1936-07-01 — Page 2

MOTORING

We set the

money

moving

ET us write about the We will use 100,000 gallons of oil

LD

new

taxation

that

in six months.

Government has imposed Hongkong

upon dash.

During 1930 contribution to the Treasury for motor' of licences, and duty un petrol and cila in terms 115

will amount to $918,000! words, other

In

let us try to estimate the $30,000 In millions of dollars motorista Fines

spend on petrol, oil, licences, If the average of fines is kept up. car owners during this period may SO expect

to pay, mostly for trivial fines, garaging, and forth, and then see what technical offences, in sum of $30,000,

Assuming that only half of the che hers garage their cars, thin

would happen if we were to suddenly stop using our item in the bill will come to roughly

cars,

$25,000,

Still working on average, the num give only approxi- ber of tyres consumed will be 8,009.

We can mate figures.

They are sufliciently impre8. sive. They should be studied by

It should be remembered that the life of a tyre to-day is offen 20,000 miles,

Taking the modest estimate of 1,000 miles a week the 'seventy all who are rather inclined to vehicles will cover a total mileage of sneer at the expenditure of 14,000,000, which is very long dis motorists, by the police who barass us, and by the Govern- ment who overtaxes us.

This, as usual, will be a record year for motoring. More cars are on Hongkong roads to-day than ever be fore.

world

inner.

If all the motor-cars in the Colony were removed from the roads as a result of increased taxation, finances would be in a sorry state.

Hedgerow Buffets

With fortunes spent on the high- it is surprising that we do not have wayside hotels

Factories throughout the have been working overtime making cars of all types to supply the in Territories. creased demand from every part of the Empire.

in the New

Really first-class motoring hotels are unknown in Hongkong. The good hotels are making money in England.

.

There will be at least 1,000 new care. Motoriste go out on their way to find, on Hongkong's road this year. The then motor industry is experiencing a minor boom, due, no doubt, to the gradual ending of the depression.

It is estimated that given sunny weather, there will be an average of 4,000 cars on the roads during week- end days,

4,000

Cars

One thing that is holding efficient roadside catering is licensing lawn..

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Many enterprising caterers would like in HtArt hedgerow buffets, such the Dairy Farm buffet n the 11% mile beach, where motorists, nearly always in a hurry. would be able to have a quick, light meal and get on with their journey.

Hut a buffet without alcoholic re-

On an average each of the 3,000 freshment, is not much of an attrae-

cars will carry three people, making a tion.

total of 12,000,

Why not add to the attraction of a for drive The cars will consume about 16,000 round-the-Territories gallons of petrol each week-end day tourists by adopting the British law. During the Summer we will pay over of the bona-fide traveller, who was $4,000,000 for our week-end petrol allowed a drink at any hour if he alone.

could prove that he was on a journey?

Famous Aces tell you how to drive: Norman Black on

CORNERING

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N approaching corner brake in plenty of time. Do not wait until you get there. If, wing to the noverity of the corner, the gradient of the| road, the amount of traffic on the road at the time, or far, any other) enter, you have to change into a lower year, do so before reaching the

corner.

Go round on the engine,” an to speak. This means do not go round the corner, unless in exceptional cases, decelerating, but accelerating,

Even if it is not necessary to change pear, the same applies-brake ourly and decolerate. This is the principia we apply in motor racing. The man who trien to akid round cornera rarely wine a race.

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Does your car ride smoothly over the rough roads?

If not, check these points:

(1) Spring leaves well fubricated.

(2) Spring shackles pathed with greave,

(3) Hydraulic shock absorbers filled with correct

amount of fluid,

(1) Friction shock abumber plates alcan

· adjusted.

and

(5) Correct tyre pressure all round.

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COUNT THE

"TELEGRAPHS"

EVERYWHERE

MID-WEEK PROBLEMS

by Hubert Phillips

FROBLEM I

CIGARS

of

THERE were three bramis

elgar at the elgar-stall, costing respectively 28, 18.. Ed., and 15.

Each of Mary's uncles bought rigata there. Each of them, more: over, spent exactly £1 in the pur chase of twelve clears.

Un the other hand, no two of them laid out their money in exactly the

way. This interested Mary, as also did the fact that, among them, they had exhausted every possible way of buying twelv cigars for £1,

How many rignen of euch kind were bought?

PROBLEM IT MRS. ADDEM AND HER

→→→→→ CHILDREN

ĮRS. ADDEM'S ags is three times MR

the sum of the ages (in years) of her children,

This ratio will, of course, decrease from year to gent. In eleven years) tine Mrs. Addem's age will equal t sum of the children's nutes.

