HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1925-3-19, Page 6Autoftiobile
TIRE PROGRE$
Adviincee in automobile the con,
tructioiz tend to make motoring less
tiresoine. Probably one of the 'r',g"ost
important achievements hi automobile
design in the lest year has been Made
in the realm of shoeing the atiteme-
bile's ,feet.".
For a amber of years people have
had to be content with riding upon
tires that, in order to insure reason-
able length of life, needed to be hi-
f'lated to a very high pressure. It was
a maser of either inflating to a point
where the tire did not perform the
desirable function of absorbing shock
it order to get reasonable wear or of
procuring increased comfort by what
the manufacturers consideredunder-
inflating the tire. This later method
resulted in rapid destruction of the
tires. Even under conditions of high
inflation manufacturers, a few years.
ago, guaranteed their tires for 3,500
miles of service. With the tires of
today it is not unusual to secure 20,-
000 miles of service from a set of
tires,
The balloon tire, which is the latest
development in this field, adds con-
siderably to the comfort of riding.
This tire may be operated under very
low pressure; first, because it has a
very large area of contact with the
road. For example, if a tire has
800 pounds of car to support and the
tire has fifteen square inches of con-
tact with the road, each square inch
would need' to support 800 divided by
fifteen, or fifty-three and a .half
pounds. If the tire is made larger
so that say thirty square inches of
contact is made with the road, each
square inch would have to support
only half' as many pounds or twenty-
six and two-thirds. This makes it
possible to reduce the air pressure
in the tire one-half,
'QUESTION OF FLEXIBILITY.
In the second place the side walls
of the tire are made in a manner
S' DURING 1924.
Which permits bf much greater i1er;i-•
bility. , In the older type of thee the
manufacturers stressed the point that.
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if the: tires were not su f c ntly in -
fated the side walls would break
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down, and tlxia: would naturally y oc. ur
when the tire was composed, of a
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heavy stiff fabric, . ..Foe example, if
you take a piece of heavy stir_
card-
board and bend it sharply back and
forth it will very quickly crack, while
a piece of comparatively thin paper
would stand any amount of such.
handling without breaking. By using
the thin side wall in the balloon tire
the tire may be used with a very low
pressure, which permits of great
flexibility of action without harming
the the.
A tire that hassufficient flexibility
to keep it in good contact 'with the
ground rather than bumping over ob-
structions greatly lessons the liability
to skid.
ALL TASTESABE SUITED.
While the balloon tire represents
the extreme in the shatter of low in-
flation and provides the greatest pos-
sible comfort in motoring a paeanbe-
tween this and the old type is feud
in the larger sized regular cord tire
that gives greater contact with the
road than the previous sizes and thus
may be operated 'at a considerably
lower pressure, but not as low as the
full balloon' type. This tire is being
used a great deal ib extensive tour-
ing.
Of course when it conies to the con-
sideration of the many cars used for
business purposes it is found that
many of these, are equipped with the
oversized cords instead of the largest
balloon designs. For all kinds of mo-
tor vehicles the manufacturers are
constantly studying to improve • the
quality of tires, Their success in re-
cent years has been notable and repre-
sents 'a decided contribution tqward
increased riding comfort which owners
of cars. enjoy.
KING GEORGE BEARS
EAVY BURDEN
NEWS OF ILL HEALTH
STARTLES COUNTRY.
Dependence of National Ad-
ministration on Hereditary
Chief Executive Suddenly' Felt by Public.
With King George's departure
from the realm on a Mediter-
ranean " yachting cruise, which it is
hoped will restore his health after a
severe attack of bronchitis, the Brit-
ish people have realized, almost for
the first time, 'how dependent the
whole administration of the country
is on Britain's hereditary chief exe-
cutive.
Normally the British people are in-
clined to take their monarchy more or.
less for granted, as they do most other
permanent factors of their lives. It
is only when that factor is put
out of gear that the full extent of the
load resting on the shoulders' of the
King is appreciated, and crowds
waited all clay long outside Bucking-
ham Palace for news of his progress
toward recovery.
This was illustrative of the nation's
concern over his temporarybreak-
down
reakdown under the heavy burdens of
state. The bulletin, >signed by three
royal doctors, which first disclosed the
gravity of King George's illness was
coincident with the recommendation
that he spend his convalescent period
on his yacht Victoria and Albert as
soon as he is able to travel. This
brought his subjects sharp against
the discovery that probably the hard-
est worked man in his country scarce-
ly ever takes a vacation.
