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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
SATURDAY, 2191 SEPTEMBER, 1929.
Being The Officiat Organ of
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CURRENT
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NEARLY LOST.
Sir H. Segrave's "Squash."
* THRILLING RACE.
A glass of lemon squash. nearly cost Major Sir Henry Sergave his life, just failed to wreck his super- speed boat, the Miss England, and almost caused his defeat by the German mystery boat, Parolo III, during the recent preliminary beat for the German speed-boat chim-
Templin, near Potsdam,
It was warm, and both Sir Henry Segrave and his mochanic, who had started up Miss England's great 950 h.p, engine for the race, Lemon squash was brought for discovered that they were thirsty. them, the engine was stopped, and Sir Henry and settled down to enjoy a long, cool the mechanic
Teutonic vico roared at them from drink, when suddenly a guttural the judge's box through a mega-
paone,
goes, Sir Segrave," said the voice. "One minute before start gun After thirty seconds of scurrying haste the Miss England with 4 splutter and a roar made for the starting buoy where her German rival was already waiting.
WHEN DUSK COMES.
AN EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.
The Effect of Atmosphere.
INTERESTING FACTS.
When dusk comes and the sun's hot rays no longer scorch
Our and backs, we get into our cars more easily, running smoother seem to feel the motor pulling and quieter and generally showing more pop than it did during the day.
On a day when the fog is heavy, or a steady rain comes down, we seem to feel the same rise of even, noiseless action on the part of the motor. And we attribute this to the weather. It is an obvious and sane conclusion.
rainy weather is not so good to our But we are being deceived. The
engineers have proved it. cars as we might bellave Tests by.
What happens is this:
Austin "Seven" taken shortly after car was driven to the Central dis the accident of last week belowtrict under its own power. The The above is a photograph of the be in perfectly good order and the
Gough Hill Police Station, and illus-only damage sustained was to body, trates the driver's extraordinary mudguards and windscreen as the escape from very serious or even photograph shows. It is interest- fatal injuries.
and these also do not cost very much to maintain. As aTM*matter of Comment was recently made in fact, for ordinary every day these notes on the fact that motor-use, a "Baby" car costs about ing can no longer be termed at the same as a season ticket on luxury, in fact, the paint was the Peak tram, and it must be stressed that it is actually a neces-admitted that the drive down to sity. During the week a reader the city each morning is most has gone so far as to suggest that beneficial. It s true that wet as far as Hongkong is concerned, weather has to be taken into ac-pionships, being held on Lake the possession of one of the small count, but after all, this is by! types of motor vehicles represents no means 'un objection. definite economy, when a check is made of the average monthly Garnging. travelling "expenses of, Hongkongi residents. There is much truth la must enter into the discussion, The old question of garaging the assertion, because the majority but it is gratifying to know that of people are so accustomed to the authorities are willing to grant paying aut rieksha and chair fares, facilities to owners of the smaller that due account is not reckoned; in the ordinary monthly expendi-rouds not ordinarily open to mo- cars whereby they can drive over tortraffic. As we mentioned a few
When fog or moist atmosphere A Case in Point.
weeks ago, it is to be hoped that
surrounds the motor, there is a more favourable attitude will be
per cent. in power rather than really a decrease of about seven Take the case of the average adopted towards residents who
rise in pep, as we have been led to Peak resident. In the first place desire to erect their own garages
believe. This is because the water there is the sum of $12 per month adjacent to their homes. for a Peak tram season
vapor of the atmosphere, entaring ticket. Then it is customary to take a rick- Generally Admitted.
