1930-07-23 — Page 3

PARKING IN PARIS.

PRIVILEGES WITHDRAWN,

The liberty which Parisian mo- torists, have enjoyed for so many years of leaving their cars unata tended for any length of time in any of the city streets has now been withdrawn by order of the Prefect. In a central district around the Opera, the Gard St. Lazare, and the Madeleine it is not permitted to leave cars unattended between |

a.m. and noen or from 2 to 7 p.m. An inadequate number of parking stations has been provid ed," some of these being free and others calling for a, payment per hour per day, or per year, the matter being left entirely to choice of the motorist,

the

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

MOTOR NOTES

Such a chauge has not been effect | od without friction and a consider able number of protests, which do not all come from motorists, Busi ness firms, and particularly the pro- printers of fashionable tea shops, have discovered that business has dropped off now that their clients are not allowed to drive up in their cars. The attitude of most motorists is that if it is necessary to limit the length of time during ❘ which their cars can be left on the streets, a sufficient number of park ing stations should be provided, and that all these should be free.

A contract has been signed "be- In two cases already the higher tween the city and a private com-courts have decided-that-rounicipa. pany whereby the latter has the lities have no legal right to exact,

a fee from owners who leave their right to charge a certain fer for taking care of raotor vehicles on eBrs unattended on the highway, the hubic parking places. It is If Paris succeeds in maintaining sought to justify this fee by the fact that the cars are protected its paid parks, it is almost certain

that every town and village against theft, but this argument

whother fails to convince Farisian mo. throughout the country, torists, who point out that their or not it is faced with traffic con ears are usually insured against gestion, will seise on this means theft, and that for years they have of adding to its revenue.

In the meantime it must bond. been left without any guardian.

Large numbers of trade assocta-mitted that traffic congestion has tions arc protesting strongly somewhat decreased in the city against the parking fee as an ad of Faris, but this doubtless is due ditonal charge 'on the motorist. to the fact that motorists prefer. while one, body is attacking the to leave their cars at home, rather legality of the measure imposed. than to quarrel with the police.

SPEED

By GLUYAS WILLIAMS

45 MILES PER HOUR

SOUND OF OVERTAKING MOTOR-30 MILES P.M.; LET THE CYCLE BEHIND. 35 MILES P.H. OFFICER COME"

MOTORCYCLE FLASHES BY, "YOUNG MAN WITH GIRL

SITTING BEHIND · ·

45 MILES P. H.

CAR BEHIND HONKS TO PASS. 48 MILES PH.

CAR RONKS AGRIN, 55′′ MILES RH.

PASSES

WRECKED CAR IN DITCH.. 45 MILES. PH.

LOOKS AS IF IT HAD BEEN A BAD ACCIDENT. 35

MILES F.H.

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CAUTION PAYS. 25 MILES RH.

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OH WELL. 45 MILES RH.

(Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc:)

3 MODERN MOTOR-CAR | strangler: below the steering wheel are the ignition control and hand throttle. The steering wheel is thick and of cast aluminium. A

DEVELOPMENT.

COMPARISON BETWEEN A 1925 AND A 1930 CAR

Progress! Magic word. And the recent "progress of the motor car industry is proverbial. Because it is proverbial it is but seldom that we examine the facts Tet us take a limit of £300, and discover what we could purchase with it five years ago and want to-day

Obviously, it is advisable to take two cars of the same make, for it is thus more easy to compare the improvements. Cars in 1925 and 1930 produced by a firm as pro- gressive the as now what is the

difference i

disappearing luggage rack is fitted at the back. The 12-volt lighting set is efficient, and the starter operates with decision by no means too conimou an occurrence in 1925,

How does she handle out on the

road: Acceleration from 10 to 30 m.p.h. on top gear takes only eighteen seconds, and as few na twelve on second gear. The maximus in the neighbourhood of 45 m.p.h. Hill-climbing is steady if not effortless. The car is reliable, wice to drive and handle. In summary, an outstanding ex ample of British car value in 1025. For £300 we are motoring in a fuxury scarcely imaginable. at the price in 1520.

