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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1930.

MOTOR NOTES

NOTES FROM EVERYWHERE.

MOTOR-CAR TRADE THE SMALL CAR OF

THE FUTURE.

REVIVAL.

A

CAR WHICH WHISTLES FOR BRITISH FACTORIES WORKROOF TOO LOW: SCREEN

ATTENTION

It is doubtful if anything mor?. surprising can be found than a car which whistles to its owner when it requires attention!"

AT TOP PRESSURE.

There are indications of the be- ginning of a steady revival in the British motor-ear industry.

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TOO SHALLOW.”

After making the intimate sic- quaintance of the 1031 small care at the Show, one is prompted to re-suggest that on many of them the toof is too low and the screen too shallow, so that the driver's vision is restricted und the sons of roomi ness which the other dimensions convey is considerably offset. This criticism does not, apply by any leans only to the light cars, for on serval larger-car stands it is noticeable that reducing the height of the roof has been found easier and more convenient than tackling the problem in the correct manner, tinniely, bringing the chassis framo closer to the ground.

A London daily announced Such a car, however, aljeady cuntly that the returns of licences exists in the form of the new Rover for new motor-cars last Septimber **Light-Twenty and Meteor."showed a large increase, compared Even with the science of motor car with the previous September, and manufacture as it is to-day, the carecorded the first monthly increase has yet to be made to give audible this year. indication when it is time to fill Now comes the news that in some up with potrol and oil, hat these cases night shifts have been start- now Rovers can and do-whistled at motor-ear factories in the number of when the mixture is likely to be midland, and that a

firms are working overtime. come rich,

An official of the Rover Com The phenomenon is easily explain. ed. The air is filtered through pany, of Coventry, stated recently "steel wool and when this heOur salos for 1930 already show comes choked with impurities-im-on increase of 78.5 per cent con purities which the very existence of pared with last year.

Another criticism which one may well put forward concerns the "Two weeks ago we produced 210 paucity of clever ideas for the ven- motor-eira, compared with 100 dortilation of closed cars. Admitted-

WHEN TALLULAH WAS SLAPPED.

CURIOUS HOTEL SCENE.

There has been intonas curiosity i-social and theatrical circles sa London over the identity of tho persons concerned in the dramatic incident at a London hotel-when in leading London actress was the victim of a violent assault by nu- other woman

In spite of the fact that the nair took place in the resturant of the Savoy Hotel, it was over. so quickly that only those nearest the table wore aware of what had happened.

Every attempt wis made to to keep the names from leaking out but the Daily Express has an- nounced that the assaulted woman wa Mins Tululah Bankhead, the American actress, now starring in "Let Us Be Gay.

With Miss Bankhead was dir Gerald du Maurier, who introduc pd her to the London stage some years ago in The Dancers."

Talk Interrupted:

Mias Audrey Carten, who also played in "The Dancers, and her brother made up the remainder of the party.

Their conversation wa, interrupt ed by a woman, whom theatrien]

connections are well known. She told Miss Bankhead that she had been waiting for a long time for such an opportunity, made insult- ing remarks, and then slapped Miss Bankhead's faco,

She followed this up by clutch- hands, and finally tore off her Hat..

the corresponding week of 1920, sliding roode, windscreens thawing Mice Bankhead's head in both Last week our production was 300 will open and easily controlled motor-cars, compared with 135 in windows are to be soon in abund. the corresponding week of 1929,

ance, but little has been done to mdd to our comfort and well-being in cold weather, when none of these means of ventilation is attractive.

the filter have prevented from reaching the interior of the engine -the mixture naturally becomes rich. On many cars this passes un. noticed for days-perhaps weeks or months and heavier petrol con. Bumption results. But on these

"Motor-cars exported to date Rovers & small whistle is incorpor- this year show an increase of 201 ated in the air cleaner and the per cent, over our total motor car moment there is the slightest re-exports for the whole of last year. striction in the main supply, the whistle comes into operation. The owner can then wash out the steel wool and the filter is good for many more thousands of miles.

It is seldom, of course; that such

attention is required, but the fact that this whistle is fitted shows the lengths to which manufacturers of high grade cars to-day will go to ensure economical and trouble-free Tunning,

WORLD, MOTOR BOAT TRIP.

Capt. Edward Miles, a New York yachtsman, is now attempting a single-handed voyage round the world in an auxiliary grujser vid Port Said, Singapore, Japan, the Panama Canal, and back to New York,

Our programme for the early spring, owing to orders received, provides for an output of over 000 motor-curs per week.

"We have started avertime in our works at Coventry, and night

shifts in one of our other factories, There is no need for pessimism in the motor industry,”

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STRANGEST TEST IN AERIAL HISTORY.

