HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1924.
ROAD SUCTION SWEEPER,
The New ESSEX
5-passenger Essex Touring completo with Disc Wheels, Cowl Lamps, Five Cord Tyres. and Nickel Trimmings,
$2,375
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Studebaker
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A Six-- Built
Built by Hudson
It Gives Ideal Transportation
A 30 minute ride will fix that fact so you never And smooth, trouble-free operation of clutch, can forget it.
Essex alone shares Hudson's noted advantages. That means-in this car you get the very fea- tures that made Hudson famous for long life.. rollability and fine performance.
transmission and rear axle is assured by the fact that they are like Hudson's, too. It rarely calls for attention. Lubrication for the most part is done with an oil can.
Economical to Buy and Operate Gasoline and oll casts are so low in this car you You can judge it by not avon the widest experi- can count them real savings. And provisions ence of previous "Sixes."
Differs in All These Things
But thousands, riding dally, experience a now degree of of performance smoothness. Credit that to the patented Super-Six principle. They tell us it holds the road better at all speeds. Steers easily as a bicycle. Controls are easy and natural. Easy to park. Starts at the touch of your toe.
made to take up or replace wear at such low costs will astonish you.
What vacuum cleaners have been to the family house the motor vacuum street sweeper will soon be to city streeta. Horo is the first of these motor suction swappers, being tested in New York.
ANOTHER FORD..
NEW TYPE OF TRUCK.
SPEEDING DANGERS.
SEVERE PENALTIES
SUGGESTED.
The Ford Motor Company bave recently added another unit to Now York, April 22.-Statistics Massa- Maryland and their line of products, an all-steal of combination truck body and cab chusetts, whore strict methods of mounted on the standard Ford traffic control are being employed,
LIGHT SIX FIVE-PASSENGER TOURING CAR Price $2.700 Completely equipped.
Green or Black. New Models Arrived.
Colour.
Before deciding on your car obtain specification
And let us demonstrate a 6 cylinder Studebaker.-
The Worlds Greatest Light Weight Car.
One Ton chassis to be sold as a point to spoeding as the major Tel. 32 HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE_Tel. 32
complote unit.
cause of automobile accidents. It has aroused more interest than any other car
According to a report made by: ever shown by Essex. It is drawing' bigger The now body is of the open crowds. It is selling fastor. Everyone is talk-
express typo, so constructed that Mr. Gourge M. Graham, of the ing about it.
it may be readily convorted into National Automobile Chamber Commerce, 158 out of other body combinations by using of You too will understand why
traffic donths in theso Take a ride.
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LWO states were. caused by thousands are saying the New Essex provides
screen sides, ote. Ideal transportation.
speedsters. Intoxication caused "In fact," says the Ford state" 10 per cont. of the accidente. ment, "the purpose in producing the new body was to place a low throughout the country, the N. A cust general utility truck, mooting C. C. which includes almost the both agricultural and commercia! requirements, at the disposal of entire industry, has pledged itself to help enforce laws for more ton truck users."
rigid control of traffic violators. The body is built of stool to "Tho automobile industry withstand the most sovore usage pledged its full support to every and presents & now development judge who imposes gaol sentences
A 30 Minute Ride Will Win You
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO.,
HUDSON, SUPER
SIX
LTD.
Latest Models on View and Service Station.
at our Show Room Come and see them.
ESSEX MOTOR CARS
Wong Nel Chung Road, Happy Valley.
Telephone Central 3950.
BUICK'S MESSAGE to the INDUSTRY
its founding, over twenty years ago, Buick has re- who buy its product-a responsibility to the industry of which it is a part.
Ecognized a two-fold responsibility-a responsibility to those
Bulck's manufacturing and service policies, therefore, have been shaped to the end that every Buick owner might realize the maximum out of his investment as measured in terms of uninterrupted,.com- fortable and dependable, personal transportation.
Buick's responsibility to the Industry has likewise assumed very definite form. In addition to improving constantly car construction and design, Buick has bent every effort towards the originating and developing of mechanical improvements that would react not only to Buick's benefit, but would provide a definite contribution to the industry as a whole.
