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Motor Passenger Boals.

. Forty-five large motar passenger. boats which operate on the River Seine at Paris for eight months of the year-carry an average of about 3,600,000 people each season. Each boat has an engine developing 120 brake b.p., and can carry from 200 to 400 passengers, Pedestrians' Responsibilities.

"Pedestrinha must move faster," is a decree of the Westminster city engineer, who says they are pam pered, and must now realise that they are equally responsible with drivers to keep things moving. It may be necessary,' he says, to' restrict street crossing to stipulated points. As soon as traffic is made ensier, pedestrians flocked on to the roadway. It roads were two hun- dred feet wide more than ever would flock there, thus making matters

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the value of

· Australian Purchases From U.S.A.

Information оп motor cars imported into Australia from the United States of America was given by the leader of the Government in the Senate (Senator "Daly), who said that from January 1, 1999 to April 10, 1930, 10,606 motor car bodies, and 68,612 chassis

America. The

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1930.

MOTOR NOTES.

Ray-Out Glare Shade.

THE JUNIOR T.T.

first year that the Rudge Whitworth NEW POWERS FOR

BRITISH POLICE.

firm have entered their 250 c.c. machine in the Junior T.T. A re-

Blue Riband of motor-cycle racing at the first time of asking!

A Record Lap

MOTORISTS WILL HAVE

TO TELL.

Allegations that the police aro

Basis of the Law. ́. Colonel, Wilfrid Ashley, former- ty Minister of Transport, urged that these provisions should be struck out on-the ground that their application would strike at the whole basis of English law, and deprive motorists of the means of safeguarding themselves which are allowed to persons charged with

ve crimes.

Ho suggested that it was a re- versal of the principle, that a man is innocent patil he is proved guilty. "The great principle of English law," he added, "is that a person is not obliged to give evidenco against himself, but under this Bill a motorist will be deprived of this right??

Mr. Horbert Morrison, the Minis-

Spare Wheels for Motor-cycles. Motorists who find the glaze of on- Commenting upon the fact that coming headlights, very trying will the Fédération Internationale des appreciate a glare shade which has Clubs Motocyclists--the control- BIG VICTORY FOR RUDGES.markable achievement to win the been devised for the comfort of ling body in motor-cycling sport- drivers in 1. very bright light, has now sanctioned the use of spare whether artificial or sunlight. The wheels in motor-cycle races, Motor shade, being semi-transparent, dims Cycling says: That raling will the bright rays, but the vision itself not come into effect until the be ginning of 1631, so that we shall not is unaffected. The minimum of ser detachable wheels in the T.T. material is used in this design, thus next month. But manufacturers it tends to be cooler and less obstru- will no doubt take advantage of the new regulation as quickly as pOSE“. sive to wear than most of the abadesible. A flat tyre in a big road race on the market. It is non-inflam- puts its rider completely out of the mable and feather-weight. There is running; in the "future that situa

tion will no longer exist. From Graham W. Walker, respectively, stood to the credit of C. P. J.fore a committee of the House of ought not to add to them by shield. •· ao glass and no frame, and it is the detachable wheels produced for The winner's average speed for the adjustable to all heads, and can be racing purposes will be evolved 20 miles course (seven laps of the types suitable for universal service Island) was 71.03 m.ph. This is a worn with or without spectacles.. Phantom II. Rolls Royce.

and once again the tourist and the utility rider will benefit from the hard-bought experience of the the shut we need hardly any great circuits, of which the Manx that we welcome this move on the part of the F.I.C.M. with the utmost enthusinam."

Further details of the result of the Junior T.T. motor-cycle race,

Last Saturday, June 14, the last are to hand, showing a handsome day of practice for the T.T. races held in the Isle of Man, last Monday victory for the Rudge Whitworth in the Isle of Man, W. L. Handley, to be given inquisitorial powers by tor of Transport, contended that the power proposed was necessary. machines.

riding a 500 cc. Rudge, broke all which they can subject motorists

Identity of Vehicles. The first three places were taken f existing records for a lap of the to "third degree" methods were

"There is great difficulty at by Rudge machines, ridden by H. course with a speed of 75.2 m.p.h. brought by supporters of amend times," he said, "in procuring the

One of the most expensive and to the total value of £6,998,750, had distinguished looking cars in the been imported from Amer Royal Easter Show at Sydney, valued at £63,937, which were held N.S.W., was the first complete 40-50 in ban when the recent increasca h.p. New Phantom IL Rolls Royce, in daty were announced, would be required to pay the lower rate of with the latest type of improved Weymann flexible saloon body, the duty only.

price of which was stated to be £3,450. This car embodied all the most up-to-date features of the make, such as the separate chassis frame for the body, centralised chassis lubrication, the improve- ments suggested by Mr. Reid of Sydney for incorporation in the frame construction of the flexible body special headlights and other notable features.

