THE HONGKONG
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS OF THE WORLD
Hulian Highways Remade in
Three Years.
The recent third anniversary of the founding of the Azienda Autonoma Statale Della Strada, which is in charge of the upkeep of Halion State ronds, eentred
tramear, has made another drastic move against tobacco users. This Ume it affects motorists. Effective) April first, no driver of any matur
fete may smoke.
Six Mion Persons,
Bis inflion iners. women and attentat on the splendid work this childress derive income directly or organization has performed indirectly from the activities of transforming the country into # General Motors Corporatio
maturists' henven
Fund
breakagy
These include 261,528 stockholders,
OVEFKENS
Three years ago, exempt for a few an average of more than 175,000 provinces which realized the im-and 500.000 workers employed in portance of food communications. Industries supplying products to Italian roads were known as pre- the corporation. While the largest the United tieadly the worst which could be percentage live in found in any risflized country. States, practically af
They were covered with holes¦countries are represented.
Pausing frequent Exactly eighty different Com r18,
of springs and axies, and pantes emprise General Motors, in the motoring suson, ears were Handed together, they unite their power .tu assure smothered ių dangerous am
purchasing
favourable materials at Comfortable clouds of dust, lacit
mality of visildlity caused by dust, con- prices. The exchange vagineer- bined with the Halian's love of ing talent, many acturing experi
driving resulted in
mend ideas. They join every To-day. It is possiblesurer ir producing higher to travel by motor re from one vidaes and beffer service, for the
#itimate consumer, end of Italy to the other tour good! usphalted dust-Fres ronds.
fast
heeflents.
This aggressive road develop inent programistre
Czech Car Makers.
An indication of the stabiliza- ient motoring manufacturing in the smaller countries of Europe is seen in the agreement of the three Mergest Czechoslovak automalle
give considerable impetus to tire automobile industry in that coin- try. Miltierte, it has been a pros blem whether the few moler cars in Italy were a result of the bad memura toring rends in the bail runds the reason ostajalish sa few persons found the upkeep is of PRE Northwhale,
COMPANIES
joint produs pion and salea organization. The purpose
This agerepent is to Revolt!- The government decided to act: 1lish rationalization of the emm! by first ingraving the roads and ponies and to reduce overhead leaving the automobile industry to "penses.
benefit by He results and it is ex- fueled that withou a comparatively Short tit, the timber et moter Cars in Italy wil for disabled.
Tholy is far behind other nations in the love of mofyt make juur head of population. With a popa, lation 40,000,000, ord: 251,000 automobiles are in gora. tion.
Motorized Big Game Hunt.
Al
Elephants or Motor Cars,
Park Will Synchronize Tradic.
TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1931.
AFRICAN LUMBER INTERESTS USE MODERN TRANSPORTATION
Loaded with three tons each of fine grade mahogany, these Chevrolet trucks, equipped with extra wheels, transport their valuable cargo over some rough roads In the Cameroous.
West Africa.
LISTEN FOR STRANGĘ NOISES.
Keeping Parts in Order,
TIPS ON TOWING A CAR.
Bat
end. The Inner cable can then be generously smeared with vaseline and pulled back into its essing with the string.
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The amount of play, that is lost motion. In the steering gear van be noted by the driver if he turns the right front wheel to its full turning position, and then tries the steering this position, be can whert. In watch the steering wheel fand the front wheel simultaneously, and Elephant power has
note the exact amount રીં lauseness. largely upplanted by Must
Manufacturers of automobiles, to remove the top end and pour oil the play is more than an inch their | down inside the "Pasing: but a far and a half it is advisable to have vehicles in India that the gover
to Rution are to-day including in had Reently
safety better plan is to remove the whole the steering adjusted in the In- very possible
imstring to one end of the inner cable terests of anfe four-wheel brakes,
and comfortable devier, seventeen elephants before Ingors į vehicles wer Sound and then there, or ved steering, efter lighting and draw it out through the other driving.
ared more efficient provision ly half a dozen bidders.
for vision front and rear. the fact of purl safety provision dari. vill som vry nut a my dym|jolar provided for motorists in
dearenteet trafi reyulation the marlines all goes for naught Tan Trivuda. No & retrat ang peli Ase that of New York CHY, Junless the pately equipment is kept
31. », of Brayton, Ohin, whị
inapiented
brakes Four-wheed sny Has have both saded forty in whit. Tark sturls wind alated order, and will Cunction pros
**** party. yeurs by reliz there agus on th
esigh other at ever? |almia worthless if they are rat go bur pane hunting in the heart
properly adjusted, while the lattery Africe, sailed on New York le, it has been impossit alma
apply synchronization is used in June
For Monitasen, where
a gemmetrical city like New York and lamps must have attention to eleton- ing at keep
maximum they will meet their native guides, but the schemes the French poli
The trouble is that no many, 3. and rents and travel to Nairobi will attempt is to open three or At Saird, three Chespadel one
Rance until something goes wrong in and one-half-ton trucks are being four blocks of continuous trafic motorists forget all about mainte on the prin ipad thoroughfares the form of some hold-up or mishap. especially equipped for the expedi- Trafile will be related by and it is far better to prevent funds tion. The party will sjkend
by a little pecashmal care and alien- approximately two months stalking and green lights.
tion than walling until troble The jungle savages and Mr. Chryst
overtakes oue, may be in a form i and Mr. Kelso hope to return with
that is painful or expensive. many fine trophies.
and cree
Chevrolet Forges Ahead.
