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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1933.
HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE
APPROZIMATE RETAIL PRICES.
Jan. 18, June
1088 1918
Ct, Cts,
BUTCHER MEAT.
Jan. 18, June 1088 1918 Ctu. Cts.
POULTRY.
Beef Sirloin
lb. 84 24
1)
Prime Cut
Corned
40
Ronst
Chicken ... Capons, Small
Jb. 04 -30
62
11
Breast
31
Large
62
•
Soup
Duck
40
Doves
each 45
Steak Sirloin
Steak
Sausages ....
Bullock's Brains.. per act 17
oach 80
14
Tongue, fresh
corned
1.00
Head
1.00
Heart
ть.
each
Hump, Salt.
Feet
Kidneys
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Turkeys, Cock
Quail
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1.10
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE MOTORISTS PAGE
WORLD'S FASTEST
CAR ENGINE.
Britain Experiments 24
Cylinder Unit.
LITTLE MAINTENANCE.
London.
Twenty-four cylinders, turning lover the crankshaft at 25,000 re- volutions a minute, is the new au- tomobile engine turned but by Prof.
20
50
Eggs, Hen (fresh) Fowls, Hainan
38
#1
b.
58
Canton
70
Goese
50
Pigeons, Cantan
ench
15
Holhow
40
É
75
Turkeys, Hon
श्र
70
61
Snipe Pheasant
Partridges
FRUITS.
per set 5
Almonds
Ib.
00
375
lb.
24
1
Bananas (bride's)
7
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18. 20
.
12
The engine, termed "the fastest!
each 15
Coconuta
esch
14
Lemons, China
E. 50
Lemons (American)
25
Lichees, Dried
ть. 12 cach 18 ib. 1.20
25
Loin
Oranges
(Canton)
Oranges
Fat or Lard
Pears (Canton)
Peanuts
26
Pumelo, Siam Walnute
Gropes
Tail
Liver
Tripe
Calves' Head Maiton Chop
ar
Leg
Shoulder
11 Saddle
Pig's Chitlings
11
Bratas
Feet
Fry
Head
Heart
Kidneys
Pork Chop
Leg
Feet sot $1.50 $1.00
Ib.
Sheep's Head & Foot per sot 00
Heart
n Kidneyx
Liver
Sucking Pigs, to
order
Suet, Beef
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Mutton
each 12
Liver
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Sausages ...
FISH.
No. 1
lb.
Canton Fresh Water
11
#
Barbel
Bream
Fish
Cam
Codfish
TI
Crabs
Cuttle Fish
Dace
Eels, Conger
10
20
Apples (California)
Carambola
Persimmons, Large
each
VEGETABLES, ETC.
Artichokes ...
Long
Beans, Sprout Beet Root... Brinjala, Green
Red
Cabbage, Chinese
(Shanghai)
Cauliflower (Large)
"
Carrots'..
Celority, Chinese
Chillies, Dried
each
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A. M. Low, English scientist and 20. inventor.
10 automobile engine in the world,"
Carburetta Care And Upkeep.
Obtaining Maximum Efficiency
ECONOMY HINTS
THE CAUSES OF COLLISIONS.
How Some Accidents Happen.
EXHAUSTION BOGEY.
High
Performance
And Economy
Main Features Of 1933 Austin Range.
Beyond question, the main cause of accidents is either ignorance or A new four-cylinder car of 11.9 wilful disregard of the rules of the h.p. was announced to the trade by road-the most common fault, tak-the Austin Motor Co. Ltd., recent- ing a blind corner on the wrongly, when they disclosed their pro- alde, writes Victor Beveridge. gramme for the coming season. "Many motorists will have re-
On the Continent this is so gen- Another trouble which is exper
This car, which is sure to arouse collections of the troubles experienced occasionally is flooding, ferally realized that rond builders Wide Interest, is claimed to provide all round economy without sacrifise cle of dirt adhering on the floaty-all sharp turns, 50 -the elaborate rigmarole which needle seating so preventing an ef speeding driver can keep to his cor and a three-bearing crankshaft, is 25 valves and is said to never need
that the The engine, which has side valves had to be pursued before the en-fective seat being made when the rect inner side. decarbonizing.
gine was finally induced to start, float rises, a few turns of the needle with this dilemma I invariably cut high power output.
