Every Motorist!
fit DUNLOP
and
BE SATISFIED'
MONET-GOYON
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MADE IN ENGLAND
MOTOR CYCLES
RESULT OF THIS FAMOUS MODEL IN THE FRENCH T. T. :-
FRENCH TOURIST TROPHY. (May 13th, 1928)
(2864.800 Kilom.) -
The race was held at MONTLHERY TRACK with several competing machines. Only two riders on Monet-Loyon machines entered for this T.T. race.
175 eme: 2 Entries, 2 First Places (SOURDOT and MOMMAIRE) without losing a single mark. Performance superior than 250 eme. machine. HANDICAP FOR MACHINES OF ALL CATEGORIES.
First SOURDOT on Monet Goyon machine. Award: Gold Medal of the M. C. F..
The machine you buy is the result of exper- ience gained in these, terrific, tests. Every success proves what your M. G. can do.
For particulars apply:-
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SATURDAY, AUGUST
∙1928.
COAST TO COAST THROUGH CANADA.
Magnificent 5,000 Miles Highway.
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There are a great many things which are offered to the motorist which are in the nature of experi- ments so far as he is concerned. All kinda of subsidiary appliances and substances are constantly being put | on the market which may or may not be an advantage in connexion with the use of the modern motor ent, The craze for experiment livs sur- deep in the make-up of a prisingly large number .of people, and it is exploited by all kinds of shrewd and sharp business men, with a view to turning a'more or less honest penny. A great, many of the things which are put before melorists are good things.. al- though not necessarily good for, or even suitable for, many individual cases. The motorist of an experi- mental turn of mind may buy a mul- titude of appliances and gadgets for his car, fe may find things of- fered him which are useful and
At Regina there is again a brings the car to Nelson. Ev helpful to him individually on ac- Toronto, June 20-Thousands Marle is the next stop along the count of his Own particular of motorists have discovered that Canadian Highway. This route choice of roads. The northern tually this ferry will be done av Idiosyncrasies or the necessities of Canada has good roads besides fine leads through Ottawa, the Federal. his business or sport or other scenery. Thousands have yet to capital, along the Ottawa River, roads to Saskatoon, Edmonton and with proclivities. The motor can be learn they can cross the continent skirting Algonquin National Park Jasper National Park. This road Washington, and the road le Park it will lend through the then up to Fonticton, in a rou used for so many purposes that it by way of Canada from coast to through North Bay and Sudbury, is not yet finished. From Jasper along the boundary th Osoy becomes the centre of a great deal const practically all the way,
Rocky Mountains to Hope, B. C., about way to Lytton, at the hi of ingenious inventive activity on When completed the trans-
and then to Vancouver. Canada Highway will be upwards
This map shows the existing routes and those being built or planned, shown by dotted lines, to complete the trane-Canadian
to the Soo.
the part of those whose interest it
New Highway Begun.
things. At the present time in
highway.
Over the Rockies
Nelson is near the border.
of the Friser Canyon. At the tom of the canyon is Hope; from there to Vancouver is
There are two tunnels in Brit
in to be always introducing new of 5,000 miles in length, the There is a new road from North longest road on the North Ameri-Bay lending north to Cochrane
The more travelled road runs straight trail. with ventions in connexion
and then west. This is the Fer- can continent. automobiles outnumber by many!
