Road Rules Enforced,"
'Pedestrians who break the traffic Jaws of Munich are find one mark when detected.
Australian Motoring Slogan,
Owning a car brings Health and Happiness in the Home" is a new slogan now being widely used in Australia.
Austina: “ Down Under,"
Both Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand, lave Austin clubs,
Under a New Name.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1930.
MOTOR NOTES.
The Government of South Aus- and a third is to be formed intralin, finding that the term "motor
is not popular, has de taxation Christchurch, N.Z.
cided in future to discard it in favour of motor registrazion fee. An Obstructiozust.
In Now Zealand Too.
Auckland, New Zealand, is to install automatic traffic controls
following the experience of Well-court the other day a pedestrian ington, the capital city.
Petrol Consumption.
During 1920 278,822,000 gallons of petrol were consumed in the United States. compared with 8,236,349,000 gallons during 1926. Ussful.
Buckinghamshire
constabulary have been equipped with electric torches capable of giving a red or white light for night signalling to
meter and other traffic.
At Hand."
The latest American novelty is a changa-speed lever ball head made, in the form of a cigarette and match container, which is thus literally always at the driver's hand.
London's Buglesi Trabic Area.
According to a report just issued by the Ministry of Transport, Hyde Fark Corner is the busiest traffic point in London, Piccadilly Circus taking second place, and the Min. sion House being third.
Head Lamp Elciency.
A prize of £100 was offered by Sir Robert Hadfield in his address to the shareholders of Had Selds, Ltd., the Sheffield steel and engin eering firm, for the production of a British car head lamp of efficiency equal to or greater than that of the best foreign make..
Colour Harmony.
At the Moabit (Berlin) police
was sent to prison for, six months for wilfully obstructing road trafic." A 1929 Increase.
New Venture.
It is understood that General Motors, Ltd., by arrangement with Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., have com- menced to manrlacture Chevrolet-1 commercial vehicles on a large scale at the latter's factory at Luton, Bedfordshire. Figures based on the volume of production planned for twelve months show that the ap- proximate total value of material purchased in "Great Britain will amount to £2,200,000 and the
It is estimated that 182,238 prises annually paid in that town
|should rench £500,000. vate cars and 57,578. commercial vehicles were built in British fac- Petrol Eemony! tories during 1929, 18 compared with 163,332 cars and 40,323.com- the previous mercial vehicles in
The total value of motor year, vehicles exported in 1929 increased by about 21,300,000, and that of vehicles imported fell by £100,000. Safety Measure.
The police department of New
York is to introduce a regulation under which licences will be relu ed to those taxicabs that are not completely equipped with safety ginas. Attention has been drawn to this regulation. by Graham-Paige Motors, who state that they were first in completely equipping every model in the lower and moderate- priced range with safety glass. Cars at Epsom.
Even the mouths of 7-h.p. ear Owners must water at the extra- ordinary story of petrol consump tion told in The Motor Cycle. In a fuel consumption test organised by the Natal M.C.C. from Durban to Maritzburg and back, D. Donald- son, riding a 300 c.c. J.A.P.-engined OK-Supreme, is stated to bave to the gallon. This figure is said used petrol at the rate of 347 miles to beat the existing record for the and it is believed that never be- run by no fewer than 66 m.p.g.,
fore has so great a mileage been covered by a motor cycle or a gallon of petrol.
Excessive Noise in Motor-cycle
Triala.
FUTURE OF MOTOR TRANSPORTATION.
BRITAIN THREE YEARS AHEAD OF AMERICA,
INDUSTRY IN THE TWO COUNTRIES COMPARED.
That moter-bus transportation will soon be conducted by interna tional companies is the opinion of Clarence Rymer, one of Great Britain's leading transportation figures and president of Rymer's,
Limited.
This hook-up is only a matter of I think the time, saya Rymer. Pickwick or Grey lines of the United States will soon control motor-bus routes in Europe. Way shouldn't they conduct their pas sengers from Los Angeles to Rome and return? It is the next step in service and enterprise.
