JATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1019, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG hat In the Automobile World: AUTOMOBILE IMPROVEMENTS Add To Attractiveness and General Utility of Motor Car Tops. Any person wl visited the I ronto sed by th ring th Not only is 1 matter of beauty, 8 been greatly increased appearance is concern- s undergone a wonder- t The top was for- pon by the 'designers h had to go on the ore or less & necessary ful impro merly looked as something ar and was ey ein when it iway than w ton, The greatly irfvers who are keeping their tops up all the time has no bt been res- ponsible for the care gnd study which have of late been , . 4 on this part of the 'body, for the top m be consid- ered a part of the body as much as any other, since it {8 so frequently used in the upright position; in fact, there are many drivers who never put their top down from the day thes get their car, Tops are. universally lower th they were, which has resulted i tower windshisld, but since fhe head room -is sufficient even with lo er top, this tends to make the car ot a lower appearance and-greatly beau Lities the lines. Some of the roadster tops are particularly low, just giving room for the driver to enter, but giv- Ing plenty of headroom after he is seated. The windshield on a car of this type is shallow, and also helps to give the low appearance much Wis incre a 1to- | Exhi-| ¥ of the cars| I 3 e} ib & a complet ased number off." ability to open o the door C88 Of cars y lo windows, It is ne¢ to renew the ligh are popularly ca ain every one or but the expense of do all as compared with vinter top, ins opening wi elely inclosed bod: 1 has practically al s of a winter top. makers are now turn- dard cars with Lights in the. rear replaced by pla and' sometime giving a finished rear end 'ef thi ug lights which cau and which never he ana 1 es | | . | Newest Notes Of Science ! strument has been invented York man to determine ct balance of aeroplane pro- d measure possible differ. en their blades. In carpentry and furniture ng have been added to the Co- zen Technological institute with Ww to making Denmark less de- ndent upon importations. warn motorists of danger at on unlighted roads a signal has nvented that reflects through xlass rays that it recelves from 10bile headlights. Italian railroad is experiment- g h interlinked sleepers, of rein- reed concrete, so formed and used it cunjuliction with wooden blocks 18 to afford resiliency. A special key and other attach- ts have been jmvented to permit ntern to be used for signalling come cloudy s essential that the driver has a clear on behind the car in touring as w k toring side { more quick- I a sud- e found on the one of it an owner hould insist on when buying a new ( To Make Your Battery Last Longer. the § € Morse code wherever a light it is available. > lamp invented in Europe cting has a horizontal car- for one electrode while the ris a walter cooled copper ring ounding the tip of the carbon. What their Chilcago. inventor terms nated portraits are photo- § 8 printed on glass, colored hy | 1 nd and mounted on shallow boxes [i hich incandescent lamps are ns AL a cost of about $9,000,000 Ja- pan will build a tunnel more than three miles Tong under a portion of | the Shimonoseki strait to link to the | mainland two towns now served by | lerryboats 1 rod | tionary engine readable f { at the speed of eight knots per hour 3 the names and addresses for each fer produced. To make the sight ge let uage of a sta- * a German inventor } ped a guage with an arrow, of which follows the rise and fall of water in the glass tune For making tents, wagon covers and other articles of heavy fabrics a motor driven sewing machine has béen developed that makes twg par- allel rows of lock stitching at a rate of 1,800 stitches a minute, "British engineers have built over the River Tigris at Bagdad a bridge to withstand the heaviest traffic, yet which antomatically meets the rise and fall of the river and can witn- stand severe floods. - For polishing metal a machine has beer invented that does the work with a. belt which passes ay high speed over a pulley made up of an irog hub fitted With 225 leather blades to give it a cushion effect. ---- ey, MOTORING RULES IN JAPAN Ring the Horn, and Do Not Leave the Drivers Seat. These traffic rules have been pro- mulgated in Japan governing opera- tion of automobiles, according to a letter recently received from a mot- | As posted in| orist in that eountry. English, the rules are: 1. You must drive your automobile on the city road and twelve knots ver hour on the country road. 2, In narrow Place of road, corner or bridge speed slowly, 5 3. When you see the policeman throwing up his hands you must