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NEW CAR DESIGNS FOR 1930.

BRITISH CHALLENGE TO AMERICA.

BIG PRODUCTION PRO- GRAMMES.

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I am able to give some particulars

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1929.

MOTOR NOTES.

POLICE DENY POLICE EVIDENCE.

of the new cars which motorists will | MOTOR-COACH COMEDY IN A be able to buy in 1930, and the details of which have been kept |

Becret.

In the Morning Post, says its "Motoring Correspoädent recently, I gave details of the new Morris models, I hear now that a new Singer car will be produèrd at sa extremely low price, which I believe

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SPEED TRAF.

SERGEANT "FARE."

Four Eastbourne policemen gave evidence for the defence, danying the statements of two Shoreham

THE AMENITIES OF WIND TO CLEAN SPARKING MOTOR IN POSTAL

HAMPSTEAD.

PROPOSED SUPER-

GARAGE.""

PLUGS.

A method of using the wind set up by a motor-car's motion to clean sparking plugs is being tried out. A contrivance attached to the front 1. of the radiator draws in the air and forces it through a saturated material which creates vapours, which are in tum directed into the air stream going into the carburet

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is well under £300. It will have motor-coaches were alieged to have nearly opposite Hampstead Gèner, haust. The inventors declare that

six-cylinder side-valve engine of 13 h.p. with a truly astonishing top- gear performance.

Many British manufacturers are alive to the fact that they have to meet. American competition, not only in the overseas market, but also at home. For some time they have been wedded to the mall engine, but at length they seem to realize that an engine of moderate size with a top gear performance that can more than equal anything that America can produce is re- quired by the British public.

I understand that this new Singer will be the last word in medium sized, six-clinder design at a low price Chromium plating "will be Adopted on all fittings, and there will be a three-speed gearbox. In addition special springs and shock absurbors will be fitted.

A great deal of attention has also be given to the steering in the new Singer, and this has been designed to give B lightness equivalent to that experienced in cars that sell at over £1,000.

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driven at speeds dangerous to the

Great changes in the character of Haverstock-hill, Hampstead, secm inevitable, if a scheme now contem- police constables when, at Shore-plated is carried out for the forms- ham Police Court, four drivers of tion of a great garage at a point

hoarding has been put up, stating al Hospital, Last month a huge that a super-garage, with car. laundry," Billing station, and other equipment, as well as motor show rooms, is to be built on a site at present occupied by a large and comparatively modern house in ex- tensive gardens at the corner of Oman-road. dominating most of the frontage between that spot and the Hampstead Town Hall

public.

Police Constables Francis and Miles said that they followed one of the coaches in a police motor- cycle combination through a ten- miles-an-hour speed limit, and their speedometer registered twenty-five miles an hour. Later, the coach increased speed to thirty-three miles per hour."

Mr. Mayo, for the defense, eaid that this waA, A case of "provi dential interposition," for the couch contained a party of policemen, whe would give evidence en subpens.

Passengers Stories.

Police Sergeant Herbert Stevens. a passenger in the coach, said that the average speed of the coach was ten miles an hour,

Police Constable Brookes säid that no one with sense would have made such a mistake regarding the speed. He added that when the coach was stopped one of the two policemen in the combination took Vaikhall Motors are also produc-off his civilian cap and put on a ing a new model which will be a police cap. great advance on their already well- aried cars.

Police Constable Jones asserted that the speed allegations were "ridiculous, and Police Constable Patching claimed that the speed was unusually safe throughout the journey.

Boom Expected.

Production figures for next year show, that the British motor trade expects to have a boom period. I The Bench dismissed this ease of nnderstand that Morris Motors dangerous driving, but for exceed. propose to make a hundred thouing the speed limit imposed a fine sand cars during the year to the of £, including casts. value of about £20,000,000. The Austin Company have also improv ed their models, and they propose La produce over 10,000 cars, to theed for exceeding the speed limit. value of over £15,000,000.

Hillmas and Humber have also: large programmes in hand, while" Singer will run the leaders very close.

