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COMMENT

Safety First Lectures.

The Automobile Association of Malaya is doing much to improve motoring matters generally, and at the Association's last meeting held at Selangor, some useful sugges tions were discussed,

The secretary read a letter from the Chief Inspector of Schools re- garding the subject of safety first lectures to school children.

The writer stated that he had writen to the Inspectors of Schools on the subject and found that in Selangor the Police Traffic Officer gave addresses at all the Kuala Lumpur boys' schools in Septem- bor and October, 1931, and that Inspectors of Schools issued to all schools copies of rules for cyclists and pedetrlans and instructions that talks about the rules should be arranged in all classes. The Chief Inspector of Schools is agala inviting the attention of heads of schools to the Importance of Instructing children in this im- portant mattor.

The contents of this lotter were noted with satisfaction, and it was decided to watch the progress in ne matter and to place it on the agenda for the next meeting of the committee. It is hoped that in due course, the A.A.M. will be able to organise a "Safety First" cam- paign.

"Road Manners**

In reply to the, secretaries' letter of July 18, suggesting that all policemen should be instructed to

OF

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY 8th OCTOBER, 1932.

Being The Official Organ of

THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

CAR WEDGED IN BRIDGE.

An automobile, a street car and an immovable bridge girder figured in the unusual accident pictured above. It occurred on the Queensboro Bridge, New York, after a truck had forced the auto of Robert Montgomery off the automobile path and over the curb. The car plowed into the girder, bumped a passing street car, and wedged itself so firmly between the girder and the pavement that it had to be pulled out by an auto crane. The driver received scalp wounds.

CANADIAN TRIAL.

For the "Castrol" National Trophy.

CAR LENT TO FRIEND.

Owner's Conviction Quashed.

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Quarter Century

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On June 6th, Hillman Motor Car Co., Ltd., of Coventry, attained the 62th anniversary of its foundation, for it was on that date in 1907 that the Inta Mr. William Hillman, owner of the Auto-Machinery Co., of Coventry, formed the company which bears his name.

The object of this formation was solely for the purpose of entering the car which Mr. Hillman, in col laboration with Mr. Louis Contaler, had designed, in the 1907 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race, and in spite of the fact that Ita production from the drawing board stage took only two months, it car- rled off the lap record at a speed exceeding 60 m.p.h.-an amazing performance at that time. As a result, orders were received for replicas of the car, and 庭 small

factory was built in Folly Lane, Coventry. The first Hillman models were four cylinder cars of 25 hp. R.A.C. rating, and they rapidly established a roputation for sound, practical engineering-which- the Hillman Company has ever since successfully striven to main- tain.

The Hillman Company were, of course, among the pioneers of the light car, and the 1912 9-h.p. model achieved remarkable success, being regarded as probably the soundest example of a type that was then something quite now. This model retained great popularity up to the After covering nearly 800 miles

outbreak of war, when the man during the week, J. E. Watson,

factory was, of course, turned over riding a 549 c.c. Triumph motori This question was raised by an to the production of munitions. a certain extent in traffic matters,rial organised by the clubs of Justice and Justicas Avery and was introduced, while in 1920 the cycle, took part in the reliability appeal heard by the Lord Chief After the war, the 11.9 h.p. model tho Chief Police Officer replied Ontario and Quebec Centres of the Humphreys in a King's Bench Hillman Company lattiated a depar- that all police are supposed to take A.C.U. at Ganonoque, Ontario, on cognizance of trafe offences.

Divisional Court recently.

ture which has been extensively The Trafic Branch are, as itJuly 2nd, and won the premier

award. "The Castrol National cromby

Major Robert Ogilvie Aber-copfed-the listing of a sports were; specialists, and control

model. Fitted with a very attrac Buccesfully appeated traffic points and are specially Trophy," by a wide margin of 8 against a docision of the Horsham tive polished aluminium body, the selected men. The ordinary best

points.

magistrates fining him £2 and Hillman Sports Model carried off and patrolmen do quite an The course laid out for this ordering him to pay £0 78. 6d. many of the "plums" of the motor

mount in dealing with trafic, event was roughly 45 miles, com- though not as much as might be posed meatly of narrow, winding desired.

back ronds of loose gravel, and Regarding the five points men and mud. The clerk of the in force.. tioned by the Association, in weather made up for the absence particular, the C.P.O. replied that of water splashes by providing the matters of vehicles stopping steady downpour, which quickly on the crown of the road and on converted all the ruts and pot holes bends, punctured or broken down into regular running streams. cars blocking the

rond, and cyclists riding two

So bad were the conditions that and three abreast, are not defined offences.only seven riders out of a large but come under the vague term of field finished the course, but Wat- obstruction which, if defonded, son usually falls.

