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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, the 5th. April, 1924

(Being the Official Organ of the Hongkong Automobile Association),

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LOCAL MOTOR NOTES & NEWS

The question of traffic control while tyres and comfort aro

at the bottom of Garden Rondufforing. Motor cyclists speciul-

was discussed at a meeting of the ly have cause to complain.

General Committee of the Hong-

kong Automobile Association on

Tuesday, when it was considered

that the presont control arrange-

On another page of this Sup

ments are much too complicated, plement will be found a now It is hoped that, as the result of advertising feature, which wo action to be takon, the system hope will prove of bondfit to local will be very much simplified in tho motorists. There is no ronson near future, both by day and by night.

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why this Supplement, which is also the official organ of the Hongkong Automobille Associa tion, should not be more availed We have good news this wook of by motorists who have cars, for local motor cyclists, Inasmuch oyelos or accessories for sale or We are Able to announce exchange. Most of the motoring that, following the suggestion papers at Homo specialise in dis- mado at the annual mooting of playingWantand Exchangeadver the Hongkong Automobile As-Isomonte, and by so doing give sociation, a Motor Cyclo Section excellent service to motorists. In has now been formed. The fol-lordor to induce local motorists to lowing have boon appointed as avail themselves of this weekly special Sub-Committee to be in publication we have instituted a charge of the Section-Messrs. Small Advt" column, the rato J. Smith (Chairman). F. Baker, for one insertion of oach sinall

G. T. Padgett and F. C. Wellor advt. being but fifty cents. Now,

It is now up to both the Sub-if you want to exchange or sell Committee. and local motor your car or cycle you have an oyalists generally to get together appropriate medium. and formulate plans for futuro

The following have joined the activities, such as.the bolding of

longkong Automobile Associa- competitions, organising outings, etc. We understand that the Astion since January 1st. :-

Mossrs. John Arnold

sociation will vory readily assist in every way possible to make the Sention a live and interesting one. There are now over 500 motor oyclists in Hongkong and it should.be possible to enlist tho active sympathies of them all..

Quits a large number of Badges of the local Association have boon applied for recently, but there are still a good many members who have not made application. Bad- ges may be had of the Honorary Secretary of the Association, Mr. Paul M. Hodgson, of the Union Insurance Society of Canton.

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Many members of the H.K,A‚‚ have recently loft for Home and have taken with thom lottors of introduction to the Royal Auto- mobile Club, of London. This famous Club has issued an invita tion to mombors of the Hongkong Association to become Honorary J mofabers during the period of the British Empire Exhibition--a privilege which has been very readily taken advantage of.

Ong hasilatos to complain of the condition of the road around the island, lost it be thought that anch complaint is but the grun

"grouser." blings of a confirmed

A. J. Allison

J. W. M. Brown N. S. Brown Capt. F. L. Brown F. Baker J. J. Basto

C.-H. Baxto

D. Jagless

Chong Kwang-sing

S. J. Clarke

A. 8. D. Cousland

R. Earnshaw

W. A. Eustace

B. D. Evann

F. J. Figueredo A. Gascon

D. M. Goodall

A. A. Gutorres

F. C. Hall

Andrew Harper

Hu Quan-shun

M. B. King

Dr. W. V. M. Koch".

. Lani Wing-yau

Loung Chak-tsun

Lau Yick-chouk

E. W. Lowie

R. T. Mathesoni A. H. Mason

B. E. Maughan. J. Morris

H. E. Parkinson

C. L. Pub

Poon Chung-i

R. Pestonji

F. X.d'Almada Remedios

F. J. de Rome

P. O, da Rozu.

A. W. da Rozu

G. R. Sayor

A. Samy

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A. L. Shields

F. M. J. Souras

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TESTING A ROADWAY.

Columbia

Copyright, Harris & Ewing

Here is shown a roadway undergoing a test by the engineers of the University of Maryland and the U. S. Buroau of Public Roads. It is between Baltimore and Washing- ton. A platform is sot into the road, reeting on two conorete walle and connected to a recording apparatus by a hose of water. Aa a motor car passos over it, the weight of both front and rear axles are recorded. Thus road engineers can keep track of the amount and degree of traffic on the road and note accordingly how it is wearing.

FUTURE CARS.

Forecasts of New

Designs.

Chicago, February 10th.-A car which never have carbon, and raroly need a change of oil, one- third lighter than to-day's cars, with-new-body-linos, was forcast by Charles F. Kattoring recently in an address to dealers at the Chicago motor show,

operate better with present day fuel, to say nothing of the changer which are possible when same of the newer fuels which

FABRIC MOTOR BODIES.

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Cotton.

are now in the process of com- Being Made of Canvas and rust mercial development are mado universal. I believe that a third of the weight can be cu' out of the present day cars.

