BRITISH MOTOR CYCLE

Grey River Argus, 10 May 1930, Page 9

BRITISH MOTOR CYCLE

| TO ATTEMPT WORLD’S SPEED RECORDS. ‘ Messrs C. C. Wakefield and Co., LtdI have received cable advice to the ef j fed that Mr C. Temple, the well 1 | known English motor cycling eiithus- I tiast, will be making an attempt shortly | to break lhe present motor cycle speed' j record held by Germany’ of 134.65’! ,‘m.p.h. ' I ■ A special machine is being built bx : IJ. 11. Prost wich Ltd., manufacturer. 4 ', lot the well known J.A.P. engine. ' 'The machine will have a 4-cylindei I r v;iter-cooled engine of 1000 c.e. cap ■ .city. Ify. most novel feature will be | Is super-charging—tlie forcing of gar . into the cylinders at high pressure )'This super-charger will be driven dir J scd off (he crankshaft in front of the ] engine. I A trial is to take place shortly am? motor cycling enthusiasts are awaiting, I the results with very keen interest. I A VANISHED HOARD. Mys-tery surrounds the whereabouts of nearly £5OO which William Chopping a farm labourer. of St ebb nig, neai’ • Braintree, Essex, is stated to have’ I possessed. Chopping, who was 78. w r af • I found hanged in his home, and it war staled at the inquest that .£43 war! found in his cottage. Mrs Sarah Sine iof < ’helnjsford. a si>ti‘r. said that she ! was not satisfied that all the money Mier brother kept in tin* cottage had been accounted for. When she visited him at Christmas she helped him H. count his money, and he- had more than £5OO. £lOO in gold and lie rest in ( Treasury notes. The Coroner said that ‘ a further search would have to be I made. It was stated that Chopping ■ had told neighbours that h‘c had nc money to buy coal, and the rnedica* evidence showed that he hail not hal sufficient food. A verdict of suicide temporarily instine was rcturi*