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MOTORING

SUPPLEMENT

OF

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, 17th. April, 1926.

Being the Official Orgun of the Hongkony Automobile Association),

CURRENT

COMMENT

"Drive Carefully.

because it is extremely risky to allow large quantities of water to Now that there is a high hoard-fall on and around the engine. ing round the Pedder Street-Des The average bonnet flaps pormit Voeux Road cornor of the Hong-a lot of rain water to get in, kong hotel there ought to be more especially during tropical down- caro than one generally witnesses pours, and it streams on to and exorcised by motor drivers turning sizzles" on the engine top, heari into Pod ur Street, and the police- to spark plugs and wires, it is men on traffic regulation duty at liable to run all over the magneto the spot ought to be instructed to and also to get into the carbur stop offenders and warn them to retor. The other afternoon an proceed at a slower pace. On owner-driver, caught out in one Thursday morning we witnessed of the showers, had a long forced A car, which had come along Des wait all because his car's bonnét Voeux Road from the westerly was of the extra leaky kind. A direction, turn quickly round the waterproof capo is a good, and tramway standard to get into almost necessary. investment] Pedder Street, and the car was phoso days.

proceeding so quickly that it was

Impossible for the driver to make The New Bus Service.

a bug-like turn and it was by the

narrowest possible margin that ho

The new bus service which

missed crashing into the corner serves the Caine Road district of the hoarding and, more im- will prove of grout benefit to i portant, knocking down a Chinese people who hitherto have had to pedestrian who was walking close rely on ricksbas for transporta- up to the side of the hoarding. tion, Several important institu- The car was, as it so happens, tions, including the University Government Civil pulled up in time but the traffic and the

officer who must have seen the Hospital, are now brought within incident took no steps to waru the comfortable reach of the city, driver, a Chinese, that he ought while the desirability of the Pok-! to tako that swing a little slower. fulam locality as a residential district, receives greater support Road Obstruction.'

by the solving of the transport And

the whilst talking about problem which has been Pedder Street, there are no stumbling block in the past.

bouquets to be handed out to our Driving Tuition. P. W. D. for the tardy imanner in

which they have been carrying The suggestion put forward by out the work of laying the biga, correspondent that the Auto water mains across the Queen's Dobile Association 'should con- Road entrance. The nature of the sider the question of providing work might necessarily provent driving tuition for those who uniduo haste, but it has been desire it, sems to be quite a good Without doubt there are patent, ovon to the most un- one. technical observer, that the work people who would take advantage" could have been done much more of such a facility, which should quickly if there had been a little assist in swelling the ranks of more concentration of effort. Now motorists who have already joined that the heavy rains of the past the Association.

few days have prevented outdoor Home Licences. work it looks as though Pedder

Street is going to be closed to Returns issued by the Ministar through traffic for some little time of Transport of Great Britain to come. If there had been a pro-show the number of motor perly organised effort, the work licences issued from December 1, could have boop completed while 1924, to Noveinber 30,, 1925, and the weather was still fine.

A Good Investment..

It's a wise owner who provides a mackintosh coverfor his bonnet

in these days of heavy rainfall,

AUTONDE

JOIN

the tax collected in that period in Great Britain, as returned by the Jocul authorities, together with the aggregate number of liconces: curront on November 30, 1925.1

theso returns amount to £17,233,-

SEGRAVE BREAKS THE WORLD'S RECORD WITH SUNBEAM CAR

Major H. O. D. Segrave broke the world's record for the "flying" kilometre with his 33 h.p. 4 litre motor car on Southport sands. His time was 14.387 seconds or 152308 mb.p. Top photo shows Major Segrave speeding along the sands. The lower one shows him chatting with Mrs Sograve and the Earl of Cottenham before the test.

CEYLON MOTORISTS.

AUTOMOBILE CLUB'S ANNUAL MEETING.

of the fact that n whole time Secretary with an adéquate staff was appointed during the year under report,

CORRESPONE ENCE..

