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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, JANUARY 19 1932.
SPARKS
FROM THE PLUGS
3,000 MILES TRANS- DURBAN'S FIRST DOUBLE-
CONTINENTAL.
A TRIBUTE TO BRITISH WORKMANSHIP:
DECKERS.
A few weeks ago, the frat double- decker motor cmnibus to undergo a really exhaustive trial on Durban! (S.A.) roads, was placed, in service by the Corporation for a
INTERNATIONAL RECORDS FOUR NEW "BABY"
FOR BRITAIN,
The Riley Nine new holds the following International records:
30 kilometroa 108,00 m.ph..
50 miles ... 108.30 100 kilometres... 108.00 100 miles....... 108:00 4 hour
CAR RECORDS.
G. EYSTON'S TRIUMPH AT
MONTLHERY,
13
14
A PLUCKY DRIVER.
105.11
100 kilometres
102.28
2,000 kilometres
66,82
4,000 kilometres
65.78
"
4,000 kilometres
64.85
1,000 miles
87.80
2,000 miles
03.54 24 hours
88.83: Apart from the dificulties normal- ly nasociated with the maintenance of such high average speeds in a comparatively small car, Eyston,
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SUCCESS IN BELGIUM,
A standard Merrin Minor 847.0.0. overhead-valve model, which · had previously covered some 10,000 miles, won first place in the 1,100 c.. category in the Belgian our Grand Prix, "held over, the Frane horchampa circuit on the 4th and
5th July.
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· · LONDON'S FIRE-FIGHTERS.
MOTORING IN TROPICAL AFRICA
oat
of roads on
By their latest order, which calls for nine Dennis 10. h.p. Fire E-
The roads of tropical Africa-i£ Dennie Motor Fire Teiders, for the majority of them are more gines and six 60 hp. Special they can be called such, for the use of the London Fire Brigade, trooks are greatly inferior to any the London County Council have thing in the way brought their total number of the sountered in England. And, while appliances of this make up to no Africa has its full share of blazing. The Morris Depot at Antwerp re An antzing display of pluck has
less than 175.
sunshine, when it rains it rains in resulted in four world's records beports that from start to finish the
Dennis Are engines standard fu
-are, "of "rosk earnest, and a fall of several of this ing beaten by George Eyston, the Performance
Minor
and course, a familiar sight in many inches in the day is quite common, WIUS magnificent, racing motorist.
parts of the werk-Baghdad, The conditions of the "roads" after aroused widespread 'admiration. It Three months ago he attempted
was stopped only once for slight Bahia, Bangalore, Bangkok, Bara cap of these rain periods is best lefu world's recorde on a "baby" car
caldo. Bairah, Benoni, Bergen, to the imagination. Traffic has to (clutch adjustment, otherwise no at Montihery, near Paris.
mechanical trouble whatsoever was Bilbao, Boksburgh, Brakpan, Bris plough its way through water and experienced; at the end of the gabane, and Bundaberg, are some of mud, and a car to withstand in hours the car was still in perfect the overseas communities that de tinual use under these conditions condition. Its average
pend upon thosọo machines, spoort throughout the race was 70 km.p.m.
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has to be one of sturdy build and
From the owner of a 1020 18 h.. months trial. The bus is a Ley. Humber Sklçün «combi » mosand Titan of the Intest. type, and interesting account of a sido miles
WAY supplied by the Company's Trans-continental trip.
Natal Axent. This handsome blue i While the journey may, or may vehicle immediately arousćel 2 not be one that many ears. of the great deal of attention, and many day are capable of completing, conhundreds of residents' enjoyed rides | sidering that there were more than on it during the first few days. 30,000 miles already to the credit of
The Town Council's object in t the car in question, and that no make a thorough test of the vehicle proparations of any kind were over a long period, and to deter
The or caught Sre and Byston made for this "Const-b-const" hopmine how it compared with the
had to jump for life. He was ffrom Dieppe, Borcas Franch and trams in carnings per mails, operat
taken to hospital badly burned and Spain, via Madrid, to Gibraltarting costs, pic. The authorities are
with a fractured leg. As soon as
The high efficiency of the multi suitable design. back then by way of the East const already extremely satisfied with ite in aecuring the first six of these plans for another attempt in the sovero hills in second gear its speod fire engines leads to a great saving paragraph extracted from a letter he was able to walk again he made (42.47 m.p.h.): when taking the stage turbing pump used in thieso ' With the foregoing in mind, a of Spain, through Valencia wyd jeapabilities, and state that on the had to contend with unkindly, ple Barcelona, to Bioppe), the perform. Overport route, where the most
A thunderstorm visited
00 km.p... (37.30 in weight, while the all-gunmetal received from a Hillman owner at anco is specialty worthy of comdifficult bends and sharpest gradi Montihery during the progress of He left London and, travelling .p.h.), and while descending in construction gives impunity to the Mwanza, Tanganyika Territory,
Fonts of the whole Durban system the run, and heavy rain fall, throughout the night, got into the creased" to 105 km.p.h. (88.2inetion of water, an additional can be more fully appreciated:- "Despite host, bad mad surfaces, are to be found, the Leyland as throughout its duration.
car which hail so nearly killed him.p.h.). The car made 119 "com-1 advantage to coastal towns/ indifferent potrela and very steep operating with complete access.
and made his attempt on the same pleés circuits of 140 kilometres gradients, particularly in
In bis report to the Riley Com
track.
(0:25 miles) each-in cther words," the pany, Eyston states that'
engina
He bent, by the wide margin of 1,088.8 kilometros (1,036 miles) of functioned perfectly throughout, and was reviving in excess of 100 four miles an hour, the existing wouderfully consistent, running
cords, his speed being over 114 miles and it host several more expensive I may add that this opinion is
an hour. He "achieved the follow Continental small cars. ing records:
ment.
