ENGLAND RE-VISITED.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 625, 30 September 1909, Page 8

ENGLAND RE-VISITED.

■'M¥ the S«':';::;':ffiol8; trade..in,;New;;Zealand,, has.returned:.to' :'«y?',:;!. v-vw.eumgton.i from a-busiriess-: visit- to London.' SPr-SV'-V..'.^ I '-'^^ =l^E^;''.;-''-'I^P«^8;:Homo; ; viß;s3rdney,lin the:P.-'and O." '■r.i :x : C'/ ''■ " n \ r , India.;• ■ TJnfottunafely,'sickness'broke but' - ?'■:■■ ;-;;:':'°^: t he : he.was; one of .the victim's,'' ' ■■;.;&.-:}'■ 'thß : :result,.;boirig.that.dn. ; 'arrival in;.Loridori.he l ';j% i ; : r : : '**'. compelled to; submit to' medical treatment:" .'•■-iVi,-:; He also had ;the : imisfortune to; experience an- '■'■'. •'■•"■■-. ■■■.■^:'..vv."?-. , < tSOttti'-SVMr. : 'Btates;thati:he found tne-cyclb' B-•'';.;:£:')and'motor. ; trade, into;'which. he.'went/thofp.^V'V ongWy, :very;;depressed.;;;^lndeed, : 'it.;:was.:set, tiS' :;■•;' as ■ one,: bf .-• the poorest seasons -the ■tra'de'i: S j/i:;.;;;:; experienced.'v nb!doubt; thafe the' %.-i\i' r i '.''.'.wretched summer. had'.'something'.' to 'do with'' tfiv. : -yi\ vtne 'cbliditiori 'br'vtra'de,*but \it' had' ; :sS;;'.:':iPhasised;by,the Repression, in the mbriey: : mar-' g x ':;-'-S'-ketoOn top„ol,:that;had;: come; the Goverh-; •;■,„.;,,:_;i.;;.,ment's Budget proposals,;whicli:wero;-far irom- ';"?!.:■-■£;':. v encoiiraging,to;the motor.trade. • AH classes'.'of ; '-vE: to':be,;oxperiencirig 'a rather, bad time; f and "the rbiitlobkifor. the' coming winter! C>.fi ; si'>*: w ? s ,far ,from;'bright.,.t'V;-;:'7,;';. .;/'■..■• .•;/':'.' ■■;■; .of;tinVjaxrt^^^. : -;^.^-;V;;,;,:.;''':'r'j Jlwi ■;■.?;;; "What struck::mo';particularly was'■'thoVeno'r--i ;..-.:.,;'.!.'-; i.mous advance that had,.been made by'.jnbtor/ wfi&V.i-v- ariyen vehicles since I; was-' last ,iri' London.": Wi'i : M r. Reynolcis".-:.>VThey absolutelyipervade ?;';'.'„,'.;';;: the: streets of London i:there aire now. 8800 'taxiK>Ji.v : 3rabs; Tegistered in. the: ; 'metropolis,.: and'thoy ';-;; : ;.vi :;':,'. have -revolutionised the ineans'.of transit in' !•;;•:;;:;;;; : London..;;'The - charge for.one.or,two persons is :.V5,,,.,-:V': ; Bd..per mile for'the first mile; and 6d.-per mile Sfv ; ? : ;'i:';iO^:anyf,further , ;distance.'? What is good to' $p.<.)~; : ;;;kuow. : ;-;is j'-that > theyjHpay. ':;• , AH /business K'-;fcl^^.'l?^,' u »;™™?i''!th6y are'soqiiiok andcompara-' *'M'\ : XS-'i save\time.'; The most'popu-' £'.=; : *-fv'- ; ' 5 =?V,r.tar. class of''taxi'- is -the fixed seat ■ 0 ¥;H': ; -: f °rf 'wo, ..'and ':twp: /. supple'mehtary :•'- Collapsible fc'Sv;A;H -.. jjf' s 'wMchVhang'dowi inside'vrhe'nVnot 1 in:riso.' Ki-fV-:;:-;'The motor bus'is also to beseen-'everyivhere."-■•■•>. 0':;:- : Sv"■■-''' :; : ;r What;snrprised; ; me■ was the -fate"of'.speed fift:'' '■:"yiptor-cars,:were. permitted;to ;travel; ; in'.,the |^\ , '.;''iV.'M?dph'-.streets.'.'''Of- an evening when■ Regent ''.-vc,:',. ,'.Street; is'ifairly clear: it is:a commo'nsightto >&;-,<: '#eo.-a..car .itrayelling;.at'- : therrate:o£ 25' miles .;.;:? '■::> >in; ho Ur , ; an j oneiwas' timed-while I wasthero :SU'j;i;;;'-jJ»hi.ch';'.was dbinß';Bo.'J-',:, : ;''..i-v--'; : :. : .v --;.::"'; :'■' ::" ii'i;;v.i' : .- I Bleriot,oti;:Shbw. ■'.■' : ■'.•;,'. ;■';-";'■'"■ Itj during;.; Mr.,' Reynolds's '^sojourn';in ■-;;; .London that,M.-.Bleriot crossed the'Channel'in ;-:;;;;■'M'uJiis airship. " : "Thefeat," said he, "created an '■iff) '-;• I»normous'sen6ation;.;in ;thb;'' big -city. 