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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1932.
SPARKS
FROM THE PLUGS
The 1933 CARS will make
for SAFER MOTORING
the small, low-taxEU, was told, low-running-cost chassis could be made to do, without effort or other disadvantage, what formerly was much more expected only of a absolute combdence that no ill re-powerful affair, sulta will follow.
Whether or on it is desirable for she, ton; will welcome the fact that 1933 motorcars to make their ap in the "new senson's models the le is but half ver or, better still, the little steer pearance when 1932 spent is, it would seem, a matter ing wheel controf, "can be slammed nolely academic discussion, writes, into the requisite notch with the the Motoring Correspondent of the Evening Standard. What is to the point is that the policy of get-} ting early off the mark is clearly, "popular with British motor manu-
The problem of the old-fashioned gear-change has been the cause of
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This consummation they now have in several practical expres. ions, and it is good to see that
LORD WAKEFIELD'S MISS ENGLAND III
FIVE GALLONS A MINUTE PETROL CONSUMPTION.
Lord Wakefield's Miss England II, in which Mr. Knye Don recent- yachieved a world's record of 119.81 m... at Loch Lomond is, In relation to her weight and size, the most powerful craft ever built.
NEAR AND FAR
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Poonch.
Johannesburg-Juba Epic.
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Supplied for fixing to the work to ship the car from England pack- bench, and with connection for ed in three cases, containing (a) Schrader chuck, this instrument chassis and ongine; (b) body; (0) Singer Exports to New Zealand.
costa 22s. 6d., or when fitted with wheels, bools, battery, and so on. The motor trade, of New Zealand | lever cock for permanent attachmënt | On arrival the car will be assem-" has swung completely to the United to the air supply, 27p. Od.—Jutgear. | bled, and used within the State of Kingdom car, and during the four years 1998, 1029, 1930, and 1931, Praise from Vienna, Singer cars have in each successive "I have pleasure in informing
What is claimed' to be the most year showed increases on the preyou," writes & professor from eeding year.
Vienna, "that I have undertaken notable performance over achieved the following journeys with my by a "baby" car in South Africa is For Touching Up.
Owners of cars finished in Bripal 1931, a journey from Vienna to
Morris Minor. In the spring of recent. 8,000 mile journey from Johannesburg to Juba, on the Nile (more than half-way, to Chiro), and back, in a standard Morris Minor journey to Paris This spring
two-seater (tho lowest priced car
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facturers for out of those who are okay crashes in the past, for it the British technicians are taking After the trials at Lake Garda, cellulose lacquer may be interestedSouth Italy; in autumn 1931,
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so often tended to engross the
all the benefits they can from it she was equipped with two new to learn that this proparation is
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in a state of vigorous life, about driver's attention. Thus cars with The latest sort of gear-box has/Rolls-Royce, engines, exactly similar now available suitable for applica- drove across Spain' to Morocco and in the Union), driven by Mr. W. been devised in deference to popu.to the engines fitted to the Schnei-tion by brush for touching-up Algiers. With luggage and two pa Robbins and Mr. J. Whitehead, of
one-third have already announced now programmes,"
The outstanding feature of theso -1033 modois as a class is improve
ment in gear box construction, af- fording, first, greater quietness of all-round operation, and, second, ease of control. The latter is in some instances still further en- hanced by some form of automatic
elutch. >
the new simple change system are definitely safer.
In addition to that, they enable the "non-mechanically minded to get better results from his vehi- ele
To Rome cognoscenti this is hu
lar opinion-and in motorcars, 39
der Trophy seaplane in which scratched wings and other signs of in all other things, rox populi is Flight-Lieutenant Stainforth last wear and tear, inevitably right
It has been asking for "sater motoring"; and it is going to get
it.
year established a world's speed re- cord of 407.5 m.p.h.
