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Motoring Notes:

A Weekly

Review dealing with matters of interest to

all local motorists. Improvements for 1927-This year's Snow at

Olympia-Hongkong Traffic Problems.

1

Four passengers were carried. The weight of the car complete with passon British delegates reported ongers and their luggage was 23 hundred-

[BY AN OWNER-DRIVER]

GARDEN ROAD.,

The preacat traffic arrangements at Garden Road have been, apparently,

brought into operation because of the

road opening at the bottom of the slope.

I suggesta, however, the idea of establishing a permanent one way traffic

arrangement.

The

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CONSUMPTION FIGURES.

FOUR-WHEEL BRAKES.

The announcement has been made re- cently by a well-known firm of motor manufacturers that the new cars of the 1827 model will be Atted with mechanic. ally operated four-wheel brakes.

The system of operation on the i is known as "hydraulic transmission or automatic" type and so on. The principle upon which this system works is as follows: The brakes are operated by tiny pistons which in turn are moved by oil pressure. This oil is taken from the gear box.

several types of concrete road construc-weight.

JERKY ACTION. tion. There are six sections of concrete

Four-wheel brakes are most useful, « roads in Manchester and in country areas The petrol consumption averaged 33,93 | Alany a nasty accident has been saved by in Surrey. The Belgian and Italian dele-miles to the gallon. The oil consumption years designers of ears tried to evolve their prompt application. For many gates mentioned several cases, of concrete was as low as 1,297 miles to the gallon. sera satisfactory method of operating roads made on patented systems. The The cost of the whole run, for patrol and four-wheel brakes. Congress passed a resolution that con-

The system of oil crete roads constructed on the improved oil, worked out at 3/3 of a penny per transmission mentioned above seemed to aysteins had been found suitable for mile. That calculation is made on the

casure that all four brakes should be carrying a large volume of heavy traffic. retail prices for petrol and lubricating oil applied simultaneously. Are they suitable for Hongkong

in England at the time.

SPECIAL ROADS.

The acid test of daily use, however, soon showed that these brakes had one. weak point. They were difficult to apply so that the car came to rest without a jerk

If the road through the military grounds were put into a better state of repair few motorists would object to the idea of always going down that way, There is so much traffic along the lower portion of Garden Road, including the motor buses which run Westward to Felix Villas, etc., that it would be much less strain on drivers if this arrangement; 2gest that special roads should be con-¡ Monte Carlo is much straighter than the apply the brakes without bringing the car

were permanent.

There is far less complication for the policeman on duty at the lower end of Garden Road Low that he has to watch only for cars that are to ascend the alope.

ONE WAY TRAFFIC.

There was a scheme, suggested by the local Automobile Association, for simpli- fying the usual traffic tangle at that point. All cars coming down the alopa were to go Westward. They were to turn at the City Hall if they wished to go out to the Eastern section of Hong- kong.

The local traffic authorities, however, did not take kindly to the scheme, but nothing in such matters is anal and the advocates of traffic reform in Hongkong should not be discouraged.

The great thing is to lesa no opportu: nity of advocating wider roads, and road improvements. generally.

THE WAY TO WORK THINGS.

A correspondent sends a suggestion about having a man with a red flag stand- ing by when there are road openings. That is usually done. He should mention a definite case.

Any particular place that may be thought to be dangerous should be men tioned in writing to the Secretary of the local Automobile Asacciation.

He usually manages to work tactfully with the traffic authorities and everyone has a good word for the present head of the traffic department of the police, who stens always eager to listen attentively to any suggestions that are made to him. Therefore with an efficient secretary of the local A.A., and a genial and opcient cfficer in charge of the traffic department we may expect to have arrangements for motorists at their best, as far as it is within the power of these two to help.

ROUND THE ISLAND..

All motorists will be pleased with the announcement that the road round the island is now opened agaia for traffic.

Caution is needed and it is probably unwise to try the section between Re pulse Bay and the corner of Shek O Road at night.

In the daytime the joy of seeing the wonderful scenery is great. The ride along the road round the island is one that is always worth the effort.

INSURANCE PROBLEMS.

It is rumoured that when the big rock fell down the hillside and finally came to rest at the Pokfulam Road pupping station & small car was buried beneath

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This is a subject of great importance in China, because many people think that the railway is already out-of-date. They structed for, motor traffic. One of the English delegates said that there was no need for the construction of special roads for motor traffic in Great Britain. New routes proposed to link up Rome with Naples, Milan and Turia and Genos, however, show that roads of this type are likely to find favour in other coun- tries. Imagine the joy of the motorists driving on a special road 150 feet wide running from Kowloon to Calais !

These special roads may indeed cause railway construction to be brought almost to a standstill. It would be interesting to know what would have been the cost of constructing a special road to Canton from Kowloon, or even the cost of build ing a read 100ft. wide. The Canton Kowloon Railway was a very expensive hina to build, especially the British sec tion. The chief cause of the expense was the great cost of the tunnels.-There are no tunnels for the road out to Fanling and it would be of interest to have the figures comparing the cost of the road to Fanling with that of the railway. Also trafic and upkeep figures

THE SHOW AT OLYMPIA.

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The cables have announced that the great motor show at Olympia has this year fully come to expectations. Some very valuable orders have been booked. Naturally enough the type of car most in demand is the one that is within the means of the greatest number of people. It is sold round about the figure of no-the popular price appear- ing to be rather below than above that sum

On the British part of the route the average speed was twenty miles an hour, In France the average speed worked out at just under thirty miles an hour. It is probable that the road from Calais to roads traversed on the English section

of the trial.

