HONGKONG
HARLEY DAVIDSON
1924 MODELS IN STOCK-FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. SHEWAN TOMES & CO. Sole Agents, Tel. C. 781.
THE FAMOUS B.S.A.
B.S.A.
MOTOR CYCLES, generally admitted to be the finest value-for-money machinos now on the markot, have met with a greater demand than ever this season.
The range bas been extended, detall inprovements have been incorporated on all models, and the B.S.A. raputation for -service and reliability has boon greatly onhanood by the results of reliability trials, and the experiences of thousands. of private owners, during the paet Benson in the British Islon, on the Continent, and in every part of the world where inutor oyoling is in vogue."
We shall be pleased to show you models of these famous machines.
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Prices from $475.00
Take the lift to the 4th, floor.
SINCERE'S
Sole Agents for the famous B.S.A. Cycles.
A NEW SHIPMENT OF “SERIES 3" NERACAR.
THE LATEST MODEL.
IT
AN A.I. PERFECT MACHINE.
was "Series 3" Neracare that won 1st, 2nd., 3rd, and toam prizes in the National SIX DAYS Trial; that won the run from. Reading to Pittsburg and return, Pennsylvania State Championship, and won the Pennsylvanin Btato 24 Hour Endurance Trials and the Roliability and Eadur- All mountainous routes. ance Tests in Holland and Italy.
A dandy, little machine, capable of BIG PERFORM- 200 ANCES. Koops rider oloan. Simple, easy to handle. milos for $1.00 of fuel. Rido all seasons, any weather. FREE DEMONSTRATION - SOLD ON EASY TERMS.
ITel. No. C.1564.]
DE SOUSA & CO., LTD.
Sole Distributors for South China. China Building, 7th Floor.
THE
"SYSTEM.
THE AUTOMOB ASSOCIATION
SOME POINTS NEEDING ATTENTION,
ANNUAL MEETING,
Mr: G. Clark Mathor, Chief The ninataonth annual meeting Engineer, Palge-Detroit Motor of the Automobile Association Car Company, writes
was hold at the Bavoy Hotel,
The ignition system, including London, on July 9th. The "Rt
THORNYCROFT
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
the spark plugs and gonoratox Hon The Earl of Lonsdale, L. L. BUILT ENTIRELY OF BRITISH PARTS BY BRITISH LABOUR.
and the cooling should be gone President of the Association, into overy once in a while. All prosided.
Ignition systems must bavo the
In moving the adoption of the breaker points in the distributory clonned. There is a certain gap Annual Report, Lord Lonsdale olentanco for every Ignition stated that on Dorby Day the ayatom which must be maintained Automobilo Association reached If satisfactory resulta are to be the wonderful total of 200,000 had. If the points are set too members, and on that morning wide on any make of motor it will the total membership stood "at affact the high speed porformance 207,092. The growth of the as well as power. If they are set Assoolation was one of the most. too close the idle and low speed remarkablo things which, ovor performance may suffer, also the apponod in the history of motor- points are more subject to burn-ing. Fourteen years, back, whon fing and will require more frequent o bad the honour to become President, the Association had cleaning.
A TYPE FOR EVERY REQUIREMENT For Passengersfjor Merchandise
THORNYCROFT
BEST
BRITISH
MOTOR
VEHICLES
THORNYCROFT
NOT TOREIGN PARTS ASSEMBLED IN ENGLAND,
BUT ENTIRELY
BRITISH.
It is recommended almost uni-28,000 members, and the A. A. versally in making an engine patrols wore to be found on most over-haul that now spark plugs of the main roads bon frequentad be installed. The points should by notor usore. In 1920, thay bo set with a feeler gauge. The obtained a record membership. best point setting varies on Home Ginong matoring organisations of makos of ears. The samo romarke the world, of 160,000. To-day only that hugo regarding improper Botting points as applied to the distributor membership had boon more t apply also to the spark plugs. If doubled.
