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Experiments are to be carried out with automatic signalling up- paratns on the backs of trams and

bases in Birniregham.

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It is said that if motor drivers obeyed strictly every ten-mile limit in the London area' the traffic would became au immovable mass."

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1930.

MOTOR NOTES.

Salaty Glass Compulsory.

In addition to New York, two more States, Massachusetts and Delaware, are now considering

of

New Zealand, has decided to purlegislation" requiring the use chase British ears and lorries ex-

shatter-proof glass in the doors, clusively now that its fleet of motor,

windows and partitions of motor vehicles requires renewing.

vehicles engaged in the transporta- tion of passengers in the public

Old Cars in Francs,

Of $30.157 cars registered in France at the end of last year, 73,610, or just under 8 per cent., were subject to a reduced tax by reason of being over, nine years of

age.

Motoring Offences.

In answer to a Parliamentary in- quiry, Mr. Shoft, under-secretary to the Home Office, stated that the toth] amount of fines for motoring fences in England and Wales for

the year ended December 31. 1029, was 2201,318. For exceeding the speed limit 17,621 offences resulted in fines amounting to £37,996: In the Metropolitan Police District and the City there were 6,337 offences and the fines totalled £13,065. Designer of the Golden Arrow.

service."

Ford Tañuence.

The only make of car to show a j gain for the April registration in the United States was the Ford, which gained 3 per cent. Chevrolet fell 14 per cent, and all other makes 49 per cent. So large was the number of Fords sold that the total fall was only 37 per cent. below the

same month of 1929.

THE BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY.

DISTINGUISHED AUSTRALIANS' VIEWS.

MR. J. H. THOMAS ON AMERICA'S. TREMENDOUS OUTPUT.

The following is the text of speeches delivered to Directors, staff, and carployees by the Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, P.C., M.P., and the Hoot Stanley Bruce (ex-Premier of Australia), on the occasion of their visit to the Humber and Hillman Works, Coventry, on June 12-

Paying for Mistakes,

Australians Want British Cars,

of

And we were saved not by a class, Itell you in confidence that' the not by a section, not by one parti Australian people do not want for- cular political party, but we were eign cars. They want British cars. saved because we realised we were You are now getting out the right up against it and we co-operated type of ear, and I am sure you will Everybody subordinated his indivi. mop up the Australica market- dual and personal interests to the and it is worth having-if you have common good of the country; that the output. It is a big market, is our position to-day, Economic and if you get that market, there ally we are up against it. We are will be a lot more, markets overseas. still paying for the war. We still for you. That means that your in- pay for false economies, but with definite jobs will becoine a perman- the same good will and determina-ency, and there will be some tion that pulled us through in the those poor devils who have not got past, I am abundantly sure that we a job, who will get a chance with will pull through in the future. I your expanding trade. conclude "therefore by saying that what I have seen to-day is the best evidence of your determination, and that these are the methods that will ultimately restore the nation to the prosperity wo all desire.

THE CHAIRMAN: Ladies and gentlemen, I now ask Mr. Bruce idea that so long permeated large to say a few words. I ani sure we a sort of antagonism between capi-

The Rr. Hox, J. H. THOMAS: what an important factor he is. I Mr. Chairman and friends, the would say Brst to the employers introduction of your Chairman here:-"I congratulate you upon sounded too much like a prize-fight your wide outlook." I would say when he said "On your right you to the employees: You are wise have Mr. Thomas and on your left in realising that you do not possess Mr. Bruce. (Laughter.) Well, I a monopoly of brains or capacity. want to assure you that although but you realise that others possess we both may differ political brains just as good as yours; and Final arrangements for theef course being politically right, I want the brains on the one side to be mixed with the "brains and spectators at the R.A.C. Tourist Trophy ruce, to be run near Belfast, and he wrong-(laughter) we arr Ulster, on August 23, have now been both united in our pleasure at see the capacity on the other." completed. The R.A.C. has issued ing you to-day, and we are both a seating plan of the grandstand, as last year," but will be increased Now speaking to you as a great in size to accommodate 300 people. masz of workmen employed, by this

Fer T.T. Spectators.

