From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Page from 'The Motor' magazine featuring various news articles and updates from the motoring world.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 126\5\ scan0130 | |
| Date | 4th July 1939 | |
| The Motor 888 July 4, 1939. Contd. IN THE NEWS Things They Say "A war might very well bring home to the authorities, if nothing else would, the inadequacy of many of our main arteries." — Lt.-Col. P. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} Ionides. In an editorial comment on new trunk roads an Oldham paper says:— "... Yet a Minister of Transport must go riding on Hitler's roads; of course, there is no harm in that, for nobody would deny a Minister a little relaxation, even if it is a sort of busman's holiday. But is it necessary on returning home to set to work to plan roads like those made in Germany? The English roads wind and twist, it is true, but, except for motorists, they do their job well enough. Their very winding and twisting is a safeguard not to be disregarded in these days of threats of bombing." For many years designers of internal combustion engines have taken advantage of improved fuels to increase the power output by raising compression ratios. The oil industry has responded by providing still higher quality spirits. ... The chemical curiosities of a few years ago are now being produced in large quantities for use with high-grade motor spirits. To-day the standard equipment of a refinery must include plant for such complex operations as polymerization, hydrogenation, and catalysis. to name only a few.—Lord Cadman. Holiday Concours at Ramsgate NEXT Saturday, July 8, the annual Ramsgate Concours d'Elégance takes place on the Esplanade. An interesting entry of cars has been received; in addition to a large number of popular makes, there are various specialized jobs, whilst of particular interest are Major Gardner's record-breaking M.G. and the Voortrekker, the Wolseley with which H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} Symons recently broke the Cape record. CARAVAN PLANNING.—Five optional layouts are possible with the A.B.C. Rivers Danube trailer coach—an all-the-year round caravan suitable for 12-14 h.p. cars and costing from £170. It is 16 ft. long, has 6 ft. 7-in. headroom for full interior length (Associated British Caravans Ltd., 203, Regent's Park Road, London, N.3). Going to Rheims? The Two “Motor” Trips to the French Grand Prix THERE is still time to take tickets on one or other of the two special trips to the French Grand Prix and the 1,500 c.c. A.C.F. Cup race at Rheims on Sunday next, organized by this journal in collaboration with Thos. Cook and Son, Ltd. The trips are of two types—one occupying the minimum of time, from Saturday to Monday, with a night in Rheims, the other from Friday to Monday, with two nights in Paris at first-class hotels. The former costs only £5 17s. 6d., the latter 10 guineas. Here are the itineraries and arrangements:— TRIP A (10 Guineas). Friday, July 7: Leave Victoria 10 p.m. with sleeping car, via Dover and Dunkirk, to Paris (breakfast in restaurant car), arriving 9 a.m. Saturday. Rest of day free. Staying at Hotel Lutetia, or similar hotel. Sunday, July 9: Leave Paris 8 a.m. by train arriving 10 a.m. Transport to circuit for the races (packed luncheon provided). Dinner at hotel after races. Leave at 8.57 p.m., arriving Paris 10.50 p.m. Monday, July 10: Leave Paris 10.30 a.m., luncheon in restaurant car, arriving Boulogne 1.10 p.m. Arrive Folkestone 3.15 p.m. and Victoria 5.20 p.m. Arrangements include dinner, bed, bath and breakfast at hotels, meals as specified, all tips, transport at Rheims and to Paris hotel. Second-class travel (first class on boat). First class throughout, £1 5s. extra. TRIP B (£5 17s. 6d.). Saturday, July 8: Leave Victoria 4.30 p.m., via Folkestone-Boulogne. Dinner in restaurant car on train to Rheims, arriving 10.50 p.m. Transport to hotel. Sunday, July 9: Transport to circuit (packed luncheon provided) and back after race. Leave Rheims 7.57 (dinner in restaurant car), via Lille and Dunkirk. Berth on ferry boat to Dover, breakfast on train, arriving Monday, July 10. Supplement for ... travel throughout, 19s. 6d. Both the trips provide for the ... service ... Passports are required, of course, on both trips, and the cost does not include grandstand seat. These are available from the R.A.C. and cost about 12s. for the best seats, 8s. for others and seats not under cover 5s. 6d. American Angle BRITISH M.P., travelling by night with our letter-writer, got very excited by the reflector studs used on the highway. Got out, examined the studs, said if someone would give him samples he would make a speech in Parliament and try to get the authorities to use the studs in England. Has since discovered that similar studs are in use in England and were a British invention anyway. Fifty-seven foreign governments maintain tourist offices in New York to persuade Americans to visit their respective countries. Only two long queues waiting at exhibits in the World's Fair—one outside General Motors pavilion and the other to get a ride in the pedal-driven boats on the lake. Reid A.{Mr Adams} Railton, designer of Cobb's 350 m.p.h. record breaker is in the States fixing things for Cobb's forthcoming return visit. Says George Eyston is thinking of ... records next year. In the first quarter of this year General Motors earned over £12...—best in any similar period... French engineer Jean... said that the chief auto... of Europe has always ... collector. A successful exhibitor ... World's Fair, where he is running ... able girl-show, gives as the explanation: "I appeal to the low tastes of high-class people." Birmingham's Pedestrian Week THE Pedestrian Crossing Week, held in Birmingham recently, was not an out-and-out success, but the results were certainly encouraging. This was the first organized in this country. In spite of all the efforts made by the authorities to drive home to pedestrians the advisability of using crossings laid down for them specially, there were still many who persisted in jay-walking and who would exercise their rights of crossing the road wherever they felt inclined. Courtesy Cops Can't Be Got THERE is still a big shortage of suitable recruits for the London squad of courtesy cops. Two hundred is the total aimed at, but it is still about 50 per cent. below full strength. | ||