"At present people can book by moter to most parts of the world through their local motor-bus agency, he commented to a United Press reporter.
between
carry ample baggage space,
Wo
also have lavatories, excellent heat- ing and cooling equipment, arm resta, small tables, and wide soft seats. All coaches are equipped with lap robes too)
"Several years ago sleeping coaches were put into operation, but they did not prove successful The limited numbers which could be carried and our low fares made
Twelve to 18 | profits prohibitive. hours of bus travel generally takes | one to his destination, so there is no real need for sleepers."
about ser-
When asked what changes the merger of rail and road services will bring he replied, "There is always the danger that monopolies create an indifference vice. As a result of lax service the "About 60 years public suffers. ago the railroads took over the canals. Through neglect and lack of competition they allowed canal down. As a result the canals pass- to deteriorate and rua
systems
ed out of existence.
The railways now control 90 per cent, of the road transportation. Motor travel has been almost over- developed in this country.
Bus companies should serve as leeders for railways and there should be a co-ordination und interchange of tickets between the two mediums especially in Great Britain."
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money making nation during the Great War when our entire energy and industry, were thrown into the conflict, We've never regained, our eagerness to push ahead.
A spirit of optimism is needed. Our youths think we have reached the end of a long trail. We have traditional ideas and convention to break down. The United States is profiting by our mistakes.
"We English smile haughtily when the Frenchman boosts his Paris and the American bis Chi-
cago. We are mellow and superior. That is our attitude..
money too,
It costs us
The British Workman, "The British worker is more courteous than the American especially is this true with refer ance to workers who serve the pub formation clerks. lic as officers, conductors, and in
MR. EDGE'S "LUCKY ESCAPES."
THRILLING INCIDENTS.
"In the Gordon Bennett race' of ' 1920, when near Bregenz," says The Motor, "Mr. S. F. Edge was driving at about 60-45 m.p.h, and the flagman on duty on the road signalled, all was clear; but when ha came round a corner be found railway gates shut in his face. Ho braked very hard. The car twisted round and leapt of the road down an embankment of some 40 ft. in height and landed into a lot of bushes. These broka the fall to such an extent that, bar-. ring a small pipe broken, he was able quickly to get back on to the road, go on his way and win the Gordon Bennett Cup.
"A second narrow escape was on Brooklands track during a double- "The American uses a word such 12-hours' run on a 40 hp. car. Tra- as boost to tell a story. We ridi-velling at about 85 m.p.h., ander cule such a word, and take para- found that the steering, was not the Members' Bridge he suddenly graphs to tell the same.
responsive. The car had a ten- dency to dash down the bank, but he kept going down the railway straight, all the time wondering what had happened. He let the car slow down very gradually, as any sudden alteration in the speed might have precipitated trouble. At about 80 m.p.h., or a little less, one of the front wheels suddenly flapped round and skidded along the track, which was luckily wet as it was raining at the time. When he stopped he found the steering arm of the left wheel perfectly fren to Aap anywhere it Jiked.
"British firms are sticklers for details. We give more attention to prompt replies, and keep cur ap-, pointments with more punctuality!
"When I returned to Liverpool in 1920 following a business trip to the United States. I suggested that we build signs welcoming Ensinase Methods Contrastød.
