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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1928.

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LATEST NOTES FROM year 22 per cent of British against

HOME.

European Control Planned.

60 por cent, of American cars, the percentages for the last three months of 1927 being 9 and 87.

This decline is all the more

MOTORING IN FRANCE.

astonishing as unassembled parts Night Driving and Its

of British chassis enter the Com- monwealth free of duty while the American parts pay 171⁄2 per cent., the levy on an assembled British chassis being 5 per cent, as against 25 per cent. on a. United States

[By City Correspondent.]

Italian motor manufacturers i production. have now put forward a compre thensive scheme for the formation ofn gigantie European motor manufacturing cartel, to include British, French, German and Italian manufacturers, with the idea of resisting the increasing competition of American cars on

The Continent.

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Pitfalls.

Night driving in France is full. of pitfalls according to a corres- pondent in the Autocar, On the whole, the French laws are cellent, but the manner in which they are exercised is spasmodic. Harmful Basis of Taxation.

"First of all, the motoring visitor. Sir Robert Horne attributes the will be appalled by the number of preference shown for American unlighted bicycles he encounters; scot makes not so much to their wider their riders mostly get off range and higher clearance suit-free, but occasionally in some ble for country roads in the obscure village or other the gen Colonies, but to the unduly low darmerie nationala will become sud- power of the cheaper type of denly active, and the fining will ba fust and furious. Then the British cars. He adds that the

molorist with the faulty tail light cannot

will likewise Huffor. Beware, there- fore, of the unlighted cyclist.

It la proposed that some 250 motor firms should join the cartel British and should adopt co-operative methods of distribution.

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afford to make different types, one for use at home and another for use abroad, as this would do away with the benefits of mass produc-

There is, however, I think, little likelihood of the scheme coming tation. anything. British manufacturers

British builders designed their are distinctly cool towards the pro-cheaper cars so as to free them as sal which would benefit the much as possible from home taxar manufacturers of Tinly and tion, which is based on engine France, who have not adopted power. mass production methods,, much more than it would firms here:

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The next snag is the forward travelling rear light. This needs a little explanation. All vehicles rhust carry a light in France, but; the said light, whether on bicycle, cart, or even motor lurry, may be a red Chinese lantern; and to meet

a vehicle lighted in this way is, to say the least of it, confusing. Ap parently the police take no action as the vehicle is Hghted "within the It is highly significant, within 2 week of Mr. Churchill's Budget meaning of the Act." proposals, to have an ex-Chancellor

French motor drivers love power- Co-Operation in Australia.

of the Exchequer of the standingful head lights, and adore playing A motor-manufacturing pro-and experience of Sir Robert Horne with them. Years ago I crossed a French mail pasal much more likely of success coming out into the open, advocat- the Channel in is that British firms should co-ing the removal of the tax on the steamer, cuplained by a man who must have been a motorist. He had operate to push sales of their power of the car. He quotes the ears in Australia and form an successful imposition of a tax on liner erossed his bows he switched lovely searchlight, and when a organisation for the establishment petrol consumption in New Zea-on his projector, danced with fury of a joint-assembly factory to re-laud, where no complaints are on the bridge, left his course to duce marketing costs, and so help made by those who use petrol for read the offender's name, ran into in the competition against Ameri-other purposes, as in these cases fog, and piled the steamer up on ean cars in the Dominion.

the amount of the duty is refund-the Calais sunds a good mile from

the harbour entrance,

Mr. Morris and Mr. Ford.

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Pneumatic Tyre Orders.

This scheme has, I understand, ed. received the sympathetic con- This is indeed, an unexpected The French motorist plays' much sideration of Mr. W. R. Morris, quarter from which the endeavours the same game. According to the who has, of course, just returned of the various motoring organisn-law of the land, approaching cara from Australia, where he has beentions to obtain a change in the must dim their lamps but the law studying market conditions. basis of taxation are now second-does not say when, und, what hap- The horse-power tax weighs|pens is this. The other fellow. is most heavily on the owner who travelling "at the rate of knota," Meanwhile there are all sorts of uses his vehicle but rarely, while and suddenly switches off. Courte rumours about in the City.regard-touching but lightly proprietora of ously you seek to do likewise, but ing a possible meeting between commercial cars and lorries, which owing to your thick gloves you Mr. Morris and Mr. Ford, during are in service on at least six days fumble with the dimmer. He then his visit here with the idea of some a week and centribute much more becomes impatient, and by the combination between the two. than others to the wear and tear time your own lights are dim, he blazes on full power and you are Such a combination would be of the roads.

blinded. Then he switches off again, and there is a grave risk but so far ne I can gather there; The decision of the L.G.O.C. to running down some unlighted is little baals for the reports atroduce seventy-five new double.and invisible cyclist who may be beyond the knowledge that Mr.decker buses with pneumatic tyres, ahead; in any case, speed is of Ford. regarda the growth of the and similarly to fit another one Suddenly, before the other man is necessity reduced to dead slow. Morris car as a serious setback to hundred, opens up possibilities of his power in British markets, and a big increase in orders for the past you, his head lights will be might therefore make the oppor-tyre manufacturers from the big switched on again. After that,

words full one, tunity for a discussion while he le road-transport companies.

Often at dusk, when side lamps- It is extremely likely, I believe, that before long the majority of of one's presence and there is am- are lighted just to acquaint others Both men, of course, are fond London's buses will be fitted withple light to see, an oncoming mo- of dramatic moves, and a personal pneumatic lyres, and the most im-tarist will approach with his head meeting might produce remarkable portant of the provincial motor lights ablaze, and then switch them results:

coach companies are developing on and off again like a child with along similar lines.

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Authorities closely in touch with Mr. Morris, however, informed mo recently that any serious Co- operation batween the two was at present unlikely.

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a new toy. It is all very discon- certing, but one gets used to it.

The best tip is a spotlight on the A lead in this direction has been given in Germany, where the beam on the right-hand verge of windscreen adjusted to throw its Government has issued regulations the road about 30 yards ahead; it Popularising British Cars. restricting the use of solid tyres. then dazzles no one and yet serves Last year delegates of tlie Asso-1

The whole movement is, in fact, to pick up any eyellst in the offing eiation of British Motor Manufac- in this direction, so that Dunlops A good spot-light fitted with the Lurers Roured the principal and one or two other of the big-same bull as a head lamp gives Dominions in order to ascertain tyre firms should benefit consider-surprisingly good light, and if on the wants of the Colonies.

Very good work has been achieved in this direction, and the most efficient makers of moderate-

|ably,--Evening Standard.

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approaching another car the head lights are switched off, and tlie spot! lamp is left barning, no one minds, and the road is not left in utter darkness.

ly priced care appear likely to derive marked benefit from the re- While automobile fatalities in.! commendations of the delegation. creased in America in 1927 some

endeavours

now eight per cent, ten states lower- Thoir powerfully seconded by Sir Robert ed their percentage and four in-. Horne, who, upon his return from creased, Illinois had the largest U.S. a journey to the Antipodes, calls numerical decrease; from 1776 in

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Safety Contest Opena. With $6,500 offered in prizes the Highway Education Board

attention to a very disquieting 1926 to 1647 in 1927, Montana, has opened its annual safety con- feature inasmuch as Australia im-with a 22 per cent. decrease, had ported in the first quarter of last the largest percentage.

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