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MOTORING

SUPPLEMENT

OF

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, 12th. February. 1926.

· Being The Official Organ of the Hougkong Automobile Association).

Healthy Recreation,

CURRENT

COMMENT

Traffic Authorities would say that it is up to the public, to Lient.-Col. Ashley, the Min-report such people, but, after all, ister of Transport, speaking at the ordinary citizen does not Bournemouth, said the mechani want to be involved in Polico cal development of the traffic on Court proceedings. At the same the roads was in many ways time, he has a right to expect changing profoundly the charac-that action be taken in the pro ter of all classes. The omnibus, per quarter to stop any public "the motor coach and the car gave practice which endangers public

opportunities for healthy rocrea-safety. tion, und for business cxtensions unknown, not merely to fathers, but to ourselves twenty years ago.

Astonishing Increase.”

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our The Tropical Rover.

In view of the report published last week that the Rover Motor Car has won the Dewar Trophy, it is interesting to hour that the Although the number of vehi-particular model in question, eles on the roads in the British known as the "Rover 14/45 h.p. Isles are increasing at the aston-Model," was specially designed ishing rats of lover 4,000 per as the result of one of the Com- week, and taking into considera-pany's engineers spending three tion the extraordinary number of years out in the East, studying passenger journeys of those vehi-the requirements of the many new cles, Col. Ashley did not think markets for the automobile. The the numbers of accidents had result of the unusually stiff trial, increased on the same ratio. He which won the coveted trophy, hoped in his period of office to would appear to thoroughly introduce such amendments to justify the time and trouble taken the law about motors, as would to evolve this car. Fifty con- bring it up-to-date and extend secutive runs up and down the and improve it both as regarde longest and steepest mountain roadways and motor care.

pass at all practical to motor vehicles in Great Britain, is with- out doubt an outstanding achieve- While the overwhelming ma- ment, and Rover Company are to jority of motorists were anxious be congratulated upon producing to avoid, risks, there was, un-such an energetic little machine. doubtedly a rookless minority Hongkong motorists will shortly who drove dangerously, said Col. have an opportunity of testing Ashley. Thedo drivers wore the claims put forward, for a de-! mostly very clever, and it was monstrating model is due to obvious they could pass any arrive tothe order of the Hong- driving test with flying colours. kong and Kowloon Taxi Cab Com- He was afraid that instances of pany, Ltd. risky and discourteous driving

Exciting Admiration!

wore too often displayed by. high Philippine Road Extension. powered cars in the hands of

The

THROUGH THE HEART OF AFRICA.

With the Churt Treatt motor-car expedition across Africa from the Cape to Cairo. One of the cars being forried across a river in Southern Soudan with the help of natives.

SO IRRITATING.

Two Rolls Royces rested side by, side in St. James's Square. Suddenly one of them twitched violently and shook a wing

"What's the trouble?" said the

COMFORT IN CARS.

COMING OF PNEUMATIC UTBOLSTERY.

over irre- Passenger comfort gular roads is important, to motorists. Even in the days when locomotion of cars was, a great wits a

"I think I must have got one of uncertainty, "comfort"

strong selling point. It is in-i

Many Hongkong residents who experts, and by motor, cycles have spent holidays in whose drivers exhibited such Philippling Islands know of the skill in threading their way beautiful scenic motor road whicle other, through traffic, and saving their runs from Manila to Baguio, and lives by inches, that they excised they will be interested to hear our admiration in spite of the that there is a big scheme afoot those Austin Sevens on me some-teresting to note that motoring fright they gave us.

for connecting up Manila with where."--Daily Graphic......... the other principal towns of Rizal Road Safety.

province. The project is sponsor- "We are afraid that our idea of od by the Governor of the pro- admiration rather conflicts with vince

and he proposes

WHITE LINES.

MAERIAL TO RESIST WEAR.

At the busy Wellington Street corner of the Strand, the London County Council have made an ex- periment which will be watched with interest. As soon as white lines were inaugurated it was ap- parent that some wear resisting material must be found for use. Paintwork was obviously too short lived, and constant renewal was inconvenient and costly.

The new material is fire-clay, and the lines are made up of a series of "dota. The dots them- selves are the heads of pins of fire-clay each nearly an inch in tinmeter. These pins are let into wood blocks with the head of the pin level with the surface of the road.

The very dirty weather, when the surface of the road was cover- ed with a film of mud was an ex- cellent testing time, and reports say the results obtained were ex- cellent. The visibility of the dotted lines was much better than the painted lines which under the wear and tear of the very heavy traffic, became blurred and not exactly distinguishable.

The new material resists wear and seems to have found such favour that its use may be extend- ed in many directions.

In making out lines and setting out instructiona auch as "Stop." "Turn Left," etc.. the disturbance to the road surface is quite small, and the ease with which the neces- sary work may be done is an addi- tional recommendation.

Of course in the Strand, there is not a lot of traffic by heavy vehicles with iron tyres, or many traction engines and trailers with metal wheels, so there is no test of resistance to the kind of vehicles which does more than harm to the roads than all the, pneumatic tyre motors combined.

