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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, the 23rd. August, 1321
(Being the Oficial Organ of the Hongkong Automobile Association).
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LOCAL MOTOR NOTES & NEWS
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payable at the Colonial Trosaury in advance on the first business day of each month. This ront| Includes heating, lighting and water,
tonnancy must be given.
The greatly increased number
MOTOR NOTES FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
SEVERAL NEW MODELS.
two-seator. This is
volumo of all ogolindore is assured.
Four-
not
BE SURE THEY ARE MATES.
ADVICE REGARDING FRONT TYRES
With so many types of tyres in
CLUTCH NOT NEEDED.
GEARS CAN BE SHIFTED WHEN SPEED IS RIGHT.
time.
That shiny PONTOP
NEW 12 r. Cary. Messrs. A. Harpor, Sons and Bean aro introducing a now 2.-Applications for renting a
model to supersede the 11,9 type. This will be known as tho section should be made in writ-:
Few drivers know that goars The appearance of quite a aum- "Twolvo" and it is almost a ru-vogue-oversize, extra oversize, can be shifted without using the ing to the Colonial Treasurer.
bobor of interesting now modele in plica of the now famous 3. All tenancies will Although a great improvement for the whole of the Colony's
aversize balloon type and like fancy to the majority of has been affected by the opening wheeled traffic wo do seriously reckoned from the first day of notified by various well-known toon" except as regards size, giant cords, fabrics, semi-balloon, olutoh. This will doubtless scom ordinary cords-the motorist thoan who drive, because oven up of the continuation of Corona- ask the Clovernment to tackle the month and no tonancy of loss British manufacturers. Thus a The engine dimensions are the
new model's must be careful to so that his with a clutoh, plenty of patience tion Road and the doing away of this work of road-manding in than one month will be recognised, recent addition to the Star pro-same as in the
4.One month's notice from gramme in a sports car to be predecessor, but here the rosom front tyros are always mates. and. years of practice, gear the two right-angled corners reasonably officient and business.
either side to discontinue the known as the 12-40 hp, sports blanco ends. A four-speed gear It makes very little difference shifting is still in its infancy. which formerly had to be negoti-like manner.
dovolop box is provided, with the right about the rear tyros, though if Rather nolay, at that. The whole ated, there is room for serious
5.The tenant is responsible ment of the famous 12-25 hp hand change, and transmission is balloon type tyros are used both thing is a matter of having the Hongkong motorists are truly criticism.regarding the totally
They for all damage to the section oc-
Star special chassis. The onging by a stout opon tubular propeller rear wheels should be equipped; engine at the correct speed for unlighted condition of the exten- of a philosophical turn. sion. Not only is there a sharp docept without kick a great deal cupied by him, or for any damage has specially light aluminium shaft to a three-quarter Boating so that the car will not look the gear change. The olutch helpe sonor to be taken, but at the more than they ought to accept, caused by him or his servants ratio. A four-speed gear box is of brakes operate in drums on the wheel shimmy, or wobbling, has provont the possibility of wrot
platons and a higher compresston spiral bovol roar axle. Two sota ungainly. Froodom from front simplifies matters and junction of the Shamehuipo and and one of the most outstanding to any part of the garage. Laichikok Roads a point police-examples of their placidity is the
6. The tonant is responsible provided and Houdalllo shock rear hubs."
much to do with using front tyres ing the transmission if the driver The A.C. Company has mot the of equal weight, cross-section tries to shift at the wrong man stands in absoluto darkness manner in which they chearfully for keeping the section occupied absorber equipment fore and aft
and diamoto to "direct" the traffic. As he is pay $1 for a gallon of motor by him in a clean condition, and The body is boat shaped with menace of the removal of British dressed in khaki and as he wonre spirit. Latest American papers on vacating the premises will be single dickey sent. The new import duties on foreign cars by no armlets he cannot be soon, to hand show that the retail price charged the cost of cleaning and model is practically the same as producing a new model 12 h.p. except when in the direct rays of of gasoline on the Pacific Coast all damage other than fair wear that which won the 75 mph, four-cylinder vehiclo Bold com
Short Handicap at Brooklands at plete at the modorato price of about 22 cents (Gold) por and toar. a car's headlights, To drive ais
Eastor.
