HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
"The Old Essex Pep Plus Hudson Smoothness
The new Essex has all the stamina for which its forerunner was famous. And its 6-cylinder motor built by Hudson, gives smoothness of performance heretofore exclusive to the Super-Six.
Its economy includes not only exceptional gas, oil and tire mileage, but a policy of minimum mainte- nance cost with parts prices that will astonish you.
5-passenger ESSEX TOURING.
5-passenger ESSEX_COACH.
..$2,875
.$2,800
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We got an enormous amount of
SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1924.
MOTORING ACROSS
DESERTS.
OPENING UP ANCIENT COUNTRIES.
How the running time from
motoring correspondence, writos London to Bagdad has boon Capt. 8. de Normanville In the the Holy Land and the cones reduced to eight days, and how Daily Chronicle and, deepito" the of other ancient Oriental siviliza trouble." we love it. It shows you are interested-and wo are tourists by the motor car was Hone havo boon opened to interested to know you're in-interestingly told by Mr. Coldwell S. Johnson, of tho Guneral Motors. Export Company, recontly.
terostor.
But this wook of grace wo have received the Prize Lottor- one of eight and a half. pagos! from a fair roador at Plymouth,
Camels, the ancient shilpa of tho who is about to take possession for more than 3,000 years, aro desert, which have hold sway of hor first car.
A
Tis a lack of Fortune that being replaced by motor cars, Plymouth is so many miles from which add many factors of safety | Daily Chroniclo Square at
to the advantages of immosaur- London town, also would ably greater speed. A route Practical Lesson bo oaster than recently established across the the answering of this opistle, and, Bajrut to Bagdad for mail and Syrian desert from Haifa and perchancor-well,
оло... haver knows, doos ono?
transportation purposes, by the But, my fair ronder, for your use of Cadillac cars reduces the Jast query I give you more than running time for a distance of normal thanks. It gives me Prior to the establishment of the nearly 500 miles to. two daya. subject. matter for to-day's article.
now nail route, the journey, by comel travel consumed from A MASCOT PHRASE..
savon to oight waoks. The motor You query me, "Is there one route brings within quick and easy. 'catch phrase you can give me accons to which should ensure Safety in ruins of
tourists the ancient Baalbok, motoring in all circumstancas?”
and Babylon
other reality | (In ›.
you write ellios. "under all circumstances," bat I should get ticked off by the Chief across Compositor if I wrote that other frequently ignored and the hard than in those brackets).
Palmyra, ancient
The drivo is taken atraight tho dosort. Trails aro
surface of baked mud makes Wall, fair lady of Plymouth possible a spood as high as 70 Town, your query has sot me milos per hour. At night a-thinking. It puzzled my pato a direction is determined by, the wooing the fair goddess of slumber. You have raised a point gasoline reservo of. 75 gallons in atar. Tho Cadillacs carry & which is worthy of careful tanks on the running board. thought.
Arab bandits, mounted on flect
And my answer? So be it you horses, are out-gonoralled by the want me to give you a Mascot high speed of the cars. Plans Phrase of protoclive value, I can are being made for extending the think of nothing better than route eastward from Bagdad to advising you to Do everything Teheran, Porsia. without unduo hurry.'
-Perchance I disappoint you? You would have no give you somg verbal aphorism of classic composition? Nay, 'tis beyond ms, yet in those simple words. I think you will find Practical Protection against the dangers of the road.
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DERANGING A MAGNETO.
LA DEMONSTRATION BY
ORINDELL MATTHEWS. During mail wook The Motor Do everything without unduo hurry." Tis no so bad a phrase, and convincing demonstration of Cycle witnessed an interesting fair lady in so far as practical considerations
a mothod inventod by Mr. H. ATO concerned. Shall we tako it as a Command-
Grindell Matthews of transmit mont, and soo how it conducts of a projected ray, which acts ag ting electrical energy by moana ug-you and moon
a conductor of the energy Itsulf on that new ear through the Spring beauties of Devon's tor that there is any commercial It is not claimed by the invon-) lones ?
use of which would undoubtedly valuo in his schonie, the chiefl ho for offensive or defensive purposes in war.
trip
The ongineticks" over.. vary nfooly, doesn't it? Did you write Eight Pages to Mr. Morris, or do they all run so nicely? Yue, first gour now-po hurry and that can be patented, and as its As the system is not of a nature clutch in gently, still in accord value for war purposes would be destroyed if an explanation of it
with our motto.
