Overland "Whippet" Cars.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13th,
1927.
Unequalled in either Quality or Price. See them at
THE DURO MOTOR CO., LTD.
132, Nathan Rd., Kowloon,
or Apply
To the Distributors
GILMAN & CO., LTD.,
Hong Kong Bank Building.
Teleph. C. 290.
Wherever Tyres are used
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MORRIS
Cars
REDUCED PRICES, BETTER VALUE.
MORRIS-COWLEY 11.9 H.P.
4' TRACK 8'9" WHEELBASE ROADSTER
2 Seater DICKY TOURING (4 DOOR) 4 Seater COUPE
SALOUN
2 Seater
+ 9 ater
MORRIS-OXFORD 13.9 H.P.
4 TRACK 8'10" WHEELBASE
NETT CASH PRICES
Hong Kong Taxis No More-British Car Not "Boosted"-Does Heat Burst Tyres. Mr. Churchill's Choice-A New Morris Car.
HONG KONG TAXIS
NO MORE.
FLEET OF 60 THAT. WAS REDUCED TO 30.
CHURCHILL'S
CHOICE.
A Thornycroft RA/4 type four-
cylinder engine, developing 25 b.h.p on petrol, is installed and with which the boat attains a speed of about 8 knots.
The rapidly extending vogue off
Accommodation is provided for the small ear is exemplified by the fact that the Chancellor of the Ex-forward well, over which an awning passengers on hinged sents in the
The winding up of the Hong Kong chequer, Mr. Winston Churchill, is and folding canopy hoods may he Taxien Company will deprive the now running a Wolseley 11/22 h.p. fitted as required.
Colony of an important link with civilisation, or
least withi
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four-seater. Mr. Churchill has long been a client of the Wolseley Com
One of the bitest "feathers in pauy for cars of a larger and more our cap" is an order we have re modernity. Local folk will have to imposing type, but he is now received from the India Office for settle down again to chairs, thegularly to be seen proceeding to cross-country service.
'Guy" 0-wheeled 3/5 tonners for ubiquitous ricksha, and motor
and from the Treasury driving his; bases. In Hong Kong the taxi has.
"eleven." He has in factshire House, Piccadilly, London, Wolseley battled bravely against great odds,
Messrs. Rootes, Ltd., of Devon- been known to give Mr. Baldwin a W.1, sole world exporters of Clyno but the climate and the local con-1
lift in this car. The Chancellor of cars, announce the opening of an the Exchequer driving the British office in Japan, at 412, Toyo Build- Prime Minister in a small four- This will be the headquarters of ing, Ushi Yamashita Cho, Tokyo, senter is a very significant and in-
their
representative, Major Chiches- eresting sign of the times.
ditions have finally overcome its gallant resistance. For a few brief years it struggled on in the enervat- ing hest of the tropics, visibly de- clining like an Alpine plant at the equator and now it is gong-but not for over, I hope.
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The British War Office have just announced a subsidy of £10 a year for three years on medium type 6-wheeled lorries..
ter Smith.
British motor manufacturers in the It is encouraging to learn that Midlands are exceedingly busy with orders for Home and Overseas.
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It was stated at the winding-up meeting that several leseces had
The Standard Motor Co. report tried to run the Company without
that their Coventry factory is work The Guy" 6-wheeled 3/5 tonnering at full pressure to cope with success; and all of them seem to follows the standard specification outstanding orders for the 14/28 have left the unfortunate taxis in issued by the War Office in respect finds it very difficult to keep pace h.p. and 6-cylinder models, but a successivoly worse condition. Of to the new subsidy, the Guy "with the demand. about 60 vehicles owned and run by 6-wheeler being the largest vehicle the Company when it was in its hey-day, only 30 were fit for the roud at the time of-closing-down. All the cars are of Citroen manu- facture, a light type totally unsuit- ed to the rigorous climate and con- ditions of Hong Kong; all right for Pants, perhaps; but for the East, decidedly not. When a taxi bursts Anto flamies in the broad highway, or nonchalantly throws off a wheel at speed, it is time to send it to that place where worn out Fords are said to go.
