MOTOR NOTES.
NOISE OF MOTOR
VEHICLES.
Quite a number of prosecutions, following the recent Order penaliz ing motor vehicles which cause ex- cessive noise either in themselves or due to their loads, have already
taken place. In some cases the driver has been fined and the owner
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CAR MAINTENANCE MADE EASY.
The Light Car and Cyclecar has some good news for motorists who have suffered long enough from the greasegun system of chassis lubri cation.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1929.
For 1030 there will be a distinct · tendency towards the "one-shot" and the group system of lubrica tion, says that journal. In other words, the complete lubrication of
of the vehicle has had to foricita chassis can be accomplished mere
more for aiding and abetting.
ly by pressing a button or by ap plying the grease gun to, say, six
means one of the biggest bugbears connected with the maintenance of modern cars will be removed.
Thoroughly to grease a chassis of the multi-nipple type takes the best part of an hour. Under the group system of lubrication the
In this connection The Commer-accessibly placed nipples. By these cial Motor says:-"We have no fault to find with the terms of the Order, but we hope that justice will! be tempered with a measure of sympathetic consideration. In some instances, and particularly with the older classes of vehicle, it is extremely difficult to keep them even moderately quiet. We are not alluding to sudi muatters as the em- ployment of solid tyres in bad con- dition, or say, the tattling of tin cans in a load, but to such import- ant items as the gearbox, rear axle, and, in certain instances, the body.
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job can be done with equal thoroughness in ten minutes, whilst it is but the work of a moment to press a one-shot" button. Re- finements of this kind naturally add to the cost of production, but the public is always willing to pay for such refinements which quite obviously are calculated to save a great deal of time and inconveni ence after delivery of & car has been taken.
PERSPECTIVE.
Cycling.
"Many a haulier depends for his livelihood upon a vehicle which he may have had to purchase second- 1 band and which, although quite -serviceable mechanically and sale We are nearing the end of a com- cnough in operation, may not be as petition season in which British silent as is desirable. Such a man
motorcycles once again have scored would suffer considerable hardship an astounding number of successes, if penalized for something for says Mater
In the which he would have great difficulty Tourist Trophy Races in the Isle in finding a cure-in fact, it might of Man-the world's premier speed casily prove more expensive ade-events-they had practically no for- quately to silence such a machine eign challengers and swept the than buy a new one
board; in the Austrian, French, Dutch, Belgian and German clas. sics they took nearly all the top honours, and in the International Six-days "Trial they not only won the principal trophies but took a lion's share of the individual
One of the most difficult pro- blems is that confronting operators who are nox faced with possible legal proceedings because of the noise often intense-caused by the rattling of milk drurne. Grace
should be accorded to those com- cerned. in this transport work."
awards.
The all-important thing, how
DIFFICULT DECISIONS
SAL
By GLUYAS WILLIAMŠ
WHEN YOU RECEIVE A FLATTERING, BUT SUSPICIOUS OFFER TO BECOME A MEMBER OF
THE BIG BOYS' TEAM- PROVIDING YOU WILL LET THEM USE YOUR FOOTBALL
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ever, is not, after this brilliant! competition season, to allow speed | and performance, so necessary in international contests, to outweigh all other considerations.
COLOUR SIGNALS" FOR SAFETY.
GLUYAS WILLIAMS
amber together mean prepare to start when green is shown. Amber | alone after green means stop, un- less the vehicle. is so close to he
stopped with safety, in which case it should go on.
It is by no means incredible that MINISTRY'S NEW TRAFFIC intersection that it could pot be|
to
CONTROL PLAN. in endeavouring make its standard models capable of per
Traffic control by coloured light forming the remarkable feats re- quired by organizers of competisignals is the best means of in- tions our motorcycle manufacturers creasing the safety of the streets and decreasing congestion, accord- may be tempted to incorporate re- finements which would be of little ing to a memorandum recently issu- practical valus to everyday riders, ed by the Ministry of Transport, The object of the memorandum and which would cost more than
is to make the light signal system most men are prepared to pay.
uniform throughout the country, and the following details of the code are given :-
GOOD YEAR
804-178 An Coiste um 40000 nos but finint
COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE DE TRANSPORTS ET TOURISME AU MARCO
·SICOK SOCIAL: CASABLANCA
DIRECTION DU MARIC
CASABLANCA
OFFICE CE TOVRSIJE,
BURKAN CORNEYPOHJART
NUT PIZAAR-CHARNOS PARIS
acetes dos Furusetiques, 3+kk
GOOD WEAK
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An amber light gives warning of the impending change of red to green or green to red, red mean ing stop, green proceed.. Red and
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The use of a bell to sound at the
changes in the colours may prove useful where the trafic is dense and includes a large proportion of large and high vehicles such as double- deck omnibuses.
"Pedestrians should be encourag ed," adds the memorandum, "to cross the carriage-way under the care of the aiguals and at the points where such signals are erect- ed and at none other. The indis- criminate crossing of the carriage. way by pedestrians is " potent cause of accidents."
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To take pleasure in confirming to you that xs aro very satisfied with the service your tires give us,
o gladly state that we have equipped our cars - Liscines Rapides de Grand Luxe - and also cars 50 and 60 seats partly with your tires of the truck type yites.
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DISTRIBUTORS:
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TONG KONG.
Kowloon, Service Station,
Telephone: K. 1486.
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HUMOUR: ANCIENT AND MODERN.
Son: Would you lend me $3,
Park Attendant: "Excuse me, Dad!"
sir, but could you lend me a pen- Father Do you think you cil." Vistor: Certainly-bere is would pay it back ?"
one !"
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Judge: "Can you tell the court exactly what the traffic officer said to you?"
Defendant: "No, but I can give you a gruff idea."
The old-fashioned farmer was hard to convince.
"No," declared he, "I'll have no such contraption, in my house. Planners are bad things,'
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Boastful Young Man: "I kept my head when I fell into
Cutting Young Woman: water." "How fortunate! It must have helped you to keep afoat,'
Mrs. Talkley: "How true it is that one half the world doesn't know how the other half lives." Miss Kanatique (sweetly): "Yes, but that "isn't your fault at all, is
** O, but father," protested his daughter, “this is an upright it dear !” piano."
A farmer had four pigs which New Girl (timidly): "I s'pose were rather 24 rickety. Those you are a fine cook, mum Young pigs of yours seem a bit rickety Mistress: Bless me, no, I don't their legs," said a villager." "Yes," know anything about it." "Thon replied the farmer. "One of my we'll get on famously, mum. I don't either."
men gave then. poultry food in stead of powders. Now they want to sit.??
Johnny and his mother had been planting seeds, and at the end of!
He:"I don't think money each row they placed the empty makes a happy marriage, do you?" packet on a stick. In the nights: "No, but it makes up for au there was a storm, and the packets unhappy one."
were blown away. Next morning
Johnny ran crying into his mo
ther's room. Mummy, all the Parson Have you ever thought pictures have blown away, and now seriously of marriage?" Parish the poor little seeds won't know ioner: Indeed I have ever since what to grow up into,"
the ceremony."
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