The charges of dangerous driving against the other three drivers were withdrawn and similar Snes inflict-

In the more expensive classes some new features will be seen. and a half litre super-charged ear, Bentley Motors will show their four which has behaved so magnificently in the hands of Captain Birkin during the last year, for the first

A great effort will be made by all firms who market the popular

baby

ears, Austing, after their marvellous performance in the T.T. Race in Ulster, are producing an enormous quantity of their seven- horse-power cars, The Morris

Rolls-Royce are adhering to their Minor is also being produced in large quantities, while the little well-tried Phantom Model, though Singer and the Triumph are makI understand that a special car is ing special efforts to capture the

Iarket

time at "the Motor Show AI Olympia.

being built on the unit construction principle, that is to say, with the cagine, clutch and gearbox in one. Several surprises may be expect. a large number of cars; particular-ed in the really saull car casa, details of which I shall be able to

The Rover Company will produce

ly of the new light six model.

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Other

Opposite to the proposed garage is the great building of the Con- vent and School of the Sisters of Providence of the Immaculate Con ception, and farther along on the same side of Haverstock-hill are Bome good modern villas. houses of a superior type have in the last year or two been built close to the play, now selected for a *"super-garage," and it cannot be pleasant for the occupiers of those boases to think of the probable effect on the use and enjoyment of their properties. Haverstock-hill has hitherto been a pleasant and fairly quiet residential thorough- fare, with motor traffic north and south, but, in its Hampstead por- tion proper, having no businesses except a few anall shops and the extensive nurseries of John Rus- have, by their display of flowers sell (Hampstead). Limited, which and shrubs, beautified Haverstock- hill between the Convent and Bel- size Park "tube" station. "super-garage" seems to put a limit· to say further residential develop- ment of what has hitherto been one of the most pleasant main roads in Hamptead.

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Northwards, opposite Whitestone Pond, at the summit of the Heath, the site of the mansion known as Bell Moor has been cleared, and a building of great height is expect ed to be put up there. This can- not fail to be an unwelcome feature of the landscape viewed from aerosa the Vale of Health. Other properties in the district are in the market, and it is fortunate that one large site close by, in Heath- atrect, which changed hands a few years ago, has been utilized for the erection of a very refined example of modern architecture and good building to house Queen Mary's Maternity Home. Blocks of flats have for some time existed practi- cally on Hampstead Heath, in East Heath-road, and recently the lofty (Continued on next "Column).

These burn the carbon, and the waste is expelled through the ex-

fuel, and once the device has been this device will remove carbon as soon as it is formed, save oil and fitted the only expense will be the replacement of the saturated mo terial, which will require to be re- newed after every five hundred miles running

TRANSPORT.

USEFUL MACHINES.

In the course of a lecture given recently by Mr. F. Lane at the institate of Transport, in London, considerable information was forth- coming about the history and use of motor cycles in Postal transport work.

RAILWAYS AND 'BUSES,'

SUPPLEMENTARY TRANSPORT.

That the automobilo iz rapidly establishing itself as a valuable adjunct to rail transportation in clearly emphasized by the pur- chases of Studebaker passenger 'buses by lending electric and steam railways in the United States. The latest type of maton cycle to be introduced is the 2 h.pr produc- vestment

Owing to the greatly reduced in- and a significant de- tion fitted with a paunier carrier

evenec in operation costs, railroads over the rear wheel or with a light are leaning to supplementary 'bas sidecar of 8 cu, it, capacity,

transportation, especially for short- The present composition of the er inter-city hauls, where this form

motor cycle fleet is as follows:-

Heavy motor cycle com-

binations

Lightweight motor cycle

combinations

Solo motorcycles

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In 1009, the Post Office first New machines are being intro- showed a direct interest in motor duced at the rate of over one a day

cycles,

transport, when

motor

motor cycle combinations and tri and saturation point is not yet in ears were hired for experimental sight. Their distribution through purposes. By 1913 these experi-out Britain" is widespread. For ments had developed into practical instance, motor cycles are in use and satisfactory working, and in 1014 the Post Office made their first outright purchase of 20 motor cycle combinations.

