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CEYLON'S LIGHTING
*PROBLEM.
In Ceylon the trufle problem is the elephant,
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He is the 10-ton truck, the, trne- tor, jaywalker, and road-hög all in one, and he meanders, in large numbers, at a low idling speed along the 112 miles of motor road between Colombo and Kandy, to the grave annoyanes of motorists, who prefer to travel a little faster than elephant pace,
In daylight he can be observed al some distance, but after sunset his protective colouring makes him inconspicuous. Now, there
is a little controversy as to how The he should be illuminated. municipal council favours a white light in front and a red one at the rear, und motorists agree. Non- motorists consider a white light on the neck would be sufficient, while the owners of the elephants - somewhat conservative people -dislike disfiguring their pets with any kind of radiance.
PLAN NEW TUNNEL.
Plans for a tünnet under the Delaware river connecting south Philadelphia with Gloucester, NJ., have been filed with the War De- The turmel will be partment. designed along linca of the Hud- Bon river and will be about 6000 feet long. The estimated cost is around $20,000,000.
OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
SATURDAY, 16th MAREN; 1838: Being The Onicial Organ el
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION:
MAJOR SEGRAVE ATTAINS SPEED OF OVER 231 M.P.H.
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World-wide interest was created when Major H. O. D. Segrave announced his inton- tion of endeavouring to create a new world's record for speed on land and aes. At the time of going to press with this Supplement, news' has been received that this daring Bri- tish motorist aucceeded in reaching the tremendous" avirage speed of 231.86246 miles per hour at Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.A. on March 11th. His performance with the motor boat "Miss England" will be awaited with much Interest The above pictures show the car (which cost £18,000)) in process of construction, and (below) as it appeared when
finishod.
CURRENT
COMMENT
and is known as the "Andrew Bar- TRIPLEX ON THE per Building."
Absurd Restrictions.
NEW FORDS.
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We understand that the Public Works Department declines to grant residents the necessary permission to erect private garages adjoining their residences on certain parth When the new Model A Ford ment of the traffic system at the of the Peak. This attitude is ne- car was being designed, one of the Segrave's Triumph,
Ferry approach, must be growing turally causing annoyance, especial factors which was given most caró- owner-driver his reful attention was that of building When Major H.O.D. Segrave impatient at the delay in the matter. Jy when an announced his intention of giving It is true that the email island has celved authority from the Traffic into the car every possible safe
sixed contests, after establlah- been given over to traffic needs, Department to use a road not ordin-
One of the most striking dis- Ing & wird's record in 1927, the and although that is a step in the arily open to mator traffic. The guard against accidente. majority of people took him at his right direction, the main job of gange problem confronts every coveries in the analysis of auto- Word, but they did not allow for complete reorganisation has yet to owner in the Colony, and there ap mobile accident was that 65 per the spirit of Britain's famous speed be started. It cannot be denied
cent. of all the injuries resulting fiend. Later on, he qualified his that the problem really is acute, and statement to the effed that he really that it becomes increasingly so with
from motor car accidents were be- meant that as long as the world's the gradual growth of vehicular
ing caused by flying glass. The analyels also showed that in the traffle. speed record was hed by England,
great majority of cases the dan- he would be content to rest on his'
America's repre- Adding Confusion.
gerous pieces of glass came from laurels. When sentative, Mr. Ray Keech made it
The erection of the building for
the windshield of the car. known that he was out to shatter
to regain the record for England, That he has now done so in auch an overwhelmingly convincing man- ner stamps him as the greatest speedster that the world has yet
pours to be no reasonable objection to owners erecting their own garage whenever possible. Hongkong auf- fers from far too much red-tape, and a little more consideration should be shown to residents who ask for the most trifling favours. It is difficult to understand the at titude which forbids a citizen pro-
the Englishman's record, Major Se- the use of the Revenue Departmentviding shelter for his car! Such grave immediately indicated that near the entrance to the Godowns
affected should point to the garag- should another record be establish- and Wharves cannot be said to ima ruling makes it natural that these ed, he would make another attempt prove matters, rather it has had the ing facilities provided for Govern
effect of increasing the confusion.ment. Servants. Valuable parking space has been taken up with the result that it is Licences, not uncommon to see cars actually parked on the pavement near the shop at the corner of the Canton Road. It is to be assumed that one or other of the prepared schemes will be put into effect, but the undue delay is distinctly disappointing.
seen.
