MORRIS IN 1933
THE MORRIS TEN
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Capacity:
Overall width:
Motor Vehicles in the Colony
INCREASE OF 258 CARS DURING 1932
NOTABLE PROGRESS OF BRITISH
MAKES
A detailed list of motor vehicles in the Colony liconsöd dur ing the past year is given below, The figures show a grand' total of 3,374 vehicles on the road against 3,118 of last year Of this year's tolal 1,221 are British,
Private cars show a total of 1,908 against 1,842. licensed to last year. This year 632 were British against 142 for the pro- vious year. The public vehicles reached total of 416 "and"in-- olude 100 buses-ail British-24 taxis and an amazing figure of 203 motor cars for publio hire..........
Commercial vehicles were 501 this year against 45% for the previous year. Those of British manufacture showed a decreaso from 145 to 191 for the present year. American on the other. hand increased from 304 to 464-
Motor cycles dropped heavily showing only se against. 329 for last year. There were 300 British makes last year but only' 976 for this year. American cycles dropped heavily from 125 to
50.
The above Bgures show a total of 3,035 motor vehicles against 2007 for the previous year.
Of this 2,500 were passenger motor cars-(private cars, pu- blic hire cars and taxi:)--not commercial trucks and buses- against a total 2,103 for last year.
The detailed list is as follows:-
"PRIVATE CARS
BRITISH
254 Austin Bevens
4 Peugeot
MOTOR CYCLES
TOTAL: 339 SOLO: AND COMBINATION MACHINES
Comprising:-
248 Solo machines 10 Combinations
1 Threewheeler.
11 Ariel
11" Matchless
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· BRITISH~
70 A. J. E
67 B. S. A.
45 Triumph
19 Norton
WHISKY
9 Raleigh
White Horse Marchant's
D Rudge
7 Douglas
8 Coventry Eaglo
6 Humber
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5 Royal Enfield
BEER
BRANDY.
5 Bunbeam
3 Jamee
2- Excelsior
2 New Hudson
1 Ascot Pulin
1 Brough Superior
1 Cottom
1 Francis Barnett
1 Ralon
1 Morgan Runabout.
AMERICAN
976
37 Harley Davidson
8 Indian
1 Ace.
50
1292 ċ.c.
62"
Track:
48"
Overall length:
147"
Wheelbase:
Sunshine
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Gear-box
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96 Morris Minor
68 Morris Cowley
61 Morris Oxford
27 Armstrong Siddeley
19 Hillman
16 Austin Twelve-six
18 Ginger
15 Trojan
12 Wolesley
9 Jowett
8 Standard
7 Crossley
6 A. C.
6 Austin six-Sixteen
6-Olyno
6 Humber
6 Vauxhall
5.Morris Isis
4' Bean
4 Cubit
4 Rover
4 Triumph
3 Sunbeam
2 Lagonda
1 Bayliss Thomas
7 Bentley
1 Calthorpe
1 Daimler.
1 'Galloway
1 Lanchester
1 Riley-
1. Straker Squire
1 Talbot
1 Waverley
CONTINENTAL
95 Flats
12 Opel
9 Citroan
4 Mathis
9 Hanomag
2 Hotchkiss
2 Lancia
1- Berliet
1 Horch
1 Minerva
10. M.
1 Henderson
Neracar
CONTINENTAL
5 Monet Goyon
2 Gillet
2 F. N.
1 D. K. W.
1 B. M. W.
1 Sarolea.
134
Total number of private vehicles
PUBLIC VEHICLE
13
1 Sundoff
LORRIES, VANS, TRUCKS,
1908
LIST
TOTAL 446 VEHICLES
Comprising:
100 Buses
203 Public Hire Cara
74 Taxis
BUSES
Thornycroft
31 Vrclan
26 Dennis
20 Leyland
15 Guy
13 Comber.
652
100
AMERICAN
256 Ford
.195 Buick
118 Studebaker.
82 Chevrolet
84 Overland Whippet
38 Chrysler
30 Erskine
'47 Essex
47 Willys Knight
42 Nash
35 Dodge
24-Willys
25 De Soto
23 Pontiac
22-Hupmobile
21 Plymouth
13 Auburn
15 Hudson
14. Graham Paige
11 Marmon
11 Oldsmobile.
10 Marquette
* Durant
Q Packard
8. Oakland
4 Morris
1 Studebaker
TAXIE
38 Cheverolat
10 Hillman
8 Rockne
& Willys
4 Ford
4 Morris
2 Clyno
74
PUBLIC HIRE OARS
27 Ford
24 Whippet
D1 Studebaker
19 Plymouth 216 Chryäler
14 Cheverolet
12 Willys
8 Overland
• Buick
5 Overland Whippet
4 Oldsmobile
3 De Soto
a Hudson
2 Dodge 9'Essex
2 Nash
2 Pontiac
G Rockne
5 Roosvelt.
4 Reo
3 Austin. Bagtam
1 Erskine
3 Cadaillac
a Cleveland
3.Chandler
3. Devaux
3 Jordan
9 Diamond
2. Lincoln
2 Pierce Arrow
* Rugby
2. Stute
9 Star
1 Chalmers
1 Maxwell
1 Paige
1 La Ballo
1 Locomobile
1919
Templar..
For the first nite months of 1932 export values of cars from Great Britain exceeded those imported by approxenitely 20,000,000%
1. De Vaux,
1 Oakland
METAL TRADE:
VERY BAD YEAR CONCLUDED
SEVERAL FACTORS, WHICH DEPRESSED THE MARKET.
ETC.
BRITISH
32 Albion
32 Dennis
31 Morria
7 Trojan
Halford
6 Thornycroft
194
3 Bean
3 Bedford
3 Vulcan
1 A:B.C.
1 Quy
1 Leyland
AMERICAN
218 Ford 112 Chevrolet
31.G. M. C.
31 Willys 11 Dodge
▸ Diamond
9 Studebaker
• White
8 Fedoral
6. Reo
3 Overland (Whippet)
3 Rugby
3 United
2 Brockway
2 Fargo
2 Republio
2 United States
2 Slewart
1 Cadano
404
1 Moreland & Graham
1 Banford
CONTINENTA
1 Citroen
1 Find
1 Opel
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one month. As a consequence, it is difficult to collect payment of se counts for goods sold during Jan- uary to April, and this has-in- flicted hardship on dealers in Hong Kong. Fortunately, the dealers are in a strong financia! position otherwise, there would be disastrous resulta.
4. In July and August: (Chinese Moon festival), according to Chin.” ese customs, this is a time for settlement of accounts for goods sold during the first half of the yeat, and the balance is left to be settled by the end of the year. Bince some of the accounts have not been paid in time, as antici- pated, dealers are therefore heaï- tart to sell further on credit this season and go a kesult, busine decreased to a great extent.
During this year, the arrival of goods through Importers consisted The year 1979 has not been a of mostly square, round and fat good for the metal trade, Hoog bars for this market, amounting to Kong, writes
lör in: this a value of $6,000,000, estimated to line, The reasons be gires are as be the largest amount in recent years. Unfortunately, the Home
BRITISH EXPORT TRADE ⠀⠀ | follows:
PROSPECTS FOR 1913 conflict in Shanghai and North and for the aforementioned - ren--
China at the end of last year, the sons, business became depressed merchants have suffered consider Luckily, there is still able bases and business in general stock in Hong Kong and during the spring was seriously, the exchange and Home prices Affected Metal–trada in Fong advanced somewhat, coupled Kong, was at a standstill.
the small bookings done during the --March and 2 Du
mora past few months the local market. has improved considerably, Thue, those factors would help to make good the losses sustained during the
irst half of the years
| 1 Owing to the Sino-Japanese | price and the exchange ate erratic,
On the subject of the demand for British cars in the Exopire, Mr. John Price, of Binger & Co., Id., the well-known manufacturers, is optix mistic and his reasons are worth quoting Mr. Price points out that," excluding Opasing auto i placement demand in -300,000 vehicles, and it
Way over b
Empire of
imistic to cal
possible sole of 100,000 British cars
imetal trade, was
bow that during the
8100.000.
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