When I am met notable for its smooth running and A multiplicity of cylinders seems
and the difficulty of getting a cor. between the finger and thumb willin on my wrong side to avoid stroke is 69.8 m.m. by 101.8 m.m., The bore and to be the trend in English au
usually prove sufficient to remove head-on collision. tomobile style this season. Numer- reet petrol air mixture at various it. If this fails to cure the trou
giving 1,535 c.c. On one occasion near Lockerbio, interest are the special mountings Of particular ous twelves and sixteens are acen on speeds and conditione," writes the ble it may be necessary to grind I was almost smashed up in this which insulate the frame from the market, the idea being to sell Singapore Free Press Motoring cor- the needle in to its seating but no the customer the idea that he is get respondent.
coarser abrasive material than ero-through, but I turned my car, chas-body is fitted either as a de luxe or way. I just managed to scrape vibration. A four-seater saloon ting more for his money when he
eus powder should be used-and gets two or four more cylinders in
that sparingly.
ed and caught the offender, who had standard, and two open medels will laughed at my escape. He was be listed. accompanied by a very charming
Large Demanti. young lady, to whom I explained. To free
The demand for Austin cars, al how near she had been to death, ready large, will be stimulated yet the car and aimply beat the tar out nounced for the other models. then hauled her companion out of further by the improvements an
10 dispenses with Inlet and exhaust ienced with the carlier carburetter This is usually caused by a part-there are banking-and quite steep of comfort or performance.
12
hia car,
far as correct carburetion was con- The car's successful progress as
Carburetters such as the S. U. Body To Fit Engine.
cerned was entirely in the hands sometimes have trouble with a
stleking suction piston. Professor Low's engine, although of the driver, the mixture being ad- this a few drops of thin oil should not yet. incorporated in an automo- justed in many cases by a hand be introduced and the piston work bile, may be soon, it is said. The control. It was no rare occurrence ed up and down until it is free design of this car will be something
This practically exhausts the trou- new in the automobile field. It then to see a car chugging along bles which are liable to occur in will consist of a very long hood, emitting dense clouds of black the carburetter. Carburetion trau- 10 followed by the conventional body smoke, the driver having failed to bles such as weak mixture can us take not, the lady quite approved. 10 of a regular passenger car, giving appreciate the value of his air con-ually be traced to defective induc
Bit an unusual appearance.
As the result of the high rate
trol..
each
(Medium) (Small)
10
16. 6
12
"
18
25
Red
15
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Frcah
Green
8
10
Yellow
10
8
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Froga
Cucumbers
Garoupa
1.00
Garlic
10
Gudgeon
10
Herrings
Old
8
17
Horseradish, S'hai.
60
Indian Corn
each
45 valves
Lettuce
lb.
Okrocs
Halibut
Lobsters
Mackorel
Mullet Oysters
Parch
Pike
Plaice
Pomfret, White
Pomfret, Binck-
Prawns
Roach
Salmon
Shark
Skate
Soles
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Curry Stuff, English
Ginger, Young
Onions, Bombay
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Japanese-
Groen
Shanghai
30
Pursley
Potato, Sweet
36
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American
32 22
Pumpkin
30
Radish
10
Spinach
Turbot Turtles, amali fresh
1.20
water
'83
Rhubarb (Fresh)
Tomatoes
Turnips, Punti
(Long)
Vegetable Marrow
Water Cress
Water-Lily Root
Oberland China Mail.
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Cheng Kwok-yau will be executed for procuring the murder of George Fung. All legal appeals have failed and the Chinese petition for clemency was refused. The following official statement was issued after the Executive Counict meeting on January 12:
"The Governor-in-Council has decided that the law shall take its course."
A new petition seeking clemency for Cheng Kwok-yau has been prepared by friends and relatives of the family :
of the colony for signature.
