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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1927.

Now Drive

The oxport business of Messrs.

Pioneer Journeys.

Jersey, New York, Illinois and property of the automobile man- government has contributed MOTOR NEWS FROM GREAT BRITAIN,

Rootas, of Devonshire House, A very interesting pioneer Massachusetts have no gas tax. ufacturer and buildings and lots $460,000,000 to help the states London, who are world-distribu- journey was recently made by a Those states depend upon the devoted to motor car morchan- build roads. tors of the Clyne and Hillman solid-týrad Trojan car which great number of Automobilo ro- dising." The income and corpore "That is considerably loss than Commercial Vehicles-Pioneer Journeys. caro, has increased so rapidly | travelled from Singapore to Lon-gistrations to furnish revenue for tiontaxos frommotor business and half of what the country spent on

that Mr. W. E. Rootes, the | don, covering 12,000 miles through road construction.".

the state, local production, cor- roada in afther 1924 or 1925. (Special Report to The Hongkong Telegraph by R.A.C.). Managing Director, has recently 14 different countries. This is the. "Other important sources of paration or income taxes of the Moreover, in the anmo dight.

started an

an extended tour longest journey of the kind ever revenue for highways are pro-potroleum industry add to the yours that the government was Increased British Motor Export. that in the year 1923 the whole through Egypt, India, Ceylon, undertaken, and included the perty taxes on automobiles of road fund."

distributing $460,000,000 in the In spite of the interference total of British motor exports was Australia, New Zealand, and crossing of the Sind desert, a feat this country, federal arciso tax Fodoral aid also assiste in road states, it collected $873,000,000 in caused by the General Strike and only about 6,250 vehicles.

thonce home via Canada.

nover hitherto accomplished. The on automobiles, parts and no-building, but its share is compara- internal revenue tuxos on motor the stoppage of the mines, British While forecasts differ as to tho As regards do luxe cars, the route was from Singapore to Pen-cessorios and fines collected from tively small, according to Mr. cars, parts and accessorios, so motor exports during 1926 sub-probable purchasing capacity of new Big six-cylinder Bentley is ang, by boat to Caloutta, and motorists.

MaoDonald, who says, "In the motorists furnish the money for. stantially exceeded the figures of the home market during 1927, now beginning to find a consider thence via Delhi to Karachi. Sub- "There are also the taxes on eight years from 1918 to 1925 the this contribution, " 1925. In the latter year, just over practically every manufacturer able overseas market. Orders sequently Northern Persia was 29,000 vehicles were exported, building suitable vehicles agrees bave recently hoon booked for crossed and towns touched lator whereas in 1926 the number that oxport prospects are very India, Australia, America, Hol- were Baghdad, Aleppo, Constan- reached 33,237. For the first time promising. Thus, for instance, at land and France, and arrango-tinople and Adrianople. Of the in the history of the motor in-the rooont Annual General Meet-ments are being made for an in- whole distance, some 8,000 miles dustry the oxports during the ing of the Standard Motor Co., the creased output to correspond to were over country having no year exceeded the imports, and Chairman stated that oxport was the increased demand and to al-semblance of a road. The por- the rapidity of tho change which increasing very rapidly, All the low for n definito margin for ship.formance was certainly a romark- has taken place may be gauged Standard models now have a ping.

|able one for any car, and still more hy the fact that the value of Brit-wheel track of 4 foot 8 inches and The Rolls-Royce, the export of remarkable for a machine mar ish motor exports was more than a high ground clearanco. The which for several of the overseas keted at the extraordinarily low double that of imports and ropre-Company has factory representa-markots is now handled by price of the Trojan. sonted a favourable trade balance tives in Australia and South Messrs. Rootes, is fully maintain- of nearly four million pounds on Africa, and has recently establishing its prestige overseas as well led its own depot in Bombay for as at home. The results of the During the last quarter of 1926 the distribution of cars through last year's trading have shown a exports were some 35 per cent. out India, Ceylon, Malay and profit of upwards of £100,000 and higher than they have over boen Burma.

the Directors are recommending, in any previous quarter. There is As rogards comparatively high the payment of a dividend of 8% evary reason to hope that the im- priced vehicles, the overseas de- provement will be more than mand, while necessarily limited,. maintained in 1927. Vory big shows a highly satisfactory ton- Turning to commercial vehi- contracts have already been deacy. For instance, the 16 h.p.cles, some very interesting and placod with British manufactur six-cylinder Sunbeam, put upon important orders have recently ers, the largest of all boing for the market about five months ago, come through. For example, the upwards of 10,000 cars to be de- has been extremely well received. Municipality of Colombo is taking livered by Morris Motora to a Many overseas orders have eume delivery of a number of Karrier single distributor in Australia.to hand, particularly from Aur-low-load-line refuse tippers, the Ono notes, in this connection, tralia.

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design of which is extremely in teresting. The wheels are of full

size but, despite the fact that the body is 2 feet 5 inches deep, the load line over its top is only 4 feet 5 inches from the ground. The drop of the frame behind the dash is staggered. The off-side mem- ber drops to a 21 inch love! from a position opposito the driver's soat, while the near-side memberi drops immediately behind the dash. This permits a normal position of the brake lover, coupled with the full advantage

of allow javel frame.

