HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
HOW TO GET GOOD SERVICE FROM
MICHELIN TYRES
Keep tyres pumped up to correct pressure for the load they have to carry. We can tell you what this should be.
When tyres are under inflated there is con- tinual internal friction between the foundation cord and the rubber, causing overheating of the tyre and consequent rapid deterioration,
Water can also enter causing rust, resulting eventually in the rims having sharp edges which cut the walls of the tyre near the bead.
Most cars in Hongkong run on under inflated
tyres with the above disastrous results.
Have your wheels examined front and rear for trueness and tracking alignment. If they are at fault in this respect the tread of the cover is subject to a grinding action which quickly destroys the cover.
Keep tyres free from oil and grease.
Start and stop gently and take corners slowly,
Lastly-buy MICHELIN tyres from us and follow the
above advice and tyre satisfaction is assured.
EUROPE-ASIA TRADING CO.
Telephone 3438.
China Building, Ist Floor.
NERACAR
Reliability Economy Comfort
Cleanliness Simplicity! Safety.
THE LIGHTWEIGHT MOTOR CYCLE WITHOUT A PEER
With the advent of the " NERACAR" and clean two-wheeled transporta- tion, the bost known families of Great Britian are taking to this economical and Prominent among English users are the comfortable means of transportation.
following
The Earl of Haddington M. C.
The Earl of Boctive.
The Earl Fitzwilliam, K.C.V.0.
Col. E. V. North, C.M.G., D.S.O.
Col. Sir Edward Ward, Burt, G.B.E..
K.C.B., K.C.V.O.
Lt. Col. C. Winterscale, D.5.0.
Capt. L. F. Sloane Stanley.
Professor E. Emrys-Roberts.
Dr. J. P. Broom, M.B.E.
Dr. E. H. Felton, M.B.E.
The Rev. E. W. Hassard Short, M,A.C., T.A.
and many others too numerous to mention.
"Hor Grace" the Dutchess of “Mul
borough.
The Marchioness of Houdfort,
The Ludy Joan Wentworth Fitz-
william.
The Lady Donatia Wontworth
Fitzwilliam...
The Lady Mary Stuart Wortley.
The Lady St. Germans.
100 to 115 miles per gallon of gas. 35 miles por hour. This means safe,
sane driving without speeding,
Free demonstration. Sold on easy terms..
DE SOUSA & CO., LTD. Sole Agents for South China.
2nd. Floor, St. George's Building.
Tel. No. Central 1264.
Oldsmobile
Price $2.500) fully equipped Inolading,
Dien Wheels, Spare Cord Tyre & Tubé, Double Bar Bumper.
The Oldsmobile Font Dylindar.Five Passenger Touring Car now solis at pries heretofore unknown la 156 xianne. It offers you a boying. agpostunity, that you sannes afford to overlook.
Telephons: Csatrál Bivi Distributors.
CARROLL & CO.
SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1924.
TESTING
HORSE POWER.
Tremendous Pull By Champions.
30,000
POUNDS
¿"Pete" and "Bob" Pulling Against The New Dynamometer.
08
"Those champion horses, twb Colline of Iowa State Collage. Chicago, March 15th.-"My "These two horses exorted a
thom 48 compared with The machino looks much like strongth is as the strength of ten,"tractivo pull of 2450 pounds con-of
hitched to tho coala form. wagon. Its wheels may would be a.comparative boast for tinuously for six soconds, moving three
a. puli
half be looked by hydraulic power, a pedigrood draft horse, properly their load 12 fact," says Mr. wagon, exerted
agnin 08 grost
the not to be released until a certain Dinsmoro. trained and conditioned.
For" Poto" and "Bob," cham- "Tractivo pull is the measure loaded wagon, and kopt, it up pull is axertod., Whenever the plou draft horses of America by of energy expanded in pulling a without slackening for six pain-pull is reduced, the wheels tock virtuo of their survival of tests by load. Now let me translate that ful, straining, fighting seconds." agoio.
CONTRIVANCE 18 AUTOMATIC, John Coffee, drivor of the tho newly invented tractive performance into familiar torms. dynamometer, the phrase wold Here in Chicago a load of coal The horses, owned by the winning team, never touched bo an understatement of their weighing ton tons with the wagon Sheffield Farms, Now York, sot them with a whip, or even crack- powers. The result of the tesis is ordinarily drawn by three their record in tests conducted ed it at them," says Dinsmore. must be a rovision of conceptions horses. It takes a tractivo pull of by the horse association in Now"Av an accelerator he had threo of what is A "horsepower," 1600 pounds to start such a wagon; York. There wore similar tosis pebbles in a tin can, and when according to Mr. Wayno Dins- but in loss than a second, when held earlier at the Iowa State he wanted to stir their best effort more, Secretary of the Horse the whools, begin turning, the Fair, following invention of tho ho rattled the can. He is one of Association of America.
energy required is greatly reducod. dynamomater by Professor E. V the best drivers in the country."
The Development of the Small Car.
aware
not
HOMES OR CARS?
American Economist's Opinion.
BOOR 630 whether he ought to have an auto.
