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$74,000 is car-narked for the Ta Mang development. There can be a gainsaying the fact that the road out of the town at the easterly end has been and still is

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, 17th October, 1925.

Being the Oficial Organ of the Hongkong Automobile Assortation).

old.days, upon the vagaries of wind and tide. One of the chief foctors which has made this pro- gross possible has boon the in- troduction of the overhead valve design of marine motor, a typical example of which one may make mention being those of tho Ailsa Craig Motor Co. of London. Small but Powerful.

a din as possible, the boycott has pushed into the hacks marine sporting events may be perfectly clear, and round at least one further desir

able improvement.

Repulse Bay.

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THE PLAIN MAN AND HIS CAR.

I-UNITS OF THE CAR.

(By P. W. F. Mills.

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(1 The power unit and its accobsorios..

(2) the transmission,

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Cars are built up of components. Į the Ford and some of the amal This modern type of ongine,The car as a whole consists of cycle-cars) these accessory unsit owing to its greater efficiency, important mechanical units which usually take a form in which they and because of the much higher in their turn contain accessory may explicitly be referred to as Besides the two units just dis- anism may conveniently effective pressure directly on the units. The complete ear mech-clutch and gear box. in a shockingly. ad condition. pistons, enables a smaller engine divided into the following main cussed there are two units which it is clearly desirable and usually ly essential, but we call Through Bay View and on to be employed, power for power, elements: agine them being more through Quarry Bay the way of than in the case of older types.

considered necessary to embody in the transmission. These are, abused than they are in the notorist has been hard, and It has been found an ideal engine

'universal joints" and a "differ- ony. The other day we it will be money well spent to for auxiliary work in sailing

ential gear". The first nained he reniark passed that the

(3) running gear" and adaptable reduction Hongkong was nothing speed up the work of improve-craft, particularly with the in-

(4) the control system. supply the flexibility, without ment. The sum set aside for the geniously ompared with that of Lon-maintenance of the Colony's ex-gear, in which the Ailsa Craig Co.

All parts of a car coming under loss of rotary motion, which it is much valuable. f such comparison is about fisting roads is a little lower than have done so

running gear", necessary to secure in a trans- the heading of ght of absurdity. Even in that voted in former years, but it pioneer work, permitting a large that is wheels and their bearings, mission line running practically ent Metropolis residents will be the fervent hope of diameter slow running propeller springs, brakes, etc., are essential, the entire length of the car, ind a reasonably quiet motorists generally that, in a to be used.

whether the car be power propel-having regard to vertical move- urhood in which to live, year of oconomy, no marked de-Motor Boats, in Hongkong led or not, and this applies mont of the road" wheels relative re in Hongkong, it hus luterioration of our main roads

It is really surprising that equally to certain control units, to the power unit when the car ambered that the only rewill be permitted. The stronthon-Hongkong does not possess more as, for instance, the steering gear suspension springs are compross- hotels are situated on ing of the main roads of Kowloon enthusiasts for private motor and brakes. The addition of a ed as the car rides over inequali thoroughfares which are has been put back into the boating. There are countless trips power unit and transmission, with ties in the road surface. The 'differential" gives to each road ntly used by motor, cars, nebulous future and from that, it which can be made, and from a their controls, completes the car

propelled motor wheel the power to rotate faster hose hotels cater in the can almost certainly he presum health point of view, there is as a power

or slower than its companion for permanent residentsed that the Government is not

sleep is disturbed night going to worry just yet about probably no other form of pleasure vehicle..

A car must possess some means whool, the average speed of the as beneficial. Speed boats amply night by this nuisance changing the motor bus service. cater for those who prefer the of transmitting power from the two wheels remaining unchanged. appears to be quite a con- The strengthening of the roads spice of excitement, and yet this power unit to the road wheels, Experiments now in progress in ble amount of motor traffic on the hours of midnight was to have been the preliminary pastime which is so popular in but, as will be seen, the type of Europe seem to point to the ad-

step to the inauguration of i a. There would be no motor bus service more on the other parts of the world, is sadly transmission adopted has been vantage of taking the "drive néglacted here. Maybe, now that forced upon designers solely by from the power unit to the front objection to this, but for the lines of those in operation at such famous motor craft as those the peculiaritios of the internal wheels rather than, as in present hat most drivers appear to Home-a service of larger and bearing the name of Ailsa Craig, combustion engine, which in the practice, to the rear wheels," and der the impression that they better buses running to a proper can be purchased locally, we shail early days of motoring proved so it has long been accepted that peed along to their heart's schedule. Thus, the strike and nt, providing they create as

types of power unit that its The problem, therefore, is to much more satisfactory than other drive to one wheel only is useless. obvious disadvantages were met transmit the power to two wheels by the development of what the centros of which are separat- of ed by the "track" dimensions of novel type thop 12 transmission; The functioning the car in such a way that when of the car type of internal com-the car is negotiating curves, and bustion engine will be fully des- the wheel an the outside of the how many people have heard of Motor coaching is very popular cribed in its own place. but it is curve has a greater distance to ivers must be taught the "seratehing the mast." Yet, on in England, and great strides have appropriate to the present discus-cover than the, inside wheel, the rence between communsonse the other hand, who does not been made of late by the motorsion to touch on the special transmission itself will automati- idioes, and doubtless the know the meaning of whistling manufacturers in the design of properties of those engines as cally compensate" the driving effective system of impart for the wind," As a 'matters of coaches. According to Meter compared with other possible force transmitted to each wheel to knowledge, fact, They are synonymous ex-Transport the general tendency power units which necessitate the allow for the required difference ld be a series of stiff fines. pressions which, fortunately, have is to provide lighter and more embodiment in the transmission in their respective spoeds. The of two most important accessory prohiem is solved in the simplest! of the native drivers may not now the same significance as comfortable cars the outward ap units, the clutch and the gear possible manner in fact the

