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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1947.
MOTORING NEWS AND VIEWS
EXIT AMBER?
First of the convinced,
authorities to be
result of police
light, shining alone before the red, Is to be retained.
Presumably the council has weighed the evidence carefully and is convinced that the action is wise; certainly the motorist, with less statistical evidence but with plenty of experience-in sume cases of the entire elimina. tion of amber, as practised in the United States welcomes The move. Anything which shortens the exasperating delays experi. enced in towns falls in the same category.
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In Britain, dogs are taking i lessons in traile behaviour. There are some who believe Speedometera are by 110
From last, month, public reports. on the redundancy of
the ma- in all speedometers. Others be- means infallible and the amber traffe lights on the lieve only their own, knowing jority
courses on training dogs began instruments of
EXILE-
the National change from red to green, is the all others to be fast. whilst | gerale,
rather than belittle in London at Council, there Marylebone Borough
are trusting types who one's true speed-and true dis- Canine Defence League head. which has decided to eliminate it think that because on their ear, tance, for it is seldom that the quarters following an earlier throughout the district under the
revolution dashboard mileage recorder is demonstration, of Rood dag be- speedometer and council's jurisdiction. The amber
some Javiour. counter tell the same tale, both not over sanguine by must be above reproach.
small percentage.
At the demonstration, a mox- Except from the standpoint | 2.5 of Absolute Truth, there is gre more than three years old and Labrador puppy of un- something to be said for this der six months--both originally "Matter." It BAVER wear and unwanted" dogs, chosen in or tear on the car if people think der to show that any dog con they are cruising faster than
be trained-were put throngh they are: it is good for their
their paces. They walked to amour propre to think their car heti, ent down at word or will do an honest 75, old boy" whenever their owner stopped. even though its maximum ix
stayed put until summoned, ran really only 68 mph. and it pro free and returned immediately bably saves pounds every year they were called. This was the In police-court fines, In the
more remarkable berange the of responsi-same way, exaggeration by the bility in the case of an accident mileage recorder gives marvel-
only one month. One doubt may, be expressed, in very difficult. Speaking at a lous, average speeds, and rely however. Elimination of the am- meeting of the Edinburgh and bar-parlour m.p.g. In fact, An observer reports that her light before green is a funda.
District branch of the Institute everyone is pleased. the owner after these various accomplish- mental change in traffic control of Transpart in Edinburgh re-can boast of his speed and his ments had been shown off in- and the prospect of its being donecently, Mr. John Cameron, averages, the manufacturer is doors, the older dog was taken Exchange Building. piecemeal Lives rise to misgiving.K.C., prended for the institut glud because owners are glad out and nerum the roud at a It would be better if the Ministerion of a code to govern the and because they drive less ¦ pedestrian crossing. The dog at Transport would announce his actions of pedestrians on
the hard than they otherwise sat quietly at the kerb antik j department's findings on the re-highway. At present, he said, wouls, and the carburettor peo- | his owner moved: and then sti of the Londen experiments the pedestrian was
under no ple are delighted, I imagine, at trotted along at his side. and then issue an order which liga! obligations
whatsoever the figures which owners ob- wouldt eosure uniformity of netion and could do whatever reckless inin. In fact, everyone, is hap- simultaneously in all parts of the thing he liked, while with the PF country.
present increase in technicall knowledge without any correx- ponding change in haruan na-
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The New Dodge
puppy had been under training
Omeinls who conducted the demonstration say that dogs should be at least six months old before they start taking the training lessons, eight of which constitute the whole
was a foregone conclusion that Available now in Hong Konge enurse now being offered by the drivers of motor vehicles did in the new Dodge Custom League.
concluding
give more power for less outlay.
not exhibit a corresponding In- | Sedan which is planned to creuae in care and skill.
Mr. Cameron's
This greater power is supplied | power and performance, The Minister of Fuel and Power words, "I think it is fair to say by its 20 h.p. engine, coupled Sleek styling from front to asked why much that the tendency of the law with its improved Fluid Drive rear is the keynote. Simple was recently farger quantities of petrol were has been to favour the injured | Many other new features in Krneeful lines are emphasized in belux imported from the U.S.A. person," are somewhat vitiated clude a rotary type oil pump, the exterior design. Rich than in 1938 and why similar im- by the reflection that he almost new Micronic fitration oil co'ours and patterns blend in- ports from Iran had been reduced certainly means the pedestrian: Alter, light-weight aluminum | terior fabrics and appointments to nothing. Replying Mr. Shin- nevertheless if the pedestrina pistons.
into single harmonious unit. well explained that the petrol re. were legally held as much to The Dodge all-stuk drive Agents for Dodge cars in quirements of the sterling area blame as is the motorist. the custom sedan is designed and Hong Kong are Messrs. Dad- were in excess of British con. somber of accidents on the road engineered to give extra room-well Motors Ltd., Querņ's Build- | trolled production and that we might be greatly reduced. inces unt comfurt-flushing ing. Tel. 323021.
have therefore got to provide dollurs for the purchase of con- siderable quantities from Ameri- can soirees. 1 makes no dir. ference whether the shortage is met by bringing Merling oil to Phe UK. and by sending Ameri-
Who has built the world's | Isotta Fraschini has long been enn vil ta vther parts of the sterl smallest oil engine. I would out of production, Latest news ing area, or vice versa. The ob- be interesting to know. jective in to see that all is trans-recently constructed in Italy is ported as short a distance as pos- of a size suitable for a model sible. Sules by British companies airplane with a wing span of
U.S. concerns' in the
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Containing a great deal of facts in a small space is a re-
state of the roads is bad be- cause of subsidences, and owing One from Italy, however, reveals to this, Holland is not likely to that plans are well ahead for possess permanently fine roads a revival of the marque in the for a long period. As the form of a
rear-engined, six- Dutch are short of foreign cur- senter luxury salon. The new rency they are averse to import- model, which has independent ing goods from foreign coun- | suspension on rubber and tries. More British vehicles four speed preselector gearbox might be bought but for, this with overdrive, is powered by factor. The introduction of the Lock-{a V-eight engine of 2,500 cc. in heed
accumulator its experimental stage, a'though hydraulic servo system marks another ad- this capacity will probably be vance in the braking arrange increased on production models, ments for public service vehi- A aingle camshaft drives the History of Mechanical Traction cles, and goods carrying ma overhead valves in a similar and Travel"-by British author chines in the heavy classes. manner to that employed in ear-R. W. Kinder. The author be- Basically, the principle upon ly Auto Union G.P. cars, and gins his story with an account which the system operates is the valves themselves are locat- of steam locomotion in 1769 that a quantity of oil is kepted in heads of light alloy under pressure in a special re- with hemispherical combustion servoir, and is available for chambera. Combustion follows brake operation at any time, ir-¦ current Italian practice with re- respective of whether the en cessed wheels and smoothed-out gine be running or nut An-front end. other feature in that the
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and ranges over the years to the present day. The development of commercial vehicles is not forgotten, and the student of transport and automobile en gineering will find much of in- terest in this work.
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amount of fluid used per bruke We hear that the R.A.C. application ia not, at low have just published a compre- In March, British manufac- speeds limited by the capacity bensive "Continental Hand-turers exported 3,076 new com- of the pump.
book" with answers to most of mercial vehicles valued at £1,- the questions of the motorist | 400.487, apart from 50 Will two engined vehicles who intends visiting Europe general haulage tractors (£39,- gain fu popularity, we wonder? this year. Details appear un- 111) and 494 trallers (£99,067). American heavy vehicles show der separate sections for Bel-
a tendency towards adopting glum, Czechoslovakia, Den-
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Motorista going to Switzer-
two engines, also at Geneva. a mark. France, Holland, Italy, land this summer, will find it Swiss maker staged a bus with Norway. Portugal, Spain, a great help if they remember dual power units. The scheme Sweden, Switzerland. permits normal travel ana single engine, the second one being avalable according to road and load conditions. This principle was applied during the war to some steam locomo tives in Germany. In this case, four V-type steam units were arranged alternately to right and left, each acting on a single driving axle.
Number Eleven. By dialling this on any telephone, one can Those who have experienced get road information, details of difficulty in getting satisfactory what passes are open, wea- repairs made to synthetic rub thor report, and the results of ber tubes, will be interested in the principal sporting events. a new self-contained vulcanizing Apart from that the caller wil press designed by British receive the name of the near- manufacturers for repairing est garage that is open if be synthetic and natural rubber is stranded. tubes either at home or on the road. The outfi-known 08
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The Lisbon Motur, Rally last the "Autotherm"-utilizes ex-month was won optright by an From Czechoslovákia we hear act'y the same principles as Alard two-seater. The route that the Jawa factory is drop- those used in the manufacture totalled 1,000 miles through ping car production and will of tyres and it comprises a Belgium, France, Spain and concentrate on a single motor lever-operated prèss, heater Portugal and was run. non-stop cycle model. Of 250 cc. and a unita, vulcanizing, compound, to a rigid schedule. On arrival postwar design, this machine flux and a wire brush. Ordinat Lisbon, the cars were seru- went into production in August. Iary patching methods' are, un- tinized for defecte and even a Production figures for export satisfactory with synthetics, for, broken lamp bulb Involved were 85 in September, 260 in rubber solution will not adhere penalty. October, and 600 during firmly to this material. In a November as well as large num-vulcanised repair, however, rub- bers of the older models for bor compound is actually weld- ¡-home consumption. Targeted to the tube and becomes a
aimed at in the delivery of 5,000 part of it. machines per year to the U.S.A.
alone.
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Latest. news of twb-11⁄2-litre G. P. Mercedes which are known to have, been taken into Switzerland on the outbreak of We are told that whi'at Ame the war, comes from the Econo- rican vehicles preponderate Inmic Warfare Dept of the For- It is estimated that 30,000 the number of private cars in eign Office. These care are now tons of fuel were saved in Bri- Holland 'now, British lorries offered for sale by the Swiss tain during March as a result seem to constitute about half Compensation Office Dept for of the restrictions on street of the goods vehicles. Austina the Liquidation of German, As- lighting. Needless to say Bri- and. Morris Commercials are sola, Potsfach Selniat, Zurich, tish motorists. took a very apparent there in large num- with whom anyone interested "dim" vlow of the situation at bers. Most of the Dutch should communicate. The prica the time.
passenger vehicles were taken Is not stated, but the proceeds by the Germans, but their re- will go to the Joint Reparation
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