BIG SALE
LADIES RAIN COAT
$5 Start
WHITE SHOES
."
$1.00
SUMMER HAT
$3,00
ALSO
Remarkable Reductions
in all Departments.
YEE SANG FAT CO
好彩
GOOD LUCK
"GOOD LUCK"
BRAND
THE CHINA MAIL.
MOTORING SECTION
TRIUMPH PRODUCTS.
THE NEW SUPER ·
SEVEN.
A SOUND JOB.
The products of the Triumph Company of Coventry have enjoy- ed for the past forty years such a splendid reputation throughout the world that it is only natural that their new "Super Seven" car should have created wide interest, and to those who were not fortun- ate enough to inspect this thoroughly sound job at the Olympia Motor Show, the follow- ing details will be of interest:-
The four cylinders and the crankcase are cast en bloc, the cylinder head is detachable, and can be removed without disturb ing either the inlet or exhaust manifolds. The side valve en- gine, which is in unit with the centrally controlled three-speed gear box and clutch, has a bore and stroke of 56.5 m.m. and 83 m.m. respectively, which give a capacity of 882 ec, and a rating of 7.9 h.p. The camshaft is driven in circuit with the magneto by roller chain, tension being con- trolled by a patented automatic jockey pulley; the dynamo, on the nearside, being Independently chain driven. For easy access to the tappets a detachable valve
LITTLE COMEDY.,
THE COY CAR OF A
· WOMAN M.P.
NO TRAMS OR TRAINS.
This is the Westminster comedy, of The car that would not go. The woman M.P, who said It must
go,
CAR BUYERS.
NEW-FOUND MARKET AMONG MINORS.
FUTURE INFLUENCE.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1928.
DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spellings, such as harbor, plow, and altho.)
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14
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16
2.4
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At the Inception of the motor movement the majority of Car buyers were under thirty years of age, for was a pastime The Minister of the Crown who strenuous as uncertain. But as
tried to make it go, The eminent K. C. who lent a hand,ed the graster part of full-scale car soon as reliability had been reach- The two M.P.a who did make it buyers were middle-aged folk of go
means who required comfort, con-
"Who goes home?" The cry resounds through lobbies and the corridors of House of Commons.
It is 2.28 a.m.
the
1
the
venience, and the enjoyment of a facility hitherto denied them, the advent of which practically enabled them to overcome many of the in- conveniences of advancing years.
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Last trams and trains have gone a8 M.P. step Into Palace Yard,
wept by wind and rain.
I'll give you a lift home," saya Miss Wilkinson, who drives a small car, to her colleagues, Mr. W. Mackinder and Mr. Tom Williams.
Gratefully they accept, and the three cross the yard to the arches where Miss Wilkinson's car is sheltered. She turns on the petrol, self-starter. Nothing happens. foods the carburettor, presses the
• “It's run down," she says. “I'll | start with the mndle."
The handle has become a con- vert to ca catiny.
"The cogs are slipping or some- thing," says the car owner,
"Get Her Moving." but hopefully. What's to be done? The men M.P.s look on helplessly
cover is provided on the near side. A. three-bearing crankshaft-a
"Only one thing." says Misa very unusual feature for a power wilkinson. "We must get her mov unit of under 850 cc, capacity-ising and then she will fre." NEW SEASON GINGER incorporated. Thrust is taken by
Most reliable, good strong colour, mellow and well preserved..
The China Ginger Preserving Co., Ltd.
No. 16, Bonham Strand, East
Telephone C. 989
Hong Kong's Artistic Photographers
PHOTO TAKEN DAY AND NIGHT
YING
The
MING STUDIO
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Best machine made bricks Highest tests and uniform qualities.
For Economy, Quality, Beauty, Durability and Satisfaction unsurpased.
YEE YICK SAND-LIME BRICK CO...”
CHING IU NAM
Manager.
Factory: Canton. Hong Kong Ofice, 148, Queen's Road, West, 1st Floor. Telephone No. C.8882.
