MOTORING
SUPPLEMENT
OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, 18th JUNE, 1927.
Being The Oficiál Organ, of
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
KARTË
CURRENT
COMMENT
Dangerous Driving..
New Regulations.
We have frequently commented We must again refer to the dan-|
"cutting in" on the nuisance and obstruction gerous practice of caused by voulic-drawn trucks; and and overtaking cars or bends on now we are glad to state that a the Stabbs Boul. This is a forg regulation has been passed which for recklessness of the worst kind, limits the load carried by any and motorists encountering auch these vehicles to one lon, This should have no hesitation in will greatly relieve the congestion taking the number of the offending hitherto caused, na itis known car and duly reporting it. There that many of these vehicles were is not only fear of collision, but accustomed to carrying a low that one of the victims will be a amounting to seven or eight tons driver who at the time, is comply The only wenk point in the new regulation is that the number of ing with the safety regulations. coolies to be employed is not it la.quite possible, also, to ima- stipulated, and it is quite probable gine that an owner driving alone: that some of the contractors might become involved in a nasty operating these trucks will limit the number of coolies in propor-accident with a car carrying a full tion to the lessened load. Should complement of passengers, in this be the case, there will not be which case, although innocent of any great improvement in the negligence, the word of one man matter, but we feel confident that the object of the regulation will might not be accepted against the not be allowed to be defeated in weight of evidence produced by such manner. The regulation is a the offenders. Remembering such step in the right direction, and we trust that the Trafle Authorities will keep a striet watch on the effect.
Roads Opened.
a position, it is all the more reason why motorists should be most pur ticular about the matter of report. ing careless driving by others. In that way, the recklessness
of
Albany Road has been opened to thoughtless drivers will be curb.
traffle which will enable residentsed.
to rench Seth's Corner by a short
cut. New Street has also become Garages. a motor thoroughfare in order to allow vehicles to reach the Tong Wah Hospital.
Driving Mirrors.
After July 1st, 1927, no premises shall be used as a garage unless permission has first been obtained from the C.S.P., and this ou Another essential regulation is appears to be a wise regulation. that motor lorries and buses shall will be necessary for an inspec- carry mirrors in order to see what ion to be carried out jointly by
In cases of is following them.
the Police and Fire Departments, vehicles carrying a projecting load, mirrors are necessary, and in the interest of safety, such especially when the load stretches a regulation is undoubtedly called out beyond the hetual body width For. We trust, however, that of the vehicle:
Public Service.
those officers who may be called upon in inspect preniacs in the application of this regulation, will be ton severe" in their It is also interesting to note that not
It must be remember- drivers and conductors of molor decisions. buses are to be licenced and com-led that Ilongkong's motor traflie pelled to carry a numbered badge, has grown far beyond the secon-. the local and furthermore, that they inustianodation offered at wear uniform approved by the garages, and that many people Captain Superintendent of Police. will be faced with a difficult pro- in finding alternative This will tend to give belter ser-hlem
vice, and the travelling publie will housing for their cars. Unless a at least have a remedy in cases serious danger does actually exist, of incivility, ete. about which wela lule temporary latitude should have received complaints occa-he, given in order not to impose sionally.
hardships.
SAY- THAT KNOCK YOU. FIXED IS WORSE THAN EVER- THE ENGINE SOUNDS
LIKE A BOILER FACTORY;
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GARAGE
NO WONDER- LOOK WHAT?
YOU LEFT IN THE
CYLINDERS
ROUNDING A CURVE AT ONE HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR.
Every car built by the General Motors Corporation is put through severe tests on the private Proving Ground. The above picture shows one of the Company's products rounding
a curve at one hundred miles per hour.
CLOSED CAR INFLUENCE.
I sort of knew him; then, again If thought it was his brother;
Tals preening mass of elegance who
stopped me in the rain
Ho anid: "What-ho, old fish. Traya, beans? Look hard. Yes, have another. "You know me now?" I said: "It must-it can't be--Blood Me- Koin."
You
known that should have raucous streak of fighting, swilling sergeant,
Ji
Who always seemed two shaves be- hind and wore festoons of mud; Who never felt he'd drink enough till free of all his "argent": Whose matted mass of Are-red hair carnt him his title: "Blood." He only had two arguments: "I'll fight ya, and "I'll betcha:" But oh he was a fighting man if;
ever one was made.
Ho tried to fight an "Emma Gee,"
departed, on a stretcher,
And left us there to win the war
without his help or aid.
And now this had me staggered, had me flummoxed, had mo flustered;
I needed some reviving; I suggest-
ed "Have a beer."
ነ፡
"If you don't mind," he aimpored, "I would much prefer some custard,
"It's smooth and silent. And I can't neglect my atmosphere.”
I learnt the truth; the quaint,
amazing
answer to this
puzzle-
The motor trade had claimed him
as a salesman of sedans..
He told me, o'er a soda I persuaded
him to guzzle,
That atmosphere's the utter good
the ace of all sales plane.”
MOTORISTS PETITION.
Opposition to Budget Proposals.
MARINE ENGINES.
Unlike
the
A New Exhaust System.
the motor-car, "Sedans require a certain harmony arrangement of the exhaust pipe of thought and action. "To dress the part and live it is and silencer in a motor-boat!
essential as can be.
requires more than ordinary care Regard this noble vehicle, the in planning. It must be kept clear
height of motor traction, To see its counterpart," he smiled of the woodwork, and more often than not is sheathed in asbestos. "Just take a glance of me."
