THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1929.
BUYERS GUIDE
MOTOR CARS.
ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY.-Hongkong Hotel Garage. Queen's
Road. C.4759.
BUICK-The Tragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nei Chung
Road, Happy Valley. C.1247. CADILLAC.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Rond. C.4759. CHEVROLET.—Hongkong Intel Garage, Queen's Road, · C.4759. CHRYSLER MOTOR CARS.—-Republic Motor Co. of Ching 30-32,
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252.
DE SOTO MOTOR CARS.—Republic Motor Co. of China, 30-32,
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 0252.
GUY MOTOR PASSENGER BUSES.-Republic Motor Co. of China,
89-32, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C, 1216 & 0252. MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Boad. C.4769. OAKLAND.—Lane, Crawford, Ltd,
OLDSMOBILE. The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nei
Chung Road, Happy Valley.
C.1247.
PACKARD MOTOR CARS-Republie Motor Co. of China, 30-32.
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C.1216 & 6252. PLYMOUTH MOTOR CARS-Republic Motor Co. of China, 30-32,
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252. PONTIAC.-Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
ROLLS-ROYCE.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. STUDEBAKER.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. TRIUMPH MOTOR CARS--The Globe Automobile Co., Ltd.,
1, Canton Road, Kowlooл. VAUXHALL-Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
WHIPPET:-Gilman & Co., 4a, Des Voeux Rd., C. WILLYS-KNIGHT-Gilman & Co., 4a, Des Voeux Road Central.
OUTBOARD MOTORS.-Rudolf Wolff & Kew, 54 Queen's Road
C. Tel. C.2178.
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. Tei. C. 1216 & 6252. G.M.C. The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nel Chung Road,
Happy Valley. C.1247.
MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. KEO MOTOR TRUCKS-Republic Motor Co. of China, 30-32, Des
Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252. STUDEBAKER-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. WHIPPET MOTOR TRUCKS.--Gilman & Co., 4a Des Voeux Road C.
Tel. C. 290. WILLYS KNIGHT TRUCKS-Gilman & Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Rd.
Central.
MOTOR CYCLES.
B. S. 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 & 6252. RALEIGH MOTOR CYCLES.-Republic Motor Co. of China, 30-32,
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252.
ROYAL ENFIELD MOTOR CYCLES-Republic Motor Co. of China,
30-32, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252. TRIUMPH MOTOR CYCLES.-The Globe Automobile Co., Ltd.,
I. Canton Road, Kowloon.
TYRES AND ACCESSORIES. ACCESSORIES-Hong Kong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. 0.4739. ACCESSORIES.-The Duro Motor Co., Nathan Road, Kowloon. K.226. FISK TYRES-Gilman & Co., 4a Des Voeux Road 0. Tel. 0.290, MILLER ACCESSORIES.-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Rd., C.
Tel. C.1219.
MILLER RUBBER TYRES AND TUBES.-Republic Motor Co. of China, 30-32, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252. PRESTOLITE BATTERIES.--Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's
Road. C.4769.
DIAMOND JUBILEE
A FAMOUS CYCLE
*FIRM
Of the many events which pass unnoticed in the motoring world there is one which is not yet too late to recall the Diamond Jubilee of the Humber concern. For it is now over 60 years since old Tom Humber. a Nottingham mechanic, made his first bicycle. Can any other company show a record of continuous manufacture for so long a period?
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Tom Humber's first bicycle was far removed from the cycles of to- day. It was a bone-shaker in real earnest, and Was known "Dandy-Horse." This machine, which took two months to build had iron tyres on wooden wheels! It was, however, the fore-runner of the "ordinary" cycle, nick-named the "Penny-Farthing" on account of its huge front wheel and tiny rear wheel.
NEW FORD WORKS
EDINBURGH FIRM SECURES CONTRACT
Redpath Brown &
CHRYSLER'S "
THE
SHIPMENTS INCREASE THIS YEAR
A special meeting of the direc- tors of Chrysler Motors was held in Detroit on June 3 at which time one new officer and two new directors were elected.
Jules S. Bache, internationally known banker, was elected Vice President,
E. F. Hutton and Waddill Catch- ings, representing powerful New York financial groups, were elected to the board to fill the vacancies caused by the resignation of G. W. Mead and D. R. McLain.
Mr. Chrysler, commenting on the Corporation's operations, stated May shipments showed an increase of 38 per cent over shipments for the same month last year, and that shipments for the first five months of 1929 showed an increase of 13 per cent over the corresponding period of a year ago.
CHINA MAIL,
FINE DEVICE
ACCURATE BRAKE ADJUSTMENT
It is probable that no device yet known contributes towards the| safety of motoring as much as ond which has just been installed at the Hillman works. This consists of a brake testing plant which is now in operation at the end of the Guishing line.
Every molorist appreciates the danger of ill-adjusted brakes. This may not be apparent is dry weather, but the moment the roads become wet sudden braking will; cause the car to swerve sideways, skid and possibly crash into the very person or object which the driver was attempting to avoid.
