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SPARKS FROM THE PLUGS

WORLD WANTS BRITISH CARS

INDUSTRY'S GREAT CHANCE TO REGAIN

OVERSEA MARKETS

It would be rash to talk about a, is almost entirely for British cars. Far more striking are the reports "boom" in the British motor in- dustry, for sales of its products, from abroad. Exports are going though better to an astonishing de up, in November they were in gree both at home and abroad than value 60 per cent, greater than in they were, are still some way below November, 1921, and the total for the figures of 1929, and of course the eleven months of the year was include in the totals a great pre-half a million higher than last 'ponderance of cars of the smallest year.

If you remember the in no other. and cheapest classes.

Nevertheless, it is not only true country has the demand stood up that the motor industry finishes the against hard times so well as in year in better fettle than any of the England, that car sales in India, other major industries of the coun Australia, and "all parts of the try, but that it finds within its Empire have shrunk alarmingly grasp markets vastly more luera-and that the United States' ex- tive than that home market in which it bas now made itself

supreme.

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Phenomenal Salsa The sales of

cars this new autumn have been, in the circums

The figures tances, phenomenal. for Cotuber were better than in any October since 1000, and in the three months August, September and October 43 per cent, more cars were registered for the first time than in the anme, three months of

1931.

ports are still only half of what they wore in 1931, as those of 1931 were only half those of 1930, the fact that we are increasing our sales abroad is most heartening.

We are really recapturing our pre-war share of the world" mar- kate, Except for the Irish Free State, we are sending more cars, or ears to greater value, every where. In spite of political trou

es, Indit has taken more cars from us this year, Australia, just beginning to recover in earnest, has taken over £250,000 worth more in the eleven months, South Africa has doubled her imports of British cars since 1930.

Europe Buying British,

More than half the total, it is true, were of the horse-power or smaller, but the "tena" have al- most caught up the habies," which have for so long predomi

To take me particular market, nated in numbers; in fact, "while we are stili huying small cars they the now-nr remstrations in Cal are not quite so small as they were cutta up to the end of November or so cheap, so dealers report; included twice as many British and two classes which sold better, cara as American, their nearest in October were the 18 h.p. glass competitors. The latest gres And the 30 hp, the latter jumping frist time at the head of the from the Cape show a British Par from nine last year to 104 this.

sales list. And besides all that our Striking Bise in Exports, So much for the home market. exports of private cars to "other Not everyone is sharing this good countries," those outside the Em- business, but it is fairly wide. I pire, have risen in number from sprend and, of course, the demand ' (Continued at fort of next Column)

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BIG BILLIARDS BY

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SCORES 250 IN FIFTY

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(Special Air-Mai Servios)

LONDON, January 6. Diminutive youth played some very tallish Dillards at the famous Burroughen" mali yisteruny

GIVE CHILDREN

CHANCE

TO BE DESTRUCTIVE

(Special Air-Mail Birfice)

LONDON, Jan. 5." Hints to parents on how to bring up children were given by Dr. J. R. Rees, deputy director of the Institute of Medical Psychology, when speaking at the twelfth win-

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ter school for health visitors and Highest open-air Temperaturo, 19 62 school nurses, at the Bedford Dol- Lowest open-air Temperature, 93.80 lege for Women. Many parents," he said, "would sooner a child did

B-Blue sky; Ö-Cloudy; D- not have mind of its own and they would prefer their child al- ways to remain a nice docile brea- Drizzle; F-Fog; L-Lightning; ture, doing exactly what it is told. M-Mist; O-Qiprosat; P-Passing Curiosity in the child is another Showers; Q-Squalls; B=Rain; T- bugbear to the parent, but a child's curiosity should be respected from the beginning.

atternoon. flost of it came from Donald Cruikshank, a twelve-year old aspirant to the proud title of Hey Dillards Champion," and he achieved it mainly by standing on tip-toe occasionally on a edair.

Donald gave his long-trouserea opponent, Bernaru Fitzpatrick, or Sheffield, a good twaive inches in height and quite a respectable hid ing at billiards.

"Somehow on other, he prised his polished schoolboy face and his shoulders high enough above the table to got his elbow up behind

Again a child should always be them and swing his 17} os que well and truly through. Un this allowed to play freely. The child Bound foundation he constructed who has never learned to play satis- many telling breaks, in the twenties factorily is less likely to work satis- and thirties, and fascinated every-factorily in later life. In the saÏNS body by the smoothness of his way we should allow children cer- billliarids.

tain opportunities for being de- structive.