It should be so fixed that a flow "Ballcon-tyred soles and higher back from the son does not reach
heels now give me greater | elearance;
as far as the engine. One of the my chief difficulties in the work of "I've narrow stanchions on
windshields, one-pieco, sot well installation has been a sufficiently back;
In
"This French-grey suit with stripes adaptable system of exhaust.
of mauve to match the car's this connexion a new system has been developed by the Ailsa Craig appearance; "My hair, of course, clashed with Motor Company, Ltd., for their the hood. I had to dye it well-known series of marine motor back,
engines, the secret of which lies "This streamline's caused by steel in the silencer design. This is of supports that make my body & rectangular box formation, with the entrance from the engine at rigid: "My watch much match the chaste- the top and the exhaust to the open ly-patterned, panelled dash-air at the bottom; this prevents. board set;
any water which may get in at the "My shoes, of course, must never boat side end of the exhaust from squeak; my bearing must be going beyond the bottom of the frigid:
silencer, which itself forms a well "Thus, "demonstrating large sedars that can be drained off by means
I spread my selling nct.
of a small cock. A novel feature "Mechanically, I study, too. In the method of attaching the exhaust pipe is worthy of special know the works of Bendix, "And mould my engine on the car; notice. There is no screwing up it pays as I have proved; of pipes which to those who, "When lubrication changed, I soon the common phrase goes, "have dispensed with my appendix: had some" know is not any easy "To match a larger manifold, my job. In this new system one end
tonsils were removed.
of the copper exhaust pipe is "But all my joy is shattered, now, simply placed into an easy fitting are recess in the top or bottom orlice of the silencer, as the case may "My manager just broke the news.be, and a packing gland is tighten-
my thought and wasted;
care
Of all the putrid luck-
ed up to make it gas proof.
"I must desert the sweetest atmos- Another unique piece of design s
phere I've ever tasted;
the provision of a cored boss run- "Next week I start to sell a blank, ning, through the centre of the
dash, blank, dash
truck,
two-ton
silencer casting; through this core In metal rod can be fitted up on. which the silencer is completely Fan Belte, in the Sydney Sun. suspended from the woodwork so
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that there is no possibility of charring. The net result is that
The new
to their ordinary taxes, motor the packed pipe joints and the owners have paid since 1910 on the swivel suspension give the utmost distinct understanding, that the flexibility in fixing the pipe line money was to be devoted exclusive- to the interior contour of any boat, for the copper pipes can be casliy ly to roads.
bent and the silencer can be slung Apropos the proposed abolition at any suitable angle. of the Ministry of Transport, the exhaust system has been standar- distd on their famous 10-16 h.p. A.A. petition aims at the retention 4-cylinder Ailsa Craig Kid, the of the Road Department as a dis- 6-8 h.p. Kid Junior and the new tinet and separate entity with a Baby four-cylinder 7-12 h.p. en- representative in Parliament to be gine, which, by the way, is the amallest British-built four-cylin- directly responsible for all mat der engine yet, produced tere coming within the scope of marine work. The whole system that Department. The Associa-s so simple and free from gadgets The object of the petition is to impress upon the Government the tion contends that no economy will that it is one of those thinga unfairness of the Budget proposal be effected by any step which amounting to a stroke of genius, tion which the Ailsa Craig Motor to divert to general purposes the retards or in any way hampers the reflecting the great care and atten- revenue from special taxation of normal progress of road improve-Company pay to the smallest de motor vehicles, which, in addition iment er construction.
The Automobile Association is issning for presentation to Parlin- ment a petition to be signed by all motor owners and drivers in Great Britain.
for
tails of their engines and equip.] ments.
We are pleased to announce that we are receiving another shipment of Harley-Davidson motor cycles
by the s.s. "Empress of Asia" due on June 28th.
The shipment comprises-
COMBINATIONS
BIG TWIN SOLOS
and the famous---
HARLEY SINGLES.
Side by side and overhead valve models.
BOOK YOUR MOUNT NOW.
THE GASCON MOTOR CO.,
2, Kwong Wah Road (Oppoolte The Steam Laundry) Telephone K1242.
REPAIRS UNDERTAKEN ON ALL MAKES OF MACHINES,
Mobiloil
Make the chart your guide) -
No surgeon
can remove
the wrinkles
from your engine.
Modern plastic surgery can fool Father Time-for 0 while. Wrinkles are ironed out; chins dis- appear; crows fect are no more- all's well that ends well.
But no mechanical surgery yet devised can rejuvenate a WOTTL motorcar engine. Constant fric tion, brought about by incorrect Iubrication, wears out steel.' Nothing will replace steel but steel. Heavier oil falls every A worn part means a new pari-at your expense.
time.
Every motorcar wears out sooner. Sooner for those who Later think any old off will do.
or Inter.
for those who insist upon the.cor-: rect grade of Gargoyle Mobiloil.
It is easier to say, "Give me Mobiloil," than it is to say-"Give my engine a thorough overhauling and send nte the bill." Motorista who have formed the habit of ask
ing for Mobiloil have forgotten what the second sentence sounda like.
VACUUM OIL COMPANY, HONGKONG.
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