1929-11-06 — Page 3

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1929.

MOTOR NOTES

BIG GAME HUNTS.

CAR'S NOVEL USE.

THRILLS AWHEEL.

Motor jar, dasso and camera in place of high-powered rides are coming into style as the popular diversion in staging big game hunts in Australia, according to C. S.

VOGUE FOR WIRE WHEELS

FASHION DECREES THEY WILL BE POPULAR.

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AND ALSO DISCS.

Thero are fashionsS in men's inotor-ents is in women's hatá and

Fletcher, Studebaker represonta- | dresses. No real He-man would be

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That this form of hunting is vastly more exciting and more sportsman- like is pointed out in a letter from Mr. Fletcher, since the new form of hunt calls for release of the quarry uninjured after the catch. He describes the new fashion in hunting, as follows:-

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In the Bush.

"The scene of the hunt

was thirty or forty miles outside the city of Lecton-right in the middle of the bush. For equipment we had two Eraking ears, a Sedan and a Tourer, a lasso and a camera to record the success of the day.

scen driving a car that was not in accord with the mode, and there are many who order their new cars every spring about the same time as they overhaul and replenish their wardrobes and with a similar object in view.

a high waistline and a low roof in Dame Fashion, who has decreed automobiles, is now asserting that only wire wheels. can be tolerated next year. At present she has not stated that they must be displayed in all their nakedness, like the lower extremities of tennis stars at Wimbledon. So, presumably, wheel

"After scouring the country side discs will still be in vogur, and for a couple of hours, we spied four there is a practical reason for that, emus: We singled out one and the So popular have wire wheels be chase was on in earnest. It seam come this season that garages are pered around through the undercharging an extra when they are growth and over rough ground that fitted, and the chauffeurs are forced us to travel between, thirty-grumbling with even more fervid five and forty miles an hour. Finally ardour than usual. When discs are the bird seemed, satisfied that it Stted the extra work in eleaning could outrun the car and started vanishes. across the plain. The going was horribly rough but by virtues of the absence of trees, the Erskine man- aged to gain rapidly..

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THE CAR PARKING PROBLEM.

AMERICAN SOLUTION IN THE AIR.

Park your car in the air" is the solution offered by the invention of J. E. Morton of Sandusky, Ohio to the great national problem of finding ample garage

or parking space for automobiles on a limited The apparatus is ground aren being produced by a local concern, the Peking Tower Corporation, of which Mr. Morton is vice-president and chief engineer. It has just com- pleted here a 10-car "tower" that is attracting general attention.

The tower, which occupies no moro ground space than is required height of five stories. Within it the for a two car garage, rises to a car owner has "space" for bis ear, which becomes available by simply touching a button or using key corresponding to his number. The same simple process is followed to remove the car from the garage.

It is through the use of a car- ringe, or elevator, working on the old Ferries wheel plan, that this effect is obtained. In the 10-car tower it is driven by a 20 horae power Westinghouse motor, speci- fications calling for two horsepower per machine.

Ferries Wheel Adaptation. An ingenious devies at the top and another at the bottom keeps the cars "righted" in the process of The parked cars are held in much the same manner

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TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND TYRES.

GAME OF BEATING THE

SIGNALS.

BAD ON THE TREAD.

Traffic lights have brought added to millions of highway safety motorists but they take their toll

cn tyres.

Every time a car started, a certain amount of energy is re- quired to move its weight from standing to any given speed. When the car is stopped, energy is again brought into play in about the same amount. Masy car own- ers do not real that il-taker about the same amount of energy to stop & car from a given speed as it takes to start and attain that speed. This energy must be con sumed by the tyres and naturally the more starts and stops they go

the traffic light, stop at the last through, the faster they must wear. Some drivers, in a hurry to rush

moment when they are caught by again when the light changes to go. the stop signal and dash away.

make headway, but they also throw They may beat traffic save time,

a terrific strain on their tyres and it is a costly proposition in the end. In one test a car stopped four times the

each mile without sliding thirty-five miles an hour as soon as wheels and accelerated possible after the complete stop. This

ear wore the tyre tread through half of the design in just a little over 100 miles.

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This same car, with new tyres, stopped every half mile and ac celerated to thirty-five miles an hour. It resulted in the same trend wear in about 2,000 miles.

