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THE CHINA MAIL.

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1931.

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STREET SAFETY,

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10 MONTHS' TRIP,

America's Children Take Part.

Tests Prove Its Wisdom.

an-

Start of British-Africa Expedition.

those

The Ford Motor Company's When all salvageable articles

Proving itself one of the most Capt. Geoffrey Malins, O.B.E., The closing of the tenth method of ridding the countryside, have been removed, the remaining

efleient and powerful engines ever recently set off from London of wornout automobiles, begun in hulk is moved forward into a box- National Street and Highway February: 1920, has proved satisfac-like machine which resembles a Safety Campaign, conducted in developed in the field of low priced with, eight companions on his development expedition tory and

being paper baler

large scale. elementary schools throughout aixes during the past twelve months, trade # constructed which will permit hand. This device crushes the car into the United States by the High-the Willys Six engine is retained in from London to Cape Town. Hing of up to 5,000 junked cars a a compact mass about the length way Education Board, was mark-the 1931 model. However, some Motor vehicles constitute the sole changes have been made which bet-means of transport; they consist day against 300 to 400 a day now. and width of an automobile, but ed in Washington by the

Where Chevrolet, Buick, Chrysler only two or three feet thick. This nouncement that more than 700,-ters its outstanding performance of of two six-cylinder Rileys, with and several other companies set a unit then is conveyed to the open-000 pupils as well as thousands 1930 when it won the annual Pikes balloon attachments for floating race, America's across rivers, a van and trailer- participated. Peak stock car price to the automobile dealer for hearth furnace where a giant ram of teachers had

and two motor-cycles-a New- a junk car and turn the "remains" forces it through an enormous fun-The campaign is carried out in greatest hill climb classić.

and private schools Chief among the improvements In Hudson and a Rudge. over to the commercial junk nel into the furnace door. Out of public

Nearly sixty British firms are dealers, after

Amongst rendering it un- the other side of the furnace comes throughout the nation and its ter the 1982 Willys Six engine is the fit for use as an automobile again the hot metal which goes into the ritorial possessions and is open change that has been made in the represented. by wrecking the motor and axle, usual machinery for making ingots, to pupils between the ages of 10 shape of the combustion head. This connected with the motor trade, Ford uses a regular disassembly and thus in about thirty minutes an and 14 years, and to all elemen- change takes the form of an In in addition to the manufacturers Prizes crease in the space between the top of the cars and motor-cycles, are automobile is again converted into tary school teachers, The old cars are run onto a mov- the material whence it came. aggregating $6,500 are offered to of the piston and the under side of such well-known companies

successful competitors and these the head. This does away with the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., and ing platform much like the assem- Satisfied With Benefits. bly line for new cars. Workmen It is estimated that Ford obtains have added much to the interest interference between piston and C. C. Wakefield & Co., Ltd.

head, due to carbon accumulation on Immediately before their de-

parture, a farewell "Safari". begin immediately to remove all from $5.50. to $8 worth of scrap aroused.

Since the inauguration of this those members. parts which have value as salvage. and from $5 to $7 worth of salvage

Even this change was not adopted lunch was given to the travellers, Aluminium mouldings, copper and material in the operation, perhaps annual safety project in the braas pipes and radiators are taken an average of $11 a car for which school-year 1921-22, it has had until it had undergone months of Mr. Victor Riley being in the of these vided was all of the tinned varie- olf. Window glass is removed and is paid from $15 to $20 fob Ford the backing of the National Auto-, strenuous road tests. Early in the chair. The excellent fare, pro- I sorted into sizes, some is repolished plant. In addition the company has mobile Chambers of Commerce, Summer a large number

association of automobile new heads were sent out into the ty on which the party will live in decorations and some is recut. Lead and pitch to stand the labour costs involved ari is salvaged from the batteries. which on 500m care a day is about manufacturers, as well as the ac-field and tested in territories where the wilds. Table

Tyres Melted Up.

$300 or 60 cents a car. So far as tive co-operation of state high-the hardest conditions would be lost none of their attractiveness by the use of empty Castral tins and state, encountered, Tyres are melted up and used in can be learned no close approxima- way departments

school A careful check was kept on the as flower vases!