'Subse--sj:» tei.; f contracted to exhibit 'his' >Vairship,(and,inoidentally himself) at Selfridge's p*;'.'.'-v.-.«Kat universal store, for .which! he received' f.;;V, : ,;,:;tf2so'for'.oneweek. ', It was' an enormous.ad¥.;.:A r ; firm, which threw the show I S r :H «;"P ß *;'. free/ ;;It -was • rushed•;by.■ countless -thou--1 ' y ho ! i '. ha 3; ; to ,bb-.handled : .byithe-.police/ |i';:v ft, '.-.The crowd:was' formedi.upiin a three-abre'ast ■'•.. which oxtended, all;found the-block the ; ?.,--.v' ; -;y-.',whole.day long during'the'" week. '' '...'.,' | V^^;.! r .,;..';^."l/-Ifad-ja- chance 6f;.making' a close inspec- ■ 15;:',.:.;':. "Pu.of .the airship, and:was surprised to.see ' ;. ; : : :-;' : V-r-J/hat. a-crude-looking affair it '.wis./. In general bird,-the motor Pv:::..?; ,'(a Cylinder.2o-hip.)' being, placed, between the K':-:'.-'''-■•\.'™o'.big rigid- '-wings, .which : extended twelve tp\ ; '"/; > mm : on each;side: The, greatest width was-not h l ',: ':i: -•, .""ore, than 26 feet. --The fan is'rio tbehind as is [S;;; : ' - : :. - 'gjn e rairy.;supposed, : . but - projects, forward from |.^;:-. L :..':.:;'.'th6;'motbr,' so.is' really,-, the first part of the |r-';:'',V. ;'macliino;;which; : feels;the:air.: The •' steering. -':';'^;:':;: ; "of'.small-planes: or> .wings «;-;'v tail' bf i the bird. , Tho maf%-:: •'■ ' - - e 6Celn cd'' capable, of any. amount of I'im-t-v;, r : ; ■ ',■■; provement., 'It:could not-have cost'much to p- VH&-; "■ buUd, ,sndiwitb>.the plarisCand measurements te';, 1 ;':;-" J brought out .with, me, "could be constructed \;r;.; .bcro"at^a'comparatively,"small cost.-' : ' ' /; , ' f•' '■?■> "■'.' % ;wou]d.not.be possible 'in -Wet &■!:<!. ;, lington'-pn; account of tho;- wind.; -They wait V- -•;.', ■' jntil. ;the weather' conditions are -perfect? bet','; ,; ~■" :.fore j ,;ossaying.:a- (light, -but'.given'-, favburablo jj.-.v-'.-':;;;' ; wondersi ."'When 'I t^'.'-^''.^-'?S"' a '^'' ' (• :, ; :; --'•'-'•/-.■"-.p'tipri'-, on racecourses,''following k : : •'. '■" the track perfectly.'; ;My opinion t':,- :; ■■'■': 1S that'.we- will : be able-.to'•■ fly some ;'dav"just [\; ; ;; ; v ;,; :^lMlbf';;Rfibb'er,:.v..;v^ ;V'y ..';'; : '^cable; message' appearedViri'-;TnißvDdiraioN a v fß^''Wß(aß6/:nohng 1 ;;,-•.. v;ning the .price, 'of rubber,;had ; : y.;: increased; from- When' Mr. : ,;'. •■,^.:^.aeynolds s ■•' - '. : ;i M ;; Per• stiff, a.Vprice that one., bicycle ::'.:.-..: factory,;'had.:.put;,off. hands and were refusing Vv';':' ; '';;/« de " V nt il.'the'price: of'irubb'er went'down! ;.;;.;,,; ■'■■.'■; Ob- the;.-ypyiiße.- ¥ H6nio;by.thb:,lriditf, Mr.Rey- '■ - -;.;•-., ;..;. nolds travelled fin; company ovith several riib- ;.,/;.-. ber-plantersAfromJova. and Malay. -They , :,...•, ■.■ysttp'\ really.-.astonished.'-at" ! ''tho--.price' rubber • j,;, -; ~was':bringing,.and.one from Java said, that in ~: toree'years from now he. would' be .quite cbh- --,>;- tent>if ;he got;2s.; 6d.,;aipound;for his- rub- ' ,; ; ::v ; : ; lior,^nd^believed Tit going to.payat .even • --,-.-.' .less than that.,: He had started his plantation :;..: : ,;,v-;firo years ago and was tapping it for'the first i -~■■., timOjthis year.- :.-'.; ,'■,';-. .' ..,:.'. ; ''.'-■;' -^; ;;Mr v'Kbynolds.'is'of ;opiriiori cyclo ~.,;. .V; .'ana/motor, trade touched-bottom some months .:..::•:;:. agoi-and'. he .anticipated- that it would gradu- • ''~>:.' ally,recover: during the next, year or" two'. ■'■ '