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SUPPLEMENT
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THE HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH.`‹
Saturday, the 1.th. February, 1921.
(Being the Official Organ of the Hongkong Automobile Association).
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LOCAL MOTOR NOTES & NEWS
A few days ago we were real- the burat ng of tax arrangements which raie bethling of smkhana in Cal-
Sotony of Texansperit to nm- Burs is as follows
$2.19
Year
THE BRITISH AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
WHAT IT DOES FOR THE MOTORING FRATERNITY.
has no terrors for members travel-, ling on roads patrolled by the! A. A. Patrols will readily cycle | to the nearest house for water, or to a garage, be it one or five miles distant, for a tin of benzole or petrol.
HOW IT HELPS MEMBERS "ON THE ROAD."
ROADSIDE TELEPHONES.
These telephones are installed We have recejsed from the The patrols are not mere by the roadside, in patrols' sentre headquarters
British naments on the highways. Their baxes. Others are located at Automobile Association some in duties are manifold. They patroless roads, sharp corners, and
In addi Particulars .. the their beats from morning until the splendid service which this body after sunset, and are thoroughly similar danger points.
Lises to its members, and halsw acquainted with all theal con- tion. new sentry boxes are being phones are scarce, and on roads will be band some details which ditions affecting had users. If erected in districts where tele
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Hans such obstractivas are promptly during the coming removal. In addition to know ing all that is to be known cog. they ro The Automobile Association cerning their was founded in 1905, by a small familler with contiguous high lady of moist, as a protective ways and are there Measure against unreasonable prive members local information. Interesting ments, ad feliciis pole activities on many of the land, if necessary, produce local BALL in Strom, Skilful Driving funds between London and the maps useful to motorists desir for Care : Uplay, Musica? Chatre for Laig Passengers, tas his considerably expanded since country with which they are not to Bane radiok-Change Rice, those days, but it is still primari acquainted. Their wallets contain Mar Baler dag Seesaw. an
lg an organisation specially other items of use to tourists.
In cases of breakdown. they equipped for assisting members other items,
"on the Fed." It is the largest concentrate all their efforts upon
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"FIRST AID OUTFIT RENDERING ASSISTANCE,
passing through lonely areas.
All the roadside telephone: boxes have been adapted for use by members at any hour of the." day or night. After dark, the: exterior "Phone" signs are illu- minated to enable members to find them.
The boxes are fitted with spring
locks of a standard pattern, and
keys, of an exclusive rolling. are members of the available to Association. With this key any of the telephones can be used at ny time, whether the patrol in charge is on duty or not.
ROADSIDE FUEL SUPPLY STATIONS.
-Eight up-to-date roadside motor spirit bulk storage stations have been installed.for the convenience of members requiring fuel en rante." The nne at Aldermaston was the first of its kind in Great Britain
MEMBER USINGA, A. TELEPHONE BOX.
RACING IN 1924.
CLUTCH PEDAL
The Coming Grand Prix.Dodge Bros. Improvement.
cars
It has already been decided to There is one improvement in
motor hold the Grand Prix d'Europe, a Dodge-Brothers raca initiated last year and re-which prospective purchasers garded as one of the most impor-pass over without, much com- ant on the Continental programme.ment when it is being explained on a course in the vicinity of to them, but which they all speak of with real onthusiasm Lyons on August 3.
Four Fiats, to be driven by after they have driven the car Bording, Salamans, Nazzano, and, according to the Drazer Motor Car Company, Ltd.. local Dodge another whose name is not an nuanced. and three Sunbeam, Brothers dealers. This is the re- with Le Guinness, Ra andi markable ease with which the Th. installations ronsjs of a storage tank and delivers pump. Divo a drivers, la ave been entered clutch lever is now controlled. In addition, water is suppled for It is expected, that other cars due to a change in leverage be- PATE will be Dage tween the foot pedal and clutch the filling of radiators and a road. taking side telephone - fixed at each Bugatti, Relian-Pilain. Voisin and proper.
Alpha-Romeo. The first prize is "Not having had to exert cash to the value of 1)- themselves unduly in manipulat- about £1.165 at present exchangeling the cluth pedal on Dodge care of past years, rules. Last year's rice was win Brothers
station.
ROAD SERVICE OUTFITS. The latest extension to the patrol system is the provision of motor cycles fitted with sidecars, carrying fuel, oil, and tools neces sary for assisting cars or motor cycles to proceed on their way.
These machines are driven by men able to assist with minor adjustments.
bg Saloman, who averaged 91 owners and visitors do not seem les an hour over a distance of greatly excited over this appar- nearly 500 miles. The winning ently unimportant change," said gar was an eighty-cylinder Fiar the dealer. However, once they This year the race is limited to get in trac and and how easy cars of two litres capacity and it is let the clutes in and out. 1630 kilos fabout Bewt.) minimum) without tizing the foot in the weight. It is expected that super-least they understand and ap in the putting matters right, or assist
charges will play a large part on preciate what has been done. This is particularly true of justified, and that motor cycling, motoring organisation
various makes, Is shorn of most of world. It has its ramifications ing as far as conditions permit.
FOREIGN TOURING. With regard to the powers of
The new course is largely the ladies, to whom a stiff clutch Captain Superintendent of its Weasels in Lensequence, everywhere in England, Scotland. All the patrols are competent to
Members going abroad with of the 1914 Grand Prix, but owing padal is a source of much annoy- Police envel suspend Reding the Augh to Shaukiwani Wales and Ireland. Its Head- undertake minor roadside adjus;-.
