DECEMBER 16TH 190~.
THE AUTOCAR a :tournal publisbeb in tbe interests of tbe mecbanicall\? propeHeb roat'l carriage.
EDITED BY H. WALTER STANER.
No. 530. VoL. XV.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER r6THY1905. [PRICE 3D .
TflE A UTOCAR. Division of the Show.
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NOTES: OUR NEXT ISSUE-DIVJSION OF THE SHOW- THE MOTOR
SCOUT CASE USKPUL HINTS AND TIPS. By Lieut. Windham, R.N . THE 14 H.P. 1906 STAR CAR (illustrated) ... THROUGH THE BALKANS ON A MOTOR CAR (illustrated) NOTES ON THE FRENCH SHOW (illustrated) THE DEASY CAR- A 5,000 MILES TRIAL ...
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CORRESPONDENCE: LOCAL AUTHORITIES AN D THE MOTOR LAW-THE
REGULATION OF MOTOR TRAFFIC-LUBRICATION-TOP GEAR RUNSA NON-STOP APPEAL- POLICE FAIRNESS-ALL-BRI_TISH CARSM OTORIST AND SHEEP-ADVANTAGES OF OPEN VALVE GEAR
SPRINGS FOR l\'!OTOR C ARS-THX U NRMPLOY£D AND THE RoAas-2. MOTOR BOATS-" l\fORALS FROM OLYMPIA "-THE TOURIST TROPHY RULES-SHREWSBURY AND SPH£D LIMITS.,. STEAM CARS JN THE TOURIST TROPHY RACE ...
E LIUilENTARY LESSONS ON MOTOR CARS (continued) ... THE MOTOR INDUSTRY THE 12 H.P. ARROL-J OHNSTON CAR (continued) IMPROVEMENTS IN T YRE SECURITY BOLTS (illustrated) FLASHES SOME QUERIES AND RBPLIES CLUB DOINGS ...
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Notes. Our Next Issue. ,-\ s :\Ionday week is Christmas Day our issue Jated December 23rd 1rill bear recognition of the festal season in the form of some extra pages del'oted to matter of a lighter character than is usual in our columns. It may neither in fo rm nor instruct the reader ; it will not be news about motor cars; it will be a frank attempt to amuse. Lest our readers be fearful that we are about to change our policy we may say at once we ha1·e no intention of endeavouring to turn 'l'he ..:1.utocar into a comic paper. Our one idea is to provide a little seasonable literary fare for automobilists at Christmastide, which we hope th ey will find to their taste. To those more serious I\· inclined we may say that none of the usual features of the paper will be reli1iquished.
Recently it was announced that the projected dil'ision of the sho1r next year had been abandoned-that is to say, the suggestion 1ras made that the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders should hold one show fo r motor cars and motor car accessories and another fo r industrial cars and motor boats, but that the suggestion was not adopted. \Ve are entirely of opinion that if the three industries are to have proper opportunity of displaying themseh·es in a way commensurate with their importance this idea of the t wo shows must be carried out. There are doubtless difficulties in t he ,ray, as Mr. Straker, the president of the Manufacturers' Society, stated, but we have no doubt th ey can be Ol'ercome---in fact, they must be overcome, as 1rithout taking into consideration the motor boats at all it is quite out of the question fo r the motor cars and the industrial Yehicles to be again squeezed into Olympia except by greatly curtailing the possibilities of each branch of the motor industry.
\Ye are 1rell a1rnre that the motor industry could progress, and 1rnuld progress, if no shows 1rere held at all, but. "·hi le it is regarded as necessary and desirable to hold exh ibitions, every attempt should be made to ensure that these exhibitions are not only representative, but fully representative, and this is what cannot be the case if makers are unduly restricted in their exhibits by the si ze of the exhibition building. Only a year ago it 1ras forced upon the French that they must separate their exhibitions, and, as everyone knows, the cars werf shown at the Grand Palais, and the industrial and business vehicles and the boats at the Serres de la Ville.
From the rapidly growing use of the commercial motor in France it is evident this ,·ear that the Serres will not be large enough much longer for the industrial and boat display. Yet it is necessary to remember that despi te enterprise and progress in motor engineering it is on!: comparatil'ely recently that France has really taken hold of th e indust ri al side of the movement. Hitherto her manufacturers ha,·e not sho1rn a great intere t in business vehicles. Now, h01re1·er, many of the best and oltlest finns are turning their attention to them, and the adrnnce which has been made in France both in the use and manufacture of motors for passenger and goods transport is enormous, and it is in a large measure re fl ected in the Serres. No one can enter the Serres without being impressed with the fact that the industrial motor vehi cle manufacture is about to become a great industry in France,·· and no one can turn to the streets of Paris without ha1·ing the impression confirmed.
There is no question 11·hatever that the fi ne < lispla~ of motor traction 1·ehicles grouped together, instead of being mixed with prirnte carriages, as in England, 1ras most impre i 1·e, and 11·i I I doubt le s benefit the mol'ement very considerably. \Ve 1Je lie 1·e that the greatest possible benefit would occur to the industrial 1·ehicle movement in this country if it could ha,·e a great sho11 devoted entireh· to it. At the same time the extra space which w~uld be given to the makers of private
