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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, 21st March, 1925.
Being the Official Organ of the Hangkung Automobile Association).
LOCAL MOTOR NOTES & NEWS
We should imagine this a most effecient method of surfacing ronds and it should solve the problem which has existed in Hongkong of Conveying the matorial to the road in time to get it laid before it has started to set.
An onthusiastic overseas can manufacturo. Why makers motorist paseing through Hong- in the States have refrained from kang last week, accompanied the competing in this field is rathor The proprietors of "Sholl" molor writer of those notes on a motora difficult question to answer, spirit announce that they are run round the island. Whon because there is such a univerest placing a motor lubricating oil on It will bo'known asked what his impressions were demand for light and reliable the market. afterwards, the visitor expressed, enrs for poople of limited moans, under the same famous trade surprise at the spood which mast Possibly it can be explained by name. We understand that this cars take blind oornor, "I've the fact that the easy payment particular oil bas mat with a driven some thousand of miles in system, which is so much taken wide popularity in the British the British Isles during the last advantage of in America, makes Islas and other parts of the world fiftoon years" he said, "and until it possible for the prospective who co it has baon introducod. Au this afternoon thought myself owner to obtain a full sized attractivo and informativo booklet quite immune from the qualma machine for a morely nominal has been published which serves which usually alliet inexperione-outlay, followed up by small as a guide to correct lubrication, ed motorists, but I should think monthly instalmonts. That may and the local office of the A.P.C. twice before I took a corner on a be all very woll in its way, but it will gladly send a copy to those cliff road at twenty five miles does not supply the damand of making application. por hour when I had to chance a those to whom the novelty of a clear road on the other side, really small two-sontor appeals. especially when there was a drop into the sea of probably one!
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Whilst on the subject of lubrica tion, it is opportune to romind hundred feet on my left." Sup-| There are signs, however, that car owners that correct fubrication poso it's a case of familiarity before long American automobile really is a vital factor to satis
manufacturers will turn their factory running and maintenance. brooding contempt" he added.
attention in the direction of the Without doubt, many Jemall and low priced vehicle. It locally do not take the interest in It WAN pointed out that is said that a new light four-cylin-their motor car that the owner accidents raroly occur, but der auto is ready for the market, tho reply to that assertion but so far the makers have kopt than thair new product secrot, not Kood judgomont Wa8 the even having decided upon ronson. Thero certainly aro some name yot.
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to safety, and one occasionally A utility car, which is rapidly merely paid to drive. The load- marvels that Home of those becoming very popular in Eng ing oil companies to-day will. people do not come to grief as land and elsewhere, is the solid gladly give advice which is the result. That they do recognise tyred Trojan, built by the makers result of the most careful ex- that they are ronduring thum-of the famous Loyland com- perimenting, and it is unques-! actvou liable to prosecution in mercial vehicles. One local contionably to the interest of every domonstrated when one of the corn put one of those in Hong. owner to take such advice. Woll
Standing auspiciously on dis-worked thom out. After loss Traffic Department's sidecar kong some time ago, and has known and reliablo lubricants and outfits happens to appear ahoud evidently beon sufficiently im-spirits are regularly advertised, play in a hall of the Smithsonian than two months I was ready.
"I took it out and it speeded beliovod 10 bo down main street. It gave me a of them. It is to be presumed pressed to purchaseseveral othors. and it should be remembered that Institution at Washington is what
the claims made by reputable is generally that the reprosentative of the law
first automobile-groat thrill. The people weren't firms who welcome the limelight America's travels at lawful speed, and the
are put forward Invention of Elwood Haynes. started mucli because they were spoodster" knows this and con In the Trojan the ongino, of publicity,
Tucked away among broken used to seeing ma do most ovory- four simply because they sequently slows down to a like rated
h.p., has
crates and othor discarded thing. I kopt running it around pace, which means that he has to cylinders cast in one piece and honostly substantiuterl.
articlos, in a small warehouso town for a few days and then I curb his speed mani until the coupled in pairs so that there.
shed in Spring Lake, stands what had to return to my work inj trafie man either takes another are only two combustion spacer. Mr. Frank B. Amos, the export residents of that town declare is Louisiana." route, or slows down himself and The onging is of the two-stroke representativo of Messrs Dodge America's first automobile-in-
NONE INTERESTED, signals the car behind him to type, so that no valve gear is Brothers of Dotroit, called at vention of Marshall McCluer. pass. Once out of sight of the required. The drive is through our office yesterday on his way
Obscura, unknown beyond the The machine looks liko a buggy, uniformed warning, the speedster (an opicyclic gear box and back to the United States. Mr.
town's boundarios, Marshall with the addition of a bicycle grina and lets her out again." thence by duplex chain to a solid Amos stated that there is 0 McCluer, 66-year-old retired beat chain drive, a place for a small
back axlo. The epringing system noticeable improvement in trade captain, sits in his cottage by motor and a gasoline tank ini is unusually efficient and con generally throughout the East the shoro of Silvor Lakefront. We seriously doubt whether sequently good riding comfort since tre visited 118 last
and rocalls the occasion of McCluer had difficulty interest- our prosent traffic control statis kocured, avon tho tyres in November 1924. Rogar- his "invention." Ile harksing others in his idea, he says. is sufficiently largo to cope with го solid. The prico ofding the famous automobile be back to 1891-and the old timers "I was the laughing stock the domand for efficient highway the complete car in the represents, he stated that from supervision. With the many more fomo market is £148.0.0, and it Hongkong to Bombay dealers in the town confirm the date- with many people and I presume miles of roads suitable for motor has now boon in use long onough had cold out their etegks and two years before Elwood Haynes this discouraged me from pro- started the world with his coeding with the invention. They ing boing opened up, it would to prova quite dofinitely that word booking orders against horseless carriage."
told me I had more money than appear to be imperative that the it is an absolutely practical pro-fature deliveries. Especially in traffic staff be increased accord-position.