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coming under the new subsidy, in people in the most thoroughly The most thoroughly motorized fact, it is the only t-ton G-wheeler, motorized state are said to be the on the British market at the present moving picture actors in time.
wood. One actor, Edward Martin-a del, refused to own a car, however,
more than 50,000 miles in taxicabs. He refused to learn to drive and his fellows declared he had ridden
The
***intense
famous Motorist, Major H. O. D. uncement that the Segrave, having exhausted every thrill of speed on the track, now intends to take to the Motor Boat, has once again drawn attention to this exhilarating form of water sport. There is no more a thrilling scusation than speeding along the But all French taxis are not of unreservedly agree that it cannot water, and those who have tried it such poor quality. The roads of be beaten for down-right England to-day can produce many excitement. The enjoyment of the a glorious old Unic or other foreign sport. is, moreover, not confined to make that was turned out long the few, for the inexpensive but before the Great War. These really fast Motor Boat is-a-
Fait hardy veterans, like the old sol Accompli," Such a boat has been dier, scem never to die. Perhaps designed and standardised which
they simply fade away."
costs well under £200 by the Ailsa Craig Motor Co., Ltd., of Chiswick, London, the well-known Marine Engineers to His Majesty the King. The hull, 20 ft. in length, is of the Vee type, so much favoured b cause of its graceful and speedy lines. It is fitted complete with the famous Ailsa Craig Kid. 10-16 h.p. 4-cylinder overhead valve Marine Motor, and such is, the efficiency of The use of American cars with the engine that speeds of 15 to 10 left-hand steering is not allowed in knots are obtained. Another Fe England, so why should it be allow-markable feature about these boats ed in Hong Kong, a British colouy is their stability. They can be Such cars are a danger to other manoeuvred at full speed round the road users because of their driver's sharpest bends, and turned in their inability to signal when rounding aawn length with perfect safely, yet -right-hand curve. If Hong Kong are easily handled by one person. must have American cars, then let There is ample accommodation to them be so constructed as to cou seat four people, and whether re- form to British requirements. quired for class-bqat racing, or as a Fast Runabout Launch, they are BRITISH CARS NOT equally useful.
There is certainly an opening for the taxi in Hong Kong, despite the swarins of man-powered vehicles in every street. Who would not rather be borne swiftly and comfortably up the Peak or elsewhere than transported in a manner that was the vogue before Julius Caesar's
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While on the subject of American cars, I shall make mention of what
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Constructed to the order of the Foreign Office, there has recently been completed by John I. Thorny-
at last, has capitulated and movie After holding o for years he, people say that this has made ownership of automobiles among screen actors unanimous. He just recently purchased a Packard Six five passenger sedan and in about himself. three lessons he learned to drive it
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FOR DELIVERY. London Hong Kong.
£160
£190 177
SOCONY
210
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220
193
255
1 consider the deplorable lack of croft & Co., Ltd., az open launch enthusiasm displayed 11 the Far of standard type for general ser- Last by British motar manufac-vice at Jeddah. turers. Everyone knows that Euro-
MOTOR
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and that Britain produces some ol
Overland "Whippet" Cars.
EASY TERMS TO SUIT ALL PURSES,
4 Cylinder- 6 Cylinder
16.6 H.P. 31.6 H.P.
5 Seater Touror........ G3 900
$ Seater Roadster ... G$ 875
5
Seater Coach G1,000
5 Stator Sedau (4 door) G91,100 Seater Broughaui... G$1,150.
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Distributors.
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YOU KNOW
YOU CAN
OVER-SEAS
G $1,075
*G-$-1,125
G $1,200.
G $1,275 $1,395
SHOW ROOM:
DURO MOTOR
CO., LTD.,
NATHAN RD, KOWLOON.
BUY THE FAMOUS
CLYNO
From £229. Os. Od.
