MOTORING
SUPPLEMENT
OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, 30th JULY, 1927.
Being The Official Organ of
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
CURRENT
COMMENT
Vehicular Ferries,
means is the automobile. That That Hongkong and Kowloon day must dawn, and when it does, will be linked together in the it is perfectly obvious that facili future by means of ferries capable dies will be required to bring our or transporting motor vehicles is neighbours and their merchandise
a foregone conclusion, and, alright through to Hongkong. though the matter has frequently Pleasure Motoring.. been "discussed, it is rather dis-
The question of pleasure tour- appointing that more emphasis is not, laid upon the vital importance with vehicular ferries functioning. ing is also an important one, and
of schemes being evolved at the varliest possible moment. Hong-)
a valuable Gip would be given to kong, in common with many other the meter trade here. At the leading cities in the world, suffers present time, motorists are divided, front mistakes made in planning into two groups--those who live is thoroughfares in bygone days, on the mainland, ami those who The same mistake must not be re-live on the Island. of Hongkong. pented in regard to development True the present lighter system is { achemes of to-day, especially in useful, is a limited extent, but connexion with harbour transport facilities, for it does not require any retorists object to the time much foresight to see that trafic and trouble in taking a car across arteries will form essential means the harbour by that means. There of communication between Hong-is therefore an immediate need kong and the Mainland in the for suitablé facilities, and for the future. 11 would indeed he future, the probability of being mistake if the present temporary able to motor through to Canton. set-back in the Colony's prosperity
was given as an excuse to post-Kowloon Bus Danger. pone the modernising of the har
The Reclamation.
NEW YORK'S ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME TO COLONEL
LINDBERGH.
The enthusiastic welcome given to Colonel Lindbergh upon his return to America includ- ed a brilliant reception and parade in which Packard cars played a conspicuous part. Twenty- four Packard cars werd'included in the procession,
ROLLS-ROYCE.
Interesting Factory System.
it is a very general custom in the
bour, and not only that, but the A practice which is both dan- arresting of development would gerous and thoughtless is becom- show a deplorable lack,of confid-
ing increasingly common among ence in the future.
Kowloon motor bus drivers of small machines. We refer to the
PETROL MONOPOLY. While the Praya East Reclama-practice of buses overtaking each
TOURING BY AIR. tion is as yet unbuilt on, it would father, when one or more, has be well to visualise even te stopped, without giving any warn- The Light Aeroplane.
To be Assigned by Spain years hence, and imagine the necessity for a ferry service in ing to vehicles following in the
Sir Alan Cobham having returned
to Highest Bidder. that locality serving both passen rear. The danger to other users
from a very successful, lecturing, tour
Madrid, June 30. ger and vehicle needs. Such a of the road can be appreciated in America did not let any air flow
The new State inunopoly of thei ferry requires ample space at the when it is remembered that it is under his wings before starting a appinach for the embarkation and seldom a bus stops close to the whirlwind tour in Enginud, the petroleum industry is to be worked Mutor Trade for manufacturers of
by the Spanish company making the disembarkation of vehicles, and left hand side, and if a following ject of which was to make peoplest desirable bid. The company chassis to make improvement's in now is undoubtedly the time to re-bus overtakes it, the road is. for realise the future importance of
is to be guaranteed a mininus their various models from time to serve an adequate area for such the moment, blocked for following aviation.
dividend of 5 per cent. antine and then to incorporate them an important purpose.
traffic. The chief peril Hes in
The light aeroplane is one of thell over 10 per cent. goes to the altogether on the ear shown at the sudden swerve an overtaking directions in which aviation is
OX- State.
The Company's monopoly is Olympia, which then become models Rond to Canton.