with the air through the carbu sha too and from the top
retor, mixes with the gasoline and station involving an expenditure form the ideal means of family or That the motor vehicle does
The Miss England's crew had, effect. More gasoline, therefore, The car fell a distance of more frame and that the hood sticks pro-
40 dilutes it enough to weaken its
ing to note that the "Triplex" "gless of 40 cents per day, or, for even individual transportation, is however, been too hasty. The has to be fed into the engine to than 60 feet sommersaulting over tected the interior of the body from windscreen remained intact in the thirty-day month, the additional universally admitted, and it is in little auxiliary engine which is maintain the efficiency it had in stones; loose earth and bushes and damage aum of $12 la spent, Thus is the teresting to remember that at the used to start the great motor had dry weather. sum of $24 per month arrived at last meeting of the Peak Tramway 950 h.p, engine into befitting fury, gasoline tends to slow up the rate shown.
not had time enough to goad the
Anally coming to rest on a concrete On the other hand, the diluted path upside down in the condition car and the tremendous impact with and it must be borne in mind that Company, reference was made to and so, when Sir Henry Segrave of combustion in the cylinders and
Considering the leap taken by the those who are in the habit of go the possibility of competition from was well out of reach of land, the this prevents knocking, or pre-mechanics had righted the car and and the quality of materials used. which it must have come to earth ing home to tiffin spend another motor vehicles. When the new engine struck work and stopped.
Extraordinary to relate when it proves the sturdy construction $12 on rickshas. The above cal road from Garden Road to May
ignition. Since there is no detona filled the radiator, the engine, trans in the manufacture of these so culations make no allowance for Road, and later on, from thence and the German boat sped away tion, the engine in moist weather mission, and wheels were, found to called "Baby Cars."
"Bang!" went the starting gun, tion, due to this retarded combus- chairs from the lower tram station, to Magazine Gap, is completed, it alone. Sir Henry looked after her seems to be running quieter and or for rickshas when travelling about the city, nor for pleasure safe to predict that many more regretfully and decided to give up amoother and therefore better.. residents will, became owners of the race. Not so, however, Mr. trips out to the various bathing motor vehicles, and that many will Scott Paine, the Miss England de dess under such conditions. In But the power output is actually, beaches. The sum of $24, there-prefer such means of travel to the signer. fore, represents the lowest possible Peak tram. In this respect it has
dry weather the motor really estimate of expenditure on trans- to be remembered that the days the boat had been brought in fuel mixture is less diluted. What driver cutting directly out from a revenue of nearly $808,000,000. "Go on, Henry!" he said, when furnishes more power because the portation, and it would not be far have long passed when the only again. "Have another crack at makes us uneasy then is the the curb in front of you and mak- Of this amount the Federal excise, are surprised by Motor vehicle taxes in 1928 drew out in most cases to even double means of ascending the Peak was her. You may catch her yet." that sum. If motor car hire is by the tram (with the exception
greater liability of pre-ignition or included, a very
"Right-oh!" said "Henry," and nocking, due to the higher rateing a left turn, don't try to swerve tax (repeated on May 29, 1928) - much higher of the torturous trip by chair) when the engines were at last set of combustion.
past on his left. The best way to counted for more than $20,300,000. figure is reached,
avoid a serious accident, according State registration fees and gasoline and that people who now consider going the Miss England roared No Comparison
out once more, flashed past the that the fares are high, have a starting buoy, and before the seen in the statement by observers | California, is to swing into the tax supplied more than $627,500,-.
A psychological note can be to the Automobile Club of Southern- most useful, economical and plea Parolo had completed the third that the reason a 'car seems to run opening between the curb and the 000; municipal tax, $20,000,000; and Our informant, who happens to aurable alternative means of be one of the many who make travelling in the automobile. This
tram
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Too Hasty.
fourth and last lap of the race.
· TRAFFIC ADVICE.
When you
la, jassed her again. The boate better at twilight or right after rear of his car. were both speeding away on the nightfall is the fact that speed when suddenly an agonised "Oh visibility is cut down.
seems .to be increased when eac went up from the crowd of spectators.
Distant Speck.
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Added to this feeling is that produced by the change in the atmosphere when the sun acts- the feeling of greater speed and ease in driving due to increased moisture in the fuel and.resultant retarded combustion.
