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MARINE MOTORS.

AILSA CRAIG WINS.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1931.

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Sir Herbert Austin's

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od the same make of engines. In the 1st prize design, twin 10/13 h.p. 4-cylinder Ailsa Craig Marine British Success in De-Motors made by the Allan Craig Motor Co., Ltd., of Chiswick, were signing Competition. specified and in the 2nd a 28-36 16.p. 6-cylinder unit by the same makers. In both cases the reasons for the Holection of these engines

Sir Herbert Austin, presiding at were compactness, smoothness of the recent annual meeting of the In a recent designing competiranning, accessibility, reasonable Austin Motor Co., Ltd., said that tion for Motor Cruisers of cost and above all reliability. it was a great disappointment to moderate price and not exceeding Among the entries in this impor- and that the results of the Imperial 35 ft. length, organized by The tant competition the specification Conference were apparently going Yachting World Journal, it is signi- of British engines was an out-to be much less antisfactorython feant that the 1st and 2nd prize standing feature showing that In was anticipated. It would be a real winners, both designers of world-the opinion of those best qualified national calamity if the Conference to an end without selected wide repute,

British to judge. British Marine Motors should come engines as being, in their opinion, like the Alisa Craig are not to be arriving at a well-defined scheme

substantial increase the best. It is also an interesting bouten for sound dependability for the

Empire trading. coincidence that they both select-"and moderate price.

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By FRED GILLETT.

Being an account of a mosquito's hurried inspection inside a radiator.

ILLUSTRATED BY SHUFFREY,

(y arrangement with the "Morris Owner"},

A Suitable Deputy.

As I hovered over the pond I

He la

grumbled the Roatman, as ho rowed himself round the surface water of the overflow pipe. "Where's that young tadpole?!"

"You wait," I said, "till we get a, move on. There are yarda of tubes to travel through. Taddy's gone below.**

FAILING LIGHTS.

Causes of Burned Out Bulbs.

USEFUL HINTS.

[By Arnel Klein]

Burned out bulbs in headlampa or other lights on the car may

Egbert started up the car and soon things began to warm up. The water began to circulate I should have been sluggishly. sucked down under hnd I not dlung to the side of the pipe. The Boatman went down. He was point to overcharging by the gener right under water, for he is able ator, but they may also be a danger to carry his own supply of air signal for

other troubles, They under his wing cases.

may, for instance, point to the dan ger of overcharging the battery or of overheating the generator, un less the entire charging system is watched carefully.

While I waited for him to come up with his diver's report, I saw two red feelers and two black eyes Appear from below, and then, to my surprise, a very red-faced shrimp appeared.

ed.

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Ordinarily, even with the gon- "Hullo, Gluckstein!" I exelnim erator charging at between 15 and 20 amperes, which is the usual "Faney meeting your winter day rate, there should be had not seen him sines an ocea

no worry of burning out the lights alon when Exbert had rashly filled or of overcharging the battery. For up his radiator from a sandy pool the extra amount of juice put into by the seaside.

the battery is taken out more quick- "Just come up for a cooler," ly by the starter, and the greater said the Shrimp. "Gets a bit use of the lights on winter nights Warm inside those cylinder demands more work for the genera- Jackets."

first and

for.

But that is all right while the "You are just the man to help me," I said, "with your experience. circuits in the lighting and Ini- are complete and Tell me, why does the water clr-tion systems Iculate like this? Why doesn't it there is nothing in the way to cause the breakdown of one of I am sorry to say (writes the;

keep atili?" Mosquito) that Egbert Gritwell fa

"I'm not A thermostatician," them. Let a battery terminal cor rode, for example, to the extent of not a good driver and that he' neglects his car habitually Ceraw Boatman Beetle, sun-bathing said the Shrimp, "but if you'd breaking the contact there, and

lived in the tainly be keeps the metal parts himself on the surface.

then in

radiator, You'd opening this circuit, and all the polished and the paint clean as a called a boatman because he floats whited sepulchre, but the in- on his back, using his hind legs as know something about currents.juice intended for the battery will

Now the inside of this radiator is bound through the lights.

