MOTORING
SUPPLEMENT
OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, 5th. December, 1825.
* Being the Official Organ of the Hougkang Automobile Assocation),
Tramcars and Traffic,
CURRENT
COMMENT
Read, and turned round the Hongkong Hotel corner into
TOKYO'S BUSÈS.
FORTY WOLESLEYS.
The city of Tokyo, which plans to use Wolesley chassis 4911 its motorbuses from next gear, ex Monday afternoon. berimented with a sample en
The new car is finished In royal
It is understood that the War Office will subsidiae the pur- chase of the cars, and pays part of the cost of maintaining them for five years.
Wo have noticed that the query fodder Street. At the end blue. It costs the city Y.10,500, gas been raised as to whatheredder Street it turned, but if the results of the experi tramcars are subject to the sign-handed into, Queen's Road and ment prove satisfactory, the city 48 of traffic control police presumably then went along will buy 10 by the end of the officers and although there as Queen's Road in an easterly year, and they will be placed on always been an assumption in direction towards Wanchai. The the affirmative, it is very inwriter could not watch it after it the Shinjiku and Aoyama lines. teresting to note, as a matter of had swung into Queen's Road Yard is the agent for. Wolesley |
The Ishikawajima Shipbuilding actual experience, that tramcar But as it turned into Pedder drivors, in the main, take Street, and then out of Peddler cars, and several are now being absolutely no notice of traffic Street, it passed at least two assembled at its works in Tokyo. officers and that, in turn, traffic traffic control officers and not control officers take absolutely one of them thought of interfer no notice of tramcur drivers in- ing with the lorry because of its difference. On Monday morning, dangerously swaying and swing tą give a case in point, the writer was proecoding to Causeway Bay woman was knocked down and ing "tail of iron, And yet a in taxi-cab, and the driver of seriously injured at the cab gave very dufinite war-the other day by a precisely Yaumiti ing by arm signal to the Indian similar dangerous "tail" Hong constable on duly at the enerkong, i, apparently, the place of Arsenal Street that he was where the powers-that-be inspir proceeding down Queen's Roadd the cynic to assert that East. The constable put up his learn by experience that ex- traffic baton indicating to vehiclus Coming up Arsenal Street that perience teaches us nothing. “ they had to wait, but a tramear Dead Slow, driver took absolutely no notice
tramer
We
THE SUPREME SUNBEAM.
NEW. SEASON'S PROGRAMME.
There is practically no change in the general design of Sunbeam models for the coming
season.
The 14/48 h.p. 4-cylinder and 20/60 hp, 6-cylinder, together with the 3-litre 6-cylinder super- sports model, will be continued as heretofore, but with improved equipment.
and started his ear, which had 15 is to be presumed that when beon. stationary outside the one comes across such a notice "Daibutsn" shop. The trameurs the above, that something in came on and the taxi-driver, who
the nature of an obstruction had police authorisation to pro-ahead, work in progress, or any seed, haul tego right over to the other valid reason has prompted right handside of the road in
the erection of such a warning order to avoid colliding with the It therefore behoves the motorist An entirely new model is being tramear which was making the obey the instruction obviously introduced in the form of a 30/96 sweeping curve. Nat the slightest given in the interest of public h.p. 8-cylinder chassis, capable st notice of the incident was taken afety. Unfortunately, in Hong-carrying the most commodious by the constable, the
kong, little motion is taken, by roachwork. Order for this new driver wasn't rebuked and the Some drivers of road signs, and our are now being booked: taxi-cab driver had to swervo inck instaures can frequently be seen! to loft again after he had cleared of the Haunting of such neres the tramear) in order to avoid asary moices. At the moms, motor car quietly preceding on we have in mind that portion of its own side down Queen's Road olpath near the Peak Hotel. East a westerly direction. What running pastilel with the motor in the name of goodness is the use road, which had to be closed some of a traffic control officer whose lore ago as a revult of a serious.
control," does not, extend ap-|
landslide. Permission was grant- parently, over one important see footpath, and although it should ed for motor vehicles to use the tion of traffic, namely, tramcars? Porphaps our Traffic Department not be necessary, notices were knows the answer.
