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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1930.
THE CHINA MAIL.
LAHORE TO LONDON. GREAT POSSIBILITIES
Road Authority's Feat
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of Motoring.
Motoring and the Imperial Aspect.
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One of the delegates who left The 1930 Motor Car Exhibition
with Southampton recently for the sixth at Olympia coincides International Roads Congress, to period in the affairs of the Bri- be held in Washington, had motor-tish Empire that is fraught with ed all the way from Lahore. the greatest possibilities for the
He was Mr. S. P. Stubbs, Chief economic development of the Bri- Roads Engineer to the. Punjab tish Commonwealth of Nations, Government, and A leading the result of which may well see authority on roads in India.
Only one friend and an Indian chauffeur accompanied him on the 6,000-mile journey.
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the most powerful and irresistible forward wave of prosperity which the World of late has ever wit- nessed. Great Britain to-day faces but such pro- "It took me seventy-three days," pressing problems Mr. Stubbs said in an interview, blems invariably carry great op- "and of that time forty-two days portunities. were spent in actual travelling. It is true to say that the inter- My running expenses were £76, woven fabric of the world of the and the whole journey cost me present day makes a progressive and economically sound' British "Travelling through Baluchis-Empire a matter of world-wide tan, Persia, Iraq, Syria, Greece, concern, and it is equally true to Bulgaria, Jugoslavia, Hungary, mention that in the gradual evolu- Germany, and Belgium, I have had tion of Empire economic unity the a wonderful experience of the Motor Industry of Great Britain roads of many countries. It speaks has played, and will continue to well for the general standard that play, an important part. we only had two punctures during the journey, on which we averaged jat nineteen miles an hour.
£345.
The Motor Exhibition at Olym pla always affords a striking com- mentary on the advance of the In- "The roads in the Near East are dustry, for by its international better than most of those in aspect it presents the opportunity Europe. Germany has about the for the closent examination and best of the Continental roads, but comparison between the products there is none anywhere to equal of the Home Manufacturers and the British roads.
those of their competitors in all "While on the road between the important car-producing coun- Bagdad and Damascus We were tries of the world. The claims of attacked by Arabs, but we linked British Manufacturers to be able up with a motor caravan and won te supply the world's needs for through without mishap."
economical forms of transport Sixty. British delegates are at-with vehicles designed to give the tending the conference, together best possible service and satisfac- with delegates from France, Bel-tion under every sort of road con-
Tuning an Engine by glum, Spain, Roumania, Switzer-dition are there subject to the
Lip-reading
One of the most interesting de- partments in the whole of the Rolls-Royce works is that devoted to aero engines undergoing their acceptance tests before delivery. Hiere each of the giant units for R.100 was put through its paces.
land, Hungary, and Poland.
ANOTHER CHANGE.
Burton-on-Trent
Their Trams,
Averest test, and the progress which the Industry-has-made-to- wards meeting the requirements of the motor markets of the world is clearly demonstrated.
It is therefore singularly appro-
Scrappriate that the delegates from
the
Dominions and Colonies, nasembled in the capital of the discus- Mr. A. B. Slater, M. Inst.T., Gen- the Empire for
of problems of the
Short stumps of exhaust pipes cral Manager of the Transportsion
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TROLLEY RUS SERVICES.
ure fitted, and from each issue Department, Burton-on-Trent Cor- greatest import -to-the-future of the British Commonwealth, poration, in an article in the July # fearsone tongues of flame and noise as of n hundred dogs anup. issue of "Bus and Coach" gives should be afforded the opportunity ping and snarling in leash. It is details as to why and how he re-for Inspecting the latest products by the colour of the flame that the Piaced his trams with Guy four of one of the most important In- carburetter setting is judged and and six-cylinder petrol buses. Industries of Britain and of study- adjusted, and, as on most car en considering these changes ha saya ing the tangible results of the gines, if the mixture is exactly that so far as could be estimated efforts of that Industry to secure right at "ticking-over" speed, It there was no hope of the revenue position of pre-eminence in the
motor markets of the world.
