THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
B.S.A. Motor Cycles
Won a Team Prize Again
IN.
THE INTERNATIONAL 6 DAYS' TRIAL
Aug. 15 to 20, 1927.-Lake District, England
Gold Medals
• Awarded to the team of three ridors using B.S.A. 4.93 h.p. OH. V. models, all having completed the course without losing a single mark. Another B.S.A. rider of the Dutch team, mouried on a 4.93 h.p. Sporting sido "valve
machine was also award- ed a Gold Medal
Gold Medals
Also awarded to a rider of B.S.A. 3.49 h.p. O,H.V. motor cycle combination
the smallest powered alsicar to win a premior award as well as to a rider of 928 motor cycle combination.
Lead the Way on a B.S.A.
THE SINCERE CO., LTD.
SOLE AGENTS.
THE
MOTOR UNION
INSURANCE C? ?
Incorporated In England
(Under the auspices of the Automobile Association)
SPECIALISES
MOTOR INSURANCE
THE UNION TRADING Co.,
LOCAL AGENTS,
York Building.
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td.
Phono C. 587,
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
IDEAI. TRANSPORT VEHICLE.
Six-wheeler Conquers all Obstacles.
from
With the object of gaining first-den; and Cloncurry," reached Mt. hand information regarding the Isa on August 16. Camooweal nature of the Western and Cen- was reached next day, and Lake tral-western districts of Queens- | Nashi the following day, The land and their possibilities in con- journey was continued vin Boulia, nexion with the settlement of Winton, and Longreach to Charle-1 migrants, an expedition, which has ville, and thence along the rail- just been concluded, was led by way linė, Vin Roma and Ir. H. P. Gebb, chairman, Com-Toowoomba, to Brisbane, after ac monwealth immigration apdcomplishing the trip' Development Commission, which | Toowoomba to the capital in just penetrated into the interior as far over five hours, which represents as Camoowerd, travelled as Tar very fast time for a commercial North as Cairns, and in the course vehicle. Throughout the entire or a trip which started at Towns-trip no mechanical trouble was ex- ville and finished up at Brisbane perienced, and two punctures com- covered 3,400 miles...
prised the sum total of tyre trouble Mr. Gebb was accompanied by the vicinity of 25 miles per hour, The average touring speed was in representatives of the pastoralists
and the petrol consumption work
of New South Wales and Queensed out at between 18 and 20 miles
bd and of the Queensland Irriga-
A capital opportunity of showing the usefulness of the six-wheeler
tion Commission. The expedition Per gallon. was made by means of two Morris git-frame six-wheeler commer- cial vehicles, loaned to the Immigra-was afforded at the Ayr Crossing, the Burdekin River. This tion Commission by Mr. W. R. Morris, the British manufacturers river has to be crossed just after of these vehicles. No other type the tide has fallen, and it is con- fof vehicle would have withstood sidered impossible to traverse ex- The conditions eountered by the apt with the aid of horses. The party except, a six-wheeler. This Morris six-wheeler was put to it now type of commercial vehicle has its worst, and it made play of hon evolved in England, and has crossing, Mr. Leed demonstrat- hun selected by the British Waring the wonderful traction which lice as the most efficient motor can be obtained by the use of four transport vehicle. The driving of driving wheels by tracing figure the trucks was in charge of rights in the treacherously soft
river bottom. Squatters D. R. Leed, factory representative and technical expert of Morris Com-watched the progress of the six- wheeled vehicles in the Western me.rial Cars, Lad,
districts were unanimous in agree- The expedition set out Froming that this type of vehicle would Townsville on August 7, and travel-gulve many voxed transport pro-
ing via Charters Towers, Hughen-blems in outback districts.
RUBBER & SPRING.
French Shock Absorber's.
who
WANTON DRIVING."
Motorist With Epilepsy.
The plea that he was suffer- Ing from an epileptic seizure By compressing it flat-section
and not from drinking was helical spring in rubber, M. Wey-put forward at the Old dert, a Frenchman, has achieved a Bailey, London, recently, when shock absorber of totally new de- Charles William Chambers (47), a sign.
carpet merchant, of North Weald, The shock-abanchers are in the Essex, was indicted for being drunk form of hollow, rubber cylinders, in charge of a motor car and by with the helical spring vulcanised | wanton driving causing bodily within. The lateral displacement harm to Eleanor Maud Bryant, the of the rubber after shock is con- wife of William Robert Bryant, of trolled by the spring, and the re- Stoke Newington, and to her son sistance to compression increases Robert, aged 7. enormously as the spring is called apon to assist the rubber..
