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RUNS 60 MILES TO THE GALLON.
RELIABLE, ECONOMICAL AND CHEAP.
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Tel: C. 711.
1928
ESSEX COUPE
H.K.$2,500.00
Completely Equipped.
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Great Moments In
The Lives of Motorists
No. 3
of a series of 5
THEN you've had an
Wunpleasant experience
with tires and you've decided to buy a complete sew sek only to find that you can't get
all the information you want regarding mileage records and service and other things that men who buy tires want to know today and--
You come into our store and we give you just the la- formation you want about Millers and the names of Miller owners who will tell you more and, you decide Millors are the kind of tires you've been looking for mil
the time-man--you're 'on
the Hight track at last.
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CARS IN FRANCE.
NATIVES OWN MORE AUTOMOBILES.
THE CHINA MAIL,
COMMERCIAL CARS. KOWLOON BUSES.
IMPORT DUTY IN
BRITAIN.
[By G. M. Young, Director of the Albion Motor Col
BODIES BY W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.
EXCELLENT WORK,
A duty of 33.1/3 per cent. was Three new buses built to the placed on all Imports of commer- order of Messrs. Alex Ross & Co.. cial and public service vehicles on for the Kai Tack Motor Bus Co. Ltd., by Mesars, Bailey & Co., Ltd., May 1, 1926, largely owing to have been officially inspected and the efforts of the Association of tested.. at Kowloon, and, being British Motor Manufacturers. found highly satisfactory, at once Before that private cars were put to work on the roads; two almost com- subject to an import duty and similar buses are Customs officials admittedly found pleted by Messrs. Bailey & Co., it almost impossible to discrimin Ltd. The chassis of these buses ale between private cars and com- are of the well-known "Dennis" mercial vehicles, more particular-low spring_type, and were do- ly in regard to replacement parts. livered to Bailey's shipyard a In the case of the light van month ago since when the entire chassis as imported from Amer-construction, upholstering, elec- ica, the private car and commer-tric lighting, painting, polishing el vehicle chassis parts are in and lettering, etc., have been many respecta identical, and it completed.
was found to be quite impossible The bodies of these buses are to keep track of such. parts on of strong design and excellent which a return of duty had been finish and provide seating accom- made, and undoubtedly there modation in upholstered Rexine was considerable evasion of the covered spring seats forward for private car duty prior to May, eight first class passengers, and 1026.
polished hardwood seats aft for It will be seen, therefore, that twelve third-class passengers. if a duty on private cars is The insides of the buses are neatly thought to be necessary or de- covered with Rexine, the floors of compartment with sirable, it automatically follows first-class.
1924
1925
1926
1927
that a duty must also be placed linoleum and floors of third-class on commercial and public service compartment sparred. The win- vehicles from the point of view dows are of the Strachan and of Customs and Excise adminis Brown patent adjustable sliding tration. There is no doubt that type and the electric lighting, by the Import duty has stimulated Messrs. Wm. C. Jack & Co., Ltd., the production of commercial of neat and effective design. vehicles, and this can be seen
At a trial of the buses on the from the estimated production 22nd inst, there were present for for the following years of com- the Kai Tack Co. Messrs. Ho Sui-woon, Maniger, Lam Moo- mercial vehicles:
26,532 vehicles
sing, Secretary, and Wong Fong- lat, Chief Engineer, Sub-Inspector 82,000 vehicles
Mason for the Police Department 41,500 vehicles
and Messrs. C. F. Mendham and 52,000 vehicles
A. A. Dand for the builders. HEAVY STOCKS.
Brake and lighing tests and gen- After the war the commercial eral inspection were, carried out vehicle industry suffered severely by Inspector Mason and the buses owing to the fact that Britain then run at 80 m.p.h. when both became the dumping ground for brakes were applied pulling up the thousands of lorries belonging buses within their own lengths. not only to the British army but Da the 24th inst. fur- to all Allied armies. The indus- ther trials were made try, in fact, was brought almost in the presence of Mr. D. to a complete standstill as the Burlingham, D.S.P., and Inspec- result of this policy. It is not tor Mason, Mr. T. Hayward for worth while re-opening the ques- Alex Ross & Co., Ltd., and Mr. tion of the Slough agreement, but Dand for the builders. The buses It is within the memory of all were tried on Taipo-road and readers that a contract was en- proved excellent climbers, quite tered into with the Slough Trad-free from vibration and most TRUST COMPANY REPORTS. ing Co. under which the whole comfortable; brake tests as be-
of the motor vehicles, spare parts fore were made coming down hill; While in 1920 only one out of and tyres owned by the British and the buses were duly approved as highly 164 inhabitants of France owned army, not only in Britain but by Mr. Burlingham a motor car, at the end of 1926, in all theatres of war, were ac-satisfactory and a great credit to
quired for a sum which enabled fall concerned. according to an estimate given
this .company' to sell these by Andre Hichelin in the "Echo de Paris" and transmitted to the vehicles at extremely low prices. Bankers' Trust Company of New The result was that commercial York by its French information vehicle manufacturers were un- service, there was one motor car able to sell the output of their for every forty-three inhabitants, factories, and accumulated in The rapid growth of this nearly all esses very heavy French industry may be seen stocks, ultimately having to face
Immediately after disembarking from figures compiled by the serious losses. The effect of this French Press for the twenty-first agreement and further foreign from the Dollar Ener. steamer Pierce" President annual automobile salon lately competition made it very difficult "President
inleed for the commercial vehicle Quezon hurried through the crowd The number of cars in use on manufacturer to make a fresh and jumped in a Hupmobile Six which taxes were paid in 1894 start, and there is no doubt that accompanied. by Mrs. Quezon and amounted to 200 only, and rose the safeguarding duty, imposed Felipe Buencamino, Jr. successively to 17,107 in 1904, by the Government in May. 1926, It was the choice of the Senate 107,635 in 1914, 581,200 in 1924, gave the real impetus which en-President to use a Hupmobile for 725,700 in 1925, 836,500 in 1926 abled manufacturers to go ahead a speedy trip to his home and. true and 891,000 in 1927. To this, with
increased manufacturing to its form, the Hap went throug about 100,000 more cars, either programmes and so enabled them the multitude and hundreds of au army property or machines not to compete more effectively in tomoblies with ease.
