2.
Ideas Wanted,
An international competition which aims at discovering the best. device for the protection of „cars against theft has been organised by the German A. C. Prizes of £5, £12. 10s. and £3 are offered.
a Plato for Tyres.
Ah appeal to stop the objection- able practice of making the River Eden at Carlisle a dumping placo for old tyres has been made by the chairman of the Eden "Fishery
Board.
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"What Can a Man Do?"
When a motorist was fined at Northwich for failing to give audible warning he remarked. "I was told off last week for making too much noise and now I am in trouble for not doing sa What can a man do?"
Obstructions to Reduce Speed.
Sandylands, the new promenade at, Morecambe, which has been built at a cost of £40,000, was recently opened by the Lord Mayor of Leeds. Entirely new ideas have been incor porated in its construction, and, in addition to the usual rock gardens, it has a black and red "diamond"
surface and the carriage-way is constructed so that there are ob structions in the form of protruding
speeding,
Warning Signs.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1930.
MOTOR NOTES.
The A.A. are fixing reflex sigr on telegraph piles at beads on the London to Holyhead road. They consist of a replica of the Associa tion's, badge, studded with refice- tors, which, picked up by the lights of approaching ears, sbow red on the near side and white on the off
xide.
Australian Imports,
It is stated that the imports of motor chassis during February into Australia totalled 2015, of which C10, or 23 per cent., came from the United Kingdom. This is under- stood to be the highest percentage for a long period, though the total itself is below that of previous
.months.
To Prevent Dumping."
In order to secure for home in-
dustries d's far as possible absolute; priority in French markets the cu toms duties on cars imported into Franco has been increased by about
Danny Men's Cars.
A contribution to the ever-green insurance discussions—
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The Scot, by birth a cautious man, Might welcome my insurance plan Designed to save his purse. If he insured half his car t' Get the premium pro ratu, He might indeed da worse. For cars to-day which move with
caution
Get battered in their hinder por
tion.
Slight Misunderstanding.
During the War an A.A. member sold, his car. The new owner was asked either to join the Association or to return the badge. He re- plied that he thought the badge carried the initials of the previous owner of the car; he had, therefore, scrapped it and had a new badge made embodying his own initials! On the Gears,
Driving an Invicta cat in which Inat year she completed 30,000 miles at Brooklands track, Miss Violette Cordery recently completed a run
rock gardens at intervals to preveo 25 per cent., it having beca decided under R.A.C. observation on top to levy date in future upon the set sale price of the car in France and not upon the wholesale cast of production in the U.S.A. From Left to Right.
B. S. A.
WIN
SIX CUPS in a month
Cotswold Cup Trial
B.S A. won
Wm. Box Trophy Gloucestershire Cup
"
TEAM PRIZE
5 Gold Medals
Victory Cup Trial
S.A.
won
CUPS
2 Gold Medals
Colmore Cup Trial B.S.A. won
Cranmore Trophy
2 Gold Medals
Lead the Way
on a B.SA.
Next year the whole of Austria will observe the right-hand rule of the road, but as the change-over is being effected by degrees some con fusion is to be expected for several months το
Come. Salzburg and Tyrol have already adopted the new rule, but in Eastern Tyrol and in Upper Austria no change is to take) clare as yet.
Neither Austria, Styria and Carinthia still observe the left-hand ralé,
Tax Concession.
the
IS BROOKLANDS A
··DEATH TRAP?,
QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD, BE ANSWERED.
(1) Is the track too small modern high speeds T (2.). Do too many cars
gether 1
12 OZ. PER B.H.P.
WONDERS OF ROLLS-ROYCE
AERO ENGINE.
4,000 H.P. SPEED. BOAT.
SIR H. SEGRAVE'S NEW 41 TONS MARVEL.
AEROPLANE TAIL.
Further and still more remark forable figures are now available re- lating to the Rolls-Royce Schneider race to Trophy engine with which fresh
A revolutionary idea in speed attacks on the world's speed re-boats, a gleaming monster with cord will be made very shortly. 4,000 horse-power engines driving a Per brake horse power developed steered by two rudders at the stern tiny propeller at incredible speed, the weight of this engine is 12 and bow, with streamlined structure oz. only, as compared with between of wood, steel, and duralium, and
and 10 la, for the average mo
the tail of an aeroplane. tor-car engine. Whereas the nor- mal engine gives 38 b.h.p. per 100 cubic inches of cylinder capacity (or with a supercharger just over 40 b.h.p.), the Bolls-Royce gives
(3.) Should boy drivers be allowed
to flirt with death i The terrible disaster on the Brooklands motor-racing träck, Wegbridge, recently, has created a feeling of deep concern throughout England.