The appeal is public and both Chinese and foreignera
are being asked to sign.
The petition is fully reported in the OVERLAND 'CHINA MAIL,
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A stabbing affair, of which the victims were' Mr. William Beatty, a former member of the Shanghai Police Force, and Miss Lucy Loo, occurred at 270 Temple Street in the early hours of January 13: Three men, thought by Mr. Bently to be Chinese, as the alleged assailants two of the men were armed with a kille and a blunt instrument. They made good their escape through the back door.
A full story is given in the OVERLAND CHINA MAIL.
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An audacious theft from the office of the Inspector- General of Police (Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, C.M.G.) on Sunday, when a Chinese formerly employed as No. 1 mes senger simply walked into the office, look away...” the Sir Reginald Stubbs Revolver Championship Cup and later smashed it up with a chopper, was recounted by Detective- Sub-Inspector Cliester Woods before Mr. Wynne-Jones in the Central Police Court on January 132S
The case is reported in the OVERLAND CHINA MAIL.
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tion of joints, while patrol stop-
of his miserable body. I don't think popular Austin Seven now has
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he would ever again take a corner four-speed twin-top gearbox, a rear on his wrong side! And, if I mie-petrol tank, improved instrument
board, and an engine of Increased Inexperienced Speeding. accessibility and performance, Ad. Speed itself, as a cause of disas-ditionally, the brakes on, thie model of revolations, this engine is said To-day the carburetter is at once the fuel system. The moral is in head of the guilty driver. I know
page is usually found higher up inter, most frequently recoils on the are larger. to be exceptionally smooth in ac- the most reliable Instrument on a all carburation troubles with of I will be criticized when I say that, body lines and larger lamps.
The new Ten-four has improved The cylinders are employed car. In spite of this many engine course obvious exceptions-edspect in the hands of an expert, a fast open cars are listed as 20 tion.
8 in V formation, and without any troubles that crop up are wrongly the carburetter last of all.
or attendant timing mech attributed to the "carb." I have anism..
Because of the few mov- known carburetters to be stripped ing parts it is said to be quieter down and "adjusted" when the 4 in operation.
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fault actually lay in insufficient. tappet clearances. The only atten- Superchargers Feed Gas.
'tion the instrument requires is the Gasoline is fed into the cylinder cleaning of the diter if one is pre- chambers under pressure. Super vided. Unnecessary tampering with chargers are used to feed gasoline. the jets should be avoided as it us The mixture does not explode as ually dies more harm than good. much as it burns, thereby eliminat-
ROAD MENACED BY OLD CARS.
N.A.C.C. Statistics For U.S.
Two
wel! ... as
car is safer than a slow one! I am two saloons, not going to start an argument The Twelve-six of the large about this; I merely state what is a models, including the famous fast. It is when an inexperienced Twelve-four, have a thermostat con motorist Indulges in high speed that trol for the cooling system, and on calamity is round every corner, all de luxe Austins chromium- This “road menace" takes his cor- plated lamps are used. The Austin ners wide, brutally wrenches his Sixteen Berkeley de luke saloon ta n steering wheel and Indulges in ter-new model of low poise and appeal- rifying skids through violent brak-ing lines, and the latest edition of
the Austin 20 Ranelagh Limousine: Next comes the situation when a is equally suitable to be chauffeur I have noticed however that many One of the foremost obstacles to driver pulls out from his own side or owner-driven. The engine will need little maker's turn their car's out with a promotion of maximum safety on to pass another ahead; the leading There are now fully 26 different Experi carburetter setting rather on the public highway is the large number driver, out of pure cussedness, way Austin models to maintain the ments show that the high rate of rich side which is all right from the of antiquated, dilapidated motor then accelerate to prevent the other Prestige enjoyed by this essential- flow of the gas prevents any carbon point of view of good acceleration cars to be found in every section of from passing. If the first car hasly British make. forming on the platons or cylindera, not of course conducive to econo-the United States.
ing all jerky motions and giving less exhaust noise.
4 maintenance,” it la said.
AUTO
REPAIR
Costly Running.
