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HONGKONG MOTOR ACCESSORY COMPANY
specialises
in xil kinds of ACCESSORIES
and
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Tire patches.
Hand jacks Foot pumps Wrenches
&c., &c. &c,, • &c,
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..and
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CURRENT
SUPPLEMENT
COMMENT
Tramway Standards.:
in
OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
SATURDAY, 31st, MAY, 1930.
Being The Official Organ of
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
AN AMPHIBIOUS FEAT.
Land and Sea Tour Successfully Made.
GERMANS USE BRITISH 'PLANE.
and
The greater mobility of modern vehicular trafic has given’impetus to the world-wide work of provid- ing suitable thoroughfares,
There seems to be no limit to fact, the wide streets in modern cities and countries are the direct the ingenuity of man. The latest result of the progress of the auto-method of travel has just come to mobile industry. It is universally light its inventors being three recognised that main thorough- young men from Leipzig, Erich fares must be as free of any form Grundling, Walter Weise of obstruction which may impede Toni Pagigli, who must indeed be or interfere with the smooth flow possessed of an adventurous turn of motor traffic, and it is in this of mind for their object is to sen respect that Hongkong is unfor-as much of the world as possible tunate in having over part of its with the aid of a small boat, the main roads, tramway standards in "engine room" of which is an the centre of the roadway. It is, Ariel motor cycle. of course, fully appreciated that their removal to the sides of the roads concerned would prove a costly business, but even so, it is to be anticipated that such work will be deemed necessary at some distant date. In the meantime, a greater degree of safety would be 33sured if the bases were painted white. As it is at present, the dull green does not show up at all clearly when in the rays of headlights, whereas the employ ment of white paint would give adequate warning, We trust that this suggestion will be adopted. in
the near future.
Pillion Teachers,
AN AIR PILOT'S WORK,
Now comes the astounding parti of the enterprise, for where land has to be crossed, the boat is mounted on a special axle with two wheels, the "engine room" is put ashore and the boat is towed. When the party takes to the water again, the motor cycle is replaced in the boat and drives the pro- peller. The weight of the load is
Ninety instruments and controls for the air transport pilot, approximately 25 cwt., and at
Seattle, April.-Not many insures a safe flight day or night times a speed of forty miles per years ago the only instruments over the most treacherous part of hour on the road is obtained. to tell a pilot his altitude, spead, this route. This strange "amphibian" was gasoline consumption and position built during the winter of 1928 of the plane in flight were a and the first journey was started tachometer (which gave him the in the following May,
The left section of the board, directly in front of the chief pilot's seat, includes such fight instruments as the compass, bank and turn indicator, horizontal bubble or bank indicator, rate of climb indicator, airspeed in- dicator, altimeter and clock.
number of revolutions of his engine), oil pressure and temperh- The travellers first transported ture gauges, and a clock. The It has again been suggested that the boat overland to Halle, then latter gave the flyer some general a person learning to ride a motor sailed through the rivers Saale idea of how much longer he could and Elbe into the North Sea, but, stay in the air, based on his gaso- cycle, should be accompanied either by an instructor on the unfortunately, storms compelled line consumption per hour.
After pillion seat, or by another cyclist them to return to Kiel.
To-day this is all changed. The riding alongside the machine. leaving Germany they passed pilot of a modern commercial The writer of these notes pointed through Denmark and, crossing transport has a multitude vi out the utter absurdity of this the Baltic, made their way up instruments and controls.
Sweden via suggestion some months ago, the Stravangar as far as Bergen, San Francisco-Chicago transports, Goteberg, Oslo, The new Bocing 18-passenger opinion being based оп wide experience with motor cycles from where, owing to the lateness of for instance, have 90 instruments 1910 onwards. There is only one the year, they decided to turn back and controls. Their presence switches and similar instruments.
through Norway. In every towa
way to learn to ride a motor cycle, and perhaps it would be as well to give the correct method here: In the first place, it is essential that the art of balance be acquired with an ordinary pedal machine. The pupil should then be given instruction in the various controls of the motor cycle, demonstrations being given by the instructor with the pupil seated on the machine, the back wheel being jacked up on the stand. When the controls are mastered, the instruc- tor should stand by the pupil, until he is able to start away on the cycle, and possibly run along
great at which they stopped, a deal of interest was caused, moat People naming them suicide can didates, but nevertheless showing]] admiration for their enterprise.
