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MOTORING NOTES
A Weekly Review dealing with Matters of Interest to all Local Motorists.
Motor Notes-Kowloon Motor-cycle Club-The Motor Stethoscope-200,000 Cars in U.S. by 1999-King Amanullah visits Rolls-Royce-The Architect and the Garage-Motor King living in Poverty-Motor Transport in Kueichow.
THE ARCHITECT AND THE MOTOR STETHO
MOTOR NOTES.
CARS ON "DIRT."
The prediction that car cluba would soon fall victima to the faa- cination of dirt-track racing is being fulfilled, says The Light Car
Gyre Makers and Cyclecar. "Emergency"
in
Victoria's Reign
HEN ladies started cycling thirty- one years ago they rode on Dunlop tyres. And the lady cyclist of these: days accepted Dunlops as a matter of course. You wanted a pneumatic tyre-you ordered a Dunlop. A Dunlop tyre was no novelty to them. Simply be cause even at that time Dunlop had been making. tyres for ten years. To-day, of course, Dunlop have been makers and the leading makers-of pneumatic tyres for forty years. There's a deal of experience to be gained in forty years of tyre making for every kind of vehicle running on every kind of surface, and at speeds ranging from the 20 miles per hour of the early motor carriages to the 203.8 miles per hour of Segrave's Sunbeam.
DUNLOP
Only DUNLOP Experience covers the whole history of the pneumatic tyre
DUNLOP
MADE IN ENGLAND --
DUNLOP RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED LOCAL BRANCH:
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meet-
ings are being held by several com- mittees with the object of bag ging a suitable track at an early inte. The Greenford oval is one of the most suitable near London for four-wheelers, and already the Junior Car Club has made arrange ments to hold a meeting carly in June-subject to the RACP proving the track.
THE GARAGE.
WELCOME EVIDENCE OF EFFORTS TO IMPROVE
DESIGNS.
It is indeed a pleasing sign of the times, remarks The Notor, that
SCOPE.
LOCATES ALL TROUBLES- 'AT ONCE!
MOTOR SUNDRIES COMPANY INVENTION.
a. de-
a journal devoted to architecture, Great Russel Street, London,
The Motor Sundrice Company of and building is interesting itself w.C., has forwarded 513 in the design of service stations scription of their latest device, the and garagen. Not less satisfactory later Stethoscope, which is de is the fact that those responsible ecribed as indispensable for locat for erecting new premises devoted ing sounds caused by defects in
to the service of motorists are em- ploying architects of cote to assist in the design and layout of the buildings and surroundings.
This dirt-track racing is a big thing whether or not it really lends itself to cars will be proved by the J.C.C. event.. Up to the It is the most hopetal construc- present, it has been confined to tive more in a right direction we motorcycles, where it presents have had to deal with for some spectacle of an extremely thrilling lime, for we have always believed character.
that, in the long run, the weight of public opinion would prevail and the obsession that any sort of a shack would serve for the pur- mass-pose of meeting the conveniences and requirements of the motoring community would go
CAR EQUIPMENT THIEVES,
increase With the
in produced cars it has become advis able to fit a security lock on the spare wheel. A friend of mine, Our contemporary publishes says a writer in The Light Car and photographs of two garages which Cyclecar, arriving home from a recently have been designed by a short trip
the seaside, discovered chitects, and in connection with that his spare wheel, with a brand-these the comments and criticisms new tyre, had been replaced by an- on the designa by The Architect and other with a tyre almost useless for Building News are reprinted. further service. Someone had cleverly effected the change while the car was parked near the bench. Verò. sap.
UNOFFICIAL TRAFFIC CON-
TROLLERS.
time
in
lama," motors and all moving meekan- and invaluable in
saving and labour detecting meheanical troubles. Its price is £i se, and its appearance except is like the instrument which the for the cylindrical end of the tube docter hangs from his ears and places againet our anatomy while we say ninety-nine." "The trade circular enys:
The Motor Stethoscope is jadis- pensable to the Motor Industry in general, but, in particular to the large body of owner-drivers possess- ed of little mechanical knowledge
or skill. The device is, in fact, an essential adjunct to vehicles and should be welcomed in all motor garages, repair shops, and other similar works.
The Motorist's Ears.
In connection with several of the recently erected garages, The Motor Just a physician applies a is pleased to note a tendency to do stethoscope to his patient to ascer away with the colour schemes which tuin which part of the human- have been responsible for the ag mechanism is out of order, so the gressive and displeasing aspect of Motor Stethoscope can be brought Pumps. Many atations now haye into use on motors and other mov these pumps painted uniformly in ing mechanism, to quickly discover I think it should be known, white, and there is no doubt the the seat of trouble. Wherever, in said Judge Cluer the other day in opinion of the Editor that garage to get out of order, the Motor effect is distinctly better. It is the fact, there are moving parts liable the Croydon County Court,
"that motorists are not entitled to rely skill to their id in garage design- und, instead of wasting hours proprietors who bring architectural Stethoscope comes into operation on officious people to signal them on. They must rely on their owning will benefit as a result, for the searching for a noisy gear, or loose
the These goodwill of the motoring public crankshaft bearing,
will be favourably influenced by Stethoscope may be at once applied every effort to introduce standards to detect the grievance by simply of design which will please rather pressing the instrument against the than repel.
parts to be tested and moving it from place to place until the ear detects the defective location.
discretion in such matters'
were wise words and they deserve the widest publicity that can be accorded to them. Street-corner loafers and others--no doubt with the best intentions in the world- are very apt to undertake a little traffic regulation on their own de count and to give signals to on- coming "motorcyclists and Car drivers in the manner of a police- MAN on point duty. Naturally enough, says Motor Cycling, their judgment is not infrequently at fault, while, if one driver acts on the signal, there is no guarantee that another, approaching the crossing from a different angle, will do so. Amateur pointamen have already caused some nasty ac cidents and they are best ignored.
