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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1926.
THE NEW CARS
THE 1727 changes in "Morris" Cars are no mere
seasonal variation. The drastic sacrifice of the old, cherished radiator tells you that. The new cars are "wider purpose" cars, and the big new World" radiator is the symbol of that purpose
MARK this DEVELOPMENT from the 'Home' to the World' Car
"WORLD'SUN gets 50% increased cooling
WORLD" ROAD STRAIN gets totally new design of
frame, combining rugged strength with rizid lightness, and incorporating, in an all-steel dash, a rigid forward Anchorage
"WORLD" ROAD SURFACE gets a new suspension
that roacte oqually efficiently to any type of surface: and sets a new standard
"WORLD" FASHIONS get bigger two-side doors and a
straight body line
But "WORLD" OWNERS, no less than
"Home" Owners, want the proverbial Morris. Reliability and Beolomy; and, of course, the "World" modole retain these two features-the basic elements of Morris policy and products
These new "World" Marris Cars are going to cause n big motoring, "elinge over" - Keep abreast of it
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HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE.
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AVERAGE MOTORIST CARELESS.
LOCKING DEVICES IGNORED.
DY ISRAEL KLEIN.
American motorists are paying! higher insurance premiums on their automobilas because of their carelessness and forgetful- nees.
They are, losing from $35,000,- |000 to $50,000,000 a year, let alone
time from their work and use of] their cars.
Thie loss is the rosult of the growth of automobile thefts that ie going on, apace with tho increase in motor care. Despite greater vigilance on the part of the police, and some 150 different locking devices, these thefts are growing and making this problem more difficult to solve.
Only 30 per cent of all motorista are insured against. thoft of their automobiles, and only 20 per cent. of the insured cars stolen are not recovered. Yot this small proportion of all the cars in the country, perhaps only about 50,000 care in all,; bringe their loss up to some $50,- 000,000.
Those figures are furnished by the American Automobile As- sociation and the National Automobils Underwriters' Con- ference, and may be taken as authentic.
Owner Doesn't Help..
The aggravating point is that these thefts aren't in, the least) way discouraged by the average driver. He just forgets, or doesn't take the additional pains to lock) his car.
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OIL CONSERVATION. A New
WASTEFUL METHODS OF
U.S. PRODUCERS.
One of the most striking state- ments in the final report of Pres ident Coolidge's. Oll Board, which will be submitted to him within. the next three or four weeks, is that a serious oil shortage is in prospoot within a comparatively few years unlose 'conservation methods are omplovod. President Coolidge will be informed in the report, it is understood, that wasteful methods are now em- ployed by many oil producera, and that measures must be taken to assist in a solution of the pro- blom of the industry. No radical legislation, however, will be re- cómmended, as it is the opinion of mombeta of the Board that drastic Government regulation would not offer a proper solution.
The report will point out that if it were physically possible to extract all the oil now known to oxist in the United States at as rapid a rate as during recent years the entire supply might be exhausted within the next decade. It will not be possible to maintain that rate, it will be stated, and therefore no complote famine will ocour at an early period. The anaua! production, howover, ac- cording to the view of mombors of the Board, is likely to fall off within the next six or eight years to such an extent as to cause a very serious situation. The Board's findings will deal entirely with the domestic production situation and will not go into the question of prices or imports.- Reuter's Trade Service.
TO LET YOUTH DRIVE.
The age limit for automobile drivers in Connecticut may be Out of 100 cars examined on The ignition lock at A is u reduced to 16 years, according to New York streets recently, only coincidental lock, while that at Copinions. of prominent state 30 ware found locked. In Buffalo, is of the semi-coincidental type. Bofficials who have the matter 67 cars were examined, and only shows how the locking device at the under consideration.. 8 were found locked. Yot all the dashboard is connected with the cars were equipped with locks.
The underwriters have collect-
od statistics showing that 85 per cont. of the cars equipped with approved locking devices are habitually left unlocked when parked.
ignition.
Types of Locks.
U.S. LIGHT CARS.
INCREASED COMPETITION.
Seven automobile manufac- tuzers of some account are now producing light cars in the low price field according to a Detroit mossage.
Due to the difficulty of doing this, underwriters say the best As a result, insurance com type of lock is what they call the panies are planning to change "coincidental lock," which locks the requirements of their policies, the car in the same action in dropping their present offer of which the ignition is shut off, reduced rates if the car is The motorist, they reason, doesn't equipped with a lock and merely forget to shut off the ignition Three years ago there were assigning a fato based on when he parks. Having formed only three producers in this class. experience with the various types a habit of that, the same action These eight producers are put- should be used to lock the car.ting out models that sell below Many types of ignition and $1,000. Seven of these soll below other forms of coincidental $800, locks" are the result. They lack with the ignition, und just `a quarter additional turn of the key unlocks them,
of cars.
Yat locking devices aren't to he discouraged. They are wanted. Their effectiven se depends how ever on educating the driver to form the habit of locking the car.
Studebaker Standard Six Duplex-Phaeton
$2,650
Combines the freedom of an open car with the comfort and protetion of an enclosed car.
One-Profit Studebakers
far outclass in power all cars of their weight and size
The Studebaker Big Six is the fastest selling high-powered car in the world. There are but seven American made automobiles having as much or more power. they sell at two to four times the price of the Big Six.
