BLUE FAVOURED.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19812, 27 December 1929, Page 4

BLUE FAVOURED.

COLOURS FOR CARS. It is always interesting to examine the colour treild in cars, and owing to certain statistics kept in America, a critieaJ analysis is possible in this respect. Blue has always been in high favour, and bright blue has now established itself as a strong favourite. Blue in all save the lighter tints, it is ! stated, carries an association ot dark- I ness, and this attribute, coupled with j the growing demand for darker shades, j adds to the prestige of blue. Blue has the dual personality of energising or tranquillising. depending upon the j emotion of the beholder, and it is be- j lieved that because of this quality, blue ; 13 popular with so many people, and i retains this popularity regardless of j season. j The other colours in the order of their importance, according to the index, ars ] brown-beige, green, black, grey, and j maroon. j Brown continues as a colour of im- ] Dortance, partly because of its eompara- j tivelv recent introduction to the auto- j motive industr--. Although not a beau- j tiful colour, it definitely outlines the ; contours of the motor-ear. and suggests j rugged stability and worth. In con- j trast with the blue-white of chromium J plating, brown engenders a lively note. 1 Because there is such a minute difference between certain browns and j beiges, it i» further pointed out that these two colour families hare been com- I bined for simplification. Rust-browns, j

f maroon-browns, and wine-maroons are commencing to ereate a consumer acceptance worthy of note. Green, now in third place, was the leading production colour in 19— ne index points out that the diifieulty of artistically employing it is no doubt a contributing influence to this los. of leadership. Style leaders *% p " 18 elsewhere agree that clear dark tone, will lead in the green colour famU >- Black and grey are more firmly established now than they have been many months. ! MOTORING IN AFRICA. I lo C et an idea a® to how -rest is the -cope for the development ot motor i' aniort in Africa a comparison «.th the United Kingdom is nto «ar ■ | Britain has one motor vehicle t j every 0.49 square imles of * ota > Africa's ratio is one 1.0 4-.1. i road mileage in England is l . j Africa's is ->05.902. Britain nas > x motor vehicles to Africa s one. and Vfrica is 113 nmes larger than Gnat ! Britain. To continue the comparison, iin England there are 10.4 moior--1 vehicles per milt- ot road and one to J ;"e r v Tl, ° A!rK ' an ral! °' ! are 1-33 tn \ and 1 to 493 2 i lively. ' W VRD Ol'E HOLIDAY C<Jl-l*>- | \\in yo i pack your bag. .ion t tor- ! ,-et to put in a tin o; P..lro.>n«* n.-.n i r ; -Jm tVel n '-old or oh.II c-uiim;. I 1 •, v!-V the mean- to kill it hffore I k°gets a grip nnd v °" r j Soothing, healing Pnlmomu, destrv ! cerms ard ward oft mtection. lsj*i | p.nd '2s 6d.

NEW BRAKE RULING. I Some amendment oi the require- j menta in respect of brakes contained in j the Motor Cars (Use and Construction) j Order, 1924 (England), has been rendered necessary by the introduction ot | tour-wheel braking systems, which are ! uow practically universally adopted in j recent models of light motor vehicles. I ihe general braking eifioiency ot > motor vehicles has undoubtedly been I greatly increased in recent years by i the introduction of four-wheel brakes, and the new amendment provides that where such a system is fitted it ;e not I necessary that there should be two independent braking systems, but that there must be two independent means of operation. One such method must operate brakes acting on all four wheels ; the second means of operation may either operate brakes on all four wheels or on two wheels only. I'he amendment provides that a chassis shall be so designed that on i the failure of any single portion of any fl braking hysteni. the driver shall stiil J be able to apply brake.s to two of the j wheels. It also lays down that where 3 one of the means of operation acts J through hydraulic electric or pneumatic ! devices, fhe other means of operation I must apply the brakes bv dirert mer-h- : 3 a»K-a! action. ' j J I*'irth*rmore i' i> provided tli.'it : < brakes «hall K*> s.<-> designed, construct I anl maintained that one of the syefeme mu't be rnpahle of ' b?.ng left in the "'on" position when ! the vehicle is unattended. This new t Order relates only to light motor-oar«, i.e.. vehicles not exceeding two tons in I weight unladen.