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ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB

TEN FOUNDERS DINE TOGETHER

ONE CAR FOR EVERY 700

HONG KONG DAILY PRI TUESDAY JANUARY 10, 1933.

SPARKS

FROM THE PLUGS

BUT RATE OF INCREASE IN

ZJAPAN SLOWING UP

now

London, Doc 3-The dinner of the founders of the Royal Automo- Tokyo. The total Humber of bile Club at the Club's headquar-motor-ongs and trucks in Japan ters in Pall Mall was remarkable and the colonies-

exceeds for the fact that among the ten 100,000, or one for 200 of populá survivors present the man who, tion: The survey has been made. presided took part in the Crimean by the National Resources Board, and Great War, namely Colonsi Crompton, who saw active service before he went to Harrow and after which he served again, returned to England to pioneers of electricity and then at ectricity and then at the age of sixty-nine was again called upon to serve his country in the Great War.

A Crimean Veteran. He actually started his military career at the age of eleven. He was with his father at Gibraltar. His brother was fighting in the Crimea. This induced his father to enable him to join up as a naval cadet. That was the year before Sebastopol. Then when the Groat War came fiftyy-eight years later he was able to tell them that all those years ago he had seen things which would be new to them, for when they spoke of the Véry lights ho was able to tell. them of car- cases" which they sent up in the Crimen before they attacked, and revolving shells which threw out jeta of light and lit up the place for yards around,

• Whistling Dicks, They spoke of shells by pet names, and he could tell them of "Whistling Dicks" which seared .friend as much as foe. Colonel Crompton rode in the exhibition train from King's Cross to Thirak in 1851. "We had six locomotives. and the return fare was sixteen shillings," he added.

Colonel Crompton though only éleven was awarded a medal and the-Sebastopol-clasp for his ser- vices in the Crimea.

Thornycroft Six-Wheelers For Iraq Pipe-Line

A REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE

LORD MONTAGU'S PROPHECY FULFILLED

For it was over this same deso. per cent, in 1926, 28 per cent. each late and difficult country that the in 1928 and 1927, 24 per cent. in original type of British six-wheel 1929, 32 per cent. in 1928, ten pered lorry, a 3 ton Thornycroft, can cont. in 1930 and nine per cent. in be said to have won its spurs as 1931. In Tokyo passenger cars long ago as 1927, when the late have increased by about 1,000 an Lord Montagu made an overland the year now ending, but there ha journey from Jerusalem to Bagh not been much change in trucks,

dad in one of these vehicles de Below is given an abridged sur. signed specially for overland transi 'vey:-

port in countries without roads.

CARS OF TO-DAY

THE VAUXHALL CADET

The Vauxhall Cadet saloon is a straight forward job, with plenty of power, and is comfortable, quiet, simple, and pleasing to drive and competitive in prios

The Engine.

derneath the car. The neat and rounded film and honeycomb radia tor is in a shell with a stone guard and on the offside there is an ac cessible water tap. Timing is by duplex roller chain without au justment. The sparking plugs ar handy at an angle in the head and have waterproof, covers Steering is by cam and levor.

MOTOR FUEL FROM GAS COAL

DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESS AT MANCHESTER'

Manchester.The Gas Committea the Manchester Corporation The engine, single plate dry of clutch, and three-speed centrally have decided to spend money on The body, which will take five controlled gearbox form a unit the development of a process for persons, if necessary, has six side which is held at two close points extracting from gas coal a motor windows. The rear glasses are fix in front to an extended cross-fuel suitable for use in the cor Of the 103,815 total, 04,737 are in

ed, there is a sliding roof and member; a swivel bearing with rub-poration motor omnibuses. This tops the list, followed by Osaka way of repeating itself and has led Japan proper, Tokyo, with 23,382, It is strange how history has a For the Undeveloped Parts of the cupboards and pockets; a tandem ber takes the weight just in front fuel, which is aroken of as a benzol

Empire.

