THE HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
WORLDS FASTEST MOTORCYCLE
"THE INDIAN"
Mr. Paul Anderson on his Indian breaking World's Mile Record at the unprecedented apuad of 135 M.P.H. Arpajon, 11. October, 1925.
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NON-STOP DRIVING TEST ON GOODYEARS.
"WILD BILL" SEELEY PUTS ESSEX CAR.
AND HIMSELF THROUGH CONTINUOUS
FIVE DAY ORDEAL. HA
KATRA The Cleveland Nows LITRI
WILD BILL BREAKS
NON STOP RECORD
ELECTRIC CABLES UNEXTRA
YOUTH
ADENTO MONETES
AN FIVE DAY TIJI.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1925.
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HEADLIGHT PROBLEM. age!dents huppened at night. D. C. Of these, it was found, that Most of these, he adds, were only 6.6 per cent had good light- traceable to faulty headlights,† bng equipment.
CORRECTING · IRREGULARITIES.
These had either too much glare On many of the care either the For too little light, blinding-others | lenses or the reflectors-wore so by the strong light or making it dirty that the amount of light was Intensive tests will be made a impossible for drivers to 200 pec- cut down considerably. OA others, the bulbs were out of the new Edison Lighting Instituteple in the roati
focus or the lampe misdirected. from which it is hoped some solu-
Difference of Opinion. tion to the headlight problem will be found. 4
The Illuminating Engineering These tests have been decided Society and the Society of Automo- upon by offers of the institute,tive Engineers differ in their following failure of various opinions of the intensity of head engineering organizations and light needed for safe driving. be tried out, and other related
others interested in nutomobile The illuminating engineers set lighting to come to some definite a minimum of 800 and a maximum decision. Former Lests have of 7200 candlé power as essential. brought only confusion in the The automotive engineers go as 'minds of the experimenters as to high us 26,000 candle power us the proper lighting to use for necessary for anfe driving at automobiles.
night.
According to L. C. Porter com mercial engineer of the General Electric Company, which has es tablished the institute, 35 per cent of last year's automobile
Few Good Lampu.
It is these irregularities that the new institute in secking to cor- reet. An entire roon has been set ualde for the study of head- light, focusing alone. Varions forms of anti-glare devices will
matter put to the test.
AUTO REVENUE OFF.
Returne from automobile taxes,, in February dropped more than $2,500,000 below the revenue, for the preceding February, according Collec-
The U. S. Bureau of Standards to government reports. tested the lighting equipment of tions, from this source this, year 400 automobiles in. Washington. [were $7,279,300.94.
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NEW AEROPLANE ENGINE..
Lieutenant Cyrus Bettis, winner of the international spood races, is shown looking over the latest Rickenbacker motor. This motor can fly a plano, thirty-fiyo miles on one gallon of gasoline at a cruising speed of 100 miles per hour. Thus, may the air be Allvverized..
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How the newspaper fentured the story. Inset shows the car at the conclusion.
|a Goodyear balloon equipped Esses enach, Wild Bill" Seeley complet
Handcuffed for five days, and held up awaiting the traffic off- Ave nirbts, 122 hours and 15 ver's releases But when the "Go" minutes to the steering wheel of signal cine, the motorist stalled, thinking he could block Seeley, who mirely made his car go for- ed e nf the hardest continuous ward and backward a few inches driving endurance tests over state-cach veny thus keeping moving ed in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. and fulfilling the terms of the
bel.
The Start.
Many, too, were the interesting Cleveland's truflic rommissioner jand yet troublesome questions that Donahue, put the bandcuffs on the pilot was asked to answer, Seeley, the houd was locked down This became expecially monoton- | and sealed with 'the official sen! joust to him at the latter part of his of Cleveland and, accompanied be guarney when he felt little like: Cleveland Nowa reporter, Seeley Teotiversation,, but he smiled and tarted o oti his sleepless tour replied as best he could. of Cleveland and vicinity.
Once are boys in a dilapidat-
At regular intervals he report-jod Fori wanted to mice with See- ed to frathe and beat policemen ¡leg, but las refured. Everybody so that each muti tosity that the wired him leds of luck and ad- cowlng driver vad not stoppea nor jullie his courage and abilly to fallos atleet Raceptings for tento den bute, The visited almost every the signals and trafic stops Sedoy well known quit in Cleveland, wag and pituiffed once in age. The third day he had mamplonaș the ear. He minst koro it moving 13011⁄2 hours vouliņuous driving.
The five day and fivenigga try! Tere played an insportsan parti enverval a total distromen of 2,5mm.s¦in kies engtoel, jerause there could i (miles and was à fral-page ne na jio uo' stop whatever for anything? paper story with pictures of the jouéepting impie and should a tyra Edriver and his Goodyear engrippe | all BH) would have had in start
Hows daily for a trouk
1 over again.
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Tytes Come Through,
The cushioning of the Goodyear
Second Tour for Cowboy.
It was not "Wild Bill's" firs! | The Had Goodyears-tod- endurance driving, contest be-year balloons and so, when au chus he had sat for 120 hours attendant sought to test the air |behind the wheel of a car in St. in the tyres on one of his service Louis and hd this record until station virelings, Bill shouted: Pecently when a Detroit drivir The tyres are fine. Never mind set up the new mark of 122 hours looking at them again." And they 29 minutes, which Seeley in his were. They came through with- Cleveland non-stop trip determinout a falter. ed to break and did.
Garoline and water were taken balloons also helped make the on while the car was in motion. long tedious trip an casier one for Seeley would drive up to the aer the sturdy pilot then it might have vice station and slowly circlebeen, smoothing out the lengthy around while service station at milenge. tendants hopped on the running
Driving to Bill is not new, he board and fenders and fueled and was two years with the A.E.F. in watered the machine.
France during the world war and "Wild Bill" at the wheel of his for aleven months was staff driver car became a familiar figure to for Lieut. Gen. Liggett at First Clevelanders who watched him Army handquarters-n post given day and night display the remark him because of his driving skill, abli endurance of which his six fearlessness and bottomless source fest 260 pound body proved map-of energy. able.
Many Amusing Incidents.
Dirt begrimed, fatigued, hia During the tour Seeley lived on face Haed with the effects of ex- ilk, buttermilk, chocolate and haustion, "Wild Bill" finished his enol water.
trip, with enough reserve strength left in his powerful body to snap the steering wheel of the ear from | Many incidents marked the trip its post and break its atocl braces as unique. There was, for in-like matches; he was able also to stance, the motorist ahead of See- walk away from the machine with ley, in a line of trallic that was a little help.
HALF BILLION IN TYRES.
ANOTHER GAS STATE.
Wisconsin has joined the ranke
Tyre output, for 1925 is expected of the states exacting a gasoline | to reach the half billion mark. tax. Its tax of 2 cents a gallon Production, which WAH about is expected to bring in an annual 100,000 a day in 1924, may reach revenue of $15,000,000. an average of 125,000 tyres daily this year,
FRANCE HAS MORE.
The number of taxed vehicles
in France has doubled since the
armistice. In 1918, there were
When placing a wire 'erminal]
under a terminal
nut the wire should be twisted the way the nut turns, as shown at loft. Otherwise,
the tightoning of
less tha 250,000 vehicles on the nut will loosen the wire from which taxes were paid and to-day the orminal rather than hold it| there are more than 600,000.
tight.
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