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SPARKS FROM THE PLUGS

MOTOR TAXATION.

IN ENGLAND

MINISTER OF TRANSPORT ON THE ALTERNATIVE

Extraordinary scenes wore wit. missed at the eve of the motor show huuquet held by the Society of Mo- tor Manufacturers and Traders at the Connaught Blooms.

Mr. P. J. Pybus, Minister of Transport, while he was speaking

abit the horsepower tax and the Sulter vond-rail report, was virtual. tg howled down by the guests, while the outspoken,' upposing views of Mr. L. Walton, President i the. Society, were frantically cheered.

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NEW INDIA TYRE”

SCOTTISH MANUFACTURENS ENTER INEXPENSIVE FIELD.

A.E.C.'S INCORPORATE THE

FLUID FLYWHEEL

IMPORTANT INNOVATION MAKING GOOD.

A NEW ATHEISTIC MR. BROWN-WHISKY Base and raised it to his lips;

BLENDER

CAMPAIGN

RUSSIAN SOVIET'S 5-YEAR PLAN

WHAT A GENTLE SNIFF WILL TELL HIM

IS BEER

two fingers of whisky disappeared at an alarming rate,

Mr.. Brown hesitated, his jawa working convulsively, his mouth horribly contorted-behold," he gargibil..

Violently, the whisky was eject- more contortions and con. valsions" for it's after I've" apat it out that I tnate the whisky "-- and then another mouthful from

Particulars of a paw"God BUT HIS TAVOURITE-DRINK | ed. «« Five-Year Plan," which has been diwn up by the Soviet Government, wern given by the Duchess of Atholl.

It's a braw whisky," said Mr-another glass, followed by cjection, A new tyre, kuown as the India

M.P., at an Individualist luncheon Brown thoughtfully, as he aniffed Finally a mixture was decided on. Sterling, is being put on the market

in London. Shé quoted her facts Like all inventions, and espo,

at the half-filled glass in his band. It'll be strong," said Mr. Brown. from the official organ of the All-but it's over rough." So saying, simply, "but it's bounic glassful.”. by the India Tyre and Rubber

of a revolutionary Russian Commission to Combat Re-e flung away the contents und Company (Great Britain), Ltd., cially those Inchinnan. The tyre, which has al

the Fluid Flywheel trans-ligion-"The Young Vanguard."

Again he selected a glass and nature, very low initial price, has been designed primarily to meet the mission system was at Brst reĝatá- need of those motorists who, parod with scepticism by a large num ticularly for replacement purposes, her of operators.

do not wish to go to the expense of were imperfectly understood, the

a super tyre. It is made at Inchin- an by Clyde craftsmen with the

"This plan," stated the Duchess selected another bottle, Mr. Johu poured, the contents into the palms

of Atholl," is embodied in a decree issued by the Council of Peoples'.

of his hands: then he dry-washed. rapidly and sniffed delicately."

but he shrugged his shouktors; a cigarette smoked

rently upset all calculations,

Given a number of whiskys From '

Brown is a whisky blender.

In the London vaults of a weit

is intended to make out a detailed of blending Scotch whisky was perfew moments proviously had appa.' Its principles Commissaries. In the first sear it known firm of whisky distillers the Smooth...

ceremony-ceremony is the word plan for closing all churches and religious communities.

"During the second year it is in tended to liquidate roligious family cells, and by 1033 all religi

from all the Stato undertakings and offices. All religious literature will be prohibited, and religious, cults will be strictly forbidden.

"alip" involved in its operation the thoroughness that has estab' was thought to be a factor conduc- lislied the India super tyres, which ing to increased petrol consumption, will, of course, continue to be manu- and it was said that torque would factured as hitherto. The Storling

formed for the first time in pub lic. Fifty samples of whisky, cacl carefully selected for its partien far quality, were produced for the occasion. Of these, six were chosen

all parts of Scotland and à few

blend to satisfy any palate. He hours,, Mr. Brown could

Thereafter Mr. Pybus, our of the; embodies the same scoret black ma. be lost by using this now form of fous-minded persons will be expelled to be blended into proprietary could give you a soft, exquisite

ettief guests, and Me Walton, the terial which has given the India Chairman, engaged in

what Super its reputation for oxception- amounted ta a delite, one opposing al toughness d other on almost every point. And any of the points by Mr. Pybus were met with subdued bading from the guests or shouts of

dissent.

