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However damp the weather, Middlewitch Salt will remain dry and free-running. Order some to-day and rid yourself of the nuisance of caked salt.
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t is as inexpensive to travel by these luxurious air service: as by any other airline, and you enjoy the advantages a four-engined air liners that are wonderfully comfortable and silent to travel in, each day's flight regulated to obviate fatigue, and British standards of service and safety in every detall of the journey. Ask about through com bined fares by sea and air via Singapore at through rate There are big reductions on return journeys and 10% reductions on fares for Serving Officers in HM Forces and Brush Government Officials Weekly Services
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SUPERCHARGING A POPULAR
SPORTS CAR
Interest has undoubtedly been growing lately in the application f supercharging to existing cars, not with the object of raising
· Lie maximum speed excitingly, bu as a method of improving acceleration and all-round per- formance Ainis can often be achieved by the use of a super- mild charger set to blow at a pressure suficiant to give, a for- ced induction effect, but not strong enough to lead to over- revving and consequent stress on the components beyond the limits "of the original design.
An example is a 1935 P-type by the M.O. Midget converted well-known firm of Jarvis, and Sons, Ltd., of Wimbledon, distri- butors of M.Q. cars for south- weet London, who have applied a Centric supercharger to one of these cars.
This machine was driven some 150 miles by way of a test, includ Ing a good proportion of trame foad running, and use, main checking "performance at Brook- lands. The maximum speed was found to be above 78 m.ph. as a timed speed with the windscreen folded down, and 75 m.p.h. ger- uinely with the screen raised, but the ac- more interesting were celeration Agures, which from to 50 rest through the gears m.p.h, worked out at 'an average Df 181/5 sec., and from rest in thes? at 261/5 sec., 60 m.p.h. being good figures for a car no- minally of 8 hp...
IMPROVED TOP-GEAR
ACCELERATION
on top gear. was interesting, averaging out from 10 to 30 m.p.h, at 143/5 see., from 20 to 40 m.p.h. at 154/5 sec...and from 30 to 50 m.p.h.. at 17 2/5 sec. Also, the 1 in 5 Test Hill was climbed from a standing start, using Arst and second much gears, at 20.02 m.p.h., a faster climb being
made by changing up than
first On
gear only.
The acceleration too,
A fuel consumption test was taken, using two gallons for the purpose. Including the Brook- lands tests mentioned, employing maximum speed for some dis- tance, full use of the gears, and also bringing in conditions which
A JUBILEE FOR THE PRINCE
Welsh Celebrations Proposed
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, Sept 16.
would correspond to town use, and some main road motoring. the figure worked out at the very creditable averago of 29 m.p.g. The engine of level did not al-
ter.
A striking point about the cu from the supercharger angle was that it had not been made nolay mechanical.y; at low speeds only a faint whirr from the blower was audible, and in spite of several experiments: to see whether the sparking plugs would oil up with the engine left ticking over slowly, no such difficulty was experien ced.
Neither was there spitting back or missing at any time, whilst starting from cold was as
It usually is with M.G. easy as cars, which is saying a lot.
The use of the supercharger gives the car definitely improved acceleration from the lower and middle speeds, and there is a use- ful reserve for top gear accelera- tion from 55 or 60 m.p.h, onwards, which is valuable. When cruis- ing at about 60 with the throttle partly open no "blow" is indicat ed, however, on the gauge, and in any case the maximum super- charger pressure is 5 lb. per sq. in. Provided that this degree of supercharging is not exceeded "It is understood that the M.G. Com pany approve of the conversion, which can be undertaken by, the firm of Jarvis at £32, including fitting. for the P-type MG. At 50 m.p.h. and onwards the exhaust was barely noticeable, and the car settled down beautifully.' whilst it's safe, steady handling was greatly appreciated; at lower speeds, around 3,500 rpm. there was a conspicucus exhaust note.
The Centric supercharger fits in quite neatly on the off side of the engine, and is driven by a belt from the existing pulley on the nose of the crankshaft, with a Thalg jockey pulley interposed. drive. besides being dead silent, appears to be perfectly positive. An important point is that oll does not have to be added to the fuel, nor is there a separate oil tank
for the suppercharger. A pump embodied in the blower en- sures a supply automatically. Ac-. cessibility of the engine in gener- al does not seem to be impaired.
