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SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1020. ee -- Velie Model 48 By all means see the new VELIE SIX. Ride in it, or, bet- 1 sor yet, drive it. We are well satisfied to abide by your decision. Comparisons with other cars similarly priced can only better KENDRICK & VANLUVEN ty JAS-43, %-in. Price $1.00 For use in heavy service motor cars, trucks, tractors and engines "3450" Insulators "Resist Knocks, Shocks, Heat and Expansion to a Wonderful Degree They are so hard and tough that they stand up under treatment that is never experienced even in emer- gency use in a motor or engine. You can heat them white hot, then douse them in water--knock them with a wrench--drive them through a cake of lead--drop them on the floor--and you won't find even a chip or crack in the glaze. 3 hampion Dependable Spark Plugs all have "3450" insulators. Any dealer in motor sup- plies can supply you with the correct plug for your en- gmne--insist that "Champion" appear on the insulator as well as on the box. : Champion Spark Plug Co. of Canada, Limited Windsor, Ontario Largest Factory in Canada making Spark Plugs exclusively " ® Dery i | | | | | | | | | | | { THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG - | In the Automobile World AUTO Good-Bye To Horses. The Pennsylvania state constabul- ary are coming off their horses and will hereafter police the state on motorcycles. is became known when a contract was recently award- ed to a motorcycle manufacturer for 70 of his latest model machines _ To Repair Radiator In case of a leak in a honeycomb radiator, get a bolt longer than the depth of the radiator and fine enough to go through the hole in the honey- comb. Put it where the leak is, place a rubber washer on each end send a steel washer over these, apd then tighten the nut on the bolt tight enough to stop the leak. Test Is Strict. Fully 25 per cent. of those apply- ing for licenses as automobile opera- tors in New York are being rejected by the examiners. The axamination is considered one of the strictest in the States. Keep Clips Tight ' If any of your springs give way at the centre bolt hole, it is becaus:| | the spring clips were not tight, Deal-| | for this reason. ers and manufacturers will not re- place springs broken at this point | The safe way is to] draw the nuts up as close as possible | with a wrench big enough to make certan of their beingtight. The clips| should be watched and tightened of- ten. Overloads Are Fined. New Jersey motorists have gained a point against the overloaded truck that is an extra burden on the roads. | The highway commission has decided | to place a fine on all trucks passing | will be ready on the different high- ways and when a passing truck is| believed to be carrying more weight than allowed by license, it will be| weighed. If overweighted, a fine will | be imposed. Getting Out of Rut. When a rear wheel is in a mud-| hole so that it spins, apply the emer- | gency, brake gently. This will give| enough resistance to the spinning| wheel to let the other wheel pull the | car out. The decrease in engine speed because of the brake pressure can be | Jade up by opening the throttle a| Appropriate Memorial A Roosevelt road, lined with mem- orial trees, is the latest plan for the perpetuation of the former presi- dent's memory. It has been proposed by Charles L. Pack, president of the American Forestry Association, who | has also sought the co-operation of automobile associations. "The Ladies" "The incentive behind the. sales of 90 per cent. of the automobiles is a woman. This is my firm conviction after years of observation of sales psychol in this field," says a vet- cran wa automobile dealer. 'Europeans say that American men pamper their women, and to a cer- tain extent this is true. The husband | who buys a car may buy from mo- tives of personal pride, yet back in bis mind is the knowledge thaf his wife will derive pleasure from it. This close .contact with everyday life is what makes automobile selling a real | pleasure to the men in it. They know | that every man who comes in to buy and does so, though he may not reveal his real motives, is swayed in is i by a woman who is defr to im." A Prediction. "Long years hence, when the his- torian sits down to write about the years between 1900 and 1920, will the | Great War occupy most of his space? | No. It was by no means the most m- | portant thing. He will write about the triumph of the gas engine applied to vehicles." --Colliers. | A Use For Movies Slow motion pictures of the type that have amused movie devotees by slowing down swiftly-moving bodies to the point where every action may be analyzed, have been utilized by the United States' Tire Company for a! scientific study of just what happens when a heavily loaded motor truck climbs a curb, drops off an elevation or bumps over a railroad track. through the state overloaded. Scales don, England, William Cole and Sons, Keep