"If he can continue to save a reasonable amount for a rainy day, not cut down his standard of living, and still havo an auto -fine.
than a
Teacher (jocularly)-"Do you know anything worso giraffe with a stiff neck?"
Pupil "Yos, sir." Teacher "What?" Pupil "A corns."
contipede with
First Constable-"Did you get that foller's number?"
Second Constable-“No, he was going too fast for me. That was a pretty lookin' gal in the back soat, wasn't it?"
First Constable-"She sure
Many of those who will be in England in connection with the forthcoming British Empire Ex- hibition, will arrive from countries
Home ownership should como where the anomalies of tha
"But to give up savings or cut British system of taxing motor before automobile ownership, yot cars do not exist. They have only half those driving motor cars down the standard of living for
unsafe. therofore had no indu oment to to-day can be said to live in their an. automobile is unwise and use any but cars fitted with large own homes l
"It just rosolves itself into the. ongines, and are possibly With this significant statement matter of keeping a budget. By of the offieioney and Mr. Roger W. Babson, noted this means any man can answer economy of the modern British economiet and statistician, opens the question himself." small car. They will have an a broadside against the unbalanc- excellent opportunity during their od expansion of the automobilo stay in England of witnessing business in relation with the
A record in gasoline produc- the prowese of such machines other basic industries.
tion was established last year during the course of the Royal "The time to buy an automobile whon moro than 7,555,000,000 "Why are girls like, auto- Automobile Club Six Days' Trini comes when a person has a house gallons of this fuel word produc- mobilos?"
"Because the paint and lines. for cars limited in engine capa paid for, or be at least has a fair od in the United States. This was city to 1,600 c.c.
equity in it," explains Mr. Bab more than a fifth over the 1922 attract you, but if there isn't any-
Consumption. Or he should have the production,
of thing under the hood you don't equivalent of this in securities. gasoline increased slightly more want 'em; and it isn't the original
cost, it's the upkeop.'
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ACE motor-cyole and side car, 1922 model, only done, 5.000 milos. What offers. Box No 1095 Hongkong Telegraph..
STUDEBAKER Bavon
9011.
"People used to buy a machine over 1924. only when they could afford it. Now they cut down on clothing, household furnishings; montal advancement, for the sake of the car. The automobile is gradually loworing the standard of living and this is dangerous."
manufacturers | Automobils have been killing the goose thst lays the golden egge, ho adds, by this abnorinal stimulation of their businoes.
"Wo meet business trouble In this country," he explains, "when one industry gots out of line with the others. Romember, I boliovo in the automobile in- dustry and I think the country owes a great deal to it as a per- manent basic industry. But the bost thing in the world can be Joverdone.
The soundest pro-i spority consists in kooping a balanco among all basic industries."
Despite the contention of auto manufacturers that the automo bile is a necessity, Mr. Babson ostimates half of the cars on the atreets to-day may be considered luxuries. His idea when a motor BIX-WHEELED 'BUSES.
pas-ear becomes a luxury is this: songer "Big Bir". Owner Motor 'bus companios are
leaving tho Colony. Excellent showing groat inforest in the condition: Apply Box No. 1036. possibiltios of 6-whool buses. In
Hongkong Telegraph.. England the six-whoal lorry is: becoming increasingly popular, but at the moment 6-wheelers
for passenger carrying are not STUDEBAKER Light Six: 5 allowed by law. In France, passenger car in first class however, it is different, and there order. Bargain to immediate the Paris 'Bus Co have for some purchaser. Apply Box No. 1097 months past had in regular Hongkong Telograph. sorvloe over fifty 6-wheeler
motor buses. According to
Motor Transport, these vehiolos
are proving extremely safefact-DOUGLAS 21 h.p. motor tory, their great advantage being:
cycle, Bargain at $250. that they enable a smaller staff Apply Box No. 1008 Hongkong
to be employed for a given Tolegraph. passenger capacity. A 6-wheeled
Paris bus carriez forty-eight|
passengora, while an ordinary
"When an automobile increases But when it does not do 80, or a man's effienoy it's a necessity,
when the money for a car, if invested in something else, would increase the man's efficiency more than the machine, then it booomes a luxury.
"When a workaian goes to his factory in a Ford, leaves it out- alde for the day and thinks he'si Having car fare, when the dopre- olation alone on the car la 30 cents a day, "then that par certainly is a luxury.
The answer to the wholo altuation believes Mr. Babson, is the institution of the budget in. every home, SMR ANNA "Every man should have budget, whereby he definitel
4-wheel 'bus seats thirty-eight 1924 CLEVELAND motor-puts aside certain proportion
passengers, Each bus requires
oyole. Han only been his Income for ren
two men to work it, and the uto used by us for demonstrating stop, pleasure, savingEs
of the 6-wheeler on one route purposes. Apply Motor Crole other things that go into alone saves thirty men.
Exchange, Kowlooming.
was.
a car is as good as its ACCESSORIES
TOTORISTS who keep their
MOTOR
cars in top form realize the value of promptly replacing a wornout, faulty part.
Our big stock of Tires, Tubes, Parts and Accessories is of great convenience to car owners.
And our prices are rock-bottom, always.
The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.
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·Central