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SUPPLEMENT

OF

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SATURDAY, 23rd FEBRUARY, 1929.

Being The Official Organ of

THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.

CURRENT

COMMENT

IL.K.A.A. Members,

BES DOS Deva DČIAI DEZA DELI

PERFECT TRACK?

Natural Speedway.

| DISCOVERY IN AFRICA.

Of special interest at this time, when Major Segrave is on the eve of seeking to recover for Britain

WINDSCREEN WIPERS.

Should be Compulsory.

CORONER'S VIEW.

We are indeed glad to note that When the bathing pavilion which

At an inquest in the Coroner's the Star Ferry Company is investi- is to be erected near Castle Pank the world's record on Daytona Court at Manchester (Eng) re- gating the question of providing by the Hongkong Automobile Asso-of what is claimed to be the finest wipers should be made a compul- Beach, is the interesting discovery jcently it was suggested that screen vehicular ferry between the Is- einfion is completed, many mem-possible natural speed track." The sory fitting to all cars." land and the mainland, and it is bera who live on the Hongkong side stretch of dead level hard surface" to be hoped that the Government would welcome an easy means of to which reference is made in a re-

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The previous record was also made

will tend every possible assistance crossing the harbour in order to en-cent saue of the Cape Times is three miles a minute are both pos- and encouragement. Motorists are joy the privelege of bathing on the Verneuk Pan, within 400 miles of sible and safe. In common with deeply indebted to the Company for other side, and from this angle

Capetown.

fother members of the survey party The Pan, socording to a survey he is convinced that the world's having provided the only means of alone, the private car traffic would just made, is approximately 20 ideal speed track has been found. carrying vehicles across the har-be quite heavy during week-ends, miles long by 10 miles broad, with a The party, coincidentally, included bour, and although the lighter sys-Taking Risks.

perfectly level and absolutely hard the photographer who photograph- surface, tem at present in force is anything

ed Captain Malcolm Campbell's but ideal, is the only facility avail- There must be a special little formation about Vorneuk Pan, both

To a cable giving preliminary in- "Blue Bird" on the Pendine Sands, able, it serves a most useful pur-joga-man who watches over Hong-Major Segrave and Captain The present world's speed record pose. The development of Kowloon kang motorists, for the risks Malcolm Campbell replied express is held by Ray Keech, America, who and the great increase in the num-taken by some drivers are fasting their interest, and requesting averaged 207.65 m.ph at Daytona ber of motor vehicles in the Colony about the limit. It is really sur- further. Information and photo Beach, Florida, in April, 1928. are the primary reasons for the in-prising that serious accidents are

Igraphs.

On the survey the Cape Times at Daytona by Captain Malcolm auguration of a more up-to-date not frequent occurrences, especial representative in a Buick covered Campbell on February 22, his speed service, and we imagine that ally collisions on blind turns. On a mile at 75 miles per hour with being 206.9, thus beating the re ferry built for the purpose of carry-three occasions during the present and is confident that speeds up to March, 1927, of 203.79 m.pl.

his hands off the steering wheel, cord of Major Segrace made in Ing both merchandise and vehiclos week. reports, have reached would provę quite a profitable un- complaining that public hira dertaking.

drivers speed both up and down Stubbs Road without the slightest regard for what may be coming. towards them on blind corners, which are taken by these reckless individuals invariably OB wrong side of the road. Perhaps it will take a few head-on smashes to impress upon careless drivers

Cargo Traffic.

There is a very heavy cargo traf- fle across the harbour, much of which is carried by junks, and it cannot be said that junk hire is ex- actly reasonable. A ferry which Irad ample accommodation for mer chandike, as well as vehicles would

us;

the

MOTOR VEHICLES IN S. AFRICA.

