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LOCAL MOTOR NOTES & NEWS
& In spite of a notice published
in the day time, think it safe lo in the local Press, and the placing take the short way home when of the usual notico boards at they are not so likely to bo caught either end of the road, quite a in the act. In the interest of the number of matorista ignored the majority of mooriste, and in Injunction probibiting the use of fairness to those responsible for the new road from Wong-nei keeping the Colony's roads in clung Gap to Ropulso Bay. Ap-repair. we urge that suitable parently this thoroughfare is in meseuroa be taken to prevent this course of top dressing, and it flaunting of public authority. must be conceded that atops would not bo takon to close the roid unless absolutely necessary.
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Once again Chinese Now Year Walking over it on Saturday last, has passed, and once again do- the writer of these notes noticed monstrations have beon given of quite a number of cars, the pro-how, in the interest of public gress of ich disturbed the work safety, motor cars should be which was being done by causing loaded!
ruts in the levelling, and by so
doing, making it necessary for
of patrol.
local price It WAR painted out to us recently that on account of the quantity handled by dis- tributors in the United States,
the workers concerned to retrace Concerning the their stops in order to make good thu damage.
Buch thoughtlossness as this on the price would naturally bo
the part of som drivers delay-lawar in that country thin in
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
SATURDAY, 31st. January, 1925.
#Being the Oficial Organ of the Hongkang Automobile Association).
MOTOR BUS AS TRAMWAY ALLY.
Provides Assistance Instead of Rivalry.
FLANS KAIÇILK I
A MODERN PASSENGER BUS OF THE PORTLAND & SEATTLE RAILWAY.
Much discussion has been made
the tramcar 38 to whether the bus will replace
w
Bus business is an infant. The
urgent work and only pro ong places where the demand is cam-) Tram and railroads are coming, aro taking the place of the n'age) always will be handlod by trolley, tho inconvenienco caused to paritivoly negligible. One large to learn that busses are thoir ally and the old post exprins in places eluvated and subway lines. Thoro those who oboy instructions. garage in New York, for ax-instead of their rival.
where rail service does not exist soems to bo no guation,
It should not
much bo a very ample, would sell ag
Particularly in Ohio and in and where the population is too ever, but that thoap facilities wil difficult matter to ensure that gasolone in a day as the whole many of the western states rail- thinly scattored to permit it to be supplemented by the use of orders of such an important of the garages in Hongkong was companies and railroads are exist.
bussos, naturo be obeyed by every mo or-¡ would sell in a month. Such bo-operating bus lines in connection ist, otherwise those responsible ing the case, cont a gallon with their power and steam lines
Data for keeping our rods in good profit would pay the large dis.
Eathored from too condition havo a legitimato an-tributor whereas the smaller American Automobile Associ- swer to the complaints which are dealer would be very much out-ation offices reveal that 120 street of-pocket in handling charges if car companies in 31 states own so ofton board.
he attempted such a policy. Al- and operate bus lines.
houzh wo are willing to admit Tho
of individual the logic of this assertion, we do busses operated by the car com- not think it quite explains the panies is 1127, and the grand wide difference in price which a total of busses, in operation in present exista.
the United States, is $1,000.
We are informed that most damage is done at night when apparently one drivera
who hositate to disobey instructions
IMPORTANT MOTORING
APPEAL.
REAR PLATE ILLUMINATION,
The Automobila Association is apposling to Quarter So.sions against tho ooaviation of motorist by the Torpont Bench in rompect of his failuro
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Iluminate the rear number plate.
PETROL PROBLEM.
THREATENED FAMINE IN THE UNITED STATES.
How can the threatened gaso-
ling shortage in the United Statos
be averted ?
Experts for some time have feared a famino in auto fual
Motor vehicles and gasoline
Dumber
Many of those busses are serving country territory. Thoy
stated intervals, doponding upon the number of miles the car has been drivon.
WASTE.
Often this is a waste of the oil, and any ganolino, escaping into
the oil, a condition that ofton
makes draining a necessity, is a waste,
domand for the vehicles has been 50 great that as yet manufactur OTA nro not sure of the prop.r typo for the various kinds of It never will, according to the
sarvico. opinion of mator vobiolo manu- Some bodies have been builti facturers. These men base their entirely too wide and without opinions on the fact that the respect for the rights of others on rameur and the bus each afford tho highways. A study of the a type of transportation peculiar nods of the service, with a view ļof bringing out the ideal bu, is Mass transportation in the being mado by mang muqufio- centre of population probably turors.
to themselves,
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This object is attained in the a billy country. An ordinary 311⁄2. two-tongo transmission recently ton truck with a conventional developed and used exclusivo y transmission was selected for the GMC trucks, manufactured work, but after travelling about by to General Motors Truck eight milies, the clutch fai ed whon mpany, a division of General trying to climb a hill and it was Motors Corporation. This gear-, found imposstole to proceed withị box follow a the generally accept the heavy overload. jed principles of tratamiseion An amergency call was sent to design, except that there are two the Omaha distributor of tỷMU Engineers are attempting to pairs of oun tunt-mesh gours in trucks for a maching of 5-ton or power machinery together with design an engine in which it will stead of one, giving the counter- larger capacity to relieve the The evidence showed that the the coving of coal burning orginobe impossible for gasoline to be-hat two different sp, eds, either broken down truck and save thei
into oil burners, is rapidly de-come nitrod with the oil. motorist was stopped by the plating the oil reserves.