Motor Industry.

"It has been estimated by the secretary of the Automobile Manu- facturers' Association in Melbourne that there are 80,000 people in Aus 1 tralia, employed in the motor indus- try, and the allied trades, which depend largely, if not entirely, upon motor vehicles for their exist enco. One company alone, General . Mators

Battery Charging.

Unofficial "Records.”*

Exclusion from the Paris Salon,

the

G. Tyrell-Smith. E. Nott, and The record lap for the course ments to the Road Traffic Bill, be-identity of cars or vehicles which

record for the race.

Last year the junior T.T. was won by F. G. Hicks, riding a Velocette machine at an average speed of 69.71 m.ph., with a record lap of 70.95 m.p.h. It will be seen that the winner's average speed for the race this year is even higher than

A Model on View,

cause serious accidents, and we

ing the owner, when the identity

of the car has been ascertained, who

the driver." refuses to disclose the identity of

when he won the Senior TT. race Dodson (Sunbeam) at 73.55:m.p.b..

Commons last month. last year at an average speed of Part of the Bill declares that 72.05 m.ph Handley's lap was 10"where the driver of a vehicle is seconds faster than that made by Dodson,

alleged to be guilty of an offence. Mr. Turton, Sir Gervais Rentoul, under this Act" the owner shall and other Conservatives urged the excision of the provisions, while Messrs. Rudolf, Wolft & Kew, supply such information as he may Major Glyn and Colonel Acland- Ltd., are local agents for Rudge-by required by the police to give Troyte thought that the balance Whitworth machines, and have on view at their offices at 54, Queen's as to the identity of the driver; of argument was for retention

Mr. March, a Socialist, said that Road Central (above Ahmen Hing and any other person shall, if the arguments on the other side Cheung Co.) a model of the 350 required, give any information seemed to be based on the fear Rudge machine, which is practically

that owner-drivers would have to.

Junior T.T.

experience." he added, "is that more accidents are caused by owner- drivers than by persons engaged as drivers, and we ought not to be concerned to protect one class more than the other.".

In fine of £900, and the withdrawal the record lap made by the winner identical to the machines in the which it is in his power to give admit that they were driving. "My

of the driver's licence are threats hanging over an American firm and a French driver for having recently travelled from Paris to Nice in the record time of 10 hr 7 min., without official control. This step has been taken by the French Syndicat des Constructeurs, which corresponds to the English S.M.M.T., in order to put a stop to unofficial high-speed runs across (Australia) Proprietary. Ltd. states that about 20,000 Aus-

France. Three years ago a certain tralians in six States help to pro- Charging and discharging of elec- French manufacturer undertook a duce that company's nine makes of tricity in an accumulator is accom high-speed run around France with- out the sanction or control of the ears and three of commercial motor panied by chemical processes which vehicles. Since the company was result in gas being generated, and Automobile Club, and was immedi established in 1820, and its plants this gas, as the electrician knows,ately given the choice of being shut in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide. is of an inflammable and explosive Brisbane, and Perth commenced charneter. This is Decasionally operations, it has expended £12. brought home to inexperienced or 000,000 in the Commonwealth. By forgetful people who omit to remove the purchase of tyres, batteries, the porcelain plugs from the filler fabric, and other products of Aus. j hales in battery cells when recharg-sented by the R.A.C. and the tralian manufacture General Motors, as the gas will blow the top contribute to the support of 16,000 i off the ell. Another danger in con- people in various industries: its nection with the use of electric ne- own wages bill amounts to an nd-cumulators on cars is to attempt to ditional £535,000, and supports an inspect their condition with naked proximately 1,500 more workers, lights. A young English motorist Products are sold and looked after who strick match to inspect the by 501 dealers throughout the Com-leret of the electrolyte in his.nc- monwealth, and they employ an canninter after dark was nearly other 3,000, making an additional blinded by the explosion which fol- amount of £750,000 spent nanually. Iwed,,

out of the Paris show or of paying a fine of £400. He chose the latter measure. There is a certain amount of disappointment in France that the English authorities. as repre- S.M.M.T., have not yet taken any definite action against the three firms which made fast runs from the Riviera to Calais in defiance of all regulations, and it is probably to make it clearly understood that they will not tolerate any more "record breaking of this nature that the French authorities are preparing to act with suck severity in the present instance.

last year.

'

This is the first time in the history of the T.T. races that any make of machine has won the first three places in a T.T. race, and it is noteworthy that this was the

Today's Race.

To-day the Lightweight T.T. race for machines up to 250 c.c. is being Friday, the Senior (500 cc.) race will take place.

held in the Isle of Man; and an

and which may lead to the identi

fication of the driver,”

Failure to give the information constitutes an offence, with a fine up to £20 the first time and up to £50 aubsequently.

The proposal to delete the clause was defeated by 18 to 11.-

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