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THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1931.
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High Speed Endurance Test.
A motoring test of exceptional severity has recently been completed at the Montihery track, near Paris, when an 8 hp. Singer Junior set out on a 24 hours' run at full speed, the drivers, Messrs. G. E. T. Eyston, E. A. D. Eldridge and F. Brewster, taking the wheel alternately.
TROLLEY- BUSES.
Odyssey in South Africa.
was
1931 PROMISE.
Showing What Britain
Can Do.
successes
LUXURY VEHICLES
SAFETY GLASS.
To Be Used by Indian The Importance of the
Black Edge.
Maharajah.
It is doubtful if any two vehicles glass is composed of two sheets of of such power and speed, and of glass with celluloid sandwiched be- such ornateness and luxury have tween them. One of the last manu- ever before been sent out to the facturing processes consists of re- moving the celluloid at the edges to East.
They are to be used by the a depth of about 1⁄2 in. and filling Maharajah of Patiala for "chekar" the crevice revealed with a special (hunting) expeditions, one being type of pitch. This gives the black designed as a travelling coach seat- finish mentioned.
Sealing the edges is most import- ing 27 persons, and the other as a dining saloon with accommodation ant for long life of the glass. Some for 16 at one sitting.
manufacturers who guarantee their Outwardly the vehicles are the glass for a year only claim that enme both finished in two shades sealing Is unnecessary, and the of maroon, both having entrances Triplex people themselves have and exits in the same places, and made unscaled glass which is quite both bearing a searchlight on the satisfactory for twelve months. or. roof. This searchlight is of 225,000 0. But since they guarantee their candle power, throws a beam 1,000 product for two years and make it yards long, and can be manipulated to last for ever and a day-they seal through a complete circle by al the edges; hence the burnished, handle in the interior, Adding to black finish. chromium plated bumper bara and the effectiveness of the exterior are the word "Patiala" affixed to the with leather, has radiator.
It is a matter for gratification Many motorists have wondered Realising many months ago
The present year has opened in a an extensive promising manner for the British that these two vehicles-embodying why it is that the upper edges of the that there
motor industry, for it has seen a as they do all the skill and resources Triplex glass windows of their cars market for a newer form of city
black; which have of present-day automobile engineer-ure
some, indeed, have transport in the Union of South series of Africa {ng there is indeed strengthened the already optimistic ing and conchbuilding practices, thought that this is done so that throughout the whole of the hopes of the future entertained by have been made throughout by Bri- they shall not be able to see how the
tish labour. They are both mount glass is made! civilised world). Guy Motors, all connected with the industry.
With the world land speed recorded on swift, powerful chassis of Actually, of course, the blackness Ltd., shipped a 66-seater double- deck electric trolley bus to Cape apparently firmly in the keeping of the "Regal" type, manufactured by is the "sen!" of the glass and it and the wonderful the A.E.C.-the well-known builders exists all round the window panes Town, this vehicle being the Great Britain,
of London's buses--and the bodies and windscreen, although as a rule The test was run under the aus- largest which has ever been put successes achieved by British cars
and drivers in the Monte Carlo are the work of Mesurs. Duplo It can be seen only on the tops of pices of the A.C.F., whose officials into service on the African con-
tinent. Wherever the bus put in Rally, there has been added to these Bodies and Motors, Ltd., Edgware the windows. sealed the bonnet before the start. an appearance it naturally creat- the
records achieved On the Road, the Hyde, Hendon.
As is generally known, safety Weather conditions were generally ed intense interest. For several Montihery truck where-light British cars obtained world's records in bad, but at midnight a hurricane days it was demonstrated on the
Class F, covering 4,000 kilos at 55.8 urose and torrential rain fell, so roadway at present served hy
rail-borne trams up the lower m.p.h., and averaging a speed of that it was necessary for the, wind-slopes to the famous Table 55.92 m.p.h. for 48 hours' continuous screen wiper with which the Triplex Mountain, having its termini in running in spite of gate conditions, screen was fitted, to be kept in the shade of the Table Mountain ice and snow; a 24 hours run on
and in Cape Town itself.
the same track by an 8 h.p. British action continuously.