The Horse-Power. Tax. What fra caused the audience to

broms restive were Mr. Pybus' fre Kara: references to the horse

aas. He maintained on every oven- sion that any alternative accept able to the Government would have ta produce equal revenue, while, Mr. Walton maintained that tnxu-

ly called for reduction.

transmission. In other words, the Fluid Fly-wheel was an experiment of oxceptional interest, but of du-

It is

brands.

The new tyre is the result of ex bious pactical value to those who intended to prepare 150 anti-religs-long line in front of him,

tensive research, and it has been subjected to rigorous tests on cars driven over rough and difficult

roads.

that the public was being driven to demand a type of car which might be suitable for this country, with

its excellent roads, but which was unsuitable for the majority of mar- keta overseas.

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are seriously hampered, therefore," said Mr. Walton," in

FOOK TEI COMPANYtion was too high and that it loud dealing with the overseas markets,

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haul to think in costs per bus mile.

Now this now unit has been tried and tested under varying norvied conditions; and the claims made for it have been amply vindicated. It

ous films, which will be demonstrat- ed throughout the Soviet Union, ¦ and especially in the schools,

Tho third year will be allotted to tho' netivisation of godless cells." It is proposed to expel from the Soviet Union all those servitors of

:

Mr. Brown dominated the early part of the proceedings. The fifty sample bottles were arranged in a and from each bottle one mensuro of | whisky was poured into

a glass Into each glass also went two men sures of water, "to draw the smell of the whisky."

has been shown that the Fluid Fly-religious cults who refuse to abanten of the blonds. To Mr. Brown'

aver

Ay

the

don their clerical orders.

15 During the fourth year all churches, synagogues, and chapels will be surrendered to the local Soviets and used as cinemas, clubs, and other places of intelligent pastime.'

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wheel gives out the amount of torque put into it, that while the "slip" is large at low speeds it rapidly diminishes, until nt speeds 1,000 r.p.in. the unit is efficient Да

average where such artificial restrictions on

The Coping Stone, desigu do not exist, thus leaving rear-axle, and that there ́is no "In the fifth your it is intended the markets open to our competi- measurable difference between to strengthen the achievements où tors"

the petrol consumptions of vehicles the front of the fight against reli- with orthodox transmissions, and gion,' so as by May. 1, 1937, not to those incorporating the Fluid Flyleave a single house of prayer on wheel. By passengers it has been the territory of the U.S.S.R. and to acclaimed as a remarkable advance extinguish in the minds of the in obtaining smoother starting and people the very notion of God."" more silent gear-changing, and drivers have voiced the unanimous opinion that this new type trans mission materially lessens driving fatigue.

Mr. Pylus' reference to the Salt- or repart and to what he described ns the "public demand for ad- {justment between roads and rail-

Referring to the terms of refer ways met with loudly expressed op-ence of the Road Rail Committee, position.

Mr. Walton said that they suggest Mr. Walton supported his co-ed to his mind the most rdvanced | demnation of the present motor-car step towards Communism they had taxation system with the statement yet seen from a Government De-

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The suppression of religion in Russia is by no means the end of the story from the British point of viow," said the Duchess. It is merely being made the starting

Amongst many important opera-point for a general campaign for tors, specifying this now and revolu- the suppression of religion in every

part of the world. tionary system of transmission can be mentioned the Toronto Trans-

portation Commission and Montreal Tramways, Canada, both of which concerne have ordered A.E.O. "Ranger" single deck hus chuaris.

| NEXT YEAR'S CAR RALLIES

"I understand that in the near future a large and powerful wireless station is to be erected near Mos- cow, which may make our homes even more than hitherto to prey to Commanist anti-religious propa ganda❞

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Never had there been, added the speaker, a more nacing attack vn,

TWO INTERESTING BRITISH everything we meant by individuali-

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ty than that which came from. Russia to-day. Under the present Soviet régime there could not only be no individual freedom in political action, but there could be no indivi- ddal freedom in thought.

