MOTOR NOTES.
· LOADOMETERS" FOR
THE POLICE.
DEALING WITH OVERLOADED LORRIES.
vehicles in streep nesidents there is considerable damage done te road surfaces.
The Polier Trafie Branch is now equipped with loadometers which come from America. These instru- ments are perelde and reward in pound weight the evincentrate land Among the many problems with on rach wheel of a truck. By their which the police are fused in regard use the officers are enabled to weigh
overloaded vehicles at the points te the ever-increasing traffic is
where they are apprehended, to Singapore de matter of over-increase their effectiveness, y leaded lorries and trucks is by no changing their location at will, and --what is more important sure means the least, says the Straits ecidence of over-weight to submit Times. That such over-läsding is to the court when prosecuting Pite is admittel, but tracing offenenders.
Loadometer Described, ders, and searing a conviction in the courts has been found difficalt by the traffe authorities,
In the past there have been og
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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1929.
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MODERN TYRES.
GOOD SERVICE UNDER
ONEROUS CONDITIONS........
Whenever a race is won or a record smashed the attention of the pabile tends, to concentrate Arst upon the driver, secondly upon the car na a whole, and thirdly upon shas spoilt darling of the chassis | components-the engine, remarks 7he 3lotur. Other parts which run tributed to the success of the car scarcely over receive any laurels and gain prominence in the news selmans only on such occasions as they may fail to stand the racket. ease in point is the much aligned pneumatic tyre, which has made possible modern standards of speed and reliability, but is still th component receiving the least praise and the most criticism.. The modern tyre represents a markable achievement. Composed
only encloses the column of air that
This device can be carried around by officers in their cars And eliminates the difficulty of bringing simply of cotton and rubber, it got
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acceleration and fast cornering. task of resisting abrasion and sharp Added to these duties it has the objects Hable to cause punctures: this it performs se satisfactorily that it is a commonplace to run 12,000 miles on a private car with out a change of tyres and with scarcely a puncture,
100 YEARS OLD!
CENTENARY OF LONDON'S 'BUSES.
The centenary of London's 'busey occurred on, July, 4. • The Srat omnibus, an unsprung vehicle drawn by three horses, which carried „twenty-two
tween the
The
passengers, ran be. Yorkshire Stingo," Paddington, nid the Bank. Thir fare was a shilling. The idea of running the bus service occurred to an English coachbuilder named George Shillibeer, who had seen them in the streets of Paris. conductors were the sons of naval officers. Nineteen years later came lighter vehicles on which accommo dation was made for two passen- gers on the box. It is recorded that amongst the earliest proprie chell, who actually drove her own tors was a certain. Mrs. Anne Mit-
'bas on the Hammersmith route. until a collision brought about her retirement from the box.
a vehicle a long distance to a platearries the load, but also forms the form senle. A pair of loadometers casional cases of allegedly over only weigh 23 pounds each and the sole connecting link xween the Par nod the road: the cover, there- Gailed master trucks being involved method of application is simple. fore, carries at the stresses pro- in street menigents, but the position! They are in fact two small plat-duced by sudden braking, fierce In December, 1955, came the
forts with ulam levors, and a das da beroute aute and ways.
