MOTORING
SUPPLEMENT
OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, " 14th JANUARY, 1928,
www.Bring The Official Organ of
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
CROSS OVE
On Signalling..
CURRENT
COMMENT
legal point, but we rather incline to the belief that the passing car Although it is most essential would be in no way relieved of that all drivers of, motor vehicles responsibility on account of ac- should make themselves conver-cepting another driver's signal. sant with the local code of hand Whether signalled to pass or not, signalling, we rather take excep- the act of passing should not be tion to the statement recently attempted unless the road is clear made from the Bench, that it is ahend. The one fact does remain,! universal for drivers to wait until that it is certainly not uni- the car in front signals permission versal for drivers to give the to pass. Unfortunately, this de-signal, and furthermore, that there sirable system is not universally is no definite regulation demanding practiced, and we think that all that they should do so. To our regular road users will agree that way of thinking, such a regulation there appear to be many reasons would be liable to abuse at the for the non-observance, Some hands of the driver who obstinate-" drivers are too casual to bother by declined to allow another car about baking heed to the toots of a to pass him. following car, while others scom' to
object to any other car passing Thoughtfulness, them, even although their speed is low.
Not Compulsory.
Mention should be made of the useful service performed by the Association's patrols on the night of St. George's Ball. Stationed at
As far as we know, there are no the City Hall, the patrols greatly
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TWO AUTOS, TRIED TO CLIMB SAME TREE.
Four "Mishawaka, Ind., high school students who lived in the country were late in start- Ing for school. Driving at a 55-mile-an-hour rate, their cur skidded and struck an apple tree; with the result the picture shows. Berenice Synder, 16, driving, was thrown through the windshield and sustained fatal injuries, while the three boys' riding with her were injured..
definite regulations governing the facilitated the despatch of ears by HERE ARE REASONS. HALF AS COSTLY. RUBBER BUMPERS. point, but the Traffic Department opening doors, thus allowing adopted a code of signalling some guests to enter the building time ago (diagrams were publish-quickly, and keeping the stream of ed in this Supplement), and re-traffic moving.
quested that all drivers should]
practice them. The point there-New Members. fore arises as to what action the
Association
Since publishing the last list. following driver is to adopt if he the following motorists have join. is unnecessarily impeded by led the Hongkong Automobile leading car, the driver of which dood int pay heed to his horn- blowing? Should there be ample road room, and the locality not aj controlled one, we do not see any harm in the one vehicle passing? the other.
Another Point.
In discussing this maller with is, a local motorist ventured the opinion that in the event of a driver giving the signal to pass, and the following car doing so and immediately, meeting with an acci- dent with an en-coming car, the man who gave the signal might well be held liable for the smash. This forms a most interestingl
SPLASH-PROOF.
Japanese Mudguards.
Col. J. S. Bostock, C.B.E. A. Brostedt.
R. A D. Forrest.
W. Kee Tait.
F. J. Ling.
M. M. Maas.
W. R. M. McLay..
GE. Mathews.
T. Monaghan.
A. L. Powell.
M. H. Roffey.
DE N. Shimokowa.
R. K. Valentine.
Major C. Willson.
L. D. Walch.
W. G. Williams. T. W. Ware. W. H. Wu.
EASILY DAMAGED. Fuel Tank Gets Most
Knocks.
Originating in Japan, a new type of mudguard which protects ped-
Of every $100 a driver spends estrians from splashes may be made compulsory, also, in Ger- for his car, $64 of it goes to main-
tenance, a survey shows
many.
The new guards are really like aprons, encasing the lower half of
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And most of this seems to go the wheels and being attached to for repair of the fuel tank. One the hubs.
company made a survey of service Mud or water can only splash in-operations on cars, and found that wärd, under the chassis, when they most demands were for repair of are fitted. -
this part of the automobile.
"IT AINT GONNA RUN NO MO."
Dozens of motor vehicles were destroyed during Canton's reign of terror, the above picture showing a typical example. With the return of happier conditions there should be much activity in the motor trade in the motor trade in the City of Rams (Photo Merl La Roy-Pathe News)..
Morris Explains.
“SEE, EXACT NEEDS.”
The
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To-day's Car. Prices. British Invention.
1914 COMPARISONS. SPRING STEEL BACK.
Bumper-bars of rubber, instead "Judged on the gold basis of reasons for Mr. W. R. Morris's visit to Austraila are con- pre-war money, the cost of motor of metal, are now being used in tained in a letter from him to Mr.ears has been reduced by nearly England.
In construction, they resemble S. A. Cheney, chairman-of direc- half." tors of Williams Bros. (controlled This statement was made by Sir thicktrend tyres, with the bead by Cheneya (Aust.), Limited), George Beharrell, president of the gripped by a spring steel channel "I want to see what the chances Society of the Motor Manufac-which provides a backing and fix- are for pushing British cars," says, turers and Traders at the society's ing arm for the bumpers. Mr. Morris, "and 1 want to gauge 21st annual dinner in London. the sort of competition to be met. Referring to the improvement More than anything, however, in cars, he said he did not know want to see for myself precisely of any other commodity in the what are the exact needs of the world where the same conditions people I am catering for."
prevailed. "Mr. Morris'a tour is instrue- | The index number of the whole- tive," said Mr. Cheney. "At home sale prices of materials was 153)
Advantages claimed for the new bumpers are increased resiliency, heat appearance," and prevention of damage to the painwork of another car in collisions. Also, they are cheaper.
