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West End Garaging Plan.

SEASON TICKETS. .

Cur-garaging season tickets for London -shoppera, may shortly be instituted if negotiations between West End garages and stores in Regant-street reach a successful conclusion.

Garnges in the Piccadilly region have suggested to the proprietors | of the stores that they should buy- books of tickets which would be issued to motorists wishing to shop in their establishments, and would entitle them to n-réserved | place in a garage close. by .

In the case of country customers truvelling to London in their caru it has also been suggested that they should be presented with a ticket entitling them to the use of one of these garages for the whole day provided their purchases are of sufficient siza.

Many people are undoubtedly deterred from shopping in Regent- street owing to the difficulty of finding a place to leave their ears.

Massachusetts' share of Federal aid road construction funds for the current fecal year is $1,000,077,

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OF

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SATURDAY, 4th JAHUARY, 1930.

Being The Official Organ gr

THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.

WHAT AN ABSENT TAIL LIGHT WILL DO.

A New Year Gift

That Gives Pleasure!

Two women and a man were burned to death when the car Int which they were riding, shown to the right, struck the rear end of a truck in the night, causing the rasoline tank to explode and set fire to the car. One of the four occupants in the sedan escaped alive by smashing a window and. climbing out. The accident hap- pened on a highway near Wichita, Kan., U.S.A. when the lack of a tail light on the rear of the truck enused the driver to run into it,

A steel rod projecting from the truck punctured the gas tank. The upper photo shows the truck and wrecked sedan at the scene of the crash.:

CURRENT

COMMENT

Tramway Standards,

Members of the Hongkong Auto- | In addition to the provision of mobile Association, are, reminded motor parks, it is also necessary that the annual Ball takes place to endeavour to make our main on the 17th inst. This event has traffic arteries us free from all berome one of the leading social obstruction as possible. In this functions of the year, and the respect; the tramway standards Committee anticipate another along the centre of Queen's Road successful night this yent from Murray Barra-ks eastwards] Further particulurs will appear in should be removed at the earliest this column next Saturday,

opportunity. That they form an Jobstruction cannot be denied, for While we are facing what we a suce of at least six feet along] consider a serious parking prob- the centre of the roadway je ren- tem to-day, we muy find ourselves dered useless on account of them. entangled in a much more serious On some of the corners, thesej situation in a few years from now standards have already heen re- if we fail to flad a solution very moved, standards being erected at soon. Already the centre, of the the side of the roadway instead, city witnesses congestion every The Improvement is moat marked, day, and it is not unusual to objand it is easy to visualise the serve cars driving along Pedder great improvement which would Street and Chater Road seeking a be effected were all of the central vacant parking space. Admitted-standards to be removed.

ly, the problem as far as the heart Motor-Blinded.

of the city is concerned is a very

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Where wind resistance becomes "wind assistance"-sketch

of the futuro automobile making fast speeds possible and photo of Major H. O, D. Segrave's car, which holds the world's speed record,

Detroit A new type of aulo- mobile may rule the roads ten years from now, successfully com peting with airplanes that cruise far overhead and land on tops" of difficult one, but as the number of It is said that some of the coun-kyscrapers with utmost security

Behind a screen of deepest mys- motor vehicles increase in the Co-jtries of the world have become

tery, one of the great automobile lony, other spaces will be required "motor-minded," "a

term which manufacturers of the United clsewhere. The Praya Reclama-ably emphasises the great import-States in evolving just euch an tion may well be taken as an exam.ance of motor vehicles in the daily automobile. It will not be ready ple. It is safe to predict that as life of such countries. As far as for several years, probably, and by that time it is anticipated that a thriving business locality springs future progress is concerned, it roads suitable for safe speeds well up, motor vehicles will play an im- would be well if those responsible in excess of 100 miles an hour will portant part in the daily commer-for planning the future of Hong-extend the length and breath of cial life of that locality, and soon-kong were to cultivate a little the country.

er or later the need for adequate "motor-mindedness." It is true that Wind pressure, which now fights parking facilities will arise. Now some excellent roads. are being Is the time to make due provision built on the Praya Reclamation, against speed, will be the friend

ly gonli that will make these groat. for that need, and we should like but unless spaces are provided

Tepoods aafe." To this and every to see suitable spaces reserved where vehicles may remain station feature of the mystery car is be for such purpose. The main point ary off the main flow of traffic, ing tested in the whirlwind of for emphasis is that unless the the future will surely have a dif- super wind tunnels, designed problem of the future is intelli- cult problem to face in the matter after exhaustive research by ven- gently anticipated now, future of traffic congestion. generations will dive to deplore

tilating engineers. Powerful fans, provide hurricanes, beyond any ever loosed by nature in lier

the lack of foresight of those who A. Suggestion. handled the question of city plan- On account of the congestion wildest moods. plug years before them. As far created by erection of a hoard- as Victoria is concerned, there is to the rendono by the Under the presstire of a wind Rome excuse, because when the Gloucester Building site, conges which, if developed by the car's city was planned, the advent of congedown motion, would represent a motor traction was not even an- some relief might be effected by spoed far in excess of 100 miles ticipated. To-day it forms an allowing the westward bound an hour, this mystery modal huge ever increasing system of coenmartran-cars to stop opposite the Jar the ground and is held steady cial and passenger transportation, dine Building. This would make against all stresses and strains of fand it is absolutely essential that the corner much enster, for pedles- the road. GS |every slop be taken to ensure itd Irians, and incidentally, would As scientists know a fast mov- Emboth operation In the years prove of mach convenience to ing object, acting on still fr Ahead

motor traffic.

causes. It to present - almost the

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characteristics of a solid and this fact is being utilized to the utmost in the development of the car of the future. Instead of exerting a. pressure that tends to lift the car from the ground, as in the case of most present-day models, the wind pushes down, exerting tre mendous pressure and making it impossible for the car to turn over while travelling at high speed,

This tends to make speed in ex- cess of 100 miles an hour really' safer than the slower speeds and, with good roads to equal the caps- city of the car, will bring a new ero' of fast transportation.

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Some idea of how this works can be obtained by looking at the "Golden Arrow," the racing car of Major H. O. D. Begrave, who cata- blished a record of 281.2 miles an hour on the sands of Daytona, Beach, Fla.

So far this car represents the farthest advance, in turning wind resistance into wind amlstance" ever seen in the United States, The scoop-like prow presents anaren against which the wind, forms a terrific pressure. The gently upward plopa transfers this back pressure into a down- ward pressure which holds the car against the road?!

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