In common with all important the points aro set too wide the
Association high speed performance will not institutions, the bo as good and if they are sot too | rodeived its mbare of cyliicism. close the low speed and idle par-Suggestions were always boing formance will suffer. It will pay received from wellwieber as to motor car owners to invest in a bow it should Hot of "footer" gauges.
ducted. He thought, that even Tel. 0.32. -- If the reader is driving a car friendly orities would admit that
rotting of four years later, tore than SERVICE and ECONOMY
be con-
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Tel, C.32
with a six volt battery system the the active sumport of over 200,000 IF NOT A THORNYCROFT-BUY AN ENTIRELY BRITISH LORRY,
output of the generator should bo motorlats proved that the Assool- carefully checked. proforally ation is satisfying their reason. with a portable amniotar, and ifjablo requirements. tho-naximum output of the gon- The road patrol organisation.of
Association oratoris over 12-amperes, it should the
had boon
be reduced to a 12-ampora max-considerably increased, and would inum. A preator rato rasulte in always be subject to extensión, lu not only boiling the wator out of accordance with the influx of the battery but is also hard on additional members. During the the platos of the battery itself. period under review the total Othorovil rosulls are the frequent mileage of the patrol servico, in hurning out of lamp bulbs and the the service of mombors, exceeded pitting of distributor points. nino million milos.
The battery, of course, should be checked at a servico station to 800 that the alatro-lite is of the corroot density and that there
Starting with the Eastor Holiday of this year, a number of Night Road Service Outfits were put into commissjon, and although
eufolont quid to properly only three dozon of those cover the plates. Battery tornin vehicles wore working during tho als continually corrode with a Whiteuntide Holiday they render- grayish, gummy substance. This ed assistance-during the Hall- should be removed by washing off day-in connection with 83 break- with a brush and hot water.. Coal
downs, gave roadside information the terminals with vaselino.
to 1,022 members, and obtained running supplies, in the way of all, patrol, ote.. for 96, membors. This extension of the A. A. patrol service would, of course, bo con- tinued throughout the year.
In proparing the cooling systom the radiator core and all other passage should be flushed out and thoroughly cleaned. Possibly the hose will hood replacement.
Most garages and car owners do not adjust the fan tension pro- perly. Proper adjustment must
In regard to officially appointed hotele and repairing agents, now be made for mountain driving, numboring 1,800 and 2,000 re- The motor should have the hene. epoctivoly, members could be tit of the air output of the fan. quite sure that the sign of the To gain this it is necessary that Association over those establish the fan belt be so tight that when ments meant that they could be. the fan blades are grasped with perfectly certain that, no far as the hand it is impossible to turn possible, ovory endeavour had the fan. This adjustment is ex-been made to ascertain whether tremely important in aiding the they were fit to exhibit tha motor up the long hard grados, Association's sign. and should be checked from time to time,
CARBON KNOOK EXPLAINED.
What actually happona during what is popularly termed a car. hon knock?
The Touring Department of tho Association had boon Vory extensively used by members in connection with their tours at home and abroad. The total mileage of routes, (in connection with tours in this country,) issued for the your was approximately! 60,000,000-the total number of routes issued being 184,000
THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS LTD.
Special Dodge Brothers Motor Cars
IN FOUR TYPES
Four special typos have recently been added to Dodgo Brothers standard line of motor cara-
A Touring Car, a Roadster; n Type-A Sodan, and 4-Passongor Coupé.
These types have bean created for that substantial group of motorists who favor individuality in motor par appointment and design.
In fundamental construction they are identical with Dodge Brothers standard product. Thoir accentuatod smartness, however, is strikingly obvious in many elaborations of equipment and refinements of detall. Special 6ply, ballon-type tyres, nlokol-trimmed radiator. shot on touring car and roadster (optional on closed types) front and rear bumpers, motomotor with lock, spacial blus leather upholstery (for touring car and / roadstar #pecial body striping, rear view mirror. automatio windshield wiper scuff platos, cowl`lights and steel disc wheels constituto, the more important items of special equipment.
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.
Telephone Central ·3950.
33, Wong Nei Chung Road
... Happy Valley;
3-passenger spécial roadster. 5-passenger special togring
.$2,780
$2,790
$4,135
.$4,140
4 passenger special coupe 5-passenger special "A" sedan
This, five-passenger special type Dodge Brothers Touring Car was given an actual road test In Wongkong this result being 23°3'4 miles on one Imperial gallon of Texaco gasoline.
The Association was still fight~| Here is an explanation, takoning the motorist's battle against from Lubrication, an oil trade the present unjust syston of motor taxation, under which a journal:
"After the motor has run a few lump sum was loved annually on tomente, some of the carhon de vehicles, irrespectivo of use, Ho posits become red hot. Part of that the motorist who travelled the fuel entering the cylinders only 500 milos por annum paid during the suction stroko is in just as much as another motor! contact with this hot carbon dur-user travelling five, or ovon ten ing the suction and compression thousand miles, on a similar gar. The Association believed that, strokes and ita temperature is raised to a point where spont real, fair, justice in taxation aneous ignition takes place before would mean that the person who the timed electric ignition occurs, used the road most and who used There is a consequent rise in the most petrol, should pay most Comparature and pressure dua to Horse power was not the proper combustion, which le further in- way to tax motorists; therefore tax should be based' on cressed by the still upward mov-the ing piston on the compression mileage instead of horse power,
three For nearly stroke.
years Committee had falls on the two main wheels, "We have now prosent in the Departmental thus acting as a pivot and on combustion chamber the ideal boon enquiring into this matter, abling the front of the tractor to conditions for 'oracking' the fuel. and the Assoolation was repro lift over rocks and nogotiate | The fuel (gasoline) of to-day is sented on that Committee by M. Calcutta, July 22,
sharp gradients in much the same rather chemically complex in its Stonson Cooke, the Bedretary of Lieut-Col. Haddick and a way as tanks ware used in the make-up and when 'cracked' the A.A. The report which had small party organised by Sir Great War.
breaks down into more simpla just boen prosented to Parliament. à majority against a Franola Young-husband have re- The journey was accomplished compounds, some of which are showed turned to Caloutta after crossing after much difficulty and yet in highly detonating and others loss Potrot Tax, and a minority-in
favour of it. It was now for Par- Mr. Charlon McWhirter, Chair exponses on Provincial and Con- the Himalayas from Darjeeling such a manner as to suggest a so to Tibat in a tractor-fited motor now moans of communication "When the 'oracking' ocoum lament to decide whether they man of the Association, also tinental branches.!
In regard to the assets, he im- A new tyre making process by between India, and Tibet. At the loss stable compounds do would act upon the Report of the Chairman of the Finance Com- This is the first time a wheeled every village, the whole popul- tonate, setting off the others in Majority, or the Report of the mittoo, in presenting the accounts agined that many commercial an English firm is waid to be an vehicle has over crossed the atten turned out on masse, and the order of their stability. All Minority. If Parliament dooldod stated that as a result of the past houses, would be pleased to show improvement on the present Himalayas.
Rome of the astonishad poople this, of course, is distinguishable to adopt the Majority Report year's proceedings they had an a balance sheet indicating assets method. By the new A special tractor was used for turned tall and flod, thinking by the ear as a knook, or, as it is the Association would not "throw excess of income over expenditure so, carily, remiisable. The so every strand of cord woven
up the sponge," but would do of £53,254, while the amount re- counts were adopted unanimone" the tyre is rubber costed. the journey of a type similar to that the steel monster was a called in England, a "pink"." that which crossed the Sahara devil of destruction. Others
everything in its power to obtain belved for subscriptions totalled. ly, after which Biy Walter Gib being made into thest form, 16 haz several wheels ongaging brought offerings to appease the Now York, California, Ohio what it belleved to be in the best £352,765. On the expeniture side, bony projdeed a vote of thisnika zabala h
́of Lonsdale- forlores Sweunite. sband, the tread of which end of the Bruto, put ours and Pennsylvania pave gone interests of members.
mutexponit cadre to The males) 16 to uvercome seemingly whers warm welbome was above the million mark in auto
quarter of a milion, while the "ldjewyddbloh v registration. Impossible obstacles. The weight given to the party.
second largest zituπi-Wan 260, 40% dal15 endokr
CROSSING HIMALAYAS
car.
BY MOTOR.
The geport was, carried un animousi
NEW TYRE PROCESS,