London General Omnibus Company, sides of effectively combatting meters are placed on the road in
of the Compagnie Générale des i Kanga
In carrying out a text the
founded in Paris, ander the title l nuisance have debuuled the
inds of Singapore traffic authori front of the front whorls of the
Omnibus des Londres. Things went Firmek, which is driven “up so that Ces. The only method of bringing her full we be the wee of
rather badly at first. There were Henders to look previously na by
many difficulties and little organi Readings are taken the platform. diving the vehicle suspected to be from each gauze, the sum of which
large crowds visiting the Great Ex- sation. During 1951. owing to the carrying more than the licensed
is the weight of the front axles. The masium load to a platform" scaladoners are then transferred to
hibition, some of the bus proprie- sundly kept in the yard of the the rear and the vehicle bicked up
We emphasize these facts because
tors raised their fares from three- ww fel that the modern tyre gets Registrar of Vehicles. This method on them. The sum of the two pairs ut litle credit for its remarkable
pence to fourpence, and the Lon found inconvenient from
of readings gives the gross load of qualities and is, indeed, often
don newspapers of the period were, peal aspects. A torry, say, ten the motor truck. The meter is con- sed for failing under hopeless-righteous angry letters expressing to quote an old writer, “full of atie out of town would have to be structed of special aluminum allayy adverse conditions, such as thuse the disgust of the town at the out- driven into town and then
1 giving ናቲ TaxiteurD examination be found to weigh just
strength, imposed by ander indation. mis
rageous proûteering." The notice. few pounds more than the part reducing the weight a mini-aligmen of the wheels and so forth. of the increased fares are care
made from large dials graduated life as is oil to an engine. but for mum, and accurate readings are Air in a tyre is as important to its fully concealed amongst the legs of in pounds. The pressure gauge is
the people inside,“ quipped with a zero correction
some obscure reason it is difficult to make the owner-driver realize screw so that the instrumenta may
this fact. by correctly calbrited.at all times.
.wn-
mited loadno warranting a pro
ution The time involved would engthy and the owner of the truck subjected to considerable un-
messsary "delag in the process.
Using New Invention. This "question has had the ten- tion of authorities in other parts of the work, and divers solutions been trid, with varying results. In order to cope with the
fendy Singapore traffic authori, ties are now experimenting with an invention which seems to he very satisfactory. Apart from the dan
ocensioned by
Ket
overloaded
Two cases of a test character in which the new loademeter provided the evidence of over-weight were brought in the local courts by Mr. i Alexander, A.S.P.. in charge of the i, Traffic Branch, and convictions were secured in both cases. in one ease the overload was as much as for tons and in the other tayo rons. Fines of $5 each were ingosed on the offenders.
وجہ ہے
JEST A DOUBT.
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THE FAMILY ALBUM-THE RADIO PROGRAM
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
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SAYS HE GUESSES HE'LL LOOK UP THE RADIO PRO GRAM, WHERE'S THE NEWS PAPER.
DISCOVERS THAT MILDRED TOOK THE PART THAT HAD THE NEWS ABOUT UND- BERGH'S WEDDING. BE CAUSE SHE WANTED TO SAVE IT.
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AFTER CONSIDERABLE CALLING BACK AND FORTH FINDS THAT WIFE CARRIED IT DOWN LEBAR THINKING HE WAS THROUGH WITH IT
GETS THE MISSING SECTION FROM MIL- DRED'S ROOM BUT FINDS THE RADIO PROGRAM PAGE TORN OUT
TYRES AND WHEELS. flow many motorists "know the of their car-wheels? The aver are owner probably never, thinks of As the influence of the La.o.c.it until he has to order a new tyre. hegap be felt inflammater Then he looks at his old ones, sees placards were posted in the city and they are marked 27 x 4.40 or 31 x elsewhern against the foreign in-3.00, aud assumes that he has 2" novation. The position became so or 1 inch wheels. acute that the pelice had to inter-i Actually wheels vary from 19 to vene. When it became known, how inches in diameter. Of the "Magistrate: Are you quite sure
ever, that the Compagnie Générale figures now stamped on tyres the did not intend to run in competir is the over-all diameter of the he was the worse for drink 15
Constable: No, sir, not position with the existing companies when plus tyre, and the second the dinmeler of the tyre section. This tive but his wife says he brought but to buy the old routes and em- home a manhole cover in his car ploy the same drivers and conduc- often causes misunderstanding, and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and tried to play it on the grame tors the situation became easier.