Teaching of road manners, the C.P.O. considers, is quite beyond the subordinate ranks, and only a vehicle user, especially an owner driver, realises the meaning of the expression. Tho C.P.O. added that the Police will do what they can in these matters..

Mr. Crosswell produced a set of genoral rules made by the Chief Police Officer, Selangor, with the approval of the British Resident, under section 3 of the Minor Offences Enactment, for the re- gulation of vehicular traffic with In the Sanitary Board aren of Kuala Lumpur. The secrotarles

were instructed to circulate these rules among the committee for consideration at the next meeting. The meeting expressed its thanks to the C.P.Ö. for his courtesy in this matter.. Spot Lights

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The construction work at Akron, Thero will be but two rooms on One of these will

at Billingshurat on July 1, 1931, lands, and during the 1920/21 new airship. U.S.S. Macon, alator the latter craft. the revenue licence not being then season, secured more trophies than ship of the U.S.S. Akron, is moving contain eight bunks for the chief any other individual car at Brook-along steadily. She acquired her petty officers, the other 20 bunka Mr. Laurence Vine, for appol-lands.

bow on July 4, in the Goodyear for the remaining members of the Innt, said the question was of im- portance to motorists,

Zeppelin dock before a crowd of crew. Major

14,000 people, including a delega- Abercromby' went abroad in the

Another weight saving feature tion of citizens from Macon, will be the use of all gelatine intox carly part of last year, and

Georgia, the city after which the fabric gas cells. On the Akron, new airship was named,

half of the cells were of rubberised gave permission to a friend to use

The addition of the cone shaped fabric, the other half of the gelatine the car in his absence.

noae completes the 785 feet of latex, a recent development of duralumin framework of the gigan:|Goodyear. These bave

proved tie U.S.B. Macon, and workmen are satisfactory in the earlier ship and already engaged in applying the they are somewhat lighter than the outer covering of fabric.

rubberised ones.

Expiry of Licence.

In March the friend renowed the revenue licence for and on f behalf of Major Abercromby. in the Malay Mall on the subject The renewed licence expired on of village speed limits. The mesi- June 30, 1931. The charge was ing generally was in favour of the that Major Abercromby unlaw abolition of speed limits although fully used the, car on July 1. The certain opinions were expressed friend had been convicted of aid- that they should be retained buting and abetting. Major Aber the upoed increased.

cromby did not return to England until July 22. Colour-Blind Motorists.

A letter from tho British Medica! Association,

F. M. 9. Division, wan read together with a memorandum setting out the sug geations of the British Medical Association, na submitted to the Departmental Committee on Road Traffic Signals, on the desirability of having signals which depend on form as well as upon colour,

Defeats of colour vision should not, in the opinion of the British medical Assacion, constitute any disability for driving, either by

BY THE WAY

Nearly 1,000 electric lamp bulbs will be used to illuminate the now Morsey Tunnel,

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reveal minor changes.

The U.S.S. Macon will have ex- actly the same appearance as the

A Telephone System U.S.S. Akron, being the Bome The Macon's telephone system length diameter and shape. A will be automatic so that no opera- close examination, however, will tor is needed for a switchboard. It will be possible to dial any one of Eight Propellers

the 16 other stations in the ship Another port of call has Just For example, the eight propellers without assistance. been added, experimentally, to the which push the Macon through the Climbing to the top of the com-. Mr. Hull, for the police, sub-chain of air stations along the air will be larger and will rotate pleted Macon will reveal stiil au- mitted that the conviction_wan 14,000 miles of Imperial Airways slower but with greater efficiency other difference. Two to four amali good under Section 19 of the Road routes. This is 'ni Ramleh, in than those of the Akron, This is helium valve hoods will replace the Traffic Act.

