THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1925.
Effective immediately, we announce the following VERY SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS in our delivered" prices" of HUDSON and ESSEX Motor Cars:
SIX CYLINDER ESSEX REDUCTIONS.
5-passenger Touring
5-passenger Coach
HUDSON SUPER-SIX REDUCTIONS.
5-passenger Coach
7-passenger Sedan
7-passenger Touring -
• 100,00 %
$250.00
$250 00
$250.00
$500,00
MOTOR TRIPS ABROAD..
The Most Famous Cathedral FOURTH OF A SERIES OF TRAVEL TALKS
The old and the new delivered prices of the various HUDSON.
and ESSEX models are as follows, all prices being in
Hongkong Currency:
SIX CYLINDER ESSEX:
Old Price: New Price:
5-passenger Touring 5-passenger Coach-
HUDSON SUPER SIX :
$2,500 $2,650
"Old Price: New Price:
$2,400 $2,400
AUSTIN SEVEN"
Makara of Austin 7 receive innumerable letters from those who have abandoned the Side Car, once they have tried the Austin 7 their enthusiasm. Knows no bounds. In speed the Austin 7 le more than a match for any sidecar and quito na "Sporty", while both the driver and passenger have more comfortable seat- ing and a great deal more space for luggage. Full particulars
om the sole agents:-
Alex. Ross & Co., (China) Ltd.
BANK OF CHINA BUILDING, HONGKONG.
SOCONY
MOTOR OILS
AND
GASOLINE
7-passenger Touring
$4,000 $3,500
5-passenger Coach-
$4,000
$3,750
Brougham (New Model)
$4,350
7-passenger Sedan
$5,000
$4,750
In the month of April, Hudson-Essex manufactured and
shipped more six-cylinder automóbiles than any manufac
türer ever made before in a month's time.
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO.,
LIMITED
33 WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD
HAPPY VALLEY
THE SUCCESS OF THE
BUICK COACH
The Buick Coach is a real closed car-built to Buick's high standards. of closed car comfort, sturdiness and appointment. The Fisher body, shows the graceful lines of the finest enclosed types. The two wide doors, hinged at the front, enable rear seat passengers to enter or leave either door without disturbing people in the front seats. Duco finish. Different colors for each of the two coach models.
And the price! Never before has it been possible to have a closed car with these quality features at such low cost.
"For Demonstration.
Please call or Telephone C. 1036.
HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD
33 & 35 Des Voeux Road Central.
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Faulty sparkplugs ofton cause |
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Photo Courtesy Chryster Marcell fator Corps. Cathedral at Rheims TYS getting increasingly com
mon for American motorists to travel from Brussels to Paris by muter through the battle area of Brigham and France. The ronds are excellent and the points of in- terest innumerable.
The most interesting route le to go from Brussels to Louvain where may be seen the famous Cathedral Church of St. Pierre and the Hotel de Ville, dating from 1448, an ex- quisite Epecimen of 18th Century Gothic. During the world was the Cathedral withstood a Gerinan bom. bardment every day for four years
FUEL FROM OCEAN.
STRANGE VOYAGE OF 'AMERICAN ́STEAMER.
Bromine, an ingredient used in dope" for motor fuci, is going
to be pumped up out of the son.
For this purpose the steamship. Ethyl has been equipped as a omplete chomical plant and will roum the seus for the fluid..
"
Joan of dro hero arowned -the-Dauphin,~ Charles VII of France is 1420.
and one month.
From Louvain the route follow to Namurs where is the famous Cathedral of St. Aubin.which dates from 1781. Then come Dinant, Glvet, Rocroi, Rethel and Anally the famous clly of Rhelms. In few. elles is possible to see today what war actually meant to a pesec- ful
ulelling from Brussels to Paris
A
by motor it is good plan to spend night at Rheims and then in the morning proceed to such historia places ns Chatena Thiery, and Meaux. Paris can be resched eas ily by dinner time,
When a hub cap is to be removed and there is no hub wrench in the tool kit, a strong rag may be found
useful. Wrap! the rag tightly around the cap, twist it down well and get a good firm hold, Then press down
on a spoke of the wheel with your foot, so the wheel will thrn.
in a clockwise direction. The trick of looser-
THE NEW 1926-4.94 H.P. MODEL P.
TRIUMPH
• There is an improved clutch, now front brake and many other improvements. This augmented and comp atë specification will make this popular and famous Model even more popular and famous. 1926 Models have arrived.
TRIUMPH 4:04 TVAL P.
Aucun CaIVE
THE FINEST VALUE IN THE WORLD,
STOCK CARRIED,
ing the chp lies Alex Ross. & Co., (China) Ltd.
in the firmness
Refitted as a factory for re-i covering bromine from seawater, the Ethyl, formerly the Lake Hurminia of the United States Shipping Board, will clear from Wilmington, Del., on what is in which the rag is hold, probably the strangest voyage over undertakan. She will call at nn port and, roaming the ocean, will extract her cargo from its water".
Chomical öxperts, who are members of the Amorican Chemi- cal Society, estimated, that 1700 gallons of seawater contain one pound of bromine. Hence, it is the Ethyl's mission to remove this | seven one-thousandths of one, per cent. of bromine in the seawater with which it is planned to refill the world's bromine storehouses," emptied by the rapid development of ethyl gasoline in automobile operation.
In an official announcement. of the voyage, A. M. Maxwell, vice president of the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation, owners of the vessel, says an entirely new process of bromine extraction would bö ̈em- ployod: This process is expected to yield 100,000 pounds of bromine a month. To produce this' quan- tity, the Ethyl will draw 7000 gallons of seawater & minute.
"Thu auccess of this venture may give an entirely new aspect. to the manufacture of bromine, which heretofora has been labor- iously recovered from minoral{ springs and from the potash deposits of Germany," says Mr. Maxwell.
Success, furthermore, may mean equipping a fleet of bromine ships for the recovery from the seas of other valuable constituente to enrich mankind."
U. 8, AUTOS KEPT OUT... *When the headlight goes out, missing engines. Hore are three Appeal to the monkey wrench
American motors have diffi- too a trouble' lamp in its place. faults. First, the spark may for aid when another tool can't do The light extending from the jump from shell to terminal bo- its work alono. For instance, if culty getting into Finland, due to Couso of short shank and a wide sorow is too stubborn against the high duty that has to be paid đình is tied to the headlight and
on thom, in comparison with gap. Second, the points may the efforts of the screw driver, lot saved well as a substitute. It touch duo to sorowing the plug the monkey wrench help looson other products. Nearly 12 per an also be used in place of too tightly into the cylinder the serow. The additional lever cent. more duty must be paid on hoad. Third, wire may have be-age is almost sure to break down American cars, than on most of the tail-light, if emergency arises. come loose from terminal.
their competitors.
thó resistance offered.
Yessir, We
BANK OF CHINA BUILDING, HONGKONG.
Take
A
Personal
Interest In Eevery One of Them!"
“Whether it's your car, Mr. Smith's or Mr. Brown's, it gets the same good care and expert attention at our new concrete Main Garage and Service Station (Wong Nei Chung Road-Upper end of Race Course) that every car should have.
"We know from experience that it pays to overhaul a machine regularly. Owners save money through our efficient garage service; and their cars are always bright-looking and full'er pep!”
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