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AIRPLANE PRANK OF FLYING TROOPER.

"WANTED SOMETHING MUCH FASTER THAN

A HORSE."

ONE IDEA IN LIFE.

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MOTORING INTO THE

THEATRE.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1932.

SPARKS

FROM THE PLUGS

THIRTY DAYS AND NIGHTS.

A STRENUOUS TRIAL ON 'NURBURG RING.

Shaftesbury Avenue will be the setting for { new theatre, the building of which is to start short- 1y. The name of the theatro, has not yet been decided, but it will have one distinct and welcome in-

The German branch of the Stand vition the extensive basciment of the building is to be utilised as ard Oil Company has just complet a car park, and a motorist bookinged on the Nürburg Ring a general seats at the theatre will be able to efficiency and utility test with book space for his car in the garage.

THE ROAD CURVE

HAZARDS. !

ADVANTAGES OF SUPER-

ELEVATION.

The hazards due to curvature in roads arise from the change in direction in passing from the tan- gent to the curve and the strain pub upon the driver and the stearing

THE TRAFIC POLICE.

270 ACCIDENTS IN TEN

MONTHS.

of indictable offences. In addition, ACTOR MANAGER IN CAR..

208 arrests. for ether criminal offences were made. He regretted that corresponding figures for other forces were Ablo

CRASH.

MOTORIST.

not es present avaiį- DAMAGES AGAINST A WOMAN

Mr. McKeag then crquired how many accidents have occurred in Mr. Godfrey Tearle, the actor. which members of the mobile polien manager, was a witness at West have been involved; how many lives in which he claimed £1% for damage "London County Court in an action had been lost in such accidents; and to his car against Miss Mary Pris how the percentage of such acci-cilla Gwynne, daughter of the Hon. dents compared with the percen Manor, Polegate, Sussex.

Mrs. Rupert Gwynne, or Wootton

motoring public.

wanted something much faster than thence he will be able to asrend in twenty-motor vehicles. The trial mechanism of the car, and the ten-e a result of the activities of the tage in the case of the generaAs I was driving along quiet-

The airphone prank of a trooper who, it was "stated," evidently

horse, was described at Woking to the theatre without emerging into Police Court.

the open air.

This feature along Before the court on remand washould ensure the popularity of the Trooper Charles Godfrey Hale, theatre, as nothing is more un- aged 10, an officer'a servant, attach plement than the descesity on ed to the 11th Hussars. Tidworth. wet or vold night of having to walk

Mr. Harry Hunt, who appeared from for Hale, said and he wished to dodge about in traffic locking for

a garage, or alternately, plead guilty to charges of flying taxi Somo suburban theatres hava and piloting without a certificate cpnn-air garages attached, notably and leance,

the Golders Green Hippodrome, but this will be the Arat time in Great Britain that one can literally drive one's car into the theatre.

Mr. C. Wigan (the chairman). What will happen to the other charges of stealing the airplane and oil and patrol,

The Clerk.They will be left out- standing for the time being.

First Bolo Flight.

Superintendent Gochy, said that,

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rechived half an hour's instruction weekly at the school in exchange for his services: He

went

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was carried through with the assistency of the vehicle to skid upon ance of officials of the German the surface of the roadway. Automobile Club and the A.D.A.C. A paper road before the Ameri- Thirteen private cars with engine can Road Builders Association displacements not exceeding 2,100 states that the Brst condition can e.., and seven commercial vehicles, be improved by lessening the cen- among them two heavy tank cars, tral angle between the tangents as were tested. The first class commuch as possible and by using the prised cars up to 1,000 cc., and flattest curve that the topography in it were one smali front-drive and allowable cest of construction D.K.W. (394 c.c.), one B.M.W. (743 will pormit.

c.c.), and one Brannabor (995 .c.). The second condition can be made In the second class up to 1,200.c.as dangerous by super-alevating were one Opel (1.103 cc.), one front and spiralling the curve and using

Questions as to the Traffic Police were put in the House of Commons by Mr. McKoag, who asked the Home Scoretary what proportion of the cases brought before the courts mobile police constitute criminal offences, apart from the provisions of the Road Traffic Act, 1980, re- leting to purely technical offencer.

Sir Herbert Samuel said he could nut, without special enquiry, give the desired particulars as to cases brought into court, and he was in some doubt as to the distinction to be drawn in the question between eriminal and technical offences...

Trivial Offences.

16,877 traffic cases reported by the He found, however, that of the

in a statement & the police, Hald Boveral times with ca instructor drive Stoewer (1,183 c.c), and ono soras type of non-skid paving. The Metropolitan Police motor. patrola:

sadd that he was walking round Brooklands Aerodrome on Decem ber 11, looking at some of the machines. A machine landed, and he helped to draw it into line with the other airplanes.

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"With no one bout, I started up the plane and jook off." the winte ment continued. "My idea was to

a dual-control machine.

