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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1932.
THE CHINA MAIL.
CENTRAL THEATRE
NEW YEAR'S DAY ATTRACTION.
PARENTS! You Owe It To Your Children
To Take Them To See
LITTLE MICKEY ROONEY
As The Ten Year Old Boy “King”
TOM
with
MIX
and
his Pony. TONY
MY PAL the KING
Imagine wildfire TOM MIX as the star of a Wild Wast show touring Europe)·
He gets mixed up with the boy king of a small country... is hurtad Into a local political plot ... WOW! THRILLS-ACTION — LAUGHSI
With Mickey Rooney, Stuart Holmes, Noel Francis. Produced by Carl Laemmle, J from the story by Richard Schayer,
Directed by Kurt Neumann,
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE presented by Carl Laemmle
A GOOD CLEAN PICTURE FOR
THE WHOLE FAMILY
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THE MOTORISTS' PAGE |^-
MEN
MEDICAL REGY AND Steady Improvements In THERMOSTAT FOR
MOTORISTS.
Pathological Cause Of Accidents.
Paris.
A committee to investigate the pathological causes of motoring accidents on the public highwaYS of France has been named by Justin Godart, Minister of Public Health.
Cars Annually
Ten Years' Change Shows Striking Difference
Such accidents, M. Godart points out, constitute a growing danger to the population, and they often are said to be due to that
mental weak some physical or ness of the man at the wheel.
BETTER MECHANICAL BALANCE
of medium
the
· COOLING CAR.
Feature Of New Austin "Twenty."
The Austin Twenty, with the announcement of this programme, enters upon its 14th year of con tinuous production a record which surely must be unique in motoring annals.
By constant improvement, it has kept pace with the require ments of the motoring
com.
HUGE LAWSUIT IN AMERICA.
Quarrel Over Patent Gear Change.
I understand that the most sen- sational lawsuit in the history of the motor-car industry is contem- plated in the United States, writes Motoring Correspondent. Harold Pemberton, Daily Express.
It concerns the master patent of an easy gear-change device. Mil- involved. lions of pounds will probably bo
At the moment motor manu- facturers throughout the world are. To a casual observer it may seem1 established for cars
Concentrating on providing cara the striking difference be- price. Other chassis trends of the munity, and the new Ranelagh with adme methods of changing tween the cars of 1923 and the frames and quieter gears; both degree its present popularity.
1926-27 period were towards lower limousine should maintain în full gears that is simple and, in fact,
fool-proof. 1933 models which are already ap- prompted by the success of the sa- Heavy Meals,
pearing is due to steady yearly, im-loon..
This seven-seater body has all there are hosts of such devices, in At the Motor Show at Olympíu "The heavy meals and the Provements. This view is to some!
Rigid Frame System. the elegance of line expected of a which the public has shown the libations of Sunday outings," extent correct, but closer investiga find coachwork again to the fore. fact, this new limousine, with pens in regard to the present con-
Examining the 1927-28 period we
car to be owner-driven and inkeenest interest Whatever hap- the Minister observes, "are to n
tion shows clearly that year by The fabric-covered body was seen certain degree responsible.
troversy motorista will not be the But year, various components have had everywhere, both the Weymann
the barely noticeable division sufferers, for the battle is purely a allowance must also be made for light than have others. There are, system being well represented. owner-driver use.
a much larger share of the lime-flexible type and the rigid-frame lowered, is fully suitable for domestic affair. the slight disturbance of mental in short, fashions in new develop- However, while fabric held
One of the big American cor- equilibrium which is
poration alleges that a rival has in- common ments just as in every other depart-field in Europe, America was rapid-
Thermostat Control.
fringed its master patent. This and which is augmented by the ment of human activity.