Southern half of Spain," the correspondent, the car perfectly throughout, Both
the
writes]
ran
outpany, and to British Workmanship.
continues :-
ward and homeward I esrared some
momis..
400 miles a day-with en tempera- also held by several people in the (p.m. during the whole run: tures up to and beyond 180 deg.: and yet on not one single occasion motor industry in Spain whom ! was there the least sign of over-met, and wad were frankly amazed heating. Moreover, the 1,800 miles on a 18 hp. cur should put up from Malaga to Diepp-over the
host tortuous mountain rouds
have ever experienced-were cover od in 5 days" ruhning time. at,,an average speed throughout of well uver 40 m.p.h.
ch a performance on the really difficult and tortuous roads covered, with no more care and attention than filling with petre) and oil.
In view of this happy experi- ence I should not hesitate to take the bar over any roads in Europe. Tribute to Company.
I am well acquainted with all parts of the continent, and I do not know The owner, in stating that hejof any area which would offer a considers the performance a very severer test to the efficiency of any grent tribute to the Humber Com-wo-year-old' than the South
(Continued un ieą dobuma.). Eastern corner of Spain."
"
The performance is the best of all possible tributes to Riley engine. design, for it must be horne In mind that the 1000 rpm, were ob tained without the benecht of super. charging, and that the engine de-
Mame car.
5 kilometres, 114.77 m.p.h. 10 kilometres
114.72 m.ph. 114.74 10.p.h. 6 miles 10 miles
.. 114.40 m.pih,
"
sign is the came as that which RUBBER--THE GREAT
permits such a wide margin of alciency to the ordinary Riley owner-driver.
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ITS USE IN THE OLDSMOBILE
Rubber is playing an increasingly important part in the manufacture of automobiles and is one of the contributing catses of the quiet operation "cars of to-day. Where only a few years ago about the only rubber used on an automobile went into the tires, now it is to be found in scores of places in thei better cars.
In the Oldsmobile there are 87 Individual places where the use of rubber contributes to quiet, smooth, operatica. These extend from rás- ber, engine mountings to spring pads; from between frame and front fenders to body interior finish. Tho effort to produce quiet automobiles has at times been a discouraging one, yet one that hau been replets with interest, General Mators engineers report, They point out that noise is relative, and for this reason the loudest noise is. the cue that gives discomfort.
Years ago most noises, wore traceable to the engine,” say Genei- al Motore engineers "As automu bile enginisora quieted these by re- finements in design, improved balance, vibration dampers and carburator silencers, other noises previously unnoticed became ap parent. Transmissions have been quieted, particularly since the "in" troduction of the Syncro-Mash with quiet second gear; springs add chassis have been improved and made less noisy by the generous
use of rubber..
Thus, throughout the develop ment of quiet operation, engineers have found that when they conquer- ed one noise another lesser one, which had not been noted, at once midnifested itself. In fact, the stage has been reached where the
ong point considored quiot tea prazs go the tire-may cause the great ost noise. Automobiles have becoing
so silent that the sound some tira treads make on pavement in easily.
heard."
won't up to
DEER COLLIDES WITH MOTOR-CYCLIST.-
AND COMES OFF SECOND BEST IN EPPING FOREST ARGUMENT;
..
A LONG PATROL.
The car has done 34,000 miles in two years in Africa. (total mileage: 47,000)," he writes, "and except for routine maintenance has "not beon off the road for'a, singië” day, The New South Wales Police De I consider this an extremely good partment recently traded in" to record, and one rarely equalled by the Merris Depot in Sydney any car, whatever make," He con- Morris-Cowley touring model, cludes by adding that the paint- which had officially recorded 88,000 work and plating are still in per-
fect condition. miles over two years' running..
The car
remained in uxcellent condition-n fact which was amply confirmed by an unbiased nu-
thority in the slips of the motor.
US. CARS IN BRITAIN.
ing editor of the Sydney Sun, who] - Following the lead of Citroën and A motor-cyclist, Mr. John Dimmediately took it for a week-end Ford, both of which makes, as in Higgins, of Myrtle-rond, Waltham-
run, The three salient points' well known, have long been mana- stow, riding along the Copthall emerging from this expert's report fnctured in England by British road, Epping, which is skirted on: Ponch aìớn by the Terest, came into
"collision with a running deer.
He was knocked off his machine but received only light injuries, and the motor-cycle was hardly. damaged. The deer, which was hurt more than the man, dis appeared into the forest.
were,:-
workman, the three makes of Chry- .. (1) Stoudy cruising speed of 40 sler, Dodge, and De Sole will, it m.p.h,
is, understood, soon he constructed
(2) Petrol consumption 26.3 m.p.g. | in England, and to a great extent (despite imperfect adjustment of of British matoriale, Already plans carburetter and idling spoed). have been made for the extension of
(a) Oil consumption 742 m.p.g. the present plant at Kew.
MOTORING JOY
For
$14
USE
FIAT
-4 cylinders
522c
cylinder
TOURERS AND 2 SEATER DE LUXE
520 -6 cylinders
$2,650 00
TOURERS DE LUXE
$2,900.00
521
-6 cylinders
TOURERS, COUPE DE LUXE
$3,750:00 and $4,300.00
5220-6 cylinders
SALOONS DE LUXE
$4,500.00
OR A SECOND-HAND CAR WITH A GUARANTEE. MANY DIFFERENT LINES AND MODELS AT VERY REASONABLE PRICES.
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