New Air-Cooled And Electric
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Outboard Motors
BENDIX AVIATION CORP., of America, has introduced a new angle on outboard motors. The petrol driven 2-cylinder 4V 2 h.p. and single cylinder 2V 4 h.p. units are air cooled, ensuring uniform cooling at all speeds.
The water pump is done away with. No water jacketing and no outside pipes mean less weieht and better balance. Other features include a Scintilla magneto, with a perman ent nickel aluminium magnet, which cannot become de-magnetised or lose strength. An anti-flooding Stromberg 1-lever controlled car burettor ensures easy starting. There is a unique method of motor suspension and rub ber mounting, and self-steering is automati cally maintained, regardless of speed, which is ideal for trolling or bait castings.
The new electric motor is so simple and safe to handle that women can operate it. It is easily fitted to the ship’s tender or dinghy, and uses an ordinary car battery (6-8 volt).
This type of outboard motor should be fav oured by sportsmen, on account of the sound less motor. The prices are reasonable. Paul and Gray Ltd., of 82 Sussex Street, Sydney, are the distributors. —*• Mr. H. M. Smith, managing director of
Guinea Airways, Ltd., arrived in Sydney
bv the September “Montoro” after a visit to the company’s interests in N.G.
Mr. Ivan Champion, A.R.M., in charge of Lake Kutubu police camp in Central Papua, was expected at Kikori station about October 11. Mr. Champion will re main at Kikori to supervise arrange ments for the aerial transport of a fur ther year’s sunply of provisions for the camp at Kutubu.
Rev. B. W. S. Moore, of the Melanesian Mission, New Britain, is now in Aus tralia doing deputation work.