CHY LOONG.
New Season Preserved Ginger,
Best quality--Prompt attention to. Exporters. Office: 231, Queen's Road Central, 2nd floor. Tel. Central 2530. Pactory:-500-504, Canton Road, Yaumati. Tel, E. 869.
MASSEUR R. SHIMIDZU. MASSEUSE 8. HONDA. MASSEUSE S. KISAKI," Expert Japanese Masseurs. 24, WYNDHAM STREET. Tel. C. 4945,
UYGU
ARE INVITED TO INSPECT...
OUR STOCK OF
ASIATIC, FOREIGN AND
COLONIAL
POSTAGE STAMPS *.
In SETS, SINGLE (PACKETS,
BAGS and in APPROVAL SHEETS.
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No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET, P. G. Bax No. 630, HONG KONG:
MASSAGE NAKAMURA
No. 23, Stanley Sirent. 2nd floor.
OH MAGGIE-
rods.
Two sturdy men and the woman put their shoulders to the car to move it. It is a small car, but there is a steep incline and a tricky bend leading to the level of the Yard.
Valiantly the three, M.Pa push, but the car is still recalcitrant
"Can I be of any assistance?" askя a very tall man, politely.
**Yes. Lend a hand. Push!" says one of the breathless three.
Minister Intervenes.
Next came the age of the car with detachable wheels and a mechaní- cal engine-starter, of moderate power, standardised with all-wea thor equipment for a middle price. That brought forward the woman owner-driver. By contrast,
in
America har ranks were recruited originally by the production of a type of vehicle that has not muc ceeded notably in this country, the electrical automobile for shopping. A few years after its advent, how- ever, this country pioneered the omall car proper. Whereupon many a girl acted as motorman to her mother as well as using the car on her own occasions. But until small cars began to be furnished with four-five seat bodies and lug- gage-grids, rendering them more or chief patrons of the movement were less suitable for family service, the
young men and women. Yet the woman owner-driver has only be- gun to make her appearance on the Continent.
She is rarely encoun tered in Italy. But the advent of the small car in Germany, which, as a well-proved proposition, is a year old, is resulting in the ap- pearance. as owner-drivers, of number of girls.
Minors As Owners.
2
In this country, when, applying for a driving licence, you have merely to state whether you are un-
car.
the centre bearing and steel con necting rods of B. Section are used in conjunction with alumin furn alloy die-cast pistons having two rings at the top and a scraper ring at the base of the skirt. The pistons and connecting rods can be withdrawn when both the cylinder head and the oil sump are removed, either through the cylinder bores or past the crank.. Mr. H. R. Betterton, Parliamen-der seventeen years of age, or over shaft. The gudgeon pins are fix-tary Secretary to the Ministry of
that age, but not your actual age. ed in the little end of connecting Labour, eft. high, and strong, adds There is no question of the owner's
his own weight, and the prestige age arising in licensing a of a Minister of the Crown to the Therefore. It is impossible to tell motive force. In a twinkling the what part age plays in car owner- ship and use. By contrast, In America many of the States of minors are not allowed to own cars. statistics reveal that even in such In spite of that fact, however, "I'll get into the car, put her in States something over seven per gear, and keep the clutch out. cent. of the total number of cara You two push the car round the registered are owned by minors. yard as fast as you can go. I'll They are chiefly boys ranging in let the clutch in when there sage from seventeen to twenty-one. speed on, and she should fire all A large number of them own right.""
which should not be allowed on the road
There is a pressure oil feed to crankshaft, camshaft (three bearings) and big ends by means of a apur-gear pump in the press ed steel surp and oil from the release valve directly lubricates the chain drives. The oil capa- city of the sump is half a gallon, a dip stick and large size oil filler are provided.
car is in Palace Yard.
Mr. Betterton raises his silk hat, says "Good-night!"