On leaving London, the party a composition to make steering tion of costs has been made, the municipal and other wheels. Body top materials, felt company being satisfied with the authorities who assist in every performance of each and the reports and leather are converted into po- benefits in getting abandoned cars way possible in making the cam were uniform from all sections of headed for Harwich and crossed paign successful. Each year has the country where the new heads by the night boat to Rotterdam.

tested. It was lishing pads, of which the company out of dealers' hands.

definitely They then set off by way of Brus- an increase in the were uses millions annually. Cotton in One official who has sponsored witnessed the seats is reclaimed. Cloth is the plan states that the psychologi- number of participants, 200,000 shown that the new heads are a sels for Central Europe, Turkey, reshred into shoddy. On the old cal effect of getting old cars out of pupils taking part in the first distinct improvement over the for- Damascus, Jerusalem and Egypt. this number mer type, not only because of the Thence they will follow the All- Model T Fords the magneto and the way ia of very practical value campaign, and flywheels are removed. Some major to the sales department.. Some growing by approximately 50,000 avoidance of carbon interference Red route to South Africa. The but the general behaviour and ac- distance is some 12,000 miles assembly units, if in good cendi-dealers are inclined to nurse anti- each succeeding year.

pedition will reach Cape Town in tion, are reconditioned, and sold quated cars far beyond the point That safety education in the tivity of the car proved materially and it is expected that the ex- to parts salvage depots.

of any actual value simply because schools has achieved remarkable better.

With its dynamic development of ten or twelve months' time. the cars were once traded in at a results in the United States has

a self-evident fact 65-horsepower, the 1931 Willys Six fixed figure.. in some cases the now become

at a high CARS GIVEN AWAY. spectacle of old cars has been the and those who originally opposed engine drives the car means of turning good retail pros- the incorporation of safety in speed of 72 miles an hour and better pects away. So long as junks are struction in the curricula of the and has a quieter second gear Der New System for Disposal in evidence many dealers "feel schools are now ardent support formance, of 48 niiles

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perfection of balance that benefits both safety and performance. In body construction, the New Chrysler Six excelsas much as it does in its chassis and engine. It has a virtually one-

piece, welded steel body that combines tremendous strength

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comfortable roominess--a motor

over the you as it carries you silently and restful tiles. 5 The value in this car will change all your conceptions of value standards,

INSPECTION CORDIALLY Invited

THE NATIONAL MOTOR CAR CO. These Cars are on display in Town at

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an hour-a

poor" and will not order new cars.ers of this spreading movenient distinct advantage in heavy, elty

The proportion of fatal automo-traffic. bile accidents involving school

Transport of Junks.

The problem of transporting the children during the past ten FILMING WILD LIFE. junks to River Rogue plant is being years has shown a steady de-

solved by the truckers who deliver crease as compared with the total Willys-Knights in the new cars to dealers, and who are number of such fatalities, while glad to obtain at from $2 to $5 in the year 1928 the number of

car.

Jungle.

of the Unwanted.

A correspondent writes to the Garage and Motor Agent: "Glancing through the secondhand car an-

nouncements in one of the leading

evening papers, my eye was caught by the words 2 Cars Given Away.' The advertisement turned out to be

This system of

car. Junking operations now are child fatalities was actually de heing carried on only in the Detroit creased as compared with 1927. The American explorer and big an offer of a 14 hp, saloon; "We zone, but eventually the company Another outstanding compari- game photographer. Mr. Martin give you this on condition you pay plans to establish concentration son showing the effective results Johnson, is at present engaged in for. the new tyres and carburetter was a 1925 stations at strategic points where f. safety education is obtained the African jungle taking "talkies" $16. The other car the Ford boat lines can be used to by examination of the recorde in antural colour of the wild bird, 2-door saloon with overhauled on- pick up old cars for their return for 1922 and those of 1980. animal, and reptile life. Mr. John-gine, the terms being 'pay the cost loads. In this manner it is hoped These show that the annual numon's principal helper, as in all his of the overhaul; £10, and we give

you the car.' to cover practically all of the ber of automobile fatalities to previous expeditions, is his wife. United States.

adults during the latter year had

Whether by pure coincidence or For transportation of the great Value of cast iron and steel is increased by almost 250 per cent. quantity of material necessary, anot, the next line was Special in-. #igured on basis of about 1,500 above the number in 1922, while fleet of seven Willys-Knight cars surance rates." pounds in each car which is the number of child fatalities and trucks la being used. Mr.disposing of unwanted cars, he com- worth in Detroit about $8 to $8.50 a showed an increase of but slight Johnson gives as the reasons for his menta, opens up fresh possibilities ton as scrap or from $5.50 to $6 a ty more than 25 per cent. over preference the proven stamina and for the trade. Of course. Fresh

