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MOTORING NOTES
A Weekly Review dealing with Matters of Interest to all Local Motorists.
Motors in South China-The Institute of Transport-The Local Automobile Association-Going "Home" by Car — The Prizes-High Priced Cars,
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67° GEORGE ST. BAKER ST.
LONDON, W.1 *:
[BY AN OWNER-DRIVER.]
MOTORS IN SOUTH CHINA. | medal for his very able paper on
The more one reflects upon the recent remarks of His Excellency the Governor regarding transport problems in China, the more obvious does it become that the motor has entirely changed the old problem of
communication.
Electric and Petrol Transport of Passengers in America,”
fr
No doubt we shall bear Diore about the growing competition be tween electricity and petrol in other parts of the work. It seems to be fairly certain that the electric tran car can no longer compete with the motor bus and it is, therefore, Twenty-five years ago we heard a rather surprising that some enter- great deal about railway develop prising local firm has not run i ment in China. The Canton-Kow-motor- bus service from West Point leen railway was built, the Kowloon to Shaukiwan section being one of the most costly pieces of work of its kind in the
world, A road to Canton would have cost far less and if there had been a Toad a fleet of motor vehicles would have been plying be.
tween Kowloon and Canton, leaving
the termini at much more frequent
intervals than does the 'train.
Some such application to the local transport authorities may have been made and regarded by the latter. unfavourably. When the Praya East reclamation scheme is complete the roads will be wider. Meanwhile the Rewicon motor bus service
grows apace.
THE LOCAL AUTOMOBILE
ASSOCIATION.
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PERSONALITY.
Mr. W. R. Morris, who is only Mr. L L. Drader drove his car forty-three, was born with few ad from Manchester to Calcutta in less vantages and is amazing success than eighty days He has opened has been due to the qualities be up the roate. Shall wo decide, lored by the British people-pluck when next we bave long leave, to take our car from Hong Kong to Calcutta by steamer and do the remainder of the journey by car! We should pass through Irak if we the eyele industry. decided to do that tour. Mr.
Drader went to Bagdad and then on to Quetta. He traversed abomin. able roads and was lost in a desert after leaving Aleppo. Then his car got stuck in a lake more than 100 feet wide and two feet deep but the Wilbys-Knight "Six" got out of it on its own power in two hour. He wired an account of the episode and his description included the words Drained gallon of water out of
lower crank case."
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These men who blaze the trail for
THE WORLD'S RECORD.
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On February 4th, 1997, Mr. Mal- colm Campbell obtained two world's records on Pendine Bands.
and industry. He received his edu. cation, not at a famous publie school, but at a village school. He worked at the beach as a fitter in.
The started his motor car factory at Cowley cr.n, small scale because he had not much capital but he always had before him the idea of
have д
Snow Roox
G$ 1,20 'G $ 1.975
DURO MOTOR CO., LTD., NATHAN RD., KOWLOON.
The
tax
big inedin. (annual) in Great Britain is £35. The Duke and Duchess of York during their visit to New Zealand, used an enclosed limousine known as the long eighteen." The Royal family, it rany be said, spread their patronage, amongst the high grade cat producers of England.
Thirty care of the famous Rolla Royce make Were to be acea parked together at Delhi recently. H.E. the Governor at Singapore has one of the same make-a 10 hores-power
machine.
!
The materials used in these high.
big factory. In these days when we hear a great deal of sentimental Sade cars are well tested and are. sob-stuff (na the Americans call of the best quality that metallur- it) about internationalism term sical science can produce. An eight popular amongst cranks and cam-ylinder car is not only expensivo to buy, but it is also expensive to minists-it is refreshing to find & definite personality mach as that af. It is, however, a great de-
ir. Merris. He is proud of the light to handle. fact that Britain was the pioneer in
The passenger may find it dif ficult to discover where lies the
great difference in value between the £330 car and one that costs £2,000 but the expert feels a thrill when he handles an almost perfect piece of mechanism. To the uninitiat el there seems to be but little dif A GOOD SIX.
ference between certain specimens Eo will "ginger up "the any one kind of jewel, such as Wolseley works and be will not be diamonds, thas vary a great den! content with making money. He in price because of the particular whats to make a good six cylinder qualities which the experts require. car. He paid very nearly three quarters of a million sterling for
the new venture,
High priced cars have the great advantage that, of treated proper- Ty, they will go on working for. many years. It almost scams, in fact, as if some of the inodels of 1923 cannot possibly wear out.
His trade rivals all acknowledge the immense driving force of Mr. Morris and he will not be content with "the English market; he will What will inevitably happen is make a bold bid for trade oversena. that they will in time became old Best of all he will bring about a fashioned in appearance. Fashion reduction in the price of cars.
engineering work. He is WATER TRANSPORT.
the tourists of the future are to be patriotic and does not apologise for The problem of transport in South
commended; but until Asia is less the fact. He says "Buy my car China is entirely different from that
infested by bandits we shall feel a but if you won't do that, if you of transport in North China In On Monday next the annual meet-
bit nervous of the long journeys į arc a Briton support your own Kwangtung and other provinces in ing of the Hong Kong Automobile across Asia. The motor car is re- country and buy à British car.” the South the many waterways make Association was to have taken place.liable enough. It is the human railway building very expensive. The Committee have now decided to obstacles
that worry; not the The weight of a locomotive in much hold the meeting on Friday, April machine.. greater than that of a transport ist, as another important meeting wagon and the locomotive drags al is being held on Monday next. It long line of trucks after it It is to be hoped that there will be a would seem
that the bridges "re- good attendance of members. quired for road transport could be The accounts show that the law much lighter than those needed for yers and a techuical adviser have railways. Then, again, the roads been retained at some expense. Az | He did the "Kilo" at a speed en be graded much more steeply far as it is possible to judge by the of 171.88 miles per hour and the for mater transport than for rail-hecounts only two-members have mile at a speed of 114.92 miles. "ways and there is nothing like the oficially consulted these experts. same need for tunnelling.