Palestine.

mada possible by changing the gear one large one used over cuch valve: ratio, which is 1,75 to 1 în the on the Akron. This arrangement ia Salem, Ors, Aug. 16. Akron, to 2 to 1 in the Macon. expected to reduce drag and permit, Motor vehicle licence plates Inside, other differences will be increased spoed, Issued aggregated approximately found. On the Akron, seven rooms: Other changes of a technical na- 197,200, as against 194,149 on the containing four bunks, were provide ture also are being built into the corresponding date a year ago. ed on the port side for the ship's structure. There will be differences Receipts up to last night totalled crew.. Weight will be anved by al-in the water recovery systems and од the the radiators, designed to give 52,705,125.64 as compared with tering the arrangment

Macon...

greater efficiency, $4,962,907.20 on July 28, 1981.

Mr. Justice Humphreys. You have to show that the act of a friend to whom you lend a car la the same as the act of a servant. Mr. Hull: I have to show that it is the same class of act as the act of a servant, subject to any restrictions imposed on him.

Why could not the friend have been charged with unlawfully us ing the cart He was charged

The secretary, A.A.M., stated that nothing further had transpir-day or by night, but the growing with aiding and abetting. od from Government In the mat- ter of spot lights.

Mr. Cresswell called the atten- tion of the meeting to an amend- ment to the wording of the rules under the Enactment which no onger excludes the carrying of an additional lamp to the usual lamps prescribed. This amendment was noted and the meeting expressed thair appreciation of the Chief Police Officer's action in meeting the association's suggestions. Village Speed Limita

road cor The secretary rospondonco with the socrotary, A.A.M., arising from an article

use of coloured signal lamps at road crossings has introduced a real difaculty for the colour piind. It was suggested that signals of

LOFI BRQUIu ne udspied, whereby

What was the difficulty about charging him with driving In this division it is the practice to charge the person whose name is on the registerij 120

84 Offences In Two Yards.

lawfully.

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Overhead at the R.A.C. cocktail bar:

"What sort of a chap is he?" "Oh! I should call him a tur- bine."

"A turbino? Why?" "Well, you see, he'll take any. drinks that are going, but ha doesn't reciprocate!”,

BEST FAMILY CAR. Sir Malcolm Campbell's

Opinion.

-HITS EVADERS

Harold G

Hoffman, motor vehicle!!commissioner of New Jersey, has ordered that no person,

"If I were naked which, in my involved in au accident, and who. opinion, was the best family type has failed to pay Judgment revm of cat in the 2100 to £450 class," derod against him, shall”; not” ber writes Sir Malcolm Campbell in allowed to possess an automobile the Field, "I should narse, without licence until the fadament hesitation, the 16/50 Humber, and; been paid. having recently acquired one of these cars, my rogard for thom is now greater than ever."

horizontal bar of light would be a recognised sign to stop, "around aight would mulente av noed"" xor Mr. Vine submitted that Major caution and a vertical bar of fight Abercromby did not give permis would indicate a clear road,sion to his friend to drive un- there was no authority to justify the conclusion that Major Abar The secretary reported that

There were olghty-four offences cromby was the person then re copies of this memorandum has under the Road Traile Act which sponsible for the using of the car. been sent to tho Chuor Police a driver could commit in driving it could not be suggested that the Officers of Solangor and Pahang, two yards. It would be wrong to friend was Major Abercromby's and the latter considered the sug: make the owner liable for all thoeb servant or agent: if he had been Beation to be sound. The matter offences when committed by- other considerations would urine. was deterred pending a reply, friend.

Illinois has barred from ita high- Of the 1,281,000 motor vehicle from the Chief Police Omcer, Lord Howart, giving judgment, The appeal was allowed with accidents occuring: during 1981, ways; all automobile transpare Selangor.

said that in tho circumstances costs and the conviction quashed. only 10,490 involved motor bunes, trucks more than 35 feet long-haa

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