screen-wiper, blinds, and so forth of the dywheel case towards each from which toluol has not bees Hyogo (Kobe), Kanagawa (Yoko to a remarkable coincidence in the His subsequent enthusiasm help are fitted. The rear floor has slop-side, these being attached to the Forated is already being sue Shizuoka and Kyoto in that order, croft 12-ton six-wheel lorries in est in Thornycroft six-wheelers for front seats are adjustable, the clutch bearings might be extended at the committee's Rochdale Road hama), Aichi (Nagoya), Fukuoka, employment of a fleet of Thornyed materially to encourage inter- ing foot-wells of good size, the cross-member. The oiler for the cesfully produced on a amsil seale The annual rate of increase has connection with the construction of transport in undeveloped parts of screen will open fully, and entran- to be accessible. The gearbox has works, and it is the intention not fallen off in recent years. Compar--the Iraq Petroleum Company' the Empire, and within force is quite good by all four door synchro-mesh from second, to top to erect plant at the Bradford Road eil with last year the figure shown pipe-line across the Syrian Desert, years these were being employed ways, while the driver can get to and top to third, and there is a; and Partington Gas Works suffi- an increase of only five per cent. between Baghdad and Haifa. in Australia, India nad South his sent from the nearside also. quiet-second. The speed lover.) cient to give a yield of about Past records show increases of 20

Africa with every success.

Both passengers and driver have a works flexibly, but has no stop for 340,000 gallons of the inotor fuel In the latter country their re- good view. The spare large bub

reverse. There is only a small yearly. cord is an amazing one, following wire wheel is in a well in the near level plug in the nearside of the According to the view of Mr. B. the experimental use by the Union side wing, and bumpers, a folding gearbox and filling arrangemente i L. Holton, the chief engineer of of South African Railways of grid, a scuttle ventilator, and the on the back axle might also be the gas department, the present Thornycroft, six-wheelers on regu- usual modera fittings are included, made more convenient. The pro- prices of imported motor fus! lar road services beyond their rail. I prefer other types of bonnet peller shaft is open and has metal makes the production of a benzel

astener way terminals into undeveloped

universal jointa, and the half-float suitable for combustion enging pur-i districts.

ing back axle contains apira level poses economic at the ordinary final drive in a banjo case. The town gas works. In fact, it is The 6-cylinder engine has the springs front and back are half-stated, if the transport department overhead valves worked by push- elliptical and work with hydraulic continues to pay for, the benzol at rods; there are single springs, but shock absorbers, Forwards the lid. a gallon, which is what the engine is not noisy. - Normal springs are fat, inset towards the they are at present paying for means of clearance adjustment is front, and well clipped. There are petrol, there will be a substantial provided and also forced lubrica no stops behind the back shackles, profit to the gas department. tion. A combined filler and intake The rear springs are almost fat. 1 breather is in the top of the valve of good length, and pass under the over. The three-branch circa:axle. inlet is held centrally to the

On the Road., square section four-branch exhaust manifold for heat, the pips is taken down in front of the bearer hearted

The engine is delightfully free

and or cross-member, and the manifolds power, and

prompt with its are conveniently hold by yokes good flexibility. The car soon runs ders, 6; size, 67.3 by samme; capa runs smoothly with Specification:-Number of gylin The carburettor is easily taken to up to 45 miles an hour on the level, city, 2,048c.c.; nominal, hp., 16.9; pieces, and a large circular oil A good 20 and 40 can be done on bh. p., 12 at 3,300 r.p.m.? number alter is attached to the side of the first and second, while 60 m.ph. is of main bearings, 4; overall for frame. Forward is the generator, ahout the comfortable maximum onward gear ratios, 5.1, 6.47, and which shares a belt drive with the top, though it is possible, given 18.28 to 1; patrol capacity, le gal- The gland of the impeller can be tions, to work up to a speed nearer circle, 30ft wheelbase, sft. Ilin, the combined fan and impeller the distance or favourable conditons, tires, 8.25 by 18in.; turning repacked without disturbance. O es.. drainage must be done from un

track, 4ft 8in, ground clearance, Blin weight of car, 28cwt.