The

You produced the particular car 1 have got. I am talking about that car. There may be others in England, I hope there are, but I not privileged to own a fleet of cars: I only own this one. That car is absolutely reliabla and you helped to produce it. We took it out to France recently and did a 2,500 mile tour around France in a fortnight, and we never had one

Capt. J. S. Irving, designer of the which will be in the same position genuinely anxious for your success sections of our people that there is will welcome the opportunity of second'a trouble. Then we took it

tal and labour, for which no bridge listening to him as bringing

to Scotland, and did 1,500 miles

and never had any trouble either.

ing home for an operation recently All seats will be numbered and refirm, I say to you with all sincerity, can be found, is humbug. There is message from our Dominions over- Well, that is the contribution you

Golden Arrow,!" went into a nurs

He had been associated with Sir Henry Segrave throughout his rac ing career until last week's venture, which is the only one with which he had nothing to do. He was specially distressed ut "the tragedy. *I lacks words, mequately to ex- press my feelings," he said. It was hoped that Capt. Irving would be convalescent in about a fortnight's time..

Road Across Europe.

A proposal by the A.A. for the

Great Britain with Turkey and the East, is understood to have been favourably considered by respon sible authorities. The Turkish Gov. crument has auth-rised the use of the triptyque for touring cars, and proposes to permit tourists to moter through the military zone, which has hitherto been closed. What is

far more important, however, is the inct that a promise has been given to improve the Turkish main roads. Tarred Roads Picnear Honcured.

Recently the Automobile Club of Trance offered a banquet to Dr.

served; the stand will be roofed and will command an uninterrupted there is no solution for cur unem view of the pits, scaring boards, ployment problem except in the and nearly a mile of the course direction of getting customers for Seat bolders in the stand will be entitled to use the enclosures be the things that we are producing hind the pits and at Quarry Corner. I, as a Minister, in 12 months sanctioned £100,000,000. More will Pitfalls for Motorists.

A contributor to The Light Carbe sanctioned, but every man here and Cyclecar relates a curious in knows perfectly well that the build- "sident in which a motorist was held ing of roads or bridges or sewers, to blame.

In a sum German

ed him seeing the lamp-post, And it was lurther urged that the driver must have been aware of the incon- venicgce he was causing, because he would have seen the reflected light flickering on the roud and the pavement as he drove along."

Ohanged "Conditions. Therefore I applied myself to this problem. How can we as a nation hold our gwn, handicapped

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are putting in: and the impression you leave on my mind is that your Australian's Friendly Abuse work is absolutely reliable, so go only one thing that is going to pull this country through, and that is

The Rr. HON. STANLEY M. BRUCE is your share,. and "I can say to on turning out reliable work; that the spirit of co-operation; for it alone can make us efficient enough Mr. Chairman, Mr. Thomas, ladies those distinguished gentlemen who the world's and gentlemen; I am not going to run the show, continue to show that to hold our own in markets.

delay you long. I am certainly glimmer of intelligence that has at not going to spoil the admirable effect of Mr Thomas' excellent speech.

What Rationalisation Means. The word rationalisation is being freely used to-day, and equally

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I am one of the people who have so are the people you employ. abused the motor industry of Great

a little more hardly than anybody else. I came to the Imperial. Con

What roused me to it is that there are three Dominions alone (Australia, New Zealand and South Africa), where there is £18,000,000.

year waiting for the British motor manufacturer to pick up, · In Australia the Americans have sa

per cent. of the trade, and we only. get about 13 per cent, and I have

came back, this time, but now I anr never been very optimistic until I beginning to cheer up because "I have got a Humber "Shipe,"

development of an arterial roadtown," he relates, a driver was whilst it may provide temporary freely abused. Rationalisation does Britain, probably I have abused it neross Europe, virtually Enking amazed one fine day to see a work, does not give you what you not mean merely the merging of a pedestrian walking along the rave desire, namely, an opportunity off firms; rationalisation does not ment collide with a lamp-pest and being engaged where each man's

nean a few firns amalgamating-ference in 1023, and we had a meet- drop a pile of dishes he was carry-

ing of the motor manufacturers. ing. The motorist stopped to rea-skill and knowledge can be used to der ausistance, but his astonish-the maximum advantage: in other real rationalisation means that effi- and I left little unsaid of my ment at seeing the occurrence was words, roads and bridges will not ciency is the word of the day, and opinion of them and their inefi nothing compared with his feelings

a great opportunity. I came back receiving a claim for damages: provide work for the skilled arti-waste is being eliminated, I have ciency and the way they were losing It was claimed that the sun, re- san, they will not provide work foren en example of it to-day. Your in 1926 and I did not think they success must mean, if it is to he had reformed particularly, I said particular tech. reting in the windscreen, had those engaged in a

real success, that there will be more it, all over again, and on this octa" dazzled the pedestrian and prevent nical industry.

sion was a little more offensive.. customers for the goods that you produce. It seems that your pros perity will be due to the fact that you are now only holding your own against the foreigner, bus by the efficiency and cheapness of your as we are Not that we are handi-product you will have created an During a 'recent House of Com capped by lack of trains or skill appetite that means more custom- mons debate on unemployment Mr.

