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THE CHINA MAIL.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1930.
GARGOYLE
Mobiloil
„Make-the-chart your guide
MOTORISTS THIS IS YOUR PAGE
LOOK
BUT
at harvest time one is good sound wheat and the other is worthless cheat.
LUBRICATING OILS LOOK ALIKE.
BUT
QUT one oil is packed full enduring service -miles of quiet sweet running on the road - a purring motor with abundance of power.
Another oil breaks down. You keep putting in more, but bearings grind, pistons drag, valve stems scratch. You get less power from the motor; you wear it out because of poor lubrication.
You can't tell the difference between two oils by looking at them. You rub a drop between finger and thumb. It looks as if you could tell something that way, but you can't. An oil that looks and feels heavy and smooth when it's cold, may turn to a thin watery liquid with little lubricating value, in the intense heat. of the cylinders.
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The right way ---- the economical way, to tell' the difference is to trust the trade mark on a reliable, well advertised dil. That trade mark carries the backing of honourable men, and the men who know. word of expert chemists - That's the way to be sure of good sil
RECORD-BREAKING CAR
IMPROVED AND
LOWER IN PRICE
To improve the famous De Soto Six that broke all sales records for a first-year car and continued without change for 22 months is in itself a great feat. To offer this better car at a lower price is a master stroke of engi- seering and manufacturing. The finer De Soto Six has, in addition to a bigger and more powerful engine, a new Stealweld Body — a definite itep ahead.
vikles the
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WITH THESE YEATERES Chrysler designed, high-compression angina, using any grade fael,
Light allay ventilated bridge-type pissons, with ple ton rings of tongue and groove Positive snif equalising Internal drankie brakus, ** Fall-pressure
Lubrication engine - counterweighted cri driven by silent chain-ther -foot pump-fast filter-air
Boulwald Body-ne joinis—stimost acčidity--a die tinct advance in body silence, strength and saraTÍ
"THE FINER
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SOME CARE
gasoline weighing more than 2,500. pounds, in addition to the 300 gal-
Seven Times Rounds in its tanks, it took off easily
Earth."
STILL STURDY.
The first shipment of Lincoln cars to Dallas and Fort Worth territory, some years ago, includes Lincoln No. 2, a seven-passenger touring car. It was the second ear turned out of the Lincoln Motor Company plant. To-day, Lincoln No. 2, in perfect mechanical condition, is still making anles for the dealer who owns it, Perry Garrett Motor Company. It hae had a long history, has travelled
total dis- tance equal to nearly seven times around the earth and is still aturdy, still capable of much longer. usefulness.
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When first received in Texas, No. 2 was immediately fitted cut as a demonstrator.
Given every con- ceivable test over all kinds and con- ditions of roads, it travelled some 40,000 miles in six months. Final ly, Murphy Irby, of Greenville, Texas, impressed with the smooth riding qualities and the stamina of the car which the dealer was de monstrating, offered to buy it. Mr. Irby purchased the car and used it until his death: Afterwards, No. 2 was bought again by the dealer and has been in his possession since.
When the figures were last avail- able, this extraordinary car had travelled 174,945 miles. Of the total 40,000 miles had been driven by Mr. Irby, with repair charges of less than $50.
AIR HISTORY.
Tri-Motor Transport
'Plane.
Aviation history was made recent- ly when crew of four, Army air- men, commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Jacob E. Fickel, executive officer of the Air Corps Material Divialon at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, landed at France Field, Canal Zone, after anon-stop fight in a Ford tri-motor transport plane from Kiama across the blue wastes of the Caribbean. The plane with its heavy gasoline load covered with 1,140 mila jump in 11 hours, 20' minutes.
after a 900-foot run in the early dawn. Average weather conditions were encountered during the flight, the plane having favouring winds part of the time and head winds, the remainder.
The navigation throughout the fight was by compasses and radio, no astronomical observations being taken, the plane being held on ita direct course without difficulty, and reaching a landfall at the Canal Zone within a mile of the mark almed at. Throughout the flight Colonel Fickel was in constant communica- tion with plots in the cockpit by means of a telephone,
This method of communication" proved extremely effective, particu larly because of the fact that Colonel Fickel, from his seat behind the temporary emergency gas tanks in the cabin, was able to communicate instantly with Lieutenants White- head and Hegenberger in the pilot's compartment. In the same manner reports received by radio "were transmitted to the pilot and naviga-}| tion officer.
all course
At 8 o'clock in the after-
of
after the Alght noon but 250 miles of the had
been covered, .Colonel Fickel radioed to the army atation at France Field that he would arrive at 5.30 p.m. The landing was made at 5.80 p.m. to the second.
