AGAINST NOISY MOTORS.
After a long discussion (writes our London correspondent) tho Local Government Board ha* at length promulgated an order prohibiting tho ur.<: on r~notor-cvcli>s of cut-outs or other devices which trill allow the exhaust gases from ihn engines to escape without first naming through a silencer suitable for "redueini*:. as far as may reasonably he t-r.'icli'-fble," the noise winch would be made by th" free escape of the gas. An order iipnlving to motor-cars was "'"'io irionM!"? ago- Motorcyclists objected to the proposed restrict inn.s on the well-known ground that the power of the engine is reduced l.v the me of the silencer. The Local Government Board is now looking for a -.•litablo and unobjectionable motorhorn.
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Press, Volume XIIX, Issue 14553, 2 January 1913, Page 7
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118AGAINST NOISY MOTORS. Press, Volume XIIX, Issue 14553, 2 January 1913, Page 7
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