MOTORING
SUPPLEMENT
OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH..
SATURDAY,
20th APRIL, 1929.
Being The Official Organ of
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
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The above picture shows the modern parking facilities provided by Miami, Florida.
Statue Square Parking,"
CURRENT
COMMENT
explained that the original stop-
ARMOURED BABIES.
War Office Tests.
ROUGH DRIVING.
[By Gordon Fraser.]
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The populat "baby" Austin motor-car is 'ahorily to appear In a new and unexpected role, follow- Ing exhaustive "experiments just |completed by War Offfco experta to ascertain the best substitute for motor-cycle combinations In- reconnaissance work,
Officers responsible for the development of the mechanised force recently reported to the Director of Mechanisation that motor-cycle combinations wore found to be unsatisfactory for scouting work, and suggested that tests should be carried out to ascertain the suitability of some of the "baby" motor-care now on the market.
Severe Tests.
Tho. "Baby" Austin was lisub- jected to severe road tests, extend. ing over many thousands of miles. It was fitted with caterpillar attachments, such as are filted to tankettes, six-wheeler troop- carrying lorries, and artillery Jimbers, and then driven up steep
MILLIONS AT STAKE. #radients, along rocky pathways,
through
and boga
streams, bracken and woodland, and finally hurtled over an embankment on to
Ford Hunts Old Car. rough ground, twelve feet below.
PATENTED WHEELS.
Money, Inta of it, is involved in pini places were more or less a search which Henry Ford is con- With the pancity of parking experimental, and such being the ducting for an electrically-driven space in the city, it is rather surenae, it is almost sure to be dis-car built by an American company prising that more advantage in not taken of the valuable location covered that other stops are neces-in 1898,
sary.
Lesson Needed.
He does not want the antique to luce in the Ford museum, but to save millions of dollars for him
netion..
from Queen's Pier through to Des Voeux Rond. At the present time, motor vehicles take up position alongside the kerb, thus occupying On Thursday morning last, at and other companles from whom far more space than they should. about 8.30 a.m., a large motor lorry the Packard Motor Co. is claiming it must be perfectly obvious that belonging to Messrs. A. S. Wat-oyalties in a patent infringement much better use would be made of sun & Co, was ascending the Peak, the space, available if vehicles and when nearing the bridge near All the famous manufacturer were to back on to the kerb, or the Homestead Flats, a car driven wants are the wheels of the 'old
of the roadway in adingonal position, Many owiter-drivers avoid behind, and instead of following cerns the infringement rights on Statue Square solely owing to the the lorry until the bend in the demountable and interchangeable fact that a car left there is liable road by the bridge was passed, in-wheels, and Ford hopes to show to become locked in by vehicles creased speed and endeavoured to that the wheels were in use two at front and rear, whereas the pass. An owner-driven vehicle years before, an application was system suggested in this note happened to he descending at the made for the patent. would remove this objection. This moment,
Hong Kong Hotel Garage. park facing towards the centre by an Indian driver came up from vehicle, for the Packard claim con-
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and the two cars met
is not the first time we have re-head-on. Hurried braking avert
ferred to this matter, although ed a collision, but the driver of CORRESPONDENCE. there should be no need to make the ear on the downward journey reference to it at all, beenuse the appeared to be rightfully in- remedy to the existing state of dignant at the foolhardiness of the affaire is so patent.
Those Trees.
offending vehicle. Doubtless he gave full vent in thought to him? opinion of the other, but he should We have frequently referred to have gone further than this, and the danger enused by the trees taken the number of the other car which take up valuable road space and duly reported the driver along the Wong net Chung Road, Maybe he did!
but it appears that motorists will
have to bear the inconvenience and Always Report.
Praya Risk.
We have received the following letter for publication in this Supplement:
Sir-Now that the wet 'nersun
is, we hope, approaching, I would
Its only mistake was to finish upside down, though the engine was still running.
I understand that the Austin Company have been asked to supply 100 chassis as early as possible.
