MOTORING
SUPPLEMENT
OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
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SATURDAY. 7th. MARCH, 1931.
Being The Official Organ of
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
Try The Famous K. L. G.
PLUGS
IN YOUR MOTOR CARS and CYCLES
"FIT AND FORGET"
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Kowloon Branch: -- 470, Nathan Road, Nort to Yaumati School).
Just Unpacked!
1931
"The Unapproachable
Norton
REGS TRADE MARK
MOTOR
CYCLES
Many outstanding im- provements have heen effected, too numerous to specifically mention.
To sum up: They are
Stillmore Unapproach- able for 1931.
Inspection Invited
SINCERE'S
Sole Agents.
NOTICE
TO
ADVERTISERS
All advertising to be insorted in this Motor Supplement, must be
delivered not later
the than 2 p.m. on
Wednesday of the week of publication.
CURRENT
COMMENT
Race Trallic,
+
FREE-WHEELING.
The New Studebaker Models.
WIDE INTEREST.
At the New York Automobile We have received a number of
Show, Free Wheeling captured the complaints over the special traffic regulations in force on Race Days, spot light due to its appearance. not only in Studebaker's three mainly from Peuk residents who great Hues of seasoned Eights, but although delaying their departure also in the new low-priced Stade. from the city until oftør 6.30 p.m. | baker Six and in all Lincoln and the hour the rigzulations were sup- | Pierce-Arrow models. posed to give way to normal works
To what extent Free Wheeling
if he
the
A NEW TYPE OF ALTIMETER.
ins were still instructed by traille intrigued public imagination was police le proceed by a devious one-revealed in the crowds which 1321 fonte. After experiencing | gathered daily at the Studebaker similar delays, we are of the Free Wheeling exhibit,
enger to pining that the only need for view and learn everything about one-way trallic is really only re this new development which is re- quired armund Happy Valley it volutionizing motoring. self. for after all, the volume of The exhibit consisted of an
Chester W. Rice is shown here testing the new sonic trile cannot be said to be excep-ordinary Studebaker chassis with
altimeter for nireraft. Sound is thrown out through one of tionally heavy, and the posting of the rear wheels raised of the floor.
the cones, and the other picks up the echo. (additional polien along the main An electric motor supplied power
to the Cer Schenectady, N. Y., Jan. 21st.- routes together with a small mobile through the engine
The sonic altimeter, a machine force of European traffic pollen, wheels. should ensure sinooth running. Two large dials registered the which puts an echo to work, la ex- The system, which will again be in speeds in miles per hour of the pected to be of great help in wheels.alding airplane pilots in deter- forge to-day, appears to be quite engine and of the rear
when
demonstrator mining their exact distance from unnevessary, for even if a thousand Thus, cars make their way to the Rarestepped on the accelerator just as the ground and as an ald to land- Course,
he were driving on the highway,ing in foggy weather. aderpunte supervision
The machine, a product of Gen- both dial pointers registered the should prevent any danger or con-
was eral Electric, throws out sound gestion. is quite a good sten same speed. When the foot
will of the pilot. emulate traille examples net in removed from the accelerator, the waves at the other cities in some respects, but pointer on the engine dial indi- These waves and their way to the the tralle conditions at the Derby cater immediately dropped to 8 ground and rebound back to the
miles
per hour, while the rear machine again. Distance from the at Home, for instance, do not quite wheel indicator continued to re-ground is automatically registered
btain in this Colony yet.
gister a sustained rate of speed, an a dial from the time consumed An equally convincing demonstra- in the round trip of the sound. H.K.A.A. Meeting.
tion nstrated the feature
Engineera of
say the machine was The Annual Meeting of the positive gear control which makes devised after a study of the bat. Hongkong Automobile Association | the full braking power of the It is generally supposed that this will take place at the Board Rose engine instantly available at any creature emits a high sound. too high for the human car to entch. of Mossra, Jarding Matheson & Co., speed. Lad. on Friday, March 20th. at
and the returning echo enables it uncanny accuracy 5.30 m.
It is hoped that mem-
dark with |fers will inke a special point of
through a maze of obstructions.
attending
The Taxis.
Hongkong may consider itself Fortunate in having several good taxicab services, and the stand outside the General Pont Office is
The public interest displayed at this exhibit was matched by the enthusiasm which Automotive fans displayed in the New Stude biker Six, which now makes Free Wheeling available to thousands of motorists who were heretofore denied its thrill and economy be- case of cost.
Now all Studebaker ears have Free Wheeling. consisting. in indeed a very busy centre for en-addition to the low-priced Stude- gaging these vehicles. There is one aspect, however, which calls baker Six, of three lines of sea- soned Studebaker Eights The for supervision. We refer to the President Eight, The Commander people who art as the link be- tween the fare and the driver. Eight and The Dictator Right-all While it is undoubtedly useful to of which received a full quota of be able to explain to an English praise at the show. speaking person the destination to which you desire to be driven, the number of these people appears to have increased somewhat out
of proportion to the demand. Not valy that, but it is evidently neces- sary for them to have a little box on which to rest, and the little box drinking utensils, and the drinking uten- alls sooner or later contain teas Heaves, and these are strewn all: over the roadway. Hence our ob- jection.
contains tea And
Road Tuxe
We notice that
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TRAFFIC SIGNS.
Home Government Makes Grants.
BRITISH MAKE.
