1931-08-29 — Page 13

THE HONGKONG

· RADIO WITH TRAIL BLAZERS.

The automobile and radio pre playing a large part in the blazing of the Pacific International Highway from Alaska to` South Amerien. The expedition, which foft Los Angeles recently, was composed of a fleet of automobifes, one of which impalpped with a radio for cominuntention with the outside world when in the wilds of Central American countries, Bertran E. Sandbar, rolle operator, is shown here with bis radio transmitter and receiver mötüleşt in a car.

CODE OF THE ROAD.

All speed-hogs whe mAy take!

the road

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By mere pedestrians shared,

I beg you to observe the code

So thoughtfully prepared, Although at times it irk you'

slightly

* ' }; p politely.

tonds 1. act

Remontber, though your argent)

Herd

To get from here to there Necessitates a verlain spend,

You still should buvo neare To sound sote upon youri

neta whor Ere running down the rush jay-

walker,

If you are eulting in or out.

Pray make your purpose plain Past possibility of doubt

And tool your horn agaip. The lustinet of self-preserva-

tion

May yield the wished arcomnio-

dation.

And while you hurtle, on your

Way.

Please keep the fnet in view That in a musty smash you, may

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TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, Á JGUST 29. 1931.

WHAT'S WRONG?

Taking Driving Too Easily,

USEFUL HINTS.

[By Isruel Klein.)

Many of us cannot understand why anything should be wrong with or automobiles when we seem to be extremely careful with our driving. We never exceed the speed limit, we take our time and Keep to the right, and we would rather low up and stop for a changing ght than try to beat the red to the crossing.

The trouble in many such cases: is that we take our striving too ensy and fall into the habit of leaving the entire strain of slow motoring on the engine. It should be remembered that the engine re- quires direction as much as the [front wheels.

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Running the motor too slowly n high puts a strain on it for which it is not designed. It in usually the babit of the slow driver to shift into high gear from intermedinte before enough speed has been gathered to make such operation nity on the motor.

Shifting from first to accend Lean be done na нoon as the car has moved. But from second to high gear requires a speed equal to the lowest eleient operation of Test the motor in high. Only a Heet advance in second is unt Lenagh. On the other hand, too high a speed in second would find The wter running too fast to

CAMPBELL'S BOAT. [make shifting inte high a quiet

Thornycroft Blue- Bird."

IDEAL VESSEL.

and easy operation.

cars

that

If course this refers only ta those automobiles that are not yet of the new equipped with any styles of silent shift transnis- sions, But even in the case of the have these trans- missions, it is advisable to keep lever in inter- zer shift mediate until the car has gained: uthelent momentum to make the change to high snoth and f ficient,

the

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Sir Malcolm Campbell, the famous racing motorist, is having # motor yacht built to his order by John . Thornycroft &

Co Limited, which was Huccessfully *Slow drivers also may fall into Jaunched at their Hampton-on-the bad habit of riding the clutch. Thames works on July 20th, and Any slight pressure of the foot on med Blue Bird by Lady Camp-the clutch pedal may cause the latch plates to slip This rubs This is not Sir Malcolm's first the plates smooth, causes them to venture into The Motor Boating steak and to lose their effective World as be has alrendy

owned Krip in each other, Bilduan, a 36 ft. eraiser, also

In the end, new clutch plates built for hira by Thornycroft. are required.

Another habit into which slow His present boat, Bing Bird, is

drivers may fall is that of idling somewhat more ambitious, being the engine too often, Idling fails 52 ft. in length, with beam of to burn all the gas that enters the 11 ft. She is a particularly gen- cylinders. The result is that worthy and comfortable type of some of it unds its way into the

vessel, and her spect of 10 crankcase and dilutes the lubricat-

knars

* A *

knofa is provided by twin Thorny-ing oil, cruft engines of 50 h.h.p. each, fitted with reducing and reversing Paychologically, ton, the slow driver may be at a disadvantage. A A remarkable feature the man who rolls slowly along the astonishing rapidity with which highway at a safe and steady the construction of the vessel has pace, when he is on a fairly long been carried out. From the time trip, is apt to fall asleep at the less aften. the keel was laid until the boatwheel. Ife becomes

was put in commission was only tive to his driving, falls back in about seven, weeks,

[his seat and enjoys the scenery as

he were in a Pollma though

Sir Malcolm has taken a close interest in the building of the

There is more danger of an ne-

yacht, and several features have eident in this case than if the been embodied to meet his indi- vilual requirements.

The accommodation whilst generous, has bern well-planned,

[driver sat up properly at the wheel and drove the tar a little faster. Of course, a spurt here. and there is no help to the motor

so as to avoid aux sense of either. But there is a happy erowding and the interior decora

tion qud exterior appearance are both particularly attractive.

medium.

the

Moderate drivers, those Who keep

alert at the wheel, a):40 The Blue Bird will be a worthy maintain a steady but good mace addition to the long sequence of

on the road. Just within handsome family raisers, which speed limit, or if there is none have been turned out at the about 35 miles an hour, is slow Thornycroft Thameside Warks for enough for highway motoring and service in all parts of the world, is the lower limit of the best

range for most

efficient resulta from the engine,

Perchance be injured too. And if yourself you chanced to

shatter

Why, that would be a serious

matter.

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Driving should be taken easily as possible. But ai no time should we lose our alteriness. It's dangerous.

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MICHELAN

THE THREAT.

AND DON'T BE CALLING ME NAMES WHEN YOU'RE HALF

WAY UP THE STREET!

WOORE!

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