Sir Arthur Stanley, Chairman of will be correct for all speeds. Just of the tramways being able to pro-
The present position of the In-the South Lancashire Transport to prove that it is, the Rolls-Royce vide more than the working ex-dustry is not unsatisfactory at a Company, recently opened a new engineers "rev, her up" playfully penses, leaving the capital charges time of general depression, for it trolley bus route to operate be while the visitor covers his ears, and any sum spent on renewals to
A red flame indicates that the be provided out of rates. Further, has suffered in only a minor, de: tween Alfreton and Ashton in Lan-
Incashire.. mixture is too rich; blue, that it considerable outlay would have gree from the trade slump.
the Home Market steady progress His speech, and those which fol is too weak. The ideal is a par- been necessary in a few years for is being maintained while in the lowed at the Howe Bridge Depot, ticular shade of purple, and one renewing rails, foundations and wider markets Overseas British visualise the day when the whole feels that the advice of the two overhead equipment, and any ques-motor vehicles are finding an in- 38 miles of route covered by the wizards in charge of this delicate tion of a considerable programme operation must be very useful of re-making main roads in the creasing demand, and, indeed, the Company will be worked by trol when their wives want to match a borough would have to be studied in comparative progress made in re- ley buses.
cent years is being extended. tricky shade of material on shop- relation to the retention or other-
wise of the tramways. ping day!
the end of
For the inauguration of their In the economic development of trolley bus service the South Lan- Here is a department where it is From the date of inauguration of the world motor transport plays a cashire Transport Company have large part. Economic transporta- chosen a fleet of ten Guy six* literally true that one cannot hear the trams in 1903 to oneself' speak. The noise is not March, 1929, the sum of £65,640tion of passengers and products wheeled double deckers similar to an essential requirement in those which have been in service deafening it is shattering to the was taken from the rates to meet these days, a requirement that the Wolverhampton and Hastings eardrums. How then do these two capital charges and renewals, which motor vehicle is particularly com for a number of years. The trol- men converse-as certainly they meant an amount of 2d. in the £ on patent to satisfy and the British ley buses are capable of seating do? I had supposed that they the rates over a period of 25 years. Motor Vehicle essentially so. The 60 passengers, and whereas the would resort to the "deaf-and- After a long and anxious consider-growing demand in all countries tramcars did the eight miles dumb language," but actually they ation, therefore, the Tramways of the Empire for, motor cara and journey to Ashton in an hour, the despise anything so simple; they Committee decided to abandon the vehicles designed and built in new Guy vehicles are expected to are experts in lip-reading.
whole of the tramways, and Decem-Britain is one of the healthiest cover the distance in about 45 ber 31, 1929, saw the final closing features of Empire Trade, and pro- minutes, and the Company hope to down of the Tramways, System.
Whilst the Tramways System had studies more and
gress will continue as the public maintain the same service with five more the real trolley busos as with eight tram- been in operation the Burton-on-value of the range of British cars. Trent Corporation had already been Motor Vehicles from the point of The modern built trolley bus is At one time gear wheels were running a fleet of 28 Guy petrol view of economy of operation, and more comfortable and convenient
buses to deal with traffic from the ultimate value.
than the most simply made as well as the par- outskirts of the town, and these?
modern petrol ticular workmen knew how to buses had earned a profit each year being asked to benefit themselves, les buses of years ago with single Just as the public oversons is driven vehicle. The trackless trol- make them and if they proved to since the commencement of the ser-and the British Motor industry by decks and solid tyres are be too appallingly noisy they were vices in 1924. When scrapping the une utilisation of vehicles design-solete as the present day trama. either scrapped or titivated with an oil stone until they were con- trams, therefore, a further 18 foured and built in Great Britain for The vehicles which the South Lan- aldered good enough to pass. As and six-cylinder Guy vehicles were meeting their transport require-cashire Transport Company are
GEAR TESTING BY “WIRELESS”.
ordered by the Burton-on-Trent
Es ob-
time went en, standards improved Corporation, and the bus mileage is ments, so are the employees in now installing are last word in
and various devices were employed to test the gears after they had now 18 as compared with 61⁄2 miles the factories of that Industry be- comfort.
been made.
