WHAT SORT OF TROUBLE
THE CHINA MAIL, SATUN DAY, NOVEMBER 8,-1917.
DO YOU PREFER? (No. 5) Motoring News And Views: Continued from Page Eight
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STARTER THAT WON'T ?..
DRIVE ́ ́AGAINST OVERCROWDING
The sustained drive by
the ber of excess passengers car-
Kowloon Traffle tire against | rieg on some Inises constitutes drivers of commercial lorries a definite carrying more Bato six possen. ( safety,
mienice to public
gers has resulted in a streld.d Overcrowding within reason Improvement, the "China Mal" has been tolerated by the Traffic was informed Pesterday.
As the result of Numerous complaints. Trattle officials have heen turning their attention to
Clice as 24 special concession to the travelling pubile, the China Mal" learned. A strict entovrement of the Regulation
the overcrowding of huses. would undoubtedly result in During October, approximately bus users being greatly Incon-
30
BUNTAINE were
issued venienced.
agalus drivers and conductors |
for carrying excess passengers.
Unly in cases where the mar
A few Is drivers have isoin in safety has been over- been summoned for failing to stepped will action be inken- at Jenst, until more vehicles pall in to the last property
when they stop their vehicles pat on the rind,
to disembark or take 18-
Nengira,
While it admitted shai overriowding must, at times. be swoldable, dur to the shortage of transport, the num
Running-In Speeds For New Cars
The following letter, and accompanying table. which appeared in a recent issue of the "Motor" magazine on the subject of "Over- driving of New Vehicles" will be of interest to purchasers of new, cars in Hongkong. The letter was signed by Mr. S. E. Clark, OBE, secretary of the Society of Motor Manufac turers and Traders, Ltd. of London.
Leaves From My Log-Book
*Kennedy Road
Mr. Clark writes:-
ot high speeds,
"Whilst
columna
Schedule of speeds in top gear permitted by manufacturers during “running-In" perlod
A.C. Car Alvis
Make
@h.p.
$2 h.p.
Maximum permitted speed for first 500 milea
40 m.p.h. 50 m.p.h.
80.m.p.b.
40 m.p.h.
Max. power permitted
30 m.p.h.
50 m.p.ht.
50 m.p.
30 m.p.h.
Models
All
Armstrong-Siddeley
14 h.p. All
Astort Martin
45-50 m.p.it.
30 m.p..
Austin
10 hip.
30 m.p.h.
Austin
30 m.p.h.
Austin
Austin
16 h.p.
Bentley
Citroen
Light 15
Dalmfer
DB,18
Daimler
77 h.p.
Dalmier
36 h.p.
Ford..
Anglia
30 m.p.b.
"From me to time I have Been letters in your from members of the [outlie, efting instances
Ford
Prefect
30 m.p.h.
Hillman
Mink
35 m.p.h.
motoring
Humbar
Snipe
45 m.p.h.
of new
Humber.
Super. Snipe
45 m.p.?.
Humber
Hawk
45 m.p.h.
vehicles on delivery being driven
40-50 m.p.h.
Нибаоп
A titro.
43-50 m.p.h,
Jensen
Jarvar
All.
Lanchester
10 h.p.
40 m.p.h.
Lea Francia
All
Morris
АН
M.G...
Midges
11 litre
All
All
Alt
Standard
8 h.p.
40 m.ph.
Standard
12 h.p..
40 m.p.te.
Standard
14 h.p.
40 m.p.h.
Sunbeam-Talbot
Ten
35 'm.p.h.
Sunbeam-Talbot
2 litre
35 m.p.h.
Triumph
1,800 c.c.
45 m.p.h.
Yauxhall
10 h.p.
30 m.p.hi
Vauxhall
12 h.p.
30 m.p.h.
Vauxhall
14 h.p.
30 m.p.h.
Wolseley
Eight
35 m.p.h.
Wolselay
Ten'
35 m.p.h.
Wolseley
12/45
35 m.p.h.
Wolseley Wolseley
14/60
45 m.p.h.
10/65
45 m.p.h.
appreciate that your correspondents are concerned, on hehalf of the public, that new
carefully vehicles pre
driven
and nt auted consistent with that permitted by the manufae, turers during the critical "running 19" period, it is appar. ent that some of the writers are under the impression that 30 m.p.h, is the maximum speed at which all new vehicles may he driven in that period. This is pot the case, as is shown by the attached list of speeds permitted by manufacturers,
their on models, for the Arst 500 miles. The list is not exhaustive, but covers the majority of the more. sopular makes seen in this coun. try.
"Manufacturers agree that the speeds they lay down are nothing Tutt Hobson, who WIN I have it on rellable authority more than a guide, and that it is cinemao of the Central hat Kennely Road will be made for more important to ensur Fleetrierty Board from 1944 toj open to cara in the very near that the engine is not allowed to 1917, bus Ires appointed 41 future. Don't go jumping the Inbour and a driven only on diretor of Jowett care Ltd.
gun, though, and then blaming partial throttle opening
It is equall being "run in." "No Motors" important to ensure that the pre observed
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me: it in still road and will remain that way same precautions unit the official Police notifen- in the lower gears whatever the tion is issued.
permitted speeds in those gears many be.
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Hennessey Road is to become.
a dual carringe-way before long,
It is a wide road, and the a-hold lists of eklent toll is rising, principally
Petrol
The correspondence columns
I
M.G. Packard
Rover. Rolls-Royc Singer
40-45 m.p.h.
