THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FUEL FROM FISH. miles he gets to tho haddock or
herring, was forecast by exportal at the World Fuel Conference in the Imperial Institute, South Ken] sington,
Experiments Being
Conducted.
engine can be extracted from wasto fall by a special process, and research is being continued.
Excellent motor spirit is also be. ing made from vegetables, wood, tar, and shale.
Successful experiments are now M.P.G. PER HADDOCK! motor, epirit from ish which is emerged from the highly technical In progrosa for the production of Another Interesting fact which A time in the near future when valueless as food. Results so far debates concerned the develop the motorist may talk of his cars have been excellent Spirit suitment of new types of motor "'fish-power," and boast of the able for the modern motor-car engines.
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THE SKY'S THE LIMIT AT THE PROVING GROUND
The sky is the limit at the great Proving Ground of General Motors, near Milford, Michigan. Every phase of a car's performance is tested to the limit of its ability.
The new Oldsmobile went through 1,177,000 miles of testing at the Proving Ground before it was ever offered to the public-tests far more severe than any owner could ever give.. : And thousands of Oldsmobile buyers throughout America have added further proof in the form of millions of miles of actual driving.
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engines working between Moscow. Russia has express railway
and Baku driven by Diesel type. motor engines with heavy oil as the fuel. The engines, develop up to 1,200 horse-power.
Working Costs.
to provide a complete comparison with a steam locomotive of similar The present tests are insufficient
power. The working, costs, of. a. Diesel railway engine are, how- over, only 70 per cent. of those of an équivalent steam engine.
British railways are alive to the possible development of the Diesel locomotive, and it was stated that the London. Widiand and Scottish Company are carrying out trials with a G00 horse-power locomotive of this typo
Better organization for the British coal industry, was demand ed by Lord Aberconway, who pre- aldéd at one of the sections of the conference.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1929.
THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR
[Special Report to the Hongkong Telegraph:).
(By a British Correspondent)
London is to have an Interns frontal area in existence to-day in the fleet of Handley Page Rolla tional Acro Exhibition at Olympia relation to its horse-power and in Royce air linors, the "Prince next July for a fortnight from the addition it possesses a number of Henry. 16th to the 27th, under the auspices, valuable features.
on the Imperial_Airways Its weight le cross-channel services. Thla, ma
of the Society of British Aircraft 806 lb, and it develops 490 h.p. with chine, has flown 500,000 miles and Constructors. The last exhibition a cuble capacity of 1,239. Its has been in constant servico, except of the kind held in Great Britain power, size and weight have result for periodical overhauls, for mera was na long ago is 1920, so that ed in greatly improved performance than four and a half years. the forthcoming show will afford of the aircraft in which it has been
The "Argosy" air Ilnorm visitors an opportunity of gataging Installed, .
'operating on the "Silver Wing" BOI the tremendous progress in design and construction which has bee
The Armstrong Siddeley range well known to travellers on that vice between London and 'Paris' are made in aircraft and ongines alike included the 425-450 h.p. Jaguar of route. since then. It is particularly Batis 14 cylindera arranged in two banke Jaguar engines they carry 20 pas- Equinned with three "Hero in England." sald Lord factory that this date has been of seven. This engine is now fitted ganization in the coal industry. the exhibition to see also that un- is placed. between the carburettor dered a fleet of Armstrong Siddeley, Abercedway, "we have no or selected, as it will enable visitors to with a supercharger. The blower sengers and a crew of three. Im-
perial Airways, however, have or In Germany, the home of organiza-rivalled spectacle, the Royal Air and the engine so that the full air liners, which will be even tion, we find the coal trade in a Force Display, at Hendon, where benefit Is gained from the mixing position of comparative security, the lateat products of British air effect of the fan and any necessity use on the Continental and, London Asuperior.. They are intended for with the regulation of output and craft manufacturers can be viewed for balanging the pressure between to India, air routes: next spring, and prices, and with associations able in their clement.
the fuel tanks and the carburettor will be able to fly with their fult to deal with mineowners and cool producera.
