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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1930.

MR. FORD KEEPS FIT. TRAVEL IN COMFORT.

Motor Magnate's Quest Avoid Congested Main

of Youth.

old motor millionaire, himself as full of energy as a young man; and in the above words he told a Press re- Is recently "hoir It presentative done," during an interview at his winter estate on the Caloosamatcher River,

Roads.

"With the.commencement of the "Keep active, and you will keep young." Henry Ford, the 66-year-second quarter of the year we have reached the period when at fine week-ends the maximum number of cars will be out on the roads. We may be sure of one thing," says The Motor, "and it is that the majority of the motorists will make their way to whatever destination they may desire to reach always by the main road. Thus will the majority de- liberately contribute to the maxi- mum of congestion, suffer discom- forts and increase the risks of travel.

Mr. Ford named his favourite modes of leisure exercise, presum ably in their order of preference. They are: Walking, Running, Wood-chopping and Dancing.

Indoors, Mr. Ford spends hours daily experimenting with the various parts of his motor-eur,' which he la constantly trying to improve.

"There is nothing like keeping alive in mind and body." he said.

"My health is always just as I treat myself.

"If I over-cut, or eat the wrong things, or dine late at night, I pay the price.

"It is difficult to account for this slavish and determined adherence to the main road. To-day there are few very bad roads anywhere, and certainly, so for as the secondary roads are concerned, they are often in better condition than the Al

roads, for the simple reason that the bulk of the heavier traffic uses the latter. There is another thing about the second-class roads which has to be borne in mind. In many maps they are indicated by single thin lines, which no doubt causes the but I am map-reading motorist to believe I try to they must of necessity be indifferent. cat carefully, sparingly and re-The fact is, however, that in quite a Kularly,

number of cases these secondary

Diet-But Not "Dieting." "I TEL not on a diet, experimenting with diet,

"I do not think it is a good idea roads have been greatly improved- to mix your food. I advise one all-in some places widened and recon- fruit meal, one all-portion meal, and structed-aince the maps were pro- one all-starch meal as a well-balanc-duced. ed diet for a day.

"What is wanted to-day is a "There is no reason a man should spreading out of vehicles over a not live to be 100 if he is temperate, greater area of highway so as to and keeps at work, and if in his relieve the nuconfortable and often heart he is striving to benefit man-dangerous congestion on the main kind."

roads. In this nothing is needed by way of adventure, for, as we have stated, the secondary Toods are, generally speaking, good and some- times even better than the main highways." .

Mr. Ford's carly walk starts usually when "morning's at 7 and the hillside's dew-pearled."

He varjes the monotony of the morning "hike" by breaking into a occasional run.

Before noon a little vigorous the wond-chopping is good for muscles.

£16,000,000 PROFIT.

12-TON PETROL LOCO

Well Suited to Heavy Work.

The utility of the faternal combustion engine locomotive for After £14,000,000 Loss in short-distance work is so widely

Previous Year.

The balance sheet of the Ford Motor Company for 1929 reveals a

profit of more than £16,000,000. In

cess of the new models.

recognised that it is not surprising to find that it is being employed to an increasing extent, and a 12-ton petrol locomotive made by Messrs.

James and Frederick Howard,

1928 the loss exceaded £14,000,000, Limited, Britannia Iron Works, the extraordinary difference being Bedford, is well suited not only for dno, it is understood, to the suc-heavy contractors' work, but for the shunting of waggons on main-line The cost of altering the Ford sidings. The standard gauge of 4 plant explains the debit balanco ft. 8 in. is adopted, but the frame and axles can be made to suit any sheet of the previous year.

The Ford Company is privately gauge up to 5 ft. 6 in. The engine, owned, but under Massachusetts at a normal speed of 1.250 rpm law all companies doing business develops 61 brake horse-power. The In that State must file a balance torque le transmitted through a sheet, although a detailed state ment is not required.

The company's 172,645 shares are all held by Mr. Ford and his Bon Edsel.

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TYRE MANUFACTURE

Heavy Demand for Rubber Now Certain.

three-speed gearbox, which gives speeds of 3.24, 7.1 and 11.15 m.p.h.. the gross loads hauled on the level at these speeds being 208 tons, 128 tons, and 77 tons, respectively, the adhesion being taken at 520 lb. per ton and the rolling resistance at 20 lb. per ton. These are for normal working conditions, but, in favour able circumstances, the loads may be somewhat exceeded, or if less loads are hauled the speeds may be Increased by 20 per cent. by accel- erating the engine. On gradients of 1 in 30, the gross loads hauled at the three speeds stated above are, respectively, 63 tons, 17 tons and Ÿ tons.