ALMOST ALL GLENCOE NOW SOLD
Only Two Remaining Properties
Special Air Mall Service
Löndön, Sept. 18. Intimation is made by Messra. Walker, Fraser and Steele, the Glasgow and Edinburgh estate agents, who in conjunction with Messrs. Fox and Sons, Bourne- mouth, were entrusted with the
A proposal to commemorate next year the 25th anniversary of the Prince of Wales's "investiture by the King at Caernarvon Castle is disposal of Glencoe Estate, that being considered by a committee of the Town Council. It is hoped that the Prince might be able to
attend.
with two small exceptions the en- fire lands of Glencoe have now been finally, sold. The only re maining portions are a cottage at Brecklet. North Ballachulish, and
The committee, which meets to- morrow, is expected to recommend the stock farm and sporting, pro- the council to carry out the property known as Strone, extending
lect. The council will come to alto about 3,500 acres. Negotiations decision in the first week of Octo-in connection with the two lots are
at present proceeding. ber.
MESSTA. Walker.
".
It has been suggested that the Prince's
Fraser and Jubilee commemoration Steele sold Glencoe in the spring should take the form of a pageant of this year for Lord Strathcona depicting various phases of Welsh national life or a reproduction of scenes at the investiture.
CAERNARVON IN 1911
and Mount Royal. The purchasers were two Bournemouth brothers, the Messrs. Lambert who shortly afterwards instructed the firm, in conjunction with their Bourne- mouth correspondents, to split the justoric lands into small lots and sell them off by auction in the Glen. The various estates, came Glencoe under the hammer in House on the last day of July.
It was on a blazing hot day in the summer of 1011,that the Prince, then a youth of 17, was led by the King to a canopied dais in the centre of the Castle courtyard, and there officially invested Prince of Wales. The Prince subsequently climbed to the topmost tower of the Castle and was acclaimed by Glencoe House, with an approx:+ the greatest crowd Caernarvon has ever known, standing in the Castle Square below.
Among the sections which have changed hands at this time are:
mate area of 954 acres; Invercoe the mansion House, originally house of the estate; the home The idea for a Welsh investiture farm of over 68 acres; and Car- was first suggested by Dr. A.-O. Each House, & residence near Loch Edwards, the arst Archbishop of Leven. Glencoe Pier has changed Wales. He recalled how, after the hands, os has also the stock farm suppression of the Weleh by Ed- and sporting property of Achna- acres. ward that King promised the con, extending to 2,748 obieftains to give them a Prince Other properties on the lands dis- who could not speak, a word of posed of include: Clachalg Hotel. English. Queen Eleanor had just which was one of the stages in given birth to a son, later Edward pre-railway days of the five-house between Fort- IL, in Caernarvon Castle, and this coach which ran infant was shown to the chiefs as William and Glasgow their Prince. IN OT
Within the estate is the scene of Archbishop Edwards was one of the Massacre of the MacDonalds in those who held that the Prince of 1892, and the Pass of Glencoe. Wales's motto, "Ich Dien," is really The Clachaig. Hotel, on which is a corrupted spelling of the Welsh the scene of the massacre," waż words "Eich Dyn" (your man), acquired by the National Trust of which King Edward used as be Scotland The sales concluded: al held the baby prince out to receive Olencoe extend to over 46,000 acres. The furniture of the man- the chiefs" hamage.
PLAN TO HELP CHINA
Benefits To Britain And Japan
(8pecial Air Mail Service›
London, Sept: 16. Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, Chlef Economic Adviser to the British Government, who is going to Chine to investigate the economic and financial situation there, told me to-day writes a London correspon- dent that he expects to get the Japanese view of the situation shortly. before leaving for "China next week.
I understand that to-day he had Interviews with the Anister of Finance, Mr. Takahashi, and with the Foreign Minister. Mr. Hirota. and emphasised the point that
co-operation Anglo-Japanese
Chinese Anances reconstructing would restore the Chinese people's purchasing power, and so profit both British and Japanese trade.
CANADA'S THREAT
in
If Mr. Bennett. the Canadian Prime Minister, carries out his threat to, denounce the Commer- cial Agreement with Japan, despite the Nate Just delivered at Ottawa reiterating Japan's readiness to lift the embargo on many Cana- dian goods provided, Canada is "reasonable," it is believed Japan will place an embargo on the re- mainder of Canadian exports to Japan..
sion
house will be sold auction in London at date.
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