THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1929.
FISK
Built Right from Rim to Road
Their
MILEAGE
O
Records Prove It!
You can forget all about the
details of tyre design and construction if you buy FISK ALL- CORDS.
But remember to
check your speedometer reading when you put FISKS on your car. After that we won't have to sell you FISK ALL CORD TYRES — you'll buy them on a straight Mileage basis.
We'd like to start giving you real tyre mileage to-day.
OBTAINABLE AT ALL GARAGES, UPON REQUEST,
DISTRIBUTORS
GILMAN & CO
HONG KONG BANK BUILDING.
Tel. C. 290-4A, Des Voeux Rd. C.
ACCESSORIES
THE REPUBLIC MOTOR CO. OF CHINA, 30-32 Des Voeux Rd. C.
Spare Parts Batteries,
etc., etc
"LIGHT LOCOMOTIVE" IN
Electric
Accessories,
etc.. etc.
THE CHINA MAIL,
BRILLIANT SUCCESS
ITALIAN MOTORS IN SWITZERLAND
The Motor Show recently held
“HOW TO DRIVE”
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NEW EDITION OF POPULAR BOOK
The beginning of each motoring
in Geneva has been a great suc- season introduces a 'large number. cess, far superior to previous of new motorists who have to gain Swiss Exhibitions both by reason their driving experiences. The of the number and the renown of great value to them of an authorita- the firms taking part, the best tive handbook on the subject as an known names in the world's motor aid to practical experience needs production being represented. no emphasizing. There is very The interest displayed by the much more to learn about driving international Car industry in an nowadays than formerly, as traffic Exhibition that is held long after and road conditions have been the more celebrated Paris, Lon- developing rapidly, and the motorist don, New York and Rome Shows, has to be well equipped with know- is warranted by the position ledge to meet these conditions. amongst Europe's greatest con- The new and revised edition of sumers of motor vehicles which "How to Drive a Car" comprises. Switzerland is rapidly attaining. thirteen chapters; and the reader, An excellent market for foreign is led step by step from the ele cars, Switzerland, with a negli mentary principles of car control gible home production, has one of until he reaches chapters covering the highest positions in world the finer points of driving and re- statistics of motor registrations. finements in handing the controls. Whilst Italy has only one motor A large and well-illustrated chapter vehicle for every 346 inhabitants, is devoted to the art of changing Switzerland has already reached gear and the correct use of the one for every 61 inhabitants.(brakes. A feature of this new This is all the more remarkable edition is the inclusion of a descrip when one considers, that for years tion of recent improvements in some of the Cantons were very re-transmission mechanism and how luctant to open their roads to these modify manipulation, and the motor traffic. The Canton of
art of driving.. Geneva, in which the Salon was
There is a large number of illus- held. holds first place with one trations which greatly increase the motor vehicle for every
20 in instructional value of the text. habitants!
The new edition of "How to Drive Naturally, so interesting a mare Car," by the Editor of "The ket could not remain neglected by Moter," is now on sale at leading the Italian motor industry, which booksellers, and it can also be had is very highly esteemed in the direct from Temple Press Ltd., neighbouring Confederation aur 5-15. Rosebery Avenue, London, which has cbtained many sporting E.C., price 2s. 6d. net, post free 23. successes on Swiss soil.
Italy's 9d. finest products were worthily re- presented. and the new Fiat modela 521 and 525-8, officially shown for the first time in Swit zerland, aroused particular inter- eat and admiration.
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com-
The Fiat stand was continually the centre of an interested, en- thusiastic crowd, and the mercial success obtained at this Exhibition by the leading Italian firm is indicated by the large
number of orders taken.