MENACE SEEN IN CLIMA`E
As a London newspaper pointed out
in commenting on the King's trip,
"there comes a time in a man's life
when England's 'winter climate ceases
to be a bad joke and becomes a definite
menage to health." Although Ring
George for several years past has been
subject to winter colds, he has never
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followed the example of hisgrand-
mother and father, Queen Victoria
and. King Edward, both of whom regu-
larly visited the south of France or
the German resorts during the. winter.
Since his -accession to the throne al-
most fifteen years ago King George's
absences from the country have been
few and far between. Early in "his
reign he visited India, but since then,
aside from his visits to ,France' during
the war and his state visit.to Rome a
couple of years ago, he has never been
abroad. The brief vacations which: he
allows himself from the business of
state have been spent shooting in
Scotland or on shbrt coastwise cruises
in his yacht.
During these trips,' of course, he is
able to transact "the basin
ess of state..
The present • generation of English
people, therefore, are only now being
educated in the constitutional lore that
necessarily comes to the front when
the King is scheduled to go traveling.
With theimprovement'of-communica-
tions the formality with which royal
absences used to be invested . has
largely disappeared, but at the same
time the King's absence from the
country gives a jolt to the normal ad-
ministration which steps must be
taken to meet.
That elusive but important body
known as the PxivyCouncil in'partic-
ular conies into the limelight on such
occasions. The executive government
of this country, although exercised in
practice by a committee of ministers
known as the Crabinet, whose existence
is dependent upon the support of a ma-
jority in the House 'of- Commons, is
vested nominally in "the „King . in
Council."
FUNCTIONS OF PRIVY COUNCIL.
This means the Privy Council, a
body ofthe most .ancient origin, insti-
tuted in Saxon times by King Alfred
to discharge the funetions of state now
confined to the members of the Cab-
inet. In the Middle Ages the chief
advisers to the King who were per-.
manently about him formedethe Privy.
Council. Now the membership of the
Privy Council -with a total of more
than 500 persons -in most cases is
merely an honorary distinction.
The Council, however, still is tech-
nically the country's executive. All
administrative: orders are signed by
"the King in Council." The members
of the Cabinet must be Privy Council-
lors, and a bunch of councillors there-
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THE INTCIINATIONAL SYN0lCATC,
SUGGESTIONS FOR SOO
SOLVING CR SS ZLES
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Start out by' filling in the words of which you 'feel reasonably
sure. These will' give you a clue to :other" words crossing them,
and they in turn to still others. A letter, belongs in each white
space, words starting at the numbered squares and running 'either
"barizontally or vertically or both.
HORIZONTAL
1 -Customs
6 -Boas'
11 -Part of verb "to be'?
' 12 -Shanty
14 -Mineral earth
15 -Pen
16 -.Choicest part
17 -Motor fuel
` 18 -Before
19 -Urge on
22 -Brack sticky fluid
24 -The spikenard
26 -First steamship to cross the
Atlantic (abbr.) ' "
28 -System of worship
29 -Color
30 -Praise highly
31 -Long for
32 Liquor
34 -Willingly
36 -Also -
37 -For
38 -Suffix to form feminine. nouns
4o -Boy's nickname
43 -Fertile desert spot
45 --=Parcel of ground
47 --Self
48 --Earthen pot
49 -Anger
60 -=Mantle worn by Turks
51 -More kind
VERTICAL.
1 -Hurry
2-=-Skffl.
8' -Turkish title
4 -Definite article
5 -Only
,6 --Measure out
7 --Liquor
8-T� dress up
9 --Period
10 -Place for recreation
13 -Polson•
20 -Urchin
21 -Wonderful
22 -Spring flower L.
23 -Change
25 -Owing
26 -Ocean
27 -Perceive
28 -Far wean State (abbr.)
31. -Separated
33 -Looped rope
85 -To cherish
38 -Deserve; merit
39 -IR
41 -Self
42 -Unit of money (abbr.)
43 -South American plant
44 -Kind- of snowshoe
45 -Cover
46 -Raw metal
fore was created when MacDonald's
Labor administration took office. The
reason for that is that the Cabinet
theoretically is a committee within the
Privy :.Council, upon which the title
"Cabinet" falls when it sits under the
Kin�g'•s- presidency.
Zile' King personally is the nu'cl'eus.
of the whole administration and he
personally summons the Privy Coun-
cil. When he goes abroad -the power
of summoning the council must be
delegated and, under one form or
other, the kingship must be so dele-
gated on this occasion. When King
George went to India a; formal Coun-
cil of State was appointed to exercise
certain functions of the crown. Pub-
lic interest over the question of put-
ting King George's power in commis-
sion during his convalescence cruise
stresses the closeness with which he
has stuck to the job.
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