10
BIG SALE
NOW ON
BARGAINS
IN
All Departments.
YEE SANG FAT CO.
GOOD LUCK
"GOOD LUCK'
BRAND
NEW SEASON GINGER GINGER
Most reliable, good strong colour, mellow and well preserved
The China Ginger Preserving Co., Ltd.
No. 16. Bonham Strand, East
Telephone C: 989
KAIPING HOUSEHOLD COAL
NOTE REDUCTION IN "RICE":
In Lots of not.
less than 1/2-ton:- Delivered to PARK District (above Bowen Boad),
par toa
Delivered
Orders shati be sent in wriu. ing at lezat 24 hours before the Coal is required.
All orders must
be accompanied
1.0
Bo>W/62 Bɔnd:
"AEL
LOW&F
Leväis.- $22,00
per ton.
Delivered
Kowloon
$20.00 per ton
to
by Cash. C'
ог
Compradors Order payable to "The Kallan Mining Ad- ministration.
"THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION,
Head Office:-TIENTSIN. - DODWELL & CO., LTD", Agents, Hongkong.
"PEONY" EVAPORATED MILK
Pure, Rich, Tasty.
Ask for it at your dealer's,
Hong Kong's Artistic Photographers
The
YING MING STUDIO
"
Queen's Road Central
(Official Photographers of the "China Mail.”)
YOU
THE CHINA MAIL.
MOTORING
HIRE PURCHASE.
A SURPRISING STATEMENT.
of
£100,000,000.
SECTION
NOVEL CONTEST.
INTERNATION TEST PROPOSED.
The feasibility of organising a great international motor car relay contest from Townsville (Queens- land) via. Brisbane, Sydney, Mel bourne and Adelaide to Perth-a distance of approximately 5,000 mllesis at present being consider. ed by the Dunlop Rubber Company, Melbourne.
ed which ensured his doing more and better work, while it added: no- thing to the cost of an articles to: the cash purchaser. It was deano- mically sound in so far as it in- croased production, and therefore Much surprise was caused re-lowered cost, while it permitted the cently by the remark made by a Anancing of consumption, whorens leading motor-car dealer that more in the past financing had been than 70 per cent. of the new cars available only for production and purchased last year were bought on retailing. As for the risks, losses hire-purchase agreements. As in financing were small, one survey such transactions are regarded as chowing that they amounted to less strictly confidential, it is impossi- than one-third of 1 per cent on a ble to establish conclusively the volume
trade exceeding correctress or otherwise of h18 Ustimate. But there is no doubt Instalment buying In America Briefly the proposal is that three that this system of car buying is had been one of the big factors in groups of cars, representing ̈ ́ree; veny much on the theresse, as all the development of the motor indur-pectively Great Britain, America, motor tradere and even some manu- try, and it added anormously to the and the Continent be invited to take facturers advertise that they are prosperity of the country. A similar par in the greatest relay contest prepared to sell their goods on de- state of affairs was possible in held in the world. The route would ferred-payment terms.It is, there- Great Britain, and it should be the be divided into sections varing. fore, interesting to note that the aim of those with the interest of the from 350 to 300 milles according to Motor Trade Association has issued motor industry at heart to do all the condition of roads and tracks. a new regulation regarding such in their power to encourage and and approximately "there would bo dents, especially as this organisa- develop Insta.ment buying when-about 20 sections between Towns- tion includes the chief motor re- ever they could and theroby help yille and Ferth. The test would be tallers and manufacturers among to bring about larger production. to determine which group or chain of cars could deliver a military-des- Its members, Sir Edward Manville, The latter, in turn, would do away of the Daimler Company, being it with unemployment and idle plant,patch over the full routs in the The despatches -president. I might mention in and open up markets for the motor quickest time. passing (writer H. Thornton Rutter industry and other trades allied to would be simultaneously handed in the Daily Telegraph") that the it. The industry, by progressive respectively to a British, American chief object of the Motor Trade methods of selfha, could prevent and Continental car (European) at Association is to see that its mem-a return to pre-war conditions of Townsville, and carried as speedily ibers maintain catalogue prices and output, Wages, and standard of as possible to the first changing de not indulge in price-cutting in living. Before motor craders came station, where they would be hand- order to get business. The new re- down to the man not regarded as a Led over to another relay of cars gulation dealing, with hire purchase desirable credit risk they had a big and drivers. A chain of British cars of various makes would look and credit instalment terms as apfeld of "prospects" for motor-cars:
follows: in the larger number of small trad after the British despatch right. plied to private cars is
That the minimum addition to theers and professional men who, in through the 5,000 miles trip; and: cash price be 5 per cent..on the the ordinary way, would have the same procedure would be car halance in the case of twelve comes sufficient to purchase dried along by the American relay of cars with their despatch and months' transactions or less run automobiles,
the same with the Continental per cent on the balance in the rase
The Windsor Scheme.