One spectator was killed and
twenty injured, some of them being seriously maimed, and a great num hor of women completely broke down following the pitiable scenes 00 witnessed when one of the cars cut
In its standard form this en-
a path through a crowd of specta-gine is designed to give 825 b.h.p., but the Schneider Trophy version tors.
delivers 1,500 b.h.p. Three fae-
When accidents of this nature occur there is a tendency to con- ceal the full facts and forget about the unfortunate business as soon as possible.
Bear only through the heart of the City, from St. James's, S.W. to Bow Church, E. Miss Cordery in- bends, in addition, to drive from London to Edinburgh and back on
For a number "of reasons, the first gear. to Monte Carlo and back i public have a full right to demand on third gear, and from London a thorough and searching inquiry. to John o' Grouts on second gear, into the whole question of the con- finishing with a run at Brookiands duct of racing on Brooklands track. of 25 miles in reverse.
Brooklands was built as long ago as June, 1907. It was constructed Attempt to Minimise Skidding.
on the estate of the late. Mr. Looke King. On the death of her has hand the estate passed to Dame Ethel Locke King, who is the pre-
It is understood that the Minister of Transport has notified county road engineers that no new smooth
surface road scheme will in future be given financial aid from the Road Fund. This decision is thought to be almost directly due to the stability of the cars that took part in the last Ulster Tourist
sent owner,
It was built for a safe speed of possibly a little over 120 miles per hour. The engineer who designed it never thought that cars would Trophy, when the roads were wet
travel faster than this speed. in some places and dry in others. speeds of cars have
But in twenty-three years the The surface of the course specially treated to minimise skid speed that directly challenges the
The mously. modern car attains ding, and the results were so success-safety limit of the track." fu! that full details were obtained And brought to the notice of the Ministry.
"Saturation Point."
Was
The "Double Twelve
rigen
enor-
Race.
In the Double Twelve Hour race there were about sixty, starters. The cars engaged were capable of Speeds varying from 09 to 13 miles an hour. The start was a massed
tora contribute to this:
(1) Alteration to almost every. thing except the actual figures for the bore and stroke, which are 6 in. and 6 in. respectively. (2) The fitting of a super charger, the rotor of which does 32,500 r.p.m. at full throttle.
(3) The fitting of a form of airscoop, the effect of which at nearly six aie-miles & minuta is very considerable indeed.
MOTOR ROAD TO RUIN.
PROPERTY SOLD TO PAY DAMAGES.
La France, according to the old Napoleon code still in foreg, a man o be sent to gaol for the non- payment of damages awarded" in court.
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For this M. More Dussind, a fonner Member of Parliament, is now in the Sante Prison in Paris.
M. Dussaud, who did gallant ser- rice as an aviator during the war, met with a serious motoring acci dent at Lyons two years ago,
His car dashed into a group of four perions, one was killed "and three others were seriously injured:
He was ordered to pay £4,400 damages to hie victims.
To do so M. Dusanud sold 'all his property, and he is now totally · ruined.
He paid all the damages, except in one case..
Creditor Pays for Food.
1. Boanaud was to receive £680," and M. Dussaud paid him, 290, but was unable to complete the amount.« The injured man refused to give
That a brief description of Miss England 11, the amazing new boat in which Sir Henry Segrave intends. Dussaud time to pay, and re- to attack, on Lake Windermere this cently applied to the Court to have month, the world's water speed re.
him seat to prison.. cord of 3 miles an hour held by America.
"
Sir Henry Segrave recently dis- cussed his plans, and disclosed details of the design of the boat which have hitherto been kept
secret.
He described iss England II. which has cost more than £25,000 to build and is said to be capable of a speed of more than 190 miles an hour as "one of the most unortho- dox speedboats yet designed."
I hope to travel at well over 100 miles an hour," he said, "but until the boot has been tested on the water I cannot say how she will behave. Miss England II. is a re- of her kind ever built. volutionary type of boat, the first been built for Lord Wakefeld st She has
Cowes, and is the design of Mr. Frederick Cooper, with whom 1 have collaborated.
She is 40 feet in length and weighs more than 4 tons. Yet her engines, which develop 4,000 horse- two Schneider Trophy Rolls-Royco Fower, will be driving a screw only
15 inches in diameter.
Of these modifications probably the last mentioned will be of most interest to the enthusiastic owner driver, "who has often "considered the possibilities of an air scoop or, perhaps, has even tried fitting This screw will revalve at 19,300- one in his younger days. The diff revolutions minute. You can chity is that on a car the direc tell how terrific & speed this is hy tion and strength of the air intake,comparing it with the next fastest is constantly varying. But in the speed known, that of Miss England case of aircraft the wind pressure
I, which was 6,500 revelations. is practically constant in whatever than 3,500 revolutions,
Other speed-boats seldom do more. direction one may be fying, and speeds are so much higher. Thus an air-scoop begins to have an ap apreciable supercharging effect at even 120 m.p.h.-and the Rolls Royce engined S.6 has already ac- complished. three times that speed.
