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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

CORRESPONDENCE. might have happened had one HISTORY OF MOTOR-

overturned, an accident which might easily have occurred. A friond of mine, who preceded ma

A Kowloon Danger, by half an hour, later told me he

was about to pass a hus at that particular spot, but the bus zigg tagged in such a dangerous man

This

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Sorgardi rovoaled his attitude

SATURDAY,

RACING IN FRANCE.

British Motorist Seriously Injured.

A Paris message says tho famous British racing motorist. Eldridge, sustained serious in- attempting at

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while

Monthlory to beat the five and car, which was travelling at 210 kilometres per hour, evorturned.

Eldridge has boon takon to hospital in a critical condition,

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HIGH AUTO TAX.

Bir am very glad to notico that in the motor supplement of

Detroit, Jan. 29th.-Despite the the Hongkong Telegraph publish-ner, that lie was unable to do so. od on February 19th. you drow

The road at this spot was so pleted, consists of a history of the engineering efforts put into the attention to the slippery state of glassy that it was possible to motor-car. At present it boars designing of a roal small car for the main Kowloon roads, which slide on it, and the reason was the title "The Romance of Ma- America of the kind widely known carry a constant stream of buses obvious, largo quantities of oil toring," and it describes in semi-in Europe, little will be done to-ten-kilometre records. His motor and a number of taxis, in addition mixed with slight rain that had humorous fashion every stage in ward producing such a car hero.

That's at least for the present to privato cars. If I remember fallen.

the development of traction rightly, you have very properly

brought about by the internal and the noar future, in the opin- ventilated this question bofore,

the most dangorous ex.

ion of Fabio Sorgardi of the Reo combustion engine. The pro- but sooing that no improvement ample of greasy rond dangers ducers have buon given facilities Motor Car Co. has boon efforted, I am writing which has come to my notice

by averyone who owns old-fash- to give you a concrete instance during my icon months motor tuned models. An aged vehicle on small cars to the engineers of the extreme danger to which cycling experience in Kowloon, in the South Kensington Museum convened here at the annual ses- motor cyclists ALTO oxposed, and if this instance does not help through the quantities of oil the responsible authorities to was taken out of its show-place, alons of the Society of Automo deposited on the roads, obviously make up their minds that this and an attempt was made to start tive Engineers, and started a dis- it. The task, however, proved cussion that proved the koon in- by the Ford buses and taxis. danger has got to be stopped, and

stopped inmediately, then surely imposible, and the camera manterest of these men in this type The small car-the real small On Monday evening I was rid-a fatality will occur which will had to be content with rotating the machinery and wheels by ing my motor cycle at about bring them to their senses with a eight miles an hour from the shock. Many patches of oil are, hand, in order to show the work-Car of European typo-is no stranger to Sergardi. In fact, ho's ing of the car. forry to Nathan Road, and when left in many places and in the

fle was more lucky olsewhere, dosignor of one which he says by the Y. M. C. A. my machine dark it is impossible to see them. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu has a would put a Ford almost in the slipped away from mo, throwing as they are dark, the samo colour myself and lady pillion as the road. It is nice to think of 1,900 model, and this responded Rolls-Royce class," in the matter nobly to the suggestion that it of price at least. It may never passonger to the ground, but either passing or overtaking a we luckily, sustained no injury, vehicle, hitting a patch of oil and should show its sonilo paces. see the light in this country, how- On rogaining my feet I slipped skidding under the wheels.

Every stage of motoring will be over.

The reason for this is the basis illustrated from the day when it again. I endeavoured to raise my machine but the road was so I am sure, my humble prayer, was obligatory to have a guard of a difference of opinion among glassy that the wheels would not is supported whole heartedly by walking in front with a red flag automotive engineers and many- grip and I was unable to take the fellow motor cyclists, which is to warn the public, down to the facturers as to the practicability weight of the cycle and keep my that if it is impossible to prevent latest attempts, at Brooklands of small cars in this country. foot at the same time. As it hap-leaking oil, vehicles should be and elsewhere, to break world- poned another gentleman, who handed a red number plate and records. loft the forry about a minute be kept off the roads.

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The film, which is boing pro- fore me, caine to my assistance: I hope other cyclists will see duced by Motion Picture Service, und told me he had skidded like it to take up the cudgels on this will be kept free from advertising wier, and added some pungent ro- question and cong forward with mattor. marks with which I heartily their views. They should assist agreed. The only safe way materially in giving motor cyel- could move my machine was talists safe roads to ride on in Kow. skid it into the kerb of the foot-loon,

path where there was no 'gil That however is only the first part, a second and greater dangor being forced to my notice almost immediately;

While I was standing by the kerb examing hay machine, a "Ford bus came past and skidded

Yours otc.

Safety First.

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UNITED STATES'

ROADS.

There are about 3,000,000 miles of roads in the United States,

VAST MOTOR GROWTH. |according to recent estimates.

Automobile registrations will! dangerously for many yards alous he doubled in most counties the grassy stretch. This was abroad within the not threg following by a taxi "which did likowise. Having regard to the stablity of Kowloon's old public vohicles, I shudder in think.what Kress.

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This was a two-passenger car, the open typo weighing 750 pounds, and the olosdd car weigh- ing 1,000 pounds. In comparison, the Ford roadster weighs 1,655 pounds.

"The motor developed 13 horse- power, Sergurdi explains, "and the speed of the car was about 50 miles an hour. The consumption of gasoline was from 50 to 54 miles per gallon. The wheelbase was 76 inches and the tread 46 inches.

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SİXES WILL FORCE CHARGE.

The reason for this, brought out by Sergardi and' others, is the suitability of the Ford, the Chev rolet, the Whippet and others of the same class for the present.

"Thero may come some big change regarding the number of cylinders," Sergardi remarks. "If ono of the larger companies, now making the low-priced cars, gote to the six cylinders or more, then the four cylinders will be doomed to disappear from the America market.

"There are some possibilities of introducing in this country a two- passenger car of small power and wheelbase, to be sold at a cost much bolow the present lowest priced car. To do this it requires a big production, which only a big corporation could afford to under- take.

But a big company generally has many irons in the firo, and as the investment to produce such a car will be quite considerable, the probabilities are that this small car will not materializo in the near future."

ROADS AND TYRE LIFE.

We all know that English roads are among the beat in the world. Taking them as a whole, we. should say that they are the best. Certainly no European roads equal them, but some of the Amorican roads run them fairly close. I doubt whether we ap- prociate what a great saving good roade effect in tyros, to say nothing of petrol and mainton- anco. We can only guess at these two last points; no statistics are available to show what the saving on petrol and maintenance roally is. But here are some in- torosting figuros compiled by a woll-known Amorican firm of tyre makers. If we take 100 as the tyro life in Grout Britain, this figuro has to be reduced to 80 for the same car running in Gormany; for Belgium, Holland and Switzerland it is 75 for France it drops to 60; on Spanish roads the milonge is cut in half; in Italy it diminishes to 45; while in the Balkans 30 is the average figure. Comparisons with the United States aro. dif- ficult, but in the Eastern States, where good roads exist, the mite- aga is estimated to be the same as Groat Britain.

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