The plane carried for emergency a rubber boat capable of inflation by air, and equipped with an 8-pound radio set powered with a 6-volt battery and having a range of 50 miles. Its use was not necessary, however, although the crew reported after the flight that their only period of anxiety was when they were flying, over Bartlett Deep, one of the deepest spots in the Carib- bean.
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Reduction in Profits Announced,
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mileage
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SPEED.
Carefulness and Safety.
Speed has ita uses and its dan- gera. It is the fundamental element incident, yet without ac- celeration there can be no progress- in modern transport. Speed is essential in modern times; it may be regarded as a necessary evil to be kept within the bounds. of safety, but it also must be regard- ed as essential.
The directors of Singers and Co., Vehicle design of all types—car, motor-car manufacturers of Coven- coach, omnibus, van, lorry, and. motor cycle-tonds towards pro- try, have decided to allot as dividend to ordinary shareholders' vision of higher speed capacities. suggested that [one fully-paid preference share for It has been
The machines should be so bullt that every seven ordinary held, reason stated for the decision to present day rates of speed could distribute shares instead of the not be possibleIn such circum- usual cash payment is that more stances motoring and commercial capital to required to complete and motor transport would be
Increased speed capacity extend the buildings and for costly, general equipment, says tho Finan means increased efficiency, provid- ed-that a greater output of power cial Times of August 25,
is obtained for a given size of en- gine or for a given, weight of fuel consumed.
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To military man, the fight was of-great-tactical-Interest as it de- monstrated the practicability of direct air contact between contin- ental United States and Panama without the necessity of crossing any country but Caba. From a military standpoint that is consider ed important as Central American The preliminary announcement countries have been averse to per-shows that the profit for the past mitting American military planes to year was £144,266 a decrease of fly over their territories.
£29,656 as compared with the pre- Speed may be divided under two Of greater interest, perhaps, was vious twelve months, when the heads-maximum and average-in the fact that the big Ford plane still ordinary shareholders received regard to which there is often at had 200 gallons of fuel in its tanks 17% per cent, including a cash confusion of ideas. A relatively when it was landed at France Field. bonus of 5 per cent. With the high average.speed--allowing for The weight of this amount of gase amount brought forward the avall safe and economical driving is line is greater than the weight of able balance was 233,184, as desirable pince," on a commercial $243,349, 'Preference basis, the cost of a vehicle is less a great demolition bomb, proving against that the Ford transport could have dividend requires £23,822, leaving per mile the greater the mileage carried such a missile to its objec for appropriation £210,162. It covers in a week, a month or a The. ahare. distribution will ab year. With lower operation costs tive. Au
sorb £95,251 the income tax at 48. passenger fares and goads con Bd. in the & thereon requiring veyance charges can be reduced, £27,854. Last year'a dividend and and this economy expands trade cash bonus together took $116,638. and assists development along the day because it will do 70 miles an Moreover, speed has other uses The balance to carry forward is right lines. To maintain good hour is therefore unreasonable. average speeds the speed capacity when expressed in terms of ac "of a car must, in the presant state
Lieutenant Albert F. Hegen berger, who was navigating officer of the flight, won international fame four years ago when he successfully navigated an Army plans in the first flight between the Pacific Coast, And Hawall Lieutenant E. C. Whitehead was co-pilot and Ser geant K. D. Wilson radio officer
In spite of the fact that the plane carried in the cabin 400 gallons of
587,267, compared with 289,218 brought in
Singer's shares marked down during the past week, the ordinary to around 208. Ed., and the pre- ference to 168 d.,
Sole Agents:
SINCERE'S
stretches of road. where time can
To condenan the motor car`of to- be made up.
of Internal combustion engine deceleration. Many an accident has sign, be sufficiently high to provide been avoided because the driver ample reserve for acceleration and had a good reserve of power at his disposal. Lack of speed conduces for high speed upon straight, open to traffic congestion; that is proved
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Not speed, but the abuse of speed, la the cause of accidents on the road. Bink and danger result from the use of speed in the wrong place and at the wrong time. If progress is not to be chooked, In- created average speed must come from advanced deafgn, and the factor of safety maintained by im-
·proved control, The abuse of: speed--mainly, its use at the wrong time can best be checked. by insistence on the observance of certain fundamental rules. These rules are already laid down in trafic regulations, but the only one to which a great deal of insistence La siren is that relating to the 25 mila an hour speed limit. But bet ter driving at higher speeds will only
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