THE CHINA MAIL.

ROADS BARRED.

Rope and Timber Barriers,

Residents to the neighbourhood of Biggin Hill, Kent, who have complained of the invasion of the neighbourhood by motor-cyclists, on April 27 tried to bar two roads, which are claimed to be private thoroughfares.

A rope was held across one road- way by eight men and a number of women, and a piece of timber was placed across the other road. The rope was broken, and in spite of protests a number of motor-cyclists passed along the road.

Miss Hosali, of Sunningdale- avenue, Biggin HIF, said:

BOY CYCLISTS. Nearly 100 For Bucks

Trial.

Nearly 100 schoolboys from public and secondary schools in all parts of Britain, Including Eton, Marlborough, and the Royal Naval College, were started by Professor A. M. Low at Slough on April 26 on a motor-cycle trial over a

of

miles seventy-three course through Buckinghamshire.

The trial, which was organised by the North London Motor Club, was the third of an annual series. was to demonstrate that the modern motor-cycle is per- The object fectly safe for the average boy to drive.

"Many motor-cyclists come here

Professor Low, who has been during week-ends because the vice-chairman of the Auto-Cycle paths are hilly and the roads rough Union for ten years and is chair- and uneven. They consider it a man of the Royal Automobile Club stated suitable place to hold what they motor-cycling committee, call test runs. The local residents that nearly all the accidents on the do not object to motor-cycling, but road were due to lack of education. consider that tests and trials should be conducted on special roads and not in the heart of the peaceful countryside."

The local authorities and the motoring organisations are to be consulted.

GOODS VEHICLES.

More Loading

.

tions Coming.

"I think," he said, "that most! people use the road with a mind suited to horse traffic and a machine Buited to motor traffic. The only possible way to secure safety is to drive people into: thinking in parts of a secondi Instead of parts of a minute."

Kop Hill, a gruelling ascent near Chequera, was taken by most of the competitors with ease. Some of the boys were riding powerful Restric-machines, and all handled their

cycles with remarkable ease.

Mr. Alan W. Day, the hon. secre- tary of the organising club, receiv "Signs are not wanting thated a letter from Mr. P. 3. Hannon, operators of goods-carrying vehicles M.P., stating: "I hope very much will have to bear in mind the that the result of the trial will de- possibility of more restrictions bemonstrate the absurdity of the ing imposed upon vehicles loading proposal to raise the minimum age and unloading in urban areas, In for motor-cyclists from 14 to 16." the Metropolis during racent

Thirty motor-cyclists, including months," states The Commercial some crack riders, took part in the Motor, "this problem has been North-West 200 mites race over the tackled with considerable stringency triangular Port Stewart-Coleraine- in a fairly extensive area. Un-Portrush road circuit on April 26. doubtedly, owing to the ever-grow- The winner was G. E. Nott ing volume of traffic on the roads (Coventry) who repeated inst to-day, this lead will be followed in year's victory on a Rudge Whit- many other cities and towns within worth, at an average speed of 67.98 the next few years.

miles per hour, as compared with "Therefore it behoves purchasers 66.93 last year. The fastest lap, a of new vehicles to bear in mind the record for the course, was accom- point that their machines should be plished by H. G. Tyrell Smith, so designed as to load and unload another Rudge rider from Coven with the minimum of delay. try, with 74.1 m.p.h.

"Amongst the directions in which improvement may be made, the first concerns the loading of vehicles from the side as well as from the

end. In many

this

PILLION RIDING.

