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OF

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SATURDAY, 5th July, 1930.

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SERVICE

CURRENT

COMMENT

A Misleading Sign.

HINTS TO DRIVERS.

:

[By Accelerator.] When inspecting or filling the battery it will not do any good to. wear gloves, as the aeid will destroy them while it won't hurt the bare hands. Be careful not to let it drop on shoes or clothes. as it eats right through.

At the intersection of Nathan and Prince Edward Ronds, the electric traffic sign is more of a source of danger than an aid to safety, for the simple reason that the green light does not operate as a through signal, but is permit-the hole, as this may prevent air

from entering the tank, or, worse;

If you lose the gas tank cap, don't go around for long with a rag or piece of cork plugging up

almost sure to fall in and clog the fuel line. A new cap doesn't cost much.

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ted to pass traffic turning from yet, lint or particles of cork are Nathan Road into Prince Edward Road, thereby giving a right of way which makes it possible for one vehicle to turn directly in the path of another. To more clearly When changing a tyre, watch out illustrate the point we will take that the jack doesn't slip and let the case of a bus-travelling along the car down on you. A good the Nathan Road with the inter-way to prevent this is to put blocks fore and aft against the wheels tion of turning round the traffic that remain on the ground. beacon into Prince Edward Road, and a vehicle travelling along the | Nathan Road from the opposite direction proceeding in the direc- tion of Kowloon. Each is given -REAL SERVICE! the green light indicating that the Nathan Road route is clear, but the bus turns round the beacon thus crossing the track of the Most motoriste know that dust- other vehicle. A representative particles on the windshield in- of the Telegraph has actually witorease the glare of oncoming head- nessed this happen on several octake the trouble to wipe off the lights, but sometimes they won't

casions, and if the system is al-glass, inside and out, when night lowed to continue, a collision will approaches. occur sooner or later, raising an interesting point concerning res- ponsibility. It should be clearly indicated that all vehicles desiring

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.to turn round the beacon should take the centre of the roadway when nearing the beacon, thus

allowing through traffic to pass on the left. Then, when the red light is showing on Nathan Road, the traffe turning out of Nathan Road should be allowed to proceed.

Motor. Ambulances,

Automotive transportation has set a new standard of efficiency, in various forms of public service, one of the most valuable being ambulance and first-aid systems. Few cities to-day are without a motor ambulance service, and so universal has the demand become, that many manufacturers specia- lise in such vehicles. It seems scarcely necessary to mention that the, great value of a motor ambulance is that it can be driven rapidly to the scene of an accident in the shortest possible time. Last week's incident therefore, when over half an hour elapsed before an ambulance reached the Gloucester Building, is a matter

Cin-

It doesn't save much gas, and it damages your motor, to shut off the ignition when coasting down a pag hill. Unburned gas is sucked into the cylinders and cuts the oil so that its efficiency as a lubricant is impaired.

SHIFTING

GEARS ON PLANE.

By means of a staggered propeller, Invented by Bert Hawkins, left, and Gordon Sackett of Santa Barbara, Calif, it is now possible to "change gears" on an airplane while in fight and alter, the propeller's pitch. This gear shifting is said to save motor labour by cutting ita revolutions to nearly half, and to allow about one-third greater speed. A closeup of the gears of the propeller is shown above.

"LOOK BOTH

WAYS.”

Wanted

Safety-First Campaign

in Hongkong.

A well-known local motorist has suggested that we plead for the inauguration of a "Safety-First" cainpaign, stressing the advisability of adopting the slogan “Look Both Ways." The idea 'is an excellent one, and has been employed in most progressive cities where traffic is heavy. So general is the practice among Chinese of aimlessly wandering across busy thoroughfares regardless of oncoming traffic, that motorists frequently express the opinion that it would be impossible to check it, but we do not subscribe to that view. That the problem is a difficult one cannot be denied, but an intensive campaign beginning with the schools, would surely have the effect of lessening the danger. Suitable diagrams should be employed, and at all busy intersections, signs should be erected giving the injunction "Look Both Ways" in English and Chinese.

We should like to see the suggestion adopted, because in the interest of public safety, it is clearly indicated that Hongkong does need an energetic campaign to this end.

New Radiator Cap Ornaments.

long

straight lines and shadows which give the sinewy, slender appear- ance of beauty and strength to the moderu skyscraper.

of serious concern. It is to TO THE SCRAP-HEAP.ture. It is based on the be

the presumed that tral Fire Station is the headquarters of the ambulance service in Hongkong, and should a. machine be temporarily out of com- mission, as appeared to be the case, arrangements should surely be made to deal with any emergency which might occur. To explain that the delay was caused through the motor ambulance having been in collision the day previously, is not at all sat-

ANCIENT MASCOTS.

Modern automotive art has re-

BACKFIRES!

What's the Trouble?

USEFUL HINTS.

[By Israel Klein.]

car

The

is running along smoothly and picks up quickly. Suddenly there is a series of back- fires-especially when the engine is speeded up, or the car is climb- ing & hill with the accelerator down to the floor: board. What's the trouble?-

The fuel system, most likely, is elogged. The line from the main tank to the vacuum tank may have [some dirt or sediment In it, enough to stop the flow to the vacuum tank. The strainer at the top of the vacuum tank may be holding up the flow of fuel, The carburetor may be clogged with dirt.

The way to find the seat of such obstruction is to work backward from the carburetor to the main tank.

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First, the carburetor, If the carburetor leaks badly, the float needle valve doesn't seat properly, due to sediment under it. The Throughout the Car.

needle valve should be turned a Appearing first on the front few times, to clear this sediment. bumper tie-piece, this master de-

If the carburetor is dry, how- sign of line and shadow decorates ever, the trouble is in the system the tops of the headlamps, the ahead of it. centre of the radiator shell, the cowl lamps, the radiator cap, the

isfactory, and it is to be hoped that legated to the scrap-heap the time-sun visor and is even carried out times. fuel is drawn direct from

Next, the vacuum tank. Some Mercury, the in the luminated belt-moulding his tank to the inlet manifold, due other arrangements will be made worn figures of should similar circumstances occur various goddesses of the race and around the body of the car.

to a leaky valve in the tank. This

in the future. For a city the size chase, the engles, swallows, geese Inside, the same design is used can be ascertained by releasing of Hongkong, it may well be that and other birds in flight which in the instrument panel, door the connexion to the manifold and there are not enough of these neces-

formerly were considered

an handles, remote controls, switch noticing whether any fuel is drip- sary vehicles, and if such is really the case, the shortage should be adornment for the radiator cap. plate and assist cord escutcheons, ping from it. This line should be

dome and corner lights. The pat-dry... Replacing the miscellaneous and tern, of course, is varied to suit made up without delay:

To test the vacuum tank,

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the cap must be open. If that's attach the hose of a tyre pump new automobiles sold in California with those obtaining in Western The motif in this car was bor-dynasty. It is a rediscovery of the case, the trouble most likely and pump air through it a few in 1929 was $1232. The total

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