1926-11-13 — Page 11

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MMEMIMMEN

Thèse 4 Values

of the new

World"

models

are converting the World

to Morris motoring:

The "Transport". Value

The

-thirty miles per gallon

-fifty miles per hour

reliability that is proverbial -ton years service,

"Comfort" Value

-roully efficient suspension

-the famous silent MORRIS engiuo -completo equipment``

Dunlop low-pressure tyres.

The "Social" Value

rooray English body olegant appearance -delightful colours.

The Re-Sale" Value is unapproachable

bacause the car is almost monoto- nously reliable, and is backed by well-organised service.

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Keep abreast of this big, mutoring Jcharge-over,

ortler your Morris NOW.

MORRIS

the Wheel of the World"

For Price £190 up

DELIVERED IN HONGKONG

APPLY

FIA TSABILITY.

A TRIAL AND AN EXPOSITION.

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

surprising for the £215 asked for the four-seater, complatoly equipped for the road.

ON DISAPPEARING UP DARTMOOR.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1926,

CARELESS DRIVERS.

MANILA URGES IMPRISONMENT.

If you would really know a car like this you must not be con- Conaidorable, oritiolem is boing I have discovered the biggate tent to use it merely in the Home hoard on the Senate's passing, the thing in small cars to dato. And Countries or Cheshire. Ad-automobile bill without provision the public is not yot aware what mittedly, thereabouts you can for the bonding of chauffeurs, it can do. Save one, it is the find plenty of opportunities to considered the most constructive smallest multicylinder engined enjoy the maximum floribility of part of the proposed measure. car I have ever driven, but the the top spood, the good brakes, The sonato Bubstituted for the car is by no means the second and so forth. But you can moro section one to create a board of moat compact in accommodation, ly taste the fringe of its many examiners of three members, the and its performance in over 1,000 qualities. In the middle of director of public, works or his griles, picked for hills, has equall Dartmoor, in a steep lane for deputy, the public utility commis- d that of a high grade middle bidden oven to 16-passengersioner or his deputy, and a repre Size, 4-speed car having a good motor vehicles, I happened on a sentative of the Chauffours Asso- powerweight ratio get this large private car, the occupants piation of the City of Manila. miniature engined machine bas of which put up their handa in Like boards would be provided three spoeds forward: It achieves alarm to stop me, for they wore for each province. The boards a surprising average in really dif- stationary and they imagined, would be required to conduct ex- foalt country, yat, as motoring that it would be impossible to aminations at least once a year goes, you need never travel at a pull up the 9 hp. Fist on the and all applicants for licenses, fast speed at any moment. More steep pitch in the space.available. would have to appear before it. over, I have never known a four-Without using the brakes to near oylinder engined car of any the full force I was at a stand 50 power that had a greater capa-yards from them, and discovered

BONDING PROVISION DEAD The section killed by the senate provided that each chauffeur furnish a bond for P1,000. Failure to include this section, according to critics, means that no decrease may be expected in the number of accidente. It is only, say they, by impressing each chauffeur with his responsibility that these accidents can be avoided.

Tho

bond of P1,000 may be too high, and if so, it might be reduped, but it should not be removed alto- gether.

Another substitute for the bond measure which has been suggest- od would provide for subsidiary imprisonment, not to exceed one year, for careless driving which resulted in injury to any person.. The government would pay the injured party Pl a day for each day served in prison by the chauf- feur and itself would receive the services of the convicted:

city for saving the driver from that a vehicle in front of them fatigue.. My passengers at had broken down and was diferent times have all express-athwart the road. An old gentle- ed the sume impression. The man, who owned the large car that engine ignores hills, as the brakes was delayed in front of us, got into do descents, so easy is it to conversation, and told his son, a maintain spoed with absolute man, of about 40 or 50 years, who eafety and with no bint af was driving, to make way for us Advocates of this measure call forcing. The car is relatively so when the car would start going it more practical than the bond- light that it does not hurtlo down again because he was interested ing measure, saying that a driver; grades, yet its. road adhesion is in this Fiat and wished to with a year in Bilibid in prospect astonishing

observe its performance. The would operate his car more care-

THE BIGGEST THING IN SMALL CARS.

The

son, well mounted, obviously re-fully. The cost of bonding the sented the idea and did not pro- fchauffeurs, say they, would in What car has this wonderful pose this procedure; nor did we nearly every case be paid by the combination of features, possess require it ourselves, though we owner of the car, at no expense ing a calculated maximum speed had promised him, in answer to to the chauffeur, who would have i on the flat of 54 m. p. h. and his question, that as he wished to no more reason to realise his res- proved in my test to attain 51 enjoy some sport, if we started in ponsibility than he has how. m.ph, yet I never travelled all front of him he would never catch out because it was impossible to sight of us until he got to the top with the injured party receiving A provision for imprisonment get road conditions that would of the moor. The son had his way P1 a day as damages would kill permit of that and which will for the first few corners. travel up hills on first speed at each time the passengers in the injured person, would be provided But two birds with one stone, the 26 m.p.h., and on second at 30 back of his costly, high taxed for and lawless driving decreased.! .p.h.. making rings round most powerful car told him we were No man, say they, thinks of large curs by roason of its ex-accelerating up to him and having prison as a pleasing prospect, trome handiness? Nono other to check our progress. At last than Fiat's model 509, and 18ho gayo way at his father's" ro-

SUBSTITUTE IS SCORED. tax nominal 9 h. p. overhead peated instructions, and wa, woro passed by the senate is charac- substitute amendmenti valve engined machine with an invited to pass. overhead chain-driven camshaft, out soriously attempting to ac-The bureau of public works al- We did so with- terised as impractical and foolish. the four cylinders having a celerate until we were well clean ready has a system through; volume of 990 cc., otherwise only of him. Three hundred yards which any applicant may apply the size of large motor cycle en- farther on wo rounded a sharp on any working day and show! gines. There are few things in eoruer, followed, at as many his ability to drive a car. An the specification which would yards, by another. After that no-examining board, meeting only a body aboard the Fiat could dis- faw times a year, would be highly cover where the large car was inconvenient to applicants and a until we had made a descent decided step backward from the many milos farther, entirely on present licensing method.. tho brakes when all the other The automobile bill, as amend- cars we were passing were in low ad, goes to the house of repre- gear, and having made the subse-sentatives. quent ascent, from that altitude we then saw our friends in the large car cautiously approaching- the very top of the long descent! We were leading by miles in dis- tance, represented by one of tho longest descants on Dartmoor and. one of the stiffest risas, namely, down to and up from Dart Meet. It appeared that our friend the owner came from Cheshire and purposed to buy one of these 9 hp. Fiate. I wish him the best of luck, for that north country sportsmen Hed judgment: keener than the average.

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