"load" of passengers for 500 miles: Au fostura.
"We have nothing of the kind here although we are the oldest coal producing country in the world**
A resolution demanding an agreement among the nations for
an
exact classification of the grades of coal was passed a proposal from Sweden.
Dr. Margaret Fishenden, of the Fuel Research Board, who is the only woman delegate to the World Power Conference, read a highly interesting paper to, the men ex- ports on the comparative values of what she calls "social fuel"—gas, electricity, and coal for domestic purposes.
This young woman scientist 1s canali and prolly, with short brown hair and a quick, vivacious man-
Her.
Wasteful Methods.
"What we are aiming at," she raid "is to place domestic heating on a scientific basis. At present i the methods of benting our hemes are wasteful, as well as smoke- producing. We want methods that will give greater efelehey at Девон cost. That means ex- periment, because it is not always to replace coal by other mediums without increasing the coat."
easy
*
An inquiry is shortly to be set up into possible outlets for the use of surplus coke was In in- dustrial areas.
For other reasons 1920 is likely eliminated.
to be of particular significance as A geared typo of Jaguar, as usod non-stop at 100. m.p.h. the race for the Schneider Trophy on the new Argony air liners of Im- will be held in the Solent. The pariat Airways, was also shown date has not yet been decided upon This results in higher engine revo- but, at the present moment, it ap lutions to secure better perform
pears likely to be in the autumn. ance while giving lower propellor tish dirigibles will be launched and the engine is only 60:15.
Then again the two great Bri speed and the additional weight to
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of the passenger accommodation of these now machines will be the can- ployment of a sound-proof material for Hning the walls.
A Rapid Long Distance Tour. The recent six-weeks' tour carried out by Sir Philip Sassoon, Under-
Squadron Leader Scott (Pilot) Air Commander Longmore and Sir Philip Sassoon
ready in the launch for the great fiight to Malla, Middle East, Irak and India:
"
"The inquiry will begin as soon their performance will be watched! The Lynx engine is of particular Secretary of State for Air, has
At Berlin.
as the men necessary to conduct it with the very greatest interest interest. It only by reason of its given still further proof of the have been found," stated an official particularly in relation to
the vide
adoption In Canada, tremendous possibilities of air- of the Board of Trade. The Naachlevements of the "Grat Zeppelin Australia, India and Holcraft for flying visita. Using the tional Fuel and Power Committee on her recent Atlantle fights. Of vice in the Dutch Last Indies, Ing boat, which Sir Samuel Hoare land. On the new air ser. Blackburn Iris II all-metal hull fly- recommended such an inquiry in the two new vessels R 101 is pos- for instance, ita report, and it is upon this re-sibly the more interestin in-view Siddeley Lyna radiel engines of on hla
three Armstrong employed as his flagship fast. year commendation that we are acting.of the type of engines employed. 209-225 h.p. are employed on cach Philip. In the course of the tour, cruise to the Baltic, Sir "It will be necessary to have the These Beardmore Tornado engines Fokker machine. A top speed of travelled in the Iris and in land co-operation of the coal, gas, fron and steel industries. They can fire is very considerably reduced ing speed of about 104 m.ph..
use crude oil and thus danger from 120 m.p.h. is obtained and a cruis machines about 16,700 miles.. Dur- supply the men with the necessary while, in addition, the price of the
ing that time he visited over 20 experience to conduct the inquiry. fuel is very low.