It is obtainable from Brown Bros., Ltd., Great Eastern Street, B.C., Four Thousand Horse Power, in the identical colours used by the This engine is a modified and im-car manufacturing, the correct shade miliatingly offensive, for they de
How many light car owners, I proved version of the R-type aero for his purpose.
Two sizes of tins are available, plore the reduction in the scope wonder, realise that after they engine first evolved for the Schnei-
costing 28. and 35. 04 respective moder Trophy Contest in 1920. for personal skill. But they may have driven hard for even
ly.—Autocar, take heart in one unalterable fact, derate number of miles, the tem-has 19 cylinders, with a bore and The mechanism has yet to be deperature of the oil in the crank-stroke of Bin. by 0.8 in, and was ense reaches practically that of developed from the 825 h.p. Buzzard boiling water-202 degrees Faren, engine.
raraly exceeded 140 degrees,
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songers, the car has up till now done 34,000 km--altogether a splendid performance."
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Johannesburg. The car had pre- area being 5ft under water for 400 miles.
The route lay over very difficult country, rendered still more formid able by torrential rains, yet no serious trouble whatsoever was ́ex. of Mongalla Province ordered the.. perienced. At Juba, the Governor
car to be turned back, the Budd area bit. under water for 400 miles, Interesting points in connection with this trip, which took to months to accomplish, were the traversing of a 10-miles belt of tacto fly, and the firing of buck shot at the swarms in an effort to obtain relief from their attentions, Occasional ploughing through grass 12-18ft, high, crawling in first gear throughout a 78-mile deviation," the An order for a Morris Major bogging of the car over the running saloon model for H.H. Raja Sahib boards in black cotton soil, and the c of Poonch, Kashmir, has been re-walking-of fourteen miles for drink- ceived by Messrs, Walter Locke & ing water, constant negotiation of Co., Ltd., Lahore, Morris Distribu deep elephant apoor, and dar ap
proximately 40 m.p.g. petrol con- tors for the Punjab.
As Poonch is a remote Himalayan sumption throughout. state, inaccessible to motor tran. Such a feat on the part of a from Rawalpindi to Uri by lorry, mendous interest in the Union, will thence have to be carried-by-where, incidentally. Morris occupied coolies for the remaining forty first place in British, and second miles over the narrow mountainous places in total, April car registra paths. It is intended, therefore, tions..
Alblons to Carry Cocoa Beana.
Considerable numbers of Albions have been in use for some years on cocoa transport in West Africa, where their high factor of reliability and their ability to stand up to rough work have gained for them. These developments, which equal-
great reputation. News is now to ly apply to American cars, are do-'
hand that Messrs. Cadbury and Cleaning Sparking Plugs. vise which will not exclusively
With the assistance of an in-Fry, of Acera, are increasing their finitely, and saluably progressive. yield its best to understanding and Nevertheless, it appears that there, sympathetic control. Even with heit. Formerly the oil temperaturs The engines are, of course, super-genious yet very simple instrument fleet of Albions by the addition of recently introduced by B. E. N. two of the latest -40/45 cwt. are still die-hards to whom they so-called
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charged, each supercharged rotor Patents, Ltd., 02, Tottenhum Court models, "Robot" transmission
With cheap oil this high tem-in Miss England III. rotating at Road, W.1, an extremely dirty do not appeal.
the good driver will easily excel These will tell you that "Ruthe indifferent.
perature spells troubles, because 25,000 r.p.m.
sparking plug can be cleaned in Morris Saloon for Raja. a matter of acconds without the bot" and "semi-automatic"
At a crankshaft speed of 3,900 need for dismantling. me Most of us want to get the "beas.