or energy, because our workmar is, ers. It is for all these reasons I

Transport, said that at the Ministry most efficient in the world. (Hear Herbert Morrison, the Minister of to-day, still one of the best and congratulate the firm on their pro they judged road programmes on (1) hear.) And we are nos handicap provide a more efficient transport ped because the men are unwilling morning, and I saw many changes what was reasonably necessary to

stem, and (2) the limits of ex to work. We have been handicap pointed out to me, changes that penditure to which the highway ped because we have not applied probably some of you would not at thought that we should never get authorities would go. As Minister of ourselves to the changed conditions the moment fully understand of the same features in an English car Transport his business primarily of the modern world. Years ago fully appreciate; but if it means, as we get in an American car. was transport: itwas not primarily our godds could go anywhere and

as I believe it will mean, that you There was the question of the ac to solve the unemployment problem. they were sold. Today it is no will have more employment, that celeration and the power which they

a"foreign ecuntry It was to provide an efficient sys- good going to tem of road and rail transport, and and saying: We want you to your families will benefit, instead gave us and I thought that the we British motor industry could never condemning this process, to consider the various forms of take these because they are British must encourage it. And I say to be expected to get that into their transport in relation to each other, goods." We have got to say to A £100,000,000 road policy he did them:-"We want you to take you, as one who has lived your life, car. Well, your cars have now got who knows. your troubles, who it and I think that they are much not like. It was justified neither these because they are the best; knows your burdens, that I am not better than any others, and I be

financial they are the goods that can compete going to strike even in these dark live there is a tremendous market grounds. They had to see what was with all comers in price, quality days the pessimistic note that this pr such cars, whether produced by needed, but, in seeing what was and every other essential." To-day country is down and out. It is not you people or any of the other needed, it was essential to take a whether we like it or not, we have darn and out. Nonation has manufacturers in this country now long view us to future require got to adopt changed methods.

fought any dark periods like we that they include all the best char ments,

have fought our dark periods. Noacteristics of the American car in nation has shown courage, greater addition to the proverbial good determination, greater resolution qualities of "British-made," in the darkest period of this world's Heaven's sake go on with it, as the

market is waiting for your history.

Guglielminetti in commemoration of the pioneer work he accomplish- ed in favour of tarred roads. Near-Official Road Policy. ly thirty years ago Dr. Gugliel minetti, a Swiss citizen living in Monte Carlo, suggesed that, roads should be treated with tar to render them dusticss, and an experimental stretch of road was tarred ale Monte Carlo in 1902; the following farmed. It is curious to recall that Dr. Guglielminetti's early efforts met with opposition from raotorists, who held the view that tarred roads were slippery, that they destroyed vegetation and kiled the Sah in rivers and lakes, and further that tar was the béte noire of bodywork. The late James Gordon Bennett, who was one of the founders of the Automobile Club of France, and

year in Anti-Dust League. was

who did much for the motor move- ment by reason of his Gordon Bennett Cup, was also A very vigorous opponent of tar.

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is something wrong in the motor carriageway was from 18ft. to 21ft.industry. I was convinced. that we -only sufficient for two lines of were not suffering from a want of traffic. The new road would have brains or skill, but that we were a carriageway of 30ft. throughout, really suffering from a lack of ed and footpath would be provided ordination, a lack of people getting along the whole length of the raad. together and really making them except through Savernake Forest,

selves efficient. I said this quits where the road would not even be clearly to the motor industry; I kerbed. The average volume of said it for this reneen. There is no traffic on the section of the road industry in my judgment that offers in Wiltshire was at present estimat- greater opportunities for employ ment than the motor industry.

ed to be 3,000 tons per day, as when you remember that for every againat 200 tons per day in 1922. As regards the appearance of the one man employed directly there road, it was the intention of the shows the tremendous possibilities are two indirectly employed, it County Council" to preserve its amerities to the fullest possible and that is why I am delighted to extent. For instance, over a stretch be present to-day and ses a real of seven miles, including the Forest attempt at what I call efficient

of Savernake, only 21 trees needed

to be felled and a larger number

of new trees would be planted. The

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Reducing Dosta.

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Mr. Chairman, when you said:

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Existing Hedger would be interfered quite right, but tos after the mis with in very few places; but where take is made of assuming that to this was unavoidable a new quick reduce costs you must necessarily hedge would be planted. He was reduce wages, (Hear, hear.) What entisfied that the widening and I want to see is real efficiency, and. strengthening of the road constitut- that real efficiency can only bei ed a prudent and economic piece of brought about by the humblest in- expenditure.

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