275. This including a coach 7-No persons other that the car or a motor bus along this now gallon, though in samo placas,
While talking of sporting built streamline two-seater body stretch of road at night is a trying where a price reducing campaign Government caretaker will bo
models, mention should be made with a double dickoy. The car is experience and and fraught with has been raging, it has been sold allowed to reside in a gorago.
of the fact that the team of Sun-vory completely equipped and considerable danger. The sonner as cheaply as 13 and 14 cents a
beams entered for this year's the reduction of price has the lighting is extunded the safer gallon with 10 conts a gallon 怨 record salo price. will this road ba for the heavy
Grand Prix will have super-boen rondered possible by any
trame it bas to carry.
Omaha, petrol consumers of motor lurries on our local roads charged engines in vlow of the sacrifice in the quality of the thought the price of 2014 cents has given riso to xovoral romarkable results obtained in material or workanship.
In the light car class I hear And whilst talking on the sub-ton high, and they started what new dangers. On a number of experiments recently conducted.
known as the 15 Coot occasions lately, in the early Last year the Sunbeams which that next season's model of Hill- ject of traffic and roads on the was
banding themselves mornings and ovonings, we won the Grand Prix were not man has boon thoroughly tested other side of the harbour, it is op. League."
noticed soveral lorries fitted with super-chargers, but, as under the worst road and portune to ask why it should be together and refusing to buy havo necessary when repairing a road spirit until it had reached 15 cents proceeding along steering a more the rules permit their use, thore ather conditions procurable, and on which a bridge occurs, to por galion. One can trust those or less erratic course in the contro is no reason for giving foreign that the makers are quite satio- make the level of the road higher Leaguers to know what is a of the road. When those lorries competitors an unnecessary ad-fied that it will support their old than the surface of the bridge? reasonable profit on gasoline, get closer the stearing seams to vantage this year over the only and high reputation.
The most unconventional now and whon they agitato for steady up somewhat, and then we British entrants. On the way to Castle Poak quite
conts they are allowing see the toason. The driver is a A very attractive new model is model is the "Westcar-Colonial the Australian a number of bridges occur, and 15 at every one of them a car bumps for a commercial profit to be "makeo learn" boy, a friend of the latest creation of Messrs. built down on to the bridge and jumpa ade. Then what, in the name the driver's presumably, and le Ciomont Talbot Limited. This is Marke-Moir" patents. This has a
In of justice, is the profit on gasolina in sharge of the vehicle until it a 16-50 h.p, six-cylinder chassis, body constructed of "Consuta up off it at the other end. some cases the level of the road here when it is retailed at $1 meste something. Then the real The engine design et odios many plywood and forming a species of surface is two or three inchos Mex. per gallon, even after allow driver bastily grabs the wheel principles which owe their oxlet-girder of Immense strength. All aro mounted holds it approximately onca to practical lessons learnt the components higher than the level of the ing for costs of freight and hand-and
now from the body, there bolag no bridge surface and it is anything ling? The price of gasoline in straight. Probably vory fow of from racing, though the but conducive to riding comfort England is lower than hore. A these pupils possess a learner's chassis is intended for general frame in the ordinary sense of the licence, but in any case, they touring work under a closed or the word. The engine is situated
runs at. amidship and
vory to have to suffer the bumping Hongkong motorist pays
their lessons in open body.