Latest Type.

The advent of the War, however, interrupted the programme, and it was not till 1918 that attention was again given to this method of postal Collection, and delivery. Light and heavy motor cycle combinations were bought in increasing numbers, and in 1994 solo motor cycles were

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of travel insures more economical, better, more comfortable and cleaner service to the passenger,

Studebaker buses in operation... are largely the 13 horsepower, straight eight. parlour car type, designed to accommodate from twenty-two to twenty-five passen. igers. For intra-city use also,

Studebaker buses are in demand.. Here, too, the "pronounted rider appeal, in appearance and comfort his proved mechatica) excellence, ceonomy and quiet operation have brought about wide-spread accept- ance of 'bus transportation.

remote parts of the Highlands 4 Scotland and Northern Ireland. The greatest development, bow-overhauls, therefore the manufac ever, in the Midlands, where con- turer. with ctions are particularly favourable organization has a considerable Birmingham and Coventry are con advantage over his competitors. staatly increasing the numbers of their light mechanica! transport..

For motor cycle driving, efforts are made to secure young postmen in the lower reaches of the wage scale. Nevertheless, men between 48 and 30 have been successfully trained to ride motor cycles.

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cient service

Careful statistics are kept of traffic accidents, which in view of the mileage run and the strenuous demands made upon machines and drivers, are satisfactorily few. In proportion to the number of vehi- cles employed, the van has the highest accident percentage, follow-

gables of these blocks have been re- painted white.. thus emphasizing their presence by contrast with the screen of clos that has hitherto served to obscure them. Gales wrought such havoc with the elms last winter that it has been neces- sary to "top" them, so that the flats are now a very prominent fer-

put into operation for the first time Sound inspection and mainten-ed by the motor cycle combinations ture of the side of the Heath. On

for rural deliveries and collections,ance arrangements are serious pro-and the solo motor cycle, in the the Eastern portion, towards Par- and have substantially proved their blems for the Post Office, in view order named. liament Hill, the rural character etheiency. Their use is now being of the exceptional demands made There is considered to be a great of the landscape has been much im-extended to towns. There is every upon the machine, and although the future far light motor transport in paired by the dose building deve probability of further expansion in postmen-drivers are instructed in Post Office work, and the motor Iopment of what was formerly the

the solo motor cycle fleet, which | minor repair work, it te impossible cycle is likely to play a prominent wooded domain of the late Baro has been found to be a rapid and for them to carry out the major part in further schemes of develop- ness Burdett-Coutta,

economical form of transport,

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PRICE LIST

WHIPPET SIX

Roadster $2,640

Tourer call

Coach

Coupe Sedan

SEEE

$2.290

It goes on and on

These models of the Austin Z

are ready for immediate delivery

Tourer...... $1,425

Coupe

Saloon

$1,690

and on

Have you ever watched water gliding

smoothly and effortlessly beneath a bridge, never checking, never stopping but going on and on? That is how an Austin travels.

There is no hesitation, no laitering, as it eats up mile after mile of the road. You can find. no better companion for long, strenuous journeys. For its reliability and lasting quali ties have helped to make the reputation of British motor engineering throughout the world.

The Austin is built to give satisfaction not for a year, or two years, but for as long as you demand its services. For the man of moderate means the Austin 7 models are an investment which cannot be beaten. It will be worth your" while to see one before deciding on your next,

car,

Austin

Seven

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· Superior Whippet

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Longer bodies, sweepinglines, higher radiator and hood, heavy one-piece full crown feaders-all contribute their important elements to the trim, smart appearance that makes the new Superior Whippet

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Six a car you ·

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In engineering, the new Superior Whippet Six offers many features usually found only on cars of much-

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*Finger-Tip Control" one button.operating starter, Hghts and bora.

ULI prices and specíficctions subject to change without notice)

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