TROLLEY-BUS
AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN MUNICIPAL TRANSPORT
Frior to the Great War pablic transport by road in "Great Bri- tain was confined very largely tol trams and buses. In recent years the trolley-bus has taken its place forms of beside the two older vehicle and it has met with a on the 'part of ready response municipal officials.. One of the On the occa-
for this sion of the Salon, the Geneva Sec- reasons which account
ида {tion
the fact undoubtedly been Swiss of the Club organised,
small ex- that, at comparatively
overhead wire national event, a kilometre race at pense, the average
work Eaux-Mortes. The race took place system used for tramway
Bat commercial success is not enough for Flat used to sporting triumphs as well:
Automobile 25 217 inter-
on March 17, many cars of well can be converted, by the addition known makes taking part: In the of a negative wire, to serve the trolley-bus. The rails are elimin- Sports 1100-1,500 e.e. class, the little 09 Fiat of Mr. Augustated, thus reducing the cost of Schreibler of Berne won first place, covering the kilometre from
route maintenance by a very con- siderable extent.. Trams can
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Buick Motor Cars are available on very attractive-hire purchase terms.
Buick
WITH MASTERPIECE BODIES BY FISHER
ОБЕ
DRAGON MōtōR CAR COMPANY LTD,
33, Wong Wei Chung Road, Happy Valley
WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT...BUICK WILL BUILD THEM.
KING'S HIGHWAY
.MENT
a standing start in 40.2/5" the therefore be discarded in favour FRINGE OF MOTOR DEVELOP- average speed this working out the loss of the capital invested in of the railless machine without
at nearly 56 miles per hour. This car beat the special, super-charg-
next higher classes.
Roads and road transport have, overhead equipment..
Route extensions can be made by virtue of the possibilities of ed ears in the same class, and with relatively, little trouble where the internal combustion, "engine, made considerably. better time
tramway or trolley-bus systems once again assumed supremacy in thar the winning cars of the two are already in existence, the now the transport systems of mast This strenuous test of the Fist to be installed along the routes to sume, having regard to the hold standards and wires merely having countries, and it is fair to as- In a competition which calls for
be worked; the power-station which road travel now has apon the maximum acceleration and
plant is generally sufficient to the populations of the world, that COMING OF THE CAR because the board was not em-power, as well as easy steering deal with the additional load we have only touched the fringe
powered to make grants towards and gear changing, and which
of mechanically propelled vehicle which will be imposed upon it:. maintenance, and many of the subjects every part of the carto
In Great Britain Much attention has been focus-development. Local Authorities were not pre-terrife strains, giving convincing ed upon the type of vehicle in probably the motorcar industry "is pared to launch out into what the proof of its general excellence, board defined to be improvements, gave
the latest one of the most progressive and rise to widespread
question, and one of and and towards the cost of which favourable comment
papers dealing with it is entitled successful, and has become the many "The Sphere of the Railless Trol means of providing a large mea, they were authorised to con- countries.
ley Vehicle System." It was read sure of well-paid employment. In tribute.
by Mr. A. A. Jackson before a re-like manner, the intensive use, of cent meeting of the Birmingham the roads by all forms of vehicles, and district section of the Insti- from the little 7-hp. Austin car, tute of Transport.
to the giant night sleeper saloon, This paper reveals the fact that in 1928 there which is now becoming so gen- was an increase of 136 per cent eral, makes it clear to those hav- in the route miles operated, asing responsibility for the perman- compared with the figure for 1921.ent ways of the future, that much Road improvements have help development is necessary, and
1896
THE ACT OF 1903
In 1896, an Act of Parliament, known the Locomotives on
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Highways Act, received the Royal Assent, The Act of 1896 abolish- ed the man with the red flag, and gave the light locomotive (under which heading was included the motor-ear) the right to travel
upon the highways at a speed not
⚫ exceeding 14 m.p.h. The speed
a type of machine contemplated as recently as 1896.
Classifying the Roads It was soon obvious that direct State assistance could not be cor- but must be extended fined to improvement works alone, |
to cover reasonable maintenance charges, and in 1913, as a result of a De partmental Committee appointed
in
STEARNS-KNIGHT
SALES SHOW SHARP INCREASE
Practically without precedent in
cases
by the Government to consider the history of the company, sales led the advancement of the trol that a progressive policy is re- this aspect of affaire, the than of Stearns-Knight cars during the ley-bus, as did the lack of main-quired, with ample resources for Road Board was charged with the first four months of this year more tenance of tram rails during the search in order
to secure the limit authorised by this Aet is duty of classifying the roads of than doubled actual shipments dur years 1914-1918. Features which greatest efficiency and economy.. entitled to more than passing the country into three classes, the ing the corresponding period of last have appealed to the public in
Value of Vehicles notice when we remember that we first and second of which would year, officials of the Stearns-Knight connection with the operation of
It has been computed conserva- Dow have, recorded a world land receive substantial grants to-Sales Corporation of Cleveland an- the type. in question
that the value of all speed record of 231.36 m.p.h. upon wards the
are the tively cost of maintenance. nounce.
