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THE HONGKONG" TELEGRAPH,

THE PEDESTRIAN'S PROGRESS.

The Dream of John Bunion, Junior.

By Fred Glett.)

[By Special Arrangement With the Morris Owner.]

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. ・ ・ SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1929.

CANADA'S MOTOR CAR INDUSTRY.

British Colonies Good Customers.

$90,000,000 CAPITAL EMPLOYED,

Australia took nearly 8,000 cars : last year, while India took 12,000' and the United Kingdom 7,500. South Africa with 2,500 and New Zealand with 2,000, complete the bigger customers among British possessions.

Parts Industry Encouraged.

If an American car is more than 150 per cent, of Canadian parts, an allowance is made on the exce duty paid by manufacturers bring ing cara Into Canada. This rebats has drawn many American manu- Toronto, Dec. 6th-The Cana- fredson. Everything else is simi- facturers to open up Canadian dian motor car industry, primarily lar to that found in the United factories and more are expected to formed to evade the heavy duties States. There are only a few miner

follow... on complete automobiles, is now

vohicular propulsion. For some the manager how much longer years I resisted the temptation, till was to be kept waiting, "About one day I accepted the offer of a threo hours," he said, "You see, lift down our street from a school- sir, our waiters are only allowed to mate. His vehicle was a soap-walk at the statutory speed of n box on an ex-perambulator chassis. 3rd an hour, to avoid the danger I took my place as hla passenger of collision with customers cross- with homo perturbation and all ing their line of route. They are went well until wa encountered the the very latest thing in waitere." frat lamp-post, with which, by faulty steering, my youthful colleague collided, with the result that we were both precipitated down the kerbstone-a sheer drop of six inches Into the roadway. It was while crossing that busy nuisance, a peripatelle perisher; a

As I rose to my feet I exclaimed, centre of traffic in front of the

"Nevermore! Never again would Elepliant and Castle, where six or

I participate in the perils of seven ronds ment, that I fell into a

vehicular progress. My motto contemplative mood. My name is

should in future be "Safety Feet." Bunton-plain John Bunton. No

For some years I lived in a fool's relation to the great Bunyan, but,

In the Beginning... paradise, of which I was the chiar like him, I dreamed a dream. And

I❘ orriament. in my dream 1 fancled myself——— But it was not always so.

However, before recounting my started life as a quadruped, wear- dream let me first give some Ing an all-fours garment known an

With the advent of motorcars account of how I reached my a romper. But at the early age of

At this point in my dream, as present state of perfection, for 1 one I found my feet, and have been my hopes of living and dying in a modesty, reached that parleus fuae any other method of locomo- received a nasty jar. I said at editorial sanctum, I felt a sudden pinnacle. 1'am, in short, the Per-tion.

the time that it was the thin end bump in my luck, and woke up to vrn Ontario. Opposite Detroit on fect Pedestrain," "I stand alone-During my generally in the middle of the road, [comrades often tried to persuado end (or the end of the beginning, started these runminations, namely tories are found. Here are Chry than 25 per cent. But the cars cannot be obtained here are allow

schooldays my of the wedge, the beginning of the find myself on the spot where I the Canadian side the main fac. small percentage of Canadian-million dollars every year.

made fittings, perhaps not more Many parla and fittings that a perfect me to indulgù. In the dangers of forget which). And so it was in the middle of the road in frontisler, Ford, Gotfredson and Stude which are the biggest sellers and ed free into the country if used- In a few years motors became, like of the Elephant and Castle, while 'baker. Toronto has a number of como in the more moderato field solely for the completion of now

perfect blitherer, and say I am perfectly potty and perpetrate per- rect pifile. That may be true. Any how, the perfection is there. am almost pluperfect.

Petrol Perils.