STANDARD MOTOR CO. ACHIEVEMENT

As was announced exclusively in The Autocar of September 9th, the R.A.C. have agreed to under. take the organization of à caravan rally next year. In issuing their intention to the Press as a whole, the Chib refer to the success which, attended "The Aubocat's" efforts in

Sothe idea of the successful connection with the rally at Mine launching of the new season's pro- hoad on August 97th last, Froin gramme by the Standard Motor Co. the chorus of approval which is on July 1 may be gathered from still proceeding in relation to that the contents of a telegram sent off by Capt. J. P. Black, Director and esend, it may be confidently anti-General Manager, on the following |cipated that the i033 Caravau Rál- day.

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This reads: "Overwhelming, re-

OLD CROCKS "ROUND THE MOUNTAIN RACE

| jy will be, under the aegis of the

RA.C., one of the most popular sponse to the Standard announce ment of 1833 programme. Contracts affairs of the year.

for 32,000 cars have already."been Another rally which is eagerly The factory is working. 24 1ours a received valued at over £8,000,000.

anticipated in the second of the day." serica that was introduced by the affair at Torquay in the early spring of this year. It is ab open secret that invitations to select cer- Lain towns as the rallying point in On the cecasion of.. the 1933 have been received by the fourth Members' Meeting of the R. A. C. from many parts of the B.M.C.R.C at Brooklands; a very attractive programme was arrang- country. No decision hús yet been ed. A good deal of interest centr reached, but it may be safely pro ed in the "Round-the-Mountain phesied that the choles will fall race for old erocks of pre-1900 vint

age, and roars of laughter greeted uponsume Southern resort. This-the-old-veteran-machines wheezing. will mean that, in the opinion of and coughing round the three tap the organiser, the chances of fine trial.

R. Leveson-Gower caused much wonther in early spring become betamusemont by making good use of fer the farther south one can go. the pedals provided on his mount,, It is reasonable to predict that the but admiration was specially ac corded to G. L. Reynolds, the British Rally_will be arranged geräte me on the cc 1000 belt some time in March, since an earlier drive Triumph. This old machine dato might well prove inconvenient put up a really salondid perform for those who desire to participate the corners, winning easily at

ance and was remarkably steady on in the Monte Carlo Rally as well.

#pped cf.3816,m.p.h

The

The connoisseur might, with diffi- culty, have discriminated between

all fifty were more than different each of them possessed a definite personality.

une, perhaps, came from the North of Scotland and bore a strong tang of peat; an- other contained the sweetness of heather; a third possessed some mysterious quality which only the blender could deteat and describe.

whisky, which a child might almost drink with impunity. Alternativo- ly, he might mix you à blend

which, in his own words perhaps not.

110,

The lore of whisky blending is in

most

from cases handed down father to sou. Not so in the ca

Mr. Brown; thirty years ago he was forced into the job by cir cumstances. To-day he fears only one thing-the common cold.

Does Mr. Brown care for whisky? Not particularly, he told me; be

My prefers beer.

To-day's Bright Tholight.

A woman was arrested for being under the influence."

She gave the wrong name and address,

When charged at Tottenham, this was the reason she gave:

A gentle sniff auffices Mr. Brown:. from that he will probably be able

particular whisky was mode. to name the distillery in which a "I was not quite certain what He was happening, so I gave the police- will saiff again, perhaps ten or man two names and addresses. I twenty times, each sniff for a diffelt that one was bound to turn ferent glass. Then he will mix-out right.” carefully and with the air of the suprem artista further tolt, and this is followed by the verdict.

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Not naturally, Mr. Brown's hose forms his chief asset, but the has other methods beside that of smell. I asked him if he could solest whisky by tasting it. I've been smoking overmuch ́_freently.” | he replied apologetically, "' for I'm on a week's holiday." Then, Lam Wing Yan & Co., however, he selected one of the fifty-517 B Lenny Rd. Tel. 20005—25812,

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