Outstanding Quality.
The fact that it has been made possible to produce a land minchine
capable of such tremendous turn Those Trees. of speed calls for the highest
So Henry Ford and his staff de- cided that the windshields of the shatterproof glass, and the Ford new Model A Fords should be of Motor Co. Installed Its own glass plants to make Triplex shatter proof glass.
The process of making this glass We understand that when licences is one of the most interesting and aro renewed in July next, the Traffic newest developments in the auto- Department will introduce the disc motive field. The windshields are #ystem, as used at Home, where made of two sheets of dae gines, this method has been found of the scaled together, under high pres- greatest assistance in checking sure, by a layer of crystal-clear licences, and it is expected that it material of cellulose base" which will, prove equally helpful here. holds the glass together in. case it The Traffic Dept. will provide the is cracked or broken by Impact. licence in the circular form, but Repented tests have shown that owners of vehicles will be required
not oven the smallest, particles of break loose and fly when they are glass from these windshields can struck the beavy blow that so fre quently cause serious injury to driver and passengers.
possible praise for both the designer We have previously referred to the and manufacturer. The strain fm-danger osused by the trees which posed on the mere mechanical ele line the roadway past the Craigento provide the fitting to hold ment must be enormous, and that gower Club, and wo make no excuse which must be affixed on the near every obstacle has been successfully surmounted provides a glowing tri- bute to Britian motor engineering. The Tragic Sequel.
side.
for again drawing attention to the matter. There are times when ap pearances must be sacrificed in the Another Regulation, interest of public safety, and al-
Another Regulation which will though a tree-lined thoroughfare At the time of writing the above adds beauty to a locality, that come into force on the same date note, nows of the tragic sequel had aspect cannot be considered for a makes it necessary for all left-hand not arrived in Hongkong. The uni- moment when danger is caused. driva motor vehicles to be equipped versal feeling of slmination which The one solution to the matter is to with a mechanical signalling de swept the world at the news of Se- remove the trees, but if that is not vice. This is, of course, moet gravo success has now given way to be done, a measure of safety necessary, although we think that to the most sincefe sympathy for would be created by whitewashing some, guide should be given auto the courageous American, Mr. Lee them where they protudo out on to the type which will be approved, Bible, who was chosen to pilot the the roadway. Another tree which and further, where euch device.may Triple racing machine. There should have been removed long ago be obtained. This latter remark is no need to go into the merits or flourishes to the danger of motorists in although a Regulation on
beenuse may demerits of these contests, rather outside the 'Helena May Institute.
stato that a certain fisting has to be attached to cars on a certain would we join in, with the world- wide sympathy at the greatly de- Andrew Harper Building,
date, unless that sitting is available, plored death of Begraye's contem-
the motorist is placed in a rather porary.
unfair position.
In last week's Supplement, wo published a picture of the building which herves as the Ford Head- quarry 'the Colony, The head- New Members. Those progressive minded citizens ing Uh-To-Date Ford Establish-
Kowloon Trafic.
Since publishing the last list, the Hongkong Automobile Asso
N. 8. MOSES & GO., LTD., of the Peninsula who have endearment in Kowloon appears to have following motorists have joined the oured to impress upon the Govern- been misunderstood. The building ment the need for early re-arrange-1 is the própétt
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Harper,
NO TRAFFIC JAMS,
There are only 22,500 motor vehicles in Russia, or one to every 6,200 Inhabitants
Only one nation has a lower metar census; that is China, where the streets are bullt for rickeshes.
H. C. Shrubsole, Feq., Mrs D. Manners, C. J. Woodhouse, EST H. J. Paterson, Esq.
J. McCormack, Esq.
R, Thicknesse, Esq.
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Capt. F. G. Le Gros,
Rev. F. Short,
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