Indignantly I shook the dust off my feet and the cobwebs off my hat, and eald I should write to the papers about it. With this object i ́called on the editor of the Daily Footle at Corn Exchange Buildings and asked him how soon he could print my protest. "In about three yours, I hope," was his reply. "At present we have no ink or paper because our supplice now on one of the largest in the dominion, differences between some of the These requirements have stimu the road are dolayed owing to the

automobiles manufactured in lated a parts industry of no mean During the Arat eight months of Canada and those made in the tories are making automobile parts numerous hold-ups of traffic which

proportion. Seventy-seven fan-* under our 5.0.F.A. (Safety of the 1928 the number of care produced Feet Act) are incessantly being in Canada amounted to 181,459 United States. The one main dif- of all sorts. Forty-five of them made for the convenience of with a factory value of $116,209,- forence is that Canadian cars are are in Ontario, with the others privileged podostrains"

841.

nearly 80 per cent. of Canadian spread through every province but manufactured parts.

the Maritimes. Annually 3,000 There are ten active motor car

A few high priced cars made in ness and the amount given out in people are employed in this bind-

have indeed, in spite of my a walker over since, sehrning to state of perfect pedestrianism túrned to go down-stairs from the factories in Canada, all in south Canada are put together with a salaries and wages is close to four

Others have called me

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CAUSES MOST TROUBLE.

According to the California State Automobile Association, the electrical system, including the ignition, starter and battery of an automobile, is the most common cause of stalling motor cars.

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Cars with a list price of lean

except the Cadillac being manufac- than $1,200 come in with a 20 per tured there. The National and In- cent. "duty. Others above this ternational trucks are made at price have to pay 27% per cent. Hamilton and Chatham respec- duty. tively. A new General Motors plant to manufacture car bodies exclusively is to be opened soon at Regina.

Runs into Millions.

British cars, of which there are ferential tariff of 15 per cent. less than 100 a year, have a pre- Other foreign cars pay 25 per cent. Canada's export trade amounts dian motor car, industry comes to trade. This is chiefly of Canadian- Capital employed in the Cana-lo a little more than her fraport nearly $90,000,000. Half of this made American cars to British is employed in land and factories. over eleven thousand people are employed in the industry drawing salaries and wages amounting to nearly $20,000,000.

meters, motometers and certain Such parta, oro speedo-

other accessoribs.

Canadian-made automobiles are selling In all parts of the world. Even the United States takes some!

THE GOOD OLD DAYS.

mobile Association was founded, The year the American Auto-

1902, every motorist had a chance. entire country then, There were only 30,000 cars. In the

partridges, plentiful and strongan irate lorry driver asked me factories, there being a on the wing. It was no longer whether I had bought Newington Ford plant, Willys-Overland, Dur- are made as high as 80 and 85 per cats.

cent. in Canada. At one time 30 safe to cross the road without per road. I told him I did, and that

Butts and whether I wanted all the ant and Dodge factorles

per cent. of the Ford was mado in forming the to mo-impossible

The other factories are at the dominion, feat of facing both ways at once.

I should not be happy till I got it, Oshawa, Hamilton and Chatham.

One-Fifth Is Duty, I have spent the rest of my life and that I should write to the Oshawa is practically a General up to now writing to the papers papers about it, and that it was a Motors town, all cars of this line about it, and am still doing so.

disgraceful thing if a pedestrain could not cross a public highway, However, let me set on with the I must now lay down my pen, as account of my dream. I dreamed have an appointment with my

dream, and in my dream 1 chiropodist." fancied myself in a crowded city where the streets were broad and straight-that sort of streat, we know, lendeth unto destruction. There were four streams of traffic in each direction, the slower vehicles being nearest the kerb. I also noted a complete absence of that controlling influence, the tramear. The trame was, in Inet, In perpetual motion. So continu OUR WIN the moving mass vehicles that it was quite im possible for a pedestrian to cross the street except at certain fixed points where subwaya provided, with the notice: "Fool passengers are requested to use the subway." Now, as every con- firmed pedestrain knows, 'conscientious foot-passenger ever uses a subway: I don't know why not. We simply don't. It isn't done. It would be infra dig. or subterranean, or something of that sort. After surveying the Incessant flow of vehicles without seeing any prospect of a safe crossing, except by a subterfuge, 1 made a sudden resolve. I said to myself: "John Bunion, this is no place for you."