THE B.M. W. TOURING MOTOR CYCLE
WHICH WON THE ITALIAN TARGA-FLORID RACE, 1927
12 B.H.P. MODEL R42 500 c.c.
The new B.M.W. Touring Model represents the latest and most progressive form of engineering development applied to motor cycles.
In designing the R.42 model, it has been the maker's endeavour to procure with all possible expediency, every step of technical progress and every item of riding experience for the benefit of a wide circle of clients. The outcome of this endeavour has been to produce-
The most modern Touring Motor Cycle of the highest quality ever put on the market.
A FEW NOTABLE FEATURES
Engine entirely water and dust proof.
Double Frame throughout.
Increase of engine power to 12 brake horse power, Rims suitable for normal or balloon tyres.
All gearing effectively enclosed in oil-tight casings.
The universally recognised advantages of shaft-drive. Bosch head and rear lights Speedometer-Horn. All spare parts in stock in Hongkong.
May we give you further details of this super-motor cycle? If you are interested in the most luxurious two-wheeled machine in the world, please call or write for full specifications and particulars.
REDUCED PRICE H.K. $830.00
Sole Agents-CHIEN HSIN ENGINEERING CO. First Floor, Asiatic Building.
Mr. J. F. Eastwood, prosecuting, snil Mr. Bryant was driving a motor cycle and side ear, in which were his wife and son, along Epping New Road on the night of May 25. Chambers came along in his ear, which was zig-zagging from one side of the road to the other. When opposite Bryant's combination the car turned sharp to the right and crashed into it. It was a curious thing, said counsel, that at Stratford Police Court Chambers pleaded guilty to being drunk and to dangerous driving. He had now changed his mind and pleaded not guilty, and the de- fence would be that he was suf fering from a disease which showed the same symptoms as drunkenness. Chambers, giving evidence, said he had held a driving licence for twenty-two years and had never previously had a summons of any kind. He was a Freeman of the City of London and vice-chairman of the North Weald Parish Coun- eil. For some time he had suffer- ed in health, and he was sometimes unconscious after having fits of coughing. He realised now that he ought not to drive a meter car. On May 26 he had two small whiskies for lunch and two glasses of bitter. That was all the drink he had that day. He drove to Clapton to see his brother-in-law and then 'to Leyton to see a friend, proceeding home through Wood- Ford. As I was passing Ban- croft's School I was seized with a fit of coughing and can remem- ber no more, he added.
I pleaded guilty to driving to the public danger and being drunk be- cause I had no one to befriend' me. I thought it would be a fine, and I did not want anyone to know any- thing about it.
In cross-examination, Chambers said he had suffered from epileptic seizures for seven or eight years.
Dr. H. A. Watney said Chambers: had suffered severely from catarrh, and he had violent coughing fits. He had seen Chambers twice after a seizure, and his conditions then was one of dazed recollection.
Dr. G. P. Symonds, specialist in nervous diseases, said Chambers was suffering from chronic em- physemia, which would make him liable to the attacks described.
Chambers was found not guilty of being drunk, but guilty of wanton driving. He was bound over on condition that he did not drive a motor car again for three years.
GARAGE BEAT SCHOOLS.
Milwaukee spent more money for garages and auto service stations than for schools, churches and other such institutions, the six years from 1921 to 1926 reporta the federal bureau of Inbour.
SATURDAY,
BOY POLICE.
Shepherd School- children.
MOTOR ACCIDENTS
CEASE.
OCTOBER 29, 1927.
Boy traffic cops have minimised the number of accidents near schools And
"in playgrounds California.
Organised and trained by the police and automobile clubs, these schoolboys, displaying a badge, direet traße near schools and pgrounds at danger hours, when other children are coming and going.
Since this system has been in operation, there has been no re- cord of an accident while the boys were on duty.
BEAN Commercial Vehicles will
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Stocked and Demon- strated by-
Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
GAS SLOT MACHINE.
A Canadian Invention recently passed by that government is that
POLICE MUST DRIVE.
Paris police must be acquainted of gasoline pump controlled with all kinds of automobile con. automatically by dropping the trols and know how to drive the necessary coln in a slot. No atten-cars, so that they may be able to dants are needed..
bring in abandoned cars
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SHELL MOTOR
FREE AIR
OILS
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OUTSIDE CITY HALL. HONGKONG.
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