Purse licence of motorists, the certainly a grueling experience. quarters are in London, and dis- ments, change tyres, detachable their cars or matur cycles are to the hilly nature of a new "legance. There are dozens of sim- or wheels. etc.. and supplied with routes for their that has been introduced, expertsilar minor improvement, in ad- A portion of the Stuble tributed over the Cnited King- rims, Hon. Secretary of the hunt, while Association is informed by the Hat - vorered several inches dom are seven Government" that the mainten- deep with rough terre 1 the quarters and a number of Sub ignition plugs, motor cycle belts, tours also triptyques and carnets doubt if the 65 miles an hour dition the major refinements. ance of the present system is which constitute a serious danger offices, enabling local members or other accessories having to be de pasaje, which enable them to average of ten years ago will be with which nearly every one is
to obtain prompt assistance in replaced, they will mount their avoid the trouble, delay and ex- beaten,
pense of depositing duties on the netessary to enable the police tą na" sola" epellets.
cycles and procure the necessary! frontiers. control rate. What the views
THE A.A. PATROLS. replacements from the nearesti
The transport of motor vehicles One great advantage of mem- garage. In the event of a serious
to any foreign port is arranged: A. A. representatives meet mem hat we cannot help thinking that been in progres for some time,bership of the A. A. is undoubted breakdown, they will assist in they will not be prepared to let now, but it would appear that the if the right of the member to the getting the car, motor cycle, or the matter rest where it is. matter of roting in the flints so service of the khaki-clad A.A. combination, removed to an A. Aber at Continental ports, and
men ате dis- garage, and generally help mem- as to produce a firm surface, is patrols. only of secondary consideration. 'tributed along the principal main bers in their difficulties.
of the Association's members are
on this subject, we'd not know, The work or: Stubbs Road has
It has been the custom to show What relition the cancellinger red lights at either end of the -uspending of hcences by the work at night, but these were police has the proper control absent last, Wednesday, with the of traffic, we cannot see. The result that at least one cyclist, to, presumption, from the Govern our knowledge, suddenly found ment's attitude. is that, inasmuch himself floundering about'in deep as such powers at Home are ruts in the lobse stones, resulting; vested in the magistrate, and not in quite a ni-ty fall. The present the police, there must be inade- rate of progress and the method quate traffic control in the United employer can hardly be said to be Kingdom. That, of course. is satisfactory, and it is to be hoped absurd. The business of the that the Buthorities concerned police, as we see the mitter is to will make an effort to speed up look out for any infringements of this work. We can hardly blare the law. bring the offenders to the typhoon now! Court and then leave the rest to the Bench.
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Everyone must have noted of) late the increasing number of
all matters.
These
District Head- in the event
HELPING A STRANDED MOTORIST.
of tyres.
A. A. supervisors and interpreters Newhaven. are stationed at Dover. Folkestone and South- ampton to help members who travel by these routes.
The Association bas invited a jschems, under which members pay a small cash deposit only in respec: of Castomes dues on cats entering a foreign country, an approved Bankers Indemnity being accepted for the balance of the duty.
HOME TOURING.
The Association provides ali possible assistance to members touring with their cars, motor! cycles or cycle-cars in Great Britain and Ireland,
Routes are specially prepared to į meet the requirements of fodivi. dual members, under the supervi- sion of thuring experts who have The magistrate can surely be of new Buick models to be seen
personal and reliable knowledge depended upon to deal with cases on the road locally. These cats certainly growing in
of the districts suggested, on their merits, cancelling or are
Each itinerary, whether place suspending licences as the cir popularity, and they are a credit
to place or for a tour, is drawn cumstances merit. It is a wrong to their manufacturers, embody- principle that the police should ing all the latest devices, inclad-
four-wheel brakes. We roads of the country, and in. In the "evant of personal in-up separately according to the stated wishes. act as prosecutors and exercise ing magisterial functions at the same understand that there have been certain cases on by-roads much juries, following accidents, their member's own time. Such a system would not large sales of Buicks here during frequented by motorists. When first-aid wallets, which they are Doubtful turnings are shown and be tolerated at Home, and we are the past few months, and that the organisation is at its full fully qualified to use, will enable in all cases intermediate dis During the height of the tour looking to the local Association more are now on the way to strength during the touring seas them to do what is necessary tances, as well as total, are given. to press for its modification here. Hongkong to fulfil further ordera.on, it is almost impossible for while medical assistance, if such Expressions of opinion on the Smart in appearance and most motor vehicle users to take an is called for is being obtained. ing season considerably over subject by motorists would be capable machines, the Buicks important road which is not Even the awkward contingency (2.500 routes per week are sup
patrolled by the Association. of an empty petrol or water tank plied to touring members. have evidently come to stay. appreciated.
now familiar."
ARMOURED CARS FOR MACAO.
17 One of an order of armored cars, that were built in Shanghai on Thornycroft BT 2-ton chassis to the order of the Macap Government. Left to right-Consul-General for Portugal A. Casanva, Sir Charles De Costa, Mr. S. Howard! technical expert of John L. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd. and designar of the above armored car and J. H. Botelho, Portugal's Vice-Consul
Two more of the armoured care ordered by the Mi Government." The superstructure is made of 3/16-in bullet proof steel and is capable of making 18 m.ph