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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

AT NEW YORK

SHOW.

Many Innovations Displayed.

New York City was the Mecca | 1930 prior to the show, the bulk for men in the automotive indus of the new models were exhibited try all over the world and for the first time at the New York thousands of United States dealers Show. Two foreign bufiders, and motorista eager to learn what Mercedes-Benz and Volson, American automobile manufachad exhibits. Many innovations turers have to offer in the way appeared, both in the passenger of innovations and improvements ear and accessory displays. during the thirtieth annual National Automobile Show. America, January 4th to 11th.

Four beautifully decorated floors of the Grand Central Palace were filled with the exhibits of forty. six makes of passenger ears and the products of manufacturers. .

of

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1930.

DIRECTING TRAFFIC IN MALAYA

More than R score of new known General Motors product, MOTOR AGE CITY. chassis made their firat ap which hold it for the nine years pearance. Of these, half were previous,

eight cylinder types including Called in to make the 1950 car

terest.

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of

Radical Planning.

BUILT-IN SAFETY,

In the State of New Jersey, for instance, a new town, Radburn, which is called the "City of the Motor Age," is being built on an to the unusual plan as a solution.

and safety pro pressing traffic blems.

Separate Roadways.

Oakland's new V-eight. Thère were three makes of front wheel a thing of greater, beauty, artists, drive cars and a sixteen-cylinder interior decorators and jewellers Cadillac-the first American 16 have emphasized unity of design cylinder car to be produced from the front bumper to the tail which created a great deal of in-light, Hardware and trim carry

The enormous volume of pre- the same motif. out, with a marked tendency to have the decorativo sent-day street traffic caused by Aside. from these radical design in the style of modern art highly-developed motor transpor changes there was introduced both inside and outside the car: tation, and the many hazards to number of important mechanical Bullet-type lamps match cigar pedestrians resulting therefrom, developments based on scientific lighters, cigar lighters match door are reflected in American city research conducted on an handles, handles match instrument planning and house-building. elaborate scale. Among these im- panel and so on to the radiator provements are found down-draft cap, which plays a less con- carburetion, producing more power spicuous part on most models. Among the makes of core Ex- hibited wore ! Auburn, Blackthrough the downward flow

The attendance at the Show this Hawk, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, gasoline and air and fitting in with Chrysler. Cord, Cunningham,

fuel pumps, which continue to re-year broke the record of last year. DeSoto, Dodge Brothers, DuPont, place vacuum tanks, increase in In expectation of an intensely Durant, Elcar, Erskine, Essex, the bore, with its approach to the competitive year, the executives, Franklin, Gardner, Graham-Paige, "square" type of cylinder dimen- and engineers of all the manufac

The Radburn plan provides for. 180 accessory Hudson, Hupmobile, Jordan, Kis-

sion, and cooling of the oil by turing companies were alertly on pumping it through a part of the hand. The presidents and vice- separate footpaths for pedestrians, sel, LaSalle, Lincoln, Marmon,

radiator. On the whole, the new presidents of companies spent distinct from the roadways on The National Show is a most im-Marquette, Nash, Oakland, Olds-

models are more powerful with more time in their booths than in which motor vehicles travel. Large portant event in the automotive mobile, Packard, Peerless, Pierce-

greater acceleration, hill-climbing any past year. A number of them parks, where youngsters and grown- calendar, being to people in the Arrow, Plymouth, Pontiac, Reo, Studebaker,

ability and maximum speed, im-were present so that they might ups can walk and play in safety, United States what the Paris and Roosevelt, Ruxton, London shows are to Europeans. Stutz, Viking. Whippet, Willys- proved comfort, better brakes, personally observe the degree of occupy the centre of each super- smarter body lines and more interest manifested by visitors in block. Children can go to school While a number of manufacturers Knight and Windsor White, Prince

the cars for which they are respon-

or into the park without crossing luxuriously furnished bodies.

sible. their plans for (Moon). had announced

It is most important to a street used for vehicular traffic, Aside from the many mechanical them to know exactly how their improvements, the most striking ears appeal to the public. tendencies are the recent develop-