bos makes towards the centre of pected to expand rapidly, and with last 20 years, had the expital and of the year succeeding that in which Occasionally one hears the hope the road, and when this is done the standardisation and production all interest in, it will be Spanish, the Show is held. The Rolls-Royce expressed that a motor road will without warning being given acci- in quantity of engines such as the except that 10 per cent of foreign method is a different one. Join Hongkong with Canton when dents, are likely to happen. This Armstrong Siddeley 65-75 hp. air employees will be allowed. saner counsels prevail in China, also applies when two buses have cooled Genet, the performance and but those who voice the hope are stopped one behind the other and running expenses of a small sero- usually dubbed dreamers, so pes-che rearmost re-commences its plane are very satisfactory indeed, simistic have we become. The journey before the one in front. 20 m.p.g. of petrol, a range of 300 effort is made it has come to our knowledge that miles and accommodation for two sooner a" dispel that pessimism the when a bus made a sudden swerve people and luggage already bring
better, for there is no doubt but along Salisbury Road a few daysing aero touring into line with what What both Britons and Chinese ago an accident with a following is possible on the higher powered
endowed with broad vehicle was narrowly averted. and more expensive cars. .who are
vision, do unhesitatingly long for Drivers should be instructed on any means which will bring the the necessity of giving "signals two cities into a closer and noru under these circumstances and so personal touch the one with the help to make thic Peninsula ronds other, and the most effective safer.
WHAT'S TH' IDEA WEARING WOOL. SOX
AND HEAVY SHOES
IN SUMMER?
OR MY FEET WOULD BURN
UP BEHIND THIS HOT ENGINE
HAVE
TO
now.
MUSSOLINI'S VETO.
"Among the pet schemes of Signpr Mussolint is the com- plete suppression of trams, of which he is the deadly enemy." Daily Paper.
be
pre-
The minuimum capital will
There are no 1927 models, nor are 125,000,000 peseins (nearly £1,500, there, in fact, any Roll-Royce cars 000), of which 3 per cent will be which can distinctly be indentified advanced by the State as free capital. by the year of production. The All existing petroleum interests Rolls-Royce method. is to produce are to be bought by the State in chassis in sorics and to incorporate mediately. Bids will be received the results of any tests of proved the now series during a period of two months, from value immediately
comes into production. There is othing hasty or ill-considered about such a method because every im provement incorporated into a Rolls- Royce chassis undergoes a Himinary test of 10,000 miles under grelling "conditions in Francu. If; after standing up to the test for |0,000 miles; "any new component shows the least sign of wear and Lear, it is at once examined (per- haps re-designed) then produced afresh and subjected to a further; 10,000 miles test. The point is that every improvement, before becoming standard, mast give, 10,000 miles perficet service under abnormal con itions and after that it is called pon to undergo a whole series of farther tesis under more normal conditions but of varying degrees of stringency. When ence the in provement is satisfied the exacting requirements of the Rolls-Royce engineers, it is immediately put into production and incorporated in the next series of chassis.
Though eye to eye some things I do not see
From Signor Mussolini's point of view Whether they Fascist or they slowest be, ·
Yet trams I do.
Of all the "things that never would be missed"
Upen a Roman rond, with him I am
Inciled to put upon my little list
The common trum.
Surely amid the grandeur that was Rome"
A tram is an anachronism; no Terpsichore could hardly feel at home
In modern jazz.
No Kontan senator his Teelings hid,
But if he disapproved he said so flat. He put his thumb down. "Veto, I forbid!"
And that was that.
Cato the Censor had his pet grand slams.
Delendum es! Carthago was his stunt.
So Signor Mussolini says of tram,
Delenda aunt.
When all the trams and tramlines 'shall succumb To Signor Mussolini's potent sway The ancient Appian Way may then become
An 'appler way!
The tram is out of place among the works
Of art that mellow Caesar's old abodu. It's out of place, I think, in any cires.
On any road.
Town-planners and road-builders, kindly do
For us as Mussolini does for Rome, And save us still a beauty, spot, or two
Much nearer home.
(Morris Owner).
Linder this system Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Inve recently been able to in- corporate their new patent hydraulic shock dampers to the front axles of both their models. These shock lampers are double deling and the pressure datapor is fores fed; more- over, the total weight of the device is extremely small. Experiments rhow that the nett result of this im- provement will be to give the Rolls- itoyce owner, whilo. rough riding in A distant Colony, something of the superb amoothness and comfort which has hitherto only been cap able of achievement on the post- War trunk ronde.
The Rolls-Royce patent hydraulio shock dampers are being fitted to the Irunt axles, of both Rolls-Royer models now in production.
We are pleased to announce that we have received
another shipment of Harley-Davidson motor cyclos by the 9.8. "Empress of Asia" on June 28th.
The shipment comprises→ ··
COMBINATIONS
BIG TWIN SOLOS
and the famous--
HARLEY SINGLES.
Side by side and overhead valve modela.
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