'people to Liverpool and others ex- Rymer drew interesting contrasts tending invitation to return between business methods employed again. Everywhere I went in the in Great Britain and the United United States-Springfield, Illinois; Ireland and a dozen countries in States. He has made fivo return Trinidad, Colorado Las Vegas, Europe and return by motor. The trips across the United States. He Nevada; Tusson, Arizona and Los only stages of the journey not made has ridden by motor-bus from Angeles, I saw such greetings. The by motor coaches are the hops Canada to Los Angeles. Frequent Chamber of Commerce acorned the across the Atlantic, Irish Sea andly he visits the United States and ides. English Channel
Canada. His ideas about American į "However, we now have a com- business have been formed as the mittee which will meet every in result of years of intimate observa-coming passenger boat to Liverpool tion and study.
and extend a welcome and offer to escort people to golf courses or suggest suitable hotels and sight-
Through agreements" "Competitors in the big 'authe-American, British and Continental rized trials are not silencing their moter lines, a tourist may now pur- machines to anything like the neces chase a ticket in Seattle, Washing- sary degree" says the Motor ton, which will take him to New Cycling." The bulk of the com- York, a tour of Great Britain and peting machines are, in fact, dis- gracefully noisy: much more so than the stock models from the factories from which they emanate, and much more so than is good either for motor cycling or for the sport. It must be remembered that trials which rank amongst the big ten are attended by very large numbers of spectators, who quite naturally wish to emulate the per- formances of the crack trade men." If they are given the impression
Moter transportation in Great Britain," said Rymer in the exclu- sive interview granted United Press. "is three years ahend_of that generally found in the United States. Our fierce struggle with railways, the concentrated area of
conditions of few mountains and no deserts, and the central location of bus, depots are inducive to rapid advancement in motor travel.
"The United States has much to teach us and, in turn, ban a little
seeing tour,
"How many motorista in similar circumstances would have had the sense to leave the steering alone, instead of trying to correct it "
The Swedish Government has been presented with a petition re- questing a law to make general the right-hand rule of the road.
Cricklewood, London, N.W. re- sidents are asking for refuges in the centre of the road, owing to “un-
Dering the spring and summer race incetings at Epsome the car Parking arrangements at New Gate, Tattenham Corner, from which point the racing can be seen from the cars, will be reserved on Derby Day at £2 108, per car in the front row and at 21.10. per car in any other position, while a fee of £1 will be accented if any space is available in the enclosure after the reservations have been arranged. On all other race days the charge will be 12s. for each ear. Car Controlled by Wireless, „
A notable demonstration of the that first-class riding and first-class our country, the favourable route We know practically nothing about! city marred by factories, to Man disciplined traffic conditions," electric, eye" or light-sensitive photo-electric cell, was given retuning must be accompanied by a conditions, has sought the advicecently by the Westinghouse Electric very noisy exhaust, there is no Co., in the showrooms of the doubt whatever that they will not be slow to remove fishtails and then Mr. H. P. Davis, vice-pre-trials work but for their everyday Willys-Overland Co., in New York, silencer baffles not only for their sident of the Westinghouse Co., from his office in East Pittsburgh, riding, thus undoing the extremely directed the movements of an un..
useful work which the past few Fears have witnessed." attended cttr New York. Upon orders from the distant cperator; the car stopped or moved backward or forward. The demonstration was ande rossible by a photo-electric | £800,000, | rell placed in a trunk at the rear
The Ford Motor Company of Aus-, tralia Pey., Ltd., in order to deter-" mine colour harmonies suitable for the new Ford" under Australian
of three
celebrated
Australian
artists, as a result of which the bayer of a Ford in Australia may now choose from a wide range of colour combinations dictated by the committee of artista.
German Effort to Trace Stolen
Cars...
An arrangement has just been completed between the Berlin police authorities, the German Automobile Club, and the German Shel! Com- pany under which particulars of stalen ears are to be circulated to all the petrol filling stations of the last-mentioned company, in order that those in charge of the stations may keep a watch for the missing Cara. It is hoped to bring the other leading German petrol distributors into the scheme in the near future,
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of the car.. Telephonic connection The Minister of Transport recent. was then established between Eastly stated that the annual cost of Pittsburgh and the Willys-Overland maintaining classified roads and depot in New York. When Mr. bridges in Great Britain was about Davis spoke, sound impulses were £20,000,000 set up and transferred into light wares. The latter were picked up by the electric eye, which in turn operated relays and gave the car its backward and forward move- ment.
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