1930-04-03 — Page 11

THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1930.

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54, Queen's Road Central,

DEALERS' LICENCES.thin 10 years.

The Law in Singapore

and Johore.

That the legal authorities in the Colony and Johore ought to recon- struct the law relating to the use of dealers' cars upon a haais of common terminology in regard to registration, vas the opinion expressed by the Chief Justice (Sir William Murrison) in the course of a judgment delivered in the Supreme Court, Singapore.

The judgment was an appeal by the crown against the acquittal of Mr. Windsor on a charge in the police courts

Tel. C. 2174.

When these roads are constructed, there will have been created a greater market for motor vehicles, because of agricul tural markets that will open up with

these roads.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

CARS FOR VICEROY.

AMAZING.

One British Out of 27 in Sixty Miles on a Dirt

a State Procession.

A correspondent in India, who is following with interest the cam- paign for Free Trade within the Empire, forwards the following nows, which speaks for itself:-

The Viceroy recently visited Hyderabad, and for the purpose of this State visit thirteen cars wore bought and ifteen were hired at good prices.

One In 27.

"Thank goodness," he says, "the Viceroy himself was riding in a British car." The actual list of cars used on this occasion was :---

Cars bought for the visit:-

2 Buick Saloons.

8 Buick Tourers.

2 Chrysler Saloons.

1 Chrysler Tourer.

Care hired for the state proces- sion

1 Rolls-Royce.

1 Cadillac.

Paige Saloon.

1 Paige Tourer.

1 Essex Saloon.

1 Essex Tourer.

1 Dodge Saloon.

3 Dodge Tourers.

3 Chevrolet Tourers.

1 Chevrolet Saloon.

1 Pontiac Saloon.

Track.

On a dirt track of only a mille and a quarter circumference at Auckland in New Zealand, a Bri- tish Austin Saver recently put up an amazing record by averaging a speed of 60 m.p.b. for six hours. The car, a supercharged model of the same design as raced by the Austin Motor Co. in the 1929 Dublin Grand Prix and the Ulster T.T., stood up perfectly to the gruelling conditions.

Phil Seabrook and R. Grierson piloted the little car to this remark- able victory.

In spite of the fact that the Austin Seven has secured over ů thousand victories on road And track since it was introduced to the pubile some soren or eight years ago, this latest achievement must be conceded to be at least among the most brilliant of Austin per- formances. To maintain such a speed on a tiny unbanked track will Beem Incredible, to those with any experience of dirt track driving. Phil Seabrook is very well known in motoring circles in New Zealand. and this is not the first occasion upon which he has distinguished himself.

All of the above ears, except one, TROPICAL TOURING.

are of United States manufacture.

It was not a case of commission on anles, as the arrangements were made by the head of the British police, and he would not have used an American car if British cars had been available.

Gear Chosen for a Strenuous Trip.

More and more are cars used in connection with hunting expeditions in the tropics. The latest expedi

"The number of American cars that have been sold in Hyderabad | tion to set out is that of Mr. and

in recent years," the correspondent Mrs. Martin-Johnson, the well- adds, "is remarkable."

ALPINE RACE.

Honours for Food Cars

The Coupe des Alpes ia said to be the hardest road raco.in Europe. It goes through parts of Switzerland, Ger- many, Austria and Italy and over some

of the highest and roughest mountain passes, including the Passo del Stelvio, one of the highest in the world. Two Ford cars won big honours in it last

year.

The first day was from Munich to Villach in Austria and the road passed over the famous Katchberg Pass, 2,100 metres bigh with 30 per cent. grades The second day they went on to Merano, in Italy. The roads in this part were bad, having loose stones and potholes several inches deep, In the

'afternoon, the cars had to go over Passo del Glovo, 2,000 metres high. The Avtodor is participating in The Fords arrived at Merano in good plans for an automobile plant in time. Several teams had already been Moscow. A goal of 100,000 Light | eliminated. passenger cars and automobiles has been set.

Motor buses are becoming popular, They were first used in Moscow in 1925 and by the end of 1997 there were 160 in the city.