smooth acceleration and declara-mechanically propelled vehicles Unfortunately, before the classi- The company's increase in in- tion, the safety of kerb-side load-now using the roads of Great Bri- fication scheme was completed, all dividual months was even more ing and unloading silence and the tain is not less than £1,000,000,000, In 1903, an Act known as the operations had to be suspended phenomenal. March, for example, absence of fumes. The range of whilst if a value be assigned to Motor Car Act was passed, which owing to international troubles, increased nearly five times. Febru- deviation from the path of the the highway system upon present enabled the legal speed of 14 Considerable numbers
of ary business was nearly six times overhead wires in most
day replacement costs probably m.ph. to be increased to 20, and mechanically propelled vehlales greater. required and enabled the appro- which had been procured for war
about 15 ft-makes it safe and $2,000,000,000 would not be too April continued the higher pace earns the blessings of other road high a figure to assess. And the "priate Government department to services were put upon the market with a sharp increase. Sales users on account of the amallend is not yet. issue orders governing the nae by the Government Disposals officials of the company said that amount of obstruction it causas 25 Ip. these great industries have and construction of heavy motor Board, and were quickly purchas May is carrying forward at the compared with the tram.A grown up and developed sources Cars, defining their axle weight, ed by traders and individuals, same high rate and that orders for Single-saloon designa can ac-of employment of the first import- form of wheel construction, many of whom were desirous of June delivery already received will commodate up to 40 seated pas-anc to a nation of manufacturers. speed, &c.
commencing haulage businesses give the company the biggest first sengers, whilst the double-saloon In 1927: the motor manufacturing while the course was yet clear half in its history, machines can carry some 68: per industry alone directly employed It was in such circumstances that Along with the spectacular gain sona, a fact which appeals to 257,000 versous, and manufactur the Government, in 1919, for the in domestic business, Canadian and those who have to provide fored 209,000 vehicles in the account of the ever-increasing cost of first time in its history, appoint foreign sales of Stearns-Knight cars heavy loads at peak hours. Trol-ear I mention these facts is ed a Minister of Transport, to showed sharp Increases. In ad-ley-bus routes are being operated order to endeavour to show that for additional state assistance, whom, amongst other things, the dition to improved economic condi- in over 20 different areas in Bri- small standards and limited con- and, consequently, in 1909, an Act duties and powers of the Road tons in foreign countries larger tsin. In addition to servico ceptions should not prevail in was passed known as the Develop Board, together with its officers sales were attributed to the grow on the Continent, fleets have late-shaping the future of the coun ment and Road Improvement and staff, were transferred. It ing popularity of Knight engined ly been put into operation in try's tighways, which, in its high- Funds Act, which set up a board was obvious that no further fin cars in these territories and the China and South Africa. The sys.est expression is but the modern known as the Road Board, and ancial assistance could be expect long, rakish lines of the Stearns tem has not made much headway and scientific evolution of the an provided that body with funds ed from existing Government Knight six and eight cylindered in the USA, with its wide cient right and freedom of pass- from vehicle and petrol taxation. sources, and the only course to models,
age enjoyed by the King's sub streets. This Act, for the first time, pursue, therefore, was to seek ad- The Stearns-Knight is the only brought a Government department ditional revenue from the
Both four-wheeled and six Jects of every rank and station, ever eight-cylindered Knight sleeve-wheeled machines are in everyday
over the King's highway-Sir into being having some power to increasing number of mechanical valve motor manufactured in the uroc, the latter being increasingly Henry P. Maybury in Engineer define what roads should be ly-propelled vehicles. A Depart U.S.A. and this fact has brought employed for double-calon bodies in specially assisted, and what form mental Committee was formed, increasing inquiries from foreign which are required when routes the improvements should take. and a scheme devised, intended buyers, officials of the company are instituted to replace tramway The amount of money which at the outset, to produce at least pointed out. special taxation of vehicles and petrol produced was quite small
Great complaints were made to the Government by the local gov- erning authorities of the country
roads, and thus of the necessity
94 millions sterling per annum,
and expand as additional vehicles
services. The British chassis moatly come from factories pro During a motor race on the road ducing vehicles of other types. in the early years of the Board; were added to the road transport at Stendal, near Berlin, a car crash The leading makes are AFC still, it sufficed to meet the com- Geet Sir Ilenry P. Maybury ined into a tree at 100 miles an hour Garrett, Guy, Karrier-Clough, mitments of the Local Authorities, "Engineering"
and two persons were killed.
