THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1926.
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FOR SALE
CITROEN 1926. Model All Steel | BUICK Touring No. 352. Citrden, fittal with Speedometer, wood wheels and spare rim. Five Dightday Clock, 2 Electric Horns, tyres. Price $750.00 cash. Four Wheel Brakes, 5 Complete No." 1478, care of "Hongkong Wheels fitted with Balloon Tyres, Telegraph."
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2 senter Rondster with dickey, two wheel brakes 1925 model. In use DODGE Touring. 5 pasanger 6 months, owner driver, under 2000 1926 Model, "Dodge ear, for miles. Owner buying' a 4-seater. $2,100. Perfectly now and in Apply H.K. Hotel Show Room for splendid condition. It is a private | oppofitnient."
car driven by the owner. Mile
age about 400... Owner wants, to
PACKARD SIX-Condition in
Five perfect
buy, a smaller car. Will hot-com-overy way na new. sider offers Apply Antonio F.Tyres. „Five-jassenger. Superb Batalha Expedients Sinico-Ma-engine (45118-42). Cash $4,200, no offers. On view at Dragon Garage. Happy Valley.
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HUDSON SUPER-SIX (No.
BUICK-6-cylinder 7-passenger
678206) Latest Model 7-passenger Buick Touring No. 105 Good run- Touring. Low mileage. Owner- driven. Still on original tres.ing order. Five good Tyres on five Wire Wheels. $1,500.00. On
-$300.00 worth of special equip view at Dragan Garage, Happy
ment. 29.40 hp. engine (R. A. C.
Rating). Guaranteed in superb
condition. Owner going on lenvé.
alley.
A bargain at $2,500. Box No. 35. HUDSON-6-cylinder care of "Hongkong Telegraph."-
7-parsen-
ger Touring equipped with five Brand new Balloon Tyres on New! wire, wheels. New top, uphol,
NEW RALEIGH solos fitting lucas stery, carpets, Bosch Horn. Also lighting, speedometer, ameter and new Carburettor and Radiator, horn from $485 and spare parts. new paint and all bright parts. 1926 O...Matchless & Hender. nickel plated. In perfect running son combinations, Douglas and condition. A real, bargain for Scout solos. Apply Motor Cycle only $2,200, Apply Box No. 1452, Exchange K.655.
care of "Hongkong Telegraph."
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We have pleasure in announcing that the Willys Overland Co. is now in production on an entirely new type of small, light car, FAST, POWERFUL ECONOMICAL TO RUN, LONG LIVED.
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Speed, over 65 miles per hour.
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28 or more miles to the American gallon.
250 miles to quart of oil.
20,000 miles to a set of tyres.
Four wheel mechanical brakes,
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29 x 440 Cord Balloon tires,
Engine developing 31 horsepower,
Remarkable acceleration.
Low hung body of very pleasing lines.
Finished in Blue lacquer.
Ample room for passengers.
Plently of clearance for rough roads..
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This car is produced after exhaustive experiments with European light cars, it combines the best practice of Europe and of the United States. It has the specifications of a large expensive car with reduced measurements. It creates a new standard of value, You want the Intest improvements and can't afford to buy a new car until you know all about what Willys Overland has designed.
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One of the largest crowds that ever witnessed a sporting event between 140,000 and 150,000-saw Frank Lockhart, youthful daredevil from Los Angeles, capture first place and 36 prizes of $40,000 in the annual Spoedway classic at Indianapolis on Memorial Day. Lock- hart, who wont to Indianapolis as a substitute driver and entered the race when the scheduled pilot was stricken with illness, amazed the throngs with his daging driving. A downpour, of ruin ended the race after 400 of tho, 500 miles bad been run.
Above Lockhart, receiving the congratulations of his wife. Below: Start of the Spoodway race, richest prize in the auto racing, world.
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tion. This expedition was sent out oarly in March by "the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, D. C. in co-opera-f tion with Walter P. Chrysler, president, Chrysler Corporation. Ita object is to bring back alive, for exhibition in the National Zo-! ological Park at Washington, which is under the direction off the Smithsonian Institution, ap- proximately one hundred species of wild animals nover before seen in America as well as many other "African animais at pre- sent rare in this country and not now found at the National Zoo.
The Smithsonian Institution. sont out the famous big game bunting expedition to Africa un- dor Theodore Roosevelt in 1909, During its 80 years of active. scientific resourch, the Institu- tion has directed and participated in numberless expeditions for varied purposes including the
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Dr. William M. Mann, superintendent of the National Zoo, is loading the expedition, The immediato inspiration of the undertaking is the look of either giraffos or rhinoceroses at the National Zoo, From that point the plane have expanded so that Damonstration, any time.
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