MOTORING
SUPPLEMENT
OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. Saturday, the 24th. November, 1923.
(Being the Official Grgan of the Hongkong Automobile Asperation)
LOCAL MOTOR NOTES & NEWS
With the felling of the trees in exists as to whether lamps should Garden Read and the consequent be switched off in counter dis- provision of a much wider road-trict.
was, the Public Works Depart
ment has carried out a much
It may interest our readers.
A
appreciated improvement. For however, to be informed that fully half-way up the slope from the Royal Automobile Club is Queen's Road to the Peak fram-
against the practice. purely way station there will be a wide
on "Safety First" grounds. road in place of the former na London writer, dealing with the row and high-rambered road.
subject, says "You should net Especially dangerous was
kwitch off, even though the other Queen's Road end, where chair
driver does." And he tells
the
coolies have a stand, the passing motorists not to be influenced by of two, cars being a matter of
any rude remarks about "lack driving to inches
of courtesy." as rourtesy does not enter into it safety, he says,
Owing to the wall of Murray is the only thing that matters. Barracks projecting out half-way:
ri
up the bill it is not possible, until Let us look a little closely
we get control of military lands,
into this subject. The ques- to widen the road all the waytion is whether driving into Bu: a big improvement is being) absolute
the
blackness that succeeds switching off is any
THE LATEST IN SIDECARS.
A luxurious licmousine sidecar fitted to a 10-hp. Black- burn one of the novelties at the British Motor-Cycle Exhibition.
carried out on the top half. The, deep channel on the east side) for surface drainage purposes is more safe or comfortable than PARIS MOTOR
striving to penetrate beyond
now being done away with and the zone of comparative invisi- the whole road levelled up from bility caused by, approaching: kerb-stone to kerbstone. The head-lamps, Those who favour traffic width is being increased no dimming state that in the by approximately five feet considerable addition.
...
far
SHOW.
Large Cars and Front Wheel Brakes, With every
ITALIAN MOTOR CYCLE RACE.
circumstance of
Success of American' Machines.
HOW TO STOP
SKIDDING.
Motor.
SWISS GRAND PRIX. İ A LONG TREK.
Wir for Harley-Davidson Senggora to Singapore By On the Road to Proficiency. Alfredo Carmine, the Swiss
Mr. Arthur Gibb, of the Siam- Continuing his series of articles rider who has been piling up so ese Southern Railway, arrived on skidding dangers, Capt. E de many victories for the Harley-in Sinpapore in the morning of Normanville, writing in the Davidson this year, triumphed November 7th after having again when he won the first prize travelled all the way from Sang-
Daily Chronicle, says ----
1
There is a step forward in the in the 1,000 cc (61 cubic inch) gora to Singapore by car. Mr. art which we may now consider sidecar class in the Grand Prix Gibb picked up Mr. J. G. Allan It is rather more difficult to de Suisse, one of the most itt-of Penang at Butterworth and accomplish, as it requires more portan: motor-cycle events of the the two finished the journey to- accurate judgment. But there year in Switzerland. His time of gether. Mr. Gibb left Senggora at are many situations in which hour, 45 minutes, 5 seconds was a.m. on the 4th and was joined the method is invaluable. Chief the best time made for sidecars by Mr. Allan at Butterworth at 11 amongst these are the situations Laser, another Harley-Davidson. Thence they travelled day where room for skidding is rider, won third place in the same and night to Kuala Lumpor, with limited that is to say, limited event.
(breaks for meals at Taipeng Ipoh in space at the side of the car.
Both Carmine and Laeger came and Kampar. A night's rest was in for honours again in the Berg-taken at Malacca and then the DAMPING OUT AʼSKID.
prufungsfahrt Thun-Heiligensch-road was taken again. The two In such cases it is possible to, wendi race. Carmine captured ferries Muar and Batu Pahat check the skid before it occurs, first place in the 1000 cc. Solo, were which sounds rather Hibernian Class, with Blickenstorfer, also a travellers being pleased with the safely negotiated, the A skilled driver, however, when Harley-Davidson rider, third, the accommodation of the Rest faced with sudden braking on a Laeser was the winner of first House at the latter place. Johore greasy road, knows that his car place in the 1000 cc. Sidecar was reached early on the morn- is going to skid.
By his judgment of the condi-! tion of the surface and the cam- ber of the road he also knows
is wanted.
Clase.
