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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII
SATURDAY, 5th NOVEMBER, 1927.
Being The Official Organ of
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
CURRENT
COMMENT
WORLD'S GREATEST RACING DRIVERS AT
BROOKLANDS.
1928 HARLEY-DAVIDSON
Our RickshAR.
travel. Quite a number of cars fail to give way to traffic coming An interesting statement was from the opposite direction, l- recently made to the effect that though it is obvious that west there are now less than 200 rick-bound traffic should be given shas in Tokyo. Not so very long right-of-way. Only when it is ago, thousands of these vehicles possible to pass the obstruction lined the streets of that city, and and pull over to the correct side the total present number might of the road before the oncoming then have been found on any one vehicle reaches the spol, is it per- public stand. The change is at missible to travel on the wrong tributed to the wide use of motor side of the road, and all-road users vehicles, a change which clearly should give the right-of-way to indicates that Japan is keeping up any vehicle which has its own half with the times. We in Hongkong of the thoroughfare clear. It is might well take a lesson
from
hot rond etiquette to scramble through, and. in so doing, either cause an obstruction or possibly an accident.
Commercial Sidecars.
Tokyo, as it is plainly seen that we have far too many rickshas on our streets at present, and with the ever increasing number of motor vehicles, congestion is likely to arise, and accidents occur as a re-
We have lately noticed the ap- sult of an excessive number of the coolie-drawn means of convey-pearance of several motor cycle ance. As it is, there is not nearly carriers which have been put into sufficient parking spaces for motor use by various firms; as have also. vehicles, and it cannot be denied ordinary three wheeled cycle ear-, that the gradual removal of rick-riors. The former type is most shas will not occasion much in-economical in both time-saving convenience to the public. The and cost of operation, and for ricksha "pullers themselves are firms which have a dally delivery. largely to blame for the feeling of small parcels to cater for, the that they might well be dispensed motor cycle combination offers a with, for they have a habit of most attractive solution.. loitering on the thoroughfares,
and suddenly darting across the Tuipo Bridge. roadway in order to Importune) potential fares. They cause A distinct danger and nuisance, and the sooner Hongkong follows the lead of Tokyo, the better.
The Beacon.
On and after Thursday next it! will again be possible for motorists to enjoy a complete circuit of the New Territories, for the new Taipo Bridge is to be opened on thai date. It will be remember- ed that as far back as July, 1926, The "Aga trathe beacon has the old four-span bridge between been given a fair triad now, and the road and the railway embank- quile a large number of motorists ment was torn adrift owing to an will agree that it has proved a exceptionally heavy deluge and Satisfactory solution to the ques high wind, and since that time i tion of traffic control at that temporary bridge, laid on top of point. There is no doubt but the supports of the old one, has what there is far less congestion had to do duty. This has prevent- than formerly, and, the majorityed heavy motor vehicles using the of drivers circulate round the through road and, owing to the beacon in the manner intended. necessity of having the temporary The arrangement is much better bridge guarded by gates, there that the method of stationing con has been a ban on night driving, stables to direct the traffic, the Since the typhoon storm of August /hand signals so often proving 20th. last, when this temporary most misleading and confusing affair was so damaged as to be It is well worth noting that since unsafe for use, there has been no the
introduction, of the "Aga" traffic at all between Taipo and light, no accidents of any kind Shatin. Motorists, to whom the have been recorded, neither have New Territories"run is particular- the Authorities received any com-ly attractive and enjoyable at plaints from either motorists or this time of the year, will there- pedestrians. The scheme might fore be pleased to learn of the be extended to other points in the opening of the Colony, such as at the junction of manent structure which has Salisbury and Nathan Roada.
been built almost alongside PACKARD RECORD. shipment figures during epochs in CALCULATING COST. Passing Obstructions.
THE CAR-QUEUE PROBLEM.
now per-
the old one-on new sup- ponts well founded on a rocky
.one
Some of the world's greatest racing drivers competed in the British Grand Prix of 327 miles at Brocklands. The top picture shows a general view of the race, and the lower, the winner, Benoist, taking one of the sandbank turns during, the race.
