THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
THE ONE ONLY SMALL CAR. AUSTIN SEVEN
Alex. Ross & Co. (China), Ltd.
Bank of China Building and 1A, Chater Road,
G. W. K.
THE EASIEST CAR TO DRIVE
Ideal for Hongkong 10.8 H. P. (Four Seater) A Gear for Every Gradient
$1,650 Roady for the Road
Full Particulars from
GILMAN & CO., LTD.
HONGKONG BANK BUILDING.
Obtain the new low prices from your nearest Dodge Brothera Dealer
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SATURDAY, MAY 1926
IDEAL MOTOR.
FOR SMALL SAILING CRAFT.
For years past there has been a cry from the owners of small ealling boats for a light-weight yet. leturdy and compact power unit which could be fitted in without seriously encroaching upon the limited room available. To the uninitiated it sounds a compara- tively easy matter, but when the boat is perhaps no more than
The Spirit the Age
One of the weaknesses of the sary fumbling and to apply the 16 ft. or 16 ft. in length and is aens unique is that frequently brakes with precision and cool-fitted with a centre board, besides there is nothing to indicate that hess, the candidate is generally having all the paraphernalia of it is in force, and nothing could asked a few mechanical questions sailing tackle to contend with, be more amusing-for the specta- of a profound or a tricky nature then the problem takes on a much
well-known actress f4cod
Recent- tors at anyrate-than the sight of A
more difficult aspect,
after ly, however,
searching an elegant and rather Impatient with a query of this
marine lady motorist, who, after infinite class, met it promptly
experiments a new "Oh, that's trouble, has worked a way to the the reply,
motor has been brought out by mouth of a street only to find that business of the chauffeur." The the Ailsa Craig Motor Co., Ltd., of her route is barred" by an agent, there is the Code de la Route," Chiswick, London, W., expressly A French lady can any quite a lot that ponderaus volume of traff designed for small launches from to a man In authority without laws, verses of which have been 12 ft. to 20 ft. in length, and as trespassing on that dangerous learnt by heart as in the old school
an auxiliary in yachts up to 5 zone known as "contempt of the days. After all these points have tons. It is a remarkable and in been met, one is entitled to a many respects unique Tittle 2- law."
In France it is not sufficient to Government driving license bear-cylinder engine of 4-6-hp, which pay a fee to secure the right to ing a none too flattering photo-has been named the Ailsa Craig drive a car. After the prelimi-graphy partially obliterated by apup." It measures 221⁄2 in. long, nary training there is a practi-rubber stamp. On the other hand 161⁄2 in. wide, and stands only cal examination, which frequent-fate may be unkind, or one may 10 in. above the engine bearers: ly begins on the Place de la happen to fall upon an examiner in other words, it would go lato Concorde, the once famous or in- who does not approve of women a suitcase. The engine, clutch famous Place de n Revolution, owing their own cars; an and reverse gear are all in one where the guillotine stood. An commonly bad specimen of taxi- self-contained and enclosed casing, examination of one's ability at driver may be met on a difficult and the whole unit weighs I awt., the wheel is not an execution, al-corner; there is no accounting for while the price for the complete though some of the candidates' what will happen....you may outfit is only £58. Its compact feelings are far from being fes-even be told to come again when dimensions and the brake horse- tive if the sounds from the poor, you know how to drive.
power developed were the subject wrecked gears can be taken as an The ordeal once passed through. of much favourable commentat indication. On the day when the possessor of the pink card is the recent Shipping, Engineering formed one of the well-crammed free to take the road; but in reality and Machinery Exhibition held in candidates, there was a motley
the education has only just begun, London at Olympia. Numbers of } } crowd. Even at that unrenson for there are a hundred and one keen
salling men, who have able hour--of 9 a.m.-there were little convenances between fellow hitherto excluded a motor from half a dozen ladies of fashion, who had left no detail of their motorists, so many clever tricks their boats, are having one of and dodges for every kind of tra these handy power units installed. toilette neglected, and who with
ffic. Paris is a good school At the same time, it has attract- their natty small cars, contrasted
though; for one must either keeped newcomers, many of whom have strangely with the small grocer and his unkempt Ford, the precise pace with the fastest or be patlabstained from the sport because i they could not afford to be caught, nervous notaire, the untidy ap-
by adverse winds and tides. The prentice with his out-of-date
There is still another class of development of the small marine motor-cycle, the village cure who had come to Paris to buy a car woman motorist to be found on the motor on the popular lines of the and learn to drive it and who, main roads on the western edge Ailsa Craig "Pup," is a powerful chassis factor in bringing in new blood, while at the wheel, found that his of the city, where new robca were much more, embarras-are tried out at terrific speeds, and, therefore, all to the good of sing than were those worn by the One car manufacturer, several the sport. lady candidates.