Also, of which may by engaged at the transp.rt company from the pan- offerta are being made to develop will of the driver.
al y imposad in the contract for Bome easy mothod of toating oil
Four forward speeds and re- failure to deliver the boiler ou in the orankcaso, tion it was found that the The situation brings the motor
verso may be engaged through timo. If every motorlat could carry filament in the electro bulb was vehicle industry face to face with some simple little device by bruken It was, however, clear the problem of obtaining more which he could determine when that the lamp was all right a efficient rosuits from the fuol his ail was unit and dangerous short time previously, as the used.
it would result in a great saving motorist had occasion to stop a
It is known that but 15 por of money and oil. fow miles from Torpoint and ho then observed the temp to be cent, of the poweringas is utilizod in the present method of opera- tion.
Polico and informed that hin rear lamp was out. On examina-
*alight.
FACING PROBLEM.
Those facta word brought to the notice of the Beach by the enough energy to run a oar 450
"A gallon of gas contain solicitor, inairuoted by the Automobile Arreciation, and the word possible to utilize all of the miles on a loval paved road, if it lamp with the broken filament was also produced. At the same T. . Boyd, Dayton, O.,
energy in the gas," according to time it was also pointed out to
authority on fuial. the
Bench that tio statute provided that where all reason-
CRACKING PROCESS.
an
MOTOR TRUCK FEAT.
Was
the operation of the gearshift. Not having 5-ton truck lover, as in the ordinary selective available, a 311⁄2-on MO wan sliding gear transmission, using the two-rango tranent alon the high-range coun ershaft speed sent out, and she boiler wax through one set of constantem shtransterred to it. Althougn auch gears. By shifting the separatea hoavy overload was not racun- range lover, the low range set of mended nor dosirable, tuo GMC constant mesh gears may be eng-truck, due to the two-range fans- aged, ulving an additional set of mission and the excess weight three lower forward gear ratios parrying capacity provided in its and reverse for bad roads and ex-design, nad no difficulty in over tra heavy loads. Tho igt or fourth forward speed is a direct sovure road con ti ions and safely delivered the bolter on 2010,
-
reverse.
abuad of the ampsy
Columbia
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VEN with a faultless ignition, the modern high-compression engine pinka on acceleration - when driven by an inferior spirit.
Shell Motor Spirit
owing to its high percentage of aromatic hydrocarbons eliminates that alight knock- ing sound termed "pinking."
THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO. (SOUTH CHINA) LTD,
VALUE OF NEW TWO- RANGE TRANSMISSION.
drive in either case- Although the overloading.of a Thus, by adding only five major
The other truck, which wAA motor truck is considered to be paris, the two-ringe transmix- very bad practice not only by the sin provides a total of soven for able to proceed now that the load had been removed, started ablo steps had been takon to Further developm nt
truck manufacturers but by road ward speeds and two of the oneuro a proper illumination of
authorities becauso of the giving thir y per cent, additonal at the Banks time, but no 3-ton the number plate, no conviction cracking process in the manufac-damage which overloaded trucks driving power without undaty GMO trosk with its 6-1911 ad should be recorded. The Banchure is seen by Boyd as one are liable to do to highways, it racing the e wine and making it arrived at us dusting ton thirty
olu lon to the problem rejected this defonco, and in
ofcon happens that overloading is able to operate the truck at minutes fining the motorist 10f-stated At prosent, however, much unavoid shto in 0.11 am-rzenoy, the most connumicals psed un hər-truck. that in their viow it was not remains to be done to bring this The exconn onpacity provided in all oudition“.. open to im to make use of this process to a plane whore it will high zrado truck is a factor of An interesting + x •mpla· of the defence, and thas the more fact not be ton costly to be practical. nafoty which tooraforo provos utility of the GMC two range that the lamp was our apparently Another Rolution lies in the valuable.
transmission was given r cantly rondered die effence complete.
Increased efficiency of engines in A rodent o ginsoring develop in an extraordinari fost perform. I was hold by the High Court which gasoline is used.
mont that gives trucks etɑop- ed near + maha, Nebraska, US A. som ti se ago that tila dofonco If a romedy could be found for tional ability to carry heavy The Building Tram-for Cam- cars at a disadvantage have mach position. It is dead." A dent CLOSED CARS INCREASE was available to the motorist onoraukosso dilution, motorists overlords and overcome savers pany of that oily, a live concern tu lesh the average driver, this driver is quick to foel vibratiis; Production of alowed auton hau a onarge of this nature, and the would save millions of dollars operating conditions, is the pro operatin a motor transport burd: in particudarty well fllustrated in but granting that he is operating "hown a greater increase, every Au omǝbila Association ir ap-annually, and a big waste in oil vision for multiplying the engine nois, had contreated to move the cake of the man who is a motor that has no period of month this year than last. Pers pealing in order to preserva ́a Ţand gasoline would be averted. power through greater number, steam boiler wel tung approximandicapped by dosfuoen, ove vibrazion, he is never in doubt a centage of closed ours for the
of gear changes than ses givan ately 6 tons into Omahs from si: How for instanow, distra daef to whether he's running the engins entire Industig is expected -principle which, is of vital im- Manufacturers now advise the by the conventional four-ipeed-amall town thirty-five milesean of driveri kade whether his engine too fast for anty shifting me If the ranch 40 por gent, by the end of
draining of the crankcases a transmission.
kel the city, overunimproved roads in]to Klaming ***agow. All shonkai ammeter neediapolate to charge like yours KE
portanca to all motorists..
stall. Would he know it before when the throttle is closed the ho let in the cluroh and found no eozino is idling too fast. power available 1
Drivers who are fortunate Deaf drivers learn to use the anough to possess ali thair sensas YOU SHOULD DO BETTER. -
Ammotor. So long as its needle would do well to learn how others Ackers the engine fa running, overcome their driving handicaps. Many persons who are driving When it is psoid in a discharge