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The production of the Chevrolet Mator Company for May 1931, wit the largest single month's pat of When a car is several years old France Holds Fifty Records.
1929. there L'e the Compay since July
maur strange rises
For instance, i The 1931 automobile raving sex During May 185,852 units left the | which it may devolp, son opened with the French hold-
assembly line. Chevrolet expects a tapping sound when the engine! ing 50 of the 62 official world's to prodies 1,000,000 cars during is texing over is often very hard to records, the English 9. Americans the current year. With an accom-trace. First ascertain if the sound and Italians 1. These are replishment of 137,950 units for the is coming from the tappets which first five months of the year, may be making the noise, the la national Sporting Commission. #562,050, or aproximately 80,900 having excessive clearanera, subsidiary of the Association vehicles a month will be bullt be-it is devided that the rinse la not Recurrnized Automobile Clubs of
erds approved
the Tater-
and now,
the World, organized to controleen
December.
internation; automobile racing
Bars Smoking in Autos,
thr
end
Wall as a Motor Road.
ify The ancient
due to this lubricate the tappets very thoroughly with engine oil. Should the sound then disappear. worn, tappet guides may definitely wall of he said to be the cause of the diffi-
Another cause of mysteri The Creche Slovakian capital, Tsinanfu, capital of Shastung culty. already celebrated as the "anti-Provines. Chius, has been ronous "tapping sounds" is the smokers' paradise," by its unique verted into a highway to which sence of a small flat or one of the
Rre admitted. prohibition of smoking on iny only motor cars
eams, this making the tappets Brand approaches were built at jump at certain speeds,
These the various city gates.
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HOLLAND TUNNEL..
12,000,000 Cars Passed Through in 1930.
have been levelled and the top of Motorists are often puzzlel when the wall provides a comfortable driving after dark by many thoroughfare for fast-moving Tights and shadows traffe, comparable to some of the they know how to interpret glance. elevated highways that have been their
meaning at jconstructed in America,
This however, is largely a her of practice and the best advice that can be given to the novice is to drive cautiously and not to worry over the fact that other cars' may be travelling aneh faster. When dazzling head lamps are at, the best plan is never to look at them.. but to direct the eyes to the sisle of the rond. If this is done only the very brightest of head- lamps will cause any real inconve nience. When 1 driver is really dazzled he should slow up, an stop altogether if necessary, on ne account should he "chance it," for cyclists reflectors
often The Holland Tunnel which con-
of eets the stator of New York and doubtful efficienes, while pedes- New Jerkey is two miles long, trains, of course, are entirely un Ninety feet under the mighty Hud-lighted. Needless to say, well ad- Non River, on which ferry ints.justed lamps on all automobile are togs, barges and great scean liners essential, and the best way of constantly travel back and forth, achieving this end is to take the
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quiet, straight read this white tiled vehicular passage car out on,
ums to the sound of a solid line that has no' street lamps.
TWO MILES LONG.
Adjust
of cars rolling along at a minimum the bulbs one at a time so that each spead of thirty-five miles an hour.
gives a fairly long but not ton
narrow beam without any black In 1930 more than 12,000,000 cars Bar ssed through the Holland Tunnel.patches in the centre. The larps They came from every state in the themselves can then be adjusted union; they included every make for angle, the object being to light up the rond immediately, in front y type of
ear-old and new. one in 10,000 had motor of the car and at the same time to trouble.
Only one in 18,000 bal illuminate the road ahead. lire trouble. Even considering faulty driving, only one in 2:4,000 had collision of any sort.
Yet.
In case of ignition failure at sly time, caused by a worn carbon
available, a very good temporary
In diese terse figures is condensed brush, and with no spare brush the whole story of automotive im- i provement, and the most convincit pair can be made by-breaking up proof of the anfety and dependabian ordinary thish lamp battery. lity of the modern motor car.
MILLION-DOLLAR ROADS.
and the sticks of carbon being removed, from one of them a
brush
can be fashioned quite easily with la pocket knife to replace the worn
component.
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It is not commonly appreciated Value of the roads in Pennsyl-that a speedometer cablo will not! vanin's highway system is set at continue to give service unless it is $400,000,000.
periodically lubricated. One way is
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