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MOTOR BREAKDOWNS.

APRIL

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Highways and Purchasing Power

CASE

LAW' STUDENT WINS EM- CLAIM..

condustors, are placed isgothar, the final braiding provides the desired.

Mr Oluwole Ayodele Alakya, a (outer, finish and shape," "The resulé.

Controlling Factors; Wont Airionn graduate, of Oxford 33478 lisa flexible cord of high insulati

University, and now a student at ing proportion, non kinking, and

Comparatively few roads in the the Middle Tample, who is the impervious to damp. Akros flexible countries in question arn what one nephew of the reigning Prince of NEW TRAFFIC CONTROL. cord is manufactured by Ward and

would call real highways. For in-Abeokuta, Upper Guines, sued the Goldstone, Ltd, Frederick Road,stance, Central American countries Now Mansiong Hotels, Lancaster- Manchester, and is obtainable at reported on January 1, 1901, a total gate W., for £0 damages for a price in the neighbourhood of of 4,748 miles of highways, but of breach of contract, that asked for the orthodox padded this total only 390 wars modern, conductor typo. 16-

constructed of macadam The

The analysis of the "enans dealt | The Prefect of police in Paris is with in Great Britain by the R.A.." ander its Get You Homexperimenting with a new system of traffic control. Ordinarily the Sorvica jaring 1937 has now been officer controls all the traffic he can issued. There is a comparatively, large increase in the number of The experiments are to ascertain see by moans of coloured lights: failures under the heading of valve whether on the main roads ond: mechanism, cam and tey shafts, traffic officer can adequately control and timing gears, but this is due large blocks of vehicles from a to a different mothod of classica-

central post, the switches operat tion. In a very inrge number of ing lights, within a radius of half a cases the tailates

were not entirely mile of his station. If suspessut dua to faults in the car itself, but this new method will effect a great to neglect The principal, failures were:-Ignition 20.8. par cent. off

economy.

MOŘE ALBIONS FOR MALAYA.

Judgment was given" for the plaintif for 19 guineas and costs.

BHE

mainder wore classifed as earth,

Mr. Austin. Farleigh, for Mr. clay, sand, or gravel, or unimprov Alakys, said that, after taking ed-many of them difficult, somo his degree, Mr. Alakya was very imposible, of traversing by auto-anxious to settle in London to raad mobile Mexion reported to for the Bar. Wanting accommoda- A fleet of very interesting Albions have 2,137 miles of highway, untion, he wrote to the New Mansions has recently been put into service classified in the reports but un-Hotels asking for their torms, and in the Municipality of Malacca doubtedly comprising a very large later it was arranged that one room The machines which are specially proportion in the unimproved or should be reserved for him from $1

designed for the collection of night soil are mounted on 28in. x 3 in.

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inadequato class.

The great Inter-American High way sohome has had considerable

the total cylinder and pistons BRITISH MOTORS IN INDIA solid tyres so as to have the lowest influence toward making the Central

10.1; clutch,. 8.3; axleshafts. 13.8;

road wheels and suspension, 4.4; accidents 12.3; branamission, 4.2.

IN ARGENTINE.

The

and

Commer

August 97. Mr. Alakyn arrived at hotel on that date.

"He handed in his card and said. possible loading line and are atted

Amerienù countries and Mexico he was expected," said Mr. Far- with special bodies consisting of

"He was shown to his room, road minded? During the rastleigh. , new Company Allied 24 compartments (12 opening on Motors, Ltd.-which was recently onch side in two rows of six each) tree or four years substantial ex and had commenced unpacking his formed to distribute and servies into which the containers, can be penditures have been made on this trunks when he was told that the Rolls Royce: Humber, and Hillman insertad, each compartment havingine, and it will form a trunk from manageress would like to see him. The first reliability trial of the cars.

which many

stems may radiate She told him she was very sorry, commercial its own door. A platform for Association Automovilistica Argen- vehicles. in Western India, Delhi, tendants is mounted behind the throughout the whole section; more but they had not room for him in tina was held recently over a 341and United Provinces has now body. The shassis used as the bani and better roads, undoubtedly will the hotel, Kilometre course.. starting and opened its showrooms in Bombay of them, waggons are Albionts of the come in time. Anishing at Buenos Aires. Anand Bolhi. A distinguished and 30/35 cwt. types. average speed of 40 km.p.h. had to influential gathering, numbering || bo maintained, and sceret checks over 200, attended the function, were in operation at various points ¦ cluding many prominent Govern. where the majority of the 39 com- ment officials, while the Press and getitors lost marka. Only 10 of the Trade wore strongly represented. entrants completed the course with absolutely clean sheets, among whom was Mr. E. F. Greene, on a Humber Snipe, while another·

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Ho pointed out that the matter had been arranged and that he was expected, and eventually it came told that they had not room for out that the real reason why he was

him was the fact that he had con- cealed from them that he was a man of colour.