EXPERT DRIVING.. Nobody supposes that the ordinary owner-driver would be able to obtain auch good. Egures, but the results show plainly enough that the British small car is both economical and reliable. The selling price of the car tested is £900 in England The tax rating is a borse-power.

For a four-acater, that is rather on the limit of low horse power for. Hongkong although it must in fairness be said that there are big hills between Calais and Monte Carlo. In all of these trials the drivers are expert. They know just how to avoid the sort of trouble that the in- experienced owner driver gets into.

R.A.C. official; but we may be quite sure The car was selected from stock by the that one of the passengers was a highly skilled motor engineer. He made all of those nice little adjustments that mean decimal figure of a mile in the record for so much in the struggle to secure the last

the number of miles. run on a gallon, of petrol.

In this particular trial, so it is stated, the car was only attended to ов сое occasion during the whole of the run of 1,500 miles. That was when the ear- buretter, was cleaned out. This is an adjustment that, is well worthy of atten- tion. Any carburetter may easily cause poor mileage if there is dirt on it.

THE RESULTS.

The figures given above are of great interest because British manufacturers. are making a great name for themselves all over the world for the production of a Fight and efficient car. The trouble that meets the prospective buyer is this. He wants a small car (at a small price) but he wants something that will stand rough handling.

Even a skilful driver finds it hard to to a sudden standstill. In emergency that, of course, is very desirable, but it is unpleasant to have it happen whenever you want to alew down. There is a jerky action with these brakes.

in their cylinders, especially if thick oil It is said that the tiny pistons stick is used for transmission purposes. Ex- be put into the gear box when the brakes perts recommend that cylinder oil should are operated by oil from the gear box.

mechanically operated four wheel brakes It remains to be seen, whether the can be operated so that all four will be applied simultaneously. If so, they will become popular and possibly less expen- sive than the other type.

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It is said that with any commodity Lowadays the supply creates the demand, The salesmen say that they are able to edicate the public." What seems to be happening is that bigger numbers of the working classes and the lower middle | classes are spending money" on motor One of the most famous light cars was fairly popular in this Colony but, with four up, it usually "boiled" on long hills. The new design of that ear in- cludes a much bigger radiator-one that "OCEAN' COMPREHENSIVE POLICY is 60 per cent. bigger than the old model.

transport.

No doubt many of the sales made to working men are arranged on the hire purchase system. The statistics of the U.S.A. show how popular is that arrange ment in that country. It apparently has not been tried in. Hongkong or if iš bas, the fact is not advertised.

THE FINANCIAL SIDE.

A glance through the share list of many of the firms exhibiting at Olympia shows us that, during the past two or three years, they have not had a very flourish. ing time from the point of view of the shareholders. All sorts of efforts have been made to arrange amalgamations so that overhead expenses may be cut down. These have not been successful.

The pioneers in the British motor in-

destry were, in many cases, men who had

it. There is also a story that the car been connected with the production of

was not insured.

The insurance experts must decide whether the ordinary policy covers the Floss caused by such a calamity, Most of us believe that it a good thing to insure against every possible loss.

cycles. They were, nearly all of them, great individualists and they liked to run

their own works.

A GREAT INVENTION,

At the Empire Conference Mr. Amery, the Colonial Secretary (who represents from Coventry) gave some astonishing a constituency in Birmingham not far

it

The advice that must given on this subject of insurance to every motorist is this: "Insure your car, yourself and your passengers us fully as is' possible.:

There is a movement on foot in Engures about the export of bicycles from

Britain. The safety bicycle, as land to make insurance against third used to be called, is the pioneer of the

Whether it party risks compulsory. would be possible to do that in this modern motor-cycle and the man who first conceived the idea of making the safety place is, perhaps, doubtful The Chinese bicycle was a great inventor, although be chauffeur will take risks.. It is some probably had had very little scientific consolation to the injured party to know that the chauffeur's licence has been that was ridden before the safety was

training. The old type of cancelled, but the grievance of obtaining produced would never have been as popu little or no compensation remains. Are any of the rate" cars insured? They ar as the present type and it is impos

sible to imagine must cause other drivers quite a lot of

shape. anxicty."

CONCRETE ROADS:

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THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR 1527.

The chief interest of keen motorista, who visit the Olympia show is in the The world's growth of motor traffic has new improvements. Radiator capacity' stimulated public interest in the matter has been increased by about fifty per of road construction. In Hongkong, we cent."in one of the most popular models. have been especially fortunate because It will be of great interest to see whether the engineers-in-charge of this class of super-charges are being adopted in any work have studied the subject very care of the high priced touring cars." Appar fully and have provided motorists with ently most of the improvements are in ample ronds Congresses devoted to the the body work of the car. The saloon technical aspect of road construction type seems to grow more and more were held recently at Milan and Rome popular each year. and over one thousand members were present of the International Roads Con KTESS.

CHEAP MILEAGE:

VARIOUS ROAD MATERIALS. PA A trial proving the reliability and Subjects discussed included concrete economy of the British small car was under Royal Automobile roads, bitumen, asphalt and tar surfac recently run ing and standardization of materials: Association observation. An official of Over 20 reports were presented giving an the R.AC. seleted one of the cars from account of practice and experience with stock. The trial consisted of 779 miles concrete roads in the United States, run in Great Britain and 821 miles run Great Britain, Italy, France, Belgium, in France. Denmark, Sweden and Holland. The delegates inspected a road more than 50 miles long, just outside of Milan, made of concrete.

The first run was from Coventry to Edinburgh, Edinburgh to Dover then aoross the Channel to Calais. From. Calais the car went to Monte Carlo

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