The Whole Truth About Motors

NZ Truth, Issue 1102, 13 January 1927, Page 14

The Whole Truth About Motors

S- :: - OliUiHlllllllHillililillllllllililipß & ! MOTOR MENAGE. I THE menace of the motor was exV * t emplified m the trial at Christ- ; -; Church last week of ©iff en Murphy, ■ a motorist; and John Calder, a ■ motpr-cyclist who were separately S charged with negligent driving •&'■■ thereby causing the death of a ?v human being. Both men pleaded £:£■'■; not guilty, but the jury m each I'J 'case entered verdicts of guilty. ■ , ?: In the trial of Murphy it was ij '■:'■ prdved that he had committed an •. &;*'; ierror of judgment m n,ot allowingW& : sufficient space when passing a jfiflk caift going, at right angles ££~. ; >over ',-ari intersection. ' . Ss.. As a, result of the error Francis' ;ft c ; AJarnes- Hollsind, on. the milk car, was killed- . '.v - "•' ■'''• ' ""'.•'-' ft'^ -'m the case of Calder he was '^■'' : - 'driving a motor-cycle and side-car $■-' :witH 'three passengers at a high ?- speed and collided with a rnotorr • : 'i:j ' car. . ■:.' ■■. ''.;. ■. . ■ -/, ■. ••■■ . : •', ■■/,., '.■.[','-. ,; 6he of the cycle passengers, ' ; V Robert William. Milher, :Was killed; ! ';c'.;' m consequence. V;, : .;='.. ■•' '■.'■*.■ v Murphy was fined £25, his IN :' cense was cancelled, and h« wat • debarred frpm holding another ,on» -; vfor twb ; years. Calder was fined /, '£10 and forbidden to hold a license - for three years. iTime was given ;;;Vs,;..ib'pay.. :■' :■ ■.;■'.'.. '-'. •■-;;•'>' ;'• . -i ; ; : - ■:'■•/ imiHimnniuitnnniiniirnuniiinunnnnniunnuHinsinnnininMiuniiLiinm

l!l!ll!lllillllllllll!l!lllllllllllll)llllllll!l!l!lllll!llllllllllll!lll!lllllll!lllll!ini!linill DODGE IMPROVLMLNTS j The Dodge policy of "no yearly models, but constant "improvej ments" has found expression for i the new cars m the five bearing crankshaft and an air cleaner. These improvements should add considerably not only tothe sweet running of the engine, but also to the life of the power unit. It was almost impossible to wear the previous engines out, but the new type should, like Tennyson's brook, go on for ever. In "N.Z. Truth's" idea, the five - bearing . crankshaft was the only thing needed to bring the Dodge to practical mechanical perfection, and according to reports received regarding the performance of the new power unit, the improvement m the running has 7 fully justified the added cost of production, which is considerable.