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VETERAN CARS. King Edward's First

Motor.

LAND LINERS.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1929.

Motor Sleeping Coaches.

ARMY DEPENDENT ON PETROL.

THE

WORLD HAR Ä

A MAFEKING MEMORY. BED, BREAKFAST ON

A meet of pioneer motor-ears, escorted by their modern, “rif spring," to mark the progress of

ROAD.

Motor sleeping coaches are the latest thing in long distance travel

the motor-car since 1806 Look place in England, two six-wheelers hay- recently at the Alexandra Paince.

ing been put into aervice between

The veterans included the thirty-Londos and Manchester. three-years-old two-cylinder Dai The bodies, which have berths

ler phaeton, in which King Edward for 21 passengers, have all the

Question, of Adequate Supplies.

AROUSING MUCH CRITICISM.

It would be wrong to say that transport problem, enable impedi- VII. hid his first motor run (now facilities of a modern train, in the new policy of Arny meclianiza. menta to be carried behind an owned by Mr. S. E. Statham): the cluding four, two and single-berth tion meets with the unanimous army in motor lorries, give motor It does cookers to all units, përmit men to thirty-three-years-old single-cylinaloons. There is a kitchen, pravid-approval of all soldiers. der Benz doreart, which led the pro-ed with hot and cold water which Hot, and, since the Army Council be brought up fresh with the mini-

have atated their cession on Mafeking Day in London is also supplied to the lavatory.

intentions, mum of equipment to near the

Bring line. It in another thing to: (Mr. H. J. Dowsing) Mrs. Mile's When the berths are made up for criticism must be expected. 1897 tiller-steering Benz of 34 h.pday travelling, 44 passengers can be

The first and most obvious in convert the actual fighting troops the question of supplies, With info mechanized forces. * still running in its original condi-earried.

A third criticism is the danger tion; the late King Edward's first

The land Uners leave London at the front line mechanized, infan- car, an 1899 two-cylinder ph. 10 am, and 11 p.m., and Manchester trymen brought up to the field of of soldiers losing their senses of Daimler, displayed by Messrs. Star- at the same time, so that each battle in lorries, commissariat, initiative and independence, and ton-Instone. Ltd., and and 1899 vehicle does a trip each way every stores, and ammunition transport- Becoming more machinists than single-cylinder 4 hp. Renault ton-day. The coaches are built to the ed by mechanically drawn vehicles, soldiers.

regulation maximum dimensions, the supplies of petrol required to having an over-all length of 30 feet,

neau, shown by Mr. B. J. Smyth Wood. Besides these there were dozen or so cars dating from 1900 to 1912, among them being the original Morris-Oxford of the latter date, atill owned by Sir William R. Morris.

How and when are they to be It Reems indeed, with a mechanized obtained? And, when obtained, Army as our mainstay, that any where will the supplies be kept, serioas setback will compel the for the petrol dumps will become men in the workshops to drop me of the vital spots on which their tools and hastily shoulder enemy artillery will fire and which their riften. enemy airplanes will tomb?

It was our bonst that the spirit' keep so large a fleet of machines of our men enabled them to beat and width of 7ft, Gin. The height, in motion must be very large. `- the German machine of soldiery. 11ft. Pin., is slightly less than that of a doubledecked 'inus. The fare is 30s return for the night journey. and slightly less for the day All these ancient warriors of Breakfast is included in the fare,j the road climbed up the hill to the terrace to show that they had still luncheon, and proposed the toast of retained their youthful activity, The Romance of Automobilism." and went afterwards in procession These pioneer ears, he guiil, would to the Royal Auricultural Hail, bring back many memories to those Islington.

pioneer motorists who were Jeft Mr. E. C. Gordon Endand, pre- with us, and would allow the sident of the Motor Agents' Asso- younger generation to weave much elation, took the chair at the romance inle automobilism.

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If in days of peace there la mate- muring against the price of petrol, what will be the price demanded The old and glorious infantry when the Government require, and ideal will diappear, and men who must have, enormous supplies? are employed chiefly as machinists Another obvious criticism is the can never hope to equal the Anc supply of travelling workshops to type of infantryman which was [repair vehicles damaged by wear and should always be the ideal of

the Army's ambitian to maintain. and tear, sevident or gunfire.

Last, but not least, nearly half The Army is stationed, in. India or in tropical climates.

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There the conditions and the

If mechanized forces cover 50 miles a day in active operations, the workshops must keep pave with them, as mutat the supply depots terrain are vastly different from those of Aldershot and Salisbury

at petrol. This will necessarily Plain. It is known that. India is entail an elaborate system of

organization behind the front lines of in favour of the "whole-hog"

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The military authorities in India are wise, for they realize that no would choose enens general

The Army will become absolute. ly dependent upon petrol' and mechanical workshops. Once they are destroyed or even impaired the value of the mechanical arms im- mediately suffers,‚·

The story of what was lost in ground that would be suitable for our transport columns in the re- lanka and armoured forces if it It treat from Mons provides the best could possibly be avoided. object lesson, and shows that the would be wise to beware before problem of maintaining these vital the commitment to mechanization adjuncts of a mechanized force is goes too far that we are not pre- of paramount importance.. paring an army for a special pur- Unless it is satisfactorily solved pose which might never arise and mechanization faila.

would never arise if any potential

As it is, mechanization falls enemy could help it. under two distinct heads. It is

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