UNSQUEAKABLE JOY:

made little headway until the ad-

The motorist who wishing to vent of the pneumatic tyre. dispose of his motor-car, coiched This was followed by improve-his offer in the following terms: ments in chassis suspension and "For sale. Rotling good rar. the by the miniature little railway-in upholstery. Shock absorbers Sound in every part," must have that of the Minister of Transport construction of a road connecting a railway which, at the moment, and rebound damper then added been endowed with wisdom as when the question of road safety Callo Velasquez, Tondo with lies carefully placed on the top of their quota to comfort, Then well as wit. After all, when is taken into account. A motorist Navotas, Rizal, by way of Balot and to the side of the motor road. followed balloon tyres with fur-rattles and squeaks encompass a may be clever, but the public island, to facilitate commerce The new steeplechase course to ther improvements in spring sus-motorist round and about his highway is not the place to between Manila and Rizal pro- be used by the Fanling Hunt on pension.

wisest plan will be to get rid of it. demonstrate cleverness when it rince. According to the proposal Monday is admirably served by The latest development in the This may be unpractical, but will amounts to nothing short of reck the city shall donate lands the highway.

quest for road-shock insulation save him and his passengers many lessness. The clever driver too necessary for the constrution of

pneumatic, upholstery. It is not anxious moments. often forgets that other road the road from the northern end of A Growing Service..

seen on many cam yet, but its usore are not endowed with his Calle Velasquez to the northern

The growth of the passenger day is on the horizon. The "Sia Bense of finesse and no matter point of Balot island; and the how calm and collected he keepa provincial government of Rizal motor car service between Unger is an example which can be

Long and Shamshulpa and seen in Hongkong. when speeding, he cannot control will defray all expenses for con-Yaumati bas been one of the out- the action of a "nervy" driver struction. The city also shall con- standing features of motor traffic who may lose his head on account struct and maintain a concrete in the New Territories during the of a spood, fiend suddenly rushing bridge over the Estero de Vitas. round a corner towards him. To In addition to being a valuable Past few months. There is quite our way of thinking, the clover work from the commercial standa large fleet of five-seater cars, driver is the man who knows point, the proposal would add ranging from Fords

to much higher-class machines, in opera- whon to 'let his machine out"; considerably to the motorways tion by Chinese interests, and the but who refrains from doing so of the Philippines.

when his road is not absolutely The Road to Shataukok. olear.

Garden Road Speeding.

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He: "May I kiss your band?"

"I can remove my veil Sho: more easily than my glove."-- London Mail, London.

What does a silky, silent engine profit a man under such condi- tiona? And yet, looking serious- ly at the matter, a "rattling good car" is frequently the owner's own legacy. There are squeaks and other audible sounds which some- times cannot be exterminated without alterations and expense. I have known such instances-to- occur on expensive cars whose body construction left much to be desired; but, as a rule, it is lack of immediate attention on the part of the owner which results in the rattles and squeaks be coming.so overwhelming in num- ber, pitch and tone that motoring becomes worse than an unsuitable seat at an organ recital.

MAKES TITRE TESTS.

Chinose of those parts of the New Torritorios which are not served by the railway line can now come Last week and we had the into the urban centres for shop- pleasure of a motor ride downping, etc., at fairly cheap rates, Rookloss disregard for safety is the new road which has been and in excellent time. Tenders becoming more and more notice- made from Fanling to Shataukok, have been called for a motor bus able on Garden Road, and it is and, although the road does not service for this route, and, certainly time that one or two yot go all the way to the latter although it is only right and examples were made of both car place, there is a very considera-proper

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passenger drivers and motor oyclists. One ble stretch of really excellent carrying service should be particularly notorious example is roadway.

controlled, it Practically straight properly a youth on a motor cycle, whom and almost flat, the road passes open to question whether any wo have seen on several occasions] through some vory well worked motor bus service can provide a speeding down past the lower farming country, and the district cheaper, quicker or less road-

Most of the larga- tyre com- Peak tram station at anything is picturesque and interosting.wearing service than is now in

panies now use the resiliometer from 20 to 30 m.p.h. One of these The road bas certainly boon woll operation by private Chinese in-

a machine which tosta tyres to days he is almost certain to moot mado it is free from irritating torosts. The jitnoys" are in-

Trucks are coming into wide check the tread wear. The real with disaster. The only concern bumps and has a good finished clined to overload and the drivers we have is for the pedestrian, or surface. When completed it will are not always so careful as they use as the most important tran-liometre fa a machine which holde other road users, who may be afford Shetaukok and the adjac might be, but that is the worse sportation agency. They are en-mounted tyres. The tyre is run called upon to suffer as a result ons district much better and that can be said against them and toring fields which used to be against a sandpaper surface until of this hair-brained individual's handier communication with the we fear, that very much less will monopolized entirely by the rail- the trend is worn off and the tyre

definitely falls. crass stupidity. Possibly the outside world than was provided not be said about any successors, roads.

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TRUCKS POPULAR.

70-80 SWIFT MILES PER GALLON.

10,000, to 12,000 miles on a pair of inexpensive tires- 800 miles to the gallon of oil.

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WANTS UNIFORM LAW.

BOOTS FROM TYRES.

A uniform law in all 48 states, A tyre shop in Little Rock, imposing 850 fines and revoking Ark, has installed a boot factory the licenses of motorists who to make boots from old tyres.. drive recklessly over railroad-The shop found that the factorý grade crossings, has been proposed would be the best outlet for the by the American Railway Asso- large number of valueless' tyres ciation.

which it had on hand,