Delegates to the Show from ments in body design and colour- ing. Although the general trend countries overseas were especially is definitely toward more sombre-honoured on International Day, Among the distin- shades, many unusual colour com- January 6th. binations have been achieved by ruished representatives were: Sir employing contrasts between body Herbert Austin of Great Britain, The Gullo Faldella, President of the colouring and trimming. conservative influence is offset National Fascist Automobile Trade somewhat by the generous use of Board of Italy and C. A. Viriot of chromium plate. Also new alloy the Automobile Club de l'Ouest of ed metals are used from the wheels and body to the carburetor and CO. engine, notably stainless steel to prevent rust and aluminum alloys for lightness and strength. There is an increased use of new "alloys" of rubber for engine mountings at the Grand and elsewhere on the chassis to check vibration, in universal joint, steering gear, braking system, etc. One model carries more than 400 parts made of rubber.

RIDE CONTENTEDLY ON MICHELINS

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Depot

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MICHELIN

With Chevrolet occupying the place of honour, General Motors' lines had an important place in the exhibit of 325 models. First place. at the Show is a much coveted honour and is determined by the value of gross sales of a member company daring the fiscal year

France.

The opening of the Show was broadcast bi radio over a nation wide network of 48 stations.

Each Radburn house has two means of access, a motor entrance and a garden entrance. Friends 'as well as the arriving by car grocer, the milkman, the coalman- all who drive go to the motor en- trance by way of short closed-end streets around which the houses are grouped. An entrance on the other side of the house opens garden, at the end of which is a on foot. path for those coming This path forms part of the park system, while the short closed-end streets lead to broad traffic avenues,

Traffic is Outside.

on the

at its

In addition to the principle show A number of these closed streets, Central Palace, with the houses, which are grouped General Motors had an exhibition around them, form a block many of its own at the Hotel Astor times the size of the ordinary city which continued daily from 10a.m. block, with traffic avenues to midnight. Forty-eight General boundaries and a long park strip Motors, passenger car models and in the centre. 11 commercial vehicles were dis- played in the Grand Ballroom and the Laurel and Rose Rooms of the Hotel.

ARRESTED TRANSPORT.

ending August 1st. This is the During 1923, American prohibi- third consecutive

year that tiun enforcement officers, in addi- Chevrolet has been awarded the tion to arresting 66,878 people, premier posilien at the Nationalized cars valued at 2,879,018 Automobile SFow, taking the lead dollars. and 89 boats valued at in 1928 from Buick, another well-260,845 dollars.

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In blocks now being built the parks are joined by an underpass where they are crossed by a traffic street.

HUMAN SIGNAL

Night drivers in busy cities will have no trouble with indistinct semaphore signals operated by policemen at less busy corners if a new traffic device is adopted. The ans shown here on Officer Herman Winters is being tried out in Detroit. It consists of a har- ners fitting over the should- ers, green lights being fitted on the shoulders and red lights on front and back. To change the run of traffic the policeman blows his whistle and makes a quarter turn. Battteries on the officer's back feed the lights.

DELICATE GOLD.

Speed Trophy.

TWO YEARS' WORK,

The gold trophy for the world's speed record, presented by Lord Wakefield, of Hythe, to the R:A.C., is now practically completed. The work of making, it has been in hand for more than two years, as great technical difficulties have been ex- perienced by the goldsmiths.

It is over 300 years since a gold casting has been made of such size and delicacy.

The donor is determined that the trophy shall be as perfect as British craftsmen can make it. The work has been supervised by a joint committee composed of the Royal Mint Advisory Cimmittee and the Committee of Taste, appointed by the Worshipful Company of Gold- amitha. The latter chose the design, "The Spirit of Speed,” by. Mrs. Harold Stabler.

There alvor replicas of the trophy are completed, and the first will be despatched to Captain/ Malcolm Campbell, the second to. the executors of the late Ray Keech, and the third to. Sir Henry Sea- grave, the present holder.' In addi tion to the trophy, Lord Wakefield also presents a cheque for $1000 for three years to the holder.

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The majority of Hongkong residents will be quite familiar with the means of traffic control illustrated above. The photo was taken at Singapore where the control of traffic presents quite a difficult problem.

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Pro rata, we fit a larger section tyre than any other car made. Jowett can do 40/50 m pig..

Switchboards are illuminated at night by indirect lighting. Locks provided for saloon doors.

Parcel nets, rope pulls, rear blinds, ventilators, etc, each Jowett is delivered complete, even to number plates.

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