MOTOR NOTES.
MOTOR-CYCLE NOTES.
The Trial Dinner.
It was very unfortunate that only
CHROMIUM PLATING.
A REVIEW OF THE PRESENT POSITION.
When chromium plating was firat a small percentage of those who introduced about two years ago, Look part in the Motor Cycle Rewrites Mr. A. G. Douglas Clease, liability Trial attended the dinner B.Sc., in the autacar, it immedi held at Lane, Crawford's Restau- ately attracted attention. The fact rant inst Wednesday, Filty riders that it is untarnishable, and that, competed in the trial, but only therefore, it does not need cleaning handful turned up to the dinner, with metal "polish or similar pre- and by the majority of those preparatious, at once appealed to the sent were trial officials. The din-average owner-driver who cares for ner provided by Lane Crawford's his car himself and takes a pride was very well prepared and served, in its smart appearance. while the entertainment following the dinner was thoroughly enjoyed Proposed Motor-Cycle Club,
It was,
in fact, hailed by many as the greatest boon conferred on the owner-driver since the perfecting of; cellulose finish.
It was pointed out by the Trial Secretary, Mr. H. G. Swinburne, that the question of the next re liability trial would have to rest with some other bedy, and for that purpose he proposed the formation. of a club to be known as "The Motor Cycle Club of Hong Kong."oughly understood and its details He added that there were over 400 motor-cyclists in the Colony, and that with such a large membership the Club could make, n!! arrange ments for future trials, scrambles, paper-busts, motorcycle football, and most important of all, gym khanas. The latter could be made
Bistory, one is told, has a habit of repeating itself, and certainly the early history of chromium plating was not unlike' that of cellulose finish. In both cases a new process was involved, and the natural result was that until the process was thor were mastered the results produced were not always satisfactory, Trou bles were experienced, it will be remembered, with cellulose finish, and only as time and experience showed the causes of those troubles was it possible to eradicate them. In the same way some of the many enjoyable and interesting, enthusiastic owner drivers who both for riders and spectators..
hastened to have the bright parts The need of a motor-cycle club of their cars chromium plated found for the Colony has been long felt, that after a few months, or in some and it is sincerely hoped that every cases only a few weeks, the reputed effort will be made to make a startly hard chromium was peeling off on Air. Swinburne's suggestion. Derhaps sonic experienced body Bke the Hong Kong Automobile Association could start the ball colling?
miost
Final Checks.
It was also announced during the dinner that criticism had been heard in reference to the accuracy of the trial checks. Mr. Swinburne assured those present that the ut- most care had been taken to obtain the correct results, and that out- side assistanco had been specially employed for the purpose of check- ing the finni resulta. The check sheets were posted up at the ding ner, and many competitors who were present availed themselves of the opportunity to follow the re- sults of their checks at the various points around the course. The secret checks proved very surpris- ing, many being held in places where they were least expected Glancing through the checks it was noticed that any ine runs were made by riders who were very high up until near the finish, but forced to retire on account of mechanical trouble or bad luck. It was evident that had these riders "come through," the actual results might havo been very different. The T.T. Offer.
A Blessing in Disguise... The natural result was that the new Anish suffered something of setback, but actually this was all to the good, for enabled the pinters to overhaul their methods and and out where the fault lay and how it could be cradicated. better results were obtained and it was proved that chromium plating could be carried out quite satisfac torily the demand for it naturally increased, and now it is, of course, standardised in many cases.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1930.
THE FAMILY TELEPHONE
HEARS TELE- PHONE RING.
WIFE CRIES DO BE QUIET, HOW CAN SHE HEAR WHAT THE OPERATOR'S SAYING WITH ALL THIS RACKET SDING ON.
Plating a Bumper.
GOES TO DOOR AND SHOUTS IS THAT FOR
HIM, HE'S EXPECTING. A CALL
NO ANSWER
SAYS HE ISN'T MAKING ANY RACKET, HE JUST ASKED IF IT WAS FOR HIM, BECAUSE HE'S EX· ·· PECTING A -
By GLUYAS WILLIAMS
GLYRS
WILLAFTS
FURTHER REMARKS ARE CUT SHORT BY A SHARP SHUSH.. AND THEN THE NEWS THAT YES, IT IS FOR HIM:
(Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc)'
HUMOUR: ANCIENT
Householder (seeing 'plumber do-- part): "I'm Gone back for his tools, as usual, I suppose!"
