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COMING EVENTS.
BRITISH MOTOR NOTES.
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the team prize in the Paris to Nice trial; only three of these machines were entered, and all three went through without los- ing a mark, though the course, had been stiffened to such an ex-:
U.S. ON WHEELS.
THE "GASOLINE HOBS", ALL THE RAGE.
Forty million Americans will take
The Prince of Wales has content that only about two-thirds of the competitors finished at all. sented to act as president of the of the foreign machines in this the road this year in their cars to World Motor Transport Congress, trial, "The Motor Cycle" points spend their annual vacations, says which will be held in London this out that the most successful were Mr. Roper Lindsay.. Touring autumn, adding yet another im-these fitted with British engines: North, South, East and West, and portant event to an already stroke type; four of them being songers to every car, approximate- These were of the Villiers two-estimating an average of our pas
Remarkable Reductions crowded season. This year's tiny little unita of no more than
in all Departments.
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A WEEK'S PAPERS IN ONE.
An important change has come over the Chinese situation during the past week. In the North of the country a new war has broken out, and for the time being Yangtsze happenings are eclipsed. Chang Tso-lin has become opposed to Yen Hsi- san, the warlord of Shansi, and hostilities have started, first blood going to the Shansi-ites, who have defeated the Fengtien troops at Kalgan. This looks like developing into a long- drawn-out affair, though whether the troops will fight. throughout the severe winter of the northlands remains to be seen. Full details are given in this week's issue of the ."Overland Mail."
Swatow has again changed hands, the Reds having de- parted before the Cantonese troops, and again the city is under the control of General Li Chai-sum's forces.
Canton itself has undergone a startling change, so far as its politics are concerned. It has declared provincial autonomy with, of course, Kwangsi as an ally.
Locally, the event of the week has been the giant fete held at Lee Garden in aid of the funds of the Ministering Children's League. The people of the Colony responded gladly to the call, and it is expected that at least $10,000. profit will be shown. All local events, social and sporting, are fully described in this week's "Overland.”
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series of exhibitions will be parti- 172 c.c. capacity-neverthelesa, ly ten million cars will make
all won gold medals and cups.
In the alx daya' reliability trial
AUTO SALES.
Automobile Campa.
cularly complete. First comes
Journeys of 200 to 5,000 miles.
The national parks and reserva+ the Engineering and Shipbuilding of New South Wales, there were tions in Canada, and the Northern Exhibition, an important section 85 'starters and, at the end of the and North-West States, will attract' of which will be devoted to marine 1,000 miles' run, only four com- by far the greatest number of tour- petitors completed the course motors and motor boats. This without loss of marks, and of fats, Last year 1,400 Americans will be followed by the Motor these no less than three were went to Europe, taking their own Show, which will be open from riding Triumph motor cycles. cars with them, expressly for the October 13 to October 22. Next member of the successful team on and the British Isles. This year One of these riders was also a purpose of touring on the Continent in order is the Cycle and Motor the last three occasions, in all the number is expected to reach Cycle Exhibition, which will occupy Olympia from October 31 cases riding the same 1924 model 2,500 and the trans Atlantic steam- to November 5. Finally we have
of Triumph.
sarp imes are making special pre- the Commercial Motor Transport the world by motor cycle seems mobile tourist."
The ideal of travelling round parations to cater for the "auto-
For the Exhibition from November 17 to to be becoming very popular.portation of a medium-size Ameri trans- November 26. The World Motor Quite a number of these toure can car from New York to South- Transport Congress is timed to take place just before the last-are now in progress, amongst the ampton the average charge is £40. named, event. The meetings will of. B.S.A. machines.
earliest starters being two riders be held on November 14, 15 and other adventurers are also on the Several 16, and the subjects to be discuss-road and have chosen varying ed are of the highest importance. They include discussions on road
routes. construction and improvement in relation to the development of motor transport; motor transport as an instrument of development of world resources; the necessity for co-operation between road and rail transport; possible im- provements in facilities for inter- national travel by road; fuels and fuel supplies; and the develop- ment of motor vehicles suitable for service on bad roads and for cross-country used. The congress, thought not organised by the Government, may be regarded as at least a semi-official event, since it is already definitely known that the Imperial Govern ment and the Governments of the overseas Dominiona will be well represented at it, and there is every reason to anticipate that foreign countries will prove equal- ly Interested. It seems more than probable that the last of the six. subjects mentioned will bring to gether experts from all parts of the world on the subject of mili- tary motor transport.