It
of twelve to eighteen months' Dealing with the problem. of Kroup. Only the selected car would fransactions, and 10 per cent. incond-hand cars. Mr. Ollier said be permitted to carry its respective the use of transactions of over that the question could be up-despatch over its appointed Rection, jao that dependability would play a eighteen months. Any quotation ofproached from two angles, first.
prices, and very important part in the test. Any a lower amount to be deemed an in- control of used-car Eringehrend of the protected, price secondly, control of the methods of delay on one section would mean lol the ear.
buying, by which he meant the edo- that that group of cara would have That no serma shall be advertised eating of the public in actual ear-endeavor to make up the leeway the other sections. Control For instance, for a longer period than eighteen values.
scheme on: months. hut that this period may was being worked in Windsor, On-tops and pace limitation would be be extended private to meet indivi-rio, whereby the second-hand enforced at the leading cities and dual customers requirements. values of cars were revised and tows en route, thereby restricting This fact travel in ppalous centres, A deposit of at least 25 per cent advertised once month. of the cash price of a car"is" re-had been found extremely simple The test would continue day and fognised as necessary by all within wroking, and gave very benef-night, wet or fine, and should afford wide experience of hire-purchase cial results. Such prices were gov-qne of the most interesting and in- business, and to spread the balance erned by the saleability of each par-structive automobile dependability over eighteen months and make the ticular model. The price fixed on demonstrations the world has seen. bayer pay 7 per cent. for the agench model was the price the public Needless to say, there would be the commodation seems quite 2 fair were willing to pay and if dealers keenest of competition and rivalry business proposition. Whether the part payment of new cars, they between the national groups, and individual trader will accept a could only expect to end in thethe progress and incidents of the smaller umount for the original de bankruptcy court. No dealer would test would be keenly followed.
is not anticipated that there would deposit and extend the payment of for one moment contemplate 1C- the instalments over, i atil anger cepting £50 worth of counterfeit be any difficulty in obtaining volun- period to suit his customere re- nctes in part payment of a car, yet teer couriers, and the only section. haina to be soon. But it would ap- many of them seemed anxious to of the route that presents any dim- pear that the coming season is to be pay £100 for an old vehicle that was culties owing to its lack of popula devoted to a campaign to increase hardly worth £50. The public the number of cars purchased by might have a shock sometimes when easy payments. At a meeting of they saw the prices of second-hand The Institute of the Motor · Trade) cars advertised, but if the current
held recently. Mr. Louis J. Ollier managing director of Studebaker (England) Ltd, gave a lecture which dealt in the main with the growth and development of instal meny buying, the last part of his On the whole, the traders approv address being.concerned with ques-ed of the Windsor scheme for adver- tions vitally affecting the selling of, tising second-hand values of motor-exchange it, plus £20 cash, for a second-hand ents. These two sides cars in the newspapers, so perhaps of the motor trade are intimately the time is not far distant when we connected. Mr. Ollier prefaced his will see quotations such as buyers remarks by saying that the selling £70, sellers £77, for 1923 cars of a df meter cars should not be a sea-certain, horse-power. "£90-£100 for sonal business. The majority of another make, and so on Then, the dealers had come to accept perhaps, the second-hand motor seasonal trading as permanent and car trae will settle down into a unavoidable, but they would find business of its own, entirely that the development of instalment separated from that of selling or selling would rapidly change the buying new cars. However, if the situation.
instalment system of purchase is to grow in this country, it will be Mr.very necessary to fix second-hand car valdes in case of a slump in
American Experience. It had been suggested, said Olier, that instalment selling was
rates were published in the news- papers, Bike the prices of stocks and shares, they would not expect to receive more than the figure quoted for their used cars.
(Continued next Coloumn),
Hig
At
SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1927.
DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional
phonetic speilings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.).
26
"
36
38
W
5
16.
12
13
17
le
19
20
2.3
५५
145
446
W
147
HORIZONTAL 1-Passage money
-Epochs B-Atta ned: 11-A number 12-Restrain
15-A continent 17-Passertive case of
"4"
19-Wise men of Bible $1-A sofor 22-Muigai médlay.. 24-Threo (Italian
25 The (Spanish).
28-Indict 28-Artiola 29-80und 3D-Necaution
$18, State of U. 8.
(abbr.)