This year

On the second day, the run was a circular one from Merano to Merano via Belzano over some of the worst country in Europe. The Swiss team did well, going over the mountain passes with an approximate average of 62 Ellometres per hour, one of the beat records of the day. When the resulta were published that evening, it was noticed that the Swiss Ford 'team and

an appropriation was made for the purchase of 200 additional buses to of using, in Singapore for purposes furnish transportation in the city. other than those for which it was Within the next three years thea Gernan team were the only complete licensed, a motor-car with a Johore number of buses in operation with teams left in the race. The fourth

His Lordship added that he thought in Moscow will be 1,400 and more that it should be provided that the than 2,000 modern taxicabs will holder deemed to have registered in his also be in service by the end of this own territory any car beating such year.

dealer'a ilcence.

mark.

As part of a large transportation

day's

run to

Logano included the famous Stelvio bass, 2,700 metres high The Ford with 25 per cent, grades. care again averaged about 54 klo metres per hour,

The Afth and last day was from Delivering judgmont, his Lordship scheme a subway, for which $20.|Logano to Como, Italy, The Ford team said that section 4 (1) of Colony Ordin-000,000 has been appropriated, will of three cars left at 3.45 a.m. and suc- ance said that cars must be registered be constructed to relleve congested

with the C.P.O.

traffic caused by narrow streets in

Section 13 (1) of the same. Ordin the city. ance, which applies to Johore cars in Singapore, exempted from that re-1 quirement cars which were in the Recognition

Colony but were registered in Johore. As the "rat man to promulgate

A Technical Offence

There was no registration of care. Cars were licensed there, not register ed. The strict construction, therefore,

cessively passed over the Gothara Pass, the Furka Pass and the Simplon, every- thing going well until 80 kilometres from the finishing line when one of the cars tried to catch up with the other two and as a result went off tho road.

the doctrine, that for the pros- Messerli and Regazzi arrived at perity of the country the working Como, having made an average of 62 man should be prosperous," Mr. kilometres per hour, although an aver Henry Ford has been awarded the age of 48 was all that was required.

They were presented with two magni.

of section 13 (1) was that it could not gold medal of the Pennsylvania acent gold cups.

apply at all to Johore cars in Singa Society..

pore, but, his Lordship thought the ro ference in section 18 (1) to "registra tion," must, so far as Johore was con- cerned, be taken to be equivalent tô licensing,

The next point was whether the iden tification marka... granted' to · Johore dealers were equivalent to a licence, and, therefore, equivalent to registra. tion in the Colony. His Lordship dié not think that was so. The licensing offlear under section 4 (ill) (b) of the Johore enactment was enpowered to fasue identification marks for dealers” cars, and then the dealer was not liable to the penalties set forth for non-regis-, tration. But the car was not licensed, nor aven, deerned to be Beansed. Ti therefore 'was not registered under the Colony, law, por deemed to be register- ed..

His Lordship held, therefore, that as the respondent's car was not licensed in. Johore, he committed a technical

offence in Singapore.

SOVIET MOTOR GROUP

The Soviet Republic, need for good roads, tó Interior to trade Sormedzán, entomo

Autor

known explorers, who have salled for Central Africa with the Inten tion of photographing wild beasts in their natural haunts. It is expected that the trip will prove to be the most interesting and Im portant of their four African ex- peditions, and will take some two years to complete,

For the first time in history sound pictures are to be taken in the African jungle, the purpose of the trip being to reproduce in natural colour and action all the life of the tropics. Besides provisions, cam. eras, chemicals, camp equipment, guns, ammunition and sveli Ilke things, eight Willys-Knight care have been taken, and it is certain that these vehicles will have to stand up to an enormous amount of hard work, as they have on the previous trips of these explorers.

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BUSES IN THE WAR

A large number of motor-vehicles which had been contracted from public. Motor Bus

Companies for facilitating the transportation of the Government punitive forces at the front in Kwangsi, a few weeks ago, have been sent back to Canton by the Provisional Head- quarters of the 8th Route Army at Wuchow.

The buses are found to be in quite good condition having apparently Fustained no damage during their mission. They will be return ed, to their owners shortly.

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Tel. Central 4769.

unable to traverse the traffic con ed strests at more than an of about seven miles an hour.

County

MES HIGHWAY as a highway for passenger traffics

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