erected at either ond instructing rivers to pruered "deud slow.' Projections from Lorries, In spite of this, yarimus types of Outside the now Exchange Vehicles are necasionally to bo Building, in Des Voeux Road is decidedly dangerous in view of seen travelling at a speed which, Central, a motor lorry was being the pedestrian, chair and ricksha loaded up with iron hers used in trafic which is continually using connection with reinforced con- this path, and rosters appear to crote work. The iron bars were be taken to enforce carrying out projecting over the back of the the instructions given. lorry fully six or eight fret. They tunately the motor road is near- For- projected so far that the ends ly ready again for traffic, other sagged under their own weight
and wore almost trailing the wise we should seriously sug- ground. When enough bars badgest the withdrawal of the hoon lauded, the lorry drew away, privilege at present in force, in proceeded along Des Voeux view of its abuse,
MOTOR CAR TURNS TURTLE.
This auto turned over threo times and landed on its top who it was struck by another car at Floral Park, Long Island. Nobody was hurt in this frouk accident. [?]
"Hullo Motoring?" "No. Bee-keeping!"-
Weekly Telegraph, Sheffield
FAN BELT BUSINESS.
THE LARGEST RACING CAR.
Babs" the largest racing car, which was expected to smash records, was beaten by wet sand at Pendine, Carmarthen. The driver, Mr. Parry Thonias (seen above) was blinded by the lying sand thrown up by the wheels and compelled to abandon the attempt..
EXTRAORDINARY TEST.
"Triplex" at Motor Show.'
AIR RECORDS.
BRITKH ENGINES
ASSISTANCE..
Britain Assists In World Air
Records,
At this year's Olympia Motor Show the Triplex Safety Glass Co. gave demonstrations that were of a peculiarly interesting kind. The popular automobiles alone
A are said to have required, in 1923,2-1b, steel ball was dropped from
Although Great Britain has no 22,500,000 feet of fan belting as
the height of about 10 ft., first on World Air Records to its eredit, original equipment. AL
the best plate-glaws, then on to it is some antisfaction to know average of 20 cents a foot, that's an outlay of $4,500,000. And it doesn't include fan belt renewals which are estimated at half as much more.
1923 REPAIR COSTS..
an
wired glass, and lastly on to that British engines have helped Triplex. No glass, except Triplex, machines of other countries to has ever withstood this test with-secure World Recorda. out splintering, but Triplex has Four new World Records have never yet failed to withstand it. recently been obtained by En- Another interesting exhibit on the gineer Grase, flying a Fokker- same stand was an aquarium, made Napier single-seater fighting aero- throughout of this wonderful glass plane. and intentionally broken. It con- Carrying a load of 500 kg., tained gold Esh swimming in water, Grase over 100 km. A. R. Mogge, merchandizing.
attained a director of the Automotive Equip-weighing over two hundredweight. speed of 165.7 m.p.h., whilst over ment Association, says motorists
It was thus demonstrated that, 200 km., with the same loud, an spent $650,000,000 for replace
even when Triplex glass is broken, average speed of 164.7 m.p.h. was ment parts in 1923, and $910,000, is still serviceable, being alr obtained. 000 for labour connected with the tight and waterlight even under first purchase. Seventy thousand heavy pressure. organizations are competing for this work.
DON'T EXPECT
CHILDREN TO LOOK
CUT FOR THEMSELVES
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HIGH AUTO VALUE.
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These speeds are also recorda For a machine carrying only 250 kr.
A remarkable fact about this achievement is that the Fokker machine and Napier engine are standard in every way,
The U.S. censun bureau
This is the first time that any timates the value of all autos in world air records have been made the country Inst 'year at in Holland, -184,507,407,000. Total taxes qn)
The Fokker-Napier is fitted
thom mounted to $171,548,000, or with a British-built 450 hp about ten per cont. of the value.
Napfer aero engine.
70-80 SWIFT MILES PER GALLON.
10,000 to 12,000 miles on a pair of inexpensive tirea- 800 miles to the gallon of oil.
How's that for the economy of the Harley-Davidson Single ? It's the type of motorcycle you know would come, some day. Easy to ride-boginnors learn within a city block. Easy to park. Easy to garage and care for.
And the performance! Ride it over trail or highway-on plousyre rido or hunting trip. See how swiftly and smoothly the SINGLE hums over hills and through mud. Ample power and speed!
The second consignment of HARLEY SINGLES (side by side valves) and fover head valves) are expected on the 1st. December or latost the 17th, by the "EMPRESS' of CANADA." Prospective buyers that were dissappointed on the first consignment better put your orders with us now.
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