"Now we'll be all right," saya Miss Wilkinson.
machines that are semi-wrecks and
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48-A title
47-Take stitches in
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34-The mals deer 87-Lavishe
extravagant fondness upon 39-A bone of the body
57-Presh Information
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of a college
18-A shoepfold
17-TO CUTS
equilibrium 19-Colorad 21-The staff of a Sovereign
23-Yell
25-Various woods 27-Denominationa 2D-The cry of a cat 90-Pronoun
32-Poems
33-Boljed
35-A growth in the
threat
2-A filament growing 36-Sharp
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6-A grain (pl.) 7-Qulok humer 8-To reiterate 10-To shackle
11-A bristly blossom
38-Acrob
30-To utter wildly 40-A small perforated
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42-A waiter
44--To begin over agair 45-To alant
12-Thin horny plate on 48-To vex
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YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
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A vertical type Amac carburet
a system of highways that will com- tor is used. Cooling, which is by
pare favourably with the' best in thermo-syphon, is assisted by a Two already well-nigh breathless
any country were admirably set out two-blade fan, and there are ade M.P.8 again brace their shoulders
in the course of an interview which That, however, is not any reason quate water connections to the top against the baby car. Of they go why young folk should not own cara
the King of Spain granted the and bottom radiator tanks. The at a merry pace,
"Autocar." "Colacident with road radiator
that are sound mechanical proposi- All in vain. The car simply
development," said His Majesty, possesses
pleas а
tions. Whether minors should ing
"improvements ere appearance ond
also taking ample slows down. cooling area.
The law now takes a hand-a own, as well as drive, cars is en-
place in the standards of Spanish hotels, so much so that the touring A single gear distinguished K.C., Mr. R. Mitchell tirely a question of whether they with multiple springa and long Banks, Conservative M.P. for have the means and whether they
motorist will be assured of Anding dry plate type of clutch is used Swindon, joins the others, and three use them in responsible fashion.
auitable accommodation. 'on all- toggle levers provide light con-man power tries to compel seven awakening to the importance of this In America there is a sudden
touring routes. By suitable accom- trol. The gearbox has three for- horse power into action.
modation I mean good meals, baths, ward speeds and reverse, the Nothing doing! Down by the section of the public which secures
central beating, electric light, and, mainshaft and layshaft running main gates the declivity gives Im-licences for cars with the know-
in a large number of towns, bed- on ball and roller
ledge of the authorities, in spite
rooms with hot and cold water bearings petus, but still no spark.
available. They are entering on the third of the fact that in a very large pro- respectively.
We have opened portion of these cases the law of
Spanish Touring Bureau in London, Gear Ratios fitted to 2-Seaters, lap almost spent.
In goes the clutch again, and this the State in which the individual
and I should like you to assure Tourers and Saloons are as fol- time there is a welcome splutter dwells does not permit of such a
readers of the Autocar-which lows: -2-Seaters: 5.25, 9.55, as the engine begins to roar.
fact.
With small cars, we are largely journal I know quite well-that 17.06 and 22.76 reverse. Tourers: The three M.Ps wipe their So many motor cars are owned catering in Europe for this public, they will find a hearty welcome in 6.75, 10.45, 18.64 and 24.91 fevered brows; a great cheer rises in America that seven per cent. on the one hand by such well- my country, and that my people will reverse. Saloons: 6.25, 11:36, from the spectators. The engine moans that 1,400,000 vehicles on proved and refined vehicles as the be only too anxious and happy to 20.81 and 27.08 reverse.
is running merrily now.
the road are the property of minora. 9 hp. Flat now available with ❘ do all in their power to make the The drive from the gearbox to
Big Ben strikes three.
