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Discussions have often taken place It is therefore to be hoped that the concerning the justice or otherwise of President of the Automobile. Association the local scale of taxation for motor will give his attention to the subject of In England, just now, the roads and do all that is in his power to Automobile Association is running a big persuade the Powers. That Be" to campaign in favour of, a petrol tax in-spend more money on road improvements. stead of the existing tax based on horse It is sincerely to be hoped that the power. It is probable that, next year, road round the island will soon be again the horso-power tax will be abolished in

open to traffic. Britain.

In Hongkong we pay our tax in sc cordance with the weight of the vehicle. There was no hint in the recent budges speech made by the Colonial Secretary of any intention of a change in that policy. The new weighing machines for share proved themselves to be a good investment They will not be "scrap- ped "in a hurry.

We may, therefore, expect the present form of saration to remain. Suggestions. however, have been made that the amount of the tax should be increased for heavy motor lorries. The idea is to encourage the use of the one ton lorry. Heavier and bigger lorries not only cut up the roads a great deal but they are obstructions. in traffic.

Last week a friend drove up Stubbs Road behind one of these big lorries He wisely decided that any attempt to pass it on that road might end in trouble. The game was not worth the candle But it took him quite a long time to forget all that he suffered in driving slowly behind that lorry,

An unpleasant little habit of some of the lorry drivers is to leave half bricks on the road.

They place these behind the wheels when the lorry remains stationary on a hill and drive away with out taking the trouble to remove them.

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appeals to the general public has made a special effort to "feature" the an- nual event. This year the show will be better than ever. When shall we have a motor show in Hongkong 7· It would be worth while as an educational effort.

THE AEROPLANES.

The arrival of H.M.8. Hermes sad other ships brings before the local public," in a vivid manner, the fact that Britain has to think quite as much about the air as the sea in these days.

The internal combustion engine made the aeroplane a practical proposition. Every day we can hear the roar of agro- plane exhausts in Hongkong and we shall always have that music available in future.

A few of us wonder why there are not some of the very swift petrol driven sea craft, used in the war out on this station. Speed is the essence of success in the game of hunting pirates.

Squad-Echoes of the Strike-Crank Case Oil. :

Then follows the rectification process, Oil is ran over a thin surface in a cur- rent of air The oil runs in a thin film,

The oil reclaimer has a capacity of nine gallons in twenty-four hours. It will usainiuin oil for thirty engines almost indennitely. The apparatus is driven by an electric motor and uses electric heat.

One of the inventors states that he has used the same crank-case oil for 16,000

Ferbaps we may see an airship out miles.

Of course the original oil had to have here some day in the not distant future. the usual additions from time to time" In that connection it is of interest to Historians of Hongkong already ex-

There is always a daily consumption of relate that the loss of the United States press surprise that there was no road

lubricating oil which is something separ- airship Shenandoah about a year ago round the island until some date about 1918 The infamous Red Flag Actate from the oil used in making a com- has revealed some facts of deep interest

to those who live in the tropics. was repealed in Great Britain in 1967 and piete change of crank-case oil.

It is said that a curious characteristic This airship carried a crew of 49 officers five or six years after that it became of the reclaimed oil is that it is more and men. In the disaster five officers and obvious that motor-cars had come to stable than the original oil. It certainly stay. Yes in 1915 it was impossible to does seem that the apparatus is a sue motor out to Deep Water Bay. And în

Cesa What the owner-driver needs is some automatic reclaimer in the cate

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has been impossible to motor round the island for months at a time.. Would the traffic on the Canton-Kowloon Railway have been held up all that time if there had been a similar wash out on that railway i

These thoughts are stimulated by en- quiries made by a correspondent co cerning the Taipo bridge. When is that to be built or re-built?" be asks. No wonder our Shanghai visitors jeer at us in Hongkong as being rather a sleepy lot! It is impossible (so they say? to cross the present rather comic bridge after 7 p. Surely if it is safe for & car to pass in daylight it can't do much harm to pass at night? Oh! Of course. There is the terrific expense of the wages of an extra coolie to be considered Economy is the watchword, as the new appointments arranged for in the Budget demonstrate so clearly. The wages of an extra coolie on a main road would make a Budget of several million dollars

look so queer.

THE GREAT SHOW.

The twentieth annual exhibition of can takes place at Olympia on October and to 30th. Every keen motorist will wish that he (or she) could visit the great show. Each year it becomes more and more fascinating.

It is believed that the exhibitors this year have paid great attention to the bodywork of cars. The saloon type of body grows more and more popular. The great problem is to reduce the weight of the bodywork.

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Twenty years ago the writer visited the first motor show at Olympia. A few days before it took place he chanced to meet the proprietor of one of the great London daily newspapers. This very shrewd business man was, on that day, quite unaware that the show had been arranged."You will be compelled, by PRIVILEGED DRIVERS.