"I built that machino in 1891,"brains. The prosident of the mill India, was the improvement in he repents, "and if there was one whore I worked also laughed at ingly, Our visitor referred to
trade noticeablo, and the 0x built before that, I never heard my idea. elsewhere in these notos remark Mr. H. E. Goldsmith, our cap-change value of the
rupoe is of it."
"So I went back to the mill and! ed upon the absence of police, abio executive engineor of roads, today proportionately higher
TOOK TWO MONTHS.
forgot the horeoloss carriage. and asked if there were any as fately roturned from Home than storling., "traps. While this particular toave, during which he wont into
Marshall was mechanically in- Father shipped the engine back' method of bringing road hogs to the latest methods of road making
clined in his youth. And histo Grand Rapids and I tradded The rubbor industry in the F. father, James, was a machinist the machine to him for a riding book is perhaps not to be advised. bath in Great Britain and the Un-M. S. is becoming more prosby trade. When a man from cart,' we do think that a steadying inited States. It would appear that porous, and Mr. Amas attributed Grand Rapids brought a gasolino
The machine now in being hold fluence would be brought about his vacation was something in the that in no email measure to the to Spring Lake, young Marshall by Aloys Bilz, votoran hardware if occasionally traffic officers nature of the proverbial "bue-big domand croated by the tyre doolded to give his townsfolk merchant of Spring Lako. Ho.gat old modal. Any decrease of dead strotchors are removed, those
patrolled certain districts in plain man's for as a result of his manufacturera in the Statos, |study and investigations, various about 80% of the raw rubbor being
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LATEST INNOVATION, The Automobile Association
byeways. ing.on behalf of motorists, prompt
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is distributed to all patrols work- ing in that district, so that in the case of floods, land-slidos, fallen trees, or roads under repair for their full width, A.A. members can be warned sccordingly:
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it when he was named adminis- weight on a machine which, like frames accommodate comfort- "I met problems at times," he strator of James McClaar's eatato. fire engine, may be obliged inable seat cushions with detach to traverso soft able back rasts. Thus the vehiclo new machinery and the latest purchased by American intorosts. explainis bout his first efforts. He intends to return it to Mar-mergency
be used withar for two ground, is, of course, of consider-can Thoro used to be a certain road-making plant bas
But father holped me and we shall McCluer,
able importance.
strateher cases, one strotohor amount of humour caused by jobtained for Hongkong.
For some little timo after land five sitting cases, or ten A. A. BOAD ridiculing the heavy tramp of the
the war, requiremonte in respect sitting casos. The temperaturo policeman doing night duty on Tho "results" of Mr. Cold- COMMUNICATIONS. hi bost, it rightly being contend-smith's work are just arriving
of ambulances were filled mainly is controlled by a valve which od that law breakers wore warnere, and residents will
hy surplus machines returned regulates the flow of exhaust gas from the front. More recently, from the engine through a pipa od of his prosonco in the vicinity, doubt bo rathor startled to and therefore easily evaded his soo some weird and wonder-
ambulances specially designed running round the floor and un- and equipped as such, have been dor the soat. Of the 104 vihloles unwelcome attention. So it leful machinos at work on has extended its method of obtain
produced by cortain car manu- now baing oporated by the with the uniformed traffic officer our highways and
Messrs Cloment Tal- Metropolitan Asylums Board of He is nasily recognised at some One machine is especially in information concerning road An interesting extension of this! In the same gonoral category facturora. considerable distanco, with the
commercial vehicles come bot have specialised particu- London, no less than seventy- torosting and ingonious. It conditions likely to causo obstruc-schemo is the provision at such as station and reports that there ing material and result that he returns to the consists of a plan for raix-tions or danger. The patrols in pivotal tolephone boxes of blank machinos applied to the work of larly in this direction with six are of Talbot manufacture.
In drawn obargo of fifty of the A.A. road direction sigus, carrying the saving life or property; that is to groat success and have produced no naughty motorists in
along by ů tractor of
omer-say, fire engines and ambulancos. what is known as the Talbot the side telephone boxes collect, by Association's badge, for Hongkong.
As regards fire engines, the" Huddart" type of ambulance. samo type as the ordinary farm telephone, from patrols at other gency use by the patrols, so that
le mounted on tho tractor. On arrival at the soone roadside tolophone boxes within for example, if it is necessary to most noteworthy recent improve-This
A new list of approved head- amont is in respect of pumps.well-known 25/50 h.p. chassis. The popularity which is boing of oparation, the machino les certain radius, the latest roports divort passing traffle from
Dennis, who have The interior roof and walls are lights for Californis automobilss achieved by small cars in Hong unhooked, a bolt connected from regarding conditions likely to cortain road, the patrols write the Mosers. kong, especially the excellent the tractor, and road surfacing embarrass or binder A.A, mom- necessary inscription upon the onginos in use all over the world, smooth surfaced with rounded means the death of 101 devious little" Austin," "draws attention is turned out like candy wo auod bors during their journoys. blank boards, and place them have produced a type of pump corners. Two stratohers aro car now in use. The new list of to the absence the world over of to watch being made in shop The information received at the where they will be visible to road which, without any saorifice of ried on metal frames supported headlights, minus the 161, goen
When the into effect on Jan. 1. officlenoy, is far lighter than the jon roller whole. miniature motor cars of Amerl-windows at home.
central, or pivotal, telephone box users.
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