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Overland "Whippet" Cars.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11th, 1927.

Unequalled in either Quality or Price. See them at

THE DURO MOTOR CO., LTD.

132, Nathan Rd., Kowloon.

or Apply

To the Distributors

GILMAN & CO., LTD.,

Hong Kong Bank Building.

Teleph. C. 290.

The EPOCH MAKING

MOTORING

NOTES

A Weekly Review dealing with Matters of Interest to all Local Motorists.

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The Windsor Scheme-The Right of WayThat Wonderful Record- The Motorist and the Law-Motoring in Malaya.

[BY AN OWNER-DRIVER.]

THE WINDSOR SCHEME AND | In the year 1908 there was a judg-

USED CARS.

It has long been known that if you have an old car the best way of disposing of it is to put it in It as part payment for a new car. i azzles snure owners in England to find that if they demand cash for a second hand car they are dis appointed at the offers they receive, but if they take the ear to a motor | ananuhurturer an allowance, which they think is really generous is made. Thus the highest offer for a second hand car may be only £200 but the seller of a new ear will possibly make an allowance of £250.

Where is the catch! There is really no

in the scheme "catch

as the following explanation will

sbow,

ment which may be quoted as follows. It stated: "that it is the business of those who are on the side road, and are going to cross the main road, togook out when they enter the main road and to give way to all traffic that is coming along the main road." It went on to state that "Where there is any possibility at all a collision, it is the business of the person on the side rond to give way to the person on the main road.'

THE MOTORIST AND THE LAW.

It is always wise of any Gov. enment Department to take the general public into its confidence Congratulations, therefore, have been offered by all motoring folk to the Minister of Transport who has set out the main points of the

new Road Transport Bill.

siderable, divergence of opinion, No doubt there will be some con- even amongst motorists, about the provisions but a full and frank dis cussion should help to producs "legislation that will be just

THE SPEED LIMIT. Controversy has always taken place on the matter of limiting speed.

Overland "Whippet" Cars.

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5 Beater Tourar......... G# 800

5

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5 Seater Sedan (4 door) G81,100

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THE ROMANCE OF RUBBER.

A GREAT TOUR. Hong Kong residents who need holiday might we!! consider motor tour through Malaya.

The annual report of the famous A great deal of "chat" takes Dunlop rubber company makes good place about the need for a change of climate during the summer for the reading for the shareholders. Hong Kong resident. What is really Nobody doubts that the invention mod by most of us is a change of the pneumatic tyre Made

This is a small enormous difference to the popular. of environment.

land and we have no "week-end"ity of the mechanically propelled junta as are common in England. vehicle. We naturally are apt to become

What is not so generally realised very weary of seeing the same is

the invention made things month after month.

ermous difference to the develop- A motor tour in Malaya, espe- ment of Malaya. The fact that the cinils If we have friends there, Dankop Rubber Company have de should "tune up" health.cided to go ahead with the exten

here is magnificent scenery.

MUSIC AND MOTORING.

our

A correspondent in England in describing a recent motor tour.! mentioned one accessory to the ear that was rather surprising. It was a special four valve wireless set that cost £35. He has one in his car,

that

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sion of their rubber plantations in Malya is proof of what they think about the future demand. When we remember that it was the enter prise of one man who sent rubber America to Malays that made this (specimen) plants from South

new industry in the lands not so vers far South of Hong Kong, we are led to wonder whether as was the case with indigo in India--some new invention will come along and supersede rubber,

Lord Clyde, the Lord President referred to above, has now made it quite clear that the man on the main road has also his respon- sibilities. He held that every driver of a car was bound to exerciso care The Minister of Transport has and caution. He must not diere suggested that the present speed gard the fact that a side road may limit should be doubled. It is, of The manufacturers of cars, in bring traffie right across his path." course, arguable whether, the law They take these sets on the run. -England and probably in other! Land Clyde entirely refuted the should recognise in any abape They camp out in the woods for tea countries, are under agreement not prevalent notion that the driver on or form a speed of 40 miles per and sit around afterwards listening to sell new cars below the adver- the main road is absolved from all hour.

Any number of efforts have been What will almost certainly to the singing of the birds-or, if tised prices.

There would be a ordinary considerations of care. A be done is that there will be penal- the birds fail, they just switch on made in that direction. In the great waste of effort if they made a thoughtful discussion of this judg tics both for " dangerous driving to the Daventry wireless proof the great demand for rubber. meantime Malaya prospers because Practice allowing discounts to pur- ment with a local lawyer has led and also for "careless driving." grampic chasers, Sn the trade association to the suggestion that the traffic Many a beginner allows himself (or It is all very wonderful and when Amongst those who honefit most by has set its ban on any such arrange- authorities in Hong Kong should herself) to become careless. By the. we go home on leave we can have Malaya. Let us hope that they will this prosperity are the Chinese in nink Therefore, if a new car is

merest fluke 隐 bad accident is the privilege of cheap motoring with Indvertised at £550 the car must not

averted in many cases. The care- a wireless programme for next to be sold at a lower figure. The shrewd

less driver ought not " to get away nothing.. seller of the car would often be

with it." willing to make a little less than pre-arranged profit it be could sell! the car.

THE TEMPTATION. Jones may be hesitating betwcon the choice of two similar cars of different make. One may be listed at £575 and the other at £550 The agent of the £575 may know that Jänes would at once buy his car if he offered it at £550 and even then the agrat, would rather have the small margin of profit than see Jones go away without the car.