32-Came into viaw 34-Dad'
36 Era
38-Moves with a laver
149
51
THE INTERNATIONAL BYNDICATE,
HORIZONTAL (Cont.) 39-vim (slang) 40-The lowest abb tide: 42-9toamer (abbr) 43-Ga on horseback 44-Knock (48–8mală laland
47-A pandent
ornament (pl:) 150-Greak letter ic-Venlote "on runners
VERTICAL
2-A melody.
King: (Latin): 4-Each: (abbr.)
-What (interki) B-A solos
!
7-First human bang 9-Country of Asia
| 10-Tardy
11-Transgression"
13-8 tangled: 14-Bearing:
VERTICAL (Cont.) 10-Cango saved from
shipwreck
17-Cattle tendera 18-A blow that amarta
(colloq,) 20-8ixed: 22-Corrugate
:
23-A typa of moulding
(arch-pl.)
26-A Sevarage 27-Boy's naine.
(familiar).
St Blade of propeller 33-8ciemm perumaniss 35-Mimicad
[97-Organ, of' hoad
89-Doop hote 41-Too of the head: 143-Ascend
45-Striks lightly 46-The whole
46A sontinant (abbr).
49-Prefix, Perm of
"ex
SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSSWORD PUZZLES.
Start out by Alling the words of which you feel reasonably sure,
These will give you a clue to other words crossing them, and they in turn to still others A letter belongs in each white space, words starting at the numbered: squares and running either horisontally or vertically or both.
(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in Monday's issue along with a new cross-word. Duzzle.)
tion and distance from cities, is the 1,150 miles stretch between Fort Augusta and Coolgardie.
Queensland would be called upon
for £32 cash in Apr. 1825. tax- paid to the end of that year,
were under £41, running co
to supply only five British and five- the beginni. 4 of 1926 he took out American and five continental cars a quarter's license for the Furd,-N:S.W. about 12 cars in all, Vic- and before it expired managed to toria about nine cars, South Aus- tralia and West Australia about 12 1922 Renault of 22 h.p., tax-paid to cars each. Considering the small He has taken number of cars required' from each und of December. out a quarter's licence for this State, there should be more than
enough year, but before March 25 comer round he hopes to exchange this Renault for another high-powered car, tax-paid until the end of this year, by 'payment of another £2€ or so. As high horse-power cars fetch low second-hand prices at the moment, this motorist declares that his system enables anybody to own and run a car to-day, even on an income of 25 per week or less, pro- vided, as in his own ease,, free
a risky and dangerous practice, but general trade, when many motor-garage is available.
his investigations had not led him car instalment purchasers would be Whether everybody is going to
sporting owner-drivers, plus trade support. forthcoming to ensure a wonderful test of interná-- tional interest.
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
AAG COMBICÍNA. SQUA FOLON
CARE EAPER ALU FORG DIVOGT-TROUGH
$5 QSHENE JURGIES CA STAB PITH OGLE: DEMON. SCER LAW GNP] LUGE TOTEM. SOLO ON THAW BACK S0 PGRADINGAR O BONNET LENTEN SAVCO HAY TEPID USGO HARRİY SANE MET CANTEEN YEW
When the Dunlop Rubber Com- pany carried through their big mili- tary despatch relay race, in 1912;. from Adelaide to Sydney (1,149: miles) the trouble was to select the couriers from the large number of applicants. On that occasion
now making inquiries in the respec cyclists were pitted against motor- cyclist,, and cars and the former in
tive States with a view to ascertain- receipt of 24 hours start from the
ing what support and co-operation motor-cyclists, an 30 hours from would be forthcoming from motor-
ists in the event of the company de-. the cars, delivered their despatch in 69 hours 32 minutes, beating the giding to hold such a test about" motor cycle despatch by 6 hours 18 September next. Should sufficient minutes, and the car despatch by support be forthcoming theo idea..., Is.. 7 hours 12-minutes. All told 180 to form three sub-committees repre- cyclists, 62 motor cyclists and 8enting the respective interests of carists took part in the test: The the nutions competing thus ensur- 1912 contest was a great success. ing that each group of cars would and received high recommendation have the best of co-operation and assistance to further their efforts. from the Commonwealth military authorities. In the bigger propesi- tion under notice, only about 60 cars would be needed, split up over five States.