Let the terminal of one lamp jar visible portions of the motor are re allowed to run to seed, as it were. "Nice day for a sail," he repeat. like a mininture edition of the as I know by many personaind. "Any more for a circular trip Gulf Stream. Warm versus cold. loose, or any other contact break, explorations Into

The warmer water is always trying such as those at the ammeter, and internal round the pond?" ita

Few of the numerous inhabi-to get to the top and the cooler the generator power that should be economy--or rather internal extravagance. Could Egbert tants of the pond were dying to water trying to get to the bottom, distributed in proper proportion Atthroughout the system would con- this and that keeps it moving. of reduce himself to my size and get accept the

Yostclous old longshoreman least that is my crude and crus-centrate on the lights to which con

invitation

but two

way

of

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inside his engine, as I have done,

the tact remains. The result would be putting and lacean young he would see things from my point beetle, of view instead of merely feel-innocent tadpoles were porsuaded thermosyphon system of water a heavy overcharge of voltage and

# cockle shell.a qulek breakdown of the bulbs, to embark for a pleasure cruise. circulation into ing things from the point of my The boatman at once sank with Well, su long. Sev you Inter." proboscia.

When a Bght burns out, there- his passengers. When he return- The Shrimp went below the surfore, merely replacing it with an- Yet, In spite of his faults,ed to the surface an old frog face and the Boatman Beetle came other bulb would not help have liking for Egbert and Intend to stick to him. He socks asked, "What have you done with

my two tadpoles?" are to my liking and I mean to atick to and into his ankles.

up.

They are still aboard, Mum, Return of the Boatman. travelling inside, like the young

"Poof! That's better," he Now then," he Lady of Riga Three at the Pool,

enlled, wiping his large proboscis gasped. "There seems to be miles Egbert is in love--but not with on a water-lily, "any more for a of little narrow pipes to travel through, and then into a place like his ear. Ha lady-love and I often accompany him on picnics, for I Now, it occurred to me, here a Turkish bath.". love meals in the open air, and was the very chap I wanted for "And where's the tadpole?"

sal12

That

bulb may get along well for a short time and then repent the perform-

ance.

Shorts or grounds do not cause lights to burn out, for they reduce voltage. It is an open circuit, a loose or corroded connexion in the generator charging line, that the real cause.

Most frequent faults are found at

sa do they, in spite of the fact fexploring the insides of radiators "Taddy's all right, Brought that one mosquito's meat may be by proxy. He could swim and him up with me. inside. Prefer the battery terminals where corro- Another person's poison. Thut, so dive. Whether he could'em cooked." however, Is their look-out.

stund high temperatures remained 1 felt norry for Taddy,

"Nice pond you've got here,” said, inhaling its fragrance.

sjon takes place. These should be Ile acraped elenn'und tightened. Some-

We were picnicking one day, to be seen. We got into conver- could have supplied some valu-times the ammeter term:!nels, which Eubert, She and I, in a leafy glade sation. near a willow-fringed pool. All was peace and plenty. She was coquettish while he pressed his ault and I drowsily bummed in the offing.

"Dear one, why are you cold to me" he asked.

"Because I'm not your rudiutor." she replied.

"Yes, Gov'ner. 1 calls it my Splers and Pond. Full of refresh- meat. Fin, ha! Had your lunch?"

Yes, I've just had a snuck of knuckle of motorist."

nivorous,

well. said.

you're like me, car-

car-driver-ivorous,"

#Ever

He asked for that one, for his

tried motoring? radiator fa notorious as an anti-Come for a circular trip in my refrigerator.

friend Egbert Gritwell's" car?" "Have you never felt the sting dilated on the joys of travel, of Cupid's dart?" he asked. Instead of spending his life in à "Have you never--- Oh, heck stagnant pond. I told him, ho What's that?"

should try a change. Nothing

It was only little me, doing alke a change of water., He could bit of Cupid's darting, I meant travel comfortably in the radiator

And he had asked for it.water.

well.

no

He knitted his beetle-brows, Why, Indeed?

What about meals? What sort of The radiator of Egbert's car his water was it? Was it just plain always been a puzzle to me. Why, water or was there plenty of body

**in it? for instance-if he wishes to cool!

I assured him there was the engine-why does he heat the water? And, if he prefers a hot saying what Egbert's radiator con- engine, why does is try to cool tained there might be tadpoles,

caddisworms, mud and aige, the radiator with a fan? These

"Who's Algio?" myateries, I felt could only be

I explained who, or rather what, solved by getting right inside the tubes of the radiator and making and vegetables.

alga

were

There would be ment a personal Inspection. I

The Boatman Beetle was still always ready to take reasonable risks in the cause of scientific undecided about it when the decl- curiosity. I have been half-

sion was taken out of his hands. cylinder,

Egbert Gritwell came down to the half- drowned in

sump and half-pond with a jug in his hand. He minced, in a gearbox, but in a

Olled it with pond water which temperature of about 300° F. it he poured into the radiator of the would be dificult even for a hard-Car, and the jugful of water boiled mosquito to live to tell the included,, amongst many minor animalcule and Infusorin, the truth

in

tale or the

Ik

Going by Tube.