Long Yennies." "Long jonnies," played from the cxtretne tips of his toes, were. a feature. More pleasing still to the cognoscenti was a follow-through hazard played along the top cushion and dragged" to allow the ob- jeet ball to clear both shoulders of the pocket. produced billiards in deed from a boy of 12,

Distance and height were Donald's great problems. He would heave the long rest laboriously into position only to discover that its entire length, plus. his own reach would not get him near enough to hit the ball.

Miss Joyce Gardner, the lady champion, who was Feferee, would then rush forward boucitously with a chair. and hold it while air. Nothing disturbs, however, Donald played his shot from mid-

the equanimity of the boy billiards player. A hard luck shot that set the ball up handsomely for your opponent is not a matter for de- spair and lamentation, as it is with many grown-up players. You grin Cheerfully at your parents as you go back to your seat and come up smiling again next time.

Always Smiling.

* Cruelty in small children is not wickedness. They are merely seek ing an outlet for their aggressive qualities. I know the case of one little girl who chops the heads off all her dolls. This little girl felt she was fighting against the repres sive attitude of her mother who had always stood between the child and freedom.”

BABY IN MANGER

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DISCOVERY IN ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

(Special Air-Mall, Service)

LONDON, January 5. A scene at the Koman Catholic Church of St. Aloysius, Oxford, un Wednesday night, when a young woman is alleged to have placed a baby in the crib,, a representation of the Bethlehem stable, and after- Donald came up smiling so rê-

wards to have knocked over altar gularly that he reached 250 in ornaments, was described by Father little over fifty minutes. This is

Fitzmaurice to a reporter yester much too fast for the average day.

hundred upper," especially if Donald left the balls as safety na he left them for Fitzpatrick yester

day.

It seems a shame to do violence to one of the Inst surviving aphorisms of Herbert Spencer. But in the interests of truth is must be stated that. Donald Cruikshank has not wasted his youth on or under billiards table. Before coming up to London a few days ago from South Shields he won a billiards title and a scholarship in the same week.

THE MORE LOOMS SYSTEM

END OF FOUR YEARS' DISPUTE

(Special Air-Mail Service)

LONDON, Jan. 5.¿ On Dec. 27, signatures were

affixed to the agreement for the

The first discovery that any thing was wrong," he said, "was made by some women who came into the Church to view the crib. They were surprised to and in the manger instead of the figure of the infant Christ a baby of about seven months old. They removed the baby and searched the church for the woman, but could not find her and sent for me. Before I arrived thero was a crash at the high altar and the crucifix, candlesticks, and many large vases which adorned the altar crashed to the ground...........

"When I asked the woman why she had done it her only reply was: It is written, My Father's house is a house of prayer: Yo have 'made it a den of thieves. Before the police arrived the woman at- tempted to pull down another crucifix from the wall and started to undress the baby requesting the people to bring her the white robes the priests wore."

He added the woman went quiet-

operation of the inare looms system ly away when the police arrived..

in the manufacturing section of It is understood that she has beca

the Lancashire cotton trade. This taken to a mental hospital.

act formally ends an industrial controversy that has been going on for four years.

Increased production at lower costs. in expected from the opera tion of the new system, which means there will be six looms per weaver, instead of four, but by an ingenious adjustment of "the" me-

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Some displacement of labour, is regarded as unavoidable, but it is hoped that an increased demand for the classes of cloths to be manu- factured on the new system will, lead to the reabsorption of the dia- placed workers on the thousands of looms that have been standing idle for so long.

3,900 in 1930 and 4,000 last year 11,300, and in value from £60,000 last year to 21,200,000 this year Europeis

VARIETY

(Special Air-Mail Service)

LONDON, Jan. 5.

The Gneral Theatre Corporation, an important combine, controlling almost a hundred variety theatres. and 500 cinemas, at many of which variety turns are given,, has issued a warning to the artists that so ceptance of broadcasting engage ments in future will violate their

British beginning to buy contracts have contained classe

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Our output of motor vehicles that artists must obtain permission last year coma to 220,307 The front the corporation before brosd- United States and Canada export casting but it has not been serious in a normal year to countries out I applied. In future the corpor side the Americas over 2,000,000 tion proposes to refuse this porinis vehiclea If we can get any subs- sion. The reason given is that the tantial share of that export broadcasting of turns is "in direct business it will mean producing, competition" with the theatres not twice as many vehicles as we where the artists appear, in person. do now, but four or five times as In the last few days some prominent mahr Hard times and heavy variety performers have had to can- taxation hava puta premium on cel broadcasting engagement Ca the small cheap-to-run car, and we include Layton and Johnstone, Mr. are proving to the world that we Rob. Wilton and Miss Gracts Fields make that type of car best, and and it in doubtful whether Jack cheapest. Those conditions will not Payna Andr.his,

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