years ago, decided that this worki After having shown an ability could be done quite well by wo- to handle the wheel correctly, to men, and vidently his choice was use the gear lever without unnecs-a good one, for the essayeuser, or
Dodge popula in 81 Lands!
In 1925 Dodge Brothers Motor Car led all other cars, at or above its price, in sales outside the United States.
It is popular in eighty-one different countries and on hundreds of im- portant islands scattered over the Seven Seas.
For one thing the car contains a higher percentage of chrome vanadium steel, and a higher per- centage of drop forgings, than any other motor car in the world, regard- less of price.
And fine steel and drop forgings mean to an automobile what strong muscles and a sound heart mean to the athlete.
DODGE BROTHERS,INC. DETROIT
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY, LTD.
33 Wong Nei Chung Road Happy Valley
HONGKONG-
Dodge BROTHERS
DODGE
MOTOR CAR
out of the running.
"
A Novel Position,
women, testers, have remained.
To this day. In winter, and in
SIDE-PLAY NOISES.
"A study of chassis noises proves
bad weather generally, it would that 75 per cent. of the rattles is due be diflcult to realize that they were to the side-play of the springs," not men are at the wheel, for a says William H.. Gleason, president new chassis, as one is aware, of the Kissel Co.
offers the minimum of protection, and, when a waterproof slip-over, La lather hehnet nd cauntle
Floves have been, donned, all signs
of femininity are obliterated. It is hardly to be expected that the men testers liked this encroach ment on their preserves, but it l
have evident that the women
thir shown professional skill in dimeult work, for their em- ployers refuse, to part with them.
SUNBEAM TRIBUTE.
TESTED IN AUSTRALIA,
. One of the best known motoring writers in Australia, Mr. George George, recently wrote a remark- able tribute to the 3-litre super- sports Sunbeam car.
The New South Wales. agents for Sunbeam cars, Messrs. Wil- liama Bros., Ltd., of Sydney, ré- ceived the first car of this type some few months ago, and Mr. George, who had been keenly awaiting its arrival, took the first available opportunity of testing it on the road. Trying over his own special route-an unusually severe one-Mr. George was amazed at the performance of the car. Hia first impression was of the won! derful riding qualities, and, secondly, the gliding motion which appeared to obliterate entirely the sense of speed. Mr. Wonderful Car in the World," wrote: "Over the roughest of road surfaces the car was as comfortable as the average car on an asphalt or con- crete road, and, on looking at the speedometer, one was astonished to see that it was registering from 40 to 50 m.p.h.”
Mr. George also pays a tribute to the efficiency of the 4-wheel brakes, and the smoothness with which the car was brought to a standstill when travelling at 60 mph, and declares that in every way this Sunbeam, model is the most wonderful car he has ever handled. "Briefly, he saya, "I rány say that I fully endorse all the good things sald about the car by British experts, and that I con- sider it to be the most wonder- ful car I have ever drizan, or ridden in."
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TRIUMPH SPELLS ALL THAT IS GOOD.
Alex. Ross & Co. (China), Ltd.
ONLY PACKARD
Bank of China Building and la. Cha'or Road..
CAN BUILD A PACKARD
PACKARD
WHAT
HAT you get-not what you pay for-determines your bargain.
If a Packard Six did not give 16 miles to a gallon of gasoline; 15,000 to 20,000 miles to a set of tyres; and a freedom "from mechanical repairs unknown to cheaper vehicles, it could not have carned its place as one of the least expen- sive care to operate-power considered in the whole world.
But because it has established these rec ords in the hands of owners, and because. its fit cost is agreeably low, new thou- sands of owners are constantly expressing their surprise at its economy.
The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd,
33, Wong Noi Chung Road, Happy Valloy Tel. 0. 1845 or 1247.
Hongkong
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