HONGKỔNG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT,
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, -1925)
DELIVERY WAGON DERBY.
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MOST MILES
FER DOLLAR
The Mark Quality
Value
To give extra comfort, mileage and security, Firestone perfected many exclusive building features.
Among these is the difficult Gum-Dipping Process which pro- duces a stronger, more flexible, longer wearing carcass. By isolat- ing each cord in a separate cost- ing of rubber, friction and heat are greatly reduced.
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Other Firestone features are the Air Big Cure, the rubber tempering" prácess,' etc — all planned to give a safe, comfortable ride for less money.
Let give you more detailed proof of Firestone values !
MOST MILES PER DOLLAR
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO. LTD.
33 Wong Nei Chung Road, (Happy Valley)................................ DRAGON MOTOR LIVERY SERVICE.
C. F. PAU, PROPRIETOR.
24, Dos Vaux Road, (Hongkong).............
Contral 1246 or 1247.
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Cor tral 482,
Kowloon 226,
THE DURO MOTOR COMPANY. Nathan Hoad, (Kowloon)
IA full range of Motor Car and Motor Cycle Tyres & Tubes carried at each of the above addresses.)
Firestone
SMOOTH PERFORMANCE
A program of constant me- chanical refinement involv- ing the body, engine, clutch, brakes and other units of Dodge Brothers Motor Car, has resulted in an unusual smoothness of performance. You have only to ride in the car to instantly appreciate the decided freedom from vibration.
The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.
Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.
83, Wong Nei Chung Road
Happy Valley.
Parisian delivery boys, sonres of thom,arn hero renn starting over the cobblestones on their annual 50-kliomstor. raco. Only the three whooled bicycle wagonsaro olizible. ..
FRENCH MOTOR INDUSTRY.
SCME INTERESTING. FIGURES.
At the banquet following the oponing of the Automobile Salon in Paris, the Marquis do Dion reviewed the development of the Fronch motor car industry, recal. ling that in 1893, the first year whon France sent care of hor town manufacture out
CARBON.
Carbon deposits aro mostly road dust. If the oil which in used gote yummy when hor, the dust going through the carbure- tor fe caught by this gummy all and held on the pistons. Semo oils, those which contain much cylinder stock. form hard cakes of deposit: other ofla doposit in small pieces or grains which are gen. rally dry. As long as the beada of the pistons koep dry with this of the kind of oll, there in not much country, those exports amounted depcelt formed. In any case tie to 10 000 for. In 1898, exports adjustment of the carburetor en totalled 1,000,000 fee. and in the loan side will help very much 1914, this Gaura had increased to to reduco deposit forming. I 123.000,000 fos. During the war, exports wore, of course, negligible. but in 1922, they rose to 1,000,- 100,000 fes, and last year, they excooded 1.300.000.000 fas. More- over, by far the larger part of the raw materials used in the manu facture of French care, was home-i produced.
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Fiuras issued in connection with the opening of the 19 t Automob.le Salon givo som- jaded of the importance of man- Traffic in Franco. U! the 417.915 motor Cara in Fane on January 1, this your 293,481 wero tourist cars, and 154,434 served for the transport of goods. Rougn y, one-fifth of! the total ware rezistered in the Department of the Sino. At the same date, there were in France, 20,420-cycle rare, 11.733 noto cyclos with siderars, and 7,931 motor cycles. The number of hornsea taken out for ordinary
Ilaycler, smounted to 5,837 923.
The vehicles drawn by animal, Which TAXON ure collected, numbered 1.719,833,
These figures give, one vehicle, drawn by animal traction, to every twenty-tureo inhabitan's ; na excle to every seven, onu motor cyole to every 539, one idecar to 2,093, one cyclo ca to 199, ant one motor our
every 87. A
of feature thero figuros ie, the French pre-
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ference, either for an ordinary
car.
bicycle or else for a fair-aiz-d The French roads are not conducive to comfortable travel- line on motor cycles, or in small runabouts of the cycle car cate gory.
THE "DIMMING” ·· QUESTION.
SOME INDIAN COMMENT.
It is no uncommon sight in the big cities of India to see motorist travelling in perfectly well lighted streets with their head lg ta fuli on. This is not only needlessly exhausting the battery and serv-. ing no useful purpose, but it greatly...asuravates, pedustrians duo to dazzle and gives-rièo to acoldepts. If 'pwiers, who ard not drivers themselves, would see that their chauffeurs attend to those minor amenities of motor- ing, they would greatly assi-tthe public and inoidontally have less rebar.ing Bla
Another point on which there appeara to ho some doubt,le the position with regard to h› ad ligh** on the sport read. The custom
invariably now is not to switch off
} head lights whon parsing another vehicle, as by switching off the danger of accidents is increased. This rule of the road is not
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Comparison
IS
Confirmation
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THEN you are choosing a car, comparison alone will indicate what is best value and what best suits your needs. Typical of: AUSTIN excellence and value and offering the cheapest travel in the world is
Austin
IIas it
Seven
4-cylinder Engine
Ask yourself what
othier car at the
samo price gives you the samo performance and equipment.
Water-cooled Pump Lubrication
4-wheel Brakes
Shock Absorbers
Electric Horn
A. Door for the Driver'
Adjustable Seats
Grease Gun system
ASK » AN AUSTIN OWNER.
Standard Model Sports Model
£165,0.0
£170.0.0
£120.0.0
Clhassis
Alex Ross & Co., (China) Ltd.
Bank of China Building Quoon's Road.
Tel. 0.37 or 2487.
BELTS THAT
Long life in built into Goodyear Transmission Belts. The materials used in them, for example, the nigh- grade special weave duck and live rubber friction" insure long wear. under heavy duty.
The stretch is reduced to a minimum and their strength is as great as it is possible to secure.
Besides their long, economical life,
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LAST LONGER
Hongkong,
Goodyear Transmission Belts are dis- tinguished for trouble-free service.
It is the absolute uniformity In construction, the gripping power of their rubber surface and the long lite of their friction rubber, that make Goodyear Transmission Belts efficient and economical.
Try Goodyear Transmission Next Time!
Goodyear Means Good Wear
GOODYEAR
BELTING - HOSE - PACKING MADE IN CANADA
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DISTRIBUTORS
Belts
ALEX. ROSS & Co., (China) Ltd.
BANK OF CHINA BUILDING.
FORD'S SOUTHAMPTON WORKS.
NOT TO BE OPENED.
HONGKONG.
| Jarro tract of land for the purpose
from the Corporation,
The Ford Co, are now offering] this land,to the Corporation, a d
The Sonthampton Corporation it is likely "bat they will re-
FOR SALM.
| generally, understood by, all, and I have received' öfficial intimation purchase it. Ford's la únt deal on WNWR of: 8-ħip: De Lub
1924. 8. 8, A. Combination
there are still those who consides that the Ford Motor Car Co. is probably due to the rupeal wishes to dispos of his machine it n discourtesy not to swit sh'off' head lights when passing another bava defluitely abas doned their of the McKenna duties, but a before ning on leave In April soheme to freat factories andur her re-decision is not onbhelye Parrent candidian lamar. wehtole, when in fact this la nntrke on the river Tort in order to in view of the observaÏÍve our speras. Partoulkes from Box the case-Indian and Eastern develop their export trade, Forda, majority now in the House of No. 1959. Lankkupas
it may be recalled, purchased a l Commons,
Motor.