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THE CHINA MAIL,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1928.
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BUYERS GUIDE
MOTOR CARS.
ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's
Road. C.4759.
BUICK-The Dragon Motor Car Co. Ltd., 33 Wong Nel Chung
Road, Happy Valley, C.1247.
CADILLAC Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4769. CHEVROLET-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. CHRYSLER-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road, C. Tel. C. 1219. HANOMAG-Wai On Tseung. Ltd., 243 Des Voeux Road, C.
Tel. C. 711.
MORRIS.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C4759. OAKLAND.--Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
OLDSMOBILE.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nel
Chung Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.
PACKARD.—The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nei Chung
Rond, Happy Valley. C.1247.
PONTIAC.—Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
ROLLS-ROYCE.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. SINGER.-Gilman & Co., 4a, Des Vœux Road Central. STUDEBAKER.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4769. VAUXHALL.—Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
WHIPPET.—Gilmar. & Co., 40. Des Vœux Rd., C. WILLYS-KNIGHT, Gliman & Co., 4a, Des Vœux Road Central.
MOTOR TRUCKS AND TRACTORS. CHEVROLET.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4769. FEDERAL TRUCKS.-Kin Cheong Hong, 37, Connaught Road C.
Tel. C. 6.
G.M.C.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nei Chung Road,
Happy Valley. C.1247.
GUY A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Rd., C. Tel. C. 1219. MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. STUDEBAKER.—Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. WILLYS KNIGHT TRUCKS. Gilman & Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Rd, C.
MOTOR CYCLES.
B. S. A.-The Sincere Co., Ltd., Des Vœux Road. C.1067. NEW HUDSON.-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road C. Tel. C.
1219,
RALEIGH.—A. Lung & Co, 19, Queen's Road, C. Tel. C. 1219. ROYAL ENFIELD.—A Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road C. Tel. C
1219.
TYRES AND ACCESSORIES. ACCESSORIES--Hong Kong Hotei Garage, Queen's Road, C.4759. ACCESSORIES-The Duro Motor Co., Nathan Road, Kowloon. K.226. AUTO-TOTAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS-Koller, Kern & Co., Ltd.,
18-19, Connaught Road, Central.
COLUMBIA BATTERIES.—The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 93,
Wong Net Chung Road, Happy Valley. C.1247. FIRESTONE TYRES --The Dragon. Motor Car Co., Ltd., 88, Wang
Nei Chung Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.. MILLER ACCESSORIES.-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Rd., C.
Tol. C.1219.
MILLER TYRES~~A, Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Rd., C. Tel. 0.1219. PRESTOLITE BATTERIES.-Hongkong Hotel: Garage, Queen'
Road. C.4750,-AARA
CHINA MARKET.
NEW PROSPECTS IN VIEW.
ROAD SCHEMES.
Shanghai, July 11.
ITALY TO BRAZIL,
BIG OCEAN FLIGHT
ACCOMPLISHED.
FIAT ENGINE.
The great trans-oceanic fight) China allegedly unified as a re- from Italy to Brazil is an accom. sult of the Nationalist successes plished faci. Italy, the last to enteri and the capture of Peking and the field of trans-Atlantic flight, can) teeming with reconstruction pro-ljustly claim first place with this! grammes, prominent among which wonderful feat, undoubtedly the is road building, is being watched most spectacular ocean flight made By American motor car manufac-to date.
turers as a potential. major for After the many disasters that eign market for their products. have frustrated the numerous at- The Nationalists had hardly templa hitherto made to fly from more than hoisted their flag in Pe- Europe to America, an Italian uero- king and declared the country plane makes a single non-stop flight} under one government than a re-to Genibabu in Brazil, covering the presentative of the American Na-record distance of approximately tional Automobile Chamber of 4,720 miles in 51 hours, with a total Commerce appeared on the scene lond of 14,960 lbs (over six and a with good roads literature and half tons). scientific specifications and began
talking good roads as a means to
4,700 Miles in a Single Flight:
a stronger government, a more Previous distances are as follows: closely united people and the way to economic prosperity.
Lindbergh Chamberlin Byrd
Bremen
miles
.3,614
.3,902
.3,788
.2,111
This American motor car propa- gandist, Walton Schmidt of the National Automobile Chamber, found a fertile field in which to plant his good roads enthusiasm. Virtually all major officials in the Nanking government are ardent en- thusiasts for reconstruction and all profess to believe that good roads comprise, one avenue to their goal. So impressed was Dr. C. T. Wang. Nationalist Minister for Foreign Affairs, with Mr. Schmidt's mission of good roads that he un-vious times were as follows: officially sponsored the American while he was in China and arrang-
14,960 Lbs Load: Previous loads carried were as follows:
ed numerous meetings with gov- ernment officials that they might learn more of the advantages of good roads and the strides Amer!- ca has made in this endeavour.
