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MOTORING SECTION
SCIENCE AIDS CARS.
A TALK ON THE AIR CLEANER.
CAR IN HOUSE.
SLEEPING OCCUPANT'S NARROW ESCAPE.
The "Bangkok Daily Mail" of Oc- tober 15 reports:--
MOTOR HORNS.
SAFETY MEASURE FOR TRAFFIC.
Automobile horns, originally de- Fised as a safety measure for high-
Science has ben defined as know- ledge co-ordinated, arranged, and
"Motor Pro-j The latest expression of versati-way trafie, have been so universal- systematised (saya
lity on the part of an automobile ly misused, says Mr. C. T. Strong, Kress")."
was manifested when a car belong- President of the Buick Motor Com- No branch of industry has been ing to a garage owner crashed into pany, that he now believes if they made the object of scientific study the bedroom of a house, hurtling the were removed entirely from aute- mobiles the result would be a mark- But for sleeping occupant from her bed. more than the motor car.
Nang Wang and her family live ad decrease in automobile accidents. this it would continue to be the in the lower floor of a row of houses it would not take long for every "Without horns," he points out, Tuesday crude, bulky vehicle it was years in Rajadamnern Road. ago. Because of this concentra- evening the family went to a tion, however, a year does not pass cinema, Nang Wang remaining at without radical and marked in-home and retiring at an early hour. provements.
Before the family returned, and while Nang Wang was peacefully sleeping, there was a terrific crash at the door. The woman awakened but there was no time to escape In a trice she was heavily thrown from the bed and into a corner of the room, where she lay unconscious until the return of the family.
It is interesting to know that large staffs of highly-paid engineers will spend months on such matters as carburetion, suspension, finish. ventilation und similar subjects.
Everyone knows how on dry days the dust clouds hover over the road days. An individual who walks
The car was travelling at such á near these dust clouds will find his high rate of speed that it would nostrils. blackened by dust. With have gone entirely through the every breath he draws in this dust-building except for its striking a laden air. -Nuture, with the usual pillar. foresight; has undertaken to filter
Nai Tew, driver of the midnight this air before it reaches the lungs.marauder, has beer arrested. The nostrils operate as a filter, and that is why they become filled with dust,
The engine of the motor car must breathe as regularly as the human. Each charge of petrol must be mixed with a certain proportion of air. Air is always dust-laden to certain extent, but with strong filled with dust particles. To the these dust buperficial observer particles might appear ao micros- copic as to be harmless. The im- pression is erroneous, however, as magnifying-glass will enlarge these dust particles, and show them to have sharp and jagged edges.
60 M.P.H. CAR CHASE.
Flying Squad's Dash Through
Mayfair.
one to realise that safety depends on keeping the eyes and ears open, which is, after all, the only sure and complete remedy for accidents.
A long step in the direction of! greater safety will have been taken when drivers realise that they can- not drive with the horn."
While admitting that horns de cr rastomally prevent accidents, ho states that they have inoculated the average driver with a false sense of security which often breeds care- lessness and resulted in disaster.
With More Care.
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"If automobile owners would try to drive their cars," adds Mr. Strong, "without the aid of electric siren which is now stand-
reprenentation ord equipment on every car, I am 1. Grotesque Aure they would find themselves person or thing (pictorial). driving with more care than they 11. Worship. had exercised since their first ex-12. Customary practice. ⠀ perience as drivers.
13. Sign of infinitive. "Drive two blocks through traffic 15. Quickly. without the use of the horn and you 16. Gk. comb. prefix meaning middle. will and that you are using more 17. On demand (abbr.) care than you have ever used be-10. Before. fore to avoid accidents.
21. Pertaining to explosives ((abbr.) "You will drive as you should al-22. Crude mineral. ways drive, with due regard for 23. Point of compass. others who are sharing the public 24. A distance.
25. 8760 hours (pl.). streets and highways.