And
The Standard Six (illustrated)"is, ac- cording to Royal Automobile Club rat- ing, the most power ful car of its weight and size in the world. Regardless of the
condition of road to betraveled, it has abundant power to negotiate it with-
★ Only Studebaker in the fine-car Beld and Ford in the low-price Bald nmke all their own engines, bodles, gear boxes, atooring gears, clutches, differentials, springs, axios, gray iron castings and drop forginge. The Studebaker eliminates profits which other manufacturers pay to outside parts and body makers, B.- coran al vital perta deigned, signeered and manufactored under one supervizion, there is the fur- vi khác nha of Unit-Bullt
construction
are
out strain. Hundreds of Studebakerrecords. have been establish- ed for endurance, ro liability and speed.
Although these tests are significant, no
demonstration is so conclusive in proving the power of. Stude- bakercars as the day- by-day service that thousands of Stude- baker cars are ren- dering in the hand of satisfied customers.
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THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE.
SOLE AGENTS.
STUDEBAKER
Garage men" object to these however, because the cars can't be moved freely.
So the underwriters approve other forms of locks, that are semi-coincidental, or require an additional operation before leav ing the car. There is the transmission lock, the wheel lock and other forms that come in this class.
They include six four-cylinder Cars and one light six, bolow $800, and eight light sixes from $825 to $995.
CARS NOT WANTED-
WHEN STEALING IS FAVOURED. October is the greatest month for ar thefts, American insurance underwriters point out.
The transmission look has the objection of keeping the car in The reason is the approach of neutral, when it should best be winter and the unwillingness of left in gear when facing down a car owners, especially those own- steep hill, for example, to helping open cars, to be troubled with the emergency brake control, the them over the cold spoll.
CAT.
So it is found each type of lock has its peculiar disadvantage.
Despite these minor faults, however, the argument is present- ed that those locks at least will discourage the thief from trying to steal the car.
MOST CARS ON FARMS.
Those encourage thefts of their cars, to save trouble and expense of winter driving or storage.
London, August 30.-A warn ing against tho continued waste. ful use of gasoline is issued to the world by Prof. J. F. Thrope, the noted British chemist.
America, he says, has already Farmers constitute the largest reached the point where, the do automobile ówning class in west-mand for gasoline is higher than orn Canada. Of 241,226 cars in the supply and still present the three prairie provinces, 156, methods are such that & large 796, or 65 per cent., are in the part of the petroleum taken from hands of farmers.
the earth is lost in its conversion. Tho orudest methods of refining are used to-day, says Prof. Throps, because the conservation of the natural supply, is said to be unprofitable.
THE KING'S YACHT.
CARRIES AN AILSA CRAIG,
"At the present time the in- creased use of the motor car in-
Light Weight Overland
The "Whippet"
We have pleasure in announcing that the Willys Overland Ce, is pow in production on an entirely new type of small, light car, PAST, POWERFUL ECONOMICAL TO RUN, LONG LIVED,
Very aptly has this addition to their already, fine line of modela been named the "Whippet," it has more speed than the groyhound with all the tenacity of the terrier..
Absolutely new design.
Spped, over 65 miles per hour.
Acceleration, 5 to 30 miles in 13 seconds.
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. Irreversible Steering."
66 inch treead. Conventional springs.
29 x 4.40 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."
This car is produced after exhaustive experiments with European light cara, 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 latest improvements and can't afford to buy a new, car until you know all about what Willys Overland has designed.
THE FIRST TWO OF THESE CARS WILL ARRIVE SHORTLY
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Fine Steel Explains The Car's LONG LIFECAJ
This fact should be remembered by everyone who now owns or expects to buy a car..
In the percentage of costly Chrome Vanadium steel used, Dodge Brothers Motor Car out-ranks every other car in the world, regard- less of price.
Chrome Vanadium is the ideal motor car steel. Its remarkable, toughness and strength is only one important reason why more than 90% of the 1,750,000 motor cars Dodge Brothers have built are still in service..
DODGE BROTHERS,Inc.Detram
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.
33 Wong Nei Chung Road, Happy Valley, HONGKONG
dicates that the amount of petrol DODGE BROTHERS
The fitting out of the King's for the world's needs soon will be yacht Britannia has created no insufficient" end of interest among yachtamen,
This point already has been and her progress with her won-roached in the United States, derful now mast, and salle will be which consumes 70 per cont. of
MOTOR CARS-
watched with the greatest keen the world's oil supply. In 1925 MOTORISTS MUST PAY- neas wherever yachting holds 800,000,000 gallons were con
Last year Britannia was sumed monthly in the United given a now yacht's tender, which States was built by Saunders, of Cowes,"
sway.
WHAT'S IN A NAMEP
Virginia, Kontucky and Mis- The word detour" has such
It is evident that to meet sissippi have. increased their distressing offects on American and fitted with an Ailes Craig such consumption we must utilize gasoline tax rate. Virginia slight-tourists that Wisconsin has de- "Kid" 10-14 h.p. marine motor. the higher boiling point fractionsly increased its registration fees cided to eliminate the use of the This, with her new spars and of petroleum as well as the for all vehicles, while Kentucky word and substituto "temporary. sails, has brought her equipment residuos of the distilling pro- made a considerable increase in The change is based entirely en thoroughly up-to-dato;
ita fees for vehicles for hité, the psychology of the situation.
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