This abuse can be modified by the cages of the ferriesetting the car stop gradually and by starting without so much dash Towers accommodating as many and vigour. The traffic lights are as 30 automobiles may be erected operated by a clock and the race and operated with the same case as to beat them is often futile. With the 10-car tower, Mr. Morton says. The actual area occupied is 17 It. catch the lights in succession, more A reasonable rate of speed that will 9 in, in width alid 25 ft, in length.

The inside of the tower suggests wear and tear on the tyres.

progress will be made with less In each double elevator shafts. shaft are suspended one above the other, by strong endless steel roller chains, the individual movable park-

But

what of chromium-plated spokes, which retain a smart ap-going over." pearance and do not easily pick up The mud Last year a well-known "Capture was effected by "Texas" wheel manufacturer introduced a Jack, who rode the running board chromium-plated wire wheel, while of the careening car and tossed a it is notable that chromium-plated lasso over the bird's head.

The spokes on

wire wheels fitted to problem then arose of standing be American cars are being seen, fairly hind the ema while photographic frequently. evidence was taken. Emus are far

Is this going to prove an accepted more talented in kicking than the toughest dule. Unlike the mule, type for smart cars? We cannot however, they kick forward instead say, because Dame Fashion is a Wire wheela will be of backwards and it must be adfickle lady,

zeen on even the most popular mitted that they are very accurate

The towers. Mr. Morton says, are shots. With the picture made, the makes of cars at the Olympia Show humiliated, but uninjured emu was in October, and Mayfair may looking space. An automobile entering practicaly accident as well as fire askance at an innovation that will the tower rests on an all-sted plat-proof. They are built of reinforced released,"

certainly be popular in Suburbia. | form, two of which always stop at concrete and may be either of It may be fashionable to have the ground floor level.

simple or elaborately attractive de Adazzlingly plated discs,

sign.

Kangaroo Chase.

Next on the "programme was kangaroo chase. After hours of eruising the hunters finally caught sight of a big fellow who seemed to offer everything that might be wish- ed for in a specimen.

"We anticipated no trouble in fanding him," Mr. Fletcher con- times, but he led us a very merry fifteen-mile chase before finally being captured. Although not class- ed as a ferocious: animal, the kan- garoo nevertheless hus powerful weapors of defence. His torefeet "are equipped with long and ex- tremely sharp claws. With these he can grasp dog or man in a vise- like grip and rip and tear most devastatingly with teeth and bind claws, while sitting on his strong tail.

"One method of attack consisted of seizing the great tail and lifting it off the ground, whereupon the kangaroo was off balance and prac- tically helpless. Even so, holding the tail is no job for, a weakling and getting behind him to seize the tail no mean feat.

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The hunt continued and before the end of the day our bag consisted of five grown kangaroos, four baby kangaroos, one emu, obe cagic, five five ducks and one of the largest, specimens of our most deadly snake the black snake. The last named, incidentally, was not given the courtesy of release accorded our other captives

It might be mentioned that the hunt was so eminently successful," he concluded, "that one of the party posted a $250 challenge with a Leeton newspaper to any other party of similar size duplicating

the fest with any other make of car than Erskine or Studebaker."

A BRAKE ON DEVELOP- MENT.

In calling attention to the fact that in the leading Continental countries riders of amali motoreve- les need no driving licence and have no tax to pay on their ma chines, Motor Cycling remarks that the outlay and formalities in Great Britain put a brake on the develop ment of these utility models.

It has to be borne in mind that although the present direct tax on a small machine is only 30s, a year, it operates against the expansion of the utility-maching moveinent to a much greater extent than the figure implics The need for re- gistration, for carrying number. plates and for obtaining a driving licence are all grave hindrances to business. John Citizen is too hedg- ed around with restrictions, for- malities and compulsory form-11- ling not to look askance at any new possession which involves the need for compliance with a still further number of irksome regula- tions.

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New Lines Impart

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ture world markets.

with the annual tax standing at £20. CAR FIRM

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ro-designed to give greater strength, of, the world's motor-car speed re-

Many Improvements,

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of €3 by by their collaboration in the design dimensións

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It goes on and on

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17. To mar, 10.-Tightly drawn. 90-Lost colour.

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31.-Article. 32-A bird

32.-Musical note. 34.-Existed.

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