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FROM THE PLUGS

News from Everywhere

ARGENTINA WANTS SIX

WHEELERS,

ENTERPRISING CORPORA-

TIONS,

Following upon, the representa

At a time when an ever increasing tive display of their motor vehicles number of towns are replacing their at the recent Buenos Aires Extraniways with buses or trolley hibition, the first definite order 'user, it is interesting to learn the placed with the Argentins Com decision of one of the most import 27 pany of John I. Thornycroft & Co ant cities in the Engheh Midlands for a 5-ton type XB rigid niz wheel Nottingham has approved without cd freight chassis has been followed opposition the conversion of the by a repeat order from the buyere tramways to the trolley bus system and the establishment of a new route at au estimated total cost of 2003,826.

for two more

Argentina, like most other parts of the world, is suffering from the prevailing economic depression, but theke orders form & happy angury of further business when conditions improve.

BRITISH MOTOR CYCLES: TO

THE FORE,

Once again the international road rnece have shown the superiority of the British motor cycle, to me tion but a few of the more recent, the Belgian Grand Prix, Dutch TT., German Grand Prix and French Grand Prixe.

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BIGGEST LORRY IN THE WORLD.

"ABLE TO MOVE SIDEWAYS"

The biggest lorry in the worlü is in London, currying girders the dead of night for Europe's lar gest hotel

venty-five feet lang and nine feet The lorry is a startling vehicle, wide, with ten rubber tyred wheels, sight of them set four abreast, and,

also unexpected qualities of E16 can carry 100 tong woight It mobility being able, when neces sary to move sideways with crab like agility. The rear wheels are served by their own steering gear normally manipulated from a small; cabin on the tall of the car, whose occupant is in telephonic communi ention with the driver's cab.

It belongs to Marston's Road

500 MILES RACE AT BROOKLANDS.

SEASONS-LAST BIG EVENT

Earl Howe, Sir Malcolm Camp- bell, Sir Henry Birking Capt Woolf Barnato and the Dorathy Paget have all antered cara

for the last big motor, racn of the

year, the 500 miles race at Brook lands on Pet

This in the second promoted by the British Racing Drivers Club, of which Lord Howe in president. The first cf en- tries has the fine total of forty- one cars, rand

that so veral foreign entries will be re ceived before the lists close

-Lord Howe, has ti and

Birkin Roemo of the ho drave the Ulaer TT. but ho, will pre- bably be at the wheel of Misa Pa get's singi senter 4-litre Bentley the car on whic ho ibly went

Brooklands lapse record:

rnato.santry one of the hree0-litre Boitiers which in

Tast vent's racing (uid yao, magnif

cently weg

Another interesting antry supercharged Riley, enterad by Mr. Vivtor Riley Sir Malcolm Campbell:

has putin a similar car, but un- supercharged.

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An order for thirteen of the now vehicles has been placed with Ran somes, Bins & Jefferies, Ltd., who Over 14,000 tons of girdern- have already supplied this Corpora Brostest of them sixty-eight feat tion with eight double-deck trolley on and weighing eighty- two tons are to be brought to the Cum 'buses. The chassis, will be fitted borland, Palace Hotel being bullt with a highly flexible patent, bogie arble Arch, by the great lorry, for J. Lyons and Co., near tha system incorporating a special der which made its first journey in the sign of drive to the twin rear axles early hours of yesterday morning, By from Westbourne Park goods stu This embodies a third differential lear which equalises the drive between

all four wheels.

Luton is a town with a raputa tion for enterprise and its Corpora- tion evidently appreciates the full

meaning

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The journey proceeded without Į accident, though not without its tenza. - moments at corners, and in clear stretches a splendid six-miles an hour was attained; "Voda parte

Even buses hesitated politely be |fore passing and small cars "toot ed themselves into courage befors settling by

Then, the Balkan Cup, the classic

of Economy with ovent in the Bulgarian motor cyclo world, has been won for the third Utility. This is borne out in one

of the Corporation's CommerThe difculties of the journey time in succession by D. Socoloff vehicles, which normally is fitted the lorry came into the home wore, however, mainly passed when On his 500 cc. sloping O. H. with a huge tank for street water stretch" of the Edgware-rond Ariel, this rider maintained the ing purposes. When, however, its where the police, who had hitherto Jend throughout the race and employment for this p

maintained an aloof and uninter rpose is not ested silence, expressed the belief finished 47 mins ahead of the immediate, the tank can be easily talt it was fine night. second man...

removed and "renlaced, by p. 3-way tipping body

Ariels have, also been successful in the Circuiti della Prealpi Vare sing, one of the most important motor orele events. in Italy. Ald righetti on bis 250 cc. model yon лий other Ariels were 4th 5th, 7th and 8th. The courau is a very difficult one, abounding in danger ous bends and mountainous climbs

·A·COMPLIMENT. WELL EARNED,

The question of efficient service is one of paramount importance all over the world and it is there fore, worth recording a compliment recently paid to the Albion people when a representative of the Kenya Uganda Railway was visit ing the works at Glasgow, He stated that during the nino years he had been in charge of Albion schioles, he had never had an in- correct spare part sent to him. -

This record is no doubt largely due to the clarity of the Albion lists which contain a number illus trations of practically every part and simplify identification so that mistakes in ordering are seldom made.

IN A CLASS APART.:

It is surely unique to find a re gistration class consisting of two vehicles only. This, however, in the case of the index letters B.C which are to be seen in the streets of Cape Town, S. Africa

Both the verioles comprising the, class belong to Bir Herbert Stan- ley, the High Commissioner, and are a Humber Pulimen aloon and Snipe tourer; respectively

FIRST IRON ROAD.

SKIDDING "IMPOSSIBLEM!

ON BURFACE

opened to trafic

By the way the London County Council have by their latest order for nine Dennis 60 hp, fire engines and six

six special motor fixe, tenders. for the use of the London, Fire Brigade, hrought their total num ber of fire appliances of this make up to no less than 178.

The high efficiency of the multi- stage turbine pump used in these fire engines leads to a great saving in weight, while the all-gunmetal construction gives immunity from the action of sen water, an addi- tional advantage to codatal towns.

SMALL CAR BREAKS FOUR RECORDS,

The Austin Saven daiven by Mr. Leon Cushman broke four Interna tional Class

Records" at Brooklands on August 6, 1931. The weather conditions were all against record attempts, for rain had fallen heavily since carly morning and a strong wind blew across the Track in spite of this, however, the fol- lowing records were set up

Flying Mile

100.67 m.p.. Flying Kilometre 108.28 Standing Milo

Standing Kilometre, 65.01

Thus the Austin Beven the car of 756 co to break the mile and kilometre records at speeds ove m.ph.and the first are of this capacity to exceed 100 mph on Brooklands Tracks

In addition, it is the first 750 engine of standard, side” by valva design accomplish top.h.

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Hits the chairman of Heply of the Romford road af effected contract Parasit is constructed of fiala od Rover cars for. trop, and is the first from road to son to the value of £75

Afterwards Mr. Hough statel be daid down in the world. that he had made every effort

Great interest han boog shown in † skid on the new surface, bu

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