A journey now in progress ía that of two riders of B.8.A. motor bioycles, who are attempting a tour round the world. At the time of writing, the riders have crossed Europe, passed through Palestine and crossed the Syrian Desort on the way from Jerusalem to Cairo via Suoz. This désert had never bofore been crossed by a motor cycle. The further progress of the adventurers will be watched with interest.

Motor Cycle Performances. cyclos wore credited with an During 1926 the A.J.S. motor

and fine performances. Amongst enormous number of succe980s other things, they secured the highest awards for the Scottish Six Days' Trial, the International

Six Days' Trial, the Victory Cup Trial, the London to Land's End Trial, and a number of other matter of speed performances, somewhat similar events. In the AJ.S. machines put up the fastest laps on record in the 1926 In- tornational T.T. Racos. Overseas successes of the same make have tralian Junior and Senior Grand included victories in the Aus- Prix Races, the Australian Silver Cup Race, the Natal 100 miles Road Race and the Speed Cham- pionships of Western Japan.

The increasing intereat taken by South America in British vohi clos is illustrated by the fact that the Rio de Janeiro Tramways

In the matter of motor cycle, have just placed a repeat order for no lass than 99 Guy bus racing successes, an extraordin- chassis, this being the direct re-ary personal record is that of Mr. sult of the excellent service that Horsman, of the Triumph Cycle has been afforded by a fleet of 28 Co. Since his racing association Guy 'buses that had been at work with that firm, Mr. Horsman has for about 12 months.

The South African Government Railways have recently put into service a number of Albion 30/60 h.p. low-load-line 'busos, and the samo Company has also been suc cossful in securing a substantial order from the Cape Electric Tramways. This order includes machines of 29 and 32 passenger. carrying capacity, the latter type boing the new Albion model in which the driver is seated beside his engine.

at one time or another annexed for himself and the Triumph no fewer than 140 British and world's records, and he still retains, amongst others, the coveted One- Hour Record in the 500 c.c. class

with a speed of over 94 miles an hour

The big winter reliability trials

held recently in England have again given conclusivo proof of the extraordinary reliability of the modern British motor cyclo. Thus, in ono such ovent hold un-"

der vory bad conditions, twelve

The overseas demand for Brit. leh steam lorries and tractors is

Matchless" machines took part improving owing to the more gen-award, although some of the hills and every one of them gained un oral realisation of the great econ- omy

steam power in countries encountered were so stiff that where petrol is expensive. For Certain of the other competing example, the Sentinel roadless machines ran backwards. In an-

other trial thirteen tractors are being employed to a

Matchloss steadily increasing extont in motor cycles started and the Kenya, where the price of petrol whole thirteen finished dead on at the rail head is anything from time. This is the kind of perform- four shillings to six shillings that successes are not gained by ance which shows beyond dispute gallon. These tractors do not necessarily involve the use of 1 or 2 specially constructed and tuned machines, but are unques- coul, as they give very good re- sulte with charcoal or wood. Bluetionably the result of a uniform gam or wattle can be employed and very high standard of quality as a fuel, though in Kenya the throughout the maker's output." best local timber for the purpose the B.S.A... motor cycles, a noto- Of many overseas succosses of is olive wood. The Sentinel pao-worthy recent instance was that ple are also establishing effective connections in Chile, where the of the Mountain Reliability Trial fuel used is for the most part organised under winter conditions locally produced coal.

by the Royal Motor Club of Cata- Turning to motor cycles, we luna. In this event riders of

B.S.A. machines actually makos is flourishing. For in-cupied all tho first three positions, stance, well over 25 per cent. of securing two silver cups and a the output of "Matchless" motor gold medal.

'find that export of the best known

cycles is, annually absorbed by the export markets, and the Coni- pany is woll represented in prac- tically every European country! in all parts of the Empiro Over- seas and elsewhere.

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Cost Distributed Among Motorists. A British motor cycle which is Washington, Feb. 8th. The vory generally appreciated in the cost of building and maintaining export markots in the Excelsior. roads in this country amounts to This is an exceptionally sturdy nearly one billion dollars a your mount which will stand up to an and is being paid directly or in- enormous amount of rough usage directly by motorists who make without losing its tune. All mo-use of the highways, according to dels are heavily tyred and the a study made by Mr. Thomas H. baarings are proportioned to give MacDonald, chief of the bureau exceptionally long life under vory of public roads, Department of adverso travelling conditions. Agriculturo. Ground clearances are high and This cost represents the money fuel tanke of more than generous spent each year just for country proportions.

roads and dogs not include the Equally satisfactory is the ox-expones of city streets. port demand for British marine More interesting than the said motors. For example, Mossre. J. road development itself, ' W. Brooke, of Lowestoft, roport Mr. MacDonald, "are the various numerous repeat orders from means employed to distribute Malay; a gratifying" amount of highway costs among motorists business with South America, in a just and convenient mannez, Holland, Gormany, Africa, the Stato gasolino and registra. East Indios and Fiji, and a sun-tion taxes represent about half) cessful challenging of the strong of this amount. The gasoline tax position occupied by American varies from one to five conts in marino motor makers in India. the various states, while. Now

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