May 1, 1908 
at first appears all right, soon loses its 
good looks. The beautiful art of lace 
making appeals to every woman, and we 
predict a successful career to the South 
Australian lace making industry as intro- 
duced by the Torchon Lace and Mercan- 
tile Agency. 
Home-made Concrete Benches 
At the establishment of Frank Garland, 
Des Plaines, Ill., the staff uses what spare 
time is available in the construction of 
concrete benches iv the different houses. 
The bench is built on the portable prin- 
ciple. Sides, bottoms, crosspieces, and 
legs are all made separately from different 
moulds, and any number of them may 
be made in advance. The bottom sections 
are hollow, with the edges tapered suffi- 
ciently to give good drainage. 
The mixture employed in the making 
of the different sections, with the excep- 
tion of the legs, is one part of cement to 
four of gravel and sand. For the legs a 
mixture of one part of cement to six or 
even eight of gravel and sand is employed. 
The side, bottom, and cross-sections are 
all re-inforced with steel rods, The dif- 
ferent moulds are used on a work bench, 
the concrete being rammed into them, 
and the steel rods laid in their positions 
during ramming. 
This construction provides a bench 
which may be moved at any time, in 
whole or part, as all sections are laid 
butt to butt, there being no cementing 
substance used other than a little mastica 
on the outside of the side pieces to give 
the appearance of solidity, and this joint 
is easily broken when required. 
One large house at the Garland estab- 
lishment has been provided with these 
benches for two years, and they have 
given every satisfaction. 
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His Excellency am po, K.0.M.G. 
BOWEN & CO. 
DIAMOND SETTERS, 
GOLD CHAIN and 
JEWELLERY MANUFACTURERS, 
Gavyvrler Place, 
NEAR GRENFELL STREET. 
Pipes Mounted and Repaired. 
Gilding and Electroplating done for the 
Trade. 
Country Orders promptly attended to. 
Masonic Jewels of every description 
artistically executed with or without 
enamelling, 
Relating to Motor Cycles. 
The motor cycle is an ideal example of 
the transmission of energy, nearly every 
ounce of power got out of an engine being 
transmitted to road tyre, the motor cycle 
being far before any other mechanical 
means in travelling where the actual 
amonnt of power developed is used at the 
point required with least loss in transmis- 
sion. Few people understand the many 
mechanical actions which have to take 
plase (on an average seventeen hundred 
t'mes a minute to secure the rated norse- 
power of a motor cycle engine). such as the 
opening and closing of inlet and exhaust 
valves ; ignition of the gas drawn into the 
cylinder through the carburettor by an 
electric spark timed to explode at the right 
moment, which can easily be seen, must be 
very exact to the fraction of a second. 
This is where the perfect design of a motor 
cycle comes in, the main essentials being 
large valves, great cooling and radiating 
surface to the cylinder, with a good re- 
liable ignition apparatus. 
Builders of motor cycles in Adelaide seem 
to bo ready to claim these advantages. The 
writer called at Messrs. Eyes & Crowle’s 
motor works in Pirie street last week, where 
he had one of their famous N.3.U. motor 
cycles explained to him. These machines 
bristle with advantages over other makes 
of engines of our knowledge, which prob- 
ably account for the good name these motor 
cycles have made in all the competitious 
they have been entered for in South Aus- 
tralia, being unbeaten to date, and having 
won and made -fastest time two years in 
succession in the South Australia Motor 
Club’s annual hill climb. On the 14th 
March last the N.S.U. motor cycles secured 
first, second, and third places, thereby 
showing the firm’s claims for superiority 
of design to have foundation, the unique 
points being very large inlet aud exhaust 
valves mechanically operated, with the 
great advantage of an additional automatic 
inlet valve for speed work and hill climbing, 
another being a gear-driven magneto en- 
closed in a grease-tight case, overcoming 
in this way the everlasting troublesome 
and unreliable eccentric cams which were 
in old designs, also the bad points in a 
chain drive for a magneto, in thatif a 
chain slipped the cogs an expert is neces- 
sary to retime the jenition, and at the 
WILLIAM CARR, 
Furniture Manufacturer 
and Repairer, 
Locksmith, Saw Sharpener. 
Carpets Cleaned-and Relaid. 
All work artistically and promptly exe- 
cuted, 
Country orders attended to on shortest 
notice. 
Charges moderate. A trial solicited. 
20 Hanson St., Adelaide. 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
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same time always being open to dust and 
dirt. Another big advantage is that a 
separate tool tank is provided, making it 
impossible to lose tools out of a dangling 
and burst tool bag. ‘Two brakes are fitted, 
and it is easily demonstrated that a man 
can stand over the saddle and have his 
feet on the ground on each side of the 
machine ; this, with length of wheel base, 
making these motor cycles comfortable to 
ride. easy to steer and balance in muddy 
weather. 
One of the latest improvements embodied 
in these motor cycles is the easy manner 
in which the wheels can be removed to 
enable the tyres to be repaired. Every 
rider of a motor cycle will appreciate this. 
Wide mudguards are fitted, full tool kit 
provided, brass tanks with oil and petrol 
capacity capable of doing 200 miles of road 
work, and last but not least they are 
equipped with full handle bar control 
whereby the newest novice to motor cycling 
can have full confidence that he has at all 
times complete control of his machine 
without leaving hold of the handlebars. 
We must say these motor cycles have a 
splendid appearance, being finished in four 
or five different colors for the tanks plain 
black being the standard color for the 
frame, Ease of starting is one of the first 
points every prospective motor cyclist is 
keen on, and this firm demonstrated to our 
complete satisfaction this point, and assured 
us thet anyone calling at their works would 
have every opportunity of trying these 
N.S,U. motor cycles in every way before 
purchasing in runs through the Mount 
Lofty hills or any desired direction to prove 
the statements herein contained, and can 
give reference to many travellers of some 
of the largest firms in Adelaide as to relia- 
bility and durubility. which is the largest 
factor in successful motor running We 
left their works quite convinced of the 
future for these machinos, and wish them 
every success. 
INTERESTING TO SMOKERS. 
After doing a steady day’s work either 
in the gardev, field, or store, a substantial 
meal is necessary to kesp the strength up 
and fit one for the next day’s work. After 
dinner there is nothing so soothing as a 
comfortable smoke, and it is necessary for 
the man whose means are small to get_ 
the vesy best value for his money. Tho 
well-known brand of Dramonp Toxpacco 
completely fills the bill, as it is at once 
the very best value evor offered. To those 
who like a strong tobacco the dark twist 
is most suitable, whilst for those whose 
taste is for a milder smoke the aromatic 
plugs are specially made. Whilst nearly 
all other tobaccos have been raised in 
price through the higher tariff, Dramonp 
Topaccos are still sold at the old price, 
- which is a sure guarantee the proprietors 
are doing their best to give the utmost 
benefit of their stocks to their customers, 
who seem to appreciate it, judging by the 
large increase in the sale of this fayorite 
brand. 