FEW CARS IN CHINA.
Lindbergh Chamberlin Byrd
Bremen
Ibs.
.5,027
...5,236
.13,908
..8,140
51 Hours Continuous Flight: Pre-
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Byrd
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OLDSMOBILE
hours.
33
43
45
Bremen
39.2
New Records.
Touring Roadster
.M$2.500.00 .M$2.500.00
These figures show that Italy has
Sedan (2-door)
.M$2,600.00
Sedan (4-door)
.M$2,800.00
China, with few roads and few-set up three new records:
(a) distance flown
(b) duration of fight
(c) load carried.
er motor cars, is indeed a poten- tial market for road builders and motor car makers. Several stretches of motor highway have been bullti during recent years in various pro- The "S. 64" used for the flight vinces, mainly for the benefit of
was powered by a Fiat model A. 22, the military leaders in those areas T. 650 HP. engine, the who use the highways for troop engine with which last month at transportation and toll roads when Romae, the same pilots beat the they are not exclusively needed for world's duration and distance on military purposes." But the vast closed circuit records.
rolling interior of China 48 vir- tually without a road,
same
In the space of a few days the
It is in this area that the newly same engine, put to a truly tremen- established Nationalist government dous test, gives even more marvel professes to be desirous of build-lous resulta.
ing roads, to bring its people in With their aero engines A.S. 3. closer touch and, no less import-and A.22.T. the Fiat now hold the ant, to give its thousands of de-principal world's aviation records, mobilised soldiers an occupation. i.e. for the highest speed, for the China is faced with the problem longest duration, and for the great- of what to do with its soldiers est distance, and have made pos and building roads has been ac-sible the flight from Italy to Brazil cepted by the government, as the without an intermediate stop, the solution of their disposal. Dr. C. T. greatest aeronautical feat so fur Wang has hopes his government performed. will immediately launch into high-) way construction, thereby laying the foundation for genuine recon-i struction and unquestioned unifica- tion of the Chinese people.
PROGRAMME PLANNED. Dr. Wang is of the belief that
a striking road programme should
be announced to gain the attention
TRAIN v. PLANE.
RACE FROM EDINBURGH
TO LONDON.
A recent race from London to
of the world that the Nationalist Edinburgh between the London government is sincere in its pro-
and North-Eastern Railway'a fessions that it is working for the Flying Scotsman and a triple
Al-
good of the Chinese people. though belleving it to be a colossal
screw Armstrong Siddeley en- gined Argosy Air Liner forms
task, Dr. Wang has suggested to the basis of an interesting com- his government that it sanction a
¡parison.
was
road project seeking the construc- Naturally the air liner tion of a motor highway from much the faster, for its normal Nanking, on the south shore of cruising speed is from 30 to 100 the Yangtze river, to Peking 2 miles an hour, as against the distance of approximately 1,000 train's average of 50 miles and a miles traversing parts of the pro- top speed of 75 miles an hour. vinces of Kiangsu, Anhwei, Shan-
The plane weighs approximate- tung and Chibli. The Foreign ly 9 tons and carries 18 passen- Minister believes such a project would not only provide labour for gers and crew, while the train scales 500 tons and carries 400 the unused soldier batallions, but
passengers,
locomotive .. The would be the corner stone of the alone weighs 154 tons and de- future highway system of China velops approximately the same and a unified country and people horse-power as the three Arm- Such projects are receiving the strong Siddeley Jaguar engines, afmost support of the American each of which gives over 400 h.p. automotive interests through their The total weight of the aero national chamber of commerce plane's engines is approximately Mr. Schmidt during his visit to I ton, and it is interesting to note Shanghai. not only convinced that the train carries 970 lbs. per the Nationalist officials of the hp. at 50 m.ph., as against the economic advantages of motor high-aeroplane's 16 lbs. per hip. at 90 ways but outlined for them in dem.p.h.. tall projects of construction cover-||-||| ing various parts of China.
MAIL CAMPAIGN STARTED. | GAU
The Nationalist government has Highway.. Dr. Wang would finance attempted to carry on the work as this faltial National undertaking Introduced to if by this American by a National bond issue, supple- road enthusiast Its officials have mented with provincial funds. entered into a good roads campaign, Motor car Bales in China have by mail, sending their literature to shown a steady increase during officials in every province of China recent years. If permanent peace south of the Great Wall, urging has arrived, American manufactur local road building programmes ers believe this market will Boom that in time may be linked up with rank foremost among motor mar 4 National undertaking, such as hots of the world,Associated the proposed Nanking to Paking Fress,
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