New York-The fabric body is now recognized as an important "We can manufacture motor development in the motor car oars that will never have carbon body field. In Europe as well as in them; and we cati build cars in this country, the fabrio body is so that motorists will not have attracting attention. It was a to drain the oil out exceptionco feature of the recent Paris salon la voar."

and has been adopted by several And the dealers put faith in the "BIG BODY CHANGES BOON." prominent British manufacturore forecast. They know this man Mr. Kottering said he looked of high grade care, including the

Daimler, Kettering had started as a college forward to great ohanges in clos-Sunbeam,

Talbot, teacher and heon drawn into the ed body design, because, after a Singer, Triumph and Rover. motor business because of the pos-long struggle, we had finally bo- Liglitness, durability sibilitics of applying his koon gun to get away from the top economy in construction scientific interest thoro. He now buggy and its side curtains. The claimed for them. The new type is head of the General Motor Ro- bow top and the celluloid side has the great advantage of requir search Corporation, where now curtains are becoming things of ing a comparatively small inveat- motor ideas are conceived and the past through the advent of mant for machinery; labour cost is tosted.

the convertible type closed car, also lower. This will enable the We shall have this wonderful which is now in the first stages car manufacturor to bring out his Car of the futuro." Mr. Kettering of development. Foreign closed models at a price that will said, "because we have learned manufacturers, he said, already appeal to a larger public than at to wish for the unreasonable, and had perfectod several almost present..

then go out and make it.

its

and

are

ideal convertible typo bodies that The fabric body in Europe is

Baon

It

"At the research laboratories could be turned weathertight built on what is called, after its wo just take the motor car all sedan; but these were built with- originator, the Way maun system. apart and lay it on the table, so to out regard to price. Adapting It is an extremely light body, spouk, and then we ask ourselves: those types to car production me- with wooden frame members that "What is wrong with this thing?" thoda is one of the problems that do not touch each other, but aro And to make the problem rela- he believed would

be joined by metal plates. There are tively simple wo simply write solved.

no longitudinal sills, and the beats Now things are on the way and floor board rost directly on down that overything is wrong with it-that nothing is right in tyres," he assorted." and the the chassis, so that the body sup-

question of whether or not they ports only its own weight. about it at all.

Take bearings, for instance, are right is now being discussed; consists of a light frame over I do not mean ball bearing or if they are right they will which the fabric is stralchiod.

The American fabric, body on rollor bearings, because they have result in an entire To-design of boon brought to a pretty good the chassis and construction of the Childs system, is far. mora state of development, but plain the whole motor car. Such carsubstantial. It has the convon- bearings. Why should we have will permit a type of springing tional wood frame conalruction, Surg, Livut--Com. Fitz-to-oil a spring shackle' bearing? and give an ease of control over with the addition of a few thin It does not turn around. Of rough roads that has not yet boonlight strainers where pane! contours are required. Instead course, everyone will tell you known.

I am not willing today to say of the customary wood or metal that you have to oll a boaring-i aven.can be proved.

that balloon tyres are a success panels galvanized wire is stratch- "Experiments at our labora- at all, because they are too newed over the frame, upon which is New members joining will be tories indicato it is possible to yet. They may be perfectly all placed, two layers of cotton wadd. announced weekly in this Sup-develop bearings. Which under right as they are, but I knowing, which are tensioned into the leaving it plomont. Application forms for many conditions of service will that the use of balloon tyros on wireby stretching over them tight- in improved condition workmen membership may be had of the for thousands of hours the present day car will produce ly a No. 10 canvas. This provides have lekod outdozens of patchos Hon. Bacretary, Mr. P. Mithout tho.

addition of any only 10 por cont, of what is pose a strong but flexible panel over all the way round and havo left Hodgson, Union Building. lubricant other than that aaod sible if the whole cat is designed which is stretched the leather

when the bouring was installed. with the idea that it is going to cloth:

"We have produced certain rido on balloon tyres."

* atorial which can be added to

But the condition of the road Just now is such as to convincs! that our Public Works Dopart mont sometimes works in truly wondrous' way. With the laudablo object of improving the condition of the road and taking cut many of tho bumps and ..pot- holos, workmon have recently bron busy in picking largo patchos. But instead of ploking one bad stretch, relaying it and thion tarring. "It.

them rough Patches of loose

stones and earth are therefore,

mot with nearly every fow

ory Williams, R. N.

P. PJ.

Wodehouse,

C. 1. E.

„Young Shuk-ping.

hundred yards... Buroly it would In connection with the motor

Bevoral body buildors are pro- ducing bodies on the Childs sys- tom and it is assorted that over bo batter to have complete regymkhana which was to have gasolino that wil entirely change

Australia is again attempting three thousand Jobs pro now in pairing gangs at work (aapably boon hold in Novembor and which, the nature of the combustion

All-course of construction. "of digging, ro-laying and tarring) after several postponements, had that takes place in the cylinder, to place on the market an

of this now] Australia' automobile. Ite than to allow one gang to go to be abandoned, we are asked to and by the uBC ahead, and pook up all the bad call attention to the fact that material we absolutely eliminato unusual features include an ongine located midway between bits they can find leaving another several of those who entered have the knook from motars. gang to follow later, (and it ap not collected the return of their Motors with new types of the front and roar whools, chain, pears to be considerably later) entrance fees. They should call cooling systems are coming, with drive to the rear end, an entire And do the finishing off. There on Mr. PM. Hodgson, Union now valvos, gears, now carbure absence of frame and a body con- mist be dokons of patches await Building, who will be pleased, tootar things, which make them sown together.

tors and a thousand and one structed of ply wood glued and fog Hnal treatment and mein" make the rofands'

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Few motorists realise it, but a slipping fan bolt never should be neglected. Often it is the Indirect cause of greater trobulds, such a losky valves. The engine OVOR hoals, and the valves w

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