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"M" Alakya was told that he could not stop, and he went to t cousin's at Hampstead."

Geographic and Hoonomie Factors.

speaking, is a rather difficult prob

Road construction, generally

The Triumph Super Seven has lem in Central America by reason mado aá enviable name for itself of the terrain, which in a great sines its introduction and increased many sections is mountainous and production has resulted in consider. Faloping. The section is rather rich able reductions in price being made in natural resources, but several for 1939. The saloon models have factors, tend to retard coonomie de been improved by fitting semi volopment, and to limit the demand elliptic springs mounted on silent for outside products, notably for bloc bushes all round and. a rear the automobile. In the case of petrol tank.

three-fourth of the population (sometimes nine-tenthe) the purchas ing power is exceedingly low. The

great majority of the inhabitantsing for the Bar. His father was a therefore, are able to pay little in taxes for road improvement, and the purchase of ao automobile is. well nigh impossible. Many of this class, however, are potential pat

ons bus lines,

The construction of the new Snipe, driven by Mr. Cyril Atkin Akros flexible cord is interesting Bon, was unfortunately few because the cotton and other tex. seconds out at the secret check, bur tile materials used for padding in completed the 'course to time and order to provich, the shape desired was penalised 3 marks. The trial before the final braiding of the cord was run on similar lines to the takes place have been dispensed a very ingenious solution of the typo familiar in England, and with: Instead, each conductor is difficulty of boceas into the rear aroused great interest in Argentine encased in a rubber insulation of compartment of smil saloon motoring circles.

such a shape that, when the two (Oostinued on near Columay

The new

"pillerlosa" saloon is

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Mr. Alakya gave his ago as 23. He said that he had been in Eng T4.so land for nine years, and, was at senford College before going up to Jesus College, Oxford. He took his degree in 1929, and was now read-

barrister of the Middle Temple practising at Lagos He had three brothers studying in England and a sister at a public school.

"I have never been refused at any hotel or boarding house before, added plaintiff.

Miss Grace Foster, book-looper employed by the New Mansion

who Hotels,

interviewed Mr Alakya when he arrived, giving evi- dance for the defence, said she was very surprised when she saw him.

"I did not expect to African gentleman," she remarked. "I told him we only took white neople."

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American Monopoly. The competition of European with American automobiles in Mexico and Central America is neg ligibla All buses pow operating in these countries are listed as American, In all countries, except Guatemala, American makes ac count for 100 per cent, of all trucks; in the latter country, other than American makes account for 3 per vent. In the, passenger-car field, Mr. John Thomas, Warren, the Mexico, El Salvador, and Panama proprietor, said that, when he first have 100 por cent. American cars saw Mr. Alakya, the latter told him Costa Rica, Nicaragua, British he was not stopping, as his room Honduras,

and Honduras list tho was too high up. If Mr. Alakya American percentage at 99; Guale had mentioned in his letter that he mala at 98. Of a grand total of

would an African, witness. all automobiles registered in the never have offered him accommoda- countries under consideration tion. (98,209), only 02 are other than American-an infinitesimal porcent

-age.

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.$8.60 $10.

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4 or 6 Wheels

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Mr. Farleigh You know that re cently the ruling Prince of Abys, bodies; when the two doors are opened an entrance nearly 4 ftinia was stopping at one of the wide is revealed. The new Triumph leading Wost-end hotels. They did Super Nino has a 4-ylinder engine not object-az a small botel like af. 1,018 0.0. in which the inlet

valves are situated immediately mine it is different.

over the exhaust valves Among Giving judgment, Judge Snagge other distinctive features and a 4 said that the question of a coloured speed gearbox, bearing crankshaft and Lockheed hydraulic brakes,

A VIRILE INDUSTRY.

During a year, of world-wide | commercial, depression, the British. motor industry has achieved for greater suICIDES thes any other national industry.

To-day the motor trade holds fourth place in the great industries of the country and is undoubtedly destined to go. higher still in view of the demands at home and from the Empire Over- sona for that form of transport: | which the motor vehicle alone can provide. The outlook for export trade within the Empire" is more promising now than ever before Cho" progress made during the last 1wo yevra in "a happy augury" fer tho futurs. It ia significant thist in the last six months the import

| man's duty to disclose the fact that

he was a man of colour beförstak· ing rooms was a dificult one.

"People Who Matter'

PEOPLE WHO MATTER, to the advertiser are, the people who on afford to buy goods. Most of these people bay and-read, tho

of British cars into Australia, or Hong Kong Dally Press.

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