The age in years) of the eldest child is equal to the product of the aggs (in years) of the other two.

No two children were born in the same year. What are the children's agra?

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PROBLEM III

A SQUARE IN

BLOOMSBURY

●LOTTO SQUARE, is

BLO

it

tiny

square in Bloomsbury. There is unly one house on each of its four sides. These sides may be called the North side, East side, South side and

Weat

The

Enst

side

respectively,

residents in the rgunte are Mr. Mr. West, Mr. North and Mr. South. They are (not necessarily respectively) a barrister, a doctor, n sculptor and an actor.

Here are some more facts about

them:

The resident on the North side of the square knows nothing about the jaw.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1935,

EVERYBODY'S FAVOURITES ON REX RECORDS.

8773-Cloomy Sunday, Maurice Elwin.

Solitude.

6704-Salut D'Amour.

Barcarolle "Tales of Hoffman."

Musical Dawson's Famous CHOIR OF CANA

8711-Sunset Trail.

Maid of Brazil,

8719-Music Goes Round G Around..

There's a Song they Sing in Sing Song.

Primo Scala's Accordeon Band. 8715—Animal Crackers in My Soup.

When I Grow Up.

8636 Trees.

Baby Durelle Alexander.

Smiling Through.

Gracic Fields..

8604-Confessions of a Chocky Chappy. Max Miller.

8041--Sandy the Film Star. 8362-What the Stars Foretell.

| 8578-Sandy The Dentist.

8387 Sandy Joins The Nudists. 8024-Sandy The Burglar. 8114-Sandy on a South Sea islc.

The doctor lives opposite to Mr. South; and the actor, upposite to Mr North.

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The resident on the West side of the square has never passed an

xamination.

Sandy Powell (Famous Humourist'.

TSANG FOOK PIANO COMPANY. Marina House, 19, Queen's Road, Central.

Tel. 24648..

OUR BRITIsh crosswORDS

Mr. South, who has never been inside a theatre, hns briefed the barrister in an action now pending in the Courts,

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120

24

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Mr. West is the actor's right-hand neighbour.

Braw a plan of Blotto Square showing, euch resident's house" and, occupation,

PROBLEM IV

DAPHNE'S AGE

4Ser-how-quickly-you-cuu-du-this- one. It might not to take more than ten minutes-3

"It's a funny thing," said Daphne. "My mother's age in half the sum of my father's age and my age, and my father's age and my mother's, age total 160, and both their ages are prime numbers."

1

How oltin Daphno?

number (A prime number is which has no factors other than the number itself and unity.)

PROBLEM V

A BRIDGE FOUR

132

ACROSS

I The irregularitles that make up

Roman his tale.

10 Hang! It's hurrying now.

11 You must make allowance for

the writers I take on.

12 It was in fun it interfered, wee

8

timorous, cowering beastie, to

at the tyro

of (hidden).

dreadful creature if before his end is achieved.

centre,

I turned aral

17 Christian name of one of the

"Swiss Family Robinson,"

18 Concealed at Lent, perhaps.

Has four and six and the

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capacity to hurry.

21 An unearthly sort of movement.

25 lidden in Clue 12.

20 A measure of gold in a cart. 27 Free

30 Endeavours to draw away from

A nice set.

Too bad!

Four friends made up a Bridge fuur: Admiral Acenough, Lori Bidmore, Colonel Clubwell and Judge 31 Puts the risk on someone who is Deucifer. Five rubbers were played, quite willing.

the scores of which were 1,100,800, 32 With a twisted "ankle bowled, 900, 400 and 1,700 points.

. c.g." (anng.).

At the end of the evening, it trans. pired that the Admiral and Judge Deucifer had each won the same The Judge, however, had amount. won more rubbers than the Admiral. Colonel Clubwell was also a winner, while Lord Bidmoro lost eleven times As much as Colonel Clubwell won.

What was the result of each rubber?

(See Page 2 for Replies.)

Good Reason For Rushing

DOWN

2 Fish with nothing on that makes

music.

3 Three ejaculations well known in

the USA.

Not a bad shot-though not worth shooting.

Going on like a big, bad wolf. Hidden in Clue 12.

$14.

116

29

7 A poem on a river absorbs th

lover of good ore. /.

8 Teachers hour in sool

0 Say 1, stout I ting/for thaín mates of these exablishing (anug.).

16 A tret like a sty, ["

Shouts

10

out, the Postmar General charges (j' These, th 20 Cheese.

22 Common-lt nats a soldi 23 This fellow has afree.

21 Cutting an article a swing. 28 Hidden in Clue 1 20 Continent.-

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