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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

ANNOUNCEMENT

The Model "Q" Sports de Luxe

TRIUMPH

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SATURDAY, AUGUST

1926.

FORD EVOLUTION.

TRAFFIC CONTROL.

TATTERED CATALOGUE

TELLS A TALE

AMERICAN EXPERT ON.

· MODERN PROBLEMS.

A worn and tattered Ford car Mr. Walton Schmidt, of tho Catalogue bearing the date of National Automobile Chamber of 1908, now in the archivos of the Commerce of Amerion, had some Ford Motor Company, is an im-interesting things to say in pressive piece of literaturo. Not Rangoon on motor traffic and the only does it graphically illustrate attending problems; the up-to- tho infant stage of the industry, date methods that have been but it also furnishes some in-adopted by his Chamber of Com- foresting comparisons with a morce in conjunction with the number of features of automotive Australian Automobile Indus- engineering ofton quoted as now tries, and the British Association developinghts.

of Molor Trades and Manufac turors; and the improvement of existing methods of selling and distributing motor.cars.

Back in 1906 the question of from which side the, car should be controlled, was regarded as of little importanco. Henry Ford, however, recognized the fact that when, automobiles became ELS popular as he intended to mako thom, safety in traffic would be greatly increased by the left hand drive.

This expert has conforred with these Associations in an effort to work ont a general plan, for the improvement of motor traffic all over the world.

This, he said, is an urgent necessity, as in the last three

SIX--WHEELED - LORRY.

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As the number of cars in-years motor cara havo increased creased, other manufacturers re in onormous numbers, more than cognized the soundness of his, in the twelve previous years. To vision and followed his procodon" offset this motoriste must have. until within a few years virtual- an outlet, and the outlet is more

This product is an exceptional-type propellor shaft transmits the equal amount of the total load, ly every car made in America and better roads. With the overly useful 6-wheeled lorry designed power to the overhead worm drive thoroby reducing the pressure was left hand drive.

increasing number of CATE THE BASIC PRINCIPLES. owners, want room to operate in, by Morris Motors to transport of the central axle: from the tail per unit of road area to a usefully The torque tube drive, now one and want to oporate at the least extensive loads over indifferent of this worm shaft a short uni- low figure.

In practice, it has been found of the outstanding construction possible cost, and thoy can only tracks at relatively high spoed.versally joined enclosed propeller features of many of the finest do this by having good roads, he The same power unit as that used shaft conveys the power to the that the 6-wheeler can success- American and European auio- | pointed out.

on the One-Mang Tank and 30-worm drive of the rear axle. The fully operate on ground of "a. mohilos, was inventted by Henry Thoy have to pay just the cwt, lorry forms the source of two rear axle casings are attach-nature totally unsuitable Ford and applied to the first Ford same whether they have good power in this instance, in fact,ed to the chassis by two, parallel ordinary car use, and yet retain Model T. in 1908. The principle roads or not. It cost 25 per cent. standard components are used inverted semielliptic springs on the ability to reach high maxi- of three points, suspension, now cheaper to operato a motor car almost throughout its construc- oither side, these springs being inum speed upon good road sure practically universally recogniz-over a hard surface road" than tion.. The 4-cylinder engine has fixed to a trunnion block which faces when used thereon. od, made its first appearance on over a "dead" road; and ten per a bore and stroko" of 80 mm. x is in turn attached to the chassis comparison with vehicles of the 'roadless or "endloss track" Ford car in 1903.

cont, cheaper over a gravel road 125 mm., giving an R.A.C. rating framo. Each axle is, therefore, In a recent statement, the than a "kutcha" one.

of 15.9 h.p., and is in unit con- independently sprung, but the type, its advantages are consider- company reviews the eighteen The owner pays more for wear struction with a 4-speed contrally suspension is such that cach of ably increased speed and quieter years of manufacturo since the and tear and gasoline potrol! controlled gear-box. An open the four rear whools support en running, adoption of the Model T. chassis; over had roads than he would "Since 1908, many of the basic have to pay in taxes to main a principles of Ford 'car construc- good road. A good road will al- tion have been adopted by the ways pay for itself. Good roads GOODYEAR'S COTTON. industry generally. For eighteen in a province like Burma would years, the engineering division of prove of incalculable benefit.. the company has been constantly striving to improve Ford cars and the industry hes been striving to better the features it has taken from Ford cars.

