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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1931.

SPARKS FROM THE PLUGS

AN AMPHIBIOUS TANK.

SPEED 40 MPH. ̈

BRITISH ARMY TRIUMPH.

-water as on land, without sacrifa. ing tao much of its power as a Aghter.

Baptiam.

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NEW HEAVY OIL MOTOR.

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

BROADCAST BY ZBW. ON 355 METRES:

11 to 11.30 a.m.-Stock quotations. 11.30 am.-Chiness programme.

BRITISH INVENTION WITH | 12.30 pm-European programme.

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| GREAT FUTURE,

of Victor records,

I p.m.-Local time and weather'

report.

notico, etc.

The new tank received its bap. tism on the Thames at Chortsey. Plunging into the water from a

In five years time I expect to steep bank, it crussed and re-crossed The tank that swims is the latest the river, and swam up-stream see private cars asing heavy oil fuel 1.30 pm-ughy Press nows, mail addition to the catalogue of types against both wind and current atin place of petrol," said M. Adelph Armoured fighting vehicles. water speed of about six miles Saurer, the well-known Swiss motor- Manufactured by Vickers-Arm-, par hour! When the current was car engineer to me recently. strong, the wf Carden-Loyd Light running at the rate of betwoca Amphibious Tank" has been three and four miles per hour the lanched on the Thames and mic-achine made a speed of two miles epssfully passed its trials,

per hour,

of

performances.

Да

"The occasion was a luncheon given": by the Armstrong-Saurer Commer ein Vehicles, Ltd., at which it was announced that this associated com-

any of the Armstrong Whitworth

group

wore making commercial with heavy oil, using compression- motor transport vehicles equipped

ignition engines which were bail; at Scotswood, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

The machine moves through water The inclusion of armoured fight with the exag (but not the speed) ing vehicles in the Arary has re- that is shown in its cross-country volutionised the work of the Royal Engineers, since bridges and rafts This invention is extremely in-have to be designed to meet the The invention of Beresting and important innemuch heavier traffic. as the need for a fenting armour-

a tank capable of swimming a river ed mehine was held by our Army, or lake will assist materially in experts to be imperatively neces- lightening the Sappers' work in stry. Designs were prepared and building bridges, and rafts for the machines, were built to flout, but passage of rivers and canals.. Its the sacrifice entailed in armour or influence on tactics, too, is a con- Armament caused them to lose sideration of 'sonic importance. much of their fighting power on A quite different story might have hand. Hence progress in the diree-been told about the herois landing tion of a swimming tack was fem; at Callipo had there been avail“! Africa" porarily abandoned.

No longer, stuted the Chairman, Major-General G. P. Dawnay, are Armstrong Whitworth makera of armaments. To-day we are mak- ing ploughshares out of swords; and in road-trausport vehicles of the jcharacter described we see a ebanes of enormous development. to the benefit of British-built motors, espe cially in countries such as South

able for that expicit some tanks Lieutenant-Colonel P. D. Ionides, which could have taken the place Chairman of the manufacturing of the open boats for effecting a company and Vice-Chairman of the landing.

whole of the Armstrong group, said that by the launching of a well- tried heavy all vehicle such as the Armstrong-Saurer, built at New- castle-on-Tyno, it was hoped to give work to some thousands of people.

Sore success, however; did attend the inventors effort, but the loss gof a machine on the läks at Fleet, near Aldershot, when it was be-

It is claimed for the Light Am- lieved that the problem had been phibions Tank that it possesses all brought within mensurable reach of the fighting qualities of the latest a solution, was a serious sel-back, type of light tank. Its maximum The present tank is able to sur-road speed is 40 miles per hour, mout mot of the physical ob.

and it is capable of climbing a con- stades it is likely to meet, except tinuous slope of 30deg. at a speed This obstacle could not be of approximately six miles per hour allowed to impede the armoured when fully loaded with two men, vehicle for long. Consequently, machine-gun and 2300 rounds of work to construct the machine that ammunition. Its weight is about 3 would be as much at home on the tons 15 ct.

water.

