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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1947.

MOTORING NEWS AND VIEWS

DODGE

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QUEEN'S BUILDING

TÉL. 32322.

MOTOR CAR

COMPREHENSIVE and THIRD PARTY

INSURANCE

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents

London Lancashire Insurance Co. Ltd.

Royal Exchange AssuranED Guardian Aăşurance Co. Ltd.

1.

Representation in Principal China Ports ensures continuity of insurance Including

facilities for the Insurance of Leave Cars,

HALF-HOUR BETTER TERMS FOR CHECK UP TAXI DRIVERS

Hints on

on the cor may be of value not only to that rore creature in Hong Kong, the motorist who gives his car a litle more at tention than just saying to the garage altendant "Fler upl," but also to those who supervise their chauffeur's activities in this sphere. Today's hinte cover the engine lubrication Gystem:

Remember that nuts can be tightened too much, thereby doing damage. It requires a certain amount of experience to know how tight a nut should

be.

The first step towards the reallsation of Govern

ment's plan to introduce the local equivalent of the Employers' Liability Act will be taken| by the taxicab concerns-if the drivers them- selves agree to it, said Mr. Tsan Pul-hang, Manager of the Blue Taxicab Ltd., in an in- terview with the "China Mail."

to be "off" on all public holl

Should days (18 per annum). any driver be naked to work during a holiday he will have to be paid double wages."

LONDON'S NEW TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM

Every town and city with a traffic problen-no names mentioned!-will be interested, for two reasons, in a new service introduced in

the City of London recently,

In the first pince, this traffic The manufacturers are the control service la oporating at Automatic Telephone and Elec- one of the world's busiest June-tric Co. of Strowger Works, tious, by the Bank of England Liverpool 7. where sover main roada—some broad, nome narrow-converge. The 85,000 vehicles which use

DON'T USE BOTTOM GEAR

The trouble with this do- this junction avery 12 houra

When a car is being towed mand, the managers sald Inave hitherto neccesitated po

lice control. costing 72 man away from rest in order to start effect, is that meters do not hours per day, or more than it, it should be in high gear. register double charges on 26,000 per annum. All this la. If it is in bottom, the momentary Sundays and holidays.

bour has now been releaned by load on the transmission may be excessive, and the R.A.C. report "It is interesting to note," the light, control.

many casca of rear axle failure, sold Mr. Tean, "that one of the

Secondly, the system chosen usually breakage of crown wheel The scheme, long mooted by his concern and given Association's representatives by the City of London for thin and pinion, owing to the mie

of impetus by the recent demands of the taxi admitted that his monthly in difficult and complex junction is apprehension of drivers who have drivers, calls for the payment of medical ex-comb as a bus driver is roughly the same ne that now being used failed to work 'out that gear penses of, and full pay to, all drivers injured in $210, as compared to the 8200 throughout the world. A well-ratios are reversed when the road

demanded by his fellow-mem- an accident or certified sick by the company's were in the taxi service. Bus known English firm, responsible wheels are driving the engine.

for its development, installed! drivers are paid between $6.60 annum for sick leave, with full and $7 a day, while the taxi the first vehicle-actuated traffic pay and free medical attention, rivers receive about $5 a day signals in Europe 15% years ago-incidentally, these same subject to examination by the plus an average of $0 tips. companies' doctors,

"To carry the comparison iguals are still operating with 3. Both parties agreed to further, bus employees are only | out a hitch. the payment

of one

month's allowed 24 days sick leave year- į Since then, the system has wages as bonus for each com- ly, and receive an annual bonus been adopted in America, South pleted year of service. Shorter of half-a-month's wages. They Africa, Australia, New Zealand periods to be paid a pro rata do not get any extra days off France and the majority of rate, such as half-a-month for with the exception of Chinese European countries.

New Year. Compare this with six months' employment.

the demands presented by the taxi drivers."

doctor,

If time permits, it is worth "At present the whole scheme while running the engine and is still in the tentative stage," Watching the breathers, because he said "but will be immediate excessive fume from the brea-ly put into operation so soon thers means that gas is passing as the drivers agree to pay half the piston ringe, which in turn of the annual premium for ac- may mean the beginning of un- cident and sickness insurance." due cylinder-bore wear.

Discussing the recent meeting of the employers, and drivers in the office of the Assistant. La de-bour Officer, Major H. Chauvin, Mr. Toan stated that an agree ment was. reached only on the question of a bonus equalling one month's pay for each com- Pleted year of service, and a pro demanded that no rata rate for shorter periods.

Cleanliness

If leaks are to be detected Quitely, the engine must first be clean. It is a very common and desirable practice in racing to keep the whole of the engine and the car thoroughly clean.

