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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2,

SNAPSHOTS OF A BOY ON HIS WAY TO SUNDAY SCHOOL."

1930.

QUEEN'S

MOTOR NOTES

1,000 MILES FOR 10 with carefully measured petrol and CAR ENGINE DRIVES

SHILLINGS.

VIVID PROOF OF

RELIABILITY.

of

oil at the A.C.U. headquarters, in Pall Mall, London, and replenish- ments during the test were made with scrupulons accuracy by the observer.

The second day saw Mrs: Meeten leaving Wetherby to face the 200 odd miles to Edinburgh. Tho, wen- ther conditions remained favour- Fable, and a speed of about 5 miles an hour was maintained. The schedule of the run was based on an average of 20 m.p.h.

But as

Never before has the economy of the modern motor-eyele been de monstrated so convincingly as in the recent 1,000-mile test Francis-Bernett machine under obtine was necessarily lost la paas servation of the Auto-Cycle Union. ing through the numerous towns, the speed in the country had to be higher than the schedule in order to keep up the average.

" A Real Test.

over

Petrol consumption can be faked to extraordinary figures by robbing the machine of all its useful per formance. Here, however, is a test which not only extended several days on the rond, but con- eluded in tests for speed and hill climbing on Brooklands track with out any adjustment whatever to the

maching

The machine was a Francis-Bar- nett with a 172 ce two-stroke Villiers engine, perfectly standard in all respects, including the car-

'buretter.

The rider throughout the trial was Mrs. T. G. Menton, of Meeten Motors, Dorking..

The RUE.

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AIRPLANE.

REMARKABLE TEST.

To prove the airplane efficiency of the latest Franklin air-cooled motorcar engine a dramatic dying exhibition was staged a short time ago at the municipal airport of Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A. One of the new Franklin engines was installed in the chassis of a Waco plane by the Johnson Flying Service of that newspapermen and city. With technical engineers as observers The third day dawned with and E. A. Johnson at the controls, tenden skies and a gale from the plane, powered by the air-

This meant long cooled Franklin engine, "bok the south-west.

off" од the and manoeuvred throughout "the stretches of full throttle

tain sections between Edit day above the field. The engine re burgh and Carlisle. The strengthsponded to every demand of the of the wind increased towards pilot, delivering great power in afternoon, to such an extent that bath high altitudes and low. the throttle had, to be opened wide on the long downhill slopes of Shap Fell. Hain began to fall, and the conditions became decidedly un-

pleasant.

The first day's run from London to Wetherby. in Yorkshire, was over the easy slopes and curves of the Great North Road. This secly adverse conditions must increase tion of the journey wan noteworthy only for the smoothness of running of the engine, which purred away hour after hour, "rever missing a beat. The tanks had been supplied

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This engine, which develops DS horsepower, and is said to operate in the ranges from 60 to 80 miles and hour with a smoothness of torque and power hitherto unparal leled in automotive power plants, appears in the new line of ears brought out by the Franklin Aute- mobile Company of Syracuse, N.Y., U.S.A.. for 1930.

Ficoded Reads. On the fourth day a start was made from Warrington in pouring rain This continued hour after hour. In several places Booded reads were encountered and taken The new Franklin powered by this remarkable engine' presente a in the day's work. It was realised by Mrs. Meeten that these extreme-triking appearance, with "model being distinctive and characterized by a new type of hood with grace- fully arched front in which are mounted vertical vanes that give a pleasing alender effect. The same pleasing contour is reflected in the bodies, which are marked by a deep sectioned and well rounded roof. The entire style effect is out of by the staggered horizontal louvres. hood and belt moldings and the use of a military type visor."

consumption: but she endured the discomforts with courage and spirit, and drove through everything that came with a determination to get the best out of her machine.

On the fifth day the weather con- ditions were good and the long run from Bridgwater to Dorking, wid Exeter and Salisbury, was made in comfort. So ended the road section of the test. By achieving the re- markable petrol consumption of

Two series of cars are included 196.48 miles to the gallon we had

in the line, comprising complete dentonstrated that 1,000 miles, could groups of bedy models on chassis of 18 inch and 132 inch wheel- be covered at a running coat of ten

básca. Included in the presenta. shillings. It now remained to test for speed and hill-elimbing capabilition of the 16 standard body modela. tics. No adjustments of any dere four sports creations which furnish high spots of interest by scription had been made daring the thousand miles' run. The tool bng embodying design motifs new to the

industry. was not opened for any purpcae whatsoever.