Greatly Assist Trade Development.

surely a real demand, and that they must keep to the lell, were recently published concerning six-wheeled types of Thornycroft

Some very remarkable statistics service given, particularly by the would further have the great ad. yaninge over the junk method in but the seriousness of the matter the road motor services of the vehicles put into service in out- that lorries could be taken across lies in the fact that an innocent South African Railway Authorities lying districts where no roada the water fully loaded. Without driver will suffer. doubt, the main demand would be

for cargo purposes, excepting dur. More Patrols,

ing week-ends, when a large num-

which form a striking commentary exist.

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on the development which is pro- Agricultural development has coeding in this part of the Empire tereby been tremendously assist- ber of motorists would take ad-employed, and at certain places, it vehicles.

More police patrols should be by the employment of motored, and the annual production of.

cream alone has increased from vantage of modern facilities in or- der to enjoy a spin round the New would be an excellent idea if It was only in 1925 that motor 135,000 gallons to 391,000 gallons, secret watches were kept. We vehicles were first employed 38 and similar advances have been Territories. On Sundays it might have previously expressed dis- feeders to their railways in up-made amongst cattle farmers and even be necessary to reserve cer- approval of the police trap method country districts, and at the end of maize producers. tain ferries exclusively for passen

Kur cars.

Present Limit.

favour of a modern vehicular ferry One of the chief arguments in is that the majority of motorists In either Hongkong or Kowloon rarely motor on the opposite aide of the harbour on which they realde, solely on account of the fact that quite a lot of time is taken. up in the transportation of cars by the lighter system. Were it possible to drive straight on to a vehicular ferry, as is done in other parts of the world, many would regularly avail themselves of the system, and a growing source of revenue should reault,

100,000 A MONTH.

Ford in Full Swing.

SPECTACULAR COME-- BACK.

The outstanding feature of the n.otor Industry throughout the rld is the "comback" being stag- ed by Henry Ford with his

ear.

new

In 1926, Ford produced 1,055,- 020 cars, while all other U.8. manufacturers produced 1,875,180 cars together. In 1027 Ford went Ford produced 6.338 cars in Janp out of production. This year

ary, 12,634 in February, and so increased the total each month that the monthly production now has reached more than 100,000 cars. To August 30, Ford's piro- duction was 313,307 cars, aghlust

2,648,800 for all other makers, but

by December 30 his proportion will be much improved.

So far Ford cannot keep pace with orders, and probably he will not have to fight for a market

N. 5. MOSES & CO., LTD., until he is producing some 200,000

Hele Agenta,

cars a month, and again rivaling Chevrolet as the best seller.

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of bringing offenders to hook, but the first year's operations by The most recent development in this particular matter, any March, 1926, the total route was was the official opening recently of method which would lessen the 1,465 and the goods traffic amount-new services into Swaziland, existing danger and teach a well ed to 9,900 tons. For the year native state without any railways, would be more than justified, deserved lesson to such culprits, ended March, 1928 only two years and the S. A. R. Authorities ex- later, the mileage ad extended to pressed their conviction that the 7,636 miles, the gooda traffic in-Inauguration of the new road ser- Passengers' Duty.

creased to 68,000 tone, and in vices would provide far cheaper addition nearly one million" pas-fand, moro efficient transport than Whenever residents employs a sengers had been carried.

the extension of their present rail- public hire vehicle, it is up to

Most of the S.. A. R. fleet con-ways into that territory as had them to caution drivers who are sigts of Thornycroft vehicles of previously been advocated. guilty of recklessness, not only in both four and alx wheel types, of It only remains to add that what order to assure their own protec- which they are now operating als befog achieved so successfully in tion, but the protection of other fleet of over 300, which, it may be South Africa is also being done, on road users. In particularly bad added, is the largest fleet of a smaller scale, in South America, cases, the number of the offending British vehicles operated by any Australia and other Overseas vehicle should be forwarded with one user throughout the Empire, Colonies where Thornycroft six- a complaint to the Traßßic Depart- It has grown from small begin-wheeled vehicles have been put into: ment,

nings entirely on the satisfactory service.

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