LUBRICATION

EGMC WITTY),

any

position and note signs of fresh oil on gar- age floor.

3. Inspect engine:

a) At crankcase joints. (b) Valve-gear cover plate. (c) Timing-case joints. (d) Sump joints. (e) Drain plugs or cocks.

(1) Oil pipe unions. If leakage found, tighten nuts gently, being particularly careful not to twist pipo unions; if essential, change gaskets,

4. Inspect element of pres-

Dismissal

4. The Drivers' Association drivers be

New Zealand in particular is eo pleased with "Eva," as tho system is called, that the manu. facturera have received en- In Kowloon, said Mr. Toan,quiries from practically ovary! there is a total of 170 taxis town in the country, while dismissed without the consent operated by four concerns, His Auckland, where the first in- "It is unncially opossible of the Association, and that a company, he said, tops the list stallation was made, has follow for any taxicab operator in Kow-retrenched driver must be re-with 65 cabs with another 16 ed up with a maintenance con- toon (running small cars carn- employed when a vacancy exista to be put on the road early next tract for 10 years.

demands, To Rcecde

D.

USED CARS

FOR SALE

HILLMAN MINX SALOON

FORD TEN

MORRIS EIGHT TOURER

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qualified automobile engineers.,

DRIVING SCHOOL Driving lessons given by experienced instructors at moderate fees,

ing at an average of $30 a Employees are, however, per week. The Kowloon Taxi owne The important advantage of 1. Start engine and let it be-shift)' to agree to the drivers' mitted to resign without notice. i 52, New Taxi 34, and the the "Eva" system la that, while | would Major Chauvin, said Mr. Tsan, Peninsula Taxi 17. Of these it gives all vehicles the usual 2. Move car from its norma! mean either an increase in the agreed with the managers that about 150 are put on the roads consideration by means of the two weeks' notice, or wages in daily and should be more than road detectors and controlling fare or running at a loss."

To prove his contention, Mr.lieu thereof, should be given by sufficient to meet all demands.

mechanism, it introduces into VAUXHALL "14" Tean said that among the de. the party desiring to terminate

the timing mechaniam a special Reduction In Fares. mands presented by the Drivers the employment,

"right to priority" period for EVERY CAR GUARANTEED Association were a flat month. Employers proposed to

the benefit of vehicles flowing

FOR THREE MONTHS. Queried as to the reduction along the main through routes, ly salary of $200, a total of 12 pay for all medical expenses in- daya off per month, a month's curred as the result of ac of fares contemplated Bum enabling them to override the ECONOMICAL KEPAIRS by wages as bonus per annum cidents, provided that the dri- time ago, Mr. Taan Yung, the claims of cross road vehicles in ver was not the guilty party, Managing Director, said that order to achieve maximum traf. plus five per cent of their an-

All drivers aro to insured he was discussing this question fe flow. nual salary, free medical ex- penses, and non-responsibility against accidents and be res- with the manager of the "Star" ponsible for the payment of Taxi in Hong Kong just before for accidents.

the present trouble with the half of the premium on such

(as distinct from the present policy. No reply was received drivers cropped up.

"We have now to leave the Kowloon Tax & Transporta- from the drivers' representa.

whole thing in abeyance," he tion Co.) was established but fosted only n brief Boven tives.

G The employees demanded declared. that full compensation should The Blue Taxicab Ltd. was months. It went into liquida- be paid to the family of any the first taxical concern to be tion and sold its vehicles to tha driver killed as the result of an established in Kowloon. It was Blue Taxicab Ltd. The string! a family concern, of taxis owned by the Intter accident or who died from sick-started,

by Mr. Than Yung on Oct. 10, concern at that time numbered The latter part of the de- 1928 with six cabs which gra- 88, inclusive of the new acquisi. mand, the employers pointed dually Increased to 10 cars, all tions, which number was main- tained until the outbreak of the out, was ridiculous as no Hillman-Minxes. firms would pay a gratuityl In 1933 the Kowloon Toxl Co. Pacific War, to the family of an employee who might have died through sickness or disesse contracted through his own carelessNTAS or foolishnOBB,

Aure filter and replace if necessary, being carefu to lest for oil leaks again

afterwards.