Reptilian. Decorations.
he has won great success. But in the first half of 1927, as com- SNAKESKIN CRAZE. success unqualified has penalties.pared with 100 in 1914, Unless new markets are found Yet the actual price of moter saturation point for production is cara was now 88, as compared inevitably reached. It is nut sug with 100 in 1914, in other words, zented that for Morris cars in prices had been reduced by nearly England that point has been even halt. nearly reached, but if Mr. Morris goes on producing mainly for his
own country the day must come
when either he must stop work! and production development,, and stabilise his enterprise, or he must spoil his own market.
LEAVE IT THERE.
Dumped in Streets.
FATE OF OLD CARS.
TRUCK, TOO.
Ford Announcement.
"DOUBLE THE H.P.”
A new. Ford truck, embodying the same principles of motor and chassis as the new Ford car, will be introduced soon, according to a statement from Ford headquar-i ters. Detroit (U.3.A.).
The newcomer will have "double are the horse-power of the present the
model, and will be equipped with improved cooling and ignition systems, and new steering and transmissior mechanism."
About 200 ears and trucks abandoned, each year. on streets of New York alone.
All over the U.S.A. the same thing is happening. Old cars are usually discarded after a serious breakdown, when the cost of re- The announcement also stated pair would be almost as much na that the manufacture of replace ment parts for present model For the price of another used car.
Civic authorities are kept so trucks in use will be continued as busy moving this debris that they long as any demand exists for began to prosecute the owners; them.
but now number plates and Identi fication marks art usually removed along with accessories.
LEARN THIS ONE.
A
"Hitch-Hiker." There's another phrase added to the motorist's vocabulary:
It is a description of a person who stands by the roadside and begs a lift from passing cara.
DRUNKS LOSE LICENCE.
Of the 41 Hcenses rovoked by the state of California during the!
BRAKES IN OIL.
English Invention.
MULTIPLE-DISC PRIN- CIPLE.
To be well dressed in Paris, now, your car must be upholstered and lined with snakeskin.
Parisiennes have gone several Jumps past the snakeskin shoes, bags and wristlet watch-band of the Australians, and are so crazed on the reptiles that, the covers of rear- luggage carriers as well as spare- wheel sheaths are also of snakeskin to match the interior of their cars, Final touch is added when the lady adopts a snakeskin motor coat of the same pattern, and a hat as close to it as man can fabricate.
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TOO MUCH.
Oil Production.
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON—1928–FEATURES
Fors-wheel Brakes, Throttle-Controlled, Mechanical oiler and carburetor air cleaner, are prominant FEATURES. Second Shipment of The FAMOUS 1928 MODELS NOW HERE.
BOOK YOUR MOUNT NOW-ALL WILL SOON BE SOLD.
For Full Particulars Ring K. 1242.
THE GASCON MOTOR CO.,
REPAIRS UNDERTAKEN ON ALL MAKES OF MACHINES.
Tel. K. 1242
2. Kwong Wah Road. Kowloon.
(Opposite The Steam Laundry)
A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF SPARE PARTS and ACCESSORIES IN STOCK.
Day by Day Destruction Hides
Inside Your Motor Engine.
Your motorcar, may run with apparent smoothness and efficiency yet, hidden away in the engine crankcase, old, worn-out oli may.
slowly wearing and wrecking many costly engine parts.
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As you drive along, mile after mile, day after day, drops of un burned benzine and little, particles of dirt, carbon and steel are constantly entering and mixing with your crankcase oll. Oil used for 1,000 miles is invariably thinned out, weak and full of destructive. foreign matter.
Thinned-cut oll does not protect-it permits friction, causes, burned-out bearings, scored, cylinders, seized pfitons, engine labour and loss of power. At least half of all automobile engines, develop the noises of wear long before they should. The cause is not wreck less driving."but, wreckless lubrication with used, impure olls
PRICES KEPT DOWN.
Average dally output of crude oil in America is still more than 2,500,000 barrels a day, and of this independent oil corporations con- Play fair with your engine. Even with Mobiloil protection, con- troi about 15 per cent., the remain-taminating influences are at work. Keep your Mobiloil full-bodied der being owned by the big, world and fresh. Régularly drain off the old oil, and replace with new, wide organisations.
Economists state that the present every 1,000 miles, and you'll give your car more miles of quiet trouble-
output is far too much for current needs; but is responsible for the lower prices ruling. Prices in the central part of U.S. A. have fallen 61⁄2 cents per gallon in 12 months, and distribution costs are cheaper. This combination of events was
reflected on the adjacent British market, where the price of petrol has fallen 6d per gallon in the last year.
Usually, oil in the brake-drums menns the end of brake efficiency; boss, which is part of the steering but an English engineer has head. reversed the Iden by patenting a By means of a cam, pressure braking system which works in on the brake pedal forces the discs oil.
together, slowing and finally stop-
His schema, is an adaptation of ping the spinning, discs on the the multiple-disc-in-oll clutch, and drum. To prevent dragging or works on the same principles, sticking, very light springs are A series of metal discs are key interposed between the discs to paat two months, 21 were takened to the brake-dram, and an force them apart when brako pres up because of drunkenness.
interleaving series is keyed to asuré is released.
free power.
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