On completion of an extensive car when 1,210 miles were covered Since the bonnet was sealed it! demonstration in Cape Town the at an average of 30.7 m.p.h.; and, wad, of course, impossible for any bus was towed by a Guy seven-
also at Montihery, the breaking of records by a British adjustments to be made, but none ton six-wheeler to Durban, where four world was necessary, for the car ran fault- it was put into service for several light car, at speeds varying from lessly throughout. Stops were made days, demonstrations being 101.8 to 103.1 m.p.h., these perform
to that of approximately every 200 miles for given to Ratepayers' Associationisances being in addition petrol replenishments and a change and the public generally, the Capt. Sir Malcolm Campbell with a car at Daytona when he of drivers, and in less than 20 hours Press interest, of course, being light 1,000 miles had been covered. The immense.
was reached a speed of 94.031 m.p.h. Johannesburg
It is accordingly with this en- speed increased slightly towards the the ultimate destination of the end of this gruelling run, and the bus, but owing to the inability of couraging backing that the British motor industry commences its deter- full 24 hours showed a distance of the Railway Companies to trans- 1,216 miles at an average of 50.7 port it, it was towed a distance of mined effort to extend its market in m.p.h.
418 miles, which is, in fact, a the Argentine, believing that the stupendous towing task without range of vehicles designed and built parallel in the history of African in Great Britain will be found to transport. This task occupied 70meet every transport requirement of
In each case a Walman sliding for carrying cigarettes, cigars and hours actual running time, which, South America. When the British
roof is fitted, and Triplex "purdah") glasses, and the other for holding in itself, is a record, seeing that Empire Trade Exhibition was open-
ed by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales on blue tinted safety glass used for the bottles of wine. The top drawer of throughout the journey most un-
re- this is lined with zinc for carrying usual obstacles had to be over-March 14 the exhibit of the British windows. This glass has the
motor industry was found to markable property of allowing ice. At the rear of these is a three On the first day out it was re-illustrate how thoroughly British perfectly clear vision to the occu-divisioned table which can be quick- alive to the pants of the vehicle but at the same ly erected across the full width of cessary to chop 20 tons of tim- manufacturers are her to allow the bus to pass, and potentialities of this particular mar- time shields them from the gaze of the vehicles. difficulty was experienced with ket. The motor industry exhibits passers-by. From the exterior it The dining saloon, carried out in
were housed in A overhead telephone wires owing
a decorative scheme of brown, is special appears quite opaque. exhibits being For the Interiors teak, polished provided with five to the height of the bus, though pavilion, certain
folding tables
also on this was overcome without In-
an adjoining and bees-waxed by hand, has been fitted with spring rimmed silver terfering with the lines of com-pavilion
general en- used in both cases, This matches battle containers. These tables oc- cupy the front part of the vehicle, and immediately behind is a cur- tained toilet recess fitted with a washbowl of Egyptian silver, mir- rors and convenient drawers. The water supply is obtained from an 18-gallon tank in the roof imme- dlately above. Beyond this comes a fall width partition separating the kitchenette from the dining part of the coach. This is fitted with cabinets for the reception of all crockery and cutlery, and for the storing of foodstuffs. It also con- tain a zinc-lined sink, a chromium- plated tap fed from a 32-gallon water tank in the roof, and a large primus stove. An electrical indica- tor indicates at which of the four tables the "bearer" is wanted.
Far from being a racing or sports model, the little car was a four-door saloon with full equipment; during the hours
of darkness, when the weather was at ite worst, the track was unlighted except by the car's headlamps.