Passenger Trucks Special Hokkaido 1,244 071 102 Tokyo 15,902 7,158 322 Kanagawa 2,435 *1,388. 143 Bhidruoka 1,961 1,900 Aichi

34 94 197

2,112 1,023

2,170

039

4,730

9,374

2,783 - 1,909

132

·

14

Hiroshima 1,197 690

2,368 876 71

Kyoto

Oanka

Hyogo

"Fukuoka

Japan

(total)

Korea

Formosa

Colonies

(total)

-Grand-

total

86,900 34,531 2,479

60,758 31,948 2,031

3,023 1,489 184. 1,027

04

6,148 2,583 447

EQUIPPED WITH ALL THE

In his time, Lord Montagu was one of the greatest living author ties on road transport and was one of the first to recognise the men Isa possibilities of this type for overseas service. It was mainly to substantiate his convictions that he included a Thornycroft six wheeler in his fleet of cars, and its performance abundantly confirmed his beliefs, for in spite of the ex- tromaly difficult conditions of tra velling for many hundreds of miles with its full load through deep sand, mud and large areas of boulder-strewn ground, the vehicl performed the journey far more satisfactorily and even economical ly than the much more powerful & cylinder care, which accompanied

NECESSITIES AND NICETIES OF

THE "BIG CAR" GROUP THE

1933

MORRIS MINOR

NOW AVAILABLE FOR DEMONSTRATION

REPRESENTS THE MOST ECONOMICAL PROPOSITION IN REAL MOTORING FOR FOUR

All new MORRIS MINORS have a four-speed gearbox with. twin-top silent third, ensuring speed plus all-round per formance... The new FAMILY MINOR boasts an exceptionally long wheelbase (7 ft. 7 in.) with a 3 ft. 8 in. track, is fitted with a four-seater saloon body and an 8 hp, side-valve engine Here is the ideal family car at a very low price, with running costs equally low Triplex glass guarantees safety radiator and bonnet add considerably to the appearance.

Ask for a Demonstration

A new

Dodwell & Co., Ltd

The transport facilities thus pro- vided rapidly encouraged their agricultural development and sim in five years the feet had increas liar services were added, and with ed to over 4400 of these vehicles operating regularly over routes totalling approximately 12,000 miles, very nearly equalling the total mileage of the South African Government Railways.

în Africa, and Australia.

It is no exaggeration to say, that the commercial dévelopment of Africa is being effected by these same vehicles, for after similar trials had justified their suitabili. ty, the Sudan Government have bought a considerable number for transport in their cotton fields of the Lower Sudan, and the Rhode Rian Government Railway are also employing increasing numbers for the-transports of maized.

In 1920 mnperoft was the first to make the double journey across the Australian Continent, a feat which encouraged its wide use in the bush country for transport- ing wool, hides, etc., also in New Zealand for timber and agricul tural transport. In Canada too, similarly successful work has been achieved in the lumber and mining districts, where previously no me tor transport vehicles had been able to operate during the rainy and wintry seasoris, and the same suc- cess has attended trials in the un developed parts of Brazi) and Argentina where Thornycroft six- wheelers are now largely employed by railways and commercial users. It is greatly to the credit of John I. Thornycroft & Co., Limit ed, that they should have pioneer- ed and persisted in the develop- ment of this essentially British type of rigid six-wheeled vehicle, which within a few years has am- ply fulfilled Lord Montagu's pro phetic nasertion that the solution of the problem of transport in the undeveloped areas of the world lies in the employment of six-wheeled motor vehicles, and although the demand for them has fallen off re cently with the world-wide decline of overseas trade, there are, im mense possibilities for them in the futura when better times arrive. “

12-ton Loads in Iraq:0 The Thornycroft six-wheelers now operating on the Iraq pipe-line are the Company's largest and latent type for 12 ton Toads, and it will be extremely interesting to learn how the many interna tional makes of Britiah, American and Continental lorries compare,. working under similar conditions. in this extremely difficult country: A most interesting indication was contained in letter published in The Commercial Molor from a transport official of the Iraq Petroleum Company, in which he criticised "several of the makes of motor vehicles now in his charge and remarked amongst the vehi des that have come out here for work on the T.P.C pipe-line, I consider that the Thornycraft is one of the most promising

The present range of Thornycrof motor vehicles covering all poss ble requirements for the ro transport of goods or passeng includes five differené models.

for loads of

Optron

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This model costs £205, and left- band steering can be had. It i also supplied with a 27-h.p. engine, a 3.2 to 1 compression ratio, as against 5 to 1, and higher geir ratios.

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THORNYCROFT

DIESEL ENGINES

for

VEHICLE AND LIGHT MARINE WORK ABE NOW AVAILABLE

Marine Engines Models from 9. B.H.P. upwards. Vehicle Engines Models of 361 HP. (R.A.C. Ramgs)

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4 cylinders 542 HP 6 cylinders

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