LIMITED SKIDDING.
ing of the 7th and the car brought across in a truck, after which the road was taken again
Gibb looked very well after his
pretty well how much the car result is observable from your for the town of Singapore. Mr. will skid for a given braking steering on with the brake. effort. And he also knows ini The effect of this is to limit the long journey, but the car wês what direction "the tail will sideways movement of the rear very well dusted, and travelling wag."
of the car. You get instead ajat night, especially after showers lateral slide was a trifle trying, but both Mr. If he is also able to judge bow sort of" crabwise latter case the road beyond the success-shor: nf the usual The car "zone" is illuminated by your presidential
The most important Italian much "steering wheel set would of the whole car. And it is much! Allan and Mr. Gibb turned up, in ber of the road will also be
own lamps and you can easily occasion the eighteenth Paris Circuito Creman, was held ring effort, he is in a position to re is carried out correctly.
patronage of the motor cycle race of the year, the correct the skid with given brak- less extensive when the manoeu-fine fettle. having distanced the train bearing their luggage. This lessened.
avoid being blinded by not lock- Auto-Salos recently opened. That cently and
is probably the longest continu- won by Canterici, make the two anticipated move- An American Consular Report head-lamps.
ing directly at the other car's it was actually complete to the riding an American made motor men:s coincide so that the one
I have frequently demonstrated us motor journey in the Penin- thus secing
sala, and the first occasion that from Hongkong, written in the enough ahead for safety.
least exhibit seemed miraculous cycle. The race was held on the wipes out the other. It is, of in practice at given speeds and the trip down through has been spring of this year, on the ques-
to those who had seen the Grand famous Cremona track, and the course, very important that the in given conditions-that a skid done in anything like this time- Palais the day before with half distance was 300 kilometers, or one which does the over-riding of the rear of the car extending three days and an hour or two. tion of the motor cycle trade in the Colong, states that up to the
As to avoiding dazzle, there are its stands empty and deliveries about 186 miles. Cantarini finish of the other should be the one that to four feet sideways movement
and chassis apparently ed the race with an average speed!
can be reduced to **crabwise! end of February there were several "wheezes" which are of CATS
of 114 kilometers, or approximate-: That is where the extra de-slide" of the whole car of little- nearly 300 motor cycles register value. Holding one's right hand grievously delayed. ed in the Colony. Of that number at arm's length before one's opes One thing at least is clear: that 1 71 miles an hour to his credit, mand for skill comes in with this more than six inches.
American will "black out the spot in the the French motor trade is not Taird place was won by Faraglia manoeuvre. It is quite possible to In traffic conditions where manufacture, the remaining half area of vision occupied by the only holding its own commercial- and fourth place.bg Malvisi, both over-ride the original skidding space is limited this art of skid Up Mount Snowdon. (with a few exceptions) being of blinding lamps. Some people 15 and in many respects as the riders on Yankee mounts. The tendency to such an extent that reduction is very valuable. It is The severity of the hills includ- British make. There has been a merely shut their right eye and fountain cfideas autotechnical world's road record for 10 kilome you make the car skid in the known as "limited skidding.” jed in reliability trial routes has big decrease in the sterling value claim that this is the only perfect but is growing apace. For with the ters, or 6.21 miles was made by other direction.
And the best way to learn the steadily increased until people exception of two or three postwar Winkler on 2. of motor-cyies imported during anti-dazzle device.
art of" How to check skids"? Ab-jare beginning to wonder whether THE CRAB-CRAWL." concerns, one finds not only all machine with a the past two years as compared
You will understand, therefore, sorb the theories given, ander- any real purpose is served in with 1920, this being accounted
pre and post-par exhibitors in full kilometers, or 15 miles per hour. that what I am now going to de- stand the why and wherefore of making the conditions of these strength, but no fewer that 18
"scribe presupposes on the reader's them, and then take your car to trials so abnormal. Now & 9 b.p. new firms are showing.
The general output, on the con-; part a fairly sound knowledge of greasy and deserted road of Stoneleigh light car has succeed- trary, so far from containing correcting skids in the manner good width, and have a little ed in accomplising the climb to the summit of Snowdon-Eng- practice. are Matthey round about 12 hp. nominal of described recently.
When faced with a situation Try first at 10 m.p.h, and get land's highest mountain-so club Raubt. La Perle is shown to be generally express-
about half were of
SOME NEW CARS.
for by lower prizes and a lower It is, of course, al way pos- rate of exchange. There are 145'sible to steer your car so that the niles of improved roads already lamps do not shine directly on the approching ear, and if the open to motoring.
other driver does the neither is greatly inconvenienced. Depasse, M.S.
Among these
similar made. time of 137:
."