Mr. Morrison, the Minister of Transport, informed Mr. Everard recently in the House of Communs, that grants had been made by his department in respect of the in- writer in New York, recently coloured Hght signals of British stallation of tralie control by pointed out that the average manufacture
following to the American motorist pays no less than $18 a year in gasoline tax. teading,
authorities: urban
Eastbourne, Coventry. Leicester, and lint it is paid without whimper because the money is
Bristol, Birmingham.] Liverpool, used in the building and mainten-
Sutton-in-Coldfield, Ashton-under- ance of roads,
Lyne, Dundee, Renfrew, Felix- This is, of course, quite fair, and it has given rise stowe, and Lowestoft, to the thought that the same
Every endeavour was, he said, system should apply here, Therenade to encourage local authori
to use British materials and
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is growing feeling amongst notorists in the Colony that our plant, although it was not the roads are not receiving the atton-practice to make an actual require- tion they have been accustomed to ment to this effect in the cate of in the past, and although we can normal grants from the Road Fund. In the case of works ex- not say whether this is so or not, podited for the relief of unemploy we would urge that economy should not be unduly exploited as
ment, it was, however, a condition of the grant that only British far as roada maintenance Is con- cerned. Such a polley, as we have materials and plant should be rem pointed ouls would be used save, with express approval.
unwise, savouring of
the "penny WiBO and pound
foolish" aspect. Roads must benexion with now roads. Progress kept to the highest possible condi- must not be halted, and after all, tion of good order, and
we cannot there is no reason why the coming afford to permit present financial generation should not bear a fair
to Institute
an era of share of the cost of rond building, which
would impoаo
which will be to the advantage of very much heavier burden in the every future goneration. In tho future.
There is no reason why, meantime, maintenance must con- Hongkong should not raise
otherwise there will be
conditions
·
tinue. Public Works Loan with repay-some very heavy votes required in ment spread over a number of the future to make good the years, this especially, so in con- damage caused by neglect.
"ELECTRIC BRAE.”
Scottish Optical Illusion.
RUNNING UPHILL.
Engineers believe the device will be of grent aid to landing pilots. Arriving over a landing fog. through field, found in the radio signals or beacons, the pliot can turn on his sole altimeter and determine his altitude. He can then begin his descent with the ultimter operating, noting as he nears the ground just how far above it he is. When he reaches the correct height, he can level off the plans and bring it to a proper landing.
great nuuny landing tests have been conducted. Pilots have been enclosed in covered cockits, and successfully landed the have planes while flying blind." As the plane nears the ground, the whistling sound emitted by the device and the resulting merge in- to one sound at about five feet from the ground. Then is when the pilot knows he must level off.
REAR ENGINES.
The Car of the Future.
The ear of the near future will probably have the engine close to the driven wheels, provide variable torque, or embody a torque соп- verter with fingertip controla in Scotland, between Dunure and from full ahead to full brake. In- the Maybole cross-road, there is dependently sprung wheels must what is known as the "Electric surely be adopted sooner or later, Brue." It is a bill supposed to be yet to produce a car embodying all possessed of magical properties, these characteristics AV oncé but it is nothing of the sort of would be to court financial disa- Inherent dread of the novel course, but merely an optical luter. sion. On a wet day it appears that and unknown would result in its the water is running uphill. Cur condemnation by
sales owners who have visited the spot vice, apart frum the potential have tried releasing the brakes buyer. If, however, ane or two when standing still to discover points such as low-level bodies that the vehicle starts to ascend with rearward engines were given the hill of its own accord.
a fair trial, development would There are said to be other Elec. probably be considerably more tric Braes in the country, but the rapid.-The "Automobilu Engi-
neer." Scottish hill is the best known.
SUPER-MIDGET-SERVICE.
THANK YOU - CALL AGAIN.
and ser-
1931
HARLEYS
:
Another Shipment 1931 Harley-Davidson Combinations.
DUE FEBRUARY 13th.
Per the "President Polk."
SEE THE NEW MODELS EARLY,
The Gascon Motor Co.
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Tel. 56242
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(Under the auspices of the Automobile Association)
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EXAMPLE OF CAR ON THE DEFERRED PAYMENT
SYSTEM OVER EIGHTEEN MONTHS, To new cat, say...
Deposit one quarter
Interest
Balance of £165; 7: 6: to be paid in 18
monthly instalments of £9: 3: 9:
To Deposit paid
5 Instalments of £9: 3; 9:
FINAL ADJUSTMENT.
To re-purchase price-65% of £200
Rebate on interest...
Less 13 instalments still due
Cash handed to Purchaser
£200:-:
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$150:
16: 7: 6:
£165: 7: 8:
£ 50:~:
45: 18: 9:
£ 05: 18: 9:
£130:
-:-: 6: 8:11:
£136: 8: 11:
110: 8: 9:
817 - 2:
-95: 18 9:
119: 89:
£215: 7 6:
136 8: 11:
ACTUAL COST OF MOTORING FOR SIX-MONTHS.
To Deposit and five fistalments paid'.......
Thirteen instalments, still due
Leas re-purchase and rebate on interest Cost of motoring for six months »
'or £13: 3: 1: par month;,
£ 78: 18: 7:
The above proposition applies to any make of car, new or second- hand. We can also arrange to have a car and chauffeur to meet you at the docks, to take you and your luggago anywhere, most reasonably and more comfortably than by rail.
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