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THE CHINA MALL
MOTORING SECTION
NEW LAWS.
PENALTIES FOR D'ANGEROUS DRIVING
SPEED LIMIT TO GO.
BRIGHTER CARS.
The colour schemes.. hitherto renerally adopted by motor manu- facturers throughout the world: are beginning to, show a change from aober to brighter" hues."
PARKING FACILITIES.
URGENT PROBLEM TREATED- WITH INDIFFERENCE.
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The question of providing ado- quate parking facilities la again taken up by "The Motor," that journal directing attention for the moment to the urgency of providing accommodation for motor vehicles In the most populous centres, The amazing circumstance is that no- body appears to be bothering about so important a requirement of modern traffic development.
Those motorists who visited' Olympia noted that this exhibition New motor legislation is due in rovehled a greater richness and variety of colour in the paintwork the near future..
of the carriages than did former he speed It, le expected that
motor shows. limit, as such, will be abolished, in
The Paris motor saloon had the accordance with the recommenda-same kaleidoscopic effect, but the tion of the Departmental Commit, New York motor show bids fair to. tee of the Ministry of Transport put them both in the shades, as the new automobile models, according
one would think it would be a mat- and the motoring organisations.
to the latest reports from America.ter of the greatest concern of the The fantastic story that the speed
are a perfect riot of colours." limit will be 60 miles an hour needs no contradiction.
Penalties for dangerous driving will be matarially strengthened,, and the courts, will be asked te make full use of the powers given in regard to suspension of driving licences. In all serious cases.
On the other hand, technical of fences will be treated as such. For
Five hundred combinations of hues are promised by one American manufacturer for his standard production in the 1927 season."
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Ministry of Transport at least, to say nothing of our motoring asso- relations and local councils.
Apparently those who should be most concerned in this matter havo This is a vast change from the time when al United States not yet realised that the develop- ment of motoring. isvin its infancy, makera "coloured their vehicles in one or two styles at the most tell-and that far from regarding the ing customers they must have present total of licensed motor vehicles, amounting to 1,690,000, as these shades and no other, and the great mass of American motorists. a possible maximum; they should look upon it as a fraction of the put up with this paucity of choice.
vasb. number of cars and other vehicles which will be put into.com- mission in the next few years.
The time has come to put on cur thinking cape and consider every
means of possible
providing for temporarily Accommodation storing cars, not only at present, but in the future. Our con- temporary sets out the facts of the situation and puts forward some suggestions, and practical motor- ists. who have many times boon facod with the difficulty of parking their ears, are invited to give their own ideas on this subijct. bearing, in mind that the most important aspect le not the situation as fis now, but what it will be next year, the year after and the years after that.
UNDEFWION & UNDENRODA, K. Y
The British Army airship R33 has successfully made a flight carrying two aeroplanes which were launched while the dirigible was in fight. Upper photo shows' close-up of the Lower photo R33 taking off, carrying the two aeroplanes. shows the rear plane taking off while the dirigible was in 'dlight.
having Д example, a driver not licence on him may be summoned. to-day. Under the new regulationa he will be all right if he produces It to the police within three days.
An applicant for a driving licence will have to declare that he or she is not suffering from any physical defect which will render driving dangerous.
This will not neces
sartly debar people partially crip pled in the war from driving suit ably adapted cars.
A Back-Handed Concession. The legal speed of heavy vehicles will be alightly incrensed -probably from the existing 12 to 15 miles per hour. If enforced, this will be a backhanded concession.
Buses and other heavy vehicles, officially timed, have been found to do 18 and 20 m.p.h. on clear rouds, and frequently much more: In one case a bus was "clocked" at over 36 m.ph.
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If the new limit for "heavies" is not more reasonably observed trapping offensive is contemplated, As regards the minimum age-for metor-cyclists, the Ministry of Transport will probably be given power to raise the age limit if
"necessary.