35.38 m.p.h. 35 m.p.h.*
45 m.p.h.
45 m.p.3.
40 m.p.h.
40 m.p.h.
Max, power permitted
45.m.p.h.
*For first 250 miles — thereafter may be increased but maximuIN should not be attempted before 1,000 miles. *For first 300 miles only — may be increased to 40 m.p.h. for next
100 miles and to 50 m.p.h, for next 100 miles.
Kaiser-Frazer Stun The Experts
in
comment.
bunla
"A number of the muin de livery-ngenta-in the country are. members of the Society, and
the rade plates owned and used by them in their as a result of speeding and business. If, therfore, your cor. weaving. A curb down the centre respondents on this subject quote Lof the road will eliminate the the date, lime and pince of the latter, and control lights on the instance of overdriving, and the Oxford Street system will com- trade plate number of the vehl.
ste enncerned, I am prepared to The first shipment of priced market. Instead, it bine to slow traffic down to investigate such cases through Frazer Manhattan cars now offering models which are more reasonable speed.
the Delivery Agents Section ofis due to arrive in the bracket.
definitely in the higher price the Society."
Colony in about a fort- All these factors would be night's time. Behind aufficient to, causc of the motor magazines from editors of the Home magazines that simple statementBut what is fascinating manu. Home these days are full of who generally have the use of
facturera is the fact that, des-
shortages complaints about the abolition of the car they are testing for 1,000 lies a story, which has pite
In materials the haste petrol ration, Some are miles or more. This would, of amazed automobile ex-which have held up the produc vitriolic; some strike a plaintive course, be impossible here In perts, who have watched tion of evon the established note-like the one from some ex-long Kang, as the factories do the Kaiser-Frazer Cor-companies, Kalser-Frazer has Servicemen who pooled their not supply us with models for
not only been able to gratuitles in order to open a testing nor is such an exhaus-poration grow almost corn but also to turn them out garage and now face financial tive test necessary. Hut is overnight from nothing in ever-increasing quantities.
difficult to be really to the fourth largest pro- ruin; and some have ingenious sometimes counter-suggestions like the fult to a car when one sducer of
Much of the credit of this, cars in the of course, goes to that genius man who suggested that car had the use of it for an hour of driv.ng "was no more a luxury go and then has to turn it in United States. :
of Industry, Henry Kalser. He has than smoking, and that there just as one is geting the "feel"
a reputation for doing fore coupons should be issued f it,
ago, things in a big way and al for either so many cigarettes or
Kaiser and Frazer cara existed though many said that he so much petrol; this would en. In a review of post-war read only on paper.-Indeed, shortly would probably meet his able a man to make up his mind tests to date, some interesting after the beginning of this Waterloo In the car-manufuc- either to go for a drive or sit figures about petrol consumption year, the company had bor-turing business, he has down with a pipe!
: are given by the "Motor." The row U.S.$12,000,000 to keep its again done the trick. He sol Austin "Eight" has the distinc-j head above water. Today, the dom comes into contact with their road-lests. the tion of being the only car to give vast Willow Run plant is turn- the Willow Run production technical editors make frequent a reading of 50 miles to the galing out 3.000 vehicles a week-lines-biggest in the world- reference to the poor quality of lon at 20 mph. At 30 mph, the which makes the company run- but he is definitely the Pool petrol which, if I remem. Austin "Eight," MG Midget, aer-up to General Motors, Ford behind the scenes, the financial
octane Peugeot 202, Vauxhall."Twelve," und correctly, has an
Chrysler-and, what is wizard, the man who is consult rating of 72. I doubt very much Volvo, and probably the Stan- more, Kaiser-Frazer is making ed on all major matters Part- if our local Aupply is much dard "Eight", all bettered 40 money.
ber
In
more than 67, which accounts mpg. for a great deal of the "pinking"
•
with which we are afflicted. One The economy cara showed u motorist I know manages to lay rapid drop
as the speed was
hia hands occasionally on
The difference in the
over a Barely
year
Kalaer-Frazer hus thug done what many considered impossi ble-crashed into the leading
once
powor
nering him is Joseph Frazer, who concentrates on sales.
The man on the spot at Wil low Run is Edgar Kalser, 39.
a raised, and only a quarter of the ranks of manufacturers while year old son of the Big Boss.
there. Even
more
small supply of 100-octane avia- cars tested exceeded 30.mpg at still in the fledgling stage and tlon spirit which he mixes with 50 mph. The Jowett "Javelin" stayed the stuff he gets from the pump. offered 22 mpg at 70 mph, the amazing is the fact that the per Riley 21-Hire 23 mpg, and the company has managed to do formance of his car is quite wind-tested Healey, which has a this even though it diauppoint-
maximum speed of around 110 ed the buying public. `mph, turned in the astonishing
figure of 01.2 mpg at 70 mph!
startling,
*
Road Tests Talking about road-testa minds me I envy the technical'
re-
At the plant he has gathered
a smart team of production ex- perts, while the labour force itself contains a very high per centage of young veterans of World War II.
Between them, they raised When the company was being the output in the first 12-month
from formed. It was announced that period Kaiser-Frazer would build cars month to 12.039-and the pro- -A. Ẹ. G.' that would compete in the low duction figure still shows
signs of essing off; on the con- trary, it is still rising.
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