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Geographical Society
A00-miles-an-hour car chase through the West End by members of the Flying Squad was described when a motor driver pleaded guilty to stealing a car belonging to Mr. "This is true because you Harold Gehard de Walterstroof.
not be placing exaggerated confid- Detective-Inspector Wood said once in a noisy bit of mechanism 81. Royal
(abbr.) that with Detective-Sergeant Lynch which cannot and never could of
prevent accidents, even 32. Boat made out of a hollowed
trunk. he watched Sweeney and another itself man examining cars in Sloane- though many drivers show by their square and Cadogan-street, Wactions on the road that they credit 38. Chocses.
35. Feel regrat Later they saw two men in a car. it with such powers.
30. Above poetic form). Sweeney was driving.
"Then round out the tent by 37. Order. noticing as you drive, and as you 88. Regard with approval.
on foot, what 43. One who finds fault or criticises. cross the streets effect the horns of ather cars have 47. Bright delicate purple dye.
48. A Python. on you.
In it car belonging to the Flying Squad they gave chase, and the pursuit was kept up at 60 miles an hour by way of Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, and Knightsbridge to Berkeley Street, where they over- hauted the car and caught Sweeney, his companion having just previous- ly jumped off and escaped.
Over Confidence.
50.
When these particles are drawn by the air into the combustion chambers of the cylinders they set- tie on the cylinder walls, as these walls are covered with a thin film of oil. The movement of the pistons creates tremendous friction, as this
"You will discover that the sound dust gradually causes the oil to lose
of an electric horn no longer causes 51. you to dump out of the way, or pull 52. Idler among useful insects is lubricating qualities. By de- green dust works down past the When arrested Sweeney said your car over to the side of the To Ret (Infinitive). pistons,, and is carried by the oil to "We got the car to do a job in. We road. Usually it is only after re- 55. Used before a woman's malden the other moving parts of the en- were going to get a cashbox which peated warnings that you notice the 56. Gek prefix meaning through.
Wherever on metal part} gine. moves against another they are separated by a thin film of oil, and, therefore, when this becomes im- pregnated with dust, friction areas are set up. At first these are not noticed, the engine continues to render good service, and no adverse
conditions arise.
When it is realised that for every gallon of petrol consumed 10,000 gallons of air are used the dust contained in these 10,000 gal tons of air becomes a considerable factor.
As the huge stones, glacier pro- pelled, have left their indelible in pression on the earth, centuries ago, by causing pits and long scratches on solid rock surfaces, so these dust particles affect the moving
Cart (light two wheeled driv- ing trap for four). Same as 20 vertical.
name.
67. General post office (abbr.) is usually left on a counter same-cause of the nulse.
"Sometimes this happens too late, 69. A little (Fr.) where near here at closing-time."
and there is an accident which 40. Theosophical Society (abbr.) might have been prevented if the 1. Transgressions against Divina driver had depended more on his Hteering wheel and brakes than on 42.
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CHEAT LINES.
We're being cheated when we buy
our ears, but we, like it!
The reason is that creating causes our cars to appear lower and done by using "cheat lines." says R. H. Dietrich, noted body designer, New York, in the design of the car.
sleeker. This is
A moulding around the body and extending to the radiator, the wider the better, makes the car look low, he says. The curvature of the roof also produces this effect, and when! the windows are wider than they high, the illusion of low appearance is increased.
parts of an engine. Infinitesimal, throws the dust particles to the tiny pits, scratches, and rough sur sides of the air strainer by cen- faces have been developed which no trifugal force. Being heavier than
As can cover. a conse-air these particlues of dust fail into quence, incessant friction occurs,
a reservoir at the bottom of metal rubs against metal. This filter, which can be cleaned without condition gradually becames worse, difficulty, and replaced. The air
oil film
the
his horn."
Mr. Strong may be correct In his views as regards New York, but if be attempted to drive along Des Veux Road, Hong Kong, without with a speed of a yard an hour. a horn, he would have to be content
STANDARD" CARS FOR 1928.