Sir, I should like to make a The Chairman in moving the suggestion through the medium adoption of the report dwelt at of your newspaper, that the The twenty-first annual general length on the work done by the H.K.A.A. arrange for driving The total gross receipts shown in meeting of the Automobile Club Club during fin eventul year. He tuition for residents who, although 238. Rebates allowed in respect of Ceylon was recently held at the mentioned with pride that the not yet owning a car, propose to of pro-1913 onginos in the period Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo, A. C. C. devoted a great deal of purchase, one when Home on amount approximatoly to £130, and was presided over by Col. interest to the improvement of leave and bring it back with them 1000. Approximately £133,000 Higginson. The annual report for traffic conditions, irrespective of when they return.

I anticipate adopting this pro- was refunded in respect of the the year 1925 stated that the total the fact that all motorists, whether surrender of 21,872 licences under membership of the Club was near-members or not, benefitted by ccdure myself, but the only fly the Finance Act, 1924, and the ly 1.200 ns against 994 during the these activities and that work was in the ointment is that a certain Aamount of time will necessarily gross receipts are subject to fur- preceding year. The year under being actively carried on. ther adjustments as regards other review marked definite results of great advance in that direction in be wasted when I arrive in Eng- funds.

much hard work and thought and the encouragement of really good land, if I am unable to drive. Interesting Figures.

put the Club in a position to carry drivers was being attempted by In any case I should like to carry on its work more efficiently in the the scheme for registration of the Hongkong Association's in- Tho total number of motor future. To ensure proper con-members' motor drivers and he troduction with me, although I motorista will should find myself in a somewhat THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILA vehicles, excluding tramcars and sideration of all local questions hoped that

trado licences, in respect of and the collection and distribu- immensely benefit by It. The re-ambiguous position taking a car which licences were currant on tion of local information, a system port together with the audited over which I could not drive. November 30, 1925, may be of local representatives was statement of accounts for, 1925- ta kon as 1,410,000, including organised and members have was then adopted unanimously. 566,000 care taxod on horse- agreed to co-operate in that work. power; 491,000 cycles; 232,000 It was the ambition of the com- commercial goods vehicles; and mittee to provide every district | 84,000. motor hackneys. The with a representative who could average receipt in respect of a keep all members in close touch whole-year licence was, for cars with

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Frea Legal Advice.

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All Communications for Membership, etc. to MR. P. M. HODGSON, Hon. Secretary,

Bank of China Building.

AN OXFORD CARI

Head-Quarters for the A farmer liad come a long way! taxed on horse-power, £15 8s.mutual benefit of all. Every from his farm to the little dorp in for cycles, £2 138. 6d.; for com-assistance was given to members wet weather, says an African paper, mercial goods vehicles, £21 1s. for touring in Europe. The and some one inquired how he had 6d.; and for motor hackneys, unique privileges accorded to managed it.. £31 95.

A woman motorist claims that she has dono 100 miles an hour

members of the A.C.C. of tem- porary membership were exten- sively used and a number of letters were received recording the. appreciation of members of the kindness accorded to them by the

"Oh, by my motor car." "What kind of a car have you?"

"An Oxford."

"But you never had an Oxford before."

"Come, I'll show you,

Probably there are others in the Colony who would welcome such a facility.

Thanking you in anticipation of this letter appearing in your Motor Supplement,

Yours etc. R.F.T. Hongkong, 14th April,"

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SELLS HERSELF OWN CAR.

WARNINGS A HELP..

Although there were 76,768 per-

A Pueblo (Colo.) girl who owned sons arrested "and tried in Call- fornia last year for violations of an automobile had the unusual ex- the state motor vehicle act, prad-parfence of selling the automobile many motorists into herself. She was adopted and |tically as

southern California alone were her name was legally changed. In saved from arrest through timely

ed, which had its beginning in a warnings. These friendly warn order to hold title to the machine No wonder the gloomy deans are | R.A.C. whilst in Great Britain

The interested inquirer follow blacksmith shop: started by Robert lugs, it is believed, prevented the he had to transfer it by sale to complaining that the modern and Ireland. The financial post-ing him was shown a Ford drawn McLaughlin at Entiskillon, Ont., motor law arrests for 1925 rising herself from her old name to her

tion of the Club was sound in spite by four oxen-Boston Transcript, in 1870.

to high mark,

woman is too fast.

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