SUBTERRANEAN GARAGES. · Paris may be the first city to adopt subterranean garages as sahition of its traffic problem. City engineers are studying the possibili ties of converting vast, underground unused quarries, containing more than 1,900 acres, into automobile parking station
WELL IT LOOKS ASUFIM THE NEXT ALDERMAN ON THE INDEPENDENT TICKET-1 NEVER HEAR THE WORDS DEMOCRAT OR REPUBIJ CAN SINCE I'VE GONE: IN THE NEW PARTY!!
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MOTOR RACING "MADMEN.""
Has the word Brooklands ever passed the lips of a member of either House in anything louder than a whisper asks Mr. J. G. Parry-Thomas, the famous racing motorist, in an article in "The Light Car and Cyclecar. Is not the phrase "road racing" taboo? Doos not the general public still cling to the belief that all racing motorists are madmen intent, ap parently, on no other purpose. than Is it pos- breaking their necks? sible for the man in the stroat to realise that there is just as much In taking cars round the track at 120 m.p.h. aa, there is in, say, some magnificent aeroplane achievement? In aeronautics Britain has few rivals, because the development of the acroplane has been a national responsibility and the romance of it has caught hold of the public
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 22,
DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.
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(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will' appear in Monday's issue along with a new cross-word puzzle.)
CLOSED MOTOR CARS.
In the past five years there has. tha been very rapid increase in public demand for closed motor cars, according to statistics publish- ed recently by General Motora. In 1922, only about 25 per cent, of all cars made were of the closed body type. In 1926, however, over 80 per cent of all cars manufactured have had closed bodies. As these figures apply to the Buick, Cadillac, Chey-
Next year will see brighter cars on American roads just as one al ready sees this new vogue on Eng-imagination like nothing else ever. rolet, Oakland, Oldsmobile and lish highwayя. In fact, we can almost flatter ourselves that our efforts to create distinctive motor carriages for our own use, have succeeded in converting the Ameri- can motor manufacturer to our tastes.
No doubt the recent successful application of brighter colours by the callulose process of enamelling, without fading or changing their tone, has largely, helped to con- vince the maker that his goods will retain. their amart appearance quite as long in light colours as in dark.
This process, moreover, produces a highly finished and polished sur- face that is practically unseratch- ablo, which is another factor that has contributed to a change from') the old standard dullness of hue.
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MOTOR CAR PRODUCTION.
Pontiac cars, among the best selling has or probably ever will do.
Had motor trials and" motor in all price classes, the trend in
dustry, racing received the blessing of thedicated la indicative of the entire in British Government at the outset, we should not now be faced with the everyday prospect of battling. against long odds in the motoring arenas of the world and of having to meet the latest threat of "inva- Sooner or sion" from America. later the Government will realize that something will have to be done about it in the meantime, private enterprise will continue the same discouraging struggle-under, I suppose, a sort of national frown.
TYRE HIRE-PURCHASE.
Tyre-buying on the hire-purchase system seems likely to become more popular.
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Much as we may regret it in many ways, there seems no doubt that we are rapidly becoming Automobile. production in the Americanised in our sales methods, United States from January to
and from the point of view of manu August 83 surpassed the high profacturers and consumers there is duetion of 1925 by 384,167 motor much to be said for purchasing out vehicles, the greater part of which of income. were passenger cars. According to
On the other hand, the safety of u, report of the United States De the retail credit system depends partment of Commerce the por largely on the security of income, centage of increase is approximate- ly 15 per cent. It is interesting to which is in turn a function of note that the General Motors Group general business prosperity. has in the sante perfod experienced an increase of approximately 70 pef cent in the value of production and sales. So great is the demand Still if motor-cars are bought out for General Motors care that proof income there seems no reason duction has fallen somewhat behind why tyres should not be paid for the demand or all new models.
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DADDY - MR-MATTBRUSH AL ASKED ME TO HAVE DINNE WITH HIM AT THE REPUBLICAN CLUB!
In this respect there is, of course, & vast difference between the and America. United Kingdom
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