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THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1933.
Through The Libyan DesertTM
MOTORING NOTES.
A BRITISH CAR'S RECORD CLIMB.
Gear box Sealed By Official Observers.
:
British Expedition Back From AVERAGED 23.8 M. P. H.
Perilous Trek
"A small forest, 6 miles wide, of dead trees whose trunks, 10 to 12 inches in diameter, had been cut off at ground level by a sand blast and lay strewn about отег the
sand."
THE CHINA MAIL.
Extinguishers In The Garage
STREAMLINNING
PROGRESS
Danger Of Sand In Engines.
A reminder that a garage where
More Urgent Improve motor vehicles are kept with petrol
Neglected? in the tank is held to be a storage place, and thus must be equipped A British car, one of the re-motor engineers and designers will of a type capable of extinguishing Indications are not lacking that with "fire-extinguishing apparatus cently introduced Austin Light produce more completely. stream-fires occasioned by burning petro- Twelve-Fours, has achieved 2 remarkable climb, in top gear
lined cars in a not very distant leum spirit, or a supply of sand or only, up Black's Spur Hill on the future. The problem of reducing other effective means for extingish- TRIBE DISCOVERED IN OLD CRATER road over the Great Dividing head resistance with a view to ob ing such fires," is afforded by a
Range in Victoria, Australia.
taining greater speed for a given recent prosecution at Eastbourne Before the start of this climb power, or for more economically for failure to comply with this top gear was engaged, the gear employing the power available, regulation. lever removed and the gearbox has been with, us, and has been re-sand may comply with the regula
Needless to say, while a supply of London. ground, however, was "nearly
sealed by official observers. cognised, for years.. white with the little shells of one
The car with driver and ob Very little, however,
tion, the effect on an engine of hav particular kind of freshwater shell- fish" showing that at some time mile ascent, rising 1,116 feet, in more urgent and more important buretter is not, to put it mildly, server then accomplished a two-done, probably because there were it in the neighbourhood of the car- has beening a bucketful of sand emptied over not far distant, the area must have the remarkable time of five min-improvements to be made than that improving. The wisest thing is to been a lake.
two-fifths of discovering the shape offering equip the car with a good fire ex- average of 23.8 the least resistance to the air.
tinguisher, and to leave it perman Silence, reliability. a month after they had left the When it is known that the power, good brakes, road balance, attention of petty thieves.-"The increased ently in position-but safe from the This is one of the many interest-Nile-when they had travelled climb included nine hairpin body comfort, rapid acceleration Autocar." ing things about the Libyan desert over 3,000 miles!
bends and gradients in places of improved gear boxes and superior described by Major R. A. Bagnold growing in a mad pas surrounded formance is recognised as all the interested the motorist much more Further on, in a clump of trees one in six-and-a-half, the per- steering were all features which Royal by sand at an altitude of 2,300, more outstanding.
than the possibility of saving they came upon an ostrich's nest. Ten
years ago, in a. special power by reducing head resistance The next consisted of 94 erga contest on this hill, in which 34-("The Autocar"). "arranged in a circle about 12 feet of the fastest touring cars and across, and a central clutch of most expert drivers in Australia some 20 eggs upon which a bird took part, using all gears, the was sitting."
fastest time recorded was four "This," added Major Bagnold. minutes thirty-one and one-fifth was the only big nest we saw, but seconds, achieved by a thirty its size cannot be exceptional, for horse-power car.
Jutes seven and "Fresh, green rain-given vegeta-seconds, or an |tion" was sighted for the first time
m.p.h.
in a lecture to the Geographical Society.
Describing his experiences in this drought ridden desert where "rain falls too seldom in any one place to support permanent vegeta- tion other than an occasional plant of the specialized drought-proof variety," Major Bagnold said:
"The whole area is almost uni-ja form in character. With the not- able exception of Uweinat' there are no mountains worthy of surface consisting name, the gently titled flats of bare gravel, or sand, with low
scarps sometimes over in height.
the
twenty-seven seconds
we saw later a pair of birds with The second fastest time was
brood of more than 50 young
outside chicks all about the same size."
Strange Crater Found. Another curious spot was
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NEW £3,000,000 ROAD.
Liverpool To Manchester Highway Open.
The new £3,000,000 road from Liverpool to Manchester has been opened unofficially. It is 27 miles)
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of Lan- the time achieved by the Austin
cashire and two miles within the Twelve-Four, 3 fact
city of Liverpool. It begins at Hall which The 1933 edition of "Motor- Avenue, Walton, Liverpool, and ends dis-strikingly indicates the advances ing Abroad," published annually ut covered by the expedition at the made in motor car design, dur-by the American Automobile The work of construction has occu-
Irlama-o'-th-Height, end of a two-days' journey through in recent years. of
*seemingly
Association, is ready for dis-pied four years, and at the peak endless miles"
of That the present climb will tribution, it is announced. The period of two years 2,000 men were. rock, heakanit' grass
and
after have enhanced considerably the handbook contains information engaged on it. hills. frequent stops to clear the seats of prestige of British motor pro-about transporting the car, cus falling steeply to lower levels by the cars of hurrs and to extract ducts in Australia is evidenced toms regulations and driving in and does not pass through any The road is almost dead straight 1,000 feet their hundies of tiny needles from by the reports in the Australian Europe. Copies may be obtain-intermediate towns, though it skirts
their clothes and bodies.
