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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1931,
SPARKS
FROM THE PLUGS
One of the most important points The annual exhibition of, the raised by the arw Trafic Act in drawings and examples of handi. England is that concerning a driver craft antared for the competitions aliosé, dicence is out of date," and arranged jointly by the Worship.
NEW TYPE OF MOTOR BRITISH CARS LAST
CAR BODY.
FIREPROOF AND IMMUNE AGAINST CHANGES OF TEMPERATURE.
FOR 7.3-4 YEARS.
ARE WOMEN MECHANICAL?
AND THERE IS ONE VEHICLE THE RISING GENERATION
TO EVERY 29 PEOPLE,
WILL BE
It might, perhaps, be explained that this lecture was prepared in respones to the numerous requests- received by the editors of the two als for members of the stuffs to give lectures ca automobile.sup. jects, and the lecture has kean given
names
Londou. After months of expuri whose compulsory third-party inful Company, of Coachmakers andments by leading motor car manu, surance is thereby invalidated. In Conch. Harness Makors of London,facturers and motor-omnibus con a. recent case at Kingatch police the Society of Motor Manufactur cerns in a new type of motor car court, the AA. solicitors on behalfers and Traders, Ltd., and the In-body made of asbestos, the first cur of a motorist who was charged stitate of British Carriage and to be equipped with the new body has made its appearanes in London with running his vehicle uninaur-Automobile Manufacturers, WON ed produced a letter from the insur.held from May 25th to 20th inclu-having entisfactorily passed its ex ance brokers to the effect that had 'sive, in the Fyrie Hall, at the Poly-perimental tests. an accident occurred they would not, technic, 300, Regent Street, W.I. have taken advantage of the fact These competitions are held in that the licence had expired. The order to stimulate improvement in conch designing, was fitted to and employment in the trade was course, individuals of both sexes holidays." When question time ar Bench in: consequence dismissed design of the bodywork of private the summons.."
cars and, public service vehicles,→
opinion.
The asbestos body, designed by | Mr. F. M. Charles, who has an in-- |ternationa) reputation for motor- standard. Riley six-cylinder anion.
This actual body has been formed
YOUR NAME AND
BUSINESS, SIR!"
(Contime from Paga.1.)
at schools of widely different types,ng you will be glad to take your The average life of a motor-car Are women mechanical? It is from secondary schools in per dia. hat off to the Cenotaph again” on in Great Britain is seven and three-rather rash of a more man te districts to public schools whos
leaving the building quarter yours, and Britojn has more cuss the question, because whatever are household words.
Easy Going! cars then any other country in the conclusion is arrived at there are Possibly the public school boy is
The Colonial and Dominion Office world, except America, according sure to be some pronounced femi-a little keener on things rachani is a go-ne to a report issued by the Society of nists who will take the oposical than the average boy attending When the messenger has finally
go-na-you-picuso sort of place... Motor Manufacturers and Traders, views writes Mr. A. G. Doug a council school, but the ionson is made up his mind who is the olfacial Britain still pays the highest las Clense, B.Sc. in the Autocar. probably to be found in the fact handling that part of our far-flung taxes in the world--£27 a vehicle a I do not think there is much that he has had an opportunity to Empire about which you wish to your, against £8 in America, "
doubt, however, that in general acquire a first-hand knowledge of a inquire, you will find that official to Production of vehicles in 1930 was woman are much less mechanically rudimentary kind by actually mobo quito the wrong person to an- 61 per cent. higher than in 1924, minded than men. Thord are, of toring with his parents during the
swer your inquiry. The Colonial.. Office haa no particular tradition, 8.9 per cent. higher than in 1994,
who are most unmechanical, but rives, however, it is at oncevidence it, however, shares a distinction The report says that there has the average man can generally bo that, like Judge O'Grady and the with the Foreign Office, and is often seas trade of all motor products in a nail without hitting his thumb, of similarity between boys of all ever refers to the Home Office in since 1926, and that the British Em to know which way a screw should classes.
the familiar terms of H.O. or the pire owns 11.3 per cent. of all the be turned to drive it home or
Treasury as T. vehicles of the world,
withdraw it, and to use other like simple tools in a more от Лева
in mould costing about £30. The been a favourable balance in over- relied upon, for example, te knock, Colonel's lady, there is a good deal referred to by its initials. Nobody
One Car. to 29 People.
Letters or Appreciation.