FINE ENQUGH EVEN FOR THE FAS- TIDIOUS, ROBUST ENOUGH FOR THE ROUGHEST USUAGE, THIS 11 H.P. OVERSEAS CLYNO IS WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL FAMILIES.
IT CAN BE BOUGHT AS CHEAPLY AS £224 FOR THE TWO SEATER AND £229 FOR THE FOUR SEATER.
PRODUCED IN THE CLYNO ENGINEERING WORKS, WHICH FOR OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY HAVE BEEN RENOWNED FOR HIGH GRADE CARS.
DELIVERY OF THE VARIOUS MO. DELS CAN NOW BE MADE.
HIRE PURCHASE.
Any CLYNO Car may be obtained for a small sum down and the. balance by monthly in- stalments..
TAKE A TRIAL RUN, Write for catalogue and permit us to arrange a trial run from your own door.
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ROADSTER-
TOURING
COUPE
BALOON
CABRIOLET
LANDAULETTE
TOURING
SALOON
pean cars are the best in the world, Of 25 ft. in length, the launch has
a beam of 7 ft, and draft of about
the ancat cara in Europe. Yet 21 in, the hull being constracted there is a reluctance to boost the of teak.
products abroad, with the result (Continued on next Column.)
Amorican
:
2/8 Seater DICKY
£220
£250
4/5 Seater
240
270
2/3 Beater
245
290
that the "live-wire"
265
810
295 825
340
lishman a mass-produced machine
870
4/5 Seater
4/5 Seater
4/5 Seater
5 Seater
£260
£295
3 Seater
288
885
MORRIS-OXFORD 18,9 H.P.
4'8", TRACK B′10′′ WHEELBASE
MORRIS-OXFORD 15.9 RP.
4'8", TRACK 9'6" WHEELB \SE TOURING
BA LOON
5 Seater
5 Seater
£325
878
salesman steps in and sells the Eng-
from Detroit though the customer 21 years. I know of a certain car- would fain have the hardy, sterling of the world's best make-that is
O Coventry or
Wolver- still the admiration of everyone,
I receive a great deal of though it left the factory 18 years
well-devised publicity literature
every week from American manu facturers, specially for publication
(nativ
£965
49€
(All prices include FOUR WHEEL BRAKES) (and full equipment)
BEFORE YOU PURCHASE ANY CAR INVESTIGATE THE DEALERS SERVICE AND INSPECT · STOCKS OF PARTS CARRIED-COMPARE MORRIS VALUES AND ASK US FOR A DEMONSTRATION.
THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE (THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.),
CAR SALES
SERVICE &
+ Phone C 4602 PARTS
ACCESSORIES
Phone C. 4769
but
ago. And there is many a hand- some car of British make that still in this page; but never have 1 runs like clock-work after ten years
re and more of use. ceived
Anything less in praise of one word
our than 10 years, we do not, of course, product from the sleepy consider extraordinary for our lead-f manufacturers at home. "Some. times there a little about ouring makers, such as Rolls, Lanches. curs in a publication called the ter, Daimler, and Sunbeam. British Commercial
News, apart from. that we allow the DOES HEAT BURST TYRES? Americans to leave us miles behind. This is a British colony, yet what.
number of American cars it con It is a superstition with motor tains! I wonder how many Britishists at bote that one should not cars there are in Manila? It is to leave the tyres of a car exposed be admitted that most of the Ameri- to the heat of the sun for a great can care here are Chinese owned. length of time, since the air has a The Chinese are influenced by size tendency to expand, and to buret and brilliance of appearance-and
ite walls. I have never heard of a perhaps by price. Yet the real re-burst at home from such a economy of motoring consists in the
Cause. Has it over boen known in purchase of a good home-built cur.Hong Kong, where the beat can I read the other day that Stude-very soon make objects unbearable baker has just supplied to au.
to the touch? Apparently, not, for American family the 21st car in every day I see cars that are left to stand full in the glare for hours together.
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