1936-07-07 — Page 14

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 7; 1936.

MOTORING

Car radio is catching on

HERE were 3,000,-

000 radios on

the

States at the beginning of the year.

By the end of the year the figure will be close to 5,000,000.

They have taken a census of car radio listeners.

11 demonstrates the widespread

radio Amonk

popularity uf

It night motorists, and

woll be studied by our wn mutur-car in- dustry.

When showline caines round this nutih radio will be standardiseri on nearly every make of car pro- duced by the United States.

Relieves Boredom

W

America sets

the pace

ORLD record "safe" driver is one

"Pop" Ilaselwood, of Chap- pel, Nebraska, a bus driver, who has driven 1,772,651 miles in 20 years with never an nccident.

His formula is "Drive like the uther guy la crazy."

"Pop" has proved what an ex- cellent slogan that is. It is one that might be taken to heart by every motorist in this country. It every road-user remembered that all the time there would be fewer accidents. It 1 always "the other fool" who causes crashes.

The driver, or, for that matter, the cycist, van-driver er pedestrian, who. The invasion

to soon as ho of this Colony by

sers another vehicle, American-mnite cars is rapidly i-

thinks of everything, "crazy" or other- wise, that his opponent can do, is creasing.

never involved in accidents. He thinks ahend, and not merely for himself, but for the other guy" na well.

How many British ears will have standardised rudio this year?

Britia car mukers should give this matter serious consideration,

The idea that missle on the move distract the driver has long been abandoned in the States. They say It has a contrary gfeet, 1 relieves boredom, which is dangerous, 'on It long journey,

The 3,000,000-motorists who carry radios on the road make good w of them. According to the analysis the average week-day Istening to motor-radia amounts to G hours every day:

On Sunday the figure increases to 3.2 hours a day,

In the evening 90.6 per cent. of owners ine-in while driving. 62 per cent, in the afternum and 613 per cent. In the morning.

A múmber of drivers are so en- thusiastic, according to the report, that they haten live or six hours t day.

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HENRY FORD was recct:ths

It's ine syztem, and it works. "Pop" has proved it. So have 1.

In Britain record "safe" driver, I imagine, is Joe Collins, Dunlop test driver, He has just completed a mil lion miles on the rand. He has never had an accident; never been tied.

He agrees with his American rol league Pop" at the secret of safe driving is to regard every other road- user as a potentful homicidal maniac and net accordingly. ཛྙཱརྞྞ་།

Famous aces

to drive

PAT FAIRFIELD

PAGE

Has your car accurate steering ? Watch these points:-

No play in steering pivot

tell

you how

on

Passing

IF you want to pass another car come on a danger spot together.

When about to attempt to pass

טן!

You must see your way clear Inhoud. Make

there cross-roads or blind corners

sure

are

New road guiden giving maps for individual States also give the radio stations and wavelengths which going in your direction wait for motorists may expect to pick up in a suitable opportunity and then pasa another ear pull out gradually, and if the way is clear, go right ahead jquickly. each region.

as quickly as possible.

out put Many drivers th: to Bie wrong side of the road,

This dodging about is bad driving. past.

Very often you see on the rod If a driver wants to pass you two woolly motor-cays running give film the right of way. Do not breast. The one that is trying to pecelerate-this leads to racing which pass has not sufficient aceleration is a dangerous form of sport on the To do so quickly. Result, they both public highway.

parang (wo men vanly trying to crank a 1915 model "T" le shouted "Get a horse."

Ineldentally, the grand okt 13

of motoring- you know held the world land-speed record la 19037-- no longer drives about on a Rot Royer chassis, explaining that the -Inclory-is-fan-busy-to-build him one of

has own carai

Absence of

wear in :

steering

gear box.

Front wheels

in track

Steering wheel secure on shafe

Where Does

It Get You?

Tests For Fatigue

The police are wondering how they can prevent accidents due lo driving fatigue. Recently, at Bridgewater, in England, Chlef Constable F. W. Pegree came out with a proposal to limit the driv int hours of private motorists, linis reducing the possibility of faligue at the wheel.

Next long drive you can try these simple

yourself; Notice at the beginning of the trip how willing you are simul- taneously to drive, tulk and look

scenery.

at the

Perhaps you will also glance

at signposts, note the distance to the next town, check up your average speed by the clock and speedometer, and keep your eye on dynamo, oll and petrol guujje- as well

As time goes on, you will probably find that you are losa willing to be distracted from driving. Instruments and the scenery will be disregarded. Conversation will flag.

Tids is the time to ebeek your fatigue-even in broad daylight.

Notice whether you are tend- Ing to drive at one particular speed, either fast or slow,

Are you unreasonably annoyed at having to pull up behind that horse and cart?

If you bact to get out and adjust the radiator cop, would it be an effort to you-more efførly, than half an hour ago?

you are in unfamiller coun- try, see whether you can recall the last place you passed and how many miles you are from the next.