That is the agent's point of view, Human nature being what it is it naturally follows that Jones would go along to the £550 car agent and explain that if he would take £520 for his car he would buy it. Ob viously that sort of thing would mean that in the long run the agents would obtain a much less mean average profit. Therefore, the Motor Agents' Association and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trades are against any such throat cutting system of com- petition.

make it quite clear that there is nurule of the rond" which allows the driver on a main road to ignore the probability of a car coming out of a side road.

Notices are usually placed warn[ ing drivers of the danger. Notices cannot be ignore-even by "P.D." people.

THAT WONDERFUL RECORD.

MOTORING IN MALAYA.

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A GEAR CHANGE

INDICATION.

use some of the big fortunes that they manage to zumulate in that part of the world on actual construc-. tional work in China. In the past they seem to have subscribed heavily to political propaganda in China.

If they would supply the money to build roads across Kwangtung and other parts of China so that motor transport might be introduced they would do something to rid the country of bandits and robbers.

It is

It is now possible to purchase & During 1928 the imports of motor

very ingenious instrument called the cars, motor cycles, etc., into Malaya" Synchronometer." This is a com- were valued at some £200,000,000.

bication of a speedometer, a mil. It is said that nearly all the pur-age recorder and an engine speed chasca go to Europeans and wealthy indicator. Chinese. Especially is that the case When you wish to engage any with regard to motor cycles. The gear you simply put the gear lever Practical constructional work is metalled roads of Malays are well in neutral. You then accelerate or what China needs so much. engineered. The surfaces are good retard the engine speed until the true that road construction goes on and of tarmac and there are about indicator of the desired gear is apace Shantung but we want to 3,500 miles of these ronds.

brought into coincidence with a red see more of it in Kwangtung. With indicator on the dial. Then you millions of inotor vehicles in China make the engagement-it is a noise- the demand for rubber would go up less business.

by leaps and bounds. Malaya would soon get back all of the money loaned to China for road con- struction.

There is a belief in the mind of at least and reliable British motor ing authority that the American designers and manufacturers of motor cara mean to build a racing car of even greater power than the It is of interest to remark that wonderful 1,000 h.p. Sunbeam that pedal cycles are very popular-no recently broke all records for doubt because there are ever so many wage-earners who can afford the necessary $40 or $50 but who cannot aspire to a motor cycle.

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THE USED CAR. ;

The Segrave-Sunbeam result at Daytona Beath, Florida, attracted quite as much attention in the United States as it did in Britain. No doubt thousands of patriotic Americans, wishing to see an Ame- rican car win the world's record on in American track, said "Now then Mr. Ford, what about it! America has made you the richest man on carth-you won that great record | for America-what about doing American something to "boost" cars. The speed record is what we want."

It remains to be seen what will

When Jones has a used car to dispose of there is at present, Do rule which forbids the agent from making an allowance which is in happen. It is fairly certain that excess of the real value of the car.

It is true that, in the result, the Mr. Ford has failed to react to ngest really loses some of his profit, the suggestion as they say in America. Meantime the Segrave-

but he says to himself. No doubt Sunbeam combination have done

half loaf is better than no head."

NEW MODELS.

A scheme, known as the Windsor scheme, was originated in Windsor, Canada, which it is now proposed to introduce into England.

in Windsor the agents are under a bond not to sell used cars at below a very definite figure. It is not very clear whether they have a free hand in making an offer for a used car but obviously the Motor Agents' Association could have a valuer who would place a definite figure as the fair price for a second hand car..

If the scheme, affects only used and demonstration cars it will prob ably not work vory well.

There are some motorists who feel that they must have the latest model. The manufacturer may have in stock quite a number of the 1025 models bat he wants to sell the 1927 models the same price. He can. however, run the 1920 models for a few miles and clear out the stock at reduced prices as * used

cars." Agents' are not supposed to share their commissions with clients indeed they would probably be denit with harshly if discovered doing so. They can and. do make very generous allowances second hund ears taken in part ex- change payment for new cars.

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THE RIGHT OF WAY.

The Lord President of the First Division of the Court of Session of Scotland has recently given a opinion as to the role of the road that is most important to motorists,

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what they promised to do. dre oven rumours that they something up their sleeve matter of speed.

There

had in the

Anyhow they have set everyone who is interested in motoring think- ing about the terrific speed that oxceedicd 200 miles per hour,

A FOUR SPEED MOTOR CYCLE.

An old established and enterpris- ing firm in Great Britain has intro- dured a new design of motor-cycle rated at 4.88 horse power.

The great attraction claipied for the machine is that it has four geary," "The gear ratios are: Solo machine 6.1, 6.0, 8.7 and 16.8. The side-car power unit has a gear box with ratios of 58, 7.8, 9.8 and 17.9. to 1.

The front and the rear wheels have braken of the. internal expand- ing type fitted to them.

The price of the machine in Eng- land is £62 10. ; and the weight 245 lbs. The side car costs £15 extra. It seems that there is now no excuse for being without some form of power transport.

THE PRICE OF PETROL.

The lucky motorist in Great! Britain is congratulating himself upon the fact that the market price of petrol has fallen recently.

The reasons are given for this. One is that there has been over- prodaction in the U.S.A. The other suggested is competition by the non-combitie companies. It was in 1918 that patról was luat offered át There is very general idea 1. sid. a gallon. In August, 1990, which this opinion correcte that is reached the terrifying price of any driver on a main road is abei 44. 3jd, per gallos. Motorists are solved from all responsibility if he always very grateful for a price ry- ainashet into a vehicle coming out of duction of petrol. The tower the a elde road,

přise the aldre we can dië.

The price is £15 158. d. It will make gear changing a simple affair for the learner.

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