A.V. Rog & Co., by the way, have! BAF stations on the Mediter- "The inquiry will be probably
entered into an arrangement with ranean, in Egypt, the Sadan, Irak made In two areas, between Leeda
the makers of Fokker aircraft for and India, besides finding time for and Birmingham, I should do
the manufacture, and sale in Bri-a certain amount of eight-accing. much towards making a more effl-
British exhibitors at the Berlin tain and throughout most of the In his own words in the very ins efent and progressive
xas In-Aero Show were few but had ren- Empire, of triple-engined Avro materesting account of his tour In dustry."
son to be pleased with the interest calnes aimilar in design and con- The Times Sir Philip said, aroused by their exhibits. Un-struction to the Fokker F 7's now "Breakfast beneath the Parthenon doubtedly the representation was being used on the Dutch East Indies and Lea under the shadow of the affected by the preparations for the line and also between Munich and Pyramida is surely a day's pro- London show in July next and was Milan.
gramme to sallafy the most exact- mainly confined to certain types of light aeroplane, which have become & Co. was, it may be remembered three Rolls-Royce Condor engines of
The share capital of A. V. Roeing of globe trotters." world-renowned, and an exhibit of recently acquired by the Armstrong 2,100 h.p. and weigh over 18 tons, nero engines.
Shldeley concorn.
although a pure service machine, A. Magnificent Performance. was found to be thoroughly comfor- table. Incidentally, three flying What is held to be a world's re- bouts of this type are to be based on this is the smallest power unit in cord has been achieved by one of Busra in the near future.
NEW FORD,
Shatter-proof Glass Included.
PROOFS OF VALUE.-
Ineldents in which the Triplex shatter-proof windshield glass,
The new F type Rolls-Royce en- grine attracted an immense, amount of attention at Berlin. Probably
adopted by the Ford Model A as Ford car on a street in that city re- standard equipment, has saved oecently, a railroad crossing gateman cupats of the car from serious in- lowered the gates directly across his jury are by no means rare.
cur
As Charles Klinger of Milwaukee path. A fifteen-pound weight sus was driving his Ford Model Aponded from the gate, to balangel Tudor along the highway near it, dropped completely through Menamine Falls, Wisconsin, he met Martin's windshield, barely missing another and larger car speeding in him. The hole made by the weight the opposite direction. The other was clean-cut. There were no glass car picked up a plece of heavy cord splinters. Martin feels that ho wood and threw it into the air owes his life to the triplex construc against the windshield of Mr. tion of the ginsa. Ordinary plate Klinger's car. The chunk was op glass might have chattered and per- proximately ten inches in diameter haps disfigured him for life. and fourteen inches long. Despite the terrifle force of the missile.no Leland B. Graezinger, of Sun glass was splattered and no one was Francisco, left Boston, Maxs- injured, owing to the triplex wind-chusetts, in a new Model A bual- shield which acted as a protection nesa coupe purchased from the to the driver of the Model A car. Harvard Auto Company in Cam-|
Frederick Sheriff, Junior, of Bat-bridge. He drove the new tle Creek, Michigan, while driving through to San Francisco from in n Model A aport coupe to the Boston via Niagara Falls, Ontario; country home of Jile parents, was Detroit, St. Louis, then over the crowded off the road by heavier
National Old Trails to Los Angeles car, Hls youlis sfator
and un the Pacific Coast highway to with him at the time. Their car San Francisco in about 12 driving rolled over twice but neither boy days with a two-day stop at the nor girl was injured. The triplex Grand Canyon of the Colerade. gins in the windshield was cracked He reports that the car perform- in various directions, but did noted wonderfully well. In Colorado a break or fly. The Evening News of rock as large qa a hen's egg crashed Battle Creek sald, in its description down into his windshield, crack- of the necident, The fact that the Ine the glass but not eplintering it. brother and sister escaped without He states that had the windshield a scratch was attributed to the been of ordinary glass: he would character of the glass.".
have been seriously injured if not killed, as the rock came at him dir. octly from the left-hand side of the road, striking in front of the steer-
No Glass Splinters,
whe
As Thomas C. Martin, of Detroit, Michigan, was driving his Model Ä'l ing wheel.
steer
The Iris II which is fitted with
SHORT SKIRTS BETTER.
ALLEZ -OOD
LET US GIVE THANKS THAT THE HOBBLE SKIRT LEFT
BEFORE THE RUMBLEZ SEAT CAME ALONG