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"Hear, heart" said a voice my elbow, and I turned to ace a stout man who, like me, was suffer- ing from sleep-walking. "Friend," anid 1, "let us leave this City of Destruction and Heck sonie delectable city where motora cease from moving and pedestrians possess the road in peare and patience." "Right-ob, Friend," said he. "I'm with you. Let's hop it." So he and I set forth together in search of the far-dia- fant City of Perfection.

In my dream we travelled by many by-ways and by-passes and sloughs of despond. Frequently passes by in cars offered us a lift, to which I conscientiously objected in spite of my proteating feet. My companion, however, being open to conviction (as I afterwards dia. covered), rashly accepted, though |] warned him it was risky. To which he replied that he was pre- pared to take the risk-as a third party to it, "for even motoring," said he, "has its compensations." In due time, after many narrow escapes from juggernauża, blue birds and other monsters, I arrived at a remarkable city, which I took to be the City of Perfection. The pavement for foot-passengers was broad and padded with velvet, while the roadway for vehicles wan of rough flints and cobble stoner plentifully percolated with potholes. Grass grew at the edges, and in the centre of the road crept a single line of one- way traffic, each motor vehicle be- ing preceded either by a frequently stopping tramear or a farm cart. At Intervals were notices to foot- passengers: "If you want to cross the rond, ask a policeman" I did so, and a polite constable at once left hold of a pickpocket he had just arrested, and held up the traffe for ten minutes while I made n Intsurely crossing and took a few notes of the Incident, while the pickpocket-in whom I had recognised my recent stout follow- wayfarer--took his departure. It was not till later, when I missed my wallet, that I discovered that he too had taken notes,

A Friend in Need,

At that moment in my dream I fell into a pothole from which I was rescued by the policeman. "Friend," and I, rather annoyed. "do you call this the Delectable City" "No, sir. This is the City of Destruction." "I thought I'd come away from that." "No, sir, you've walked right into it,"

Feeling hungry, I turned into a restaurant. It was full of peoplo, After waiting half an hour I asked

More than 5000 Packard eights are being produced in the Detroit (U.S.A.) plants each month.

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The industry maintains but one Canadian car, a truck, the Got-

BUSES CHEAPER.

dominions, the United Kingdom, British protectorates and depen dencies, to South America and the Orient. Due to the preferential The cost of operating a motor tariff, American care are shipped bus ran 1.1 cents a seat for every to these and other British coun-mile in 1927. It cost private auto- tries after being made in the mobile owners, however, 2.0 cents dominion.

a seat per mile.

A LETTER WHICH SPEAKS FOR ITSELF

FROM MANZANO HNOS, (Bullana, Peru

TRANSLATION

V GENERAL MOTORS EXPORT COMPANY,

(New York,

GENTLEMEN:

August 16th, 1928

We own a fleet of three Chevrolet one-ton trucks used for trans- portation in this town. About a month ago, we had to make a trip to a town 130 kilometers from here, having to traverse a dangerous road, at night, and under poor lighting conditions. The poor road, very steep hills, and generally adverse conditions re- sulted in the driver stalling the truck. It slid backwards. Due to the narrowness of the road it was impossible to steer it safely and it went over a cliff.

We presumed that the truck would be a total loss; (it was load- ed, but fortunately had no passengers) and you can readily imag ine our surprise when we found that although the body was smashed when the truck urned a triple somersault, not even a tire was split. After inspecting the motor carefully, we started it and it worked normally. Therefore, except for the body that was demolished, the truck did not suffer in the least, and with the help of some laborers and another car, we were able to pull it out of the chasm in which it had fallen, after which it resumed the trip to its destination with the load.

We take great pleasure in advising you of this fact, as a testimo-

nial to the unexcelled construction of the Chevrolet.

With the sentiments of our esteem, we are,

Yours truly,

MANZANO HNOS.

A. JORDAN

A tribute to Chevrolet Truck that briefly

confirms our claims.

THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE

25 Queen's Road Central

Tel. Central 4759.