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An Interesting Lantern A USEFUL service to farmers Lecture for AgriculI-111as been instituted by the
turists Ford concern. It is a lecture on the modern agricultural tractor and its uses, illustrated by many specially made lantern slides, which is available to local societies and other organizations likely to be interested. It deals with the employment of the tractor on typical farm tasks throughout the year, and the notes provided enable a talk lasting 90 minutes to be given, whilst no charge is made.
Progress of Road PasXTRAORDINARY pro senger Transport in gress in road passenger America services has been made in U.S.A. During 1t35, buses in the country travelled 1,812,000,000 miles and carried 2,738,000,000 passengers, the revenue exceeding £78,000,000, whilst the expenditure by the owners, exclusive of labour, was almost /38,000,000. The purchase of 15,675 new buses amounted to £13,600,000. Of these vehicles, nearly 9,500 were for the conveyance of children to and from school. In this class of business, nearly 80,000 buses are now employed, carrying close upon 3,000,000 children daily, the average cost per child being about £3 per year.
British Manufacturers A STEADY increase in the are Making Headway 1-1 numbers of British motor in Overseas Markets . vehicles that are exported is continuing to take place. Only a few weeks ago Lord Austin announced that he had found a market for the products of his company in the United States, whilst, in a recent issue, we described an A.E.C. trolleybus that will introduce this form of travel to Canada. It is significant that this make was chosen after close investigation of all available types and makes in the world. These facts undoubtedly constitute good evidence of British supremacy. ACCURATE centring of the job on a magnetic chuck can sometimes be an extremely simple operation. If the current (or magnetic force) be switched on and off again, the work will be held in position by residual magnetism. Then, by lightly touching the periphery with a blunt tool as it rotates, it can be moved on the chuck face, and it will be found that it will automatically centre itself.
Easy Centring Good Feature of Magnetic Chuck . . .
The Effect of DetoQOME interesting notes on the nation on Oil Conkieffect of detonation on oil
sum otion consumption are contained in
the S.A.E. Journal for September. These were obtained during service tests, when, in a number of instances, the consumption increased for no apparent reason. Upon investigation it was discovered that the differences occurred only when symptoms of knock were present. Experimental detonation was then caused in two ways : first, by advancing the spark excessively, and, secondly, by altering the fuel. The results showed an increase in
oil consumption of from 20 to 25 per cent. by advancing the spark from 28 degrees before top dead centre until detonation occurred, which was at between 37 and 45 degrees. In the second case the spark advance was kept at 35 degrees, and the results showed a higher oil consunipfion for the lower octane fuels, particularly when the octane number was below 40 to 48.
PLTBLICIW was given recently to a case at Hendon when a van driver was fined £2 by the magistrates for a first motoring offence of a trivial character. Mr. A. 3.
Pryor, in a letter to The Star, said that . . knowing something of the ways of local Benches, through having to spend over £100 on getting a mad decision quashed, I feel I would like to help the youngster involved in the case reported. . . ." Mr. Pryor showed a practical sympathy by sending a cheque for £3—" being £2 fine and whatever he was 'soaked' for costs." We cannot say whether other defendants at Hendon have organized a search for the generous Mr. Pryor I
Good Samaritan Offers to Pay Van Driver's Fine