USED CARS
FOR
SALE
Arrol-Johnston Touring Car, Five passenger, 1924 Model, 4-cylinder, 15.9 hp., Brown Body, Artillery Wheels, 18,592 Milles.
Price H.K. $650,
| Hupmobile Touring Car, 5-pässenger 1922 Model, 4-cylinder, 15 hp., Black Rody, Wire Wheeli, 31,966 Miles.
Pelan H.K. $800,
Minerva Touring Car, 7-passenger,
1924 Model, 6-cylinder, 26 hp.
Green Body, Wire Wheels, 32,204 Miten.
Prica H.K. $800.
Studebaker Special Si Sedan, 5-passenger, 1921 Model, 6-cylinder, 29 hp, Brown Body, Wire Wheels, 36,000 Miles, Rebuilt
Pilas H.K. $850,
Sturlehaker Standard Six Tauror,
5-passenger, 1926 Model,
6-cylinder, 27.34 hp, Blue Body,
. Dise. Wheels, 26,467 Miles,
Licence No. 2164.
Price H.K. $1,650.
Studebaker Standard Six Taxrer, 5-Thesaroger, 1926 Model, 6-cylinder. 27.34 hp, Blue Body, Disc. Wecis, 18,229 Miles,
Licence No 1917,
Prict H.K. $1,400.
Studebaker Director Siz Tourer. S-passenger, 1927 Model,
6.eglinder. 27.34 hp., Blue Body,
Disc, Wheels, 27,00 Miles, Lierner No. 1860,
Price H.K. $1,300,
Studebaker Director Six Tourer. 5-passenger. 1927 Model, 6.cylinder, 27.34 hp., Brown Body, Disc. Wheels, Licence No. 1287. Price H.K. $1,800.
THE
HONGKONG HOTEL G RGE
25, Queen's Road Central, Tel. 24739..
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS OF THE WORLD,
New International Tunnel.
LAST WORD IN AIR CONTROL.
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
entire
SATURDAY, MAY 10. 1930.
Travelling Talkies.
spare parts, paint booth, stock Travelling cinemas are becom-room and modern servicing equip-j ing familiar sights in the small ment of all kinds. The latest towns of Victoria, South and addition to his collection of auto- Western Australia, where Georga mobiles is a specially equipped G. Holland has four Chevrolet Buick tourlag car for hunting moving picture units, operating purposes.. The car has a wator continuously on one night stands. tank, two searchlights, gun racks, Ench Chevrolet is equipped with flashlight clips and a special re- projector, screen and full talkie volving seat for the Maharajah. equipment, Before fulfilling trans-; Prince Bijay is a great motorist port requirements, the engine runs in addition to being a keen sports- for two and a half hours every man and splendid shot even among: The world's first International tunnel and emitted alongside the night under all conditions during the big game hunters of India. automobile tunnel, joining Detroit, roadway at about the level of the the Michigan, US.A. and Windsor, ordinary automobile exhaust. Suc-averages about 12,000 every year foot, elephant or motor contains year. Each truck The thrill of the chase either by Ontario, Canada, will be opened in tion fans operating through the in transporting the shows from an irresistible appeal to the young October, 1990. The tunnel, which upper duct will draw foul, a town to town. will cost $26,000,000, represents through openings in the celling Soviet to Build 250,000 Miles of other members of his family own, Prince. He drives a Cadillac and the latest achievement in scientific slabs, where it will be conveyed, construction bent to serve autome into stacks in the ventilating
Road.
three Cadillacs and a La Salle, bile travel. It runs under the buildings. Approximately one mil- of highway throughout the Soviet Plans to construct 250,000 miles
International Parchasing Plan. Detroit River and its construction lion cubic feet of air per minute Union within the next five years difficulties in procuring gasoline European tourists who have had has been constant struggle will be required under maximum have been completed by the Com- in more or less remote places and against nature. It is a mile and operating conditions and a a quarter long and at its lowest plete change of air will be made enterprise will cost 5,000,000,000 which they are not entirely fami commissariat.of Communications. The paying for it in currencies with paint is forty-five feet below the each 90 seconds.
roubles. channel water level. It has a
llar will welcome the suggestion Exhaust Lifts London Fog. roadway of twenty-two feet and
To carry out this enormous plan being made in European automo an estimated capacity of 1,000 an automobile by an attachment roubles worth of modern road-zation of a system of "benzine Hot air eprayed out in front of Russia will acquire 400,000,000 bile circles for the internationali vehicles per hour in either direc-on the cxhaust of the car has been building machinery and hire 8,000 coupon," now in use in several tion, being limited to that number found effective in clearing away engineers, 13,000 technicians and countries. If the proposal is by customs regulations.
London's time-honoured fog. The 44,000 road-layers. New methods of
accepted by the principal gasoline ventilation rising current of heated air creat Indian Prince Desert Elephants companies, it will be possible for have been introduced and ed by the device literally lifts the]
the engineers say that the air in every fog about 10 feet before the front
for Motor Cars.
traveller to stock up in London, Paris or any other large section of the tunnel will be en-wheels and does it quickly enoughi Jodhpur and Prince Bijey of His Highness, Maharajah cf tirely free from carbon monoxide to permit a forward speed of about Bikanir State, India, are both en- and oil at any of the fuel stations gas. In the ventilating towers at 15 miles an hour in the densest thusiastic motorists. The Maha- each end of the tunnel will be fog. The for-lifter can be attach-rajah owas no less than 105 cars: giant fans, six of the blower.type ed to any car's exhaust and is for himself and retinue and keeps and six of the exhaust type. much simpler than the average them all in one great garage. It Fresh air will be pumped into the windshield wiper.
is equipped with repair shops
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THE CHINA MOTOR SUPPLY CO.
28-28A, Des Voeux Road, Central.
Telephone 21558,
Branch Office 486 Yat Tak Road, Canton.
CLASSES OF
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SHOWROOM FIAT GARAGE
67, Des Vœux Road, (24821.)
FIAT Mod 520
6cylinders 1
414
SELLING AT THE PRE-LOW DOLLAR RATE!
MODEL 520 $2,650.-
AN OPPORTUNITY THAT CANNOT. OCCUR AGAIN I
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-MODEL 509 $1,850.
A. GOEKE & CO. FOURTH FLOOR-CHINA BUILDING.
TEL, 22221,
city with coupons good for feel carrying the company's products. "Safety First" in Turkey.
sale removal of mirrors attached The Police of Constantinople in a recent raid forced the whole to the windshields of taxicabs, which a new regulation forbids. It seems that a number of drivera had been so interested in watching, their passengers through these mirrors that they neglected the operation of their cars with the.re- sult that they sometimes crashed into other cabs.
Chromium Plate Introduced by
Oldsmobile.
of
Chromium plating was used on automobiles for the first time in March, 1927. At that date, it was introduced by Oldsmobile, a dīvi. sion of General Motors. Abolition of Speed Limit Approved by House of Lords. The House of Lords has approv- ed and sent to the House Commons & bill abolishing the speed limit for automobiles and motorcycles. The bill, however, imposes drastic penalties for reