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19

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ALSO

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A WEEK'S

PAPERS IN ONE.

A startling change has come over the political and military situation in China, and we are now said to be on the verge of witnessing another fight for the rich Chinese city of Shanghai. The story leading up to a more or less unknown general's pre- parations for a grand coup is fully told in this week's "Overland Mail," which also sets out complete reports of what has been happening on the Yangtsze fighting fronts. Political observers contribute interesting articles regarding the Peace Conference. which has opened at Nanking.

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Conditions in Canton and Kwangtung generally come in for special treatment in the "Overland." The position and power of the ruling general Li Chai-sum, is freely discussed, and comprehensive reports are given of activities in the various parts of the Province.

Matters of interest to Hong Kong-ites dealt with in the "Overland" include the full report of the Legislative Council meeting at which the Unofficial Members gave their views on the Colony's budget, full sporting and social events, and special articles dealing with different phases of local activity.

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·NEARLY TRAIN TIME- DID YOU TELL THEM THE

RIGHT STATION?

THE CHINA MAIL,

MOTORING SECTION

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MOTORING IN U.S.A. guard. Many of those owners who PARKING PROBLEM.

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PIQUANT EXPERIENCES

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TOLD.

CATS.

garage their cars year in and year out in front of their residences, as thousands do, adopt the simple ex- pedient of hanging a red hurricane lamp on the back of their These lamps are obtained vary The Anger of the reformer, cheaply, the cheapest being those whether he be alluding to science, "borrowed" from the city authori industry or general affaire, has of ties when a piece of road is under recent years become so directed to repair. A contractor told me that the United States of hundreds of these lamps are lost America, that subconsciously

aannually, being taken by motorists great many of us have begun to for this purpose. This is not in- harbour the opinion that she is indicative of a good public spirit, for deed a country with a monopoly of the lack of which I consider that national virtues. In the following the huge foreign element is largely articic, which is culled from the to blume, British "Motor," a correspondent Illumines interesting though unsue- pected flaws in that aspect of life in America which pertains to motors and motoring.

PARISIAN SKYSCRAPER

GARAGES.

The traffic problem, which has been contributed to so enormously by the development of motoring, has an associated problem which is What to do with cars no less acute.

in the city during the time they are not in use is a difficulty which con- fronts alike the motorist and the tion which assumes more serious Elvic nuthorities, and it is a ques- proportions es time goes on and space and garage room grows less and less through the exigencies of city development. In recent which number of the "Autocar" a descrip tion is given of an attempt which Paris is making to solve the pro-| blem by the erection of skyscraper garages claimed to be the largest in

Lack of Road Courtesy, Another unpleasant feature of American motoring, for again blame the foreign admixture, is the noticeable lack of road cour- One of the most surprising tesy. If you run out of luck on things one encounters in the United the road-heaven help you! for States, says this writer, is the others seldom will. This is parti-Europe. casual attitude of the average shop-cularly the case at night. The for- In a city of six, seven and eight man. I have paid two dollars to sign element will not often offer storey buildings it was not reason. have hata ruined by cleaners-but you their aid, and the criminal ele able to expect that garages could that is by the way. My remarks ment, which is also due largely to continue to monopolise valuable are, of course, intended to apply to foreign invasion, prevents the de-ground floors only. In Paris the the purveyor of motoring sundries, cent motorist from acting, as he upward growth began.nearly two and in particular to the personnel otherwise would-people are literal years ago, and at the present time of the average American servicely scared to do much stopping by there are some half-dozen sky- statión as it exists to-day.

the roadside in answer to distress scraper garages, one of which has signals in consequence of the a capacity for 1,700 cars. flagrant misuse of such signals for criminal purposes.

Maes productions seem to have had a bad effect upon them all, therefore the casual attitude of which I speak would appear to be due to a system. I would not for a second Impugn the intelligence of the American retailers. But the truth must be told, and my ex- perience is that the furnishing of a few gallons of petrol, few quarts of oil, a few pints of alcohol, plus a few spares, such as electric lighting bulbs, about exhausts the "engineering" ability of the aver

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wealthy residential district, has a private box for each of the 900 cars it can accommodate; tennis courts will be constructed on the flat roof, and it is intended later to build a swimming bath in the base- ment

Spiral or inclined 'roadways are used for reaching the upper floors, I remember once coming, across and although electric elevators are an overturned car in the State of fitted these are reserved for dis- Maryland. The fact that an acci- abled cars. Some of these garages

have very novel fentures. dent had occurred was so obvious stance, the Banvill garage, recent- that I had no compunction in step-ly erected near the Place Pereire, ping in answer to the uplifted hand of the injured driver. Although only slightly injured himself, his wife and little girl were quite badly hurt, and he begged me to go ahead to a village near by and service-station attendant.obtain help. "You will be sure to There are, of course, exceptions..do it. won't you?" he repeated Although at present in use, there The following incident may In-pathetically at least twenty times, will be an official inauguration terest British readers who may and it was obvious that he doubted early in the spring, when some of sometimes complain of service they my assurances. When I returned the best-known professional race obtain from the average garage.a little later he could scarcely be- | drivers will Indulge in a speed con- One night my whole electric-light- lieve his eyes. The callous treat-test up the spiral track from the ing equipment failed. I stopped atment which this poor fellow ob-ground floor, to the roof. - The a.service station near by. A viously expected would, I am sure, building has six floors, and the dis- "mechanic" fiddled with the contact be very exception in Britain.

tance up the track is about 650 breaker (the car was fitted with a

Banville garage has been Is it any wonder that the police yards. find it necessary to adopt an over-lafd out on the principle of a pri- bearing attitude in a country where yate box for each car, each box hav the average of public spirit is so ing water, electric current and com- pressed air, and the car owner has sole possession of the key,

contact breaker in place of a fuse), and at the end of ten minutes pro- nounced it burnt out diagnosis I knew at once to be incorrect. To low?

be brief, I visited five stations In spite of all this one may see without the slightest result. The schoolboya assisting the traffic fifth one actually had an electrical police in some towns by doing traffic department, the manager of which control work in the rush hours told me that my whole switchboard after school. Many a time have was "dud" and would have to be seen comparatively small boys arm replaced at the cost of many doled with a whistle and 'waving on lare. Still, unsatisfied, I went on my the traffic with swelling chests. way unillumined in

more senses I once saw a driver disobey one than one, and, having risked police of these youngsters. In a flash the detection during my journey from boy leapt on to the running board station to station without lights, I of a passing car and ordered the decided at having a shot at right driver to give chase. Down the ing the trouble myself. After ex street stood B full-sized traffic pending ten minutes and a box of officer, to whom the boy reported matches on the thing, found the offending driver, and in a few that one of the headlight leads was seconds the miscreant was clutch- shorting on to the chussie; the con- ing a neat little "tag" requesting tact breaker, 80 far from being him to visit the courthouse on such burned out, was performing its and-such a date. function nobly. At the end of a quarter of an hour my lights were burning brightly again.

car

There is no dodging an American policeman. If you disobey, him he merely takes the first that comes along and gives chase. It he cannot draw level with the offen- der-well, he always carries in his pocket some little pieces of lead which travel faster than any auto- mobile ever made and which are particularly ruinous to rear tyres.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1927.

DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho,)

B 19 10

19

25

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HORIZONTAL 1-Bootchman 6-Damage 3-Distant 12-Theatre box 13-Exist 14-Calamitous 15-An ocean 17-On the ODERN 1B-insect

19-Helped 21-Posneaked 22-A metal 23-Cicansar 25-Part of a flower

(pl.)

20-8panish girl $1-Engilah titia 12-Happy

53-Accpete

36-Crawls

28-Bible character 38-Propeller

40-00

©THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE.

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|42-English vehlate

(pl.) |44-Poszosana

147-A fruit 49-Animal

181-A fruit

65-Allow

165-Arm bone

54-A drink 55-Amrmative 36-Baverage

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Girl's nam

11-Peruss

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120-Deer

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27-An arboren!

amphibian

29-Tap

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14-Knit 15-Positively 16-Shooting stara 1$7-Filo

40-Serpent (pl.) 49-Qiri's numO

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44-8trong

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45-Planat

D-Necessity of anglers 48-Period of time

10-Extent

80-Part of a wheel

SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES

Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. These will give you a clue to other words crossing them, and they in turn to still others. A letter belenga in each white space, words starting at the numbered squares and rustig ether horizontally or vertically or both

(The solution of the have cross-word puzzle will appear in Monday's issue along with a new cross-word `puzzle.)

MOTOR CYCLE "SERVICE."