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The appointments of the dining saloon include 24 sets of solid silver
engraved
munication. Maritzburg Town | gineering pavilions, a total area of in the travelling coach with blue cutlery, teapot, coffee-pot, sugar Hill and Laing's Nek were the approximately 20,000 sq. ft, being moquette covered seats, and in the basin, cream jug, etc., two steepest gradients to be occupied. As a centre of attraction, dining car, with a decorative scheme with the Maharajah's crest and a
"Golden Arrow" was ол
of blue and brown. Many of the large number of china pieces also negotiated, but the seven-ton the
the "Blue Bird" car Interior fittings and appointments bearing the crest. lorry towed the Guy double view, while
A silver cocktail shaker is in-. Also displayed during the are common to both vehicles. decker up 1 in 8 slopes without was
There is in each, for Inatarice, a cluded in the fitments of the travel- difficulty. A particularly bad latter part of the Exhibition,
rack for seven sporting guns, fitted ling coach. road between Maritzburg and Newcastle caused some concern,
to the front bulkhead as the low loading bus had to be
beans on the left hand side a blue flambeau light, a 61⁄2 in. diameter towed over the sluits. Remark- able handling of the machine
luminous clock, a mirror in the was necessitated by the lorry
centre, and on the right hand side driver when crossing a bridge on
a luminous speedometer of the same the outskirts of Johannesburg, as
diameter, and another blue flam- there was only 3 in. clearance on
beau light. Projecting through the roof immediately above are the either side, and concern was
working both the again caused when the bus ar-
handles for rived at the Merrivale Subway
searchlight and the movable roof, Bridge, which allowed only 21
and. below the mirror, the search- in. clearance from the roof of the
light switch. A little further down
bus.
the centre panel is the handle coo- trolling the heating which is by means of Thermorad exhaust heat-i ers, and flush aluminium radiator, plates in the floor. Both floors are laid with blue coloured Parador rubber laid on Sorbo rubber which eliminates what very little vibration is apparent when running.
The difficulties attendant on the period of exceptional trade depres sion are not yet overcome, but the British motor industry is facing the future in a spirit of optimism, with the knowledge that the new year hue opened in A
manner that promises well for its expansion and prosperity, with the gratifying as surance that, almost alone among the Important exporting industries of the world it has maintained its position and determined to pursue with redoubled intensity its efforts to secure for its products a position of pre-eminence in the motor mar- kets of the world.
SINGERS IN DENMARK. Singer sales are steadily growing throughout Denmark. Additional showrooms were recently opened in
The most difficult feat was in negotiating the Standerton drift which had to be used as the top girders of the bridge were much too low to admit the passage of the Guy trolley bus. This was the first time in eight years that the drift had been resorted to, and the whole of the population Copenhagen, the ceremony being. The luxuriousness of the interior of Standerton of about 3,000 performed by the British Minister, Europeans and 9,000 Natives Sir Thomas Hohler, and his wife, turned out to see this marvel-supported by a distinguished com lous feat accomplished..
pany Including the Danish press.
lo enhanced in each case by the chromium plated parcel racks, win- dow fittings, handles, table logs, switches, cigar receptacles and light fittings, and an unusual charm given The Guy trolley bus is the USA
to its aspect by the silken damask largest machine of its type in the interest, and His Excellency the curtains that are suspended on each world. It will traverse any type Governor-General, the Earl of side of the windows. These are of main road where passenger Athlone, after completing a care- surmounted by pelmets of the same transport is necessary, carryingful examination of the complete material. To the supports between its full load of 66 passengers on vehicle, and a ride over a two each window are affixed switches for a consumption of less than two mile stretch of tramway route, both the white lights overhead, and units of electricity per cay mile. congratulated the Company on the blue flambeau lights at each It may be of interest to add its initiative in sending this bus 'corner of the vehicle, a buzzer for that the Guy, trolley bus arrived the several thousand miles from signalling to the driver or calling, at. Johannesburg without the England to South Africa. This, "bearer," and an electric ̈ cigar paintwork being scratched, and he said, would have the effect lighter. was accorded a most enthusiastic of stimulating interest in British réception! } { products, and would, no doubs, Again, in Johannesburg the go a long way to improving trade trolley bus evinced considerable between the two countries.
The travelling coach, which con- tains specially sprung seats covered in blue flowered moquette trimmed [(Continued_in_next Column.)
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