REDS' PROPAGANDA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22206, 5 September 1935, Page 11

REDS' PROPAGANDA

STRONG JAPANESE PROTEST TOKIO, Sept. 3 The Foreign Office has instructed Mr. Ota, Ambassador in Moscow, vigorously to protest against Communist propaganda, particularly broadcasts from Russian stations in Japanese, attacking Japan.

head traffic bridge, would to traversed in 12 seconds. In one second the car would travel 146 yards. The first authenticated land speed record was established 37 years ago, when Chasseloup-Laubat sst up a speed of 39.24 miles an hour, driving a Jentaud car. Sir Malcolm's time is more than seven times as fast a:s that first record. Since he first established a. record of 150.766 miles an hour, in 1925, Sir Malcolm set new figures on six ether occasions before his most recent successful attempt. On March 7 of this year he reached 276.816, compared witli his former speed of 272.108 registered in 1933. The huge Bluebird car, which was redesigned for the March attempt, has not been changed since. The ehiei; alterations made at the beginning ol the year were the new and more perfectly streamlined body, twin rear wheels to check wheel-slip and hinged flaps to act as air brakes. The overall length of the car is :28ft. 3in., about twice the length of the average car, and its width is 6ft. Bin. The wheelbase is 13ft. Hie., and the ground clearance is only 4Jm. The car carries 40 gallons of fuel and consumes it at the rate of about three gallons a minute. In shape the car resembles a whale. Most speed record attempts have previously been made at Daytona Beach, Florida, but it was realised that if 300 miles an hour was 'to be reached a more suitable course would have to be found. Because of the fimoothness of the surface and reduced wind resistance in a rarified atmostphere the salt flats at Bonneville, Utah., United States, were chosen. The salt lake beds, which are 4000 ft. up—higher than most aircraft cruise—are perfectly dry in the summer, but under water in the winter. The surface of the dry lake is a crust of baked salt of perfect smoothness. Tho rarity of the atmosphere was not to have any adverse effect on oarburation. The following table traces the history of the world's land speed record since 1898: "World's R« cord 1898—Chasseloup-Laubat (Je:atuud) 33.514* 1899—Jenatzy (Jenatzy) .. ... 65.19* 1902—Serpollet (Serpollet) .. . „ 7S.(lf>* 1902—Fournier (Mors) .. 7£.(K)* 1902—Augiers (Mors) .. 77.13* 1903—Duray (Gobron-Brillie) . , 64 .'ll* 1903 —Henry Ford (Ford) .. .. 91.(17+ 1904 W. K. Vanderbilt (Mercedes) M .'lo7t 1904—Rigolly (Gobron-Brillin) .. 9!!.!!0* 1904 —de Caters (Merceden) .. 9" .SIR* 1904—Rigolly (Gobron-Brillid) .. 10! 1.156* 1904—Baras (Darracq) .. .. 10<J>3* 1905—A. Macdonald (Napiw) .. ID4:.<>s+ 1905 H. L. Bowden (Mercecioa) .. 1051.75t 1906 F. Marriott (Stanley) .. 12".1559+ 1909—V. Hemery (Benz) ... .. 111i.!323 1910— B. Oldfield (Benz) 13: t .724+ 1911— B. Purman (Benz) .. .. 14:..723t 1914—L. G. Hornsted (Benz) .. 124.60 1919 R. de Palma (Packai:d> .. 149.575+ 1920 T. Milton (Dusenberg) .. 15ii.046t 1922 K. Lee Guinness (Sunbi'iiTn) 12! 1.17 1924 J. G. Parry Thomas (Leyland Thomas) ... 12D.73 1924—Rene Thomas (Delage) .. 14:!.312 1924 E. A. D. Eldridge (Fiat) .. 14ii.'30 1925—M. Campbell (Sunbeam) .. 15).766 1926 J. G. Parry Thomas (Thcunaß Special) .. . . .. 163.076 1926 J. G. Parry Thomas (Tlioinau Special) . . . . .. 170.624 1927—M. Campbell (Napier Cumcbell) .. .. •• 171.224 1927 H. O. D. Segrave (Sunbeam) 203.791 1928—M. Campbell (Napier Curaubell) 203.906 1928—Ray Keech (White Trittlex) '207.553 1929 H. 0. D. Begrave (IrringNapier) .. • • • • '231.362 1931—M. Campbell (Napier Campbell 245.736 1932—M. Campbell (Bluebird! .. 253.968 1933—M. Campbell (Bluebird) .. 272.108 1935 (March)—M. Campbell {Bluebird) -• -• 275.81b 1935 (September)—M. Carol?bell (Bluebird) .. •• 301.337 •These records run over the tlying kilometre, which was the recogr.isod distance up to 1904. , , . tThese are American records only.