"WHIPPET”
1928 Programme
SAME QUALITY, RELIABILITY
7:
and "Pep' as in 1927
but Unprecedented
REDUCTION
PRICE
4 Cylinder Models from H. K.81,625
H.K.82,200
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29th, 1928.
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GILMAN & CO., LTD.
DURO MOTOR CO., LTD.
Hong Kong.
KOWLOON.
Give your high gear exercise on the hills
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by using Socony,
MOTORING NOTES
A Weekly Review dealing with Matters of Interest to all Local Motorists.
Motor Notes-Simpler Traffic Regulations New York Ford Show-No Running In-Service for the Motorist- Three Speeds or Four-Dash for Liner-An Erskine Triumph-Railway Speed of 100 M.P.H.
the gasoline that brings the mountains down to the motorist
SOCONY MOTOR GASOLINE
SOCONY Gasoline for Oil
STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK, 26 Broadway
MOTOR NOTES.
Yes.
MISUNDERSTOOD.
"said one man to another, "I realize that motoring is a great thing. I used to be sluggish before the motoring craze, but now I'm spry and energetic."
"I didn't know you motored." "I don't- I dodge.' -" Con- tact," in The Motor, a
ALL-NIGHT BUS SERVICE
FOR LONDON,
SIDECAR OUTFIT OR LIGHT CAR?
With the introduction to the market some few seasons ago of the cheap small car, many of the pro-
SIMPLER TRAFFIC
REGULATIONS.
KONG.
WHIPPET
99
Cylinder Model" "96"
TOURING MODEL 5-Seater
HK$1,625. *
ENGINE 4 Cylinder 15.6 H.P. LUBRICATION Full pressure feed. BRAKES Bendix four wheel.
(Ratio of braking area to weight in greater than in any other light car of to-day).
"A CAR OF PROVED RELIABILITY at an astonishingly LOW PRICE.
AN ERSKINE TRIUMPH.
LONDON EXETER RÉLI- 'ABILITY TRIAL,
police force is a question which would have to be decided. There is definitely room for two opinions in this malber without passing any criticism whatever ca the local police force.
An Erskine Six Sedan, # tered in the London-Exeter----
phets of the Press immediately be- PROS AND CONS FOR HONG
At present motorists are cramp- gan to forecast the early deconse of the motorcycle sidecar outfit,
ed by regulations which could quite London reliability tour, finished frequently be waived, such a re the test with a perfect score and says Motor Cycling... Manužan turers, too, were inclined to be The interesting proposal of Mr. gulation for instance as the pass now eligible for the gold medal, con-highest award for reliable per anduly apprehensive, and in some M. K. Lo at the annual meeting of ing of a moving vehicle in
The rehability tour, trolled area, but on the other hard formance. cases took steps to reduce their out the Hong Kong Automobile Asso they have the comfortable feeling which was purposely laid over some | puta, only to find themselves in
the position of having to increase ciation deserves serious considera- of knowing exactly where they of the poorest stretches of road and production again a little later. I tion. Mr. Lo's main plea was for stand. The greater freedom for steepest hills in England, was re- would be idle to pretend that the the simplification of traffic regum with it some doubt of what should thorities as one of the most Individual judgment would bring garded by British motoring au- coming of the modern light ear hast
stringent tests ever devised, fon.the had no effect at all upon the sale thens. Following the lead of Eng- constitute dangerous driving. of sidecars. As tegard the beavier land, he urged the abolition of There can be few who will no cars, The Erskine, however, casily all around performance of moter A service of all-night single-deck
many rather perty regulations, in full agreement with Mr. Lo negotiated every hill and checked buses is proposed for London. The and more expensive types of com
in the second point "which he buses would be equipped with bination, customers certainly have
and the dealing with traffic offences raised; that the police procedure in at very control point well with- preumatic tyres, would be put been lost to four wheels. The out upon selected routes and would run look, continues, this journal for the under the general heads of negli- for traffic offences should be by in the time limit laid down by at double the usual fare, with a Emmediate future is not, however, gent or dangerous driving. The summons and not by arrest. Every governing officials of the run.
The London-Exeter-Lomalon minimum, let us say, of id. "There pue that need cause any alarm to speaker does not stand alone in his driver carries a driving licence,
While admiration for the "raffic control and car and licence together must run is the third' important reli- should be no difficulty about the the sidecar manufacturer. provision of such facilities, for, if it may be admitted that the of England, but it must not be for-be a perfectly adequate guarantee ability text in England to be won run at, say, half-hourly intervals, cheapening of light cars has had gotten that the comparison between of the offender's identity and ap by the Eracle Six in open con
petition Gold trophies · fór - vic- two or three buses on a route would detrimental effect on the sale of Enghod and Hong Kong cannot pearance in court.
tories in the London-Ediáburgh give quite effective service. Trams sidecars, it seems clear that steps be drawn too closely. The English
and London-Lands Endrelassies are : are run at night on certain of the can be taken to safeguard the policyuan is a figure admired a
and speaking
already held by The Erskine Six. London routes, and we have found future of this side of the motor- the world over,
In addition, Studebaker's DOW that one particular service which cycle industry. Quite apart from generally he is an eminently sen-
Erskine Six recently set & now Z4 rung between the tramcar termines the question of performance, onsible and level-headed person. As
which the combination
bour endurance and speed record scoles consequence, the large ditemtion- a few minutes' walk from our
aty powers granted by such generad
for cars in its price class by travel- offers in Rosetary Avenue (says The Commercial lotor) to a North
terms as gent or dangerous for the motor eyele reliability trialling better than 34 miles per hot London suburb is carried out with
driving are but rarely abused. which takes place on Sunday, for 24 consecutive hours. This re Whether or not it is thought ad- March 11th, but who have neglect cord was made at the Atlantic City one car only, the single journey oc
entrust these widered to put in their entries, are re Speedway under American Au cupying half an hour, thus giving
visable to powers of decision to the local I minded that to-day is the fast day. Itomobile Association 'supervision. an hourly time schedule.
Passengers come into the City. for the early-morning markets, Fleet Street, activities", provide a large measure of outgoing traffic; Land, whilst a few of the passengers
sometimes appear to have
had nothing more serious than the pur suit of pleasure to delay them, by for the greater proportion are ob viously engaged about their busi ness and are regular night travel- Lers.
It is suggested that the first example of the new all-night buses should be tried between Piccadilly Circus and Hammersmith, with i a.m. to 8 n.m. for the hours, the buses running at half-hourly in-. tervals. We think that an eight. hour period of employment would be more economical, and that rail- way termini should be the starting and finishing points.
·COLOURED FUELS.
One of the first questions which' was asked when wayside fuel pumps first made their appearance was: How can we be sure that we are getting the particular brand for, which we have asked? The answer was supplied by sealed pups bearing a clearly-worded. guarantee and, natyrally, the pub- Eu thought this was good enough. Generally speaking it is, but oc- casionally, says The Light Car and Cyclecar, our faith in the dafnki- hility of petrol pumps receives a nasty jr, as, for instance, when. quite recently the proprietors of a filling station were caught in the act of mixing a cheaper fuel with that which the pump was supposed to supply. Two aspects of the question clearly call for discus- sion: first, motorists cannot ap- parently be sure in absolutely every case that they are obtaining the fuel for which they pay;" and, secondly, :he incident causes suspicion to be attached to the whole filling-station fraternity. There are ways and means of cir- cumventing seals, and coloured. fucle immediately suggest them- selves as an, easy way out of the difficulty...
7 TYRE SIZES.
There are át present seventy-one different size tyres in use by audc- mobile buses and trucks in the United States, according to the National Automobile Club. Of these sites, thirty-four are in bal- loon tyres, while the remaining thirty-seven ite high-pressure tyres
POTENTIAL MARKET!
-In-Addis Ababa, the capital of -Abyssiniz,-there-are-already-200 automobċies and one traffic police- man. Bidewalks are provided but the majority of the population con- tinue to walk along the stivels,""
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THE NEW FORD
The new Ford is a yery different "car" from its predecessor in appear- saec, ne many readers have by this time seen. Presumably one will have to take its performance, on bearsay for some time yet, as it is only natural that it should con- tique to decorate the fine new show- Toom in Nathan Road until another consignment arrives. But 81360 in without a doubt an astonishingly low price to charge for such a car,
heavily over the small ear, the former will always appeal to the public by reason of its low cost, both to buy and to run, whilst it also has the merit of greater general handigess-
THE RELIABILITY TRIAL.
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