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MOTORING

THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1933.

MOTORISTS' MOST COMMON OFFENCE

33,672 Obstructions.In Britain In 1932.

R. A. C. STATISTICS

London.

Twenty-five out of every hundred motorista defended by the Royal Automobile Club of Great Britain) last year were summoned for obstruction. During 1981, the last year for which statistics are avail- able, 33,672 people were convicted for obstruction, and the sum

of £21,016 was collected In fines..

An R.A.C. Official states that: "In 99 cases out of 100 obstruction means leaving a car in an unautho- rised parking place.

Automotive Industry Reviewed

Not Thoroughly Dismal In America

CAR REPLACEMENT STATISTICS

When general conditions in the, their inventories well in hand, and automotive industry are consider at the end of October were carry ed. the 1992 showing of the auto-ing in stock only sufficient Hires to mobile tire industry can hardly be accommodate the ordinary require classed as thoroughly dismal. The ments of 3.8 months,

successful year. industry as a whole did not have Harmonious Relations Between

The majoritys

ated at a loss.

which

con-

Manufacturers.

THE CHINA MAIL.

'CELLO PRODIGY IS EVERY INCH A BOY

8--Year-Old South African Wonder.

WIGMORE HALL RECITAL

London.

What would you expect to be the things which an "infant prodigy”

terested in?..

NO HORSE SHOW FOR LONDON," Financial Difficulties Experienced.

London,

It is' bad news that they ̈are not going to hold the Horse Show this year.

The show was one of the most

It had

at the 'celle would be most in- characteristically English events!

of the London season. Prepare for a surprise, for these been held at Olympia ever since are the things which appear most 1907, with the exception of the attractive to little Aubrey Rainer, war. It included jumping con- from East London, South Africa, tests for which there were en- Hall-an achievement which fine parades of harness horses who gave a recital at the Wigmore tries from all over the world, and

many musicians several times his was always in the ring, with an presents the height of ambition to and hunters. Lord Lonsdale

aze. They are: sport racing immense cigar. There was round the garden at breakneck loss on last year's show, although of important factors, in fact, oper Although 1932 may go down in speed on a cycle, following cricket the attendances were 9,095

But their losses the history of the industry as the chess, and bus routes. He knows

and football results, billards, greater than in 1931. were in keeping with those in year when most serious efforts just which route goes from one ties led the shareholders in In- other branches of the automotive were made to create harmonious place to another in London, and ternational Horse Shows Limited Recently the financial difficul "The R.A.C..appreciate the diff- fteld, and might have been materi-relations between the various culty of finding parking space ally reduced were it not for the manufacturers, it will be remem

where you have to change. when shopping or making business intense competitive methods adopt-bered as a period when prices were now) his mother bought him a tiny sportsmen then tried to arrange to wind up the company volun- When Aubrey was four (he is 8 tarily. A number of well-known calla. The private motorcar has

led to bolster sales volumes. never more disturbed and competicello, and in

As was the case

in 1931, lastition for business more ruthless and could play a number of simple But they failed and now the best become an essential

a few months befor the show to be held after all. in the daily life of the community. Unfortua companies making a relatively bet-

year resulted in the smaller tire intense.

The extreme prices given to

pieces correctly and in tune. that can be hoped for is that the ately the facilities for its use have ter showing than the large

national and commercial accounts that: "I realised that he was not 1934.-Reuter.

His mother told an interviewer show will be revived again in tion in numbers. As a result car!Policies for the industry and, be-tailers, who always have asserted had a real gift for classical music. not kept pace with its multiplica-cerns,

establish sales have handicapped independent re a freak, but, on the contrary, be owners are continually being pro- tion capacities, go to extremes in this type of business themselves, thorough groundwork and be train- cause of their tremendous produc- that they were capable of handling I decided that he should have a secuted for obstruction, especially seeking outlets for their products: These wholesale prices have been ed as an artist in every sense of in large towns."-Reuter.

Replacement sales-those to car granted so large corporations have the word. and truck owners-probably will been permitted to enjoy them in total 35,250,000 when final official purchasing equipment for their patience, figures are available. This is less own vehicles. than 10 per cent. below the total

This situation, with the inroads of 38,750,000 replacement sales made by mall order houses, the People came to hear him, and there made in 1031. It represents

sale by gasoline stations of tires

were only four complimentary worthwhile

scata. -elther as special brands or the accomplishment

We have not exploited

Cincinnati, Ohio. vehicles during the past year, as view of the curtailed use of motor manufacturers regular brands

Aubrey in any way.