Some of these
are
purely
At any rate, this was the general ing urged to foster inter-Empire of tramway track.
trade by purchasing Empire goods. opinion of the officials of the Com With the scrapping of the trams The British Manufacturers Sec-pany and representatives from mechanical, such as a special tooth in a large number of cases consider-ated with the Empire Marketing tramcars and buses are run by the the fares were entirely revised and tion of the S.M.M.T. has co-oper-practically every distriot in which measuring instrument which can ably reduced, or the fara stages Board to this end, and with the Company, who enjoyed a ride in
The Guy buses have always been feeling of optimiam that fa appar- the vehicles at the opening.
ent in the Industry is coupled the
detect an error as small as one twenty-five-thousandth part of an inch. A more interesting scheme
in which a silhouette of each ac-
lengthened.
is the so-called projection method, introduced, in 1924, and in the year which can undertake for the tual tooth is thrown on to a screen ending March 31, 1980, after pay-furtherance of the Imperial aspect
run at a profit since they were first realisation of the important part CATERING FOR RAILWAYS,
tern; the silhouette is very many
Recently Guy Motpra Limited, of
order for a number of special 80-
by means of a sort of magic lan-ing interest on loans and making of reciprocal trade and the deter-Wolverhampton, have completed an
provision for repayment, there was times the size of the tooth itself, surplus of £1,289. The revenuemination to do everything on its so that any imperfections can be per mile was 10.851. and the work Part to further that Ideal. dotected,
ing expenses 8.48d.; capital charges Perhaps the most modern and in- amounting to 1.756. per mile, mak gonfous method, however, is that ing an inclusivo cost of 10.280. per employed at the Rover worke
noise itself
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cwt, chassis for the Great, Western Railway.
The normal Guy practice WAL modifed to suit the special re- quirements of the Railway Com- Slater felt it desirable that as many pany and converted to forward After all, the chief reason for re- The number of passengers car-as possible of the tramway drivers control. The cab extenda right quiring the highest accuracy in ried was roughly 5 millions, or and conductors some of whom had across the engine with provision the gears is to provent noise, so about 117 Journeys per head of the been in the service of the Corpora for a passenger to be seated on the the Rover people get right to the population. Previous to the intro tion since 100% should be trained nearside. This arrangement al- root of the thing and measure the duction of the buses the passengers for this work. These men, after lows good pay-load accommodation, about four millions per being passed by the medical officer yet the driver and his mate are A pair of gears is mounted on annum, and, therefore, 40 per cent. as physically fit, were first put well protected from the elements. a special machine in a sound more people are being carried to through the training school and Other special details of the chassis proof room and is rotated by a day than when the town was served afterwards given a lengthy course lucinde an Alcyl central lubricu small motor, Adjacent to the only by tramwayq.
ad of training on the roads under tion aystem feeding all the bent- gears is a microphone, coupled to The public of Burton-on-Trent working conditions with a comings on the chassis, the lubricant four-valve amplifier such as have appreciated the more mobile petent driver. The older men have being conveyed through armoured might be used in a wireless set form of transport; in fact the pro- now been working the light trafic fexible pipes. Radiator shutters Instead of a load-speaker at the blem of the greatly reduced number routes for the past five months with are intended to keep the engine an output end, however, there is a of people using the fraticars when satisfaction. Other men, not suit-warm se possible when the vehicle dial with a finger which indicates ever buses were available was able for the job, have been trans i standing for any length of time the exact noise made. By this great factor in deciding on the ferred to different Corporation de batween Journeys, station yards, simple and "sound" means, à de change overpartments, so the change over has goods depots, etc., whilst special finite standard of perfection le at Believing that the human element at thrown any of the employees parking lights of the paramin type
TEMATİLİK-K¬very - important - fastor, Mr.Lout of work.
are also provided. tained
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which, apart from supplying the opinion, would be the best guaran- German market, is to serve as the tee for pence.
Coein's bass for Ford's conquest of Scan-
Lord Mayor, .... Dr. dinavia, Poland and the Balkana. Adenauer, in his address, referred In his dedication speech, the to the Germian Government's finan- motor-ear king expressed optimism clal reform plan and pointed out regarding Germany's economic that the Reich was making herofo Coeln, Oétober 2..
future, declaring that, in his efforts to deal with the situation, Mr. Henry Ford to-day personal opinion, the present difficulties of thus demonstrating its determina- y laid the cornerstone of his first the country, were only temporary.tion to honour all its obligation. Continental factory where Ford Furthermore Mr Ford pleaded The ceremony was attended by a cars wil be built by German works for international co-operation on a large number of prominent guests, men of German material and national basis which, his Germosas si well as Americans.