not drive in front of him. 4. When you bass the corner and in Africa. great war, Over shell-torn roads, through to the tanks in its power to ¢ Ford car made a world famous In press despatches, "A Joan of Arc Machine " HE withstood everything in the field and Jot S above. all was, and sti only car to survive until the cessation of hostilities"--Extract from letter received by Ford Motor Company from a British Soldier, is; the last and water soaked fields, second only imb debris and crater holes, the record in the fighting area of the in field reports, in letters, in wight after by designers. rhyme and song the praises of the Ford were sounded. In France =~ 700 cars out of 1,000 were Fords Wind shields have been invented | that can be mounted on the back of the front sea® of an antomobile to prevent the drafts caused by the: us- the bridge, ring the horn. 5. When you got ahead of the pas- | Senger on foot, or the cow or the A list of five short rules on bat- tery cage been made up for cs drivers by I. Lesses, the local Willard are easy Smaller Wheels Used. has The increased use of smaller These rules to re roads, much wheels, due to the better which do not necessitate so road clearance and also due in many instances to desire to meet govern- ment requirements on tire sizes, re- cently withdrawn has also resulted in a much lower appearing car, which, coupled with the improvément in tog design, gives a highly desirable ap- pearance, 3 : One of the greatest improvements in top design, from the user's stand- Thousands Are Ailing From Constipation No condition causes so many dis- eases as constipation. It not only prevents proper Kidney action, but causgs Anaemia, Stomach Trouble and Indigestion. " Why not use Dr. Hamilton's Pills and get eured ? This excellent medi cipe restores normal bowel 'action in one night; thousands say so. Just think of it! Your system will be pure and clean. You'll be free from headaches, sour stomach, bil fousness--~-m short, you'll have jov- fal spirits and perfect good health Get a 25¢ box of Dr. Hamilton's Pills to-day. At all dealers. McNamee & Slack That's the "bunch" doing business at the old Kelly shop, B54 Queen street. i; Rep: i done perly and promptly. Light De , of iy ays for sale. We can build. that track body for you" wulckly. Horse sl! le Phone 1217w. expert ved, w battery member, and if obs marked effect on both ciency and life: J b Keep battery charged and fill- ed to th proper level with the dis. effi a. lf IT engine doesn't sta quickly make sure that gas and spar are right. . J--Release engine begins to run on its own pow starter at once when pap your spark plugs in good Utilized by Indians for cookin Ecuador's petroleum de 1 investigated by sc a view to commercial de inventor has combined a bank; each date ptacle for a coin, removed by des Ar dar and say prising a rec can only be the device Austria's first hydro-electric plant has been built on the Danube to sup ply Vienna with from 70,000 to 1 70,- horsepower, depending on the water level. ~ ying 000 ROBINSON % WILTSHIRE GARAGE All kinds of cars. repaired promptly; cars washed; gaso- line, oil, tires and automobile accessories. 1 Motorcycle and Sidecar, For Sale 239% Bagot St. Phone No. 177 Ln SATISFACTION GUARANTEED repair work of magnetos of all kinds, including marine. Stationary and motor cars, lighting genera storage batteries. Inquire about the battery before purchasing. WILLARD SERVICE STATION I. LESSES, Prop. On systems of all makes, and vew threaded bone dry 19 Brook St. , starting. and TN No Wn 'Phone 1340 "less bill. 4 cylinders .. .... $ cylinders ..«. .- a vie na cylinders 12 cylinders *. . . . - Danie: Dey Now, if "your auto's feeling sick, you then should bring it to us quick. lave a | _ | tached to a single folio or several has ual shields inconveniencing n the back seat. To double the capacity of a freight car for auntomabiles a Kansan has in- | | vented a deck that, when loided, is lifted by pistons operated by an elec trically driven pump So moree auto- mobiles can be loaded under it. To be connected with Je plano or j organ keyboard, a Sweflish musician | has invented electrical apparatus L transcribes music as It is com- ! ed upon a wax ribbon, from which [it can be copied. - For filing sheet music so that it an i ind easily an index tab on which a title and composérs name. jcan be written and that can be ats persons | | béen patented. The British board of trade has es- tablished a national institute for training seed testers, that British | seed hereafter may be tested at home | instead of sending it to Switzerland as heretofore, A new form letter printing mach- ine cuts paper fed from rolls into j Lhe proper sizes, uses colors of ink vhen desired and automatically chan- SET