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A Weekly Review dealing with Matters of Interest to all Local Motorists.
Motor Notes For a King's Harem-Machine Tests for Nerves--British Motor Industry The Treasure of Attila-Round the World Tour.
MOTOR NOTES. THE TREASURE OF ROUND-THE-WORLD TOUR.
A BRITISH SUCCESS IN
JAMAICA
Mr. F. C. Isaacs, riding n 400 so. O.B.V. Twin Port New-Hudson in the Jamaica Hill Climb on Oc tober 15th, obtained first place, and also fastest time of the day.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ORDER LARGE FLEET OF
GUY SIX-WHEELERS. Messrs. Guy Motors, Ltd., have just received a repeat order from the India Office for 78 Guy Sit wheeled vehicles, these being of the four-cylinder wak! ix-cylinder types similar in design to tho subsidised by the War Office for commercial use in Great Britain,
In addition orders have been re- ceived from many important busi- ness concerns for over 50 vehicles af 25-cw to 7-tons capacity, and 70 to 72 seaters, these contracts amounting to £135,000,
ATTILA.
SHEPHERD'S SEARCH FOR LOST TOMB..
LIFE DEVOTED TO FOLLOW- ING DREAM CLUES.
BUDAPESTY Dec. "14th. Thirty years ago Ferone Forgdes, a shepherd living in the vicinity of the town of Hajduböszörmen near the great plaing saw Attila in dream, and learned from him that his tomb lay, under a mound on the farm of Prod, twelve kilometres from the town. Beyond telling the story, Forgács took no notice of the Vision until three tears ago, when his wife declared that Attila had appeared to her in a dream and had commanded her to search with prayer and freting in the mound at Prod, where she would find his golden collin and the fabulous treasure that had been buried.
BRITISH MOTOR-CYCLİST'S
RECORD TRIP.
BEDOUINS, TIGERS AND **WILD WOOLLY MEN."
After an exciting ride round the which took twenty-four weeks. Flight Sergeant Sparkes, of the R.A.F., arrived in London, having beaten the record for the tour on a Badge motor-cycle and sidecar.
In company with S. T. Glanfield, whom he left exploring in Asia, Sparkes had his first adventure in Northern Africa. He was sur rounded by a group of threatening Bedouins, and only escaped by driving at the crowd. Later, in a Barmer village the two adven- tures were called out of bed by the antives to defend them against a tiger, which was scared away by the engines ol their racing
machines.
The fastest stretch of the tour was the 3,600 miles across America from the Pacific to the Atlante Sparkes covered this in After the second dream the shep-coust. 104,000 MILES: MORRIS CAR'S herd and his wife dedicated their cleven days "averaging over 300.
FEAT.
lives to the search. Having sold day. In Arizona, he was warn- their sheep and pies and the mailed against outlass, and on seeing The record of a 1923 Morris Cow patch of land which they possessed, two wild and woolly" men gesticulating and shouting to him, les, owned by Mr. A. Lingard, of they moved into a tiny cottage nú Sydney, Australia, as a fine tribute the outskirts of the town, and daily Sparkes raced his machine and to the moderately-priced British at dawn this old couple of sixty scattered them. A little later, he 3. The car has covered 104.000 yen (who have reared eleven chil-had to stop because of an apparent" bombardment Earth and stones miles, and is still running walk in
dren) proceed in all weathers the service of its owner, who is a
to the mound at Prod, where they wore fung up alt round him, and on dismounting he discovered that traveller for a city firm, and uses
pursue their excavations, assisted
he had ridden into some quarry the car on business, averaging 30 by three dairymen and inspired by
The wild miles a day, and sometimes carry-old Calvinist palms which they ing very heavy loads in it.
chant while digging.
During the time he has had this To a journalist the wife declared cur in use Mr. Lingard has spent that she is almost nightly visited £21 in repairs on it, including the by "King" Attila in her dreams, cost of a complete overhaul. Dur; and that she has seen the treasure ing recent beavy rains be covered which the tomb contains and been 485 miles over mountait districts, informed what recompense she and and exparienced no trouble, aber husband will receive. In her though many higher powered cars ware help up in different places.
CONCERNING ROYAL CARS.
H.M. King George has expressed" his approval of the Daimler Dou ole Six Engine and has instructed the Daimler Company to fit these engines to the, two Hooper" Limousines which His Majesty al- ways uses on State occasions.
