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MOTORING NOTES

(CONTD.). 90 PER CENT. TOO MANY MOTORS.

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ever verursed to anyone that the effect of the velopment of heavy" Trei po traße may rond tester obliterate many millions of capitai in Great Britain

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tomorrow

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Supposing could do away with railways alto- gether, Some people think you might. You would only be in. Anitely pourer in consequence. It SIR HUGH BELL CONSIDERS is quite true that somebody else would be richer-the people who have the ears-but those with rail why shares would be much pooter."

THEM UNNECESSARY.

POVERTY-STRICKEN

"WORLD."

Ninety per cent, of the motor cars on the roads today are eng necessary and ought not to exist." said Si Hugh Bell, the Middles- brough iron master at a luncheon' at the National Liberal Club at, which Earl Beauchamp presided.

Pockets Getting Emptier. The did not consider it fair to the ratepayers of a Northern town that their Council should have the tramwaya which represented capi tal-tora up to le.replaced by a system of transport that might be delete in ten years,

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY," JANUARY 18th, 1928.

MOTOR ROADS FOR CHINA. ÅR. EV. D. PARK'S SUGGESTION, THE EXAMPLE OF CANTON QUOTED.

TESTING A 9-H.P. POWERFUL ENGINES: '

* SALOON.

ROOM, COMFORT, AND SPEED

GREATER ECONOMY AND COMFORT.

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With a developed energy of bet- ter than 100 horse-power at its Recently, writes the Daily Mail,

point of maximum efficiency, the motoring correspondent, I have remolar in the new Stearns-Knight cived a number of queries about the new British small closed ears Af meat the very small ones. Es

sized people into these little sabons Do they come out at the end of a journey all stiff and cramped? Is an engine of 8 or 9 really capable of doing serious

work with Bich a load!

eight is one of the leaders in the extruely powerful group of the world's Inxury cars.

The maximum speed of this enr is also exceptionally high, despite the fact that the ear has not been built for racing speed, and 95 miles an hour is readily attained without strain on the power plant.

The development of a Kaight- metored car with this range power and speed is not wholly unexpect2 to those interested in meter cur is illogical development or

Stearns Company, as they have teen known for many years as the Erst American exponert of the sleeve-valve motor.

M E. D. Tarr, a former member of the Legislative and Executive Councils of Hong Kong, who now sides at Busthall Cot tage, Tunbridge Wells, writes to The Times suggesting the vast possibilities of motor roads in China if the military commanders were to ase their softiers in raakit possible to eram four seasonally lug them. The dra is not new: actualis, several of the Tachus have given the plan a trial, com- ments the China Express & Tele grond. Their motives may not, of To turn to that Frankenstein course, have en disinterested. It is obvious," Sir Hugh mid, monster we have created for our un certainly from reports which "that a poverty-stricken worldselves the Government-t are all have appeared from time to time, that in every hramh of life it is pures from his Majesty's vernising. Where there is a will. cannot afford extravagances, and receiving four or five differes: the results have not been very pro however, there is generally a way, the duty of nations and in

mentions an interesting example of what can be hour. A few years fence, the resent troubles began some 30 miles of motor roads were bift in and armend Carsten in the short space of some two years, where there had previously bet mostly only wheelbarrow tracks. itself a city once famhs fer, its

As a first inspection of this very He might have added that Canton congested streets no wider than anat Sitle saloon doubts might well arise as to the possibility of squeez- ordinary passageway, became in a

nder the same ging in three passengers and the few years

gely a city of wide, treind ever. But its datatiness is de bark and forth and slow-moving three pasengers got, in without boulevards with musor cars incentive. At any rate, a driver and

difficulty through the fon traffic, seli ng tekshas, chairs and

doors which occupy nearly the full trucks, canfined to their proper place at the site The Canton

gth of the body, and once in foned reem, to assume quite com- from cheese from the Cunton of

fortable positions. of to-day is as different as rhalk

twenty years ago.

dividuals tu seteise the strictest turns. I have the greatest admira, even in China, and Mr. Pa closed cars were first fitted to such that it should come from. F., B.

tt asking us to make income re- tion for the Civil Service: they do "My hand Earl Benachan; their work in an exetoslary man, never tires of raising the way in wer only too well-and the more which Hey Ford turns out his work they do the more there have thousands of wars I venture to, les in to do it. And so they go my pockets getting captier think that gentleman is doing in-

and emptier. (Laughter.) (Laugh finite harm to the world. ter;) I don't know whether thoaThe trade Fan in wants to are jeers or approval, and I don't be safeguarded. Do you imagine if you safe-guarded us we are go- fig to sell you anything-from- n ntor-ear to a pin-more cheaply? Oh no. I do not think so. You ladies wearing silk stockings, have you found them cheaper through safeguarding 7

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motor cars.

"As I drive through the streeta of London people say. Look at the prosperity shown by these!

But I very much question the truth of that dedue tion. I think the grater part of them are bought by persons who ought not to be buying them.

And so throuch the whole the No

bas waniu.

who one Sommene with whom had this; ebaner of jetting it is hesitating to conversation-spoke about the intake something out of the Govern mense improvement in road traffic ment's pocket-out of the pocket

of his fellow-citizens," I ANY

a railway diretor: ~ Has it

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THE IDEAL MOTOR CAR

for

LADY DRIVERS.

Minuel

All of these are reasonable ques tiens, for it is not so long since Small chassis. The best way to answer them is to obtain first-hand evidence, sa I took advantage this werk of an offer by the makers to try the new ileyh.p. fabric.

The high power development of saloon, which comes into the class under discussion. Further I tried the Stearns-Knight right is obtain

strain ir an a 160-miles eun with a loaded with with no evidence of motor

Amet

1 with

surprising motor at all sramothriess of the of four average-sized grown-up

speeds. So far as the operater IN people.

herrned, there is no difference in the power sensation at thirty miles an hour til at maximum speed at

excess of $3 miles an hour. which the ear may travel, well in

wide

Coachwork Ingenuity. When they debauched, at the end of so miles they did not have to stampy their feet to bring back the irculation, and generally express- rd satisfaction with the ingenuity of the designer. The coachbuilder de cortainly doing wonders in the matter af providing ample body Remodation on a small chassis. As regards the capabilities of the engine had few doubts. I have always had the very greatest ad- miration for the smil British power unit. Being in the depths of winter, we had a clear road in our favour But even so I was surprised en looking at my watch at the end of the journey to find that it had been accomplished in revovl time, and i have driven all kinds and sizes of cars over this route."

This hip engine is quite cap able, if need be, of bundling four average-stard people along at 56 .p.h. without showing any signs I thing af distress-and this, answers the second question. With only two up it touched 60. and with a full load it can be driven for long periods at 50 m.p.h. In (Continued on next Column.)

Among huyes of luxury cars there is a growing tendency to re- quire high power. Is is the ex- perience of the Stearn organiza. tion, however, that this does not indicate a desire to travel at exces- sive speeds, but rather that the

Accustomed motorist

to luxury cars knows that the usual ranges or driving speed cars are obtained with greater genomy, and comfort if they represent only a small fra tion of the actual ability of the motor.

other words, it a very fast motor car, for not only has it n high maximum speed but its accelera- tion is very quick, and a 40 m.p.h. third gear gives you plenty of scope on bills that are just a bit loo stiff for "top."

38 To The Gallon.

At first the chirtch was difficult oving to lack of lubrication, but the troule was femoved by a few drops of oil Springing struck me

I as a little harsh, but rather Iancy the types had something to do with thir They had been pumped up religiously to maker's recommended which in my opinion, though good for the tyres is naually a rough on the chassis.

the pressinre,

Little

Petrol consumption was approxi- mately 35 miles to the gallon. Steering and bill-climbing were ex-

cvilent.

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The perils of travelling in Central Australia have been illus Progress has been mad this year in the way ai,eliminating the dated by the narrow escape from gs of Hying Important devices | death of a family of three in the have been adopted to reduce the Cooper Creek sind ha country. risks, nak now yes another import Mr. and Mrs, Walsh and their aut discovery is reported in e chip, aged thre, took the wrong track, but fortunately their wheel form of fire-proof petrol.

marks we picked up by other motorists who realised that a mis-

nke hal beer, "made.

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They follow the tracks for 100 miles and were about to abandon the search when Mr. Walsh's car was observed begged in the sand. The family were nearly exhausted, having been without water for two The searchers days and nights. had a hours continuous motor, journey through difficult country not previously traversed by motor-

The French Air Union has decids ed aiready to use this petrol in their, machines (which run from Loudor to Paris) early next year. Experiments made by the company show that the petrol is as efficient na ordinary spirit, and will not ignite under 33 degrees contigrade or 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

When an attempt was made in London to ignite a quantity, all that happened was that the match wed flared up and then went out as if placed in a vessel of water.

Special earburettors have to be The Walshes had been maisten- used, and it is not unlikely that theng their mouths with glycerins. petrol will be used extensively by and eye lotion.

motorists.

The invent of the new fuel in Steps are being taken to obtain i details with the view af nwertain- | M: Ternier, an official of the French ng the possibilities for its use in Government Department, whe hand- the Air Force. The experiments ed over the patents to the French will be conductedi eatly as Admiralty. The French Air Union. however, were the first to adopt possible!

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