THE THAMES ON FIRE. Result 'Was Greatest Shock to Lone don Known for Centuries. | There a saying 'in use about ' "setting the Thames on Ore" When anyone does anything 'exceptional, Says Spare Moments. : This actually | happened on June 320, 1861, when one of the most disastrous fires in the world's history broke ont in Tooley street, near London Bridge, | on that (Saturday) evening. A whole | Street of wharves and warehouses | Siocked with waluable merchandise | was entirely burnt out. | The fire raged for -a month and the damage was estimated at many millions of, pounds, thousands of. "Chests of fea, barrels of Russian tal- low, oil and saltpetre being destroy- The flames as they crept along | were carried by the wind to' the river and Soon many barges were blazing. The excitement was great as the falling warehouses, tumbled | over into the river with repeated erashes. By midnight the scene as witness- ed from London Bridge was one of the grandest and most terrible since | the Great Fire of 1666, which, cur- lausly enough, started within a stone's. throw of, this one. Streams | of red-hot tallow poured down the river, and an army of thieves shovel- led it into barrows, raced off with it and reaped a rich harvest. A score of large, well-stocked buildings were destroyed with their contents, homes were plunged into mourning, and fizms ruined. . A fortnight later the again, and burned as tion. Thousands' of men lost Mheir employment and others who were brave enough to enter the blag- ing 'warehouses were never found When four car starts to groan or squéak there's something the matter with it inside. If you don't understand auto-lingo you had have us diagnose the case correctly. We can « tell whether it needs a little oil tonic or if an operation is necessaty. We render a pain- better Hart-Bell Carbon Removers installed, while the supply lasts, at $6.00 each, or will ¢ given away free with any automobile account amounting to $60.00. Oxy-Acetylene Carbon Burning: -- civ. .$2.50 .....$6.00 Company Seven ae a oaale Sieve nw ona tie aay y } The fire was again. the biggest loss to ibsurance companies they had ever known, and the greatest. shock to London for centuries. .It took years to rebuild the street, and the mem ory of the fire still lives. lt CANADA'S FUTURE London, fi 12.--In the Nine- teenth Cerliry Review Moreton Fre- wen writes on Canada's fertile north- land mainly as regards lang He thinks that ten years hence the twenty bushel wheat lands of Mam- woba, Alberta or Saskatchewan may be worth $150 an acre. Comparing the past and present urban values in V and British Colamibia, he uction of the Prince Rup- | €rt town site in 1909 when 200 acres were disposed of for $7,500 an Bere, which, at the outbreak of 'War stood At 8a average of $75,000 an acre. The writer has dreams of a new acre land. grant from Columbia Government. ty thousand lots. My. Frewen days, should realize $5,000,000. { horse, you must ring the horn, 6. When you meet the horse or the Cow speed slowly and take care to ring the horn and do not be afraid of 'them. Drive slowly when you meet the horse and the cattle, do not make them afraid and carefully make the sound If they are afraid of the sound, you must escape a little while at the side of tif road until they pass 7. When you drive the motor car do not leave the driver seat and take care lest unexpected trouble happen 8. Do not drive the mqQtor car When you get- drunk, and "do not smake on driver's seat. y 9. When two'cars are driving on Same road, if there is another ¢ar in front of yours, you must keep sixty yards away from him, if you go ahead of him, riug the horn and pass him, 10. When you cross the railway wait until the other train and otler cars pass through. 11. When anything the matter with your ear, you go to police sta- tion and tell him, 12. When you want to have a dri- ver or exchange another, you must inclose driver's address, career and are In Egypt The Ford power in every theatre o Ford you buy. In Italy - In Mesopotamia lant that established this world-wide record the war remains the same. It will be in the Ford Runabout, $660. Touring, Equipment is $100 extra. Coupe, Starting and Lighting Equipment). on rear as optional equipment on closed cars only at $25 extra, Ford, Ont., and do not include War Tax. Buy "only Genuine Dealers and over 2,000 Servire Garages supply * + YanLuven Bros, G. H. Richardson, Tamwo:th 850 cars out of 1,000 were Fords 996 cars out of 1,000 were Fords 999 cars out of 1,000 were Fords $690. On open models the Electric Starting and Li hting 3075. Sedan, $1,175 (closed model prices include Electric Demountable rims, tire-carrier and non-skid tires These prices are f. o. b. Ford. 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