It would have been more economical There is such a remarkable sys- for the Association to have paid the tem of water transport in South ordinary professional fees rather China that it is unlikely that rail than to have made the arrangement ways will ever be able to compete for annal retaining fees. It must with it for the movement of bulky be confessed that the result of this merchandise. Roads could compete experiment of retaining a legal and because time is an important factor a technical expert has been disap- in passenger, träfic and for light pointing. The difficulty with regard treight produce, such as vegetables. to the legal matters is that the Mechanical transport on the roads polles are out to help motorists of Hong Kong and the new Terri- while at the same time protecting the tory has demonstrated beyond cavil general public. If the traffic authori- that the Chinese appreciate all the ties set out to persecute motorists advantages that such methods of the legal gentlemen would have a transport offer.
much better time. It seems that the police investigate a case very thoroughly before they decide to prosecute.
ROAD BUILDING.
It will always be more costly to build roads in South China than in North Ching because of the great amount of bridging that must done in nearly all of the country south of the Yangtze River,
He used the Dunlop equipment of well-basc Rims and tyres.
At those terrifle speeds the slight est difficulty with a tyre might lead to disaster. It requires great cour- age to achieve such success and also good materials.
DIANA OF TO-DAY,
HIGH PRICED CARS.
The British motor industry is not
is a great friend to the motor manufacturer. He likes to targ out..." a good article but he wants his sales to increase and here fashion
ORCHARD ON A LONDON ROOF.
EXPERIMENT WITH 10 FRUIT TREES.
Seventy fruit trees Are to be
Although it is now-a-days possible helps him.. to obtain a car at a much lower price than in the early years of Mrs. Victor Bruce and Miss motoring it is also possible to prý Violette Cordery are the heroines a lot of money for a luxurious of the motor world. They are two
vehicle. very plucky women. They are mak ing dificult trials of cars and they able to turn out a quantity pro- planted on the roof of Adelaide will show, incidentally, that the ear duction comparable to the AmeriHouse, the office building overlook- of to-day can be relied upon to go
cau, factories" but, it does produce ing London Bridge. There is al beautiful pieces of mechanism that ready an eighteen-hole putting long distances.
course, but those responsible for the Women are taking a more and give real joy to their fortunate building have arranged for hundreds more detailed interest in cars and drivers.
of tons of soil to be carried to the The writer has been caught" on mechanism. The Diana of to-day H.R.H. Prince Heary recently roof, and have obtained the advice fruit trees of experts with a view She has all the selected a 33 borse power car of a being planted there this spring. more than one occasion. Once he hunts records. rather carelessly went by a light nerve and courage of any hercine of well-known British make. The en- without looking at the signal. The the ancients. road was obviously clear and it was
A COMPLAINT.
:
In North China there are wide in the early days of the lamp level plains, some of them extend-signals. He was summond and in ing to hundreds of square milesdae curse paid the fine. Road building in such a country is a comparatively simple matter. "The dust storms create dificulties, but not of the same magnitude aa á mountain range or a buge river.
Over many of the mountain ranges there are already narrow tracks that have been worn by the feet of many hundreds of thousands of pedes-
THE PRIZES.
An English motor frm "bas a capital of £500,825. In 1920 the profit on that capital amounted to The only complaint that he made 3293,070. In 1922 the profit was was that he had to appear before £70,000 and in 1925 it was £200,000- the magistrate in person. He ac-The lucky shareholder this year will knowledged his transgression and obtain half of the original capital hoped that he would be excused atas a dividend. That makes the and lost a good deal more than that holders water.
He paid $5 finemouths of some Hong Kong share-
tendance. Not so.
trians and thear will be widened in by being absent from work for The arm paying out these big
time so as to take motor transport.
Looking into the future it soems doubtful wheher the 50,000 miler of railways in China will ever be greatly extended. The great need of the country is roads for motor
vehicles.
THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT.
The annual report of the Institute reminded us that every technical
several hours.
profita manufactures, commercial
There might be a recognised sche-vehicles and it would be of interest cule of fines allowing the indignant to know what commercial vehicle motorist to appeal to the court if manufacturers will pay in divid- he thought the fines ajust. The ends this year taking an average, new Committee of the Hong Kong The British engineering trade, as AA might make a working arrange a whole, suffered a great deal dur- ing 1990. Not only is thoro still the world trade depression but there was, in England, the general strike. That threw back the output of engineering materials.
ment with the palice!
THE ANNUAL MEETING. The main business of the annual general meeting of the Association will be to listen to the retiring Presi dent's remarks on the year's work,
Some of the English motor firms
make profits, others do not, The to adopt the statement of accountsman of the hour is Mr. Morris society or association of any note and to elect new officers and a new who is cow, the dominating figure nowadays demands some qualifica- Committee tion from those who wish to be.
in the British motor industry. The
come members and the papers sub- As always happens some of last writer knows the inside of the mitted at the Arst examination held year's committee will be away on works that he has acquired and is under the Institute's auspices show. leave during this year but it is no place in the world are there high standard. The member hoped to persuade some local motor- better workmen than are to be ship of the Institute is now 2.488iate to serve and to take a detailed found in those worka. which shows a healthy growth. Mr. interest in the work of the Associa will make their paythere will be Walter Jackson was awarded a gold
more prizes
ed e
tion.
Morris
A screen will be erected to protect gine has eight cylinders. A beauti- them from, the keen winds, The experiment of an orchard on a City.. fal car, but the price makes it im-roof is being watched with great
possible for the man who does not interest.
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