"Standard" cars for 1928 will cover an exceptionally wide variety of requirements, in' size, perform- ance and price, They include an entirely new four-cylinder model, of 9 h.p. tax, the existing three-speed models 14/28 h.p. four-cylinder and 18/36 six-cylinder, and additional four-speed models 14/32 h.p., four- cylinder and 18/42 six cylinder.
The range of bodywork has been amplified by the addition of a fabric saloon for each type of chassis. In all, there are twenty-one styles of
and finally the effects become noticefilter, therefore, performs the same bodywork for the five different able. One trouble follows first function for the motor car engine chassia, upon the heels of another, unti in as the nostrills perform for the. The introduction of the new 9 the end, costly replacements and lungs. repairs are required.
h.p. four-cylinder model is the re-i suit of a widespread demand for a "Standard" car of this size, and in complying with that demand the makers have produced a small car that will assuredly fulfil the needs of those people who desire the ut- most economy in first-cost and run- ning expenses in conjunction withi roominess, comfort and durability. The Foikatone fabric saloon is a the carburettor. An air strainer usefulness.
feur-door six-light design, the win- was designed which caused the air The prospective purchasers of a
dows in the doors all having me- to whirl about as it entered the motor car would do well to give chanical winders, while the rear This whirling motion more thought and consideration to light, of large dimensions, has a silk improvements of this nature, blind that can be raised or lowered rather than to be swayed in his by the driver from his seat; this CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM final decision by superficial im- last feature is applied to all Stand- provements which have been effect- Ard saloons for 1928. The interior There is nothing so good for, mused more to catch his eye and im- finish and upholstery of this car are of the highest grade and the full the muscles, bruises and like injuries press him than to give his car long-width front seat is instantly ad- as Chamberlain's Pain Balm One er life and cause it to render more justable as to leg-reach and angle application gives relief. For sale satisfactory service.
of the back.rest.
This is only one of the many It has been the object of selence, contributions science has made to therefore, to eliminate this trouble. the motor car. It shows, however, To do this it has gone to the root that aclence does not direct its of the trouble, that a remedy might efforts to those things which show be effected. As a result of exhaus-up largest, in the eyes of the pur tive investigations it was decided chaser, but to those things which to strain the air as it came into fundamentally improve motor car
strainer.
colar rheumatism, sprains, lameness of
everywhere.
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(The solution of the appear in Monday's issue.
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1. Chartered Accountant (abbr)
2. Paid publicity (pl.)
3. Origin.
4. Like Iron (nd).)
6. Middle.
6. Local swellings due to morbid
growth.
7. Consumers.
R. To Level with the ground, 4. Self.
| 10. Point of compasa.
13. Individual characteristic.
14. Windowed rece85 projecting
from upper storey,
17. Round bulbed edible plant with
pungent smell.
18. Noxious.
20. Other.
23. Not any.
26. And the rest (abbr.)
27. Period:
28. Strike lightly.
30. Stock.
32, Cane-bearing tree.
34. To eye.
35. Royal Irish Constabulary (abbr.)
39. Valleys.
46. Ponder.
41. I possess (colloquial).
42. Also,
44. Rodent
45. To drap into water without
splash.
46. Senior relation,
48. Trade name for a well-known
brass pollah.
49. A noted Italian sculptor.
52. One who eats.
53. Magnesium sulphate (trade-
nurne).
50. Wet mud; unclean matter.
58. Comb. form of Greek meaning
bone.
61. Wireless code distress signal. €3. Etruria (abbr.)
65. Parent.
67. Bone (Fr.)
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YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION. HONGKONG HEIGHTS.
S&YE TEENS
AN
For the information of visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:-
Island.
Victoria Peak
Feet.
1823
Signal Station
1774
Mt. Parker
1784
Mountain Lodge
1725
The Eyrie
1725
Peak Hotel
1305
Taikoo Sanatorium
1000
Mt. Davis
877
Bowen Rd. (filterbeds) 297
Mainland.
Taimoshan ... Kowloon Peak
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