If the first month 27 omnibuses and Traders. has decided on a phone."--The Motor, 's,
were being operated, but this mum-simpler way of denoting them by [her shou grew to 109. To the the diameter of the tyre section sixties about 500 omnibuses were and the diameter of the wheel it running. Conductors were sure of self. Thus in future the 97 x 4.10 their wages because they paid them. will be called the 4.50-19, and the -elves each week out of the takings. x5.00 will be 3.00-20. What were known as "three-horse
These are all inches, and in time expresses made two journeys in there will be only half-inch differ- the morning between Highbury and
For the present 4.75 and the G.P.O., while in the aight they (reuly 4 and 5 inches) re- ran from Charing Cross to npe main, but decimas ke 4.40 und 4.95 are hereafter abolished. Well, with the after theatre traße.
as long as the makers riamp the figures plainly, we shall know where we are.
GOOD YEAR
Goodyear Tyres perfectly com- bine ragged beauty with the strong sure gripping All-Weather Tread.
DISTRIBUTORS:
ALEX. ROSS & CO. (China), Ltd.
Prince's Building, Pad Floor
Telophone; C, 277% HONG KONG.
Kowloon Service Station.
Telephone: K. 1486.
Paper pence were issued for tickets in 1857, and the iden been me so popular that drapery firms began to invest in paper pence which they gave their patrons in lieu of small change. The company suffer. led considerably from petty pilfer- ings on the part of conductors. One. it is stated. sent is. 6d. |
conscience money" when he left the service, requesting that a "re ecipi should be posted in the office window. The district manager posted a notice as follows:-
Received the sum of 179 6d. with thanks. Please forward the mainder as soon as possible.
In 1993 came the bell punch system of tickets, and to-day over 300 tons of tickets are used on the L.GO.C. 'buses in a rear. It was IG.O.C. who made the first at- tempt to get, tramways in Londen, The lines were to be lid from Sotting Hill Gate ria Marylebone Road to the Bank. Such opposi. tion was enenuntered, however, that Parliament refused to sanction the scheme, and the General" tram- way project was abandoned for good.
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ROMANCE OF THE T.T. Recalling memorable events of by gone T.T. races, Matur Curling sets out some of the epic feats of those early postwar years when the industry was just getting on its feet after a period of disorganization und depleted staffs.
There was, for example, the 1920 Junior event when A.J.S.8 startled the dovecotes of the industry by their phenomenal speed; indeed, they were so fast every one "blew up," and Cyril Williams pushed three miles to the finish and then won by 10 minutes.
In the races it is possible to trace the rise and fall in the fortunes alike of man and machine. Me chanical developments are disclosed by statistics and results speak for themselves, but the first appearance of interesting features of design, and likewise of future winners in the form of "also-rans," make-up the romance of bygone TT.s
HAVE YOU HEARD THIS?
No sooner "is the Austin Seven shown in America than a new fanny story is produced.
This great little car, it may be remembered, was shown for the first time at the recent New York Show, and on the opening day a visitor
e seen to be examining it with keen interest. A salesinan, there- farayanpresshed this moth the "Are you thinking of question: having one Two," shaped the ather, one for each feet,"
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ECONOMY IN ROAD TRANSPORT.
It is a most extraordinary fact thap, although economy of running is the fundamental basis of efficient motor transport, very few owners take the trouble to keep an ae- curate record of what their various vehicles cost per mile.
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RESCUES IT TROM CEL- LAR AND LOOKS THROUGH IT THREE TIMES
CALLS FOR PITY'S SAKE THERE'S A SECTION
MISSING, THE RADIO PROGRAM MUST BE IN THAT
WILFRED ADMITS HE TORE CUT SOME PPGE FROM SOME PAPER TO WIPE
UP THE INK HE SPILLED
SIGHS AND TUNES IN WITHOUT A FROGRAM
(Copyright, 1929, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
6-12
ENYAS WILLIAMS
To obtain the utmost benefit from these records it is obviously essch- tial than an independent record be kept for each vehicle in the fleet. Vehicles of similar load capacity may vary in cost as much as 2d., 3d, or even 6d. per mile, but this will never be realised by the man who surely slumps the running ex- penses of all his machines, for his average cost may be moderately satisfactory through the loss oc- casioned by a wasteful machine being offset by one or two machines which are
than usually economical.
more
It is essential of course, that an accurate mileage recorder be fitted to each machine, though some makers, such as the well-known Albion Co. of Glasgow, fit such a recorder as standard to all their productions and, having confidence in their machinea, encourage users. to keep comparative records of the cost of all their machines.