Though
NEW CHINESE COMPANY
IN MANILA.
ists will have to be content with The huge army of domestic tour- trom ten to fourteen days on the open road. The great majority of these "gazoline tourists," as they are called, will sleep in hotels or automobile camps, but a large num- ber: will carry camping outfits; which are complete, sometimes even La collapsible canoe and fishing tackle. There are more than 2,000 A number of prominent Chinese automobile campa scattered all over business men in Manila on Septem- the United States, providing stop- ber 2 filed papers for the incorpora-pig places for the tourist. The tion of a P500,000 firm to be known usual type of automobile camp com as the Philippine Automotive Cor-prises merely a chain of single poration to Import and sell automo which may be rented by the day or storey log huts of various sizes, biles and accessories.
by the week, and is situated near one of the favourite beauty spots. the more elaborate camps have tennis courts, swimming pools, golf courses; and dance floors are group- ed with the dining, breakfast and that stands in the centre of a little reading rooms in the main building township of log huts.
Among those interested in the new firm are Alfonso Z. Sy Cip, Gabriel La 0, Jose, G. Barretto, Sty Chong-fu, Siy Chong-keng, Gan Han-uy and Chong Su-see. These men already have contributed P100,- 000 to the capital stock of the cor poration.
PARIS BUSES AND CARS.
NEW FARE SYSTEM INAUGURATED.
A new ticket system and fare-
At night in the artificially roman- tic amosphere of a camp-fire, the drug-store clerk from New York will "awap" yarns with the garage, mechanic from San Francisco, or foxtrot on a deal flooring to music broadcast from a 500-mile distant radio station. With morning -a heterogenous collection of cars will the congress, being international, registering machines are to be used lurch down the camp track on the cannot devote itself to the discus-all Paris omnibuses and street next leg of their journey, their sion of British interests alone, it cara.
windshields fairly plastered with seems quite probable that it will of twenty, each ticket to be good Eagle Rock Camp," "I have seen Tickets are to be sold in strips the automobile tourist:-"Black "stickers" the "aultcast label" of mark considerable progress to for a section of the ride. They Camp Fire Gulch," "Blue Lake Re wards the unification of military motor transport throughout the are to be placed in a slot of theservation," or "Come Again-Clawa Empire. The general adoption of machine and the turn of a handle Red Leap Falls," and other equally some subsidy scheme for the en- will stamp on each ticket the route, ridiculous, tities, couragement of suitable types of trip number, the bus number and military vehicles, having also the section paid for. commercial value, has been con- sistently advocated by "Motor Transport" since about the year!
THIS WEEK'S HINTS. 1912, and the pioneer work that the car and leave it for any length of When you drain the radiator of this journal has done now appears
to be bearing fruit, since there is time, it is a good idea to hang a re- serious talk of the adoption of minder, in the shape of a label, en some subsidy scheme in Austra- the steering wheel to the effect that lin, and if this step is taken, other the radiator needs Alling before parts of the Empire will no doubt driving. follow suit.
a
The "Sticker."