Press which term the feat "a reed (10 cents postage fee) from a portion of St. Helens. For two "Scattered at intervals of several It was the creater of Malha, rismarkable perfomance for a car the A. A. A. headquarters, miles the width between fences is hundred miles lie the vasis-depres-ing less than 100 feet above the with an RA.C. rating of only Pennsylvania Avenue at Seven- 120ft. sions, usually surrounded by cliffs, parched brown plain on the west. 11.9-h.p.",
The central carriage-way teenth Street, Washington, D.C. measures 40ft, with a stone kerb (or from its foreign travel on each side, and a verge is left| division at 501 Fifth Avenue, for future development, with a 40ft. wide space for alow traffic. The According to the association, old road between Manchester and 40 per cent of the 200,000 Liverpool is very narrow and Americans to whom passports fortuitous, and is 344 miles long were issued in 1982 had recrea-between the respective town halls. Although a wireless eet as part of Overseas travel has been sim-carry the road, which contains. 24 tional travel as their objective. Thirty bridges had to be made to of a mile acros8, was swarming the built-in equipment of a car is plified by more liberal customs "circuses," each 240ft. in diameter. with men, women, and children, no new thing, the time is overdue rules, lower steamship fares and and, their cattle watering at the when British radio manufacturers reduced many springs.
should give this type of set their mobiles
hotel rates, Auto- carried un- of the serious consideration.
erated in "floating garages!",
and deep enough to penetrate to ern edge of the Meidab Hills. Al the level of the artesian water around there was practically no which is the only permanent source sign of human occupation.
of supply in the country."
Hard Going For Cars. The eight members of the party travelled in four cars over more
The sudden view down into the interior was, then, all the more astonishing.
WIRELESS ON THE New York City.
CAR.
"When we saw it," said Major Meeting Motorists' Needs than 5,000 miles of new country Bagnold, the whole of the bottom) where there were no tracks at all of the great pit, about a quarter to guide them and where, at times, motoring became terribly monoton ous and it was hard to keep awake. Major Bagnold described how at one point they came upon a mud "The final explosion hollow containing two large crater has left the level of the piti The efficiency of first-class port- clumps of green
covering bottom well below that of the able sets used in cars has already some 50 acres. They thought at underground water-level here, so been proved, and, no doubt, they That a circle of fresh water springs would meet the needs of many But there was no water and surrounds and drains into the cen-motorists were it not for the fact everything else was dead. The tral lake."-Reuter.
trees,
first that it was an oasis.
N
EFFECT OF SLUMP ON STUDENTS.
More Study And Less Entertainment Now.
Ann Arbor, Michigan.
that they are not easy to accommo- date on a car carrying its full com- plement of passengers.
The attraction of the built-in set is that it does not occupy any "passenger space."-"The Autocar."
DID YOU KNOW.
are now
BRITAIN'S ROAD -
RAIL WAR.
Motor Coach Operators. Face Fare Cuts.
jsport."
TRUST AMERICA.
Transport services in England certainly provide a
range of tickets wide enough to gladden the heart of an enthusiastic col- lector. The return half of a diagonally cut child's ticket as panier would probably form one issued by some railway
com-
of the smallest exhibits in such a collection.
EXTREMELY DESIRABLE PRICES.
"GLYN'S" "STETSON”
and "BORSALINO” FELT HATS
AT HALF PRICE
are the main item of this sale. The early arrival of the first of the new. Autumn shipments warrants us clearing all surplus stock. This is being done at
HALF PRICE
SUN HELMETS, CAPS,
STRAW HATS.
Discount will be allowed off REGULAR STOCK for Cash.
GOLF HOSE $1.45, $2.95, $3.75.
SOCKS 95 Cts.. $1.45. $1.75.
BOW TIES $1.00 each.
LONG TIES from $1.75.
BATHING COSTUMES, HALF PRICE.
ODDMENTS in UNDERWEAR. HALF PRICE
SHIRTS
PYJAMAS
from $2.95
$5.75
RAINCOATS less 20% discount.
"KELTIC" FOOTWEAR
in Black and Brown Leathers at 25% Liscount.
ALL SIZES -ALL FITTINGS INSPECTION INVITED.
WM. POWELL, LTD.