HELICOPTER RISES IN

HANGAR

Mr. Maitland Bleecker, inventor and designer, after more than four years' experiments, conducted what in regarded as the strangest initial test flight in the history of nero-

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A further criticism of the 1931

models might be that they do not, as a whole, refect an all-round

endeavour to improve nippiness. Certainly there are at least three

models with a much higher power-weight-ratio than was the fashion a year ago, and equally the use of four-speed gearboxes has become much mode popular, but one should like to seg both these tendencies still more pronounced.

A RAILWAY ZEPPELIN.

PROPELLOR DRIVE AT 94 M.P.H.

Frankfort-on-Main. Shaped liko invention, the elaborate Curliss Zeppolin and driven by a pro

thepeller, a new type of railway Bleecker helicopter, within closed hangar in which he had been coach, in test near Hanover recent- experimenting at Valley Stream,y travelled at 150 kilometres

(about 94 miles) an hour. Long Island.

According to The Motor Boat, hebuutics when he actually How his made a previous attempt last year, but his boat caught fire some 00 miles out from Suez and became a total loss. "Like her predecessor, the new boat, Sturdy 11, has bees built patirely by Capt. Miles him. self, and recently arrived in Port Said harbour: She is a 37-ft, two masted schooner, and is fitted with

a Diesel engine burning beavy oil in order to eliminate the risk of dire."

A TROUBLE-FREE VEHICLE

AT LAST!

Public demonstration of the Invented by an engineer, Johann helicopter should have taken place Bruckenberg, the coach is 85ft. in the open some six weeks preong, is built of steel, aluminium, viously, but was prevented when wood and fabric, and weighs 18 the motor devoloped an oil leak. tope. There are two compartments, The inventor, too impatient to one for smokers, and a luggage

room and vestibule.

wait for the outdoor teats, decid

ed to try out the machine within the hangar.

The engine is of 800 horse-power, and it is claimed that the car will He tied a rope on the keef of travel 62 miles on 17 gallons of oil the small fuselage so that the ang- tyol.

Speaking at the annual re-union chino could not fise too high to There is accommodation for 40 of Singer directors and dealers in crash itself against the roof of the passengers, but in the trials only London recently, Mr. W. E. Bul-hangar lock, Managing Director of the He then stepped into the cockpit 1 were carried, and despite the company, stated that the new 10 and turned the motor up until the high speed, the coach moved

h.p. car had been very enthusiastic, ally welcomed.

A humorous note was sounded when Mr. Bullock visualised', the

craft rose vertically, high enough smoothly that it was possible for te promiss success in at least one, direction when the outdoor tesla

a journalist prosent to write with- ant difficulty. shall be conducted

"better" vehicle which would re- the room at that nioment. A cur- quire no, attention whatever and tain was drawn back and several would be free of the Horse Power hundred very interested dealers Tax The company, he said, had gazed on a tri-cycle which had been built by the Singer Company such a vehicle in mind and had even

over 60 years ago! "Road" tests manufactured it; it was, indeed, in round the tables were conducted

(Continued on vest Column.) later in the evening.

The coach is streamlined through- but its length. It was travelling at $4 miles an hour within 60 se- cands of starting

Its performance was declared a striking success,, probably herald- ips important changes in the con- struction of express trains.

SHELL MOTOR OILS

Every drop telis.

Miss Bankhead behaved with the utmost copiness, replacing her has after the assault and calmly Tight: ing a cigarette.

Shortly afterwards. she left the hotel by the back entrance.

VERY FIERCE FOOTBALL

GLUYAS WILLIAMS

CROUCHES ON LINE, 6LOWERING AT OPPONENTS AND LOOKING VERY FIERCE

·CROUCHES AGAIN, FISTS DOUBLED

SWYAS

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See the new

RISES TO EXHORT TEAM TO SMASH THESE GUYS, THEY AREN'T ANY 600D, COME ON EVERYBODY, PUT SOME FIGHT IN IT'

PAWS THE GRASS WITH HIS FEET, SCOWLS BLACK- LY, AND MAKES GROWLING SOUND IN THROAT SUPPOSED TO BE VERY FIERCE

(Copyright, 1930, by Tha Bell Syndicate, Inc.)

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CROUCHES AGAIN, SWING-STANDS UP TO ASK OP-

ING ARMS IN WINDMILL FASHION TO INTIMIDATE OPPONENTS

STANDS UP AND WATCHES PLAY 60 THROUGH HIM FOR GAIN OF 20 YARDS

PONENTS WHY DONT THEY!

PLAY BALL, WHAT'S THE MATTER ARE THEY SCARED

LINES UP AGAIN, LOOKING. TWICE AS FIERCE AS BE FORE AND BE66ING HIS TEAM TO SHOW SOME

FIGHT

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