Under these circumstances the Hang- this year and next year you will be the force of public opinion, to feature it Another habit which is unpleasant for kong "Automobile Association must re- those in a touring on is that of drawing main moribund. It would be inopportune the affable owner. The proprietor look- devating pages to it." said the writer to up on a bend. They unload lorries at for the Association to draw attention to places that may be described, as danger the state of the road between Repubo Le Sage about it." he said. The Grand ed thoughtful. Come in and talk to Motorists do not wish to discourage the Bay and Tytam Tuk. As for the Taipo Old Man of Fleet Street (Sir John Le

Roadwell, it is true that the surface Sage) hated all is not all that it should be. Think of the loathed motor cars. He scoffed at the expense of re-surfacing it! A road. that idea that the show was of public interest, is perhaps slightly more than twenty At the end of the interview he requested miles costs an awful lot of money to keep

t for these grumbling motorists. Ens show opened-just a popular description. a column tontribution on the day the land is going to the dogs because of the The night before the show he sent an cost of the upkeep of the roads!

urgent message for three columns. In his loyalty to the public, to take heed of the end poor Le. Sage was compelled, by the fact that the pulse of the public was beating hard about the show. He must about that first show-how the Grand have published at least thirty columns Old Man got it together is a great story redounding to his credit. After that first otriumph of the show every daily or weekly journal in Great Britain that

use of motor lorries in Hongkong They do wish, however, to make it easier for drivers of touring cars to negotiate the very difficult roads. The Chinese con tractors are not the only offenders. Some of the Government lorries have native drivers who drive as if they were in possession of that wonderful badge issued by the police containing the letters "P.D." To be a "privileged driver" in Hongkong gives you the chance to step on the gas" and go just where you please.

THE FLYING SQUAD.

RECLAIMING CRANK-CASE OIL.

In the search for economy consider. able attention has been given to the problem of clearing crank case lubricat ing oil so that it may be used indefinite [ly.

More than one apparatus is now The police of Hongkong are very much the market. It is true that the owner indeed live wires. They keep ap-to-of a fleet of vehicles is much more date. They have always had enthusias- interested in this subject than is the tic motorists in the ranks and amongst owner of one car, but if experience shows the officers. A policeman is always that it is economical to clean crack-case. practical individual. He quickly realises oil for a number of cars we may be sure the advantages of motor transport- that garage proprietors will be able to Hence we find the following statement in fix an attractive price for doing the same the recent budget speech:-

thing for the-owner-driver. Under Other Charges conveyance The vendors of lubricating oils may allowances have been increased in pur-not regard the matter with suy great suance of the policy of encouraging off-enthusiasm. The consumption of lubri- cers to provide their own motor-cycles cating oil by motor vehicles all over the and to use them on Government service.". world must be enormous and the oil We may therefore expect that every companies must make good profits out of European officer in the police force will this business... at no distant date own a motor-cycle. It will not be long before all those of a rank above sergeant will have the laud- able ambition to own a small carà A

CHANGING OIL.

Many owners of cars fail to pay suf- ficjent attention to the crank case oil. The appeal has been, made by the The manufacturers of cars usually recom- Captain Superintendent of Police for mend that the oil be changed every 500 local motor cyclists to join up as volun- miles, but many an owner thinks that if teers to reinforce the police motor-his. car Eas change of crank case oil cyclists in times of emergency. It is every 1,000 miles he is doing quite well. most excellent plan" and no doubt, if it is as successful as everyone thinks it will be the authorities will seriously consider the idea of enrolling as volunteers owner, drivers of cars, It is the first duty of the law-abiding citizen to place himself and his car at the disposal of the Govern- iment.

ECHOES OF THE SERIKE.

A local owner of a powerful car re- ceatly informed the writer that he made a practice of changing the crank "case oil every 200 miles.

On the other hand a car was recently overhauled in one of the local garages and the crank-case oil was so utterly filthy that an experienced engineer gave the opinion that the crank-case oil had not been changed for a year.

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That oil was & revelation. It was like ritty mud. It seemed incredible that the bearings could revolve with such muck in them. The owner of that car

It is very unlikely that there will be any successful effort in the matter of persuading the domestic servants of Euro: peans to go out on strike in the near future. "Once bit, twice shy." The servants found by sad experiences that was indeed lucky not to have been made the strike did them no good and was, for to pay a heavy penalty for his neglect them, very unpleasant. It is, however, veli to be prepared for any emergency.

Tho general strike in Great Britain was rendered unsuccessful · because of modern motor transport. Everyone is agreed about that. Without motor-cara anxious owner in Hongkong. What It may reasonably be asked by the and motor lorries and any number of makes the oil dirty? There are, first volunteer drivera recruited from all

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classes of the community, the genera ever well the piston rings may fit. Some of all, the products of combustion. How- strike would, in" all probability, have succeeded. We must, however, not far of these products get into the lubricating get the success of the organisation. Then there is the debris of wear For There might have been chaos but for the | carefully prepared plans of the Govern in amount, but there is always some wear. wear is always taking place-it varies ment officials No doubt the Hongkong: officials slso have a carefully prepared every precaution is taken to prevent this Road dust gets into the oil Of courag plan for utilising, not only motorcycles, trouble but all that can be said is that but all forms of mechanical transport, it might be worse. It does exist and times of emergency. Of course, there is no immediate probability of trouble but those who use machinery of any descrip tion know the advantage of keeping it in good order,

THE BUDGET AND THE ROADS

Everyone seems to be pleased with the speeches made at the recent meeting of the Legislative Council Apparently the big storm in July last cost nearly a mil lion dollars No doubt some of the dam age was inevitable but some of it was caused because certain roads were not completely surfaced

lubricating oil used for a few hundred

bad for the bearings.

miles contains some road dust which is

There is also fuel diluent. Petrol gets into the crank case. At some time or other unburnt petrol creeps down into the oil system and that petrol is net a Iubricant.

A CONTINUOUS RECLAIMER.' In the latest type of oil reclaimer there are two main operations for clearing the oil FM MRNA MOREN

First of all the oil is classified by agitation with a small quantity of pilicate of soda or water glass or other chemicalk

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