Four tyres at 16 pounds cach the former year.

reliability of Willys-Knights on possibilities are always being open- hia previous expeditions,

ed up for every trade good and are worth about $10 a ton as old

How It Is Conducted. rubber or 30 to 95 cents for the

The campaign itself is divided Some of the trucks have special bad. Somehow it strikes me that tyre salvage. Ten square feet of into two contests, an essay com- bodies of heavy metal mesh with the tone of the used-car market is glass at 6 cents works out 60 cents petition for pupils who are re- the motion-picture cameras" mounted not altogether elevated. by novelties as glass salvage. There are about quired to write an essay of 500 inside, and the microphone on the in advertising which tend to sug- gest that the trade has arrived at 25 pounds of copper and brass in words on a given topic relating forward mudguards.

The matal netting is for protee the state of having to give away its radiator valued at 4 cents to street and highway safety, pound or $1, and 26 pounds of lead and a lesson contest for teachers tion from attacks by wild beasta stock. in a battery at 2 cents -2 pound. who submit lessons stressing alwho object to having their photo- Various recoveries of cop-particular phase of highway safe-graphs taken. per tubing at 834 cents a pound, ty. First, second and third felt at 2 cents a pound, with the prizes are provided for each state self-protection makes such action items enumerated above bring the in the essay contest and subse-absolutely necessary, estimated parts and material sal-quently the best essays are en-Johnsons being "big game hunters” vage to around $5 a car.

tered in a national competition in the humane manner. in which three prizes are award- ed. First is a trip to Washing ton, the national capital, with all

Morris cars occupied third place expenses paid, at which time the winner is presented with a gold in total Ceylon registration during watch. Second and third prizes 1930. consist of gold watches...

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Company's Policy.

The company does not confine it. self to Ford funk alone. A con- siderable sprinkling of other makes is found in the unloading yard at the Rouge Plant, but principally the purchases are confined to cars traded in by Ford dealers on new Ford cars which embrace all cars

No animal is killed except where

the Martin

CEYLON & SHANGHAI SALES.

A recent census reported in the

In the safety lesson contest London Motor revealed that in for teachers, certificates of hon- January of this year there were 527 our are awarded to those sub-Morris cars in Shanghat. In the $1,000 field downwards.

While there unquestionably is a mitting the best lesson in each in the state and their papers are then not cost to the company

PROGRESS IN QUEENSLAND.

exlating arrangement the Ford entered in a national competition and at least one-third prize, co people are convinced that an in- in which first prize is also a trip sisting of a bronze medal and a for $5. Some of crease in volume of junking to its to Washington, but instead of re- cheque

amaller states have potential limits, with the new 400 celving a gold watch the teacher the ton open-hearth furnace sad per- is presented with a cheque for been allotted but one-third prize, faction of transportion arrange-$500 Second and third prizes but such states as New York; and ments by boats, will as usual in consist of cheques for $300 and others having large numbers of the Ford economics, justify itself $200 respectively. These sub school children, receive a greater stantial prizes have aroused a number of third prizes.hayan by volume:

keen interest in the campaign and Papers and manuscripts sub- the number of competitors each mitted in the state competitions year has increased steadily. are generally graded by the chief

430 State Prizes.

educational official of the state, A special consignment of 88 All prizes in the campaign are or committees appointed by these The winning papers Morris units was unloaded in donated by the National Auto- officials. February at Brisbane, Australia, to mobile Chamber of Commerce. are then sent to the Highway the order of Messrs. Howard the total number of State prizes Education Board and the nation- Motors, Morris Distributors for the for pupils during the campaign al judges are named. These Queensland and Northern Rivers Just closed aggregated 480, be judges are persons of national territory. Messrs. Howard Motors ing distributed according to the reputation and generally are state that repent, sales of Morris school population of the various chosen from among educators. cars have far exceeded their ex-states. Each state is entitled to business men and government pectations, and that Inquiries are one first prize, consisting of a officials. National winners are pouring in from dealers in all parts gold medal and a cheque for $15 brought to Washington, during who are anxious to hold Morria one second prize consisting of n the early Summer, Immediately

silver medal and a cheque for $10; upon the closing of schools,

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