Research workers of the Uni- jand the

"Nobody even indicated by the drop in, gasoline, stations, either owned cutright or eítal, and, although we have been modification of the humble salt operation of service heard him play before his first re- Medicine claim to have added a friends-hadversity of Cincinnati College of Next summer English holiday-consumption.

controlled by manufacturers, have makers will have an opportunity

hindered the progress of the inde-

16 months in England, where we shaker to the implements of the of enjoying thrills that have been placement sales in 1923, the 1932 specialised tire dealer has passed, drawn attention to him-Reater, delicate operation whereby skin Compared with 47,000,000 re-pendent dealer. The day of the Wigmore Hall recital that has

have made our home, it is only the surgeon, denied them since 1923, when the record does not appear brilliant for now the majority of stations Tourist Trophy race was last held But the decrease in the latter year at which tires are

It is used in skin-grafting, that Although the final ratification by measure to the higher quality of vice, such as those covering bat- Bold and

is transplanted to restore burned In a large serviced render other forms of ser-

or otherwise damaged tissue. the manufacturers" society is still tires that have been produced teries, brake lining, car washing. to come, it is now certain that aj pair of races will be held over mileage recorded by the average line and off.

since 1929, as well as to the lower lubrication and the sale of gaso~| course mainly within the town of motorist last year. Shipments of The number of independent tire 30-Day Contract Granted 40,000,000 units, a drop of 17 per within the past few years, it being ail types during 1932 amounted to dealers has been greatly reduced: Cent, from the total for 1931.

estimated that there are now only. about 60,000 such retailers, where Throughout the year the manu-¡than 100,000.

as five years ago there were more

NEXT ISLE OF MAN RACES.

Tourist Trophy Race Held In Douglas Town.

in the Isle of Man,

Douglas in mid-July,

30-

There will be a small-car race on Wednesday, July 12, and other for cars over 11⁄2 litre on the following Friday.

The course provisionally mapped

A

course

course that should

can

be attributed

Production Schedules in Tune

With Replacements.

in

It was worth using.

When he gave his first public recital at the age of 7 over 1,000.

BULLION BENEATH LOS ANGELES ?

Treasure Seekers.

Los Angeles, California. With mingled doubt and con cern, the county board of super-

"ON

"SPRINKLING

NEW SKIN. Successful Experiment IN.U.S.A...

generally in use is not wholly sa- The thethod of grafting now tisfactory. Sometimes the trans- planted skin will not grow and when it does scars often show.

So the scientists took a patch of skin ready for grafting, ground it, put it in a modified salt shaker, and then sprinkled it over an exposed wound."

The skin stuck fast and grew,

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STRENGTH.

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out is a 41⁄2 miles, circuit, which facturing plants kept their produc- includes the full length of the tina schedules in tune with the been protesting against encroach- catacombs under the Hall of Jus-face was covered with normal The dealers for some time have visors has heard that there are spreading until the desired sur- "front" at Douglas and a twisting replacement business and the de- ments by other interests. climb through the streets up to the back of the town,

mand from

How tice and that at least 16 sites in tissue. car manufacturers, competitive the business has which will put a premium on the the total output of casings. It is chant is indicated by an analysis doubloons

which accounts for a falling off in come for the independent tire mer-nels contain ancient Spanish difference, they said, whether

be- the 1900-foot labyrinth of tun-

It, did not seem to make any skill of the driver and the hand!- estimated that the 1932 production made recently by a veteran tire buried or concealed in vaults. ness and receleration of his

and gold bullions, the particles of skin fell "right carlof rather than on its maximum speed. ahout 40,1000,000 units, a drop of while in 1926 the independent tire from three local treasure hunters

pneumatic tirea will total, manufacturer. This showed that, It is also a

The surprising statement came grew just the same.-Reuter.

side" up or down for the skin provide a first-class spectacle, and which was 48,740,000. In 1930 the the tire replacement business, in hill in the downtown district in 16 per cent from the 1931 total, merchant handled 87 per cent, of who dug for a month under a give English people a brief taste Industry produced 51,000,000 cas-1932 but slightly more of the joys of road-racing, a sport regarded on the Continent as one 69,000,000 pneumatics were turned through his hands.

ings.

