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MOTORING SUPPEN.
Firestone
ILLUSTRATING THE JEWETI
Some of the New Types
Rating drivers are most particular about the make of Tyres they use. Tyre failure may not only mean the loss of a race but it may result in loss of life, FIRESTONE GEM DIPPED CONDS on the first five winners at the championship Aloons race on September 4th. 1925, demonstrates, even more forcibly tha ever before the wonderful inbuilt quality af Firestone tyres.
Never in the history of the automobile industry has there bem rech outstanding performances from the standpoint of endurance, reliability and service as shown Ây FIRESTONE CORBS at Indianapolis, Kansas City and Altoona.
Special Sedan,
THORNYCROFT
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
-A TYPE FOR EVERY REQUIREMENT.
TRIUMPH
Most Miles!
Per Dollar
DISTRIBUTORS: The DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltd.
1 Ton THE GRAY TRUCK. 1 Ton
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We are pleased to announce the addition to our agencies of The Gray Truck.
The Gray Truck Chassis is a sturdy, thoroughly dependable job with every part designed and built especially for truck purposes. The Gray Truck represents the very fast word in up. to-date light truck construction, where speed and minmum delivery cost per mile are absolutely essential. Specifications, aside from its heavier construction for truck pur- poses, are essentially the same as those which have brought to Gray passenger cars THE WORLD'S ECONOMY RECORD.
33.8 MILES PER GALLON
on a run from New York to San Francisco.
THE GRAY TRUCK CHASSIS
is fully equipped with
Generator, starter. battery, drum head-lights, dimmers tail light, front fenders, and complete tool equipment.
Specification and Prices from
Hongkong Hotel Garage,
Tel. 32
Queen's Road,
Show Rooms.
Tel. 32.
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd.
Jewett Chassis,
Special Touring.
Jewett Standard Sedan
British Bus for British Colony SERVICE and ECONOMY. SPECIFICATION and PRICES HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE
Tel. 32. SPARE PARTS IN STOCK. Tel. 32.
THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LIMITED.
FACTS THAT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
1924
Four wheel
brakes
BUICKS
OFFICIAL POLICE
BUICK PERFORMANCE
BUICK PERFORMANCE-
BRAKING LIMITS (Tests always car-
ON DRY ROADS
ON WET ROADS
ried out dry roads)
10 in.p.b.
9' 2"
15 m.p.b. 20′ &
20 mp.h. 27" 25 m.p.h. 58'
10 m.p.h. took 2'
15 m.p.h. 10′ 2
か
20 m.p.h. 16' 8"
-27
93815*
25 m.p.b.
30 m.p.h. 83' 3"
30 m.p.h.
H
35 m.p.h. 113'
35 m.p.h. 41 342
(Speedometers were tested before and
were found to be registered correctly.).
H
10 m.p.h. took 3'11' 15 m.p.h. 11' 9 20 m.p.h.... 20.8* 25 m.p.h..
29" 9"
30 m.p.b. 42' 9" 35 m.p.h.
1924
Four wheel
brakes
M
+
after the test and
BUICKS
THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXI CAB CO., LTD.
DODGE BROS.' RECORD. plant capacity to meet the in-
creasing demand.
Million Cars in Nine Years. One million cars built and sold in the first nine years and eleven days of production.
It is also more important than mere numbers to the automotive industry as a whole, as it is in- dicative of a constant betterment of the product, as compared with the early days of experiment- stion and unreliability.
This is the latest achievement! In almost every town in the of Dodge Brothers, Detroit, who country, and in many abroad, thereby add another to their long there are Dodge
Brothers
list of notable contributions to the cars of 1915 and 1916 produc- automoible industry.
tion, with hundreds of thousands
It is a world's record.
1924 Model Motor Cycles.
Just
Arrived
4 H.P. Triumphs Model S.D. equipped ready for the road with
Electric Magdyno“ Lighting Set
Roller Chain Drive, 3 inch Tyes. Price:-H. K. $800.
SOLE AGENTS --
Alex.. Ross & Company,
(China) Ltd.
Bank of China Building. Duddell Street. Telephone C. 2487.
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.
Firms desiring to avail themselves of the publicity facili- ties presented through this supplement, are requested to send copy not later then the Wednesday preceding publication.
Columbia
of miles to their credit, still giv- ling faithful daily service. Natur- No other manufacturer, accord-ally, the people in these com- ing to official figures shown by munities know about the cars and Dodge Brothers executives in point to them as evidence of a support of their contentions. has conscientious effort on the part achieved the one million mark so of the maunfacturers to build a soon after the completion of his product more and more worthy first car.
of general public acceptance. Dodge Brothers began produc- "When you consider the tion on December 4, 1914. Car number of cars lost annually No. 1,000,000,rolled off the final through fire and other forms of assembly line on December 13, accident," said a Dodge Brothers 1923-9 years and 11 days later. executive who is attending the "Strong public demand has given Automobile Show" this is really a constant impetus to Dodge 2 remarkable figure. To have Brothers production » from the 90 per cent. of a million cars still very start. At the outset they in service after 9 years and were oversold-and have been anyone can prove this to his own ever since. despite enlargements satisfaction by examining the which have converted a factory registration records-cart mean of some 20 acres of floor space only one thing, and that is into a great industrial city em-scrupulous care in manufacture. ploying 20,000 men and having a “It is a well-known fact that floor space of more than 100 acres. most people. never take care of Only a few months ago a large their cars the way they should. new assembly plant was placed in It is particularly true in the case operation, increasing plant capa-jof Dodge Drothers cars that they city to approximately 1,000 cars a are subjected to the most terrific day and placing Dodge Brothers abuse, simply because they have in a better position than ever the reputation of being able to before to build their share of to withstand it. Knowing this, huge output scheduled for 1924. Dodge Brothers have never Hesi- While factory officials are tated to buy the very finest of pleased at the attainment of the materials. In fact, there was no one million mark in so brief a other choice, had there been any period. they attach far greater tendency to depart from the ideal importance to the fact that more the founders. The car's reputa- than 90 per cent. of the first tion demanded it. million cars are still in servicé, There are innumerable inst- This is the point that interests ances in which Dodge Brothers go the public, they maintain, for it beyond.ordinary manufacturing is emphatic evidence that quality practices in their effort to produce production has, always had pre- an exceptional car. It is this ference over quantity production polley which is responsible for in Dodge Brothers Warks, from the present remarkablesrecord...... when the most herois méssures dhe million built and över 20 per muss - were bot
sunt, still in wervice.
Storage
Batteries
E
VERY bit of the long ex-
perience of the world's oldest manufacturer of electric batteries goes into the Columbia Storage Battery.
A Columbia Battery in your car is your, assurance of quick starts, bright lights, economy, and continued satisfaction..
We have a Columbia Battery of the proper size for your car, no matter what its make. Let us show it to you.
The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.
Telephone Central 2850
A. J. Allison, Service Manager.