It is a significant fact that

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THE IDEAL PROGRAMME. Mr. Schmidt gaye what he con- sidered the ideal programme for any community to work on to improve traffic.

His first section was Get the This meant find out Facts." what streets are overcrowded, what regulations will help, whore and why accidents occur.

while

refinements numerous have been offoated in Ford cars in that period, neither the com- pany nor the industry has evolved Juny improvement upon these

basic principles."

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Hudson's "position as the world's greatest value is not merely a new For ten years the attainment. Super-Six has stood alone in mechanical supreniacy. Basic patents have kept others from copying its motor. The smooth- ness and long life it gives are" exclusive, No motor has yet equaled the Super-Six in smooth- ness and long, economical car life. Because of its simplicity, the Super-Six has always enjoyed manufacturing advantages that

permit a lower selling price than is possible with more complicated "types.

The Coach has long been acknow- ledged the "World's Greatest Buy," because of its utility, performance and valuo. Now among luxurious cars, the beautiful Brougham and the Sedan give Hudson the same unrivaled position. They, have all the distinction of finest custom- built cara, with a price advantage based on the world's largest pro- duction of 6-cylinder curs..

Hudson 7-Pass. Phaeton $2,995. Hudson Brougham $3,595. Hudson 7-Pass. Sedan $3,995. All Prices Include Complete Special Equipment.

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In order to do this thoroughly a map or chart of the city was necessary. Each class of ac oident had a flagged pin and this was stuck into the map at the point of the accident, and at the end of each week the Commis- sioner of Police-at-a-glance-could- see when the accidents, col- lisions, or whatever they might bo had taken place.

Again a card should be made out for each case, giving full de- tails so that they could be filed and-compared-and in this way. the exact nature and cause of the accident could be learned and re- medies applied. Other points too. were illustrated under this section

TOWN PLANNING.

The second section, the speaker

I took up was "Build for It." This referred to the manner in which growth of a city was carried out so as to avoid previous mistakes in lay-out, and it also involved the. study of transportation as u whole.

"Contralise was the third subject, and Mr. Schmidt gave, it' as his opinion that responsibility in both state and city should be. centralised in one office with power to act.

"Education in Traffic Method" formed another section; the speaker contended that as traffic and safety were subjects of daily. life, they should be included in school study. Adults could have thoir interest and attention- aroused through the newspapers, motor clubs of Associations, and other local organisations.

THE LUNATIC FRINGE." Mr. Schmidt spoke plainly on the subject of punishment, insist- ing, that prompt and severe unishment was needed for the lunatic fringe, "as he charac- terized it, of reckless drivers who jeopardise the safety and comfort. of the great majority.

Lastly, he referred to "Co- operation," calling attention to what he considered un un mistakeable fact, that the indivi-, 'dual ownership, of motor traffic, created an individual duty. Voluntary observance of laws and regulations was an important factor.

Mr. Schmidt will leayo Rangoon for India this wook where be will give a number of lectures. From Calcutta he will go on to Bombay and thonce to Cairo and South Africa, visiting Cape Town, Johnnesburg, and other large cities, reaching Eng- land in October when he will be the guest of the British Associa tion of Motor Traders and Man- ufacturers at the Olympic mator exhibition.

YET ANOTHER MILL

BOUGHT. -

Announcement was made re- cently of the purchase by Good year of a new colton mill pro- perty at Cedartown, Ga., not far from Atlanta.

quirements in tyre fabrics and pany rounds out the circle of Good- also as an experimental and re- year textile mills and puts the com-- search plant. It was at Killingly pany in the position to produce the that. Suppartwist was developed. greater part of its tyre fabrics' at When the California plant was its own plants, and under its own. bullt at Los Angeles in 1920, tex- rigid specifications. tile mill was erected alongside to supply its needs.

With the factory additions plan- Two years ago ned at Cedartown trebling its pre- a third large, plant at New Bod-sent capacity, Goodyear will be ford, Mass., now called Devon operating

more than 150,000. Mills was taken over, and during spindles and turning out more. the present year: Goodyear's 'Cana than 40,000,000 pounds of fabric Goodyear bought its first cotton (dian factory has bought its own a year. Cedartown, with the ad- mill at Killingly (now Goodyear), cotton mill at St. Hyacinth, ear ditions planned, will become the Connecticut, ten years ago, using Quebec, while the Cedartown fact largest producer among Goodyear it to supply a portion of its re-ory purchased by the parent com- cotton mills.

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