Another interesting garage in the Rue Marbeuf, a few yards from the been built by the concessionnaire Avenue des Champs Elysees, has for Bugatti case, and is unique in having a two-way spiral track from Cycling the most urgent problem At the present time, says "Motor

the ground to the roof. Cars go in before the motorcycle trade lies in on the right-hand side of the bulld- connection with after-sales service. ing, wind up against the outer wall Designers, alded by the experience until they reach the tenth-storey afforded both by racing and com- roof, and emerge on the left-hand petition work and by ordinary side of the building without ever users, have succeeded in produc- having crossed tracks. As the driving machines that are capable of ers reach their particular floors, giving a performance undreamed they bring their cars to rest under of only a few seasons

age, and the numbered positions allotted these machines are sold, too, at them, and no matter how crowded prices that are nothing short of the building may be there · Is no marvellously low. It may be said,) bumping.

however, that the matter of pro- Two other garages have beenviding service now constitutes a erected by one of the leading Paris more imporant item on the agenda taxicab companies on ground which than, either of the foregoing. became available after horse cabs had been abolished. One of these in the Montparnasse district, has garages, on the Boulevard Raspail, six floors and a flat roof, each mea- during 328 by 82 feet and capable of-accommodating 1,200 cars. There is an external inclined track from the ground to the first of the upper floora and from the first floor to the roof a circular covered track LIGHTS ON VEHICLES.

wide enough for two cars abreast.

The biggest garage in Europe, Would it be asking too much of erected by the same company on the cyclists, motor-cyclists and drivers site of former horse-cab stábica, is of horse-drawn vehicles to revise in the Rue Cardinet, in the northern their ideas and equip themselves portion of the city, and comprisee with up-to-date lighting apparatus 10 floors, each 279 x 118 feet, giv- Great attention is, however, paid providing the same safeguards that ing a total floor area of more than to the height and focus of the beam.are necessary on motorcars? seks 329,000 square feet. There is a "The Light Car and Cyclecar." The spiral roadway at one end of the new Road Lighting Bill passed the building, the space in the centre Standing Committee recantly, and of the shaft being used for storing it seems certain that the regula- cars. tions proposed with respect to vehicle lights will not meet with the approval all road users. It is suggested, for example, that farm carta shall be exempted from carrying more than one lamp--a provision which appears ridiculous to motorists.

Speaking of driving without lights. This is not considered to be quite such a heinous offence in the States as it is here. By this I do not mean that it is not an offence or that it is ignored by the police, far from it. But whereas in Britain you would be pulled up by the police and probably severely re- primanded, in America the police will usually content themselves with pointing to your headlights as you pass and yelling the one word: "Lights!"

Checking Stations for Headlight Beama.

To enable the motorist to keep these in accordance with the regulations, some towns provide a special yard, run under police supervision, into which he may drive his car and check up the efficiency of his lights for himself. On a white wall which faces the entrance to these yards various heights and positions are calibrated. The car is drawn up level with a line on the side wall or the ground and the lights are then checked with the calibration on the wall in front. An expert is kept in attendance for the purpose of advising the motorist as to ad- justments necessary to bring his Summer complaint makes lttle illumination into compliance with headway with children whose careful the law should such adjustment be mothers use Chamberlain's Colic and found necessary.

Diarrhoen Remedy for stomach and To park a car without some light bowel complaint, severe and sudden is an offence, and most cars, are intestinal cramps and weakening diar rhoea. Given in little sweetened provided with a tiny cylindrical water it is easy to take. For sale light fixed on the left rear mud-

DID-YOU DON'T WANT TO GET OUT OF TURKEY ANY QUICKER THÂN DO CT IF YOU EXPECT TO LEAVE, PUT ON THAT DISGUISE!!

HERE THEY ́COME1

HELPS CHILDREN OVER HOT WEATHER.

wverywhere.

AUTO THIEVES AS REPAIR CREW.

The Police report that broken- down motors in Paris are whisked away by thieves disguised as re- .pair men before the legitimate wrecking crews can get to them.

The thieves are believed to have a garage and to receive much of their information as to the location of broken down cars from. accomplices working with bona fide repair gangs...

BRINGING UP ́FATHER.

IF MAGGIE EVER

·FINDS OUT YOU ARE-DINTY- MOORE-YOU'LL BE BURIED OVER

HERE!...

YOU MAKE ME SICK-I

HAD TO PAY $600 FOR BOARD AND KEEP FOR THESE FOOL ANIMALS,

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.

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