The same feeling comes on a
A motor-yacht skipper, seeing Whilst mentioning small cars, it the Miss England a tiny white wher he likes! As a matter of will be of interest to Austin speck in the distance, had thought fact, owners of the smallest type "Seven" owners to know that a
there was plenty of time for her to of cara do enjoy pleasurable and service station, is being oponed at get across the course. Sir Henry healthy transportation at extreme Lockhart Street, on the new regerously, and missed her by the real hot morning following a night
saw her just in time, swerved dan- ly low cost, and it not surpris-clamation, opposite Tin Lok Lane, narrowest of margins. Not more of rain. Then the air fa daden ing that the number of people by Mr. Getz, who for many than five yards separated the with moisture, until the sun has providing their own system of years has specialised in service for boats transportation is rapidly increas Austin "Sevens." An
from collision and their had time to dry it up, and ing. Next in class to the "Baby" meat
announce occupants from certain death. Sir motor seems to be purring along cars come the light touring types, elaowhere in this Supplement.
this effect appears Henry passed the winning post a in fine shape.Deceived by this fcel- quarter of a lap ahead of his ing of smoothness in our early rival, having taken ten minutes morning's drive, we have failed to less than the German boat.
notice that we have had to put our Sir Henry won all five of his foot down deeper on the accelera-
to
AUTOMATIC BRAKE, removes the necessity of the
Applied When Accele, rator is Released.
A NEW DEVICE,
customary foot-brake control, though one was fitted on the car
for emergency purposes.
When the car is at rest and neutral gear engaged the new brako 13 on. The driver engages
the
heats, and thus won the German tor to attain the same rate of speed championship trophy.
Mr. Bomford, the other English competitor, in his outboard motor-
as on dry mornings.
The actual benefit arising from boat, Sea Hopper, constructed at humid weather, especially in hot a cost of £100, won five races in summer,
the outboard class, but lost the ayatom. Under such conditions comes to the cooling. others to the German boat Hai. there is less likelihood of a steam the first gear, lets in the clutch He is, however, sure of securing ing radiator, even when the tem- the aggregate number of points the outboard trophy on account of perature le high., accumulated by him in his pre-) vious victories.
and accelerates the brake is released and the car starts.
A motor-car with a foot-brake which is automatically applied the moment the driver takes his foot! The automatic brake will hold from the accelerator has made its the car on the steepest hill; this appearance,
makes starting on a steep gradient During a test says the motor cay, for it is not necessary to use
the hand-brake. correspondent of the Daily News
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Battery That Recovers.
IRISHMAN'S “
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A battery that can be charged and discharged in a few minutes-is the invention claimed by a Dublin man, James Dunn.
I was driven along a straight road. There is a neutral position "on at a speed of about 50 miles an the accelerator pedal where the hour. Suddenly the driver remov. brake does not come into action ed his foot from the accelerator and the engine can be used as a and the car on its own account brake. This is to prevent constant came to a standstill smoothly in braking on acceleration. But 40
It is undergoing severe teata un the same distance one would ex-soon as the accelerator pedal i Ho is the cause of many ac- Government which has promised to der the observance of the Free State pact if the ordinary foot-brake had allowed to come back beyond the cidents, and the traffic authorities finance the inventor to the amount boon psed.
neutral point, on goes the brake. of Quebec (Canada) "are" making of £500. If auccessful, the battery
After a little practico it is pos- While they still curb excessive the Free State railways.
a special effort to liven him up. will be used in the electrification of young Swiss, M. Badertscher, and tion to use the accelerator in the driver whose Idling may be con- 51 per cent. of the shares in a com sible, owing to the neutral posi- speed or reckless driving, the patents have been taken out in all same way as a foot-brake pedal and structed as interference is in line pany which has been formed to pro- The Free State Government holda parts of the world. It virtually for cholding or stopping..
The device is the invention of a
for trouble.
mote the invention.
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