At present these adventurous spirita are in their native town! repainting and provisioning their boat for a continuation of the journey; the Ariel machine has given no trouble, while receiving only the barest attention, which says much for its design and con- struction.
It is proposed to set out again
for a few yards by the side in as soon as possible and the route order to assist if necessary in lies via Strasbourg, down, the..
The central section of the board contains the engine, oil pressure, fuel pressure and oil temperature gauges and a priming gun for starting engines.
The right section in given, over and includes such controls as the to the electrical control equipment ignition switches, electric light
AUTOMANIA.
A perfect road, a perfect day, a, The differential mutters, and, to
perfect car; but list!
What was that little knock
beneath the hood;
A tap that soon a pounding thump. A leaking gasket hissed? You're certain, then, the day is
not so good.
add to your alarms,
The batt'ry seems to bump.
That means no lights.
"It's probably a bearing," BAYA
your pessimistic mind, "That's short of oil, and just
about to run:”. whiff of scorching rubber. Yes, of course, the brakes: would bind;
Your mind becomes a sounding-A
board that magnifies each! sound,
And tracks it down the long,
dull path of woe;
because chaos may be found; You wonder how the car can
really go.
keeping the machine balanced thone to Marseilles, thence to You fear to raise the bonnet while starting away. The rest is Italy and Messina, along the coast quite easy, and the pupil will of Africa, and finally includes a quickly become accustomed to the tour of Egypt, and back to Leipzig| strangeness of the weight of the via the Black Sea. The owners machine. Naturally, quiet are in no hurry, and as they are locality must be selected, and a fond of sight-seeing, they pro- circular route should be decided pose to be away on this new trip on, so that the pupil experiences for two years.
no difficulty in dismounting and starting up again. He will then be able to return to the instruc- tor, and dismount in his presence. For the instructor to, ride pillion behind a beginner would be utter folly, and equally so, for him- to ride alongside on another machine, would in itself, be cal- culated to make the pupil nervous, and possibly bring about a colli- Hion.
Another Complaint.
In thanking us for drawing at tention to the unnecessary noise caused by fire-engine, beils in the carly hours of the morning, a Kow-| loon resident mentions another source of annoyance. Certain mo- tor cyclists are apparently in the habit of either using the cut-out on their machines, or doing away with the muffler entirely, the result being an unearthly rattle and roar from the engine." It Is a curious fact that some youngsters love to create as much din as possible, be- ing under the mistaken impression that they are doing something clever in riding what sound like
extremely high powered machines. Such an attitude is not only non- sensical in the extreme, but ex- tremely annoying. Perhaps the N. S. MOSES & 00., LTD., Traffic Department of Kowloon will
'Sole Agents.
keep an ear.open for these of- fenders.
Each pothole feels like broken springs and twisted steering arms;
The gear-box soars to unknown
vocal heights;
This car's a wreck a junk-yard
man would shun,
The trouble's merely mental, for the car gets home alright, And runs, next day, without a
sign of strain,
Despite the fact you've diagnosed
its troubles all the night. The only breakdown happened
in four brain.
SOMETHING NEW IN WATER SPORTS
Lack of waves does not detract from the thrill of aqua-planing for this water speedster who uses
a Cadillac Zor motive páwar, naar, Miami; Ezorida.
THE WONDERFUL 1930 "HARLEY"
Now on Display.
SEE THE NEW MODELS- EARLY, The Gascon Motor Co.
2, KWONG WAH ROAD,
KOWLOON.
Tel. 56242
A CAR
FOR YOUR LEAVE-
WE BUY IT BACK
This is our plan:"we sell you à car, which is
-fully yours, to nac how you like, where you
like and as much as you like. But before
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you buy it we tell you in writing how much we will pay for it when your leave it and you want to sell it. So you don't
don't have to sell in a hurry and at a sacrifice. And you can use the car right up to the last day of your leave. Write and fix this
and fix t
up now and the car and your driving licence will be ready the day you land will meet the boat if you like. And we will lend you one of our instructors for three days free of charge if you like,
We started this plan years before anyone else and "none of our imitators offers anything approaching our terms.
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· PLAN BETTER ROADS.-
SPEAKING OF GAS..
Japan plans to spend $20,000,- The average motorist in the 000, over a period of 10 years, in United States used 571 gallons of constructing and maintaining bet- gasoline last year and paid ax tor roads. There is one autome average, of $18.86. in gan tax, ac- bila to travel Japan's highways cording to the American Motorists now for every 1,625 personalij Association.