If you fall in these texts you have been warned, and if you are publle-spirited you will take a rest as soon as you can,

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SAUCE MAYONNAISE In- One driver was told to gredients: yolks of eggs, 1 quart of oil, 1-3rd of an ounce salt, a pinch take many chances and in or ground while pepper, 11⁄2 spoon- general to drive as fast as fuls of vinegar, or juice of a lemon. welt on possible, to save seconds in a busty put the yolks, salt and

Juice Max briskly with whisk. Add 10 Even if you run out of petrol, cit drop by drop at first, whisking this will always make a cargo. The other was to drive sen- meanwhile, then let the oil trickle | 11

Fish. sibly.

down to a thread, while doing so 12 The first Mexican Cortez met. The "crazy" driver saved add a little thread of vinegar to 13 Draw with this to go back.

16 Give the chap who carries the exactly three minutes or fif- prevent the ingredients curdling

drinks a little moncy and he will Iteen-seconds-per-mile,

When-the-suce-is-finished-mkieliver the latter bice spoonfuls of boiling water to 17 Put in with modest surroundings,

yet bright enough. ensure the coherence,

18 The men da keep a nice corner for me, going to and fro to Rome (hidden).

With the End of a Loaf

IIE birds, have an extra crumb

or two when there's a stalo crust in the bread pan, but it's a different matter when there's nearly half a long on our hands.

However, some of my most-liked puddings are made with sinle bread.

Fruity Favourite

A steamed pudding, light and appe. Listene

Ingredients: 1. stale bread.

3oz. flour, 4oz. shredded suct, 40%. currants, and sultanas, loz. candled

Housewife's Scrapbook

WHEN using a vacuum fiske for

hot drinks first rinse out with kot water. It keeps the contents hotter then..

NEVER put anything with les in

your vacuum flask, and sea it is well strained of leavers Sital. Carr}/ the milk and sugar separately, the four tea will be much nicer,

Wrap a piece of grease-proof paper round the cork and you will not get the "corky" flavour some complain, of,~

SALESMAN SAM

WOT'S YER

PLEASURE,

GENTS?

AW,GIMME A FRIED EGG ~NO, MAKE IT HARD-BOILEDĮ.

CREME RENVERSEE,---Ingredi- ents: Two whites, of eggs. 4 yolks,

peel. 3oz. sugar, two rs. 1 tea: P. Joz. sugar, ' pod vanilla, i pint20 Promotion to a soldier. baking powder. I trasp, crated Irmes milk. rind, a pinch. of grated nutmeg.

22 No, thin Sixteenth Century

writer is finished.

Soak the bread in cold water until Ball the anilk, with the sugar and You needn't wait for at Homie roft, then strain and wash, Add the vanilla. flour, shredded suct, sugar, fran, Jenior

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day to make a call it you have rind and nutmeg. Stir in the heaten Whisk the eggs in a basin. Pour

24 Sheep disease. eggs and, lagfly, the baking powder. the mit gently over this cumpos-28 If not an advertising organ, at

Pour into a prvasod pudding basin tion; pass through a fine sieve. Pour - least an Instrument.

and steam for 21 hours,

Baked Pudding

into a bultered mould.

be

20 Makes an excellent hair mop. Place in a double saucepan, put in Hidden in Clan 18.

a milkman bat a moderate oven, cover the moule may he

there's To make this nourishing sweet the and allow to cook for about 25

no renson Why ingredients needed are 115 stale bread, minutes. When cold turn out on a

shoulda't be straight-forward. Joz. mugar do currants, loz, chopped dish.

DOWN They cannot be disputed, nor the deeds which they contain. 2 A form of consequences.

candled peel, two tablesp. shredded

suet, a beaten egg and a little gratext- POTAGE ST. GERMAIN-Ingredi- nutmeg. Soak the bread in cold water, ents: Two quarts fresh peas, 3 large then drain and mash it. Add the dry French lettuces, 3 leeks (green part Ingredients. then the beaten egg and a only), Hitle milk for mixing.

Pour into a greased pie dish and bake in a slow oven for 1 hours,

Savoury for Supper

Now for a savoury disli

pint cream, 1oz. butler.

Cook the peas, the shredded lettuces and green of fecks in salted water. Drain: save the cooking stock.

Rub the vegetables through a wide slève to a puree, than through a Book a few places of stale bread in tammy cloth over a deep pan. 1 pint milk. When well soaked, reason with pepper and salt, then mash.

Add necessary quantity of stocks, Stir in two beaten eggs, three tablesp. put over fire till it simmers, then keep grated cheese and a small chopped just off the boil and add butter anl onion.

Turn into a pan and simmer cream, Gently for a few minutes.

Pour into a greased dish, sprinkle Garnish with a few cooked pens; with finely chopped parsley, and bako chervil and silces of toast dipped in in a hot oven for 15 minutes.

butter.

Wise Him Up, Herman!

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of

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in

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for the bishop, tool

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ing the waist of a pretty girl. 18 Following.

19 Adder-not poisonous. 20-There's real beer in this Anuri-

can city.

21 When pigeons do it to pens? 25 Mind you find one in the chicken

feed. 26 The Incentive of a spurious

sinrt.

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