THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
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JOU must make your own tests to fully ap
preciate the6-cylinder capabilities of Stude- baker's new Erskine Six Tourer. In official tests, sedans and coupes of this now Erskine Six averaged more than 54 miles per hour for 24 continuous hours!
The more powerful 6-cylinder engine in Stude- baker's new Erskine Six laughs at hills and heavy going. Abundant power permite emooth top gear performance la congested traffic-
cager acceleration. Advanced engineering en- ables Studebaker to offer greater economy of petrol and lubricant combined with greater ability. Balloon tyres and shock absorbers give luxurious riding comfort.
See this low swarig five seaterbody, with its gay cellulose colours, hand polished to perfection. The more you know of automobiles, the more you will thrill to this new Erskine Six Tourer, Judge this Studebaker value here today.
HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE STUDEBAKER'S
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ERSKINE SIX
AERIAL ROADS.
ÖDDITIES AT SHOW.
DIG FOR EVIDENCE.
1929 PREDICTIONS.
Last Year Reviewed.
TO-DAY'S VALUE.
SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1929.
VALVES WILL" BOUNCE,
If Well Seated.
Owners who earnestly want to do a good job of servicing their Commenting on the motor car cars frequently do not know just outlook for 1929, Alfred P. Sloan, which they can consider the work Jr., President, General Motors Cor as being completely and poration, says: "The beginning of factory done. As one owner puts each year appears to me to be an it, "Poor guessing often undocs opportune time for us to review much of my efforta."
the year just closing and in that way obtain a better prospective of what our hopes and ambitions should be for the new year. The Annual Autombile Show coming as it does at this time of the year affords an excellent opportunity to do this from the standpoint of the automotive Industry.
"To my mind in 1928 the indus-
Batig-
This is well. Illustrated in the case of valve grinding. Many owners do not work long enough. on the job for best results, whilo others grind too much. Lacking some way to know when they have struck a happy medium, they joften do a poor job without mean-
ing to.
MODERN MACHINERY
That's why our repair service is beffer.
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try has carried still further for Valves are properly seated if ward the principle which has cou-they will bounce back when drop. tributed so much to its marvelous ped into their seats. If the valve achievements. It has served the drops with a thud, the Indications public better through the dovelop are that the work cannot be call- ment of more outstanding values ed finished. - than ever before. All this has been made possible through increased engineering knowledge or a better understanding of the fundamentals, exert for us a greater influence in capitalized by more effective man of dollars spent in advertising. I development good-will than millions facturing and ΣΟΓΟ Intensivo" merchandising. Added attractive mention this because I do not bo
lieve the industry as a whole has nces In appearance- or 1 greater appreciation of the intensified on this most important artistic Bide haa probably subject to the same degree that it been the outstanding develop has on other phases of its activities.
"Indications point to 1929 n ment of the year from the stand- point of the industry as a whole. likely to be the biggest year from With it, however, the technical or the standpoint of production that mechanical side has in no acnse the industry has yet enjoyed. Our been overlooked. There has been replacement demand will. Increase; a very general advance forward, wealth will be added to the country particularly in the relation of which will further increase our ap- power to weight or Increased per-portunities. The more intensive formance and acceleration made effort that is being put into over- desirable by road congestion and sens business, aided by a greater higher speeds, the latter particular-appreciation of the motor car and ly in the lower price models.. its use as an agent of transparta-
"When one looks at the values tion, will result in still greater pos that are being offered at this tune, aibilities in that rapidly expanding WALLACE D. HAWKES (Hongkong) Ltd ̧
it hardly seeme believable, yet will venture to predict that with the spirit of progress that has pre- valled from the beginning and still prevails in the industry, the end has in no sense been reached.
"Looking forward--to my mind the greatest problem that confronts the industry from within is more effective merchandising of the pro- duct. I mean by this, the build- ing of a sounder foundation for the automotive dealer and with this the development, of good-will to
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"General Motors enters the new year with confidence that our dealers and we ouranives will obtain our share of this prosperity. To merit this we recognize that wo must serve the public better than ever before. We shall strive to do that with the hope and bellef that it will turn out to be the most pros- perous year we have jet enjoyed,
There are many problems. con- fronting us all that are far from
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A nation-wide survey conducted
Elevated highways, like huge There will be at least one and suspension brkiges running across, roofs and open squares, will soon' probably two oddities at the New Conn., has been busy digging forward the industry through more ef- finished. There are many construe. by the American Automobile As-
conditions. Spiral roadways builtary. Among the new cars will be around huge pillars will provide one or two makes of front wheel Access to the nerful highways. drive automobiles,
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LABOUR GETS HALF,
A steam shovel at Hartford, old axlo and wheel are desired as evidence in the Packard-set that any industry or business have Ford Hitigation.
pot even been started and torista 10 cents per mile to operate
An analysis of California road turned up more than 500 tons of of the sublic toward it and its pro-realization of those facts together motorist spent $229 for operation tle more than half the total cost
The shovel has can possibly have is the good-will some not even thought of. A their cars. Last year the average costs recently disclosed that a lit |dirt with hp results, '
ducts. To my mind, effective ser- with the willingness to work makes and repair. Fuel and of cost of new improved ronde goes for vice or a antlofed customer will progress certain."
$103.
labour.
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