If you visit the Admiralty or the It has been very gratifying to re- War Office you leave the civilian
The average, woman, however, will tios, and the following extracts are
Other unfortunate motorista have been punished for the nominal
Oxford University recently hon-normal matal car body is made from offence of omitting to renew their foured its leading citizen in the in-sets of dies, and these cost thou driving licence by the heavy punish-dustrial world; Bir William Morris, sands of pounds. meat of its suspension for twelve when he received the honorary do A new set of dies takes, on an months. This
is an anomalous greo of D.C.L. The Public Ora average, from six to nine months position and they A.A. has submitted tor, Dr. A. B. Poynton, presenting to make, while the body of the new the case to an eminent K.C. for his Sir William, said that his most car took only a week, The import vehicle in Britain, and one person Poses for which they are intended.ciation from educational authori-the War Office employs a friendly"
One person in 29.8 owns a motorfandy manner and for the pur-ceive many lotters cf warm appraatmosphero. Yet, curiously enough,
striking act of generosity was to ance of this can be readily under-in 4.0 in America. St. Thomas Hospital, but upper-stood, as at little cost and in a very The proportion of strect accidents probably damage her hand if she solected at random moat in the minds of these at Ox-short space of time a motor car 1 attributable to motor-cars and taxi-
body of any desired shape cao: bcabs has decreased by 1.0 per cent. ford was his donation on his ac-
made. cossion to the chairmanship of the
There were in Great Britain last | year · 1,481,911 motor vehicles ex-unsuitable object, to take the place the turn and demonstration on fellow paper; neither will he lot Other Usea. Radcliffe Infirmary. The purchass
of a hammer. Again, very few wD- from the Radcliffe Trustees of the
Apart from manufacturing advan
cluding motorcycles, against ground adjoining the observatory tages, other claims for the use of 1,322,392 in France, 688,633 in Germen know which way to turn a
this new asbestos materia] (the
"Incidentally, the new regulations nire dealt with in a simple manner in a booklet which the A.A, has. recently issued and which every motorist would do well to posBNESS,
+
In these days of alumínium pis
wear, not only of the pistons them-
attempts to drive in a nail, while shet is quite likely to select the back
"My best thanks for giving this
policeman on the door. In him, however, the military machine is evident. He will not let you move an inch beyond the threshold. until
of a hair brush, or some equally school the opportunity of having
tons one frequently hears of rapid and the erection there of a mater-salestos is reinforced with other many, 1,170,817 in Canada, and screw, and I have known an ex- Boires but of the cylinder wälla. In (*y home were the crown of many materials to give it flexibility) are: great gifts which the city had re-The conchwork is fireproof, asbestos
26,740,184 in the United States.
The direct, taxes paid in Great
fuel tax £18,808,000, a bigger aver-
all probability, the high piston'ceived at the hands of her own solbeing a non-conductor of heat; the Britain were £25,625,730 and the
apods now fashionable, even more whose inestimable simplicity and than the mantorial of which the pis-practicability of mind and speech tons are made, account for this commanded themselves to his fel trouble. Particularly, where the
low-citizons. The University de-
close fit, as very important period
temperature in the motorcar re
reasonably warm in the winter;
mains oven-rol. in the summer and
owing to the Bexibility of the geaoral and Morris car owners in the surface for the paint (minde
poraries in industry, will be equal-finish; and in the event of an an ly pleased to know that the Uni-cident should any part of the body
cellent, wood chisel to be rained owing to its selection for use as a screwdriver.
How do Petrol Engine Werks,
you have filled in and signed a
you leave the building until you It proved most instructive, inter have returned him his yellow paper,
Admiralty and War Offles, osting and valuable."
“I would like to thank you very stops to retrieve that paper for Many is the time I have retraced much for such an interesting and it must be examined by the floor instructive lecture. It was thorough messenger and taken in to the ly enjoyed by all. Furthermore, oficial you are visiting, who in
variably forgets to return it to you. such a lecture must have a very
In the War Ofice, as in the India definite educational value."
Office, an official, on leaving his
of their life is the first thousand particular, as well as his contem- from calico).is idea for a glossy other countries it exceeds 20 h.p.porform any such necessary little "In: conclusion, may, I congra room, places the door wide open.
This is not necessarily soman's age than in any other country.
own fault. Probably I shall be told that woman has seldom found Tho society say that the average privato car in use in Great Britain it necessary to deal with nails or pistons are new and a moderately lighted to honcur him. Motorists in material drumming is oliminated; is 134 h.p., in France, Italy, and screws, and that usually, there has Germany it exceeds 16 h.p., and in een male valative available to
tasks. This may be perfectly true tuinte, you on the simplicity of the but I think the fact remains that lecture, which renders it possible
minded. There are, of course, some brilliant "exceptions. There is a small number of women engineers, "May I thank you once mors for FAMOUS, MOTORISTS TO and quito, a number of flying wo. the very lucid lecture which you
men have gained more than a rudgave, and al
propriators of The Autocar and The Motor Cycle,
miles, and during this critical time a good deal can be done to ones' thoir werk by the use of one or other of the special
upper- cylinder Lubricants now available.
versity of Oxford has honoured him. become damaged, it can be patched
(Continued on next (olumn)
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A blow from a hammer failed to smash one of the nabeaton panels and made no impression whatever on the paintwork.