These cars are in, the standard line and were inspired by recent Franklin models which met Speed and Hill-Climbing. Tests."

with favor among the world's lead Without the slightest alteration, ing custam car designers at recent the machine was driven to Brook- salons. Such new features as con- running-boards, deep-cut lands for the speed and hill-climb-cenled tests recorded below. Indoors. ing

horizontal dart louvres, of windows, perusing this record, it should be original treatment borne in mind that the machine mouldings and panellings, and the was standard in every respect, in- rakish slant of the windshield, de- eluding a perfectly standard car-finitely place these new Franklin huretter setting. On the same car- ypes in a conspicuous position in buretter setting which had given the fine car field. 130 miles a gallon for 1,000 miles

Optional Speeds,

For the first time in motorcar

on the road, Mrs. Mécten did two circuits of the track at 45 m.p.h.history, Franklin will after four- Forty-five m.ph, was chosen as a fast touring speed-the machine cams twenty climbs of the test bill -without slopping the engine.

was not on full throttle.

Official Certificate.

Then

And finally, the machine was examined by the A.C.U. Here is a brief extract from the official certiheate

At the conclusion of the test the cylinder head and barrel were removed. No noticeable wear was found in the bearings. The piston rings were free in the grooves. The carbon deposit was black in colour, rather hard, and not thicker than one-hundredth of an inch except round the exhaust ports, where the deposit was heavier."

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New Road Record.

In a recent transcontinental road test in the U.S.A., officially timed Bir- by Western union, the new plane-powered Franklin covered 3.200 miles in e9 hours and 31 minutes for an average speed of 46.83 miles an hour, benting the former record, which was also held by Franklin, by 4 hours and. 20 minutes, and clipping 8 hours and nine minutes off the best record ever established by any other car.

This record augmenta a long list ef road records held by Franklin and which comprise practically every major mark held by American

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With its trim lines, tasteful holstery, and rich, colours, the Willya Six presents an appearance as far above its class as its per- formance.

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STARTS FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL WITH ORDERS TO KEEP HIM- SELF LOOKING NICE.

CAN'T RESIST TAKING A FEW SLIDES ON THE ICY PLACE AT THE .. CORNER, ALSO A FEW SPILLS.

FINDS THAT SOME- IS NOT HITTING HOW HIS 'KID GLOVES TREE. DEPOSITS HAVE GOTTEN SOAK-COAT AND HAT ING WET STUFFS THEM IN POCKET.

STARTS CROSS-LOTS FOR EDDIE SELZERS, WONDERING MIDWAY WHETHER SNOW WILL HURT HIS PATENT-LEATHERS

MRS, SELZER CALLS THAT EDDIE STARTED SOME TIME AGO. SETS OUT THROUGH AND ACROSS SNOW DRIFTS IN PURSUIT.

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ON SNOW, IN EFFORT TO IM- PROVE HIS AIM.

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With "finger-tip" con- troi" it is never necessary to re-

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Tests with the new Willys Six have shown that it accelerates from 3 to 30 miles an hour in 21 seconds, and can attain 45 miles an hour in second. Such flashing performance makes the driver master, of every situation in heavy traffic or on the highway and, coupled with the security provided by larger internal expanding four-wheel brakes and oversize tires, explains why the Willys Six bna received such a wide endorsement from women drivers.

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Horizontal.

1.-Globes. 5.-Terror. D.-To bellow. 14.-Smoke,

13. Narrow road.

14.-Custom

14

13.-French for and.

18 19

16. Possessive pronoun.

18. To put on.

20.-Musical note, 20.-Elegant.

21.-Male sheep.

27.-Small opening in skia

20-Small depression.

31. To decay."

32.--Secretly.

31. Expires,

33. Part of infinitive

37 - Hurrica.

30.

To hold back.

41.-Masculine pronoun. 42-9hort sleeps.... 44.-To wait on. '45.-Part of a play. 47. To handle roughly. 49-Afternoon parties. 50.-Stalk.

s-Caudal appendage. 54.-By.

55.--Meadow, 57.--Conceited.

60.-Exists.

61.To suffer."

63-To look intently. 65.-A medicinal plant.. 07.-Porscasive pronoun. 68.-Mistakes. 69%-Curved.

Vertical 1.-Metalliferous rock.

2.-Memory.

3.-Part of to be.

4.-The firmament,

e

5.-Matter in flowing state,

8.-Deserved.

7.-Article.

8. A colour..

st

11.-Pronoun.

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17. Belonging to. 10. Conjunction. 21.-American lake. 53.-Girl's name.

25. Propelling force. 28.-Rocks,

27.Egyptian high officials.

28.--Paradise.

20.-Golf mound.

33.-Holland

checse.

city,

famous for

35.--Proofreader's word.

38. Gaiter.

40.--Space,

43.-More bland. 45.-Relates. 48. Falsifiers. 51.-Pronoun. 63.--Fifty-one. 56. To imitate. 59. To seize.

60.-Complete collection, 01.--A sloth.

02.--Pronoun..

64-Comparative auffix. 68.-French article.

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