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MOTORING GIPSIES.

THE NOISE QUESTION.

At the Leeds Quarter Sessions

GROWTH OF THE CARAVAN | just. hext, the Automobile Assosia

HABIT.

AN OVERSEAS MODEL. One of the big features of the coming motoring season is likely to be a big intrense in motor-caravan- hundreds of ning. Last season motorists tried the experiment for the first time and expressed delight in the freedom provided by the travelling home,

With hotels becoming more and more congested during the summer months and with the addition, of macy recruits to the pastime who cannot afford the luxury of hotel life during a tour, the caravan pro- mises to become still more popular in the immediate future.

tion successfully appealed against the conviction of a motor cyclist for riding a machine with alleged inefficient silencer.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1929.

MOTOR NOTES.

SAFE DRIVING BY GIRL MOTORISTS.

ENGINE TESTS-A MODERN METHOD.

U.S. FEARS..

On behalf of the Pelice Authori ties it was urged that whilst the silencer was normally an efficient one and in proper condition, on the occasion of the alleged offence, in NO BRITISH SUPPORT FOR the opinion of the Police it was ridden in a manner which caused undue noise. For the appellant evidence was given by an A.A. ex- pert to the effect that the silencer was thoroughly efficient and had not been tampered with in any wAY.

Have women motorists an in- ferfority complex"

POWER OUTPUT AND

** FREE-NESS."

BABY MOTORS FOR AMERICA.

SIR HERBERT AUSTIN WARNS BRITISH FIRMS.

"Unless British motor firms, in- ¡ crease their production individually they will find the competition from tinent extremely difficult to cope. the United States and the Con- with in the future."

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To the average motorist, infor- Dr. Morris S. Viteles, an Ameri-mation concerning the engine test The can professor of psychology, reports methods employed by manufactur-

ers is of peculiar interest. The Recorder, Mr. E. A. Mitchell Innes, C.B.E.. K.C., intimated that that statistics show that wamen owner driver knows that he must

This warning was given by Sir he did not wish to hear any further drivers become involved in accidents treat a new cagine with care for

the first few hundred miles, but he Herbert' Austin, the British motor-

arrived pioneer, who evidence. He yielded to no one in

does not know to what degree the car his hearty dislike and hatred of the three times as frequently as men.

The experience of British metar. naise of motor cycles, but the ques

America, where he has been super- was delivered to him. + tion was one which had to be deing experts, however, is against this engine was run in before the car Southampton in the Aquitania from The methods naturally sary invising the introduction to that coun try of the first "baby" motor- cided on the interpretation of the view.

are works-some

hap- It may be true in America that different

CET. Order.

hazard, others matriculously care that a motor cyclist was to make women drivers are inferior to man."

It is hoped that arrangements for no noise in using his motor cycle, said the head of a great motor in-ful. The systein which has just and in his view the silencer was

suitable and sufficient for reduc-surance company in London, "but been installed at the Hillman works the manufacture of the Austin and Canada will have been com- of stores for quite a long expeding as far as may reasonably be no one could suggest that principle may certainly be said to belong to "Seven" in the United States A new pleted in a few days. practicable the noise which would holds good in this country.

company is being formed to handle "A few years ago I might have otherwise he caused by the cacaps of the gases." That seemed to

been in agreement with the Ameri-shop, each engine is attached to a the production over there, and ap him to put an end to the case Ltd., of Stirchley. Birmingham. 1 and the appeal would be allowed can professor, but in the last five testing set, and is run in underarmy of designers, works managers,

In countries where hotels are few and far between and long journeys deserted have to be made over

caravans should country trailer serve a highly useful purpose. They not only provide comfortable ac- commodation for the night but their equipment includes stoves and cooking utensils and there is ample room in the lockers for the carrying

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A special type of caravan for over-seas use has just been intro- duced by Eccles Motor Caravans,

Hitherto the difficulty has been in packing. It has not been found. practicable to send them abroad in pieces and the packing and freight age of a complete caravan is a considerable stem.

