confiscating all his cars. The cars are all very valuable, and the punishment is severe; but the Nizam doesn't like road-hogs. Also, as the native princes are

very reckless drivers, the Nizam's action is heartily approved by most people in Hyderabad.