How fully the public recognizes the consistency with which Buick-has lived up to its responsibility is manifested by the fact that for the sixth consecutive year Buick occupies first place at the National Automobile Shows-a position awarded upon volume of business.. On this particular occasion, Bulck renews its pledge-that it shall maintain, with all of the tremendous resources at its command, Bulck's position as the Standard of Comparison.
SOLE AGENTS
THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.
Telephone No. 1036
TRUCK PRODUCTION GROWB. prove that meetings of this kind
are not only a stimulue to the trade, but also are the direct moans of incrossing sales to on appradiahlo extent.
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CONCERNING THE FAN BELT.
One of the most common causos
Owners of cars on which the sparking plugs frequently soot or
During February American oll up, and cannot be pravontad from doing so by ordinary tuning, truck production reached 31,000, will find an old wire brush, of the which le the best mark since type used for oloaning suade June of last year, Truck demand shoos, an excellent dovice for is growing steadily since the cleaning plug points. It can be growing use of motor bussos, Bido- carried in the tool roll, where it door deliveries and the use of of overheating is a slipping fan trucks by the rail-roads on short-belt. It is absolutely necessary is ready for Immediato use. ...
haul lines. March production | for the fan to cause sufficient air to date has been somewhat higher draft,to,000l the water as it flows The United States is said to than last year and there is no throws the radiator. A slipping include the longest paved road in sign of lotting up on any bolt reduces the fan spood and the world. It is the Pasido line of motor vihtole, from thus auts down the draft. The Highway, running from Van- the motor oycle to the passenger belt should be taut, but not tight, couver, B.O., long, the Pacific truck. Now that the princ. as a tight belt will wear fast and coast to the Mexican border, a pal motor shows have been held break and also cause wear on the
| in all parts of the oðuntry reportal pulley bearing. distance of 1476 miles
As a result of the traffic deaths
in construction. The steel sille for proved offences, no matter are reinforced with wood in order how severo may be the penalty," to lesson vibration and road Mr. Graham writes. "We believe shocks, thus making for more also in the suspension or the re- durability and longer life.
vocation of tho conco as a
The loading space is seven feet penalty. two inches in length by four feet "We purpose that, in addition in width and of convenient and to all penalties now imposed, the practical depth. The ond gato in violator should forfeit possession strongly braced and secured by of his automobile for a period to heavy chains which hold it in bo dotormined according to the! position when loworod.
The cab, also of steel construc- tion, is extra roomy. The soat in of artificial leather, well-cushion- ed on four inch springs, Proteo- tion from the weather_is_afforded|
Boriousness of the offence."
BATTERY TERMINAL -NUTS, Pliers should not be used on by close fitting door curtains the load heade of the torminat rounded on uprights and opening nuts of the battery'; uso and closing with the door. An wrench. Pliers only result in a of the nut, which, oblong window in the back of the chowing up
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cab gives ample facilities for roar besides being unsightly, makes it vision, adding to the safety as harder to romova. A wrench well as the convenience of the will cause a tighter fit between driver.
the taper plug and the torminal.
TRIUMPH
The tremendously increased demand for Triumph Motor Cycles is striking evidence of their vast and ever increasing popularity :-
51 h.p. Model S.D. Dynamo 4.99 h.p. Model R. O.H.V. Dynamo...$880,00 24 h.p. Model L.S. Dynamo
$800.00
$675.00
-24 h.p.
L.W.
$585,00
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Triumph models are equipped with Lucas Dynamo Lighting Sets.
Delivery from Stook.
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Alex. Ross & Co., (China) Ltd.
Bank of China-Buildings,
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HOTELS LTD
RAGE (GAS)
AUTO
REPAIRING
If You're Tired of Paying
BIG REPAIR BILLS
better let us take of your car regularly, By keeping every part of the mechanism in perfect working condition we largely eliminate the bigger troubles don't give them chance to develop.
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And not only do you save a lot of money in the course of a year but get uninterrupted pleasure out of your car.
The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.
Expert and Constant European Supervision. Telephone Central 3950.....
HARLEY
A. J. Allison Service Manager.
DAVIDSON
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