ly acquiring the knowledge neces-
The provision of thermostat has been adopted under licence by One year four-wheel braking is sary for building a body economi- sensation of speed, the excite discussed and developed almost tocally from steel pressings, finished control for the cooling system is out the world-British, French, numerous manufacturora through- ment of passing other cars and the exclusion of all other parts of in cellulose. other incidents of driving an au- a car; this was in 1928, writes a
one which should improve per-Italian and German included. At that time, too, modern features formance, and the bright chrom-
Plant costing hundreds of thou- tomobile. Moreover, the fatigue contributor to the "Motor." For one such as the single-frame wind-ium-plated Biflex lamps heighten sands of pounds has been laid down of long hours at the wheel or two successive years designers screen, unsplinterable glass and the effect of the tasteful colours. in various countries to develop this wenkens and even annihilates terested in braking, but, in the wide-spread attention.
and the public remained actively in sliding roofs began really to attract
particular type of easy gearchange. The Whitehall saloon (on the Many thousands of cars are al- the attention and the reflexes," meantime, other champions held
Chassis changes were less ob- short wheelbase chassis), a five-ready equipped with the device, and Several leading medical men the field: witness the balloon-tyre vious, but included the more gener-seater model for fast touring, is plans have been made for the pro- have agreed to serve on the developments of 1924. Naturally, al use of coil ignition, rear tanks, retained; it incorporates the duction of vast numbers similarly committee. They will have the it takes longer than a year for new servo brakes and one-shot lubrica- thermostat cooling control, and is fitted during the coming season. expert assistance of Baron Petiet, features such as these to become tion, apart from the continued six-fitted with chromium plated president of the Chamber of generally adopted and to be refined cylinder engine frend and
(in lamps. Automobile Constructors: Vis-into a wholly suitable form so that America) concurrent development count de Rohan, president of the one change overlaps another. of "eights." Automobile Club of France, and Edmond Chaix, president of the Touring Club of France.
BARTERING REVIVED
IN KANSAS CITY.
Trading Spares For Gasoline.
Капель City.
A comparatively recent develop- ment in the ancient art of barter
Both the Ranelagh and the Whitehall now have a new press- ed-steel luggage carrier of con- venient- design and elegant appearance.
CARS RUINED BY CHEAP OILS.
120122
Statistics of most. service de partments show that more cars are ruined by cheapoll than are wreck- ed in road accidents, bays a state- ment, legued by all the landing Bri- tish motor car manufacturers.
They deprecate "the tendency of sommotorists, to purchase cheap. lubricating oils of unknown origin and quality instead of the standard.
nationally advertised brands which alone are recommended or approved by us,"
in
All the while steady and valuable work is proceeding upon the im provement of other components, so that in practically every part each year's "model" is to some extent SCENTED CARS FOR WOMEN, better than its predecessor. Such
changes, being graduai, do not al
AUSTINS LEAD THE At least one car dealer has the ways receive the appreciation which interior of new cars faintly sprayed they deserve; an outstanding ex-
· EXPORT TRADE. with perfume every morning. The ample is found in the literally en- idea is frankly intended to attract ormous advance in engine perform-
Sales In China Trebled the woman customer. The dealer ance which has occurred, gradually, in question believes that the attrac- during the ten-year period under
Since Last Year. tion of a car is enhanced if olfactory
review. appeal is added to visual appeal. A glance backwards through is going by the board in Kansas
More Austins are exported than Motorists and tile retall trade are A correspondent considers the these years will help to elucidate City. Filling station attendants are any other British make of car, and urged to adhere to brands of lubri idea is capable of extension in con- the steps which have led us from refusing to trade gasoline for orders from overseas, following the cants nationally advertised, and re- nection with motoring. Consider mentary cars of 1928 to the highly umbrellas, or what have you.
the serviceable but relatively ele-wrenches, apare tyres, earrings, recent announcement of the new commended by makers for use
cars of their manufacture.. petrol, for instance. It has a per developed productions now being The reason is that those who run numerous that production has been ** Austin - programme, have been so sistent odour, which varies in un- pleasantness with the brand. Leav Announced; we may also find our-filling stations must settle for their taxed to the utmost to keep up with ing out the enthusiasts, to whom the at the trend of current and futurela pair of pliers or a framed picture most 300 Austins were exportéd.""}
NEW PAVEMENT-IN USE. selves able to make a shrewd guess gasoline in cash, whereas a bridle, demand. Recently, for instance, al- odour of petrol is more pleasant than the most exquisite perfume
changes.
represents a slow-sometimes a
New paverentiis, now available that over titillated the nostrils of
In Calcutta, Ceylon and the Malay on the coast State highway be- frozen-asset.