The freightage on such an article is charged on cubic capacity, and although there is a very big over. seas demand it has not hitherto,

The Order did not mean

withecision is of considerably importance to motor cyclists, deal ing as it does with a machine of a type which had been officilly certi fed by the Automobile Association as satisfactorily silenced, the mak ers being granted an A.A. Certi Bcato of Silencing Efficiency.

years there has been a marked im- provement in the driving sense of British women motorists.

Post-War Generation.

"I refer particularly to the post- war generation to the girls who have been brought up in a mechan ical age. They are just as cool and

the latter category.

On leaving the engine assembly

electrical "power for 50,000 revoiu tions. It is started up at the low speed of 300 r.p.m-equivalent to some's miles per hour in top gear- and is run for a definite number of revolutions.

and experts from the Birmingham factory are going over to supervise the work.

Menara Alex. Ross & Co. are the Hong Kong agents for the Austin

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been found impossible to meet it low centre of gravity and prevents collected as their brothers, and they/ed, and provided also that the ELECTRIC TROLLEY 'BUS AS Į

satisfactorily.

rolling on bad tracks

In the new type of caravan the

Some idea of the advantage from top portion is made slightly larger the shipping point of view of the than the lower portion. By turn-introduction of the collapsible-cara- ing a handle the top portion may

van may be gained from the com he wound down. The process is parative freight rates for the two similar to that of placing a lid over

types..

3 box.

Preventable Rolling.

are not a word risk from an insur Bace point of view."

Dr. Viteles found that overcau tiousness was the most common cause of the accidents in which women drivers were involved in

Lamp Signals. When this number has been reach- engine has attained the requisite degree of "free-ness" the test set automatically awitches. on to the higher speed of 300 .p.m.

.

The same system is employed at this speed, again, & 1,000 r.p.m., and finally at. 1.500 r.p.m. When

IDEAL PASSENGER VEHICLE.

For passenger transport in towns it is becoming more and more ap- parent that the vehicle with the

With the new type £81 is saved America, but that the accidents the full 30,000 revolutions have been brightest future before it is the on the cost of the caravan in Svd. were less likely to be attended by made and the engine is sufficiently clectric trolley 'bus. Many towna

The caravan when collapsed" isney and £76 in Calcutta. approximately half the size of the caravan when wound up for normal

use.

For shipment to reduce further *pace the wheels, and axles are packed inside the caravan. On ar Apart from the question of pack-rival all the owner has to do is to ing another advantage of this type fasten up eight nuts to secure the is that the top can be kept lower axle and put the wheels, on.

These are detachable like those ed while trailing, and thus gives a

of a motor-car. (Continued on nest Column).

SAFETY

serious damage than those in which men figured.

"No one could accuse the girl motorist of 1920 of being overeau tious," was the comment of the in- surance chief..."Women drivers of to-day are astonishingly self pos Bessed and self-confident."

Goodyear Tubes are in- dated and tested nuder water. This guarantees a trouble-frealtube.

In All Weather

The All Weather Tread is aptly named. It gives full traction in all weather. Through wet, slush, and snow the stout, sharp-edged diamond blocks grip the road. Cars fitted with All Weather Tread Tyres start, run, and stop-easily, surely, and safely. Have All Weather Treads fitted to your car.

GOOD YEAR

"DISTRIBUTORS:

ALEX. ROSS & CO. (China), Ltd.

Frince's Building, 2nd Floor,

Telephone: 0. 27,

HONG KONG

Kowloon Service Station.

Telephone K. 1486,

free, a green lamp on top of the test set is illuminated; but the green light will not show until the demands of both "free-ness" and umber of revolutions have been fulfilled.

The green light indicates that the engine is ready to be run under its own power. Here again, 50,000 revolutions are required, the r.p.m. being raised gradually up to 2,000, at which speed 25 b.h.p. is develop ed. At the conclusion, the cylinder hend is removed and the engine is decarbonised, the valves being ground in if necessary.

are changing over to this vehicle when the time comes for the old tram-car tracks to be renewed, and it must be said that it is not dif- ficult to see the reason for this.