WHERE THE SIX WHEELER
SCORES....
The extraordinary utility and efficiency of the six wheeled motor vehicle is demonstrated most effec- tively in countries practically de- void of all ordinary roads Ic Australia, for example, large quan- tities of wool have to be hauled from sheep stations, often hundreds of miles in the interior, to the rail head, and for this purpose & num- her of the well-known Morris-Com- greia Six Wheelers are being successfully used.
The kind of work which these vehicles are called upon to do is shown by the following extract from the report of one Morris-Commer- cial driver:
that day the truck had to cul a new track over soft, virgin country. In places the water was over 1 ft, deep; for miles our tracks were from 1 ft. to 19 in. deep, and a third track was visible in parts where our diffs, had been dragging. After the first time we never ace got stuck, and we hauled, from Mahindry to Goordiaindi for six weeks, averaging 100 miles per day. On
HUMOUR: ANCIENT AND MODERN.
"And what is your father's ne A speaker in Hyde Park was in- cupation" said the headmaster of passioned and intellectual and con- the school.
tinually embellished his arguments "I can't tell you?" said Tom-with polysyllabic words. He wound up his speech with a fine burst of rhetoric, in which he used the word | "syllogism."
my..
Bat you must tell me." "Oh, please. Father wouldn't like me to,
But T must know. It's a question I ask of every child."
Well, he's bearded lady in a circus.
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Busy these days, Senator i' Very. I'm on one investigating committee and am being investigat. ed by another."
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In the pause which followed, an inquiring voice asked:- "Who's the jockey, mister 1"
Farmer: "What're ya comin' home with your milk pail empty fer Didn't the old cow give any- | thing ?"
"Yes," replied his son. "aine quarts and one kick."
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3.--By.
4.-Neuter possessive pronoun. 3.- Decays.
8. Short sleep.
7-Clothes maker.
6. Aviatora.
9-Wet earth. 10.-Type mersure. 11-To entertain royally. 12-Fell in crystals. 17.-Spanish for river. 20.-deering.
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21-A relative. 28.-Couples...
23-Matter used in soap making. 30.-Organ of head. 33.--Streak.
34. One who shows pettishness 35.-Maintains upright position. 38.-Blacksmith's devices.
37. More self-admiring. 38.-Mistakes. #
41.-Vase,
44.-Fruit. centre. 45.--Man's name. 48.-Unchivalrous person. 49.-Before. 52.-Toward. 54.--Prefix: down."
Horizontal. 1-Series of steps. 7.-Trainers of animals. 13-Kind of cloth.
14. Keenness of intellect. 15.-Part of." to be.".... 18-Adorned with historical ple-
tures. 18-To depart. 10-Sheep..
2-Beast's foot.
real cocasions during the posledujem plan son we had heavy rains, but. practically nothing could stop the truck,"
23-English school.
45-Animal park.
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112
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26-Lacking colour. 27.-Tractable.
29-Brought up.
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31-Implement for locking door. 32-Atmosphere.
34-Seasons.
36. To reach destination.
30. -Sound. 40.-Cask.
42-To scorch.
13.-Floor covering, 44.-To slice.
48-Baron's title.
47.-Pronoun.
18-To encourage wrong
silence.
504-Negative.
B1-Explosive device.
53-Pantry, 53-Ente away.
50.-Scoffe.
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