The trans-Canada Highway is guson Highway, part of the pro- from Regina to Medicino Hat, times. those applied to any other: slugle piece of mechanical engi-made up of the various provincial posed trans-Canada road. It runs Calgary, Banff and Lake Loulee, Columbia through which me neering. There are things which highways joined together, straight-through wild virgin territory, one of the beauty spots of the traffic has to pass. They are At Vancouver the Pacific H are introduced by the old-establish- ened out and improved to, make where fishing is plentiful and the continent. Down the Windermere Lytton and at Hope. ed firm with big interests in the clear trail from one of the domi- virgin forest skirts hoth sides of Valley, through the Rocky Moun- industry who may be relied upon to nion to the other. From this main the road fa places. When com-tains the motor trail lenda.. Past way connects, thus giving a g refrain from introducing anything artery ron. hundreds of feeder ploted It will pass north of Lake Kootenay Lake, Cranbrook, then road to San Francisco, Los An of the catch-pen-- type. The roads to the United States to re- Superior, past Lake Nipigon to Kushonook, where a 66-mile ferry les and San Diego owner-driver should always take it mote mountain and lake fastnesses, Winnipeg. as an uxion that the manufacturer to wilderness and summer re- Another road from Montreal, of his car, who has spent much
which is not part of the trans- sorts. time, money, and research in per-
Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the At-Canada Highway but leads through feeling its design and manufacture, will. have carefully canvassed any lantic seaboard is the starting the more settled part of Ontario, From Halifax the road follows Lake Ontario to Toronto, and everything which may have point. Hiven an Indiention of being in the leads by way of Truro to Moncton, thenco to Niagara Falls, where the least likely to be an improve-New Brunswick, where it branches Buffalo road can be taken, or con- ment. There are quacks in every into two sections. Through Nova tinuing through Canada to Wind- trade, and the motor trade is no Scotia there are numerous signs Bar or Sarnia to connect with De- lesa immune from them than others, such as will be placed along the troit.
The trouble with all these things is that the motorist may be in- duced to start experimenting with bis car. Nothing canso. surely lend to his undoing-unless he is gifted with a wide knowledge, and bas JL Th engineering, training: "Leave well alone" is a good motto for the user of any car so long as he is getting good performance.
Comfort, long wear and
economy plus. helpful dealer-service. These can be yours if you ride on Goodyear Supertwist Motor Cycle Balloons.
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These roads are in first-
whole route, showing the direc-class condition. tions to Vancouver and to Juli- fax
Along Coast or Border. Both sections from
Moneton
The proposed trans-Canada route from the Soo will skirt Lake Su- perior to Port Arthur and follow the Canadian National Railway Fine to Winnipeg. It will connect with the northern route, Forguson lead to Riviere du Loup in Quebec.ghway, near Lake Nipigon. One branch follows the Atlantic coast and the outer boundary of the province. The other road runs along the border near Maine, pass- Ing through St. John, where the Boston-Now York road joins.
Across the State.
At present the route entors the United States from Sault Ste. Marie. The quickest way into Then there is once more only Canada again is by way of Duluth one read across, Canada, hugging to Emerson, Minn., on the Wefferson the south shore of the St. Law- Highway, a straight road from the rence River to Levis, opposite the Gulf of Mexico to Winnipeg. citadel of old Quebec. A ferry Across the prairies there is an takes the car across at this point excellent road to Regina, touch- to romantic Quebec. At this pointing at Branton, Manitoba. Much there is a railway bridge across of this road is built of gumbo, n the St. Lawrence, on which A black clay, which is very good in $400,000 motor road is under con- dry weather but bad in wet wea- struction.
ther. In Manitoba it is Down the St. Lawrence north gravelled to make it better for wet shore past quaint old French- weather, while further west in Canadian towns, the road leads to Alberta a coating of tar and sand Montreal. Montreal to Sault Ste. has proven substantial. “
TAR-SURFACE RAVAGES.
Home Grumble Against Authorities.
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now
The splendid work of the B.R.T.A. on behalf of this estimablo if messy British product must com- mand respect, so I promptly went Lo see them.
From the road on Mt. Edith Cavell, high up in Jasper National Park, Alberta, the motorists look out toward Mt. Soraur.
GRADES OF GASOLINE.
There I learned much of their Do Not Mix Them. efforts to raise tar for read pur- poses and to educate and induce surveyors to lay it properly and cover it adequately.
[By Israel Kiem.]
more, there will be a waste of í and resultant inefficiency. gasoline will fail to give the m age it should and the gasoline finer will be blamed for the mot let's negligence.
Of course, there's no need warning motorlata not to B cheap fuels, especially from While this seems to involve them
No matter how good the condt-Tunified stations. These fuole n * [By E. M. Wright.]
in two rather interesting admis- Suppose our local constablesions, I did not find that anything ton of the engine may be, the be "mixtures" of cruder grades I had written was either unjust or gasoline used for it must be appro-loft-overs, after the better gra while on his beat took to spraying inaccurate.
priate for its best efficiency.
have been tapped. They may
the elathes of passers-by with
In referring to tar surface-dres- There are two types of engines"doped" In order to boost th |sulphurated hydrogen!
sing as the greatest curse of to-day-the high compression and efficiency, but are neverthel Suppose that our postman in de motoring to-day, I am not concern- low compression. For each a dif-armful because of their excess livering the morning mail laid aed with how the stuff may, might, ferent grade of fuel is necessary if contents of sulphur and ot grimy hand on our best business could, should, or ought to be laid, the motor is to run smoothly. wear and forcibly detained us 80 but (to quote the article) tar as it In the high compression motor Such fuel can easily put a g only a high test or "doped" ganoongine out of commission in sh Hine should be used. In the other order. It's cheaper, in the l
crude oil elements,
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that we missed our train!