It was no yet delivered to buyers should be the overseas market.
great difficulty to drive the car nod! added, on which no taxes had Prices of commercial vehicles its quick acceleration made it that been paid.
have been reduced in an astonish-much easier. ing manner since the war, and to- Four Hupmobiles were ready for day the average price of twelve the Committee, and they were all typical commercial vehicles (on alused in the parade. The upmo- gold basis) is 104.2 per cent..bils Eight Sedan, which made its taking the year 1914 as 100. The first appearance before the Manila The fact that the new Morris cost of living index for 1927 was public, was well praised and while; Minor is to be fitted with an over- 167, and it is questionable whe-walling at Pier 7, a good crowd of head camshaft engine is a proof of ther there is any other com-motorists inspected and admired] the march of progress in petrol en-modity sold at the present time this Eight of the Century. gine design. There is no doubt that where such good value is obtain-
held in Paris.
OVERHEAD CAMSHAFT
ENGINES,
HUP SIX.
TAKES QUEZON. TO HIS. HOME.
A wonderful Willys-Knight seven
the overhead camshaft engine ised for the money. It should be passenger Sedan was also used by ideal for the small utility car, and it noted that present-day prices in the committee and it deserved the is.only natural that Mr. Morris clude very radical improvements preference on account of its roomi-
should realise it.
as far back as 1926-Mr. W. E. Bul-
in design, electric lighting, spare ness. All cars offered to the com- wheels and tyres, and, in the case mittee by Farsona. Hardware. Com- He is not, however, by any means of the lighter vehicles, pneumatic the first manufacturer to do so, for tyres.
pany and the Manila Overland Sales Co. were received with much The effect of the import duty enthusiasm as it marked the first lock, of the Singer Company, can be seen from the fact that in time that both of these concernS decided that an engine of this type the year 1926 the total commer-offer their brand new cars for such was most suitable for the Singer cial vehicle imports of chassis purpose. Junior car which he launched at the and complete vehicles were in Motor Show of that year.
excess of exports. In the year
..
The chief advantages of the 1926, the total imports and ex-
O.H.C. engine are that it allows for ports were approximately equal, which came into operation in A reduction in the number of mov-while in the year 1927 British ex-
| Ing parts and—more important still ports exceeded imports.
May, 1926.
Lastly, it is freely admitted on. all sides that a strong and healthy
-for a reduction in the amount of HEALTHY INDUSTRY. moving weight. Its main difficulty The very heavy, task of at- commercial vehicle industry is in in connection with its transmis tempting to regain foreign mar-essential in the interests of the Bion. This, on the Singer Junior, ia kets which had been lost during country. The part played by the effected in what is probably the the war has been materially commercial vehicle in the recent most efficient, most ellent and most nesisted by the import duty, which General Strike is well known, and simple way a silent chali with a in some measure has protected it is not too much to say that the special chain tensioning device. An the home market and enabled Government's success at that added advantage of this system is manufacturers to increase out time was due very largely to the that the camshaft sprocket can be pats; with a consequent reduction commercial vehicle detached from the shaft in 's' min. of overhead charges. It should.As already indicated, the trend ate with the chain left in position, be noted that in the motor indus-of prices has been very materially The cylinder head can then be retry the percentage of unemployed on a downward scale, and the pro- moved in the usual way for decar- in 1927 was only 6.6 per cent, ductive capacity of the various bonisation or other purposes, and this year is still further re commercial vehicle factorica" in
duced to 5.8 per cent. in March, Britain is such that competi 1928 The numbers employed in tion is likely to be extremely
also shown a keen for some
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1928.
CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH
PLYMOUTH
ANewCar..ANew Car Style..ANewZenith
of Low Priced Car Luxury and Performance
New slender profile chromium-plated radia- tor-Long, low bodies Generous room for 2 to 5 passengers, according to body moich Luxurious deep upholstery and ap- pointment detail. - New "Silver-Dome" high- compression engine, for 'use with any petrol. — Smooth speed up to 60 and more miles an hour, - Chrysler light action in ternal expanding hy draulic four - wheel brakes-no other car of this price possesses this feature.
With the new Plymouth, Chry sler is the first to give, at so low a price, the advantages of performance, riding eac, de. pendability and full adult size which characterise fine cars of higher price.
It is so revolutionary an advance over other low-priced cars, it is such conclusive evidence of the past year's strides in the science of motor car manufacturing that you will surely want to see it and drive it
A Plymouth ride is the best demonstration of the ease with which it leaps from 5 to 60 and` more miles per hour-the quiet of its power and the smoothness of its flight. You yourself must
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put your foot to the light-action internal hydraulic 4-wheel brakes to know the confidence of the fastest and safest deceleration you have ever experienced.
And above all, you must see its beautiful lines and finish, and stretch at case in its deep uphol stered, full adult-size bodies, to comprehendhow completelythe Plymouth surpasses cats in the low-priced field.
Please see and ride in the Plymouth. We believe you will · discover there has never been a car anywhere near its price that can approach the Plymouth for power, pick-up, smoothness, easy handling, safety, quietness and roominess-nor that can equal it in beauty and style."
A. LUNG & CO.
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19, Queen's Rd., C. Tel. C.1219.
&
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