Messrs. Vinkers-Armstrong set to

Safety From Fire.

heavy oil engine," he added, "as We are building a six-cylinder

Relay of speech from the Rotary Club tiffin-The Rav. E, C; H. Tribbeck on "The Hurdan Sido of Unemployment." p.m. (approx),Close, down. to 8 pm--European programme

of Victor records,. to 8.27 p.m

Orobǝatral.

Waltz Potpourri" (Robreckt), -Marek Weber and his Orch.—

12-500H,

"Wize, Woman and Song "

(Strause).

Southern Roses " (Strandkis),— -Chicago Symphony Orch.

B6-17.

"In

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Monastery

+4

Band SalsošiOZIK.

Pagoantry" (King). Colman of Columbia Alexan der)-Ringling Brother and Barum and Bailey's Band- 22474.. **Sabro and Spurs" (Sousa)........~

Solid Mon to the Front" (Sovisa)Sonsa's Band.-900051 7.M. to 8 p.m.

Variety.

Orchestral--Selections from "Good

Nowa."

Orchestral-Selections from "Fun- ny Face."-Victor Arden and Phil Ohman and their Orch.-

30018.

--Song--"Tuck Away -My Lonesome

Blues." Song" My Rough and Rowdy Waya." Jimmie Rodgers ---.

Piano Solo" Ain't Mishelinv-

in'."

Piano Solo Sweet Savanah Sue."-Thomas Waller.-22105. Instrumental-Hula Girl"" Instrumental" Kane's Blue-

Kanala. Hawaiians.20701. Song" When They Changed My

Name to a Number," Song For Sweetheart's Only." -Cane Austin (Tenor)-23490: p.m.-Local time and "weather.

report.

Garden" 8.03% to 11.30 p.m.-Relay from Ko

Shing Theatre,

(Ketelbey). Romance (Tachaikowsky)-10.30 p.m.-Eugly mid-day Press Victor Concert Orch.-33906.

5.27 to 0 p.m.-

Instrumental.

nowɛ.

11.30 p.m.-Close down,

All records in the above. Euro- pean programmes are supplied by Musers. Taning Fook Piano Co.

Violin Solo Tango" (Elinan), Violin Solu" Album

Leaf" (Wagner - Wilhelmj). Mischa SHANGHAI BROADCASTING. Elman.-7195

Piano Solo Nocturne in E

Flat Major (Chopin).

Piano SoloMinuet" (Paderew-.

PROGRAMME FOR JOWAY.

The following is the broadenst

the power unit of various types of Op. 14, No. 1)Sergei programme from Shanghai to-day

chassis, because of its safety from fire risk and its low-running costs- about two-thirds that of a petrol engine,"

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Rachmaninoff.~6731.

X.C.B.L.. 1970 K.C. on

Quartette Andante Cantabile " Tetres:-

(Tschaikowsky)

Quartette Theme and Varia tions from the poor Quartette. Haydn)El-String Quar-

tetter-6634,

"Violoncello Solo

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12.45.Yusical Hors

11:30 to 11.48.-Stock Market Re-

porta. 11.45 "to

d'Oeuvree.

12.45 to 1.00 - Prelude

Electric Service Musical Moments.

Chopin - Sieveking),Pablo Casals-0389."

Piano Solo-Dancing Virgina of Delphi (Debussy) Ignace Jau Paderswaldi:-153).

Concert Items.

The new Armstrong-Saarer com- mercial chassis are to be seen at a to 645. p.m.-, the Commercial Transport Motor Show, which opened at Olympia on November 5.

Thero is

6-ton a four-wheel chassis, à six-wheeler carrying 19, tons, and a four-wheeler four-ton high speed chassis for conches and fast freight work.

Running normally from 1,600 to. 2,000 revolutions a minute, this new heavy oil Armstrong-Shurer motor can speed up, it is stated, to 3,500 revolutions a minute, silently and with freedom from vibration. or. noise. The engine is fitted with electrically-heated plugs so that it can be started from-cold, within 201 seconds.