Severe Fifty Mile Course.

or-

cases to-day it is necessary for the vehicle to be at right angles to the traffic stream

loading. Obviously, when causes unnecessary congestion, and aide-loading may become essential in

The efficiency of the modern the not-for-distant future.

motor-cycle was demonstrated at "Another point concerns the load the fifth annual trial for motor- ing height of trailers. A great cyclists with pillion riders, many of the burdens commonly var-ganised by the Carshalton Motor ried upon trailers have to be lifted Cycle Club, on April 26. 4

The trial is over a fifty-mile from ground level; the higher the lift the greater the cost and the course through Surrey and Kent. longer the time taken to load. As A hundred and eighty-one entrants, most trailers have no mechanism be- including three women, started tween the axles which need inter-from Sutton. fere with the loading height, it Hundreds of people assembled should be possible materially to re- along the more gruelling parts of duce the platform level. Obviously, the course, which included a deep this will not only assist indirectly water, splash at the bottom of Tit- in the minimization of traffic con- sey Hill, followed by a climb up gestion, but will re-act favourably a steep bank. At another point of upon, the user's operating coats."

the course near Addington the riders had to struggle through mud almost a foot deep.

for, throttle valve and magneto, are arranged within easy reach of the In spite of these difficulties, most driver. The running cost of the of the machines won through and locomotive, it is stated, is just under arrived at the scheduled time at one farthing per ton-mile, with the finishing point, Carshalton. petrol at 1s. 4d. per gallon. This Mr. H. D. Weston; secretary of figure Includes interest on the the club, stated that the first trial capital cost, 10 per cent. deprecia organised by the club five years

In the current quarter. America, still the predominant user of rub ber, enters upon the time of the most concentrated consumption. De liveries of tyres during this period The engine, radiator and gear-box of 1929 amounted to 23 millions, are carried as a self-contained unit which created a record, all the more on a built-up rolled-steel frame, tion, and insurance, as well as ago was banned by the Auto- remarkable as the monthly deliveries which is securely riveted together driver's wages, repairs and. re- Cycle Union on the ground that it during October, 1928, to March, and attached to the main frame.newale, petrol, and engine and other was dangerous. Nevertheless, the 1929, had been very extensive, This latter is constructed entirely of lubricating oil. An actual running trial was held, and for four years amounting to a total of 41 millions. rolled-steel members. A brake is time of 44 hours per week for 50 has been sanctioned by the govern

How completely different appear fitted to each of the four wheels, working weeks per annum la assuming body. There has not been a the preliminaries of this year's sea-and is operated by a handwheel anded, loaded waggons being hauled for single accident in the whole five aon, state Messrs. Blescher Blk and screw gear. Sanding gear la also 25 hours per week, the remainder of trials. Co., a leading firm in the London provided for all the wheels. The the time being spent in hauling rubber market. Deliveries of tyres fuel tank is situated in the cab, empty waggons, loading, unloading, after the collapse in Wall Street above and in front of the gear-box. atc. The maximum gradient 18 dropped during October-December. The fuci is supplied to the carburet- taken at 1 in,60, and the gross load 1929, to a total of 11 millions, tor by gravity feed. All the hand 96 tons at an average speed of 9 January-March shows some improve-controls, viz., those for the accelera- m.p.h.-Engineering.

ment, but the aggregate for the six months will hardly exceed 24 mil-

liona. Ansuming that car produc-

tion from October, 1929, to June, 1930, will suffer, a 25 per cent, de- cline against the same period a year: ago (when four million cars were manufactured), equipment orders this season may require about five million tyres less, but this would still leave the enormous total of 35 million tyres to be wanted" and manufactured during April-June for replacements.

It may be argued that the finan- ejal disturbance in America subdued the running of cars; this is not so;" petrol consumption during October- December, 1929, totalled 991 million barrele, against 88 million barrels in 1928.

Messra. Sanderson and Co. in their report state: It is generally predicted that 1980 will be a good replacement year, for tyres, and if expectations are realised this may coincide with the lighter shipments which should result from the effect of the tapping holiday. The East is still a reluctant seller, and the quantities offered are small Con- sular figures for the tweek ended March 22 to New York are 9,844 tona.

Min Kathryn Depts, holding the two-foot longantompollo, which is constructed entirely of diamonds-rables and emeralds. The model, valued at G$100,000, «L comprised of 6,112 dia roomis, 015 rubles and 60 eméraids,"

ANGLICISING FIAT.

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The new Buick, with these features, will introduce you to new and unequaled performance, driving ease, riding comfort and reliability on any day you put it to the test. And yet these six Buick modals ure offered at the price of cars which motorists never think of comparing with Buick!

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CHEAPER CARS.

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Making this announcement Colonel J. A. Gole, chairman of the company, said:

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stantially, and thus produce in be able to increase our output sub- greater volume a range of quality cars at lower prices. The beneat of this organised policy is being passed on to the public immediate ly"

Colonel Cole added that during the past twelve months the Hill man Company had concentrated on Press advertising.