there is a tendency for carbon de- chanisms take the fun out of
Utilising the sand blast principle, out of" our ears, and we should be posits to collees in the crankcase, r.p.m., the power output of each of motoring. But that, far from be satisfied that those things are real with a real danger of the oil-ways the two engines in Miss England the B.E.N. Cyclone plug cleaner, as ing the rent case, merely show improvements which make for the becoming choked, and so restrict-III is 2,200 b.h.p. giving a total of it is termed operates from the come pressed air supply to be found at 4,400 bhp. The weight of each most modern garages. that the reartimaries are lessening of muscular effort, for 1ng the circulation of the all, rant of modern ears, or, at least, decrease of noise and fuss,
Manufacturers have solved the engine is only 1,830 lbs., so that The dirty plug is inserted in a -of-the-requirements which they are!
swift and certain control, and for problem by producing an oil with the power weight ratio is roughlyhole in the top of the device, and sport, the car, after being conveyed British small car has aroused tre
the air supply turned on; in a fow seconds the plug is removed, and to satisfy.
it will be found to be perfectly clean throughout, more so than is possible by hand cleaning.
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greater resistance to heat than the only 12 ounces per banke horse cheaper varieties, and motorists power, compared with nine to ten who want to avoid having their lbs. in. an ordinary car. bearings worn out are well advis ed to be careful in their selection
generally enhanced performance.
Automobile engineers have long, To The average motárist the gear recognised that, given the fool change (particularly that down- change, which can be so vital) has. proof multi-speed gear-box that always beon a bugbear. He, and would always do exactly wha; it' of oils.
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BRITISH CARS.
T.T. RACE WON AT 74 MILES PER HOUR.
DAY OF THRILLS AND
CRASHES.
Belfast, Aug 21-A thrilling motor-car 'apred duel in the Inter- national Tourist Trophy Race over the Afds Circuit at Belfast yester -day resulted in a spectacular vic
tory for British cars :
Drivers of Riley cars won the first and second places.
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RIGHT-OR LEFT-HAND
DRIVE?
Ari argument is proceeding amongst cortain French motoring cathusiasts as to the best position for the steering wheel. Some say that left-hand steering is correct, and others support the right-hand
Major Gardner, a veteran driver of small cars, was hurled out of his, M.G. Midget as it crashed down a bank and had his thigh broken.
Another car, swerving off the read, dived through a hedge into a garden occupied by spectators A woman had har hip dislocated and two others were slightly hurt.
Sir Henry Birkin and Lord Howe position, while one motorist has drove tremendously fast Alfa Romeo cars with great dash. Birkin reduced the lap record established by Borachining, the Italian crack driver, by no less than 14 sees, covering a difficolt It is interesting to note that of circuit in 9 min. 1 secs, speed the 35,000,000 cars at present in of 83.3 m.p.h. But, on handicapuse in various parts of the world. they were soundly beaten by the 31,000,000 have left-hand stearing. two British cars, whose speed of over 74 m.p.h,, with 9 horse-power
Over 300 Gallops an Hour. Fuel consumption at full throttle is at the rate of over 300 gallons an hour or five gallons a minute. Miss England. II carrica 250 gallons, sufficient for about 40 minutes running.
Gear-box in the Bows,
The drive from each engine is taken forward to separate gear boxes in the bows, and thenco downwards and sternwards to twin The engines are started up by com- propellers rotating at 7,509 r.p.m. pressed air.
mission; as well as the engines, are.
The gear-boxes and the trans- suggested that a central position water-cooled, and the temperaturd would be best for all concerned, is recorded on dials on the dash
board: although this last view is said to have been coldly ignored by the opposing parties.
and amper-charger, was phenomenal. Cara large and small were skidding Three years ago the great Carac in Cober and the other villages on ciola on his giant Mercedes, won
almost every lap.
The winner was : Rt. Whitcroft, who completed the 410 miles of the Course in 4 hrs. 38 min. 4 are. His average speed for the thirty laps at an average speed of two miles. One Riley visited the sandbags of was 74.23 miles per hour and he an hour less than the speed of 71.23 the butcher's shop in Comber; an. beat the arcond Riley by only 70.p.h. reached by today's winner. other skidded right round and shot seconda.
into a convenient side street.
