THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1928,
THE CHINA MAIL,
11.
THE MOTORISTS' PAGEAN
NEW 1929 MODEL
B. S. A.
MOTOR CYCLES
WILL ARRIVE DECEMBER 16th.
DO NOT FAIL TO SEE THESE NEWLY DESIGNED MODELS BEFORE CHOOSING YOUR NEXT MOUNT
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AT
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BUYERS GUIDE
MOTOR CARS.
ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY-Hongkong Hotel Garage,
Queen'a
Road. C.4759. BUICK. The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 38 Wong Nei Chung
Road, Happy Valley C.1247.
CADILLAC-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen'e Kond. C.4759, CHEVROLET-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4760. CHRYSLER-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road, C. Tel. C. 1219.
·HANOMAG-Wal On Tseung, Ltd., 243 Des Voeux Road, C.
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Tel. C. 111.
MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garuge, Queen's Road. C4759. OAKLAND.-Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
OLDSMOBILE.The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nei
Chung Road, Happy Valley. C.1247,
PACKARD,The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 88 Wong Nei Chung
Road, Happy Valley, C.1247.
PONTIAC.--Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
ROLLS-ROYCE.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. SINGER-Gliman & Co., 4a, Des Vœux Road Central.. STUDEBAKER-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. VAUXHALL-Lane, Crawford, Lt.
WHIPPET-Gilman & Co., 4a, Des Voeux Rd40. WILLYS-KNIGHT.-Gilman & Co., 4a, Des Veux Road Central,
.
MOTOR TRUCKS AND TRACTORS. BROCKWAY MOTOR TRUCKS-The Asiatic American. Co. Tel.
C. 244.
CHEVROLET—Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road, C.4759. 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. Č.3247.
GUY.-A, Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Rd., C. Tel. C. 1219, MORRIS-Henglong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4769. -STUDEBAKER-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road, C.4759, WILLYS KNIGHT TRUCKS-Gman & Co., Ltd, Des Voeux Rd. C. MOTOR CYCLES.
B. S. A.The Sincere Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Rond
1067
NEW HUDSONA. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road C. Tel: 0.
1219,
RALEIGH A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road, C. Te. C. 1219, ROYAL ENFIELD-A Lung & Co, 19, Queen's Road, G. Tel.:C.
1219,
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TYRES AND ACCESSORIES. - ACCESSORIES Hong Kong Hotel Garage, Queens Road: 0.4159. ACCESSORIES The Duro Motor Co., Nathan Road, Kowloon, K.226. AUTO-TOTAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS Keller, Korn & Co., Ltd.
18-19, Connaught Rigid Central..
COLUMBIA RATTERIES The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 83,
Wong Nel Chung Road, Happy Valley, 1247 FIRESTONE TYRES The Dragon, Kotor, Car Co., Ltd. 53. Wong
Nel Chung Road, Happy Valley C.1247.HEY MILLER ACCESSORIES, A. Lung & Co., 18, Queen's Rd,
Tel: C.1219
MILLER TYRESA Lung & Co. Queen's Rd., C. Tel: 0.1219. PRESTOLITE BATTERIER Hongkong Hotel Gara Quoen's
Road C4
EXPORT TRADE
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|BRITISH CYCLE AND WORLD MARKET
IN GOOD POSITION
TEN COUNTRIES
LADY MOTOR-CYCLISTS! EUROPEAN TOUR
REMARKABLE RUN
A team of lady motor-cycllats
Figures for 1927 show that the Britt anotor cycle and industry completed, on June 18, a very ex-
is still more than holding its own tensive European tour. in the face of all competition, not The team only in complete. machines but Marjorle Cottle (Raleigh), Miss comprise! Miss also in component parts. 1927 Edyth Foley (Triumph) and Mrs. British motor cycles export show MeLean (Douglas),
an increase of 10 per cent. over These ladies hold the Interna- 1928 records, while U.S.A. tional Vase, competed for annually trade Bing nuffered a de- by a team of three riders from creuse of 11 per cent. British Possessions the demanded for the best performance dur
In any country. This prize is qward- for. British motor cycles had re-ing the International Six Daya' mained practically the same dur-Trial. They are the first Engllah ing 1926 and 1927 at an average ladies" team who have evar com- of 26,650 but the American peted for, this prize. figure has dropped from 9,682 in of interest to recall the fact that It will be 1926 to 6,659 in 1927.
they are This reverse in the American the forthcoming International Vase to represent Britain in trado is balanced by an increase this year, making that the second of 17 per cent in European trade; time in all. in this latter market United Kingdom returns show an in crease of 28 per cent,
Tour of 5,110 Miles The tour began at the commence It appears the chief countries ment of May and went through taking increased consignment of Belgium, France, North of Italy, British products are Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, South of Indin, Dutch East Indies, South Sweden, Norway, Denmark Hol Africa, Switzerland, and France. land and England, and totalled British trade with the United 5,110. miles.
States appears to be more hopeful The tour throughout was made in view of the increased export on Shell petrol and Shell motor oil, of motor cycles from 14 in 1926 supplies of which were arranged by to 26 in 1927. Now, however, the respective Shell companies In small consignments are being de- each of the countries traversed, spatched, the figures for the All three machines behaved per Argentine having increased from fectly-running without a hitch, and 19 to 52.
thereby showing the undoubted
In 1927 British cycles were ex-supremacy of the British motor- ported overseas to the extent of cycle for reliability and depend 289,462 an increase of apability. The riders were most en- proximately 10,000 over 1926.thusiastic about both the oil and India is the largest customer to petrol. The run was made for the this branch of the industry, and most part on fairly good roads, but increase her demand from 84,529 extraordinarily bad weather condi- in 1926 to 102,805 in 1927; next tions were encountered and proved comes the British West Africa very trying for lady cyclists. with 20,982 and Netherlands East Indies with 17,022.
