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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 20, 1928
Page
4
A long guidance piece offers practical car care ideas from mounting a secure tool cover to tire inflation methods and steering quadrant notes. It describes simple home gauges, arrow markings on throttles, and tow procedures for sidecar outfits, plus radiator funnel mods and battery vent checks. It also mentions a cross-country Franklin drive by Baker setting a record.
Old tyre casings are repurposed into footwear in Greece, Macedonia, and Thrace replacing leather. A tyre shoe lasts about 12 months, unlike three months for hides. Demand exceeds supply with imports around 50 000 casings yearly, yielding three pairs per casing and selling about 2/6 a pair. France sources imports, many tyres are used for vehicles before shoe manufacture. Mexico also uses old tyres for footwear.
A column notes a British and American push for pedestrians to wear rear lights or plates to boost visibility at night. It cites a London Daily Telegraph endorsement and warns of unseen hazards due to headlight blind spots and driver limitations on dark country roads.
At a Brisbane conference led by Mayor Alderman W A Jolly authorities agreed to set up a central bureau for advance notice of street openings. The bureau will inform utilities to coordinate works, aiming to prevent road damage and public disruption. The RA CQ secretary T Weed welcomes the move as overdue.
The record notes that on March 1 1927 there were 15 415 000 persons insured under the British National Health Insurance Acts. Employers contributed 11 100 000 pounds during the year ended March 3 1927, with employee and state contributions also listed.
The article reports the July 7 14th stage from Grenoble to Evian 215 km with Meineau winning in 12 hours 7 minutes over Casterle and Hew in the top trio. It lists aggregate times for leaders Frante Leduen Waele Osborn and others as the race continues across Alps and toward Switzerland and Germany with further stages planned on eight day blocks.
Austral Motors Limited announces the Dodge Standard Six to join the Senior and Victory in the line. The car is pitched as economical and powerful with American steel bodies and Australian built components. Exhibits at the showroom invite all interested buyers to inspect the new model.
The article warns car owners that replacement value in policies often means resale price rather than what one could replace a car for with similar make and condition. It advises setting and renewing the replacement value in advance, adjusted for depreciation, to avoid disputes after a loss.
In the Crescent wine yard at the London Duck location 609000 gallons of port and sherry are restored according to the report.
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