The result was as follows:---
1. C. R. Whitcroft (Riley), 4hrs. 58 min. 4 sce. (Average speed, 74.23 miles per hour).
2. G. E. T. Eyston (Riley),...
Ara và min 27 sắc (2 Độ no lin),
3. E. R. Hall (MG Midget),
5 hrs. 7 min. 58 soc." (00.93 m.p.h.):
M.G. Midgets Unlucky.
Misfortune overtook the M.G.
PAYING FOR
BRITAIN'S ROADS.
"THE MOTOR INDUSTRY IS DOING SO,"
Here are some points from the 1932 edition of The Motor Industry of Great Britain, issued by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders of Great Britain, Ltd.:
The figures of road costs and of direct and indirect motor vehicle taxation afford some indication of the fact that during the past few gone far in the aggregate to pay years special motor taxation "has for the whole of the road costs of the country. TER SE MARZ
Oat Turns Over. Further on a Frazer Nash skidd fidgets early. They were fast enough, like the Alfa Romers, toed badly and crashed through the break their class record again and hedge into a garden, where to
It is certainly beyond question again.
ladies and a man were injured, but that during the current year the fortunately only slightly.
| motor vehicle operator by the Dixon, who had had a three special imposta, and spart alto- ents have come unstuck" in minutes' lead now began to fall to the rate or to the Exchequer, gether from his direct contribution
Descending Bradshaw's Brae, the stem winding hill where so many
4. Earl Howe (Alfa Romeo), these ratra, F. 8. Barnes (Midget) back gradually. Whitereft and will have created a revenue for ex-
skidded and swerved just in front Eyston, driving two of the official
hrs. min. 58. sec. (90.53 m.p.h.).
(Alfa
5. Sir Henry Birkin Romeo), hrs. 12. min. 45 sec. (70.70 /m.p.hu).
SPECTATORS NUMBER HALF A MILLION.
RECORD AFTER RECORD.
· BROKEN,
Belfast.—in a race in which all wore beaun time and again, Riley cars led from start to finish. Only fourteen of the thiry Ayo starters lasted through a gruelling struggle which was mar red by two
of Brian Lewis. The cars actually Rileys, overhauled him, and at ball. touched, but Lewis' wonderful skill past two the great little driver was averted a bad crash.
caught,
Barnes, however, struck a big stone with his wheel and had to retire.
A litle later, in a desperate en- deavour to regain his position, hô took Quarry Corner too fast and
ceeding the total expenditure on the roads of Great Britain.
Since the inception of the Road Fund na lees. than £277,000,000 had been paid indirectly, if not directly, by the produce of special taxation of the various classes of road vetricles
September 1031,
The total production has risen from 95,000 vehicles in 1923 to Gardner's crash occurred not far overturned. He himself was UD-2007 vehicles for the year ended off in a mix-um with a Frazer Nashhurt, but his mechanic had to be car, His Midget struck the grass taken to hospital. edge, shot off the road and hardled With sixty miles to go two Rileys sideways down the bank, turning over four times.
were, leading, with E. R. Hall
Gardner, who is permanently (M.G.) some miles behind, third, leads with a war injury, had his had and Eat Howe fourth Buckin had "Hegubro on above the knee, and.
was curied off to join in hospital and minor engine troubles, which
Despite depression, it is notz expected that sales of home-pro-. duced vehicles in the United Kingdom will show a greater, de 'crease in 1939 than four per cent. The number of motor vehicles in use throughout Europe. on Deltui |ber: 31 list wat 6,030,056; America,
28,144,008
motor spirit in the United Kingdom
H. C. Hamilton, another Midget delayed him; in spite of someThe estimated consumption, of driver who was hurt in practice, hectic driving and a new lap record
Four cars were out of it in, the "first"hour" and tồn by two o'clock, (Continund at foot af next column:
min 53 sec;
speed of 829
last year was: 1,025,400,000 gallons," compared with 995,000,000-gallons in 1980300
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