States, more cars of Austin manu-tween Newport Beach and Corona mankind, it is obvious that cartion of 1923-24 and the balloon-one attendant who had quit the1acture are sold than of any other del Mar for 4.8 miles: This cement
All these articles and more, sald users would prefer to use a petrol tyre phase which over-lapped them pawnshop business," had been taken
make.
concrete road of pleasant aroma rather than the rendered essential changes and im- in at his station at one time or just to hand, the number of Austin $118,800, it is noted by the en- was recently com- ordinary spirit.
In Portugal, for which figures are pleted, at an approximate cost of provements in steering gears and another. springing systems; this trend has continued up to the present time found themselves stranded far from British make..
Not only penniless tourists who five times that of the next leading mobile Club of Southern California. vehicles registered last year Was gineering department of the Auto-
and has not yet finished by any their destinations, but nearby means. Wheel wobble became trou-residents hard pressed to keep trebled.
In China Austin sales havo blesome, was vanquished and reap family care rolling left gooda in quadrupled during the past year In Spain they have peared later when road speeds in-hock" creased-only to be overcome once changes, he said.
or made permanent Ex- (the Madrid, Police Force and again. The well-base rim appeared Accessories from cars went, first, equipped with Austin Sevens) and Spanish Army are now being
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First Improvements. The four-wheel-brake. introduc
and endured,
be.
To cope with this expansion of
production of Austin cars, factory than 20 per cent. of the total
representatives are located in all the leading oversens niarkets to main-
"Show-to-Show" Perfod,
apparently, then less essential The next "Show-to-Show" period
brica-a-brae from the home if need in New Zealand more than one out of three British cura in usë dre (1925-26), was mainly notable for Floor lamps, watches, flash-
Austins. the real commencement of the sa-Tights, rings, beads, Invallieres and loon car fashion from that time other knick-knacks have been in his exports, which now represent more onwards the proportion of closed second-hand stock, awaiting redemp cara sold Increased rapidly at the tion or conversion into cash. expense of tourers. Whereas ag open model had previously always cost less than a saloon, the price difference: began to shrink, even- tually to disappear. Furthermore, makers of small chassis found that they had to list a saloon model in the happy prospect of holidays to With Christmas near, and with casos where previously only a tourer was offered come, many car owners are mak
The box-like saloon was soon ing plans for their vacations, and found to amplify all chassis noise are giving their vehicles agen- to an alarming extent, matched eral "vetting" in readiness for.
PREPARATION OF HOLIDAY tain close contact with the world
EQUIPMENT.
wide organisation of Austin distributors.
CONTROLLING RECKLESS DRIVERS.
Approximately jur, 12,000,000 Bol tour. A profitable 27,000,000, motor vehicles in the
only by its ability to reverberate in the manner in which United States and Canada are
sympathy with mechanical vibra and Lions
es the motorist can occupy some of operating under the provisions of Designers concentrated on the his spare time during the next the safety responsibility law spon problem, and an important result few weeks is in the overhauling sored by the American Automobile was the development of low-priced and manufacture of camping Association, according to Owen B. six-cylinder cars, the better me equipment.
KETUA Augspurger, president of the Now chanical balance and smoother ter- If he desires to be economical York Automobile Club, which is que obtained with a larger num- he can for trifling suma procure affiliated with the national body. ber of cylinders relieved the body the material for making many The high percentage of cars 45 nolae problem. In 1926 there were items of equipment. Folding per cent now, no fewer than 26 new six-cylinder tables, partitioned picnic boxes, similar measures in 19 chrasis at Olympia; the trend con- drip safes, and other utensils can five Canadian Province tinned, and within a few years the all be produced in the home Augspurger added,"
Six previously found only in workshop by the ingenious la being inde in the d expensive cara became thoroughly amateur;
controlling reckless drive
under
this or Xtes and
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