HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1930.
MOTOR NOTES
KEY!
A SAD TALE OF TROUBLE.
Phil had just got engaged, and was still in the stage when the glamour enveloped Betty's mother no less than the divine Betty her
cf. So he suggested that all three of them, instead of bathing with the crowd from machines on the front, should hop into his large
American saloon, travel isecluded cove a few miles up the coast, change in the cur (mother and Betty first, then Phil), and hathe in peace and quiet. Carried Arrived at the cove, Phil strolled away with a cigarelle, and when two fair female forma in skintight fast colours emerged from the
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LESSONS IN MOTOR DRIVING
ALLEGATIONS DENIED
IN COURT...
Further, evidence was given Bo- THE CAR-AND THE salonu, ho untored it in turn; To each in turn a somewhat em-
changed; emerged; set the awitchos barrassed Phil inade opertures fore the Acting Chiof Justice, you at safety; and toned the fourth Each responded by producing some terdag in the Summary Jurisdic oor, which, on this particular sort of key. But none of the koystion action in which two Indian make, has an automatic look. A would 661 Er long aff the osmotor-car drivers are concerned.! delightful lathe onsued, followedcapants of all the cars were muster Last week, his 'Lordship, dealt with by a 'sunbathi, till, the pangs of ed round the locked ealoon, glaring the original, clain brought by!|| hunger reminded all three of a ineffectually at a pair of grey Kallande Khan against Kartar Fortnum and Mason basket in the flannel slacks gracefully draped Singh for $125 in respect of the stern sheets, while a chillish wind over the rear cushion, Phil, re-sale of five motor car tyres. Judg set in from the cast.
gardless of a new 158, bathing suit, ment was given for $20 only and, specially purchased in honour of costs his Lordship holding that the his love, grovelled underneath on cost of cach tyre was 818 and that abrasive shingle, endeavouring to Kartar Singh had paid. 900 on as Kartar Singh is countor penetrate the forboard after the count. fashion of a mole, Various people claiming for 8200 as balance due with pieces of wire picked, equally for driving tuition; ineffectually, at the lock of the Mr. F. C. E. Rendall who is fourth door, signally failing to re-appearing for. Kallands Khan in |- produce the quick results which any tor Alexander as a witting when bath actions, called Traffic Inapaos Edgar Wallace hero, (or villa) the hearing of the counter-claim obtains no readily.
was resumed. He gave the exact dates on which learners' licences weje izsued to the four men whom Kartar Singh alleges he had. tought driving at plaintiff's re- quest, but wituces said that the re- cords did, not show that two of the men held learners' licence, he foro November, 1029.
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On arriving at the car Phil plunged » hand at the point on his hip where a packet ought to have abeen; but the clutching hand merely aged by wet and salty blue cloth encountered a bony bin camo Phil went extremely, red, and his brow furrowed visibly. The koy of the saloon was in his trouser pocket, His trousers were inside the locked saloon.
Help Arrives,
Other couples had also received inspiration About the secluded cove.
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It was the chauffeur of a Rol who finally produced a toolkit and deftly picked the windscreen to pieces after which the slimmeat person present was inserted through the gap by four strong men. Thus the trousers were reponed, amidst loud cheering.
Betty, who had waited an hour and a half past her Raual lunch time, was thus given her firat ink ling that Phil, after all, is not the most wonderful man in the world,
Mr. Justice Wood:-Kartar Singh says that before he began leaching these four men in August later he examined their lear ners' ficcaces. Can you tell me it that is possible? Were there four current licencos. for those men ju- cxistónce on that date V.
Inspector Alexander :-On the records it looks as if that in im possible, but I would like a further opportunity of searching the re-
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· DIESEL ON THE ROAD..
AVERAGE SPEED OF 20 M.P.H.
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At a cost of sevenpence a Coven try-built four-seater car, fitted with u Diesel engine, travelled from London to Coventry recently at an average speed of twenty miles per
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The Inspector was given 24 hours
in which to go through the records. In the witness-boxMr. Rendall' client denied the allogations that had sent four men to Kattor
Singh for tuition and that he had agreed to pay 8310, Witness nixo denied that he had paid $08 on accouat, laving a balance of 8219. The case was agaip adjourned
hour. The oil used was, crude, cost-sex), slightly hurt her fout by a
ing d. per gallon.
A Girl Guide of Crawloy (Sus- branile in the garden at her home. This is the first British private peared to have healed. She went
Sho bathod it and the wound ap car fitted with such an engine to camp with the Girl, Guides and get beyond the experimental stage,while there was“
where aho died from lockjaw, The girl did hot tell her mother at the time of ile accident, as she feared that she would not be allowed to attend camp. These facts were disclosed at the inquest at Brighton at which a verdict of "Death by Misadven turo" was returned.
although there are British lerries removed to hospital, Sho was
using this power unit.
The drive marks the greatest step yet taken towards a new ere in motoring, foreshadowed for the last five years, but there is still much to be done before we rench the stage of efficiency at which the type will be a serious rival of the pre- sent petrol car,
The chassis to which the Diesel engine was fitted was an old Len' Francis sports four-seater, the pro perty of Mr. C. B. Wordman, who formerly was with this company, but the Len Francis company-have no connection with the Diesel car.
The car behaved wonderfully. well. Mr. Wardnian started the engine with one pull-up of the rauking handle, and then the en- gine idled in neutral like a porfect- ly tuned-up petrol engine.
On Top Gear.
The car has the ordinary gear box of the Lea Francis. It started off on first gear with no anatch iu the transmission and travelled ou
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It's running on top gear was ex- ceptionally, smooth and it behaved. well in traffic...
Mr. Wardman drove the var back. to London, and the double journey. with calls in Goventry, totalling soule 200 miles, was done on thurée gallons of urade oil, oosting Is. No objectionable smell was noticed as with earlier Diesel type engines, ched for heavy traction and motor- honts, had the noise of working was little different from that of the ordinary petrol engine.
Many eminent 'ongineers are "con- vinced that one day the modern in ternal combustion engine, although. developed to its present, smooth. ness, silence of operation and flexi 'bility, will be threatened in its supremacy by the Diesel.
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