Special bodies are to be built for them in Army workshops. These bodies will allow for the accom. modation of driver and observer, & rifio-rack and ammunition-box, and possibly an empincement for concealed machine-gun-(Vaily Expresa).
FIRE PRECAUTION.
Ash Trays in Cars.
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LEGAL NECESSITY?
An act is contemplated in Call- fornia (U.S.A.) to fores every mo- torist to equip his vehicle with a receptacle for eigar and cigaretle
If it passes the legisla butts. ture, fallure to have an ash-tray in the car will be an offence.
This legislation has been sug- gested by the number of bushfires. In California last summer. It is claimed that the majority of the fires were started by tourlats, and in most cases were caused by care-
lessly thrown cigar and cigarette
atubs.
draw attention to the dangerova stato of the Praya. It is common knowledge that in recent times. "TIRED FEELING”.
risks which they cause. Perhap Unfortunately, many people de-several cars have gone over the those in whose power their removal cline to take the necessary steps edge of the bund into the harbour, rests, never use the read, because to check road-carelessness. One usually because someone has re- once the sensation has been ex of the reasons is that they do not leased the hand-brake of the car perienced of judging the distance between a trim ear travelling to care about giving evidence at when it has been parked.
This constitutes what may be wards one, and the trees at the side subsequent police court proceed-
of the roadway, ample reason is inge, but not only is it of the termed a "private risk," but with provided for making the road safer utmost importance that reckless the advent of buses a very real
The
Street Parking.
BLAMED.
Accidents at End of Day.
"That tired feeling" is said to
other periods of the day, but late afternoon is the time of frequent accidents.
by cutting down the trees. That drivers should be reported, but it risk to the public is likely to occur. be responsible for a large propor- foliage is ornamental is not denied, is the bounden duty of every These buses must, of necessity, tion of motor accidents, the ma but when it is a matter of sacrific motorist to make reports when draw up close to the side of the jority of which occur between 4 ing appearances in the interest of such instances occur, in the in-uad at the various stops, such as p.m. and 7 p.m..
the Star Ferry, and it requires Strects are equally congested at public safety, there can be no pos-terest of public safety.
very little imagination to see one sible excuse for preferring the de-
of these heavy vehicles skidding corative aspect. Possibly, it will
over the edge of the Praya in wet need a few accidents to emphasise
Should a car owner be permit- weather.
Fatigue after the day's work or the point.
ted to leave his vehielo out in the The remedy is obvious, and, shopping is claimed to be the street all night? There seems to think, not very costly. A two father of the carelessness whien Stopping Places,
be quite a divided opinion on this foot wall along the edge of the causes crashes, magisterial proceedings question, and during the week we bund would be easy to build, and a driver of one of the have been naked to express our would not, in any way obstruct Hongkong Hotel motor buses for opinion. Our reply would, be the loading and discharging of slopping at an unauthorised stop. governed by the circumstances of cargo. This should be put in ping place, raised a matter off each particular CHRC. It is hand at once-at any rate at bus great Interest to users of the obviously undesirable to allow stops and opposite parking places. vehicles. Although it is impera private vehicles to obstruct busy {tivó thut definite locations be thoroughfares, but in the casu of selected for allowing passengers a private owner leaving his car to alight from, or board a bus, on a road or bye-road not largely unless such plates are arranged at used by motor traffic, is surely not fairly frequent intervals, the a very serious matter. We believe the pollee. Whether the practice State-owned trains and trams totalTM N, S. MOSES & CO., LTD., value of the service to the travel that this is permitted in certain is wise from the pilfering point of £130,000,000, or £52 per head-of
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ling public is greatly modified, districts, and the dearth of garage view is another aspect of the pro-population, and motors and main' The case put forward by Mr. Par- accommodation justifies a certain blem, but after all, the owner has roads total £119,000,000, sons of the Hotel Garage Dept. amount of lattitude on the part of to accept that responsibility.
per head,
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