The petrol, 'bus has, of course, many advantages of its own where conditions are favourable, but the trolley 'bus can claim a longer life and simpler mechanism, while the absence of noxious fumes and the elimination of much of the noise associated with motor vehicles are further points in its favour. In addition it should be pointed out that the rapid acceleration of the trolley 'bus enables it to give the quickest possible service in places where the amount of traffic is con siderable and stops are consequent-

During the second period of test the power output of the engine far exceeds that absorbed during the first part. The new test sets, there fore, not only do their workly frequent. thoroughly and with a minimum of coset in labour, but they actually contribute towards the electrical current required by the works. In fact, if all the engines on the sets simultaneously, they would supply nearly half the power required by the entire works.

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CARS OF ROYALTY.

In a recent article on the Cars of Royalty which appeared in The Autocar, several magnificent ex- amples of British engineering skill and craftsmanship were described and illustrated.

Among them was one of the four Rolls-Royce cara ordered by King -Amanullah-of-Afghanistan when he was in England last year. This particular car was a three-quarter enclosed cabriolet de ville finished in silver grey and black. The rear windows on each side have a hinged top panel, so that when the car is opened they can be let right down into the panels, over the wheel arches, to be flush with the sill.

Compared with the tram-car the trolley bus possesses much greater mobility and offers much more com- fort for the passengers Here again also the absence of noise is a dis. tinct advantage,

MOTOR-CYCLE RACING IN

AUSTRALIA.

HIGH SPEEDS ON O.H.V. TRIUMPHS.

High speeds were attained in the Challenge Flying Quarter Mile event promoted by the Bexley and Western Suburbs Motor Clubs (Bydney, Australia).

Bid. Goodsell recorded the pheno renal speed of--07:32 miles_per hour, the fastest of the day, on a twinport Triumph, while another rider a private owner-in the per-

n of George Walker-mounted on a similar machine, achieved the re- markable speed of 95.74 miles pèr

hour,

To avoid any possible error iz the timing, officials" of both clubs H. H. the Ruler of Nandgaon has carefully checked and measured the sequired a 40-50 H.p. Rolls-Royce course, and this, combined with the with an open sporting body. "De-use of electrical timing that was spite its sporting lines, however, operating a stop watch, reading in comfort has in no way been sacri- one hundredth parts of a second, ficed, for a dat ingeniously con-leaves no doubt as to the correct cealed hood is arranged in a well ness of the speeds recorded. surrounding the rear seat. The

colour scheme is silver grain and

pale green with crocodile grained

green leather unholstery, an ivery CAR SOMERSAULTS OVER white steering wheel and control knobs, and an exquisitely finished instrument board of Pearlite.

For one running board a fitted luncheon case is provided and for the other a gun case.. The rear seat

MOTOR-CYCLING CLAIMS ANOTHER ROYAL

A CLIFF. DRIVER'S ESCAPE AFTER. 100PT. FALL.

Mt. Trevor Jones, builder and can take two passengers and has contractor, of Woolton, Liverpool, ample leg-coom, while it should was found unconscious beside his gain in comfort as the occupants wrecked motor-car in a field on the sit slightly in front of the rear lonely moore at the foot of a cliff axle.

100ft. high near the Cat and Fiddle Ian, Ladmanlow, near Buxton.

Mr. Jones, was at a sharp bend in the road when his motor-car. crashed through a stone wall bound- ing a drop to the foot of the cliff, and plunged over the edge. It turn ed a compléte somersault, and Mr. The many and varied pleasures of Jones, who was thrown violently motor oycling appeal to all ranks out, had a remarkable escape. of society, and it will be of interest A man named Richardson, who to many readers of these notes to was about fifty yards away, saw the learn that H.R.H. the Prince lights of the motor-car suddenly dis Regent Nicholas of Roumania has appear, and heard a crash. He ran recently purchased a Triumph to the aid of the injured man, who motor cycle and sidecar, through was taken to hospital, where he was: the representative of the Triumph found to be suffering from severe

scalp wounds. Cycle Company in Bucharest.

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