In-
car-
The ateamship label collection never reached the extreme, even in America, to which the windshield
advertising medium the craze must automobile tourists. As a potent "sticker" hobby has attained among
seriously rivali rural sign-boards. Originally the "sticker was tended to facilitate the passage of tourist from one State to another. This was necessary, since every tax, as distinct from the Federal, State Imposes its own automobile or national tax; and licences for every car are issued annually, valid only in that State where the owner resides. The tourist, how he usually comes prepared to spend ever, is a very welcome visitor, since
er," was pasted on his windshield freely. Hence a permit, or "stick allowing him full use of the State highways for thirty days. The usually, by a multi-coloured ple- "sticker" bore the name of the State
torial representation of one of the In prominent type, accompanied,
soon spread, and was adopted as an advertising medium by camps, lake and mountain resorts, tourist hotels, and even patrol-filling sta- and car-manufacturers. These labels are plastered all over the wind- tions and garages, oll companies
shield, side-windows and rear win dows of the car. To the ostenta tioue "gasoline hobo" these stick- berap-book-like record of his want- ers" are acceptable as a ready means of the world a
Cultivate the habit of removing Visitors from overseas to the the ignition key from your car exhibitions or congress may note, every time you leave the car. Some with advantage, that the Auto- day you might stall the engine when mobile, Association has establish parking or garaging, and leave the ed an office at 11, The Avenue, switch on. The reward for this is Southampton, where motorists flat battery is the morning. landing at that port can obtain all When driving, never attempt to the information they require. As pass another car when approaching regards registration, the Auto-a corner or the summit of a hill, mobile Association
announces unless the that motorists may now proceed wide. This practice is equivalent to road is exceptionally to the nearest registration author- the driver being blindfolded, and is ity before complying with the respt to result in a nasty smash. principal beauty spots. The idea quirements of the British law, To correct a skid, always humour Thus, these landing at Folkstone it; that is, steer immediately in the or Dover can drive on to Canter- direction the back wheels have bury or Maidstone before going taken. By turning in the other through the necessary formal-direction the skid becomes worse, ities; Southampton has its own and is likely to cause the car to get registration office; and those aut of control. landing at Newhaven will find an office in Lewes.
Overseas Achievements.
CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM.
British motor cycle successes There is nothing so good for mur have been equally significant outcular rheumatism, sprains, lamances of derings; and towards this end he the muscles, bruises and like injuries is but too willing to risk his own application gives rellaf. as Chamberlain' Pain Balm Onelife, and others, by sacrificing the everywhere.
side Great Britain. Thus, for the fourth year in succession, the B.S.A. team of motor cycles won
SO THIS
For
transparency of his windshield. ***
BRINGING UP FATHER
YED AN HOME
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1927.
DAILY CROSS WORD PUZZLE-
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, suck as harbor, plow, and altho;)
56
HORIZONTAL.
2-Mad /7-The rumen
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10-Boy
12-8parts
14-Part of dres 1-A kind of sweet
potato
17-To barter 18-Ta strangle 19-To send in return 21-Part of a bant 24-A great deal 25-SEIN
27-Redent 29+1.ike 31-Bralnieve person
-Prefix meaning
-Evened 25-Part of
Prefix. Of wkakewarm
88-Negative anawar
46-8pun by e epider
165
THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.
·HORIZONTAL (CONE)
47-Large country
dwelling
49-Alep
BO-Toid
B1-Coloring matter 62-Station
!B4-A "U" shaped plece
of wood
68 Dull brown color 67-Very umalt 69-Look
50-A vista or axpares
VERTICAL
1-To present in brief
-An articia 4-A clumay person 6-A preposition 6.To bar 7-Desert animal, 8-Something owed
10-Pertaining to the
moon
148
VERTICAL (Cont.) 20-One who modela' 23-Fort projection
having two faces and two flanks 23-Seation of Great
.
Britain
25-8ound made by
Swiss mountaineere 26-Subject
28-8mall part of 30-Gander 31-Came in contact
with
32-Tu how the head 35-To put an 38-Pretended remedy
'for all diaunDON 40-Courted
41-Title of nability 45-Hell
44-To evade
4- Bab
46-To allow
4-A grain
11-A key, as in a plano 47-Cry of a out
13-A flah
:.
13-A wask-day (ahbr.).
48-A resinous substance 14-Spasmadie twitching 43-Container for bricke 46-A hard marine
-growth
of the muscles 16-Country of M.
America (abbr.)
153-Play on words
35-Molature
57-Pronoun
|50-Prefix. From
BUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. These will give you a cise to ather words crossing them, and they in turn to still others. À letter belongs in each white space, words starting at the numbered square and running either horizontally or varically or both.
(The solution of the shave cross-word puzzle will appear in Monday's issue along with a new cross-word puzzle.)
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
HONGKONG HEIGHTS.
For the information of visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the faland and Mainland is published:
Laland... Victoria Peak..
Feet.
GC
SM
1829
RNS
Signal Station
1774
R
Mt. Parker.
1734
TIS
Mountain Lodge
1726
EA
The Evrie
1725
PAN
Peak Hotel
1806
FRE BARK
OSS E
Taikoo Sanatorium
1000
Mt. Davis
877
Bowen Rd. (filterbeds)
297
Mainland.
Talmoskan
3124
Kowloon Peak
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