THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1926.
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GASOLINE and TYRES
AT REDUCED PRICES.
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MOTORING TRADE BAN. congratulated each other, and
relaxed. The various social workers presently reported a NO ROAD COMPETITIONS. vast aforming increase in educ
tion cases. Similarly. these A bombshell has been cast into public trials have formed a the ranks of sporting motorists safety-valve for the licentions by the passing of a trade ban on Theoretically, of course, they instincts of sporting motorists. practically all the toad com. petitions which form the usual have been run at legal limit; but summer programme. The power in sober fact; as overybody behind this ban depends almost knows, the timing points have entirely on a bond, which traders boon fow and far between, and a ara compelled to sign if they good deal of riotous speed has wish to stage their manufactures been permitted. Apart from such at the annual Olympia Show. It shoor speed, the effort of steering is too early yet to forecast the over vile colonial tracks and of precise effects of the bar. It will climbing abominable precipices infallibly prevent the factories has taken a great deal of ginger from being represented by their out of the younger and more ex- own staff and their own care and citable drivers If no such safety. cycles in aneh ovents. The em- valve is provided this summer, burgo may conceivably be out- the public will undoubtedly pay flanked by various wiles. Re. the penalty. Young blood will sonte concerns may contrive to not, easily be starved of its ox- camouflage their entries. But it citement. There is only ono is more probable that there will motor race track in this country be a great slump in road trials of as yet; the skill of its devateus all kinds. The speed hillclimb is so phenomenal, and the ex- killed last session by "the fool pense of frequenting it so im- hardiness of the general public, mense, that even the under- which displayed alarming suicid. graduate type of motoring blood al tendencies. The more sedate cannot afford to use it at all free- reliability trial,apart from simpla ly. Robbed of the accustanged club members' events, may soon road frolics, our younger moto- be equally dand.
ribts are likely to prove extreme- ly oxuberant; we must hope that the local clubs will be clever enough to organise some blowing- off of steam for such owners.
The general public has no special cause to mourn the de- ccaso of such sport Long pro- cessions of brilliantly lighted und rather noisy cars and cycles Apart from this risk, the bar threaded certain, districts at brief is by no means overdue. Two Fintervals throughout the sum- at least of the popular small cars nor, and were, frankly, a rather have achieved gigantic sales intolerable nuisance to roadside without any assistance. from this residents. In extreme cases such rather dishonest form of ad- queues contained nearly, a thou. vertising. Just at present sand people, choked thirty miles certain financiers hope to revolu- of road, and might rattle and tionise the cheap car market glitter undor bedroom windows with the aid of an Austrian in- from I am. to 4 a.m. There was ventor, whose design apparently precious little sport about many lends itself to the production of of the affairs. The drivers were a really commodious car of good often heavily subsidised, the performance at no more than. vehicles were by no means al£100. Price reduction is essential ways standard, and alleged to motoring for the million, and duplicates, bought through the the factory which aspiros' to turn- ordinary channóls, were not ing out a thousand care a week necessarily capable of similar cannot afford to subsidise pseudo- fouts. The entire cost of this amateurs to tour the British Islos quite expensive form of advertis-for six months of every year at ing was finally borne by the or- its expense. It must trust to the dinary purchaser. The task set good word of one customer to the competitors was either so earn it another customer. Nevor- simple, that it formed notheless, it is a grave blunder" to real test of the cars abilities; or, imagine that the sporting in- alternatively, so froakish that stincts of young England can be even with a superb driver at the suppressed to order. A safety helm, victory depended on a valve must be found. We should fuko or on the meticulous not be surprised to see several accuracy with which a pass- provincial motordromes opened,. enger "ynchronised the watch and it is conceivable that some and the spoedomotor. In the dorelict estate will be converted past such trials unquestionably into a road-racing arena, and served a most useful purpose. leased out to the clubs at work- They winnowed the wheat from ends-R. E. Davidson in New the chaff, they developed driving Statesman. skill, and thoy gave the ignorant buyer a chance to watch all tho best cars performing under dis- tinct difficultios,
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SECOND ARRIVING SHORTLY. SPARE PARTS CARRIED".
BUS LAWS VARY.
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Nobody soems to have con sidered one possible evil con- Requence of the ban. Some years The large amount of variation ago the citizens of a certain in bus requiromonta regulated by town became seriously alarmed stato laws has done considerable about the moral condition of to make this form of transporta-- their stroots after dark. A tion expensive. The laws regulato vigilance committee was ap. the use and also the construction' pointed, got into touch with the of the bus. This lack of police authorities, and contrived, uniformity repeatedly ·CaNees to bunish all the professional more expensivo installation and womon from their area. They maintenance.
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Tel. C. 2221.
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