In 1929, the peak year,per cent. of this trade passed wealth..

than 60 the hope of locating the hoarded MEASURING LOVE'S of the finest, but to our people a closed book.

lout.

The country gave the men The production problems of the 1932, 19 per cent. went through tions resulted nothing but deep Machine To Determine Of the replacement tires sold in 30-day contract but their excava industry will be appreciated when mail order houses, 10 KEEPING CAR CLEAN. it is realized that shipments of were sold by oil stations, 13.5 per earth. But still convinced that per cent. holes and numerous piles of original equipment tires to Raising the car windows when manufacturers in 1932 were just pany retail stations, 2.65 per cent want the county to renew their car cent: "were marketed by tire com- they are on the right track they parking in a busy street is one under 40 per cent. less than.in 1931, were sold as spare tires by the car license, promising a 50 per cent way of keeping the interior clean and that export shipments which apparently escapes many down 47 per cent. With these cur one-Falf of 1 per cent. were sold.

were manufacturers, and a little under royalty on anything they fined claims, can measure the strength A machine which, its inventor motorista.

riments, the manufacturers kept direct to commercial accounts. Ittrical device which he asserts any given time may shortly be One of the trio owns an elec-of love between two persons at was estimated by the manufac has located gold deposits, on the installed in the Psycho-Techni- turer making this analysis that county property and another cal Institute here. during the last year about possesses $143,000,000 worth of retail tire which he says indicates the pre-of a proposed extension of the an old Spanish map Its installation would be part business was diverted from the sence of treasure.Reuter. independent dealer.

8.4.4 4.99 kp, Q.16,V. Bins Scar.

THE ONE WHO REALLY APPRECIATES GOOD MOTORCYCLE USUALLY TRIES A NUMBER OF MAKES BEFORE HE IS SATISFIED, BUT A BS.A. WILL ALWAYS. SATISFY THE MOST DISCRIMINATIVE CYCLIST. NO WONDER BSA HAS GAINED THE WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION FOR MOTOR CYCLING SERVICE AND VALUE.

Don't buy a motorcycle

until you have seen

THE 1933 RANGE OF BS.A.

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FUTURE MOTORIST,

MATHEMATICIAN.

Complexity Of Street Signals.

The perfect motorist of the future will have to become a first-class mathematician.

PATIENT TREATED BY WIRELESS.

Two-Hour Struggle To Save Sailor's Life.

Palermo, Italy.

Compatability,

Belgrade.

work of the Institute. Hitherto the Institute has largely devoted itself to vocational tests for school-children. Now it is pro posed that it shall undertake the task of testing engaged couples to ascertain their suitability for one another. It is argued that psychological experts might be able to prevent a large number of unhappy marriages from tak- ing place. Beuter

A man has been saved by a This refers to the increasing with the aid of wireless.

doctor hundreds of miles away complexity of our street signs and signals, the scoring of street. The doctor sat in the wireless PRISON AMENITIES surfaces with cabalistic designs, room of a ship in the Catania (Sicily) harbour and gave direc- lights, the flashing of warnings suffering from a severe heart at tions for the treatment of a man

and dazzle

of many-coloured)

and directions, etc., etc.

AIR RESISTANCE OF BODIES:

Spring Balance Record

Forces

tack in a ship far away at sea-

A wireless message had been received from the Italian steam er "Pier Luigi" that a member of the crew had been suddenly take all and was not expected to

live,

AT SING SING.

Warden Gives Royalties To Gym Fund.

Ossining, New York.. Warden Lawes of Sing-Sing prison has announced that he is going to build a gymnasium” at A doctor was rushed on board the prison with royalties from a a ship in the harbour, and over movie recently produced from a Internating comparisons between the wireless he listened to the book which he wrote: on prison 0:0 air → realstances offered by symptoms and ordered the right life.

liss of different

made recently

body is moun

which rest on the

reatment The struggle to The building will be construct- ve the man's life lasted twoled in the yard near the cell block and ill-house the prison's foot- ball team and basketball court.

Convicts are to do

tion work-and-

equipment will;

the royalties:

and

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