r.p in. speed, 1,000 and jumping that is now inevit equivalent of over 9. for four should take
motorist in Happy Valley. Incidentally, we Throughout the chassis practi- moderate able. One imagines that, in the galions, whilst a
get the BAMA
on top gear. Tho first instance, the level of the England
lorry in that special area. enclosed and self-lubricated. As per hour road surface was made higher in quantity for 7. Surely, there is never soon a learner driving cally all the working parts are corresponding to twenty miles rogarde comfort, unusual freedom engine is rated at 12 h.p. but order to allow for subsidence, but no reasonable justifloption for
vibration is secured by an ex-thora is plenty of reserve power. with each little repair job the such a big disparity. Of course,
Another thing about. lorries is tromaly stiff crankshaft on soven The car has a four-spoed gear! roadway is made higher untiif Hongkong motorists are content the margin for subsidence has to pay any old price that might the number of people usually hearings, great rigidity of the box, a spiral drive to a full dif
axle, and It is well be asked and never expross a crammed in the cab. Frequently, crank chamber, the employmont ferential rear known that our Roads Dapart-grouse, thon the importing Com-six or more men can to observed of an effective form of damper, ceptionally adequate springing. mont doesn't like criticism, but panies are not going to worry crowded in with the driver, who the adoption of immensely strong The track is 4ft. Bins.. the of late it has earned far more any. But if there was a little of is supposed to be able to act but exceptionally light connecting clearance 1016 inches, and the than it has received, and if it the Omaha pluck and public quickly in the case of emergency rods, and the internal machining petrol consumption about 37 to among motorists A regulation should surely be of the combustion chambers 40 miles per gallon. The price is were under. ឆ. Municipal spiritedness Authority, ay at Home, the local hore, they might be able to agitate passed limiting the number of whereby absolute equality of no more than 2200 ex works.
passongera allowed on the driving equivalent to a Borough Survoyer to their own bonefit.
Bont. would have had a rather thin time answering questions by Councillors.
became ridiculous.
can
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The following have joined the Hongkong Automobile Associa tion since the last list published :--
Gnan Shing Kwan F. M. Ellis E. E. Els Dr. Coxion To F. F. Ducksworth
Dr. Y. K. To
Dr. Tin Po Woo E. 8. Kong
S. L. Kong
L. Maurin Lo Yuk Tong A. B. Stewart
W&B
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With all the new cars and bycles being sold in the Colony Let us take the Caso of the
again arises the important point) Praya from the Post Office to the Harbour Office.
about spare parts. Only a few Whore also
firms carry spares, whereas a would be tolerated the intermin-
number of dealers are still rolling able delay which has marked the re-making of this road? Granite
cars and cycles without providing for the possibility of spare parts Batts have boon laid at the rate: of about one line per day. Th.
being needed. It is certainly most stead of being quarried to BizS,
annoying to be held up whilst a replacement is procured from they are brought to the site in
OVAIBGAS. Some local servicć, the rough and are actually chip- pod down to fit by the one or two
atations can make marvollously Ingenious party," but uaturally mon engaged in the work of
thair scopo in this direction is laying" them. For months past
limited.. It must be recognised some part of this road-and it is Should there still be any mom- one of the buslost roade in the bors of the Automobile Associa that the world's successful oars City--has been "up" and it is tion who have not yet resolved a maintain their reputation partly high time the job was thoroughly copy of the now official hand through the medium of a local takon in hand and made a cloan book, they should apply to the small parts servico, and manu- facturers would greatly assist the swoop of. In the case of Queen's Hon. Soorstary, Mr. P. M. Hodgmotoring public (as well as their Road East through Wanchai, a similar story of playing at the son of the Unton Insurance own sales dept.) if they insisted
Sooloty of Canton. Job can be told. The same can be said of Coronation Road, Stubbs' Road, Pokfolum Road,
upon all their agents carrying the spares which are likely to be in The Automobilo Association is demand-oven if it means supply- or of many other roads in thle iu receipt of a letter from the ing them on a consignment basis. Colony on which work has been Government stating that, the palafully and inexcusably slow. Stubba Road Garage is now ready We boast of our roads, and we for occupation. “A copy of the have a right so to do so far as the Rulos governing the use of
Connecticut la rojecting a third
watting and engineering of them Government Garages at the Poak of the applicants for Hoense on is concerned. But as regards the was enclosed, and as these Rules grounds that they are incom work of upkeep and the manner in will doubtless be of Interest to potent: Binne baman nature which that work is carried out, & all molor owners on the Peak, never changes this doesn't speak very well for a third of those who Rural District Council at Home they are given below:- could show us “how” · Not only1The rent for each section were passed before the Tos- for motoring and motorista, but of a garage is $25 a month, trictions wel
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IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE!
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has em all stopped!
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33, Wong Nel Chung Road - Happy Valley
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