SHELSLEY WALSH modern woman is unmechanically for the most veritable tyre to bil
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imentary knowledge of their ma chines. Further, 'one does encoun
derstand the I., engine."
A road on a private estate near or from time to time women mofor sending the engines, which A Ford 'car recently completada Worcester will be the scene ct as torist who are not only good added so much to the value of the 10,000 mile non-stop endurance run international contest in which so- drivers, but have quite a good
Jecture." under the auspices of Ford dealers veral famous racing motorists, working knowledge of the met on the Rio-Grande Valley. The car champions of their respective coun-chanism of a car. showed a gasoline consumption of ❘ trics, will compete.* Sholaley Walsh 229 miles per gallon of gaseline
and averaged 888 miles to the quart of oil.
The question of the spoed limit for motor omuibuses arose several times during applications before the Traffic Commissioners for the
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Mr. Rowand Harker, H. the Chairman; after applications in connection with the Derby trallic had been granted, said to an op- plicant: "You will remember to instruct your drivers that there is speed limit which has, bera fixed
ple seem to forget that,"
Granting another application to run coaches between London, and Portsmouth, Mr. Harker remark od:""You might be interested to read that sub-section of the Act which deals in a rather emphatic way with the speed limit,"
hill climb, promoted annually by
A Question of Time,
upstairs. It would be useless to
the Midland Automobile Club, is It does not appear, therefore, im. look businesslike or to pretend that one of the oldest events of its kind, possible for women to become me you knew the way. They would writes a Home Motering Corres- chanically minded.
Indeed, I
It is supposed that any patrolling messenger may then see that no unauthorised person is looking at papers. One would imagine, how. ever, that any unauthorised person would have the cunning to closs the door on entering.
In the Admiralty everything is nearer the quarter deck than one apie and span, and one is far
is near G.B.Q. at the War Office. The Admiralty messengers are old sailors; they never seem to forget a face or a name. Their cheerinesa. lends a breezy yet warm atmo sphere to the highly polished cor ridors.
But be careful that you gu in by the correct entrance for the public,
during among the narrow corridora (Continued on previous Colúma)
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think the rising generation will be spot you as an alien, and then lead ind. that you are not caught wan- pondent.
Last year, for the first time, it distinctly mechanical, and in sup. You out before you had time to was included in the five events port of the assertion. I can give che plain your business. which counted for the European instance which very much impress. hill-climbing championship. The od ma For two years now. it has winner, in record time, was the been my lot to deliver a lecture to Austrian, Hans von Stuck... schools and engineering societies on Raymond Mays, the holder of the "How the Petrol Engine Werks," record for several years, had an in connection with this paper and accident on the way to the course, its sister journal The Motor Cycle, and could not compets. This year In all, 190 lectures have boon given he will attempt to regain the hen--I hasten to add not all by my- our with his Villiers Special car, self--and at a few of thom girls, Von Stuck is not coming, but the as well as boys, have been present, foreign entry is more formidable while one lecture was at a girls' than over. It includes Rudolf high school, where the science mis- Caracciola, the German champion, treas happened to be a very keen with his Mercedes, L. Hartman of motor cyclist. The lecture is illus. Hungary, and probably Louis trated by four actual sectioned en Chiron, the winner of the last gines, two of which are moar cycle French Grand Prix.
units, & J.A.P, four-stroke and a The race may also prove the first Villiers two stroke, the other two appearance of a Spanish sports car, being an Austin Boven and a Riley the Nacional Pescara, which has Ning. At the conclusion of the to the applicant: "The name of long been talked about but never lecture questions are answered, and your firm appears in the list of yet seen cutside ita factory. Its it has been remarkable that the those operatora in respect of whom sponsor, the Marquis de Paterns questions put by the girls hayo we have had complaints, especially Pescara, has provisionally enterad been every bit as searching as those en this Eastbourns road.
asked by the boys. The girls have For Britain, in addition to Ray, also bom just as ready to grasp to suggest to yea and to other mond Mays, there will be Earl the principles of operation of the operators that they should give Howe, who has entered and will four-stroke and two stroke cycles, their...-drivers- special instructions drive three different care B. and to understand the mechaniem that there is nepted limit. The Davenport Kfamous hill enter the pa
with his Spidercar II. Horn of cylinders and pistons, connect Commissioners have had cficials toti, and many other well-known ing rods and crankshaft, making observations on the road.” drivers,
In another case relating to com- ches to be run between Kingston and Eastbourne, Mr. Harker, said
The Commissioners would lik
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