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Last November he was on a

Hanomag (1,100 e.e). Only a degree of curve does not fully in-" single car was in the 1,000 cc cluss,dicate the extent of the hazard

Wanderer of 1,580 c.c. In the true. The length of the curve,

meath's leave preparatory to being transferred to the Lancers, next January for service in Egypt. last clase, up to 2,100 c.c.. were two which, of course, is dependent upon Mr. Hunt-Are airplanes your | Adler: (1,043/clc:), one Ford (2,023) the size of the angle between the one iden in life—Yes,

And your ons desire is to be a), one Mercédès (1.977 cc.), one adjacent tangents, makes a great

other Mercedes with articulated deal of difference. pilot-Yes. fly round Tilworth and back again, the 11th Hussars, said that Hale's]

Lieut. R. A. Bingley, adjutant of rear axle (1,602 .c.), and one Opel "I was following the railway and| few into

spran low-lying clouds, military character was exemplars (1.230 cc.).

OBC minor offence i When I came out of the clouds There

By the end of the trial the twenty followed the railway line and agning him--taking French leave

vehtibles had togather covered some "circled round Winchester.'

.

WAR

to see the Schneider race.

a borte.

Question of Angles.

With a small central angle in very sharp curve may not be particula ly dangerous, sinec, on account of

Hale added that later he found Mr. Hunt vold the magistrates 16,100 laps of the extremely wind its lengthy, the visibility may be the petrol gauge was low, and he that it was a great pity that Hale ing and mountainous course, which good, and where the roadway in decided to land at Tidworth. This did not join the Air Force instead he did, and he covered the machine of the Hussars, as he evidently has a length of 15 miles. Altogethersficiently wide the driver can cut up. He rang up the Brocklands wanted something much faster than the vehicles thus covered a distance across the curve and, in effect, Flying School nad told them where

path DR. A The chairman of the bench said of over 250,000 miles. The private travel the maching was. He had received the magistrate were aatished there cara averaged about 1,000 laps or longer radius than the actual centre eight hours flying instruction, but was no felonious intent and that it 18,000 miles in these thirty days and line of the surface. However, where was more or less a prank. Hale nights. For the first few days they the curve in long and under heavy was bound over and ordered to par had to travel at a relatively slow

had never flown solo before.

Prosecution,

Dasire to be a Pilot. Giving evidence. Fait maid that Irum March to November 1020 he!

(Continued on nisi Column,) ed car regiment.

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side of the road, and the tendency is for the car constantly to swing out at a tangent unless this force is lessened by proper super-glevne tion and enreful driving.

Orowded Highway Problem. Where the highway is crowded with high-speed traffic, curvta of over three or four deg. and more than 200 to 500ft in length are ob- fectionable, and every effort should be mndo in constructing ronds to use as light curvature as may b consistent with the other features of the situation. In other words, the contral angles "involved" in the building of road expected to carry a large volume of high-speed trade should, if possible, be kept well below 5 degrees.

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DELIBERATE SMASH AT 50

MILES AN HOUR.

HOW FLYING SQUAD"

"CAUGHT

·MOTOR BANDITS.

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Four Flying Squad offers who recently arrested some motor bandita received rewards. at Baw- street.

Following wireless messages broadest from Scotland Yard, a police-car chased a motor-can which i had been used in a burglary, Tho vehicles raced at more than 50 miles an hour and Detective Sergeant. Giddings ordered his driver (Police. constable Dye) to stop the van by collision Constable Dye then manœuvred his car so that the wheels of both vehicles became lock- ed. Two of the four occupants of the vain wors ärrasted.

Bir Charles Biron said that tho public mind had been much per- turbed at the increase in "amaah and grab "raddoby motor bandita. Ho hoped that the facts of the pres sent case would satisfy the public of the steps being taken by the police to cope with this dangerous form of modern crime, and the skill and courage they were bringing to

the discharge of their duty.",

· NORMAN SMITH'S PLANS.

Unless the weather and tidca ara favourable between January and 12. Norman Smith, who is waiting to make an attempt on Hir Malcolm Campbell's land speed record at Ninety Mile Beach, will be compel led to defor his trials until the coming of the spring tides, which begin on January

in the period of ten months since the system was instituted, to Oc ober, 31 last, 888 were in respect

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he said, "I was suddenly con 115 London Patrols.

acions of a bump which seemed to happen behind my right shoulder. Sir Herbart Samuel replied that There had been no sound of hooting. the Metropolitan Police motor or any other indication of a car patrols employed 115 vehicles, and that I must hold her responsible, I got ous and told Miss. Gwynne in the period of ten months for nud she replied, "I am terribly which the system had been in opers sorry. I cannot thine how it hap tion there had been 970 recidents.pened. I put out my hand. " trivial. One fatal accident had or rend, N.W, who was in Mr. Most of these, however, were quite Miss Stalla Freeman, of Finchley- curred in which two persons, both Tearle's car, and that she did not motor patrol men, were killed. He ses Miss Gwynne's car before tha regretted he was not in a position | ageident. to give corresponding figures relat

to the last part of the question, Judge Hargreaves gave judgment ing to motor patrola in other forces, or to be able to furnish any reply

The figures given by Sir Herbert for Mr. Tearle with coats, saying Samuel suggest that onch police that he was proceeding at a reason- vahidles in the Metropolitan aron nblo pace and was struck amidships averages nearly three accidents by Miss Gwynne's car arousing from

the other side of the road. year.

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Miss Gwynne, in evidence, con- tended that Mr. Tearle was going a little too fast.

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