Maid: No, sir-an engagement ring." :
In the case of bumpers, the bars! of which are, of course, of spring steel, the Arst process is the actual formation of the bumper bag. This is then heat treated to give it the required degree of springiness, and before it is plated it is sandblasted, and then polished on those parts where a bright finish is required. It is important to notice that any weakness in the nickel plating is, in some extraordinary way, found out by the chromium plating, which seems to cause the nickel to peel
What position does. George off, whereas otherwise it would usually play in 1" probably remain in place at least)
"Well, he's not very good to-day, to keep for some time. It is for this rea- but he usually tries son that steel parts are sandblasted vertical." all over to remove every particle of scale, and then, when they have been polished, they are given a coating of nickel approximately one and a half thousandths of an inch thick. The nickel plating is then given a finishing polish on those parts which are required to be bright, and finally the article goes into the chromium-plating vat,
The fact that chromium plating has thus been standardised is proof that the car manufacturers have been convinced of its practicability, bat if further proof be needed it is to be found in the fact that large necessory manufacturers, such as Wilmpt-Breeden, Ltd., Birming ham, employ it for their products It is used by them, for example, for bumpers, and in view of the fact that they are the largest bumper manufacturers in Europe, with an output of over 4,000 sele per week, many of which are for export, even DRIVING IN THE FOG. to the Far East, thei: considered choice carries weight. It is also used for door locks, over 8,000 of which are produced, every week. and for body fittings generally, such as door handles body fittings in. perind styles, roof and scuttle ven. tilators, calormeters, and mascot wings.
The invitation, from home for a local rider to compete in the TT races was also brought up at the dianer One of those present
These productions are mentioned queried whether the offer was for for the reason that in producing the Amateur Reces or the actual them various metals are employed, T.T. races, and if it was for one making it necessary to apply chro- race or three? To repeat the an- mium plating to steel, brass, nickel swer given him the dinner, the silver, nad zinc alloy die castings. offer is for the actual T.T. or pro- Brass and nickel-silver are compara- fessional race, and includes al.tively easy to chronium plate, but three races, the Lightweight (950 steel and zinc alloy offer more c.c.), Junior (330 c.c.) and Senior difficulty. (500 cc.).
The method adopted is, briefly, Incidentally, it may be mentioned drst to use coating of nickel plate, that owing to an unfortunate scan and this is put on comparatively dal in the amateur races last thickly. The nickel plate is then September, when following an relished, and finally the article is A.C.U. inquiry certain prominent chromium plated. only a very thin No further riders were found to have broken corting being used. their amateur bonds by accepting polishing is necessary, as the chro- bonuses, the amateur races have rium plating is bright as it leaves been dropped for good.
the val in which it was deposited.
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SOLE AGENTS.
FIVE M.P.H. ON STUBBS. ROAD...
How many owner-drivers, I won- der, went out for a drive on: Island Road last Wednesday night writes
correspondent.
I had a most extraordinary ex- perience, and the few cars I met, or rather the drivers of the few cars that I inet, must have felt just like I did, for they too were either running on second or low gear,
Having nothing to do alter dio-1 ner, I took the old 'bus out for a run, intending to go round the
I went by the Pokfulam Island. way, and though the night was not a very good one for a drive, it was not by any means a very bad one.
However, when I got to Repulse" Bay, I changed my mind about doing the complete circuit, turned the car round, and made for town
Stubbs Road. I had not gone very far when I ran into the thick. est, fog imaginable. Though my headlights are rather powerful. I could see nothing more than clouds ahead of me. It was impossible to go at anything more than about 5 m.ph so I shifted into second, and then down to low gear, and. crawled along, "finding my way by keeping one eye on the kerb and the other on the road, so to speak.
“Hook, Hoak”
Gurr-urr-ngh gurr.arr-uugh.. Another car was coming from the opposite direction. This driver, too, was running on low gear, and his lights locked like two of the dim kerosene Jamps one so often sees in Chinese houses. We kept sounding dur horns, and it was just like two ships passing each other on a very thick night;
Now that's much better," I said to myself, when I got, clear of that particularly bad patch, but my luck was not to last long, for almost immediately I ran into an- other patch of fog,'and remained in it until I got down to the level of Bowen Road, near the filling station at the junction of Bowen and Stubbs Roads, and from here onwards it was just ordinary driving again.
What it must have been like on the Peak that night I do not know, but my experience certainly con- vinces me that it in no easy matter to go about in a fog like the one I ran into. Even with the aid of two powerful searchlights," so to speak, it was most difficult to see two yards ahead.
It was father a thrilling experi ecce, and in a way I enjoyed it, but let us hope we will not have very many more like it-especially. when one is miles from anywhere in the stillness of the night. :
She (to bank manager): "I want to be a customer of yours."
Bank Manager:You zican you'd like to bank with ust
She:Well, what I really want a to borrow five pounds."
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SHOUTS FOR PITY'S SAME ISN'T ANYBODY ANSWERING THE PHONE, HE'S EXPECT. ING A CALL.
GETS TO PHONE JUST AS MILDRED- AND WILFRED EMERGE FROM BEDROOMS CALLING DID THE PHONE RING AND WAS IT FOR THEM..
AND MODERN.