Heads Tight. The holding-down nuts of the cy-| linder head should be tightened per- iodically. If the cylinder head is ta- ken off for any reasom, in replacing the part should be tightened up again by screwing down opposite nuts. Each nut should be turned a little; then its opposite should be screwed down somewhat and so on, working around the cylinder head. If one nut is tight- ened all the way, there is danger of springing the part. | Closed Car Argument After analysing the weather re- ports, a Detroit autémobile salesman states that the averages over a per- fod of years show that 129 days in every 12 months are lost to the owner of ave open motor car be- cause rain snow make driving in- convenient. Naturally he puts this 10orward as one of the arguments brought out in favor of the general adoption of closed cars and icu- larly sedans for all-year use, ---- Behind the Scenes. jo mining whether the high duty parts of the car have been properly heat treated. By examining a section of a piece of steel under i it is possible to determine how ,the part will stand up in service, or whe- ther the crystasline structure of the steel is such that there is a Jikelihood great deal for deter- TALK | of trouble. The microscope in use in one such laboratory is so arranged with various eye pieces and lenses that magnifications ranging from 32 times to 1,000 times may be obtained. Good Advice "Every motorist should set aside a regular time for looking over his car, and once a week is not too fre- quent," says a local dealer. While the fool-proof design and sturdy construction of the modern car per- mits of a lot of neglect, there is a limit to all good things and generally it is costly. The motorist should re- gard his car as an investment, and take care of it as he does other things he owns, and not let it take care of itself and run down at the heels, so to speak. That {is practice is be- coming more a habit with owners is, shownyby the. falling off in calls for service in relation to the number of cars in commission," & A Good Stunt, Thé "Lexington Motor Car Co. has worked out a unique plan for show- ing visitors through its factory. An elevated runway, or bridge, is being constructed 15 feet above the work- ing floor, for the use of visitors mak- ing tours of the plant. In addition to doing away with distracting the at- tention of the workmen, it also will eliminate the risk of injury to' visi- tors. Rig Cole Shipment One of the largest shipments of cars ever made by an Indianapolis manufaturer to any foreign distribu- tor left the plant of the Cole Motor Co. the week of May 3. It comprised 25 carloads of Aero eights, and was sent to the Cole distributors in Lon- Ltd, 235 Hammersmith @ road. | Through a curious coincidence, the dealer's name is the same as that of | the car. William Cole and Sons were carriage builders in the early Vie- torian days. They have now turned to the more modern field of selling | motor cars, numbering among their clients many of England's notables. Pointer on Batteries { There are two safe rules in the pur- | chase of a storage battery, according | to the local distributor of {he "Exide" | brand of "bottled electricity." The first rule to be observed is to inquire | carefully into the reputation of the | company manufacturing the battery | and the second is to find out what ser- | vice it has rendered other motcrists, Circus Featured Auto. In 1898 a circus was announcing the exhibit of a "horseless carriage" among the freak wonders to be seen | under the "big top.". Today, the world's largest circus is using an au- tomobile as one of its foremost: at- tractions. The car, an Essex finished, in silver and' white, is used to convey the stars of the sawdust circle into the arena. As its appearance is af- ter an act filled with hair-raising equestrian stunts, it serves to empha- size the"dignity, comfort and beauty of the automobile and provides a gra- phic illustration of the giant strides made by this industry in the past two decades. . i i i + | WILL HYPHENATE * NUMBER + LICENSE The contract for the motor vehicle license makers for 1921 has been let by the.Hon. F. C. Biggs, Minister of Public Work and Highways. The numbers will be hyphenated in groups of two--for instance, 18-82-73. The Canadian-born Secretary of State for Naw York State, Hon. Francis M. Hugo, originated this plate hyphenation scheme. It was found, after exhaustive test, that numbers so broken in- to groups of two were much more readily and accurately seen and remembered. el 3 *| PEP PP LLP rr PE err e reed PREP ele bb rere dy A new broom is good for three days.