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| Motor Cycle Trial.
The forthcoming motor cycle reliability trial will undoubtedly attract a large number of com- petitors, thead events having proved so popular in the past. We understand that the rules will be similar to those of other years, and that speed-judging will be one of the testu. Kowloon and the New Territories have been selected this year, and it is anticipated that the Committee will manage to select a route which will call for both judgment of riders and relia- bility of machines,
More Roads,
Considerable road development in the neighbourhood of Stanley is nearing completion, and vill ultimately bring an excellent little bathing beach at Tweedie Bay within easy reach by Motor vehicle. Some few years ago, this particular. beach was discovered by the Automobile Association. and at that time a scheme was formulated whereby the K.K.A.A. would build bathing pavillon for the benefit of its members. * Un- fortunately, the plans did not fructify, but in the meantime, a few motorists who may be said to have exercised "intelligent anti- cipation," have secured sites and built bathing huts. Practically the whole of the avallable space has been taken up, and those who have had the foresight to secure
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of the new road.
Fools There Were.
While the majority of people can take a joke, there are occasional instances when the perpetrators'. sense of humour only manages to arouse indignation and disgust, Such a case hus recently been brought to our notice, and concerns wilful and wanton damage to an Austin "Seven." During the heavy rains last week-end, an Austin was parked for the night in its custom- ary place at the back of the Peak Mansions, and on the following morning, discovered with the bon- net removed, the radiator and petrol tank capa also removed, with the result that the engine had been exposed to the elements during the night. That it was not a case of petty thieving was indicated by the fact that the various parts removed were all nearby, and there seems little doubt that some misguided
suitable object for a clever prank. Their sonselessness is too patent to comment upon, and the only satisfaction they can derive is that
OF.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER, 1932.
Being The Official Orgon of
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
AT THE POINT OF BALANCE!
We are indebted to a reader for the above pictures recently taken on the Shatin Road. How the lorry came to grief is a my- stery, but as will be observed, the occupants can thank themselves for a miraculous escape, the vehicle coming to rest on the very brink of a sheer drop over the hillside.
R.A.F. TRAINING MACHINE.
decision. The Avro 621 is of all metal construction and it has been i developed from the original 504N. All the weak points of the 504N have been eliminated and the pre-
MOTORING IN 1933.
New Devices.
GEAR CHANGING TO BE AUTOMATIC,
The motor-car is about to under-. go a revolutionary change, more important than any since the in- troduction of the self-starter, anys the Daily Telegraph on Aug. 3.
As ten years ago that invention eliminated from the motoring vocabulary the hated term "crank- ng-up," so now we are about to be shown how to forget a phrase and abolish an act that has dominated and distressed a whole generation owner-drivers-"double de-
of
clutching."
Easy gear-changing, gear-chang- ing without skill of effort, almost without thought, certainly without the grinding of teeth, human and mechanical, that bay made thousands of mon and women shun motoring-this is the dominant factor of the cars of next season.
There are four different methods of providing it. One. or other has been adopted by nearly all the makers who have so far announced their "1933 models," and I have reason to believe is being adopted by a considerable proportion of And it is not merely a the rest. new way of attracting the luxury motorist.
.Latest Rolls-Royce.
The latest Rolls-Royce has an "easy-change" gear-box but cars
in the popular classes, as well na Rolls-Royce and Daimler cars, in- deed, in every cinas, are to have some means of making motor- driving simpler and easier for all.
At the same time driving will be safer, for the business of gear- changing will no longer be there to divert attention at critical moments.
Most cars of 1933 will have one or other of the following forms of improved control:
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WORLD'S MOTOR INDUSTRY.
Huge Decrease in Production.
Interesting facts are contained by nearly 50 per cent. as compar- in a report drawn up by a commit-ed with 1980. tee of experts on the world produc- According to American statis- tion of and trade in motor vehicles, tics, there were 35,700,000 moter The report has been presented to vehicles in circulation throughout the Economic Committee of the the world in 1931, but, during that League and raises a series of pro- year, nearly 50 per cent. of the blems which will be gone into more countries experienced a falling-off thoroughly by the Permanent In-in traffic which was most pro ternational Bureau of Motor Manu-nounced in the United States of facturers, of which all the experts America (658,800 cars), the Ar are members.
gentine (42,000 cars), and Canada
Easy-change or syncromesh gear-box, which enables the lever to be pushed from notch to notch silently, with just a momentary pause in "neutral."
"Self-changing" or pre-selective gear-box, in which a small arm on the steering column replaces the ordinary long lever. Intro duced on Armstrong-Siddeley ears three years ago, this is now used by two other makers.
The motor-car industry is under- | (26,800 cara). going a serious depression. The It is estimated everywhere that Free-wheel, which in addition to world production of cars and lor-the decrease in production and individuals considered the vehicle a Experiments Determine sent type 621 is a vastly superior the advantages its name connotea, ries decreased from eix million sales in 1932 will probably reach machine to those on which British allows easy gear-changing while vehicles in 1929 to four million in a figure of about 40 per cent, ex- Most Economic Type. War Pilots learned to fly.
