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Newspaper
Bunbury Herald
Location
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 29, 1917
Page
7
The article guides car owners on hot weather maintenance. It covers carburettor heat management, radiator and battery care, reduced fuel use in heat, faster water evaporation, and the need for proper lubrication and greasing. It notes risks from sprinklers and oil on roads and praises Buick strength after a recent mishap.
The U S Army orders 2 500 Indian and 1 500 Harley Davidson motorcycles, three speed twins with interchangeable parts. The order totals about £200 000 with a unit price just under £50 each. Delivery is within four months for use by the American army in France.
In South Australia a four cylinder Buick plunged 3 ft into a 6 inch trench then struck a masonry wall at the Scenic Hotel Nortons Summit. The driver a near beginner and a male friend escaped uninjured though the car suffered little damage after being extricated. The incident occurred when the driver swerved to avoid a passing car and picked up speed down the incline.
A reflective essay contrasts motoring philosophy with the idea of motoring at home inside the car and in the garage. It argues true motorists are born not made, notes car souls and driver judgment, and forecasts aeroplane growth, German plans, and aviation cost comparisons.
The Roo Motor Car Co of Sydney unveils an Australian made car and completes a Sydney to Melbourne round trip amid flooded roads. The project earns praise from Sydney's Lord Mayor and the Chamber of Manufactures as aviation and rail cost comparisons are explored.
After the war, British products should bear a distinctive badge to separate them from German goods. British motor and Allied manufacturers lead with such a badge, obtainable only through competitors. The writer favors widespread use, urging shop windows to display the proprietor’s national flag to prevent mislabeling as German.
Aviation advances are set to boost motor traders turnover as giant aeroplanes expand. A Handley Page giant biplane traveled from London to Rome with four British officers and attendants in a luxurious heated saloon. The Australia motor trade predicts rapid importation and agency consolidation as only a few weight carrying aeroplanes exist.
The text notes that paying slightly more than a through rail ticket price saves time, presenting time as a key economy alongside money. It implies travelers value reduced travel duration as a major factor in cost decisions.
The piece argues reliable air travel requires landing grounds every ten miles along routes. Aircraft can be five miles from a depot, enabling fuel, repairs, and mail transfers. Imagines Paris to Moscow as ten mile stages, suggesting a world network avoiding ocean gaps is feasible.
Agriculturalists learn of the Faged Light Tractor from the Fageol Motors Co of Oakland California. The British journal describes its two tread wheels that walk in and out of soil breaking hard subsoil rather than packing it. It weighs 1750 pounds and can plough 4 acres daily at about 13 to 1 gallons per acre.
Mr Harry Holmes, late General Secretary of Wellington Y M C A, states the Queen Mary Dug-out was destroyed by a big shell. One soldier was killed and three wounded, though the Y M C A worker in charge escaped injury.
An essay argues books and friendships shape character as strongly as home training. It cautions against excess reading or social life and urges balanced, wise choices. It praises selective reading, urging moral guidance and goal of expanding knowledge, with enduring value from true friendship.
Wire worms are yellowish brown larvae of clickbeetles, with eggs hatching in sod lands. The text outlines control: plow after hay harvest, deep cultivation, crop rotation away from corn, and field drainage with lime. methods include dust mulch by drag harrowing, maintaining mulch by disking, July summer fallow, and early plowing of stubble, citing Farm Bulletin 725 Department of Agriculture.
Louisiana State University argues nine reasons to keep dairy cow records. They help tailor feeds, improve herds, enable sales of graded cows, guide breeding, and boost profits. Records promote better feeding, milking, and management, turning dairying into a stronger business.
Jack and John, unemployed brothers from a peculiar family, work reluctantly on a large wooden outhouse under a philanthropic baronet. While paid to toil, they claim to carry planks, then reveal they forgot the plank they were carrying, delivering a comic moment of forgetfulness.
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