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BRITISH CARS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

In a report on economic conditions in South Africa, Mr.. N. Elmalic, H.M. Trade Commissioner in South Africa, states that the outstanding Featuro is the welcome increase in the percentage of import trade en- joyed by the United Kingdom in 1930 and maintained throughout the frst quarter of 1931.

Unfortunately, this is not due to definite gain over competitors, but to a heavier fall in the value of im- ports in classes not normally sup plied by this country.

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Foreign competition has not alter-194 od greatly in character or extent, except in the case of Japan, which has greatly increased her trade in both volume and range, and is now supplying an increasing variety of goods of a quality which appears to suit the market's requirements and at prices which no European coun- try appears to be able to approach.

In the heavy decline in thế import of motor-cars, while the American importa. fell off 64 per cent, those from the United King dom fell only 18 per cent...

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1.30 to 1.45-Shanghai Land Invest-

ment,

1.45 to 2-General Electric Co.

Time Signals

4.30 to 4,45,--Chinese music. 4.45 to 5.-Gold Bar and' Stock

Market reports.

Song Just a Wearyin' for You" 5 to 5.30.-Chinese music.

(Stanton-Jacobs-Boud).

5.30 to 8.00.-Tea-time tunes. Love You Truly "0.05 Song-" I

(Jacobs-Bond).-Dusolina Gian- nini (Soprano),--1163. Song- Believe. Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms" (Mocre). Song-Drink to Me Only With

Thine Eyes (Jonson)-Law. 7.15 repce Tibbett (Baritone).-1938. Piano Solo-Liebestraum. No. 3" (A Dream of Love) (Liszt- Ganz).

to 0.35-Amateur Dramatic period..

6.33 to 6.15.-Studio programme; 8.45 to 6.53,-Uncle John and his

children.

Piano Solo- Valse Brillante Op.

34, No. 1" (Chopin-Joseffy).- Rudolph Chrz-7200.

6:53 to 7-Bahoud Mary and Cie. 7 to 7.18.-Piano period.

to

Menus.

7.23-Jimmy's Musical

25 to 7.30.--Weather reports and

bushless announcements. China. Aerocrete Co., Ltd., Asia Elec- tric Co., A. J. Yaron, Tar E. Sanitary Co., Capitol Theatre.

to Marconi's orchestral melodies. Time signals.

7.30

8 to 6.30-Telefunken March. 8.30 to 8:40.-Studio programme. 8.40 to 8.15.-C.B.A. nanounce

Song-" Home Sweet Home "

(Payne Bishop)" Song "Last Rose; of Suminer "

Madame (Moore).

Amelita Galli-Curci (Soprano),-1355. Violoncello Solo” Lo. Cygne ", (The. Swan) (Saint-Saens). Violoncello Solo-"Moment Must-15 to -Radiola Sfer "Quar

8.40

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to 0.14.-Messrs. China Coir Furnishing Co. Pinac Splos. -

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9.45 to 6.47-China Coal Briquette

Co.

en (Schubert).--Pabio Casals,

--1143. Song" The Irish Emigrant "an

(Dufforin-Barker).

Song--" By the Short Cut to, the Rossea " (Hopper-Fox).-John McCormick (Tenor).-1528. pim. Stock quotations, mail notice, etc.

to 7.10 p.m.-

Organ Solos.

"Indian Love Call.”

"

Serenade.Jesse Crawford.--

22107,

Siboney."

Marin My Own."Jesse Craw- ford,-22748.!

"Jeannine I Dream of Lilae

Time."

0.47 to 9.52.-Pharmacie Francaise. 9.52 "to" 9.55.-Kung Tai Factory

announcements.

9.56 to 10.35.-Chinese story taller. 10.35 to 31.15,Dance périod

Note: XC.BL. programmes sub jest to change without notice.

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FIRE!

60 MOTOR VEHICLES BURNED

Hundred of people gathered in Oxford street, London, the mm day, to watch a fire which had broken out in premises occupied by Bixty private and commercial firm of fashion designers The motor vehicles were destroyed by outbreak was quickly got under con fro at the garage of Messrs. Mal-trol, but for some time New Oxford- colm and Alian; Eglinton street, street was blocked by the crow Glasgo

Fo|which had gathered.