BEN NEVIS
BRITAIN'S HIGHEST MOUN. TAIN CONQUERED
BY ARIEL CYCLE
Miss Cottle Interviewed
Miss Cottle, speaking of the tour, said: "We found terrible roads) in some parts of France and in Holland. In the South of France we were frozen and soaked with irala
THE DAWN OF SOMETHING FINER
CHANDLER
AT
A MODERATE COST
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NOW ON SHOW
AT
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CAR BANDITS
SCOTLAND. YARD'S NEW METHOD
"The tour has occupied just six weeks. We have spent in seeing France, Switzerland, Italy, Ger- many, Sweden, Denmark, Holland Ben Nevis, Great Britain's and Belgium about as much as wo highest mountain, has been con- should have had to spend on a quero The successful vehicle motor-cycling tour of the вате was a fi hp. Ariel aidecar com-jlength In England. bination, which carried a passen- "We did our own running, re- ger in addition to the driver. pair-but they were very few. This is the first time that the We had only six punctures, ascent has been made with a side-Paris we thought we should be car machine, although Ben Nevis killed by the rushing taxi-cabs. The increase in the number of has already been climbed by a solo Wherever, we went we were objects raotor bandits has stimulated the motorcycle. The feat was accom of the greatest curiosity. At Pisa resourcefulness of inventors who plished in the remarkably good we had to abandon all hope of see are trying to produce an effective time of 4 hours 49 minutes, and ing something of the place, for we barrier than can be operated was carried out under the aus-were almost mobbed by crowds, and easily in the closing of roads. pices of the Scottish Western the police had to force a way for Motor Club.
ua,
In
STOPPED BY SPIKES
One system was tested by Scot land Yard, but now a hatrier, No Wheelgrip
"At one place in Holland we much simpler in form, has been It cannot be said that the 5 were invited to attend some cycle evolved by a Yorkshire man. mile climb was altogether unaid races, and during an interval we Demonstrations have been given od, but the assistance which was had to ride round the course-for before a gathering of chief con- required was not due to lack of the edification of the 8,000 people!" stables. The device consists of a power, but rather to the fact that "The riders stayed at thirty collapsible spiked mat which can in certain places the shingle was four hotin. Their luggage con he arranged in echelon: "Stop”^ so loose that wheelgrip could not tained in small army packs and signs stand out clearly and are be obtained.
. amall, auitrasen included five frocks Visible from a safe distance at Non-skid chains were fitted to each for evening and afternoon
night. the driving wheel at the, start, wear. but these did not seem to help much and were ultimately re- moved. The machine required no attention whatever during the whole climb or descent, and was ns sound at the finish as at the start. Trouble might have been expected from the overheating, considering the very slow road speed compared with the high en- gine speed, but owing to the good lubricating arrangements, signs of trouble were apparent at any time.
Standard Model
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INTRINSIC VALUE
FORD AND LINCOLN OUTPUT
FIFTY THOUSAND
The Afty-thousandth Lincoln automobile to be built under Ford suspices was completed on August 30, 1928, alx years and six months after the Ford, company assumed.
It is interesting to note that the control. machine was by no means special- The Lincoin has always been re-
ly built, but was a two-year-old cognised as a car of the highest
The extremities of the barrier are provided with red reflectors, and it is claimed that all risk to genuine traffic is avoided. When collapsed it can be carried in a compact case.
The spikes will pierce any kind of/pneumatic tyre and make it impossible for a car to prgceed while the barrier remains in position.
COST LITTLE
LONG TRIP AT, LOW.
EXPENSE.
OVER 2,412 MILES
standard model, which has al-quality, and to have sold so many The growing value of the ready competed in many reliabil-high-grade cars in such a compara-modern motor car for long dis-
WESTINGHOUSE BATTERIES
BIG SHIPMENT
ARRIVED.
Price from
$22.50 upwards,
Sole Agents:
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ity trials, and which last year tively short time is regarded as a tance travel, not only from the were mated cost by train for four fifth day after leavi mades record climb of Ben tribute to its Intrinsic value, standpoint of speed and comfort, people who allow for overnight polle.
Lomond.
9 HP
CLYNO
The Fort company took control but economy as well, was demon-Fatopa in comfortable hotels rather alles of the Lincoln plant on February strated concisively when a party than continuing railroad travel day, 41922 five years after it was of Marmon experimental Ingin both day and night,
hailt During the World War the cera completed a 2,412-mi trip-The primary purpose of the plant was devoted to making L-from Indianapolis to Los Angeles cross-country- journey was not berty motora, et de floraz recently-5251 Adekvat one of speed or endurance, but to
The Inst month's shipments priorumming the results of the make final test of the to Ford ownership were 39 cars In Marmon engineering party trip, system in the New Series February, following the purchase, it is apparent that the family 68. Only one quart of wa they simped to 155. By June they which wishes to See America used on the journey, alt reached 735 In 1928 the factory First in a makher that without "68" sedan. with, four was enlarged and the floor space the hindrance of fired schedules, was driven, over was Increased by 311,000 aquate suita ita own fancy, may do to route to the feet A second addition followed by automobile with no fear of excludes tray a few.
The ,000th Fard
LACE LTD.
car went to WADAI was four-pass
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