Accurate adjustment af brakes is not easy to accomplish by hand In fact, it is told of this new brake test that when a car the brakes of which had been carefully adjusted by hand was placed on it, it re- eorded A difference of 100 lbs. pressure on the two rear wheels!; This, of course, would be than enough to cause a kid with certain road conditions..
more
Mr. Chrysler stated that each mouth's operation saw increased operating efficiency in the plants. incidental to the development of better inter-plant relationships, and the more efficient use of the All auch possibilities are pre- production facilities of the com- vented by the new teat at the Hili- bined Dodge and Chrysler plants. man work, which is, incidentally, The economies, made possible by the first of its kind to be employ- the varied and expanded produced by a British motor car manu- tion facilities of all Chrysler facturer. At the end of the finish- Motors units are only beginning to ing line, the car is placed on be felt in the Corporation's opera- the braking plant, with each wheel tions. The increased production in .contact with a pair of rollers. flexibility of these great plants These rollers are revolved under under one manufacturing manage-electric power and the car wheels, ment produces operation economies of course, turn with them. which are already evident in ear Each of the four devices has a values and qualities. Further dial, which records brake pressure rapid progress along the line of in pounds. First there is a test manufacturing economy and flexi- for "drag"! then the hand-brake is bility may be anticipated.
applied and the brakes are adjust- ed so that there is exactly 300 lbs. pressure -on each of the rear wheels. The foot brake pedal is operated by a graduated rod and, in the same way, adjustments are made so that each front brake re- cords 400 lbs. and each rear brake 300.
SOME “DON'TS”
FOR MOTOR CYCLE RIDERS
Don't "blind" at all during the
The whole test occupies some 17 first few hundred miles with a new minutes, and at its conclusion the machine, give the engine a fair deal brakes have been thoroughly bed-
and then reap the benefit.
ded down and adjusted to scienti Don't omit to give the engine afic requirements. The superiority generous supply of cil during the of this, to the hit-or-miss methods running-in period.
Don't try to change gear without using the cluteh,
Don't forget to "rev." the engines elightly, with the clutch well out, when changing down, and
of hand adjustment is obvious. The Hillman Company la to be con- gratulated on being the first Bri- tish concern to instal this some- what expensive apparatus, and to pass on its benefit to Hillman Don't forget momentarily to eloso owners in the form of ever increas- the throttle and flick the clutch outed safety. when changing up.
gear
CAR INSURANCE
THE KNOCK-FOR-KNOCK RULE
Don't forget that such things as over head valve rockers, boxes, chains, and hubs require. lubrication. Follow the makers' instructions.
Don't, when ordering spare parts, fail to give detalia as to
In the article by a lawyer in the machine for which they are requirTruth" on the liability for damages ed. Always quote frame and en- in "both-to-blame accidenta", re-
gine numbers.
ference was made to the knock-for- Don't neglect your electric light-knock rule of the insurance com- ing set. Don't overcharge, and, on panies in disposing of claims. the other hand never let the ac-This matter has since been brought cumulator run right down. Again, into prominence by a decision of follow the makers' instructions. Judge Moore in the Southwark
(Limited), steel constructional en-must, make a note of the order in the
Don't pull things to pieces just County Court in a case in which Company to "see how they work"; or, if you the owner of a motor-car sued gineers and merchants, whose re-
owners of a motor-van. It gistered office is at 2 St. Andrew which you dismantled the various was not contended that the plain- Square, Edinburgh, has secured the
tiff was at fault, but the claim was contract fer the constructional Don't let everything get out of opposed on the ground that he had steelwork in the new Ford motor adjustment, because trouble makes refused to divulge the name of his works at Dagenham, Essex.
trouble; for instance, a badly ad- insurance company-a condition The steelwork is for buildings damage to the gear dogs.
justed eluteh might easily result in on which the defendant's insurance covering 25 aeres, and in order to
company insisted. His Honour Don't ensure quick delivery the material corner so fast that you would be holding, of course, that he
cut corners, and don't gave judgment for the plaintiff, will be fabricated at the four works unable to pull up on meeting any under no obligation whatever, to
of the company in London. Man- chester, Edinburgh, and Glasgow,
The value of the contract is ap- proximately £250,000. Charles Heathcote & Sons, of Lon don and Manchester.
The architects are
Messrs.
Messrs. Redpath Brown's name stands high in the engineering world, and they have executed con- tracts in many parts of the world.
The Ford order is one of the largest orders yet placed with the firm.
parts.
obstruction which the bend.
was
may be round say with what company he was insured or, indeed, whether he was insured at all
Don't try to cross wet tramlines at too fine an angle, especially if your mashine has small tyres.
Don't brake or accelerate violent- front brake slightly before the rear ly on greasy roads. Apply the brake.
.