Orders.
Packard history show how this! habit of better motor car buying: has been steadily growing.
than
What to Save for a Car!
$120 .$130 .$800 .$250
.$250
We would like to call the atten-bed. Now approach roads have Factory Flooded with
In what might be termed the in- tion of motorists to the procedure had to be made and opportunity
fancy of the present Detroit plant, which should be followed on the has been taken to ease off the
cars shipped In the four years from
Mr. Remsen B. Ogilby, pre- 1904 to 1907 Inclusive totalled con- "Morrison Gap Road just east of rathor dangerously sharp corner
Puckard the hill side of the bridge.
car shipments for the Naval Hospital. There is an on
were shipped sident of Trinity College, has obstruction where part of the The new bridge is designed to August, 1927 were the greatest in siderably less than roadway is being re-aligned, and carry all kinds of motor traffic, any month of the company's 28 during August, 1927. In that one figured out exactly what a family were loaded for shipment aside annually toward purchase of for easterly bound traffic, this ob- and it is to be hoped that it will years, according to figures just month alone only four less units of moderate means should pat
of useful exin-1 compiled by the Packard factory.
were produced during a car struction is on the nearside of the have many years
The previous high record for any
year of 1913, He first lists the following items part of the road on which theytence.
mouth WAS substantially the entire
to the bettered and it is a certainly that period corresponding September, 1927, shipments will nalf way milestone in current of credit:
Packard history. -
Carfare saving the length of a street in the pour total the largest yet.
The year 1903 saw the Packard Taxis and railroad fares Although the new Packard cars Motor Car Company moved from Increased business radius ing rain, hundreds of people are
plant while the taxi-driver which comprised these shipments its tiny
At Warren, Health saving held up
formally announced only uhlo and established at Detroit, Total credit drives beneath his great-coat in were A Munich Hint for Its search of change for a ten-shilling within the past two weeks, many but it was not until the following
thousands have been in owners' year, 1904, that "production" was From this Mr. Ogilby deducte note. In Munich, however, some hands for nearly three months actually begun. To-day, refine maintenance cost of the car, which Solution.
hundred yards before the door Refinements and improvements on ments and improvements which he places at about $530, and so of the theatre, there is a post the new series Packard Six and make for lower and more beauti- finds the difference of $270 as the Athough no town in Germany where all the taxi-drivers pull Elghts cars have proved to be 801 ful lines, longer motor life and amount we can put aside for a few. has to cope with as much traffic up and demand their fare through important that even before their greater driving convenience are machine. as London, and though the aver- a little window in the partition. announcements public acceptance causing nearly all of that yearly was great. enough to set a factory "production" to be shipped in a the shipping record in a month long single day's work.. age street in a German town fa If the passenger can pay far wider than that of a London exact money (including the tip), known as one of the quietest in Despite an increased production schedule and a greater shipping town, there is no doubt that there the taxi moves forward past motor car sales.
still struggling. is something to learn from Ger- those who are
Officials of the Packard factory programme, the Packard Motor
A tall building with double spiral many in the matter of traffic with their change, drives up to believe that such a record is further Car Company entered its.new fiscal
the door, delivers its passengers, proof of progress in the stabilizing year and its fall business with ramps from ground u phas been new kind of ap .control.
and drives on immediately. Thus of motor car buying. It indicates; thousands of unfilled orders. The suggested as a The greatest cause of hold-ups the public is set down at the they feel, a steady forward march unusual reception accorded the im- proach to a contemplated bridge in London theatre traffic is the very door in a continual and fast- toward a better buying trend in proved Packards together with over the Mississippi at New Or man who cannot tender, his exact moving stream. This arrange the purchasing of a good mator.car, normal sales expectancy indicate leans. It would save space and.
advocates. cab-fare. On a wet night, when ment is also applied to railway and the driving of it over a long strong activity in Packard sales reduce coat of the bridge, say its
Comparison of this fall. the theatre-goer is loth to walki stations and the Exhibition Park period of time
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