HILL CLIMBING.
same. Martin. P.T.T.. Madon. Henri-the last show and the one before, which you know will involve a proficient in controlling the car's secretaries' will be hard put to it head-lamps when meeting an'ing safety factor is much higher- E.H.P., Six.: Phrisans. Ciclick thing if size is any criterion.; of waiting for the skid to mater.Then try at 15 m.p.h.~and so on tests. The Stoneleigh, by the way, Should a motorist switch off his and it is contended that the driv- Santax, Electrix, Crocbat, QM-ed in much higher power: tome skid, proceed as follows. Instead skidding tendencies at that speed.ito discover still more exacting which has often been discussed off. These are the views of motor 'chereau. and Louis
other car? That is a question than if either or both switched Relf-Stypzcy.
and which is of general interest ists who advocate "no dimming.”
currently obtained efficiencies -
to the motoring community in all They certainly are of interest then
As a counter-attraction rather averaging at least 25 h.p. nominal fraction of a second before the only practise you will soon be-model which bumped the four and
the "correcting movement a at all normal speeds. If you willley Company, and the particular
brake application.
come expert. But do not leave a half miles over the railway That is to say, if you visualise the practice until the real emer-sleepers to the top of Snowdon was standard in every respect but a skid to the left so soon as you gency arises.
a contrast of types and with every possibility, in some: parts of the world
Some time and importance. In any event. schools of design that hardly differ cases, of 60 nr 70 h.p. "all out": ago, it was suggested in this Sup whether the decision beta dim mach nowadays in technique, Exor in bench tests. "dimming" within the well-lit por-make a point of slowing down to allurgique and Fonck worthily up French roads are getting no bet. wheels to the left "for correction"ject will appear in next week's Dunlop low-pressurs plement that there should be no lor not dim," each driver should celsior. Nagant. F. N., Met: The only deduction is that put the brake on, set the steering A further article on this sub-one-it was fitted with the new tions of Hongkong and Kowloon that speed at which it is certain hold Belgium's auto honour butter, and their power demand is and the first instant directional Motoring Supplement.] There appears to be fairly gener that any unlighted object can he otherwise there is nothing from more. rather than less exiguous.
al agreement on that point, but seen in time. That's' a good considerable diversity of opinioni" Safety First axiom."
BIG CONCRETE TRACK,
eastward of the Rhine, not even
بیات
S.C.A.T..
FRONT WHEEL BRAKES.
the famous. Dutch car that is As to technical tendencies. reported to be now in anything since space demands the post- but Dutch ownership.
iponement of detail or example ---- It is intended to open the track
On the other hand, despite the the most immediate one is al on Easter Monday, 1924, with a absence of such well-kanowal more general cleaning up of big stock car race. If the French makes
Ceirans. componeni-design in the Italian Grand Prix race is not held on Nazzaro and S.P.A.. Italy shows way, although this has not get New French Project. this track the intention of the as well as, if not better than, ever been accompanied in the majority organizers is to stage a big 122 with Fiat. Ansaldo, Lancia. Bian of cases by all the simplification, The first French automobile eu: in. race in the fall, and to chi and Itala.
harmony, and completeness of race track, construction of which make an appeal to American race The American representation is conception that might be readily! has begun, will be ready for com- drivers by putting up a cash first confined to the few or rather realised as well as desired. petition next Easter, declares E prize of 100.000 francs. The date some of the best known here, Braking on all four wheels is Bablot, the ex-race driver respon will be selected so that drivers such as Cadillac, Willys-Over-only just not universal-an over- sible for the scheme. The French from across the water can take land, Oakland, Studebaker.seas trade point for British firms track will be built 30 miles from part in both this and the Italian Chevrolet. Oldsmobile and the and whilst the majority cling Marseilles and will be of armored track race at Monza, for which newcomer, Lincoln: Great Britain to the original Perrot system, concrete construction, 3.1 miles cash prizes are also offered.
displays but two of the most there are many others who pre- round. There will be two parallel Deputy Barthelemy has intro characteristic in Rolls-Royce and fer originality. straightaways measuring 1.366 duced a proposal to the French Austin; while Spain, for one, A popular principle is mount-j "yds, united by banked turns. chamber of deputies authorizing sends no exhibit at all.
ing the whole of the front whele Width of the track will be 53-ft, the government to construct on
brake actuation on or about the
LARGER CARS.
At the end of the straightaway automobile race track in the The most definite thing about brake-drumplate steering knuckel there will be a transverse stretch, neighborhood of Paris in order to the Salon is that the prophets are or axle-head, wholly independent entered by right angle turns, to put French automobile mannfac- (again confounded in the fact that of the frame.
be made use of for events in tures on an equal footing with it is anything but the light car Two more, Fiat and Rolland which it is desired to test brakes British, Italian and American show "they had so confidently Pilain, have notably reduced this, and powers of acceleration. In-firms. The proposal is that the expected. Light cars there are, as did. Panhard-Levassor last side the main track there will be a state should advance the capital of course, but with the exception year, almost to external in- horse track rather less than two and from the track out to a com- of some half-dozen firms who visibility, but too many of the miles round. The cost of the pany which would undertake to specialise their production, as others spoil a good thing with Marseilles track is estimated at exploit it under Government their single model, they are only link-work that not only traps 7,500,000 france.
'control.
shown as a sort of by-product. ⠀⠀imud, but is costly to produée. }
tyres.
A MOVING SUBWAY SIDEWALK.
** comfort"
The above picture shows a model movin side-walk which will most likely be Installed on New York's subway.