Ah not You mustn't pall the wore given, it is not possible to stooring right over like that. do more
than describe the
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3 h. p. high efficiency. Side valve engine
5 h. p. Low Compression ..v. Single cylinder engine
-8 h.p. 3.A.P. latest type tour- ing alde valve go° V twin touring engine.
All the above electrically equipped and complete with foll kit of tools.
ORDERS NOW BEING BOOKED FOR SECOND SHIPMENT.
You have the road-to-yourself effects which were produced by Tel. 32 HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE Tel. 32
left of the road. Round you go on lowering the hand tho Bus.sistent with keeping on your left, be off, thus allow-
The S.S. "Glensheil" arriving on the 24th. July, will also bring one 24-passenger British-built English pattern, complete with body and equipped with pneumatic tyres.
cut
Was
Take 20 yards to move out from it in the presence of a represanta- the side to tho centro. It's 80tive of The Motor Cycle An por cont. less strain on the steer-Auto-wheel ing goar,
was placed on, a You changed into second vory and the writer was invited to ox- bench in the inventor's laboratory, neatly. Now for the top-a short amino it thoroughly with a view use in neutral, and gontly but to assuring himself that it was firmly into the top-spood notch. In avery was a standard article That's it and now no under with burry about accoloration,
no concealod ignition awitohas or similar devicos. KEYNOTE TO SAFETY,
Having satisfied himself that] Wo take the next to the left, the Auto-wheel was standard' in do wo? All right-na undue avory way, he arranged that when hurry about it. Let her alow the engine had been started it down gently of her own accord. should be stopped by the invention Now stoor gradually towards the when he raised a hand, and that minimum, stooring offort con-high tonslon discharge should please.
ing the engine to fire again. You'll have to change into provided that it retainod enough also second for this hill. The agent moinentum. The ongine
anid she could do 30, on second accordingly started, and when it Agents say a lot more than their had attained a good spoed, the prayers. Whoro's the hurry? writer raised his hand: the angive What's wrong with 18 in.p.h. or at once ceased to fire. Before it famous 20 on a hill like that.?...
last all its momentum A You see, the motto will save downward wave of the hand you a lot in repair and mainten- was immediatoly answered by anco bills as well as providing a the inventor switching off Keynote to Bafety. It's gruelty his apparatus. and the to engines to let them tear their engine at once fired, again and hearts out on low gears--especgathored speed. This process ially on now cars.
was repeated several times, being Wo turn to the right now, do occasionally varied by stopping wo? That's one of the most im- the engine ontirely. portant casos for my sotto, Slow of the ability of the in- down gradually and eteor gradu- ventor to stop an internal ally towards the right-hand side combustion engine by Hosan of the road. Don't forget that's of his system of power transmis right, arm well out. And sion there can be no doubt, and whate dainty signal. It the possibilities lylag before, such is Pardon? Did say danger a system should be unbounded, signal? You-800, bure's a steep for the internal combustion engine hill down. I will undoubtedly be utilised to an AUSTRALIAN VIGILANTED. socrotary about the following. There's no undue hurry. Koop tindreamt of extent in any future
violations of the traffic rules; hor slow at the top and slow, war
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With the object of educating inconsiderate or reckless driving all the way down. Gontie brak-f ̧· Tas ́ admi stration was, it is and controlling inconsiderate driving on the wrong side of the ling la safer and cheaper than true, carried out in a laboratory, usora of the road, including road; failure to slow down when sudden braking papers but the apparatus was at least is not only motorists, but drivers passing stationary tramcare; And, horo we are back home ft. from the Anto, Theel and ite of all kinds of vehicles neglect to signal when stopping again. That's right—always magnets, sad thió Inventor is the Royal Automobile Club of or turning: passing crossroads, slow down gently." Will I come, about to continue)
| Victoria, Australia, has organized without dlowing down or sound- in "and "have "n" cup of tea!"" 1" over muon
a vigilance corps, to operáto ing the horn holding the centre would be jealous. But you won't power involved WAS throughout the Stato. The ment of the road when meeting or forget the motto, will bU-1 bourhood of ons
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or father
bors of the corps who already passing traffic; drivers under the You'll and it hits the nail on the more than one electric horse- number about 130, report to the influence of drinkit.
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