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FORD OUTPUT.
Huge Increase Recorded.
7,000 PER DAY.
With a million new Fords com-
THE HONGKONG
1,000,000 came off the moter us-] nembly line at the Rouge Plant.
Tuesday morning the engine reached the final assembly line. Within short time it was assum- bled in the chassis upon which, u Tudor Sedan, was mounted, umt the first millionth new Ford car wan completed.
"The history of the Ford Moter pleted, production of the Ford Company presents a striking con- Motor Company is now climbing] toward the two-million mrk at trast between this production re- the rule of 2,000 cars and trucks a cord and that when the old Model T Ford was introduced. It re-
JOHNSON
OUTBOARD MOTORS.
MAJOR SIR H.O.D. SEGRAVE AFTER BREAKING THE WORLD'S SPEED RECORD ON LAND TESTED A JOHNSON "SEAHORSE" 32, AND SAID:-
"They are marvels of engineering skill- "Their power and speed are truly amazing. "I predict that "Seahorses" will
TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
FROM
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LITTLE ACORNS.
How a Motorists' Protective Unit Has
Grown into a Vast Association.
in the race to ruin!
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SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1929.
To-day twenty years later, the old buildings of Fanum House have long since disappeared; a new and marvellous structuro lins arisen in their place, and even this rofuses to house all the staff, a large num ber of whom are in other places a little distance away.
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BRITAIN'S HUSH-HUSH MOTOR BOAT.
Interesting New Craft in Building for the
Harmsworth International Trophy.
• Statistics are rather dull things, but occasionally they tell a story In a concise and vivid form which mere words cannot well cunvey; so
The world's most powerful apeed- and silk, is 39 ft. long with a beam I make no apology for putting in ut this polni some rather telling boat, which will attempt to re- of. 9 ft. It is shaped something figures of the Automobile Associa-gain the Harmsworth International like a lugh- powered naval gun sholi Trophy from the United States on with an exaggerated bulge towards tion as it is to-day. [By Maurice Sampson.]
if he went over 20 m.p.h, qulle a
It has the Hend Omeo with its Lake Michigan in September, is the bow, and has a one-step hydro- day, with still greater output quired seven years and two munthe
Away back in 1905-near
sot of people-even in '905-insisted
tions of strictest secrecy at Cowes, the hull which is composed of an expected shortly.
which I will try to describe, later.
outer skin of perfect mahogany, to produce the first million Model quarter of a century ago-when that we had moved forward a bit enormous ramifications, some of nearing completion under condi- plane bottom. Not a null is used in The first million was reached T motors, while the firet million many of
us present-day active)
since the good Doctor's days."
It has twenty-two area offices, Isle of Wight.
It has been.. built for Miss M. then a lining of water-proofed silk Monday, February 4, when late in Model A engines were made in motorists were either at school or the afternoon Model A engine No. slightly over 16 months.
dreaming of our firal car, a few The clir ax came, therefore, when each of which is Fanum House in hardy wights were wont to air I was felt that it was not unreamininturo as regards its power of B. Carstairs, the famous British with an inside layer of mahogany themselves speedily on automobiles sonable to expect that a man might giving information and assistance speed-boat racer who failed in a fixed transversely. These layers
is cstimated that the cost of the tough alloy wiring. on the public roads. Most of those drive to Brighton at a week-end on all matter connected with motor similar attempt last year, and it are sewn together with a specially The three Napler engines are good folk were either amateurs pos- without the almost certainty.ofing. ·
it employs over 1,000 men and bont will be in the neighbourhood Bessed of high spirits and corres-being muleted in a police court for
whole length of the boat, with tho ponding banking accounts, or mem- so doing. A little band of pioneers women in the proportion of about of £20,000 by the time it is laurich placed in line, running almost the bers of the industry who, perhaps got together, and the acorn from 60-50 on the indoora stakk.
Her power will be derived from drive taken through a gearbox to jacking the latter quality, were which the Automobile Association
A night and day service is always three Napier acro-engines similar two shafts and propellors. The forced to put their car's best foot oak has grown was planted. The available.
to those installed in the victorious have a nominal power of 1,350 b.p
the theoretical maximum speed of There are over 385,000 subscrib-Schneider Cup seaplane and Major the last thing in driving power, forward in order to secure it acorn was composed of the present Amateur and professional competed secretary, one typist, one office boy, ing members.
Segrave's Gold Arrow and Miss and eight patrols, all the last-named
In all except the actual winter England. These will develop 3,000 their pitch being quite a departure being stationed on the Brighton months an average of over 100 horse-power, the highest power from. anything yet seen in Britain, But as Old England in those days road. The organisation was housed members a day calla at Fanum over built into a speed-boat,
The thin fragile looking hull le waa, professedly at least, a moat in one small room in Fleet Street.
extremely light, but it is claimed to So great was the desire for be quite strong enough to withstand law-abiding and, theoretically, Those of us old enough at the House seeking advice or inform-
ntion.
secrecy in connexion with the any strain the three powerful en- horse-loving country, and was time to take an interest in the now governed fargely by honest, slow-travel can remember how the gafety
In the touring season, which building of this boat that a small gines can put on it when full witted, imagination-lacking, coun- of nations, or at any rate of this may be taken as from March to shipyard was hired and civilian out. The draught of the boat is try benches of magistrates, these nation, was heightened by the sc- October, the morning all in Lon-guards posted at the entrances to also very light, while another fea- dashing young fellows were fair tivities of these eight patrols. I don averages rather over 3,000 prevent any unauthorized person ture is the rudder which is stated game, and the police were quick have sometimes thought that it letters a day, and an approximately entering. The 10 British ship to be of enormous size and peculiar and sprightly in haling them be-would be a graceful act on the part equal aggregate is dealt with at the wrights, who have been construct shape.
ing the vessel during the past few Miss Carstairs refuses to discuss fore the aforementioned benches of the Mayor and the Corporation twenty two area offices. of magistrates.