With former days. upid, but they will no doubtin

the pearance of which resembles that e apt pupils as soon as their wonderful advance in the design of large touring cars. The major-box. A car propelled by a steam difficulty often experienced by kets are affected. Until some of motor engines for, marine ity of those couches run on pneu-eagine or an electric motor does car students in understanding is as frequently as not attribut- on is taken, there will not be purposes during the last few matic tyres and are fitted with not require a gear box or a clutch. the operation of the "differential" improvement in Hongkong's years there is no need for even all-weather bodies very desir. Steam or current is "turned on y nights,

the smallest sailing yacht to be able provision in the English and the engine or motor com-able to their never having had an monces to propel the car. The opportunity of observing a differ- so entirely dependent, as in theelmate.

load upon the power unit is clear-ential goar in its simiest possible ly greatest in starting from rast form. It will be of advantage lator and hill climbing. Under these to make the working quite clear. The main units and their ac- conditions a steam engine is able to exploit fully the expansive cossory units have so far been properties of steam, and an cloc considered only in the most tric motor operates to advantage general way." They have been because the load forces the armia enumerated and their connection' ture shaft to rotate at a low speed with the parent unit or the car as back E.M.F." a whole pointed out. It has been and the small generated at that speed offers seen that the whole of the little resistance to the supply ning goar" and a portion of the which saturates the car's control system is necessary current,

and

the for, the mere running of the car produces windings

vehicle.. Also that maximum electro-magnetic effect. as The power of an internal combus whereas certain unite of the tion engine, cannot be applied transmission are included" in the In design for what niay be called quite in this simple manner.

CLT reasons certain others owe

hese annoying illots must

on the horn, or raise ear-Whistling for the wind. ing screcebes on the electric

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papils,

the necessary

t Temporary Bridge.

Connection with the gems

n1 recently voiced in this mn regarding the closing of! Taipo Roud because of the Bge near the Taipo Causeway ng washed away it is interest- to state that when the Shang- bowlers wore entertained at po on Sunday, a very large ty of motorists were allowed bass over the temporary bridge. dre was no mishap-in fact temporary bridge is a very bstantial and safe affair and ght well be opened for general ffic, which on this road is ver more than an occasional

vehicle. The easure

only ssible justificati on there might for keeping the temporary idgo closed is that its uso would torfere with the work of erect- g the new permanent one, and this does not appear to be the se and as the bridge is quite fe, we suggest that the closure striction be lifted. This is the ason when Fahling is "woll atronised and the oponing of the ould constitute a welcome con- bution.

Load Maintenance,

As was pointed out in the Tete- ruph on Tuesday last, the Go- erminoni plans to spend some- hing over $1,300,000 on roads oxt year, over $1,000,000 of vhich is under the heading of Roads Extraordinary. The most mportant scheme is that of im- proving the road from Causeway Bay to North Point, for which $150,000 has been provided. Tho Bum of $85,000, has been estimat- ed for the work of improving the coad through Quarry Bay, whilst

There are many well-known quaint sayings attribute seafaring folk" but one wonders

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ADVANCE IN MOTOR COACH DESIGN.

HONGKONG'S PARKING PROBLEM.

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The above photo, taken from the Offices of the Canadian National Railways, shows the new parking system adopted in Hongkong. It will be noticed that with motor cars being placed directly across the street that there is not much room for a large car to take up position or to leave the stand without con- siderable- manoeuvering. If cars were arranged at an angle, much trouble would be saved, in that all cars would be able to drive either directly on or off the stand without causing obtruc- tion during the time taken up by goar changing; backing and' forwarding. (Photo Mos Cheung.)

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the first place the engine is not

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self-starting, which means to say their inclusion to ongino" can that until it has been started no sidératione. connection with the load can be

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Little has been said about the made. In the second place its power unit except in so far as the turning movement is more spasmost important points in which modie and less "intenso", so that it differs from possible alterna. unless it is permitted to rotate at tives affect the whole lay-out of a comparatively high speed the the transmission and involve the power transmitted to the road two main difficulties met by whools is not sufficient to over-learnors, use of the clutch and come the inortia of the heavier gear changing. The power unit starting and hill climbing loads. naturally claims its own section Thus two accessory units in the of the control system, but it may transmission are essential-bo said to form, with its own ac- moans +of disconnecting cosaory units, a self-contained As a matter the portion of the cur. the power unit from transmission with the possibility of. fact modern praction is in- of gradual re-engagement and a creasingly in favour of consider- modna of varying at will the me-ing tho clutch and gear box as an chanionl leverage botween power integral part of the engine unit, unit and road wheels. As vory but for presont purposes it is not fow atcam" Or electrically intended to so regard thom. driven curs are made it is gonor. When the main and accessory ally true to say that all cars units set out at the beginning of possess in their tronamission this article have been dealt with unite these two accessory units, the overlapping of the divisions and (leaving out of consideration found in varying types of chassis such special designs as those of will be considered.

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