OWYAS LOUZIAMS

fiel-in short, the whole personal- ity-of the car spells Comfort.

Luxury at Low Cost, The Foominess of the body is u

point to be stressed. The car is low built and modern looking, but there is no lack of bead. roon. Hare is a machine eminently com- fortable for four or five "passeng ars, and capable of covering ground in a manner quite adequate to the needs of the majority.

Luxury is a term the meaning of which varies with different eges.. There is as much difference in mo- tor gir luxury in 1928 and in 1930 as between the hard chair, of our

Victorian ancestors and our o pleasant couches. The motorist of moderate means in "1023 was ver tainly protected from the wind and the rain, but we of 1930 re- cline in luxury in the most mo.. dern sense of the word. Literally the improverpents embodied in the last five years are almost innumer

And the 1830 six-cylinder car

costs £3 less than the 1925, four, eflinder. Value for money! This is a story of how £300 has doubled, tripled, or even "quadrupled its value of purchase; and it is story which applies to every single make of car produced to-day.

Let us imagine ourselves, in 1925, entering a showroom, with £300 in

Now we are back in 1930. Again, our pockets and wishing to drive

we have £200 to spend, and again F car away. We need a Baloon

we are entering the showroom. able,” capable of carrying four people What does the price ticket on that without overcrowding. We shall luxurious-looking model say 7 £2007 want to use the car for business Surely "someone has blundered." and on long day runs; on tour we and accidentally" written down the shall have to carry luggage, so price T the engine must be reliable, sturdy, and capable of creditable per- formance. The search is soon end- ed, for. we find a four-cylinder 10- 26 h.p. saloon, priced at £295, with push-rol operated overhead valves, a three-speed box, spiral bevel fin, al drive and lubrication by pump and trough.

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But no; £20 is the figure, and for it we are offered a roomy six cylinder 15.71 h.p. car with an

What can we say of the progress equipment which is very complete,

It includes sloping glass panels of the motor industry The his above the doors, leather upholstery, tory of modern car development is safety glass, chrgenium plating, as fantastic as a fairy story, but, adjustable sliding seats, anti-dazzle unlike fairy stories, it is hard fact: head lamps, ventilators, pile: car-

The square-looking coachbuilt body, is amply lighted by six winpets, servo-operated brakes-refine- dows, the four forward ones wind meats, indeed! On the dashboard Rubber Road Surfaces, :

In the House of Commons re- are to be found the usual switches, ing down to disappear. The rear light has a roller blind. A double panel windscreen has its upper portion adjustable. Pneumatic upholstery is a great asset, True, the spare wheel prevents the driver's door from opening very wide, but that is a minor, dis- advantage.

Equipment and Performance.

speedometer, oil gauge, and--most cently Mr. Naylor asked the Minis hole for oddments is also provided. useful--a petrol gauge. A cubbyter of Transport if he was able to etate the result of using the special experimental road surface in New As to behaviour on the roxil. The Bridge Street, London, E.Cand: three-speed box gives a maximum whether the tests imposed had been

will cruise comfortably at 10 to 50 motor vehicles. Mr. Morrison said of 55 m.p.h. on top, and the car satisfactory in regard to the pre-

vention of sideslip and skidding of.

m.p.h. On top gear "the accelera that the rubber pavement referred, tion, from 10 to 30 m.p.h., is ac

to was laid in October, 1928. Fairly extensive repairs had been found complished in sixteen seconds, and necessary; but sufficient time had

The instrument board is provid. | on second gear in eleven and three-not, elapsed to enable a definite con- ed with switches for lights and fifths seconds. The gear lever is clusion to be drawn as to its dur

ability. No special tests had been starter, an oil-pressure gauge, a convenient, and the throttle is made with regard to sideslip or speedometer, and a carburettor comfortably placed. The lock, the skidding.

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Every drop

drop tells."