There was just room for my little body to aqueeze through, able inside information about hot water-jackets.

"Why not come for a Turkish Luth yourself " suggested the Boatman.

nre in series between the generator and battery, will jar loose and enuse an open circuit. Water, dirt or jarring may cause a Door_contact. between the termlual switch and the switch posts.

These should be tested-after t has been seen that the battery is not the cause of the trouble.

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cyc оп

the By keeping an ammeter and knowing the rate at which the generator-charges-prop- orly, the motorist can detect an open circuit almost immediately,

This can be suspected as BooN BA the ammeter needle is seen to jump above the regular charging rate. If it la not fixed almost immediately, a bulb will burn out, for the bulb Glament is the weakest spot in the shortened closed circuit.

And when one bulb burns out, the others will follow soon after. For all the change ordinarily dis- tributed evenly among all the lamps. I decided to take the risk. The and all the circuite would be con- centrated into the few remaining

Boatman Beetle took in a supply

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of air and I got under his wing, lights,

The He made a very good diving bell

proper rate of generator and the air bubble he carried with him hulped to keep me cool. We charge depends upon the condi travelled through the intricate tion under which the car fa oper- tubage of the radiator, through sted. the water jackets and so to the Aurface again.

"Well, I've had enough of the the insides of radiators," ald Boatman. "Let's get out and try cooler at the nearest Spiersand- pond."

"There's no way out till the radiator cap is taken off again, or until the nut is loosened under neath to drain the water off. Till then we must put up with this heat wave."

In the car operated mostly at night or by day? Is it used chiefly on long trips with comparatively few stops, or on short trips with

numerous stops?

Being driven mostly by day and on long trips, the car needs a lower charge than if it were driven at night, or on short trips with many stops. The generator should be ad- justed accordingly.

So it seemed to me upon due Boatman Beetle and a tadpole. reflection that it would be very much discreeter to brave the

The service man setting the gen- tropical interior of Egbert's cool- I flew inside before the radiator

arator should be fold of the exact ing system by proxy.

cap was screwed down, and there

I felt like that stout "Keep cooll" said the Boatman.conditions undor which the car is Nearby our picnicking venue, we were.

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charge.

as I have said, was a pool. Nut fellow Cortez gazing upon the "I believe I any an emergency exit driven in winter in order to be one of your cleur, limpid, polucid Pacify, er like an Underground as we wont down. Let's go and guided na to the proper rate of

to look for it." : streams, but a really rich and Railway passenger about stagnant pond, full of floating descend the escalator for the first vegetation, frogs, cela and aquatic time. Insects.

"Well, there's not much soope "Nice day for a sail"

for circular trips Inside here,'

The jugful of water included Botman Beetle, and a

As wa ivent down for the second time I feared it was to be heads m. drowned; tails I'm. bolled. But a mosquito takes a lot of kill- ing, as I dareany you've noticed.

This Way Out.

25 YEARS AGO.

Twonty-five ydoru. ago there were less than 25,000 automobiles As we travelled through the thin in the United States and only fat tubes I suddenly anw a spot 155,000 miles of improved road to of daylight. I made a dash for it drive on. To-day there are and was out in the open air in a 20,000,000 motor vehicles and. moment. That little lenk ́ In G00,000 miles of Improved highway.. Egbert's radiator had saved me

from a hot-watery grave. There

was just room for my little body

to squeeze through, but the Boat me that tinand shrimp paste goes about as much chance as the

with his big, hairy feet, had down very well,⠀⠀

Having escaped, Ifaw

has of getting through Egbert Geltwell and, clasping, his

HATAN 4ck on a crowded neck (just at the moment he hap

Sunday:

Ha in still finxide, and I have pened to be clasping her neck) expressed my thanks in the usust spoken to him several times manner. He responded by through the leak in the radiator. pressing his blanks in the usual He is busy clearing up the inside manner. One is apt to say things of Egbert's radiator," and he tells In the heat of the moments