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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1932.
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The Fastest. Long- Distance Race.
BROOKLANDS “500.”
This year's Brooklands 500-mile Race the fastest long-distance race in the world-provided some amazing examples of speed and driving skill, while the winning Averages in each class were well in excess of those recorded in last. year's event.
The "baby" cars wore specta- cular; thengic Midget," holder of the world's speed record in its class, was kept in the lead by its driver, G. E. T. Eyston, for somet hours, though bad luck caused its retirement before the finish. Another M.G., in the hands of Norman Black, thrilled the on- lookers by performing a skid of three complete circles and then calmly continuing its course; and a third, driven by R.T. Horton and J.II. Bartlett, eventually won the race at 96.29 m.p.h., over four miles an hour faster than last year's winning speed in this спбодогу.
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LAHORE 6372-
DELHI 6650 m of for
CALCUTTA 78/8-
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The second car home was a the eight a Talbot, and the ninth Riley driven by Cyril Paul and again a Midget, while the Team J. Phillip at an average speed of Prize 99.01 m.ph., and third place was Horton's team of these cars,
awarded to R. T. taken by the Hon, Brian Lewis and. A tragic incident of the John Cobb, with a Talbot which was the fatal accident
race averaged 116.60 m.ph. They were Dunfee who won flung from Capt. to Clive followed by another Riley pair,Woolf Barnato's Bentley at nearly proposal
The Automobile Association's European States, comparatively W. A. Cuthbert and C. W. Fiennes, 130 m.p.h., and killed instantly. Highway
for while Sir Malcolm Campbell and Earl Howe was amongst the many London to the Bosporus, was rande highway is consistently excellent
1 International little remains. C. S. Staniland drove a third Riley famous drivers taking part, and at the Annual General Assembly and further eastward surveys have
Europe, from Throughout Hungary, too,
ba done. into fifth position. Sixth and before his forced retirement had of the Alliance Internationale de been carried out. Bridge building the sevanth cura were M.G. Midgets, I recorded a tap at 126 m.p.li. Tourisme, held at Istanbul in June across the River Save between 1930. It advocated a recognised Zemun and Belgrade, the Yugoslav road link across the eight States capital, is being steadily pushed concerned, avolding diflicult forward, whilst Bulgaria has put country where possible and in hand reconstruction on the Acrving as an artery creating whole trafle fow.on
section a hundred branch including the Dragoman Pass,
west routes, thus linking up important where a shelf road, raised above of Sofin, centres. The scheme was received the river bed, re-inforced with con- with acclamation and adopted crete parapets, is forthwith.
There was no question of creat-
now almost Anishad. ing an "autostrade," placing antions, a comprehensive itinerary, Based upon A.A. recommenda impossible strain upon the Anan-in map form, incorporating several. cial resources of the participating novel features, is being prepared Kovernments. Constraction work at the A.I.T.'s Central Office from should be limited to providing a data contributed by experts in the Batisfactory uniform Jelimination of dangerous corners route guide, to be issued, in five width, eight countries concerned. The
• and making a comparatively dust-sections, of which two are ready, free surface upon a permanent will include town plans showing Lype of foundation. essentials and the erection of with fis nid, even night driving These throughways and by-passes and, uniform signe in Roman characters should become a comparatively were felt. to be reasonable easy proposition. demands, posable of attainment.
Considerable progress with the short n
With such marked success, in so preliminary detalls had made by the time the delegates to adopt yet wider views and at
..time, been Association has been encouraged the Automobile met again in January 1931 at this year's general Assembly of Vienna, where a definite itinerary the A.IT, held in Copenhagen for the
Western Section was during the last week of May, & adopted:-London, Canterbury, Dover, Calais, Ostend;ing road connexion with India, Rochester, suggestion was tabled for develop- Brussels, Aix-la-Chapelle, Cologne, through Asia Minor, Syria, Irak Nurnberg, Regensburg, Passau, and Persia. Considering Calcutta Linz, Vienna, Gyor, Budapest.ns a terminal point, the distance This route is the line followed by from London aggregates 7,618 trana-European from Ostend and embraces the Istanbul,
express tralne miles Rhino and Danube valleys, It is the economic route per ex-despite lack of facilities, the cellence with the shortest sea journey is frequently undertaken. crossing, upon which special motor without
A brilliant streak of light all the way across the rear of a paasenger car or truck Is the way C. L. Dillingham, Indianapolis, Ind., Inventor, has designed a new automobile tail light. The device is a long tubo which glows like a neon tube, a red light being furnished by refraction from two ordinary tail bulbs. Dillingham is shown above examining one of the now tall lights.
THE BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY.
A Record of Progress-and Its Future Possibilities.
385.
2
or - 6,681 miles beyond Even under present conditions..
car ferries are already run by the Civil servants proceeding home on -Southern Railway and Messrs. leave are looking more and more special preparations. Townsend Ferries, Ltd.