There was considerable con. gestion and bunching, especially on the steep railway banking coming out of the finishing straight.
rather like the fuselage of a giant "On the water the boat will look racing aeroplane, with her stream hoed hull and out-of-the water which resembles the rudder of n flying machine
"No other boat has ever been designed in this way, and we hope that this will give us the greatest possible speed.
In the case of firms entering cars, Who employs these youngsters
"We are relying on the great do those responsible take sufficient strength of the hull and its inside pains to easure that the novices shield of dualism to withstand the they employ are capable of hand-strain of the attempt alone, and. ling high-powered machines!
unlike Miss England L. the new Do the Brooklands nuthorities boat. will not carry make certain that all drivers come 5,000 pingpong balls.
a ballast of un to required standard of efiency?
And finally
of the public?
New regulations have been issued by the Ministry of Transport, for ternporary admittanee of chicles belonging to inotorists from abroad visiting England. These regulations grant four months xemption from tax to visitors. The 4.A. states that this exemption will be reckoned with the calendar year -January 1 to December 31-and at, az before, within one year pre-
Mr. C. W. Nash, president of the cuding the date of importation. «
Nash Motors Company of. U.S.A., Speeding Police.
is of the opinion that the auto- The Government of Western Aus-mobile industry in
the United one. tralia has purchased two Speed Six
States reached the Bentley cars for the use of the police saturation point" sometime ago. legendary in Perth and other parts of the That is, it reached the point which Is the track sufficiently safe for country. These cars are equipped manufacturing facilities in America a race in which so many sigh-speed with wireless and, of course, are had fully caught up with the public limit to the number of runners!
ears are engaged? Should there be extremely fast. Further orders demand.
In this case the meeting was run In his judgment, the from other parts of Australia are country's financial foundations are number of youngsters and compara majority of meetings at Brooklanda Taking part in the race were a by the Junior Car Club. The likely to be received should these firm; nimost all of her financial tive newcomers to big racing. Some are run by the Brooklands Auto-
troubles have been mental. It is of them, in fact, were mere boys.mobile Racing Club. vehicles prove successful in this estimated that only a small per- They were mixed up on the track clerk of the coarse who does his There is a
augurate a central mobile police was actually involved in stock but without their experi- smoothly and safely. Force, with high-speed cars, for the gambling some time ago, and that ence, which is so essentin! in the prevention of crime.
about one, in ten of that group lost event of an emergency, its holdings. Mr. Nash considers that the automobile industry is on the eve of a general rearganisation. It is understood that there will be a certain replacement market for approximately 3,000,000 cars, this scar: an export market for about 1,000,000 more; and a new market, of which the limits will depend entirely upon the quality that manu. facturers provide in their products. Ford's. London Headquarters,
Road Transit Problem.
Who is responsible for the safety have two throttle pedals, and two "To drive the engines I shall clutch pedals to "control, and I should say the experience will be cars at one time. something like driving two racing
"Lake Windermere is the only could be attempted. Getting Miss place in England where the record
to Windermere from Cowes, however," is not going to be But where the public safety is easy. She is so big that special concerned, is it safe to leave that permission is necessary to take her ters to private control?
by road, and when she does make Surely any enterprise with death the journey it will be on a very big
ity with the right of making rules, size makes it impossible for her to banging over it should be under the lorry by a route which will have control of some independent author-to be specially mapped out. Her and also of seeing that they are negotiate some of the corners or encried out.
the main rond."
SINCERE'S connection, as it is desired to in centage of the American population with some of the world's fastest best to ensure that everything runs England
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There is much that is beautiful in the great new building at 88, Regent Street, London, W., which was opened recently by Sir Percival Perry, K.E.E., as Ford thow-rooms and central offices. The exterior af the building is in grey Portland stone, in conformity with the uni form scheme of architecture of the thoroughfares. The main showroom, visible from the rozd, is entirely. out of the ordinary. When stand. ing in the centre of it one is sur rounded by a continuous seascape executed in coloured marble and mosaic work, the showroom itself being two storeys in height. The upper part in a study in silver and gold, the gold mosaic of the piers merging in green as they fan to- wards the ceiling which is com posed of eighty-one coffered panels, the whole being covered with silver. metal leaf, Glass stars are let into forty-five of these panels Theso stars and the wall brackots are the means of illumination at night. Three other large showrooms are in- corporated in the building. Tho
house, Street On the top Roar of the building is a conference hall with a seating capacity for more than eighty people." It will be used for meetings of the company's sales staff, for eonferences with Ford dealers and similar gatherings.
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One Hundred Mites an Hour.
machines capable of a speed of 100 They were driving in some cases miles an hour...
(frntinued on next Column.
Formerly, a person could be sent prison for two years for failing to pay damages, Parliament re- duced the period to six months, and it is still stipulated that the creditor, to exercise his right, mast pay about 30s, a month to the Sante authorities to supply food to the debtor in gool!
in the Skate Prison who have been There are as present six persons unable to pay such damages.
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