Railless and Ransome.
HUMBER
LANE, CRAWFORD,” LTD.
Automobile Dept. C.3193.
BUYERS
GUIDE
MOTOR CARS.
ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY, Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's
Road. C.4759.
BUICK-The Dragon Motor Car Co, Ltd., 38 Wong Nei Chung
Road, Happy Valley. "G,1247..
CADILLAC.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. 0.4759. CHEVROLET.-Hougkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. - C.4759. CHRYSLER MOTOR CARS.—Republic Motor Co. of China 30-32,
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252.
DE SOTO MOTOR CARS.--Republic Motor Co. of China, 50-52,
4 Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252.
GUY MOTOR PASSENGER BUSES.Republic Motor Co. of Chins,
30-32, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C 1216 & 6262. MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road, C.4759: OAKLAND, Lane, Crawford, Ltd. OLDSMOBILE. The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nei
Chung Road, Happy Valley C.1247.- PACKARD MOTOR CARS-Republic Motor Co. of China, 80-32,
Des Voeux Road 0: Tel C.1216 & 6252. PLYMOUTH MOTOR CARS-Republic Motor Co. of China, 80-32,
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252,
PONTIAC Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
ROLLS-ROYCE.-Heugkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4769. STUDEBAKER.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. VAUXHALL--Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
WHIPPET:Gilman & Co., 4a, Des Voeux Rd., C. WILLYS-KNIGIRI, Giman & Co., 4a, Des Voeux Road Central.
OUTBOARD MOTORS-Rudolf Wolff & Kew, 54 Queen's Road
C., Tal. C.2173.
MOTOR TRUCKS AND TRACTORS. BROCKWAY MOTOR TRUCKS. The Asiatic American Co. Tel
C. 244.
CHEVROLET Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. FARO MOTOR TRUCKS-Republic Motor Co. of China, 30-32,
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6262. G.M.C.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nei Chung Road,
Happy Valley. G1247.
MORRIS.---Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759./ REO MOTOR TRUCKS-Republle. Motor Co. of China, 30-32, Des
Voeux Road G Tel.: C 1216 & 6252. STUDEBAKER-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Bead C4789. WHIPPET MOTOR TRUCKS-Gilman & Co., 4a Des Voeux Road C. (Tel, C. 290, A
WILLYS KNIGHT TRUCKS-Gilman & Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Rd.
Central,
MOTOR CYCLES.
B. 8. A. The Sincere Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Road. C.1067. NEW HUDSON MOTOR CYCLES-Republic Motor Co. of China,
30-32, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C, 1216 & 6262. RALEIGH MOTOR CYCLES.--Republic Motor Co. of China, 30-82,
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252. ROYAL ENFIELD MOTOR CYCLES --Republic Motor Co. of China,
30-82, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252.
TYRES AND ACCESSORIES. ACCESSORIES-Hong Kong Hotel Garage, Queen's Boad. C.4759. ACCESSORIES The Duro Motor Co., Nathan Road, Kowloon, K.226. FISK, TYRES Gfiman & Co., 4da Des Voeux Road C.- Tel C.290. MILLER ACCESSORIES--A Lung &
an & Co. 19, Queen's Ed., C. Tel C.1219. KENNEL
MILLER RUBBER TYRES AND TUBES Republic, Motor Co. of China, 80-32, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252. PRESTOLITE BATTERIES.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's
Road. C.4769.