G. Inspect external oil pipes to make sure they are not chafing.

6. Check crankense oil level, replenishing if necessary.

of

"In other words," he said, "they are asking for $200 a month of 18 working days plus compensation and free medical attention, the total cost which works out to about $14-50 per driver per shift." "Demands" Questioned as to the demands, and counter offers, made during the interview, Mr. Tsan enumerated them as follows:

1. A flat rate of $200 per

with double month,

pay for work during holidays. The em- purely in order to be able to ployers countered with a fint detect an oil leak at once. If rate of $6 a working day, and old oil is allowed to remain on agreed to Major Chauvin's sug- the engine for a week or so it gestion of a 48-hour week. amasses so much. dirt that any¦ (Six days of eight hours cach fresh oil from a new escape is per week.) The present basic very difficult to trace to its true wages of drivers range from $130 per month to $5-6 per day The evidence of the garage of nine hours, with an hour off floor in always worth having, for lunch.

aource.

if the floor is kept reasonably 2. Vulimited sick leave on clean, because there will be very full pay and free medical atten- small puddles of all immediate-tion. The managements offer ly under anything in the na- ture of a serious leak, and it cd a total of one month per requires no particular skill to

brokes.

ness while employed.

Employers are, however, to apply for Accident and Sick- ness insurance for the em- ployees provided the latter are prepared to bear half the premium.

7. A bonus of five per cent of the annual wages to be paid in addition to the extra month's salary. This, the employers pointed out, is equivalent to all

extra one and a half days" wages per month.

Public Holidays 8. In addition to the one- day-per-week and one-month- per-annum sick leave, employees

Dat's De

Soto Car

Fer Him!

trace that leak effectively. But but it may be evidence that a it is worth examining the pud-bearing is in trouble. dle, because it is useless to look Watch For Pipe Chafing for an oil leak if the puddle The necessity for Inspecting consists of the special fluid re-all pipes in order to see that quired either for the Jackall they are not chafing usually system or for the hydraulic passes unrecognized, but In course of time, from one cause If the leakage is caused by or another, the copper or steel defective gasket, use the gasket pipo is likely to press lightly supplied by the service station, against some object. If the not any old gasket, though in pipe is on an engine with a an emergency it is quite possi- Rexible mounting and therefore ble to make a satisfactory gas- liable to move, while the ob ket with good material by Ject against which it presses is hand. Do not replace the goa- on the bulkhead, which is rela- ket without cleaning the faces tively stationary, the pipe la between which the gasket ia steadily worn away until a leak held. Portions of tho old suddenly develops. material may adhere to one of Evidence of the trouble is al- Attention is drawn to tho De thie these faces, in which case the way provided by the bright Soto advertisement on leak will be as bad na over with surface of the pipe. A frequent page, which is linked with the the now gasket.

cauas of trouble in this respect fact that the 1947 model of this Warning has already been occurs when a pipe passes car in now available in Hong given that the tightening, of through a hole in the bulkhead, Kong. nats holding the unions of a against the edge of which it Shavey Lec, "mayor" of New pino should be undertaken care is likely to rest at times.

York's Chinatown, has discover- fully. This in most important, Replenishing crankcase oil is ed that rickshaws always find because the pipo has a cone another task that needs a cor something urgent to do in the end. The cone end is pressed tain amount of trouble to be opposite direction whenever he against a seating by the hexa-inken. First of all, bo, aure approaches. Taxis aro apt to gon nut round the pipe, and the that the dipstick gives a correct be somewhat expensive in the scating itself has a hexagon | reading. It is all too easy for long run-and a man of his nut. The neating hexagon it to provido false information, bulk (250 lb.) con't do much should be held firmly by a span-partly because it may not be running.

epanner.

ner that fits while the pipe nut) pushed right home, partly be Shavey Lee, therefore, decid- to being tightened with another case it has not been properly | ed to buy: a car and his chalco

wiped

fell on De Soto, which he found Very often be pressure filter Do not use an oil which is spacious onpugh, extremely has an e'ement that is merely not recommended by the manu-smooth-running and quite sty- thrown away when. It has reach facturors, unlesh you have, vory loh enough to match his neck ed the limit of its useful life. satisfactory ressons for so do- ties. Sometimes the container also

ing. And, of course, remem- Large enough to seat six or can be scrapped. But in any ber that the oil that suits the dinary passengers, yet so easy! cano a spare element or a spare engine in winter will not be to drive that over the most Aiter should be part of the necessarily the same oil that is dainty member of tile fair sex stock held in the garage, along used with success: In nummor. deed, hayo no qualms about get"} with a complete act of gaskets. Poluta ilke these make all the ting behind the wheel, the De Any sign of metal" which is difference to the engine start. 50.0 is a popular car in the Co- almost of dustike character in carily or not in the morn lony,

the filter shoulil be regarded ing during the winter months "Tho ́"ocal agents are, the Hua with great suspición. It may and to raid of. wear, and avon Nan Motors, Chung Tin builds be what is called "awart" from Ucaring failure, in the hat wen-"ing: (third floor); their toles | the inside of a new erankansa, | thee."

phone number fo 28819

Mayor" Shavey Lee

of New York Chinatown

says

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