From Budapest, the road is bo-occasioned at the A.A. London to the road and no surprise was ing taken via Szeged, Novi Sad, Headquarters when Belgrade, Nish, Sofa and Adrian-called recently to offer notes on ople to Istanbul, whilst judging their trip of 6,400 miles from two officials From oficial support promised by Lahore with an ordinary 23 h.p. Rumania, it may be confidently car, several years old--overland anticipated that another branch throughout, except for a shipping will leave Hungarian territory
near Szeged and run vin Bucharest link between Beirut and Istanbul to the great Black Sea port of Con- There is much to be done-- and this in. March and April. stanta.
Final agreement upon a deflaito naturally.. Surfaco conditions
Yugoslavia Bulgaria Turkey
78
22
33
191
444.
203
244
343
226
169
Total 1,937
Alternative link via Bucharest to Constantn-567 miles in Ru maniu, making the total from London to the Black Soa 1,802 miles, or including the sea passage thence to Istanbul-1,097 miles.
The history of the British Motor, this year the Gross Industry, from its earliest days, motor vehicles have amounted to distance of 1,937 miles, this being ed, fuel and accessories made has been one of progress in the 2,346 (value £123,620), as compar-divided between the eight count-
Imports of itinerary has resulted in a total must be improved, clean accom face of difficulties. hundred and one difficulties that, the same period in 1931, a decrease
Through the ed with 3,439 (value £595,194), for ries concerned as follows:
modation, however modest, provid- beset its carly days the industry of 1,093 vehicles and of value England
procurable throughout the routo had gradually struggle until the £171,874. Gross Exports, on the (Sen Crossing Strafts of
Miles
and administrative advent of the War caused its plant (other hand, have amounted so far Dover)
concessions and personnel to be required for this year to 22,940 (value £3,269,- France' other duties, and the industry as 617), as compared with 15,175 Belgium auch virtually censed to sxist.
The ten years succeeding the 7,760 (value £259,511).
(value £3,010.106), an increase of Germany War had, therefore, to be devoted to building up a Home Market, and Imports has therefore increased
Austria The excess
of Exports overj to endeavour to find an
Hungary overseas for the products of Ita 1931, to 20,584, value £2,846,997, outlet from 11,736. value £2,414,612, in factories. The problem in this an increase of 8,868, value £431,- double aspect has presented im mense difficulties. Today, how- ever, the home manufacturers are progress already made, the In- Satisfactory as has been the filling virtually the whole of the dustry is convinced that it is but crisis, and its inevitable reaction without the necessity of duty British market, and for the next insignificant to that which lea in International Touring Alliance is influence of similar official restric In view of the present financial jobtained, ensuring a free pasange, decade the task will be to obtain the coming years. The results the bulk of the Imperial markets that may be anticipated from the
upon highway commitments, the deposits and to secure a large share of the Ottawa Conference should yet important factor to the achievement before them,
and the hampering non-manufacturing countries of further improve the position of the of success. It is, for example, hesitatingly adopted the proposal.
now. concentrating. upon ministrative concessions a most
ad-¡tions.
In full reallontian of the task Considerable progress has al-for the road and the motor vehicle essential that a 24 hours customs No time will be lost in examining
Industry in the Empire markets, ready been made in this direction.
the A.I.T, un- During a period of general trade important part in the development vexatious national restrictions to schome on a concrete basis, ready
must play an depression
Inceasingly in-service shall be available at all the provisional alignment, with a the British Motor Industry has almost alone among
frontiers on of Empire resources.
the road, whilst view to putting all aspects of the the important exporting countries The Imperial Economic Con-In the former task, much has been de Passages en Douanes, Inter of the world virtually maintained ference at Ottawa expresses the accomplished already, and an in-national Driving Pormit and Intor- free circulation must disappear. for energetic action. The Carnet Its position, and, indeed, in com- broad conception of an Empire stance of excellent progress in the national Certificate for Motor parison with the previous year Its each unit of which, in harmony latter sphere is the opening by Vehicles are already recognised exports have increased both in with the whole, will develop those Turkey of her military zones, beyond Europe and it is no idio number and value,
The figures of Importa and Ex-the interests of its people. In foreign motor traffe, had rendered armed with these three documents, resources which may best serve which, forbidden, heretofore to dream to visualing the day when, ports for the oight months to that improvement of transport entrainment necoseary for the last the road journey from London to August, 1932, as compared with which must always remain vital 70 miles between Corfu and Calcutta will come to be con- those for the same period last year to are an indication of the progrOBA British manufacturer of motor
economic development the Istanbul, ninde.
sidored as a normal undertaking vehicles is to-day ready to play a practical improvements have by no of a hazardous expedition for the Despite budgetary difficulties, for the ordinary motorist, instend means stagnated and, in Western { hardy adventurer.
the world.
During the period under review real part.
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