ONE OUT OF TEN "OBSELETE”ing.
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These ramshackle vehicles
not the necessary power to make
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the pass, neither driver will give ACCELERATION KILLS TYRES. way and the first corner or by road may supply all that is needed for a head-on collision.
Engineers Opinión.
Nervousness and consequent Inde To learn the effect on tires of
In addition, there are no values to mical running, which after all is adjust.”
what most owners demand. Most stitute a genuine menace in normal Despite its enormous rate of re- cars then run habitually on a mix-traffic, because they are not physi volution and the large number of ture that is too rich without the cally equipped to cops with the cylinders, the engine will be pro- driver being aware of the fact. If emergencies every driver must face duced as a 20 horsepower unit. you find that your acceleration from in the course of daily driving. cision are temperamental defects frequent starting and stopping. cold is rapid and without trace of] Weak brakes, worn gears, doubt which no amount of experience when properly dode, U. S. Rubber. hesitation you may be assured that ful tyres, loose steering knuckles seems to cure. Those who realize Co. engineers drove a car at the rate your mixture at normal running leaky gas lines, smoking exhausts, the possession of auch failings of 35 miles an hour and brought. It temperatures is far too rich. An reluctant engines these are only a should content themselves with to a dead stop every quarter of a engine which attains its maximum few of the factors which render baby care and moderate speeds. power immediately from cold in de- such cars unsafe, not only to those
mile without sliding the wheels but Sleep and exhaustion are re-as quickly as possible. They then finitely uneconomical and a smaller who operate them but also to the sponsible for far more accidents immediately accelerated it to 35 main jet could profitably be fitted feareful drivers who must travel the than are generally supposed. One miles an hour. After only 108 Some carburetters have an ad-same highways with those obsolete morning, after an all-night run miles of driving in this manner they fustment in the form of a needle vehicles.
from London on the Carlisle road I found that one-half of the tread valve which controls the amount of flow of petrol from the float cham- Although statistics compiled by but for a wide margin of grass I represented normal driving, and not her to the well of the jet, in which the National Automobile. Chamber would have terminated my career the zip-bang style of the in-and- case there is no need to fit a small of Commerce place the average thon. As it was I struck a tele-outer. The terrific wear that this jet if a leaner mixture is desired life of an automobile at seven years, graph pole a glancing blow. When latter type of driver would impose To weaken the mixture the needle a recent survey of the automotive you feel weariness or drowsiness-on his tires, to say nothing of the should be screwed in, but a certain field showed operation on Decem-stop!
strain on his car, can be imagined.
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The Average Life.
years old.
amount of discretion should be used ber 31, 1981, was eight or more with regard to this adjustment as too fine a Betting may give rise to overheating and it'a attendant eflls. 22.800,000 automobiles registered on In round figures, 2,000,000 of the The best setting for all round ef- that date had passed another allot- ficiency can be found by experimented span of life, while another the adjustment should then bo lock 1,200,000 had Just reached the ed..
seven-year: mark. This means that more than 14 per cent, of all cars Most fuel system are provided on American highways at the outset with flters and water traps so that of 1982 were ready for permanent foreign mattur very rarely reaches retirement.
Carburetter Troubles.
the carburetter itself. Occasion- It is impossible for such cars to ally, however, a particle of grit or be operated with absolute safety, re- fluff may lodge in the base of the gardless of the care the driver may |jet possible. through a defective exercise, j
guaze filter, This can often be re- Worn Out Control. moved by merely closing the choke Then, too, such a car is neces and “reving" the engine. If this sarily difficult
ails to remove the obstruction, the trols have been worn. jet will have to be removed, an that their nee regul operation which calls for a good effort; poor springs deal of care. In the first place a vibration robe the car proper size, screw-driver should be comfort. used so as not to damage the slot, Having removed the Jet, the orifice with should be cleared by blowing, pre ferably with a tyre pump. On account, clean the 1pt⠀⠀ wire through it or you may your-petrol consumptio etier Jets, should with great respet
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the safety of other cars on the road.
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