Suppose that our 'stationmaster is laid by the average surveyor. took to treating the seats of the
I do not claim to be an expert in type any kind of fuel is operative, run, to buy costlier fuel. 8.53 with treacle, to lay the dust! road matters, if one's new suit but here also it should be remem
If a high tout gaa has to be us These ideas are not entirely catches across the shoulders and bored that the cleaner and purer fantastic.. Up and down the coun-hangs like a sack one does not the gas, the higher will be the us in the case of high compress try there are public servante dally need to be an expert in tailoring efficiency of the motor.
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motora, stick to the same type fuel. It is especially import
doing very much the same thing. to detect that Bomeone bas The biggest mistake automobile that "doped" and plain high
By laying tar na the majority. of blundered while roads are being owners make is buying their gas fuels should not be mixed, for ti
them do, surveyors are carrying Similarly,
out their official duties in a manner so treated that traffic passing that wherever they happen to be, irre- are quite different.
A "doped" fuel need not nec which slows down traffic below way has to reduce speed to six or spective of the grade of gas the
formarly held. Mixing arily be a high test gasoli legitimate and reasonable speeds eight miles per hour until the mess tank and inflicts gross and inexcusable dries-which may take a week or grades isn't helpful at all, and mix-Most likely it is of the ordin damage on property...
more in hot weather-it may be ing poor gasoline with the good le grade, with the dope added to ru
fta explosive efficiency. Whether this state of things Is said without argument that there obviously harmful. something the fault of the surveyors concern-is
fundamentally Whatever the grade of gasoline High test fuel, usually, is und ed-again, I speak of the average, wrong; all the more so when alter-used, no matter even that it is aed. It is gasoline that has go not all or the fault of the native materials are available that cheap, poor fuel, that should be through an extra refining proc materials they are compelled to have not those disadvantages. the only type bought at all times.in order to clear it of all possi use, is perhaps a debatable point. I write only as a private motorist Only by doing this will the best traces of sulphur and other har
We do know that tar-British of some experience, reflecting the officiency be obtained from the ful Ingredients. tar-carefully selected and pro, views of thousands of other private motor under the circumstances.
A cheap, inefficiant gasoline e perly applied, can, be perfectly motorists from whom I receivo satisfactory, and we do know that letters at this office.
The reason for auch practice is easily be detected by the appe British Rurveyors-as witness the Tar may be a British product, obvious. The carburetor is adance of the lubricating oil to t excellence of our roade are the and the work of the B.R.T.A. may justed, let it be understood, for the crankcase. If this oil thins fa best in the world.
be highly commendable and deficient infection of a definite despite the fact that the motor But, however excellent each may serving of every encouragement;
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be in his own sphere, for some but that does not help you and me grade of fuel. If a lower grade is in your running order, it'e a s reason or other, when they get to to negotiate roads drenched in alused, with the same Adjustment, that the soline injected into t gether, the result is too often a most "neat" or naked tat and to the engine will miss, there will be cylinders 't birning proper state of things that can only be go on enduring this state of affaire puttering and stopping, and it will some of it, unburned; finds its m described as a crying scandal. your after year without voicing a be hard to maintain ar ddling into the crankenés and dilutes a
joll there. My remarks on this subject agrumble," fortnight ago naturally" incurred Surely it is for the three partiea
If a higher test gasoline is used, A good grade of gaseline bur the displeasure of several folk-road authorities, surveyors and for a certain carburetor adjust up in the cylinder head almo financially Interested in tar, not tar interests to get together and ment, the motor will get too heavy completely and therefore Isaya Jably the British Road Tar Associas find out where the faultlles.In a mixture for the grade of fuel nothing, or very little, to flow into
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