Nothing Surprising
the decision; the only surprising There was nothing surprising in
supposed that such a defence could thing is that anybody should have
succeed. Don't be afraid to use your gear that a disclosure of the informa- But though it is clear
an unnecessary amount of low gear no means so clear that it ought box. Conversely, don't indulge in tion cannot be enforced, it is by work, which makes for noise.
always to be refused. As a rea
In discussing Humbers' Diamond Jubilee, it is singularly apt that reference should be made to the first Diamond frame cycle the
Don't forget that even compara-son for refusal it is said that a cycle of to-day-invented and built
tively slight noise can have very by Tom Humber. This very
grave effects where serious illness motorigt not at fault in an accid- machine, which the manufacturer himself rode until his death, is now troduced in 1930, and in 1910, when pitals.
car, a 5 b.p. Humberette, was in every consideration when near hos./claim rebate but
is concerned; therefore, drive with ent may be deprived of his no-
that is in the Castle Museum. Nottingham, the founder of the firm died, several
not usually so if his COM- where it is shown as an object of then up-to-date models were made. way without first giving a hand not at fault. The difficulty is that Don't alter your direction in any pany is really satisfied that he was exceptional interest and a per-In 1914 Humbers were manufactur signal.. manent relic of early bicycle con-
in so many cases, though a moter- ing a very popular, 10 h.p. car, but struction.
"Don't expect the point-duty ist honestly believes that he was. Thriving years followed the in-works were re-organised for the Signal your intended direction.
on the outbreak of hostilities the policeman to be a thought-reader. blameless, the evidence might load troduction of the "Safety" cycle, production of fuses, shells, aero en-
impartial persons-such as a jury and in 1890 we find the catalogue gines and, later, complete aeroger to do any handsignalling unless Don't allow your sidecar passen-
-to a different conclusion." of "Humber & Co., Ltd." (with a planes.
The Whole Object London depot), detailing a large range of models. Several of these cern is known to most motorists, if
Since 1918 the history of the con- and (b) where you intend to go. for-knock agreements, under which he or she knows (a) how to signal The whole object of the knock- were equipped with "anti-vibra only by the excellent cars, motor
Don't cut in between vehicles damages for an accident are divid tors" to the front forks. Examinacycles and cycles giving service in you feel perfectly sure of your own panies concerned, is to avoti approaching each other, Even if led between the insurance com- tion of the mechanical details of all parts of the world. The 1929 ability, you may give the other litigation, and reduce to a mini- these devices shows that they were range of cars, consisting as it does drivers a nasty scare, and even mum the cost of dealing with no less than spring ferks-to dis of 9 h.p. four-cylinder, and 16 and
20 h.p. six-cylinders, is in keeping cause a crash
Maclaims. It is obvious that this with the company's reputation. A Do everything you can to remove for the benefit of motorists. Liti Don't let down your fellow-riders system of friendly settlements is proof of the increasing popularity public prejudice against motor gation is expensive, and actions of these cars is found in the fact
appear, later, from the pedal cycle,
but to be standardised throughout
the world on motor cycles. The prices of the machines, incidental
ly, were in the neighbourhood of that a few weeks after Easter BAT
£20 allowing for the cost of living In the nineties, this is roughly equivalent to the present price of a Humber motor cycle.
a production which was a record in
the history of the company.
Sixty years ago Tom Humber built bone-abakere in a Nottingham If not actually the first British sheds to-day; the works of Humber, manufacturers to market a motor Ltd., in Coventry, cover upwards of car, Humbers were certainly 24 acres of ground. The Diamond amongst the earliest, and were the Jubilee has come and gone, leaving only firm with so long an ex-behind it a record on which any perance of road vehicles. The first manufacturer might well be proud.
cycles.
TROJAN
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
Automobile Dept. C31).
or arbitrations over endless aceid
ent claime which are now disposed
of on the knock-for-knock principle would be bound to entail a suba- tantial addition to insurance pres
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YOUTHFUL -- DASHING – PERFORMANCE
ALL DAY LONG
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33, Wong Wei Chung Road, Happy Valley
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TYRE PRECAUTIONS
Changing tyres around from time
SOLE AGENTS.
etc. Each wheel puta certain strains inflated to the correct pressure, as un on a tyre different from that of the der-inflation of a few pounds will often other wheels, and by using the tyre on result in the loss of hundreds of miles each in turn the wear is evenly, dis of useful. service. Valve capa screwed gives better service.
miums. The reports and account to time will result in longer tyre tributed and the tyre lasts longer and down tightly by hand should always
and better all-round corvice, Fr of the companies show that, owing
When a motorist buys a new spare, to the constant increase of claims, we recommend that he put it on the the rates charged for motor insur right rear and give that tyre a rest ance even now yield only a very for a while. The other tyres should be narrow margin of profit.
changed, too, left front to left rear,
be used to prevent air leaks.
to the important to have to
It is also important to have tyres. If motorists will give their tyres or looked over frequently for minor cuts dinary care and attention, they will and bruises, ate, and to have mail we have less treable and enjoy greater paira nade promptly. Tyres abould be tyre satisfaction.