THE GENTLEMEN'S HOUSE,
9, Queen's Road Central-Ice House Street Corner,
TYPHOON MAP
OF THE CHINA SEA
THE LANDSMAN'S HANDY GUIDE TO LOCATING THE CENTRE OF A
TYPHOON
NO GREAT WOMEN BRIDGE PLAYERS
Motor coach operators are taking
It would, however, be neces immediate steps to counter thesary to call upon Ammerica to recently announced fare cuts of the provide the other extreme, for, Lack Courage But
railways. Representatives of 16 in addition to tall buildings and Are Methodical,
provincial associations from all tall stories, that country now A 30-Cwt. Car travelling at. parts of the country will attend a Produces tall tickets apparently. VETERAN AUTHORITY'S VIEW
speed of 45 m.ph. has sufficient meeting in London convened by the The Greyhound Company, of Economic distress of the past energy to lift itself vertically Motor Hirers and Coach Services America, recently prepared for a three years has caused University into the air to a height of no Association, says "Motor Tran- tourist a ticket combining forty Cape Town. students here to study more, enter-less than 70 ft.
fares and available for travel in Women as a class are better tain less, read more useful books
The Yorkshire Motor Coach twenty States. It was 2 yards bridge players than
for recreation, think more serious- A car men, but the
of this weight needs owners, Ltd., an association of 150 11 inches long. ily about their careers, and take only а greatest players in the world are all more exercise, according to conclu-engine to get this speed, but to called a special meeting to consider IRISH FREE STATE
moderately powerful independent coach operators, has men. The reason is simple-women sions reached from a survey direct(bring it to a standstill within the situation. They had just com- have not the iraagination or courage ed by Professor Angel of the the safe braking distance of 90 pleted a comprehensive scheme for to be great players, but they know University of Michigan Sociology ft. requires the equivalent of 150 standardising coach excursion fares
ja.-D.
in Yorkshire In order to eliminate If the Irish Free State Trans- Questionnaires filled in by senior
price-cutting. It is now likely that port Bill becomes law it means students indicated that "the depres The heat generated during they will ask for a reduction in the the end of independent road) This is the opinion of Mr. Robert sion has had no pronounced effect in brake application is such that it fares provided for in the scheme. transport by haulage contractors Manning Foster, one of the world's religion and philosophy, although would raise 2 pints of
water
In that country and the complete THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD.
the methodical game
men.
Department.
better than
*
greatest bridge authorities, who has church attendance and participation less than 284 seconds.
there has been a slight increase in from 70 F. to boiling point in arrived in South Africs from Aus-in church activities." The stu- tralia on a lecture tour.
dents' verdict was that "the church, To enable the brakes to create! itself is too disorganized and con- the necessary force the pressure Contract bridge he contends 18)
fused to help to a very great ex-fon the brake lining must be at far superior to auction. Auction tent."-Reuter.
least 16,800 lbs or five times the players are us a rule nothing morej
total weight of the car itself..
than "card pushers," but contract is
an intellectual game chess.
WOMEN ARE WORSE
THAN MEN 125
Arguments
THREAT.
domination of the railway in- terests, says "Motor Transport."
Whether Mr. de Valera is play- ing for complete nationalisation of transport or
just to squash Ames, la road transport is beside the recomparative point. Here is a measure on skills of men and women auto-which, without any exaggera- obfle drivers may rage in many tion, the existence of an industry &.drawing-rooms, but here are depends. Its fate is of serious
Imale side:
po mamifacturers, and the pro-
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Storm Signals.
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CE 50 CENTS
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on par with WINTER BABIES ARE BY-PASSES AND LOCAL TRADE. Come windings that may help the direct concern to British vehicle BUICK
"Contract bridge is no game for a coward said. Mr. Foster: "The main essentials for a good contract player are:
BONNIEST.
American Medico's
View
WE HAVE IN STOCK AND FOR SALE!
Dr. A. R. Lauer of the ject must be regarded by goods SALES AND SERVICE rest varieties of used and unused
A popular plece of incorrect rea- soning by tradespeople is to oppose Isychology, department of Iowa vehicle operators in this country the construction of by-pass roads on State College, after tests of 950 as an illuminating object and a Interest in the game, to regard
the grounds that they draw away drivers concludes that perpetual warning. It as an intellectual pastime and
traffic. Actually, the traffic which a They "kill the engine", twice Milwaukee, Wisconsin. not to regard it as a source of
by-pass draws off is largely useless as often as men. They cut 24 IMPROVED EXPORTS The winter months are lucky to the shopkeeper. amusement, attention to and months in which to be born claimed
per cent, more corners, erroneous-! It consists almost entirely ofly." concentration on the game, and a speaker recently at a meeting of lorries or cars whose drivers have a They make nearly three times Trade Returns for February, the According to the Board of the American Medical Association definite and probably distant as many unnecessary flourishes total exports of British cars dur Mr Foster Introduced auction
He said that children born in destination in view. It is the ordia in getting their car in motion, ing the month were valued at bridge to America in 1906 and it winter are healthiest apparently beary tourist, out for an afternoon and took him two years to make the cause their mothers receive the "ramble," who in most likely to stop,
4428,582 This figure, com Americans interested in the game. benefit of spring and summer, sun- and the Increasing tendency of this sistently shows an increase of £226,612, The clash the gears more con-pared with February, 1932 He has written over 60; books on shine while the babies are under- type of driver is to leave main roads Bridge, and is 70 years of age-going development before birth In search of the by-lanes. Reuter.
courage.
Router,
Antocar
But the woman, it is pointed January's car exports, moreover, ("The out drives only 69 per cent, as were 200,000 greater than for
much as the average man driver, the same month of last year.
1933 models made in Canada."
No local tax. No Canadian premium. Delivered Hong Kong prices from $1.390.00 U, S. Currency.
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