We learn that the
"Hooper. Enclosed Limousine on a 30 Daimler Chassie for H.M. Queen Mary is nearing completion.
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dreams she has been warned not to open the tomb when it is discover- ed, but to travel to Budapest and inform some high oficial of its whereabouts. On the journalist arguing that Attils had been buried in the bed of a river she replied that she was well aware that he had been buried in the river Tisza, and made a suggestion that fifteen hundred years ago the Tisza had flowed over Prod, and the mound on which they were at work had been an land.
(History "records that the body of Attila wis encased in three coffins, the first of iron, the second of silver, and the third and outer one of gold. The river was divert ed from its course while the tomb The fastest car in the world-thewas being built, and all those who 1.000 h.p. Sunbeam, on which took part in the burial were slain that Major Segrave set up a world's immediately afterwards so speed record of 903 m.pih last none should betray the accret of the March-is now on its way to Austomb; but opinions vary as to whe tralia. It has been placed at the ther the river was the Danube, the disposal of the organisers of the Tisza, or the Béga, which flowe be great British Trade Exhibition at tween them, although the legend of Melbourne, and from February the fabulous treasure might suggest zard until April 10th Australians the Danube, so it is recorded that will have an opportunity of seeing the Nicbelung treasure was brought to the banks of the Danube by the this wonderful British car,
Burgunds)..
The Exhibition is devated entire ly to British products, and as only one motor car will be shown it is fitting that it should be the record- breaking Gunbeam
THE LONGEVITY OF BRITISH COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. The series of parades of commer cial motor vehicles held is Londin, and the principal industrial cities during the year ant pily serve theis primary purpose of encourag- ing owners and drivers of these vehicles to maintain them in wall keps and mechanically efficient dition, but also demonstrate tot successfully these heavy, types of
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BRITISH CARS IN JAPAN.
Although the rule of British cars in Japan das never been excep- tionally large; there has been, for! many years past, a steady demand for the high-grade British models. Six-cylinder cars with luxurious Doabhwork daye always favour with the wealthy Japanese. and litterly the eight-cylinder models have attracted attention
found
The Sunbeare Company were one of the earliest fire to develop the eight-eyinder car, and during the past few years have supplied their vehicles by the best British and 50 hp. and 35 h.p. model in con- facturers stand up to their work. videradlo nabere. One of the
One of the largest British users
owner of 5 50 h.b. eight cylinder of motor transport, 5 Meri Principal residents of Tokyo is the Lever Bron, and their subsidiary model, and tirik car is well known companies, who were sucessful in in that Eity, where it imposing winning the Challenge Cup at the appearance and unusual smooth- Preston Motor Vehicle Parts with ss of running constantly evokes two of their Thoray-croft vehicles, Brice for the high-grade British which were adjudged to be the best- pair in their class. Both were Thornycroft vans which had bei purchased as reconditioned ex-war- service vehicles in 1920 and had
Car.
NEW SIDTOR TUG FOR THE COCHIN HARBOUR BOARD.
singy completed well over 10,000 forthy feat has recently mice.
Altogether Messrs. Leyer Bros. Transport Department have won 10, awards with their. Thornycroft vehicles at these parades, including
been achieved by the completion in ten weeks of a ane new motor tug which has just been put into ser vice by the Harbour Department
the 100 guineas Dunlop Challenge of Cochin. She is 40 ft. long by
9 ft. beam and 2 ft 10 in draft, and equipped with the very latest type of motor machinery which has been supphed by the Ailsa Craig Motor Co, Ltd, of Chiswick, London. This machinery
Trophy they won at the Birming ham Parade in 1925. "It is not surprising that one of the first orders John I. Thornycroft &Co., Ltd., booked at the Olympia Show was on behalf of Lever Bros., Ltd, for 38 of the new type consists of B-cylinder 24/38 b.p. 5-ton Thornycraft chuzie, which will increase the Lever Bros' trame- port led to well over no There croft veldeles of different carrying capacities.
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marine motor engine filed with alectric starting motor and a dynama for fighting the ship. With this powerful engine, and & good fire of speed, she is one of the test boate my Cochin,
blasting operations. and woolly mc were outposta who had been detailed to warn travellers of the blasting opera tione. 1
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