Applicant "But I woudn't take this job if I've got to carry a thing like that about with me."
Manager of Vacuum Cleaner Com- pany: Nonsense! Slip on your plus fours, and who's to know you areat's going for a round of golf!".
Mr. Sage (to young man who wishes to furnish out of income); Ian't it rather risky, ordering all this furniture without the er-good -tudy seeing it!"
Young Man: "Ah, yes, I was going to ask you whether you could introduce me to the one who figures in your advertisements."
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35.-Rears of vessels. 33.--Wiles.
39. Top piece. 41.-Tidy.
32,To recompense.. 43-Markets; 45.-Mold."
48-Hypothetical force, 47.-Junction. 43-French article.
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"Horlicks is always served when Malted Milk is asked for" says the management of Lane Crawford's Cafe-" We keep no other,"
This we may say is general amongst all high-class cater" ers, who pride themselves upon serving. "THE BEST, NOT THE CHEAPEST.”
WOMAN'S CORNER.
THE BLOUSE QUESTION.
FOR MORNING AND
AFTERNOO...
The blouse question is important, the rogue for blouses is more mark- êu than ever owing to the new knitted coat and skirt ensembles which are so popular.
DANGEROUS. MOTHERS.
HOW LEARNING PHYSIO.
LOGY HELPS.
ledge of children's ailments and The mother with a little know-
stubborn theories of her own is tho most dangerous kind of mother. She is always ready to abuse the medical profession. Yet when her own remedies fail to help her sick child she is the first person to call in doctor. She describes the child's symptoms, and then, takês iton herself to dictate to the doctor the treatment she thinks he should prescribe.
If by any chance he differs in opinion she is furious and usually fails to carry out his instructions. A mother who is frankly ignorant about children's ailments is much more liable to be a successful aureo
Intelligent Care.
Satin blouses and contees are for her sick child because she is the most favoured in Paris, willing to carry out the doctor's and for afternoon WCBT noth orders. ing is considered 60 chie as well-cut tailored suit of black heitz-wantz with a white satin "blouse, whose softly falling jabot revers is fastened at the neck or on the hip with a large square jewelled brooch.
For morning wear, or working in oces, plain little blouses with high-necked collars and a very alight touch of open work or em- broidery are chosen.
Raglan sleeves, by the way, are becoming quite fashionable again, and are shown a lot for blouses as well as for the new dresses.
The trouble with most mothers is that they know too much about in- dividual cases of illness in children and too little about physiology. If all the enthusiastic young mothers who read books on Child Welfare would study physiology instead they would understand how to take care of their children ten times better than they do now.
When a man wishes to qualify as a medical practitioner the first thing he learns is a sound know- ledge of the human body.. It is obviously as important for a mo- Thick crepe de Chine, lace and ther to have an elementary know- even lame are made up into blouses ledge of anatomy if she is going for afternoon and semi-evening to take care of her child's health wear, while those worn in the morn-intelligently.
ing are usually of washing silk,
There are millions of mothers.
or toile de sole-a mon's silky shirt who can talk glibly about their material on which open work can † children's health and diseases. But be done attractively.
only one in a thousand" can tell Tuck-in blouses are the most seen, you how her child's bones grow, but many are now made in the or its blood circulates. waist-coat or coatee style bloused to the high waist with overlapping bits fitting snugly over the hips.
POLISH SALAD.
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Most mothers would be at a loss to describe how their child's heart worked, or the food it ate three times every day was digested. They probably have not the slightest idea what happens to the air it breathes into its lungs. So how can they hope to understand the diseases of Cut up into cubes any cold meat, these various organs and systems such as boiled, or roast beef or mut that keep their children alive and ton, turkey or venison. Cut into growing 1 Amal}
pieces previously boiled potatoes, pelery, bects, and raw
Elementary Facts. apple.
Every mother who has to take Make a dressing of three dessert care of her own child should know. spoonfulls of oil to one of vinegar, something, about babies bones, and. salt and pepper to taste.
how they develop. She should un- Boil one or two eggs' four minutes dengtand a few elementary facts and mix the yolks with the dress about blood and the
way it ing. Chop the whites with some circulates, fresh air, and respira gherkin pickle and, if liked, a little tion, food and digestion. onion,
She would then have an infinitely Pour the dressing over the salad better chance of feeding her child mixture an hour before serving successfully, taking care of its and sprinkle the white of egg and health reasonably, and nursing it pickles on top.
sensibly when necessary.
This is appetising and nourishing and n good way to make use of left-overs.
mon sense. Comparatively few of them are really hysterical and diffel cult to deal with sensibly.
Even the most perfect theoretical knowledge is worse than useless in.. bringing up children unless it is mixed with a very large amount of practical common sense. Fortunate ly, English mothers as a whole are blessed with a good deal of com
(Continued on preceding columa).