THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1930.
BALLADE OF WOEFUL WARNING.
Are you roach this piteous
plight
Fashioned of your careless
making.
Hold your ground, proclaim a
right,
Take the stand there's 110
forsaking;.
Score the wild invective raking Else you'll feel the marriage
#7 TC.
Nevor, though her heart is
breaking
Nerar teach your wife to drive.
On you will descend a blight, Norrea -jangle, fingers shaking, Peace, contentment will take,
fight:
You, avoid left dull and aching, Prey of nightmares sleeping,
waking:
Aronics within you strive Terror's toils about you
#Baking,
Never leach your wife to drive.
The NEW
you're
Better, for, an open fight; Happiness is what
staking: Cling to fragments of your
might.
Save your pride from slowly
flaking.
Here's a thirst that knows по
slaking-
Questions women can con-
trive-
Steering? Geuring?
and braking?
Lights
Never teach your wife to drive.
L'Enrei.
Prince Although these words I
write
Sear the soul and burn it white. Swear that rather you'll
un-
wire: Never teach your wife to drive.
The
Silvertown Tyre
Balloon That
extra
heavy
Gives
More Miles
and
BETTER SERVICE
ALL SIZES IN STOCK
Next time---TRY GOODRICH |
Sole Agents for Hongkong and South China :—
THE CHINA MOTOR SUPPLY CO.
28-28A, Des Voeux Road, Central.
Telephone C. 1558.
Branch Office:-486 Yat Tak Road, Canton.
AIRPLANE SERVICE STATIONS.
This, like the auto service station, will be a cinimon sight soun, says Richard C. "Tex" Marshall, inset. Here mechanies are shown servicing a Keystone-Loening amphibi- an of the Thompson Air Service.
Cleveland, Jan. 28th.-The ser-I "The automobile manufacturer vice station has entered, the field that failed to provide proper ser of aviation.
With the growth of the indus-vice facilities for his product is try, service for airplanes has no longer in business. The same
grown too, and this fact has so fate is threatened the airplane impressed Richard C. "Tex" Mar-and airplane engine manufacturers, shall. vice president of the as well as sales agencies of those Thompson Aeronautical Corpora- firms.
ation, that he has caused airplane
for
"garages" to be erected here and "When TAC started Ita airmail at Pontiac, Bay City and Kala-operations it was necessary mazoo, Mich. In addition to these, us to provide shops for keeping ten dealers in other cities have our planes and engines in perfect heen appointed to handle engine order. Later we secured the sales and parts for the planes under the and distributor franchises for sev-, TAC control. And he is planning eral well known makes a string of air service stations planes.
of air- throughout the United States. "To make this department suc Predicting the future of aviation cessful we knew we would have to lies in maintaining a chain of provide, equipment and service service stations across the nation-depots for repairing and overhaul- just as the success of automobile ing the planes we sold. There- manufacturers depended on their fore, we immediately act about establishing a nation-wide chain establishing bases for all types of of auto service stations-Marshall service and repair work at strate- says:
gic points."
BILLIONS FOR ROADS.
More than
ORDERS BUS FLARES, $2,500,000,000 was Recent legislation in Michigan spent for road construction and provides that bus operators must maintenance in the United States lace flares 20 feet in front and during 1929, according to estimates in the rear of the bus whenever of the American Automobile Asso-it is necessary to stop on the high- ciation.
way to make repairs at night.
ANNOUNCING
THE ARRIVAL
OF THE
SERIES
6-30
PONTIAC
the fineST CAR VALUE TO-DAY!
Upon receipt of letter, we shall be pleased to give you a trial run.
THE ORIENTAL MOTOR CAR CO.
:
.:
66, Queen's Road C.
Tel. No. C. 406.
Ask us to tell you PONTIAC'S LONG LIFE STORY
All motordom
HUDSCH
109-412
ESSEX
SUPER
SIX
has turned to Essex
From cars of every price and size, motorists are selecting Essex the Challenger as their next car. In speed, performance, beautiful colours and economy, this fine Super-Six compares with cars costing far more. With 7 body styles to select from, riding ease and features usually found only in costly cars, Essex the Challenger bids you pit it against anything that motordom has to offer. We will gladly place a car at your command.
ESSEX the CHALLENGER
FULL PARTICULARS FROM-
The China Motor Supply Company,
28-28A, DES VEUX ROAD, CENTRAL. Telephone C. 1558.
BRANCH OFFICE:486, YAT TAK ROAD, CANTON.
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-note its distinctive construction then you'll know why more than 2,000,000
people have bought BUICKS
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Back's famous multiple-dlae clutch too, reveals marked superiorities. Ia addition to being far, sturdier than those of conventional design, it im-' parte exceptional smoothness, due to Ita special facing which insures gentle, gradual engagement of the driving and driven surfaces.
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*The engine in the 124- and 132-inch Buicks develop 94 horsepower, and that in the 118-isch Buicks 8035 horsepower
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY. LIMITED.
Telophone Central 1246 or 1247.
33, WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY.
THE New BUICK
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