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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MOTOR UNION

INSURANCE CO 1o..

LIBERAL CLAIM SETTLEMENTS

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MOTOR EXPORTS GAIN..

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1927.

WHY MOTOR RACING IS NECESSARY.

Real Trial only by Super-Strain.

What was the real purpose of Major H. O. D. Segrave, in build- ing the "Mystery Z"? What mechanical problems does he intend to solre with this, the highest-powered, fustest uutomobile eur conceivedi ? These questions, of interest to every motorist, are answered in the fol lowing story, written by the man who drove the car on its trial runs at Daytona Beach, U.S.A.

By Major H. O. D. Segrave. miles per hour with these supor Now York, March 20th.-Thoo-brakos it will tako mo 2 miles to rios and newly designed equip. stop. With ordinary four-whool mout that may revolutionize mo. brakes I should have to take five tordom will be thoroughly tested miles to stop.. by the two-engined, thousand horse-power racing car that I have designed and brought to America.

Now Alloy on Trial.

We have new alloys in the engine to be tested. An alloy that Now devices for the automobile will stand up under vibrations at can be given a real trial only by such a speed will last on an ordi- subjecting them to super-strain.nary car for nearly 20 years. One such tost is that of a tyro which will strotch at high speed. This, it is believed, will eliminate to a great degred the road shocks that come with high speed.

The tyres on my racer, the "Mystery Z are covered with one-sixty-fourth of an inch of rub ber. At 200 miles an hour the centrifugal force will stretch each tyre an inch and a half. We have brought 50 of those tyres with us. There also is now method of attaching tyres to the wheels that will be tried out when I raco against time on the Florida beach.

Wind Wastes Power.

Wind resistance is another factor we are trying to cut down,

The spokes in the wheels om- body a new design that we hope will prove much more satisfactory than presont day wire wheels.

The stooring mechanism is an. othor arrangement that will prove interosting. One can stoer the car at 100 miles per hour with almoet a thought and no matter what contour the road might take the front wheels tond to hug the ridge or top.

The car, costing well into $100,- 000, is practically useless for any- thing but expërimouting.

Compressed Air Starter.

The two engines eat up one and one-quartor gallons of special fuel

At 200 miles per hour practically every mile. It will take thres and five hundred horse power, one-one-quarter miles to get going half the output of my car, is re-wide open. To make the tost, quired to overcome wind resist- about 6 miles in a straight stretch ance. This is a big factor in the are required. development of the car of the fu- turo and

aro manufacturors aware of the horse-power wasted by poor body desigc.

1,

If the car goes much faster than 200 miles an hour, I do not believe it will stay on the ground and if a strong gust of wind strikes it from the side it will shake me up considerably.

The car can run on 1 or 2 on- gines. The rear engine ia first started up my means of com- pressed air fcd from the cylinders, probably a forerunner of a com- prossed air starting mechanism for the car of the fature. There are 4 magnetos on each engine and 2 spark plugs per cylinder. The front engine has one radiator You will note that there is no while the rear onging over the windshield. Should I have a wind-rear axle requires two radiators. shield and should it break while There are 4 valves por cylinder. I was travelling at this speed, the All are operated by overhead prossure on my face would be cam shafts, a well-groomed Euro- equivalent to the pall of a 112-pean principle and one slowly pound weight attached to the tip making inroads on American of my ДОБО.

automobile manufacture.

Vacuum brakes, & now develop. ment, aro. on this car. At 200

SPEED LIMIT TO GO.

Proposals in Britain's

New Bill....

COMPULSORY IN- SURANCE.

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The Road Vehicles Bill, through. which the Government propospa to bring up to date all existing Acts governing the use of the roads by mechanically propelled vehicles, has now been printed in final draft form, and will shortly bo circulated for discussion among the public.

The Bill will provide for the total abolition of the speed limit of 20 miles an hour which now applies to all light motor vehicles. But it is proposed to retain a spood limit of 15 miles an hour for heavy vehicles, such as lorries motor-coaches, and so forth.

At prosent these vehicles are supposed to conform to a limit of 12 miles an hour. Apart from the question of public safety, it is ro- cognised that the most serious road damago is done by heavy solid-tyred vehicles, travelling at too great a speed,

Instead of penalising drivers of light vehicles for the technical offence of exceeding 20 miles por hour, the Bill will, propose that! rockless or loo fast driving should be checked by the police in the following way.

Rear Lights for Cyclists. A charge might be proferred against a motor driver either for 1. Driving to the public dangor,

or

2. Driving at a spood excessivo

in the circumstances.

By introducing the second and nuw offence the Ministry of Transport sooks to moot the criti- cism that drivers will be at the morey of a country policeman's opinion on what is a very serious charge,

COTTON USED IN TYRES.

According to * roport from Ganges, British Columbia, tho Rubber manufacturers estimate Great gains in the use of com- wife of a Japanese fisherman, that 500,000,000 pounds of cotton mercial vehiclos abroad will be the named Tasaka, bas just given were used by the tyre industry in feature of the motor export trude birth to a 23rd child, making 23 the United States during 1926.

in 1927, pradiote Walton Schmidt, children in 25 years, 17 of whom Every tyre, whether cord or field representative of the Nation- are living. Tasaka had previously fabric, has a large amount of ook- al Automobile Chamber of Com-contracted four childlesston in it. This cotton is of the adorao New York.

best quality.

marriages.

(Special to The Hongkong Telegraph. Copyright).

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