To stimulate In'arest and spread the test over representative cars of each country. It is suggested that each relay chain should comprise at least eight or nine different makes of care whilst not more than three cara of any one make be per- mitted to compote. This would en-
to accept this conclusion. He unable to carry out their bargains. be able to pick up the bargains found that with the sale of goods on As Mr. Ollier stated, the deferred- that this motorist was lucky in find- the instalment plan in America, payment system has created finance ing is a matter one need not dis- amounting to £1,287,000,000, the houses to deal with this class of cuss as the example is only given to average outstanding debt was business, and when cars came into show that there is a much larger £500,000,000, or 45 per cent. of the their hands in times of aevore de-market available for second-hand Lotal. In America 75 per cent. of pression it would require a fixed cars if the trade would initiate a the cars sold were bought on the list of prices to prevent any mo-campaign to demonstrate what cars instalment plan, and 80 per cent. mentary flooding of the market and can be run on with care, provided of the commercial motor vehicles a sudden drop in values. But as their owners are in a position to gold were also purchased on that everyone is hopeful that England is utilise the vehicles daily to get to basia. The average cash payment to be a rising market" for the next their work, and take their children the was one-quarter of the purchase decade, perhaps the public will goth school, cr their wives to price, and the balance was spread) in for motoring on the instalment | shops: It is those who live in the over twelve months, the average plan
without worrying about country at a distance from towns rate of interest on deferred pay-second-hand values.
that can get the best value from ments being 10 per cent. The total
Cheap Motoring.
Recon hard motor-cars. oyed on instalments due on mer- But for those who pay cash for Mesars. Rootes Ltd of Devon- chandise was about 11 per cent. of their cars second-hand yalue is an shire House, are holding a special the national income.
important matter. A motorist re-show, of the various modela" of Instalment selling, the lecturer cently stated in the "Autocar" that, Austin cars; it started last Monday emphasised, had encouraged thrift, thanks to careful buying of large and closes next Saturday, Up bad enabled the people to obtain rated second-hand cars, his annual wards of twenty-seven different things of value and utility when expenditure, including fuel, oll, re-types are exhibited. including cure nome 24 or 27 different makes. There was a lull in the conversa. they needed them instead of wait-pairs, tyres, tax, and Insurance for new Austin "twenty" six-cylinder ing indefinitely, and had taught, third-party risks, amounted to engine. There will also be them to put money into articles of under £30 per annum for 8,000 demonstration model of this Austin real value. It also put a reupon- miles un. He started with a six-cylinder available for anyone sibility on the person who purchas- second hand Ford, which he bought who cares to try it.
OH-I'M KINDA SORRY) YOU GOT THAT TRAVELIN'
THATS TRUE!
AMBASSADOR JOB-
MISS YOU AN'
are invited to inspect our Stock of Asiatic, Foreign and Colonial
POSTAGE STAMPS
IN SETS, SINGLE PACKETS, BAGS AND IN APPROVAL SHEETS.
GRACA & CO... DEALERS. IN POSTAGE STAMPS, PHILATELIC GOODS, PICTURE POST CARDS, TOYS, &C. No. 10, Wyndham Street, P.O. Box No. 620 Hong Kong
(WHAT'S THE
MATTER-D»NTY? YOU LOOK SAD!
THE GANG IS GONNA
THINK OF THE
GOOD TIMES YOU'RE GONNA.
MISS
BRINGING UP FATHER.
[YOU WON'T BE AT CASEYS
RAFFLE OR MOONEY'S. CHOWDER PARTY AN ITS A SHAME THAT YOU WON'T BE HERE TO LEAD! THE GRAND MARCH AT „HICKEY'S THIS YEAR AN'
YOU'LL MISS MY BIG
CORNED BEEF AN' CABBAGE DINNER NEXT MONTH!
T
SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT
OF ALL THIS
The Dunlop Rubber Company, Mel- bourne, will be pleased to hear from aporting owner-drivers and the trade along the proposed route, relative to acting as despatch pou- riers. Particulars should be given of the section of the route known to the applicant and also the make of car.that would be driven in the evant of his belag selected as 1 courier.
of carn taking part in the depend-tian at the club until one member ability test. Racing cars would not asked another "Are you married?" be allowed, courfers having to drive "No." "That's a pity. I was just touring as marketed in this country. going to ask you how your wife.
The Dunlop Rubber Company, ist was."
SHOW UPAT HIS
SAKE-DINTY:
SAY NO
OH - FOR DUCAN WILL MISS THE POOL GAMES WITH YOU||||GOODNESS AN IT'LL BREAKHOGAN'S
HEART WHEN YOU BAUGHTER'S WEDDIN IN JUNE. AN WHAT WILL O'BRIEN DO WITHOUT YOU!
MORE YOU'RE.
·BREAKIN' MY.HEART!
JUST THINK-YOU WONT BE BACK FOR A YEAR-AN "MAYBE WE'LL
NEVER SEE YOU
AGIN!
1921baithel Feature Servite. Inc | Cost Deltala: