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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
THE KIDDIES' SPECIAL.
BALLOON TYRES STANDARD EQUIPMENT
A New Standard for Motor Cars
HE new Paige models have created new standards in motor car classes.
THE
In appraising the Paige value do not consider the price until you have matched this car, unit by unit with any other motor car, no matter what the cost. Then, and only then, consider the price and you will readily see that Paige has created a new value in motor cars that disturbs all previous standards of class consideration.
Here is a motor car built on strikingly beautiful Ines, from the tip of the radiator to the rear of the chassis. A car that is upholstered in bright, finished, heavy graisied leather. A full seven-senter with a 131-inch wheelbase and five-foot spring suspension. A chassis constructed of 4-inch "1" beam steel, rigid and rugged. An engine so free from vibration and so silent that a pencil can be balanced on the top of the radiator cap.
PAIGE SPECIFICATIONS:
Engine Geylinder 34 x 5; high pressura ailing to main and connecting rod bearings, siler t front end timing chain, aluminium crankcase: 131-inch wheel base; Paine-Timkon salee: 61⁄2-inch frame; springs of speciu! high carbon staal, 40 inches in front: 614 inchos in rear; snubbers, front and rear: petrol gauge and eight-day clock on dush: instruments nesenibled under glass.
Spare tyre, tube and protector; bumpers, front and rear; nickolod radiator and motometer; automatic windscreen wiper: rear view mirror; sun visor: folding luggage carrior; trunk rails; rear stop signal
The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.
Telephone Central [246 or 1247.
33. Wong Nei Chung Road
Happy Valley.
PAIGE
DODGE BROTHERS
SPECIAL
MOTOR CARS
These cars represent Dodge Brothers finest achievement in the creation of genuine motor car beauty.
Identical with the standard product in fundamental design, they are individu- alized by special body striping, nick-1 trim radiator shell, balloon-type tyres, and
other extensive extra equipment.
They are available in three popular types: The Touring Car, Roadster and Type-
A Sedan.
The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.
Telephone, Central 1246 or 1247
88, Wong Nei Chung Road,
Happy Valley.
Andro Citroon, the French Henry Ford," has designed toy autos that are exzet duplicates of his, largor car. And to prove that they would run, ho hold a kiddies' race on the Bola de Boulogne in Paris. The photo shows the start of the race.
U.S. OIL SCANDALS.
CORRUPTION CHARGES
UNSUPPORTED.
od to the Interior Dopartment to find contractors who would do the work and accept crude oil in the fild for their componsation.
OIL COMPANIES RECOMMENDED
FOR TA 'K.
31. 1925.
some large oll company that emotion in his voice, said that ho could readily transfor crudo oll| talked with the "old man" for an into carb, such oil company, in hour-or an hour and a half; that turn, sub letting the actual con-ho laid all the cards on the table; struction work.
that ho pointed out the desperate This suggestion led to Mr.jsituation of the Navy and of the Dunn being introduced to officials] residents of the Pacifio coast: of the Pan-American people, bis that ho called Mr. Dohony's at- firm being the one that did do the tention to the loyal squabble that actual construction work under) mà ht result and of the ballof tho Pan American contract, that some companies would not freceiving its pay in full, although bid under the circumstandog; the Pan-American still holds the that he appoaled to him as a sack for around $8,000,000. - loyal American and Californian Dr. Bain. of tho Bureau of to come to the rescue. Then it Minas, testified that after speci-was, tostifiod the Admiral, whon entions had been proparod by he had the lintosar "rod oyod tho Navy Department ho took and white obooked," Mr Dohony thom porsonally to the Pacifle arose, grasped the hand of the const and submitted them to a navy officer and bald : number of oil companies, asking One thing you be sure of, bids. Throo of these companies Admiral, you will have a bid dla prosont bids-the Standard from the Pan American, and oil, the Associated Oil and the what is Pan-American."Strings" were actual corte
tied to the bids of the Standard and the Associated, and the con tract was lat to the Pan-Ainori- oan. But all that la a bit ahoad
of the story, chronologically.
The suggestion had been made
that bid will be at
DANGEROUS SPEED.
Even with perfect brakos, It
to officials of both the Navy takes an average our going at 30 Department and the Interior miles an hour from 95. to 100 Department that the law did not foot to stop. Yot many brakos pormit the letting of construction are imporfoot, police will testify, work to bo paid för in
oil royaltion. Both the solicitor CLUTCH FAULT REMEDY.
gonoral of tho Interior Depart A dragging clutch may be mont and the advocato gonoral caused by too close an adjust- of the Navy, after being asked for mont or by lack of lubrication of logal advico, contended the law the thrust bearing. The thrust The following very interesting
did not permit this action. How boaring at the roar of the elutel article from Vitdom Dolly, an The undisputed evidence, and ever, it was the fear of Admiral|shaft and the throw-out collar American frado publication, puts from sources that could not be Robinson that there might be bearing should be kept woll lubri- a different and welcomed com- questioned, was that when large some "legal jam" and the work oated. If these bearings become ploxion on the recent oli scandals contracting Arma were presented interfored with, for, while it did worn appreciably, the clutch will in that country:--
with the suggestion they turned not appear in direct evidence, it not operate satisfactorily. Frod R. Marvin, editor of the it down because they could not wan road between the lines, If the clutch collar does not New York Commercial, and who accept erude oil in the fiold as certain foreign "pacifist" forces seem to be worn excossively and for four weeks' attended all the their compensation. Gano Dunn, were mighty busy about this time. the clutch still fails to properly sessions at the trial of the suit of the J. G. White Enginoorin ? Then, according to the tosti from itself, it may be that the brought by the Government Co. tostilled that when the pro-mong of Admiral Robinson, Itfull throw of the pedal does against the Pan American Petro-position was enbmitted to his way that, foaring Homo daly not allow a completo rolosso [leum Co., in a review of the caso, directors they turned it down, which would be serious to this of all the platos, A washer in- states not. scintilla of evidence although ho thought it country from a naval standpoint serted on each driving stud will was produced by the Government might be done. Thon ho return-ho got pora nally in touch with usually overcome the trouble attorneys showing corruption.ed to officials at Washington and E. L. Dohony, of the Pan-Amer. The padal should not be permit Mr. Marvin states:
pointed out to them the situation ican company. Tho Admiral, on tod to touch the floor boards, or Having heard this evidence, suggesting the ontract he lot to the witness stand and with much slippage may occur. ' having listened to the reading of certain exhibits and afterwards securing and carefully reading many of these exhibits for myself after gotting the real facts back of this persecution for it nothing else savo persecution-I am forced to wonder how a sand | Sonato was ever swept off its lost and indused to pass a resolution asking the cancellation of these contracts on the flimsy pretense of "fraud and conspiracy," and appropriating out of the tax- payer's money the sum of $250,000 for what seemed to all who hoard the case prosented, no a frank farce,
WHAT THE EVIDENCE SHEGWECD-
Out of the ovidoneo thoro can be but one conclusion drawn, for that evidence appeared to show beyond a question these facts :
A little over two years ago the naval war board found a situa tion that menaced the peace and happiness of this nation. The Pacific floot had boon transformod into oil burners, yot at no place upon the coast was to be found fuel oil stored in sufficient quantities for emergency usd. At that time, it will be rocullad, wo were monaced from that cuasi. To go to Congress and ask a direct appropriation would be to expose to the world the truth. It would be dangerous. So the Naval War Board conceived the idea of having a law paɛsod which gave it the right to ox- change royalty oil in the fielda for fuel oil storage. Such a law was passed. No objection was made to it by any one in Congress,
Whon this had been ac- complished tho Naval War board turned over to Admiral John K. Robinson the task of operating undor that law. Admiral Robinson took the posi tion, as he testified on tho stand, that the authorization to store oil carried with it the authorization to orect tanks into which to store it, since certainly thoro could be
no storage without the container.
VALVE-IN-HEAD
BUICK
MOTOR
CARS
So safely and satisfactiorily have BUICK Four-Wheel-Brakes per- formed upon thousands of Buick
cars that not even so much as
a
cotter pin was
changed in building the 1925 Buick brake equipment.
When better Automobiles are bullt Buick will build them
For Demonstration.
Please call or Telephone C. 1036.
HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.
33 & 35 Des Vœux Road Central.
After details had boon worked In planning your PICNICS or joy rides,
Dit on the tanks desired at
Pearl Harbour the balance of the don't forget K. 226.
work como mora within the
post ee of the Dopment of
the Interior, as had a "well Our livery cars give satisfaction.
(equipped department convors int with the land laws, and spacial and efflclat dopurmont' known as the Bureau of Minos, with a portroleum division, fitted to handle oil matters. So came tho President's order transferring! the naval roserves to the Intorfor Department, not, as allegod as a part of a corrupt deal to loot those Hands, but оп the contrary, that the Navy Department inight have trained agoncion through which to deal on matters with
THE
DURO MOTOR CO.
ROAD
NATHAN
(which naval officials were not A good car merits a good, clean, roomy
skilled,
When temporary plane and garage. Only a limited number of cars
specifications had been prepared
by the bureau of yards and docks can now be accommodated.
of the Navy, those 'w sta, present-
CARS
FOR HIRE
STORAGE
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