Some £500,000 a year is received months, were also sworn to secrecy. her boat with anyone, but she is of Brighton to commemorate the
Despite these precautions, how determined to make this year's bid As these nasty people on motor deeds of these eight just men by in the ordinary course of the post. cara-thinge obviously of no repute some other sitting means, beThis, of course, does not include the ever, reports from experts Indicate for the Harmsworth Trophy suc and likely at any minute to blow cause they made it possible for the large sum put down as duty on that the hull, which is of mahogany cessful. up and come to naught in which no ordinary man to go for the week members' cars touring abroad, or really nice person would be seen end to London-by-the-Sea without the subscriptions paid automatically A UNIQUE ROYAL were a great nuleance, bucolic and having to include in his week-end by bankers' orders. There are over
MOTOR CAR. peppery old gentlemen fined them budget quite a large amount of 150,000 such orders in operation. smartly in the way in which an money which he would undoubtedly excellent Motor Car Act very pro-have had to pay out if he had op dealt with in erosa Cliannel boats For Use of the King perly permitted them to do, and proached, far less exceeded, the during last year. The indication is chortled mightily as they climbed fatal and wicked speed of 20 m.ph that this number is becoming great- INTERESTING DETAILS. into their dog carts to go home to
Like that of most sound echèmes er and is likely to grow rapidly.
The rapidity of King George's re- stead of a "caterpillar tractor the lunch,
which eventually develop, the A.A.'s Similarly, a larger and ever-in-covery from his serious illness is six wheels are fitted with strong I might mention in passing that start was microscopic; but it becreasing total of foreigners visiting well indicated by the purchase of Dunlop pneumatic tyres.
A novel features is a second this same Act is still in force, and gan to go ahead, and, with a staff England avall themselves of A.A three new motor cars for the Royal
Household, the first which have been speedometer within the anloon to al- if every motor ear.user exceeding grown to eleven, occupied in 1907 membership and help,
There are about 400 A.A: tele- bought for five years.
low both the King and Queen to 20 m.p.h. down, say, were brought a set of offices in what was then the before a bench there would be the Motor Club in Coventry Street. phones on the main roads of Great One is a grey saloon. The second watch the speed at which, they are: finest and, socially, the most mixed But the restless secretary was ever Britain. Every member bras a key is, a new brougham in Royal red travelling. crowd of people awaiting judgment thinking of bigger things. As he Handbooks to the number of 400,- and scarlet, for use in London when A speciál staff of mechanics will The the King and Queen pay private tend the three cars at Buckingham that the world has ever seen; sonic looked from his window his eye fell 000 are distributed yearly. thing, in fact, quite eclipsing even
remove scratches 'found Charlie Chaplin's mob of Klondyke upon a set of buildings across the mere printing occupies six months calls, or by the King when going out Palace. Part of their work is to
The activities of this one-time to dinner. road which seemed iden!, and in 1909 the Automobile Association acorn, now a very big and sturdy But the most interesting of the paintwork when the Royal cars re- bound people in the "Gold Rus];,"
Yet these 1005 law-breakers con- had taken up ita quartera in Fanum oak tree, may be sub-divided three, all of which are of British turn to the Mews, marks which are into three' sections: design and make, is a six-wheeled often the result of people putting tinued on their dreadful ways, cry-House. This word. Fanum rather roughly hig aloud for deliverance from their intrigues me! So far us. I can Touring, Engineering and Poli-saloon which will now replace the their initials, or even their names,
make out, it is not in any way na- tleal.
pony traps hitherto used for taking there in the hope that the world at (These will be dealt with next the King's shooting parties across large, may know that they have Then things came to n crisis...Rociated with the locality or the
weck.)
the moora.
been so near the King of England. There was a certain famous Ser-site, and appears to be merely a geant Jarrett... Motor car creation of the secretary's active drivers refused to be squashed; brain. Presumably; the word meana perverse designers insisted on mal temple. Thus was the foundation ing their products capable of nora Travel well and truly laid,
stoue of the Temple of Safe Rond than 20 m.p.h., so, as the saying has it, "necessary action Was laken."
"revolutionize outboard motoring, "particularly since they eliminato "the old outboard motor starting "problems and the bothersome racket
and gasos of the exhaust,"
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"Twenty Years After.”
Although the Law might be pos- So across the road from club to sessed of the idea formulated by Dr. temple Mr. Stenson Cook led his Samuel Johnson, an authority ou, little band, and here probably most everything on this earth, above and of them thought they would remain below it, that while man might for ever and a day. That was in travel at posalbly 15.m.p.h., it was 1909,
Over 13,000 members' cars were
After his long illness, when, for a time, he will be unable to do much walking, the King himself will use this car for visiting his model farins and dairies. It has been made to travel over rough. ground which no ordinary car could tackle, but in-
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