Quite probably a quarter of a mil-Beltish-built coachwork, the engine visits of British motorists as plea- axle is by enclosed tubular shaft
Hon vehicles in this country are and chassis being assembled in this sant and comfortable as possible,— the underslung worm drive rear flexible connections. The hand from seventeen to twenty-one years the Austin "Seven," Morris and
driven by young people ranging country; and, on the other hand, by "Observer." in a torque tube integral with the brake lever applies an internal of age; but it is unlikely that as Citroen propositions, which to back axle. The positive speedo- expanding brake operating in a many as_60,000 are owned by gether constitute the four main meter drive is located at the front malleable ribbed drum at the rear minors. The figure is more likely points, as it were, of the economi- end of the torque tube. A sub- end of the gear-box.
to be about 22,000. In France, cal motoring compass. The motor- stantial Hardy flexible type, uni- Suspension is by particularly, even before the war. I knew some owner's choice range already in- versal joint is used between the long semi-elliptic springs at the cars for at least two years. But propositions aiming to supply, this youngsters of sighteen who had had cludes, besides, scores of small gearbox and propeller shaft front front, while quarter elliptic rear, these were the children of very same market, whereas there has end, which is centralised by a springs are employed. Both front wealthy folk, and, therefore, they been no special effort to cater for special device.
and rear axles are equipped with represented a vast minority of the young users of American vehicles. The braking is another interest-shock absorbers of the normal population.
On the contrary, one sees there ing feature and unique for such a artillery, detachable, and to these,
What Is Available.
boys and girls from Afteen to car. Hydraulically operated four-friction type. Wheels are steel!
eighteen driving, and apparently
enormous individual wealth in the ofght-cylinder-engined cars.. United States must always make the proposition there, different from that which obtains in the gross in warimproverished Europe.
Our law allows the driving of a
SIGN WORTH $4,500.
Cadillac and. La Salle In Chicago..
building of the Cadillac Motor Car A feature of the new branch
Company in Chicago is an electric sign containing 1,300 electric light. bulbs of a total wattage of 12,000.. The sign, one of the largest of its kind, measures 42 x 12, fost, is of the Cadillac company, The
wheel brakes are incorporated| Dunlop balloon tyres 27 by 4 in car at seventeen and...apparently being owners of large six and steel, weighing two tone and cost.
and all wheel brake drums are are fitted. The wheel base is 6 there would be no objection to a 9% ins, in diameter. The self- ft. 9 in, track, 3 ft. 6 in., overall person of that age owing the car filling master cylinder is mounted length 9 ft. 10 in, and the width driven too. It might well be that on the chassis frame and is oper4 ft. 3 in. The chassis weighs there is a market here in catering ated directly by a foot pedal. 6% cwt.
specially for the requirements of Pipes leading from the master The car has been built to pro- youth, apart from the obvious. cylinder are taken along the vide comfortable seating accopless noisy, rough riding, speed scheme of offering them more) or frame to uniona, whence the pres modation for all passengers, while vehicles. From the industrial sure le conveyed to the operating its speed and remarkably low point of view the real question is mechanism within the brake running costs will prove a boon the evolution drums by means of special and a blessing to its owners. machines.
(JAMES. TELL THAT
•NEW MAID TO SCRUB THE HALL STAIRS BE
FIRSTAM.
BRINGING UP FATHER.
LISTEN YOU CLOWN--§. DON'T WANT YOU TO CONTINUALLY CALL ME MAGGIE MY NAME IS
GUERITE DO YOU
HEAR? NOW:
REMEMBER THAT:;
of
build.
$4,500 to
the word
The sign contains "Cadillac" in 6 ft. letters placed. perdendicular, and "La Salle" in. smaller letters across the 12 ft. The attractions of motoring in a placed at the top and the La.
Motoring in Spain.
base. The Cadillac, crest, 'lighted, Spain to-day and the still grester Salle emblem is at the bottom of ones that will be provided as a re-the sign. It is estimated that the low-priced suit of the expenditure of no less Cadillac electric light. bill for the a sum than 600,000,000 pesetas on sign will average $700 every month.
DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TELL HER WHAT I WANT- OH MARGUERITE
WHO'S\CALLINE MARGUERITE:?
HERE LAM-HOW J
› DID YOU KNOW MER [NAME?UM. THE NEW",
MAID