SAFE MOTORCYCLES.
We learn from Motor Cycling that figures recently published bear out the contention that the motor- cycle is innocent of the charge of being a dangerous vehicle, still urged against it in uninformed quarters. The White Paper lately issued by the Home Office, for instance, shows that the accident figures in respect of cars are ac- tually a shads higher than those for motorcycles, while in any analysis of motorcycle accidents it is noteworthy, incidentally, that the number given for machines carrying a pillion rider is less than a third of that of the 'solos. Dr. Waldo, the senior coroner for London, has issued his annual re- port on road sccidents, and in this it is noted that while motor lorries hend the list of vehicles responsible fur fatalities, motorcycles are not mentioned at all! us the au- thorities have vindicated the con- tention that motorcyclists have urged for years past.
THE KOWLOON MOTOR-
CYCLE CLUB.
Motor
Simplicity And Durability. The device is extremely easy to manipulate, and being simple in construction, coupied with dur- In spite of the threatening rain ability, it is practically indestruc storm several members of the Kow-tible, there being no parts which loon Motor Cycle Club met OD Saturday at the "Star" Ferry, Kowloon,, for the Club's first run. The outing was most enjoyable and entirely free from mishap. Several who were not present at the first meeting the previous Saturday turned up wash were duly supplied with a copy of the Rules of the .Club.
can, by proper use, get out of order. The Stethoscope may re- cordingly be relied upon at all times to do its work, and no mechanic working continuously on machinery, having once tested its efficiency and reliability, should fail to adopt the device and look upon it as the most useful article in his mechanical equipment.
Thanks to the Brother Director
· Directions For Use. of St. Joseph's College, the Club has been permitted to use the base-
To use the Stethoscope, simply
Chatham Road as a Club House, and press in a downward slant in ment of the School premises in place the binoural to the head so sa to permit the eartips to enter, The basement will be entirely fitted will be installed. up by members and electric lights the car.
When the eartips are Later, as the properly placed is position, the Club's finances improve, a complete operator will be able to hear only workshop outât will be installed
the sounds directly transmitted and placed at the disposal of the through the tube from the Stetho Club members.
scope. To determine the defective part, press the Stethoscope against the object to be teated, moving it from place to place until the apot is found, namey, where the objec tionable noise is most intense, this being the centre of the trouble.
This Saturday's Run. Weather permitting, another run will be held this Saturday and it is hoped that all members will try to be present.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACT FOR MOREIS COMMERCIALS.
For example, to locate a joose Crank-shaft bearing, first etart the motor, then place the Bethoscope on the Crank Case, starting at the front bearing and working back to the rear bearing. The trouble the noise is moet intense. naturally lies in the bearing where
The British Government has just placed a large order with Morris
The same method is used in Commercial Cars, Ltd., of Birming locating Piston alaps, or knocke; ham, for 327 six-wheeled vehicles for loose wrist pins, loose connecting- CARS FOR DIPLOMATS.
the Royal Air Force, including am-
rod bearings, or Crankshaft bear bulances, lorries, staff cars, tenders, inga, noisy geura, noisy ball-bear- The British Foreign Office bas and various other types of bodies, inga, squeaks, noisy lappits and ordered a Long 20 bp. Armstrong representing approximately the sum rattles of all kinds.
Enclosed of £200,000 sterling. The Morris Limousine, painted dark blue, for Commercial Six-Wheeler has deve- the use of E.B.M.'s Minister at loped rapidly and its popularity Vienna. •
appears to be a clear pointer to a most important phase in the whole development of motor transport.
The Motor Stethoscope icy Maythorn"
A NEW INVENTION FOR MOTOR CARS AND MOTOR VEHICLES of ALL KINDS, Ross, Kepair
SHOPE, ETC."
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AN INDIFENSABLE DEVICE FOR LOCATING Sounds Baused H DEFECTS IN MOTOR ENGINES AND ALL MOVING MECHANISMS.
· WRITE FOR FREE TRIAL.
Major E. T. R, Wickham, M.V.O., of the British Legation, Kabul, has ordered an Armstrong Siddeley Croydon Fabric Short 20 h. p. Six-windowed Saloon.
A MORRIS RAILWAY STATION,
In order to provide for the increas ing traffic as the result of the vast development of Morris Motors, Ltd., at Cowley, Ozon, the Great Western Railway Co. are now building a
MOTOR SUNDRIES COMPANY, special station in the vicinity of
24-25, Great. Bussell Street. London, W.D. 1, England.
the works.
Bituated between Wheatley and Littlemore, it will be called Morris Cowley.
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The six-wheeler has proved in- valuable to "both military and com- mercial users, while its efficient performance over virgin ground can be appreciated only by those who have witnessed a demonstration.
ON RECORD !.
Where is the car I left parked
here?"
ན་ ་ ༥
"I can only tell you where part
of it in."
NEW 'BUS SERVİCE FOR HONG KONG.
KENNEDY TOWN TO CAUSE- WAY BAY.
A
It is understood that the Hong Kong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., are to organise a motor bus service between Kennedy Town and Cause- way Bay, The route will run along the usual motor thorough.. fare through Queen's Road East to Kennedy Town.
The Hotel we understand have placed an order for twenty Vulcan. buses from Home, tad each vehicle, "A copper cars by and took the will be capable of seating 35 pas-
Quick, tell me!"
number!"-The Motor.
sengers.
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