1930-a drop of 34.6 per cent. cept in the United Kingdom, where, It em-consting.. bodles all the latest Improvements
Automatic clutch, a mechanism During that period, production fell on the contrary, the market ap- The announcement appearing in of construction and every consi- which withdraws the clutch as off by 37.6 per cent, in the United pears to have shown a certain damage was done to the magneto this issue informing the general deration has been given to the soon as the accelerator pedal is States and Canada, 10 per cont. liveliness in the first few months. and other parts to the extent of ap- public that the Royal Air Force comfort of both pupil and instruc- released, and allows changes of in France, 26.8 per cent. in Ger- of this year. proximately $100. The only possi- have adopted the Avro 621 (Tutor) tor. The horse power is sufficient rear to be made as when free-many, and 20 per cent. in Italy..
Causes Of Slump. ble ground for excuse is that the as their Standard Training Aero-to give it a reasonably high per-wheeling.
In 1931, world production again The slump in the motor businoas net occurred during a moment of ir-plane is of particular interest,formance, with the result that the Of these the syncromesh gear-fell by 25 per cent, as compared is attributed to almost identical responsible exuberance, in which writes the North China Daily News.pupil experiences the sensation of box and the automatic clutch are with 1930. Production in the causes in the various countries The training of pilots is const-flying a comparatively fast ma-due in principle to American in-United States and Canada was re- the financial effects of the econo- free-wheel for duced by a further 30 per cent. mic crisis, resulting in a decrease dered one of the most important chine and so has no difficulty inventors.
Atepping from his training machine] motor-cars_was. « French idea. This new decrease in production, of purchasing power and a failure parts of the work carried out by into his fighting aircraft. It was The pre-selective gear-box, which as compared with 1930, amounted to balance national budgets. the Royal Air Force, the reason found that pupils trained on light is the only one at present that to 21.3 per cent, in France, 19 per The drop in purchasing power) for this being that no matter how good the fighting machines of an aeroplanes had not sufficient ex-gets rid of the old-fashioned gear-cent. in Germany and 87.6 per cent. is reflected in the increase of the Air Force may be, the Air Force Perience of high power and speed, lever, is English. will be inefficient if the training or the sensation of flying a com- paratively large machine, to enable of the pilots is not of the very them to fly with complete con highest standard,
donce their fighting machine, as a Immediately after the Great result, an intermediate type was War, the Royal Air Force had an found to be necessary, and tho enormous supply of the famous training on two types proved
As lengthy business and actually coat| Avro 504 training machine. fighting machines developed, this more than the direct training on type was not considered ontirely Type 621.
case, it is to be expected that auit- able amends will be made
Low
that the unpleasant facts are relat- ed.
SPEED AND SAFETY.
The Re-Action Time.
The problem of safety on the highways is not a question of how fast you are going but how quickly you can stop. A motor-car going at 10 miles an hour travels 68.6 feet a second, and as the reaction time of the average person is one satisfactory which was in favour The policy of the Royal Air second, it means that the average of the more powerful training ma-Force does not exclude the light person driving at 40 miles an hour chine. will have travelled 58.8 feet nearer
the danger before his brakes Efficient Training Machines,
or do whatever is necessary.
jaeroplane from the field of train-
The
in Italy.
sale of second-hand cars in the There was a slight falling-off in number of low-powered cars. Thẹ When M. Levassor devised the the United Kingdom in 1930 (1 markot for industrial vehicles has; sliding-teeth gear-box he said of per cent.) but in 1931 the decrease however, been well maintained. it, "C'est brutalo, mala en marche,” was 4.3 per cent.; even so, these It la reported also that, in near It has "worked" for thirty odd figures give evidence of a strongly all countries, additional taxa years, but we shall not be slaves resistance on the part of this in- tion is imposed on users of cars to it much longer.
dustry to the crials.
and the situation is becomium U. S. Exports.
more serious as a result of the According to statistics supplied campaign by the railways against. by the National Automobile Cham- the competition of motor transpert bor of Commerce, motor exporta The experts are unanimously of from the United States of Ameri-opinion that the problems of taxn- en fell by 44 per cent. in 1931 com- tion and customa protection are oft primary importance from the point pared with the previous year.
This decrease is general, the jof view of remedying the situations
MOTOR. TAXATION.
Ten years ago the yield from ing pilot, as there are many coun-motor taxation in England was tries which cannot, afford to em-approximately £11,000,000. It has
oporate or he can turn the wheel Here it is interesting to note ploy a large number of high pow now roached the figure of about only exception being Germany, and restoring a certain amount or
that for nearly twenty years Mes or training machines. These coun- 500,000,000. Thus, in ton years where, in 1920-1030, the exports prosperity to the motor Industry It a danger appeara suddenly in srs. A. V. Roc & Co. have specia-trics will still be able to give the it has increased by £40,000,000, which represented about 8 per they suggest that the League of less than the distance the car willlised in the development of all-majority of their training on light which, represents an annual in- cent. of the production of the Nations could very usefully help country, rose to 14.7 per to solve the difficulties.by invitin“ travel before the driver can re-act, clent and reliablo training ma-acroplanes, such as the Avro crease of nearly £5,000,000,
in 1931: the increase the Permanent Internationa ho hita It. He can't help doing chines, and they are to be con- | Avian, and then pass their pupils Assuming that such a rate of in cont. 80. Fortunately, most drivers get ratulated on securing the favour through a short course on Type 621 crease could be maintained for in value, however, la much smaller Burosu to make a thorough tea used to their reaction time and able decision of the Air Ministry for the purpose of fitting them for another decade, in 1942 motor than the Increase in number ow-nical study of the situation. Ebola ponelala anga with Claw real for their now.
flying the modern gating mac road transport in England would ing to the fall, in prices and the The Thor express their interneto s
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