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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1932.

SPARKS FROM THE PLUGS

News from Everywhere

Huber Car's Notable Journey, Mr. R. W. H. Cook, head of Rootes Argentina 8.A during the course of a recent business trip, visited Time, the capital of Peru. Travelling in a Humber Snipe Saloon, Mr. Cook covered the jour ney of 1,600 kms. from Huenos Aires,

Argentina, to Santiago, Chile, in 4 days, reaching at one point an altitude of 4,000 metres (13.000 feet).

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Longer Though Shorter,

Is it possible to alter a thing so that it becomes longer yet shorter These paradoxient than balore? requirements can ho met if effective length and actual length are con- sidered.

Take, as an instaner, a motor lorry. Its job is to carry goods, therefore, its effective length is thu length of its goods platform, while its actual length is, of course, con-

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siderably greater. If the overall length is reduced and the platform extended, the lorry becomes offer tively longer, though--actually shorter.

An interesting example of how this can be managed is, afforded by one of the latest models pro- duced by Albion Motors, Ltd., the well-known Glasgow commercial motor manufacturers. Thoir stand ard 40-45 mwt, lorry is 10 ft. long, and carries a platform 10 ft. 0 in. long. They have now produced a model embodying similar compon- ents but with the driver's seat placexi alongside the engine so that the space taken up by the cab is

Haved,

Wholesale Paintwork.

A GREAT SURGEON AUSTRALIAN PONY.

SPEAKS OUT.

IN THE HARBOUR.

LORD MOYNIHAN'S DEFENCE OF VIVISECTION.

OPERATIONS NOW, AT THE HEIGHT OF PERFECTION.

Physiologists and surgeons are the most humano, of men. The whole antivirisection.

campaign, though a great testimony to the tenderness of heart of its support nra, has no slightest foundation in truth, and is a witness to their shutmindedness and credulity.

This was a notable passage from the Romanes Lecture delivered at Oxford by Lord Moynihan, the famous surgeon. He enld:

WATTLE'S HARD STRUGGLE FOR LIFE

LEG BROKEN AND SO DESTROYED,

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A sight very distressing to animal lovers witnessed yesterday afternoon from the Kowloon Star Ferry Pior, An Australian pony, Wattle, bolonging to Mr. Ho Leung and Mr. J. Heard, took fright while being led aboard the ferry to be taken scross the Harbour, and jumped into the water. At first the animal appeared to be contemplat ing & cross-harbour swim but sud- denly he turned round and made straight for the Star Ferry Pier. A

WOMAN PRISON CHIEF.

DENIES SHE 18 TOO GENTLE

TO PRISONERS,

Senorita Victoria Kent, the waman director of Spanish prisons, who is of British descent, denied that she is resigning her post.

It ind been reported that her a storm of; resignation followed criticism that she was "too tender". to the prisoners; but over the tele phono Senorita Kent said to a re- portor.

"My humanitarian methods do not please everyone, and naturally there are people who would wel come my resignation. But at the moment I have not taken the step, and I see no prospect of my deing

in the immediate futuro. "I have instituted many prison. reforms which are at the moment thu, subject of considerable criti-

"Day by day for many a year it has been my happy duty to operate or men, women, and phildren, who now number a goodly compitny, in large crowd assembled there, who order to save life or bring relief, seemed to regard the animal's dia- My heart is full of compassion. 1 cannot bear to cause or oven to tress as something of a joke. Their oism; but I think I have the back. | hear of suffering,

shouts and laughter frightened the

The average motoriat has a fair knowledge as to how cellulose

"Evory one who has experience nt pony still further, and without paint is sprayed on to the body-laboratory work knows how little work of a car, but he has little or pain is inflicted, and what steps knowing what he was doing, the no conception of the processes by are always taken to minimise or pony swam straight for the piles, abolish it. The experimenter who His head was caught between two which the chassis frame is enamel excites suffering defeats his own piles and there he was stuck. Tho led,

He would be surprised, in-zime.

mafoo then mausged to fix a ropo deed, to hear that in the Preased Steel Company's works, where hun-

through the bridle and drag him dreds of chassis frames are enamel- "To-day it may safely be claim- led daily, the enamelling plant ised that the craft of surgery has clear. He tried to urge the pony over 230 feet long. It has two vast almost reached the end of its pro-round to the steps of the Army chains ench 400. feet long, and em-

gress along lines which it has so Picr.. Boatmen in the motorboats ploys a bath with a capacity for far followed. The full fruits of 0000 gallons of enamel. At first Lister's work have now been gar sight its oil-burning furnacere nered.

of a Hombles the engine room battleship!

The plant is nearly human in its operations, for it eleans, enamels, heats, and dries the various parts, almost without attention.

More Than Science.

"Operations are performed by the great masters with a success

that leaves little hope of better

ment.

"Surgery is more than science, more than art; it is a sacrament. The wirole operation occupies just For the surgeon an operation is an over three hours, and fifty chassis incident in the day's work; for frames are completed each hour-aur patient it may be the sternest, with a durability of finish which most dreaded of all trials." would be impossible. by old-fashion- ed hand-painting methods.

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A New Light Van, An interesting addition to the ranks of the light commercial vehicle is the Triumph 5-cwt. van, which represents the firm's first appearance in this market. The van is mounted on the well-known Super Seven chassis, and has a Continued on next coluwer.}

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The driver's compartment has single seat, and is in direct com- munication with the van interior, while hinged doors give access at the rear.

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nearby also tried to be helpful with their beat-hooks but did more harm than good, and the animal again turned and siyain straight for the Star Ferry Fier. At length, after long struggle, the pony was got to the steps where ho lay with his hend just above the water. A huge crowd assembled greatly excited and fully alive to the humorous aspect.

At this juncture, Mr. C. M. Manners of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., arrived on the scene and while the wafoo held the animal's head in safety, ho summoned a dozen coolies and they managed to get the animal safely on the stops and at length ashore. Wattle was in a distressed condition, and was seen later by Dr. Reidy who found that one of the hind legs had been broken. After the owners had been commu nicated with, the animal was des troyed with the humane killer::

A Promising Pony. Wattle arrived in Hong Kong with the 1931 bunch of Australian As far as Great Britain is concern- griffins. Twenty ponies were im- ed, it is significant that, whereas ported in that your and Wattle unsit quite recently only large com- proved to bo one of the best. He mercial user arranged for the first raced here under the colours of supply of fuel oil from metering Mr. A. J. P. Heard. He was also columns. the Hammond Pump tried over the sticks in Fanling people report that there is, now during the last season and was, on sufficient demand for supply from the whold, quite a good jumper, roadside pumps. Their petrol While he is by no means in the pumps, of course, are thoroughly class of Woodland Stag and Season well suited for the purpose.

Ticket (which recently had to be destroyed on the course), Wattle was a good pony and always found plenty of supporters whenever he started.

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Wizard Suits Johannesburg, That the critical South African motorist obviously finds the Hillman Wizard & car entirely suited to his taste is evidenced by the following

extract from a letter received from HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL British Motors, of Hallman House, Johannesburg-

REGISTER,

Hong Kong Obervatory, June 4,

"We would advise you that the Wizard care are giving entire satis. faction, Since taking over the agency, we have sold over 50, and we have not a dissatisfied customer on our books."!

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Direction of carburetters to obtain satisfac tory running in the rarified atmos-" phere.

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Senorita Kent is Irish by birth and a niece of Mr. R. Kent, mem- ber of the Irish Free State Parlia ment. for East Cork, Two of her (Continued on nest column.).

unples were killed during the 2016 fighting in Ireland.

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