--Italian Proverb. If the cap fits you, wear it. Truck Cushions These Cushions are made of heavy Pan- tasote. Springs 41" high and the most easy riding and dur- able Cushion made. Send the size of your seat and we will make it to fit. Price: $8.00 | | Huge Gasoline Consumption <~4merican automobile manufactur« ers are preparing to put 2,675,000 cars, including 425,000 .commercial cars, on the market this year, aliow- ing for 20 per cent. replacements, this would make the number in use in 1920 about 8,675,000. The awer- age car consumes about 500 gallons, or 12.3 barrels, of gasoline a year. This would mean that during 1920 at 'least 109,000,000 barrels of gaso- line must be produced by refiners for domestic consumption. Add to this 10,000,000 barrels which willbe needed for exports, tractors, and other uses, and a total of 110,000,- 000 barrels will be needed. This is an increase of 17,000,000 barrels over 1919. Exports were about 8,- 900,000 barrels last year, or about Line per cent. of the total. Stocks of gasoline on hand Sep- tember 30, 1919, were 8,800,000 bar- rels, a gain of 2,400,000 barrels over those as of December 31, 1918. The number of motor cars register- ed in 1900 was 10,000 compared with 6,146,000 in 1918. In 1914 there wefe 1,700,000 cars and a gasoline production of 92,700,000 barrels, gains of 341 per cent. and 166 per cent. respectively. Lubricating oil production will os | in proportionately increased demand. In 1919, 19,685,667 barrels were manufactured and about 12,369,414 barrels were consumed in the United States. In 1918 output was 20,000,- 000 barrels with a consumption of 19,748,331. Exports were proport- fonately higher, being about 6,667, 000 barels last year. -~ Activity of refining companies and producing companies in enlarging out | put indicates that they are preparing to take care of Increased demand. | Advances in the price of retail and wholesale gasoline and lubricating oil are expected to take place through out the country. * sede b db RR +> | + MOTOR EXPRESSES |. IN MANY STATES. | | 2 * Motorized express companies 4+ at the beginning of this year % totaled 1,956, and the average * round trip per c pany was 121 *#niiles. New York has 268 such % lines, the largest number of any + State. Penngylvania is second * with 267. Such lines are in * operation in 42 States. It is + difficult to determine the + amount of freight which makes % up the annual haulage of these * lines, estimates varying quite # largely, but it is evident that it 4 must be of large proportions. * This, of course, is exclusive of #% trucks operated by manufact- * uring companies themselves. a i, i ww + bd | | 252 BAGOT STREET AER R RET ERE A Little Child. Asked to write an essay on "How | Children May Help to Avoid Motor Accidents," Beulah Garland, il-year- | old school girl, of Cobburg, Ont. | wrote the following, which is well | worth the consideration of olderfolk: | 1. Thou shalt mot play upon the | street. | 2. Thou shalt not cross the street, | only at crossings, as there thou hast | the right of way. 3. Thou shalt look before crossin the street. 4. Remember, after getting out of a car, thou shalt not cross the street behind a car. | 5. Thou shalt not get in or out of | a car when it is moving. i 6. Thou shalt not interfere with! cars, as thou may"st put them out of order and cause accidents. 7. Thou shalt not drop hails, glass or pins upon the road and cause mo-| torists to have blowouts and perhaps &| | accidents. 8. Thou shalt not fight matches near gasoline, 9. Thot shalt keep the motor rules when riding on a bicycle. 10. Thou shalt help old people across the street. --~ to ---------- Robinson & Wiltshire | | Automobile Repair Shop | All Kinds of Cars Repaired | Promptly, | Also do Motor Boat Repairing | Cords of Comfort and Safety Give miles and miles of pleasant riding, and lend dignity to the appearance of your car. Absolutely dependable and the most durables Your dealer or garage will equip your car with V.D. L. tires and tubes. Every size a Supersize. VAN DER LINDE RUBBER CO. Limited \ TORONTO CANADA » A. Chown & Co. KINGSTON, Ont. SERIES 20 SPECIAL-SIX Women drivers can handle the SPECIAL-SIX with ease because of the elimination of frequent gear shifting, the accessibility of all control devices and the way the car holds to the road. Shi onan tire silsaye SL Sntnchiphi for five mR Satake Cans rm re Al nie nl Voom "This is a Studebaker Year $1875 KINGSTON AUTO SALES CO., LTD» Cornor Brock and Montreal Streets. Phone 1988 Tires SPECIALS Tubes We have some exceptional values in~30x32% Red Tubes, as well as in 30x33 Casings. We do all kinds of Vulcanizing and Repairing on Tires and Tubes. We can give you Service on your hard rubber Truck Tires. SUDDABY'S TIRE SERVICE CORNER QUEEN AND WELLINGTON STREETS Ford Roadster Ford Touring. Chevrolet 490, 19 JUDSON'S Chevrolet 490, 1918. 19. We can make almost immediately delivery of any of the Me- Laughlin models, and would invite you to telephone for a demonstra- tion of the famous and best Canadian product in Motor Cors. The following reliable used cars can be seen at our garage on the corner of Queen and Bagot streets at any time of the day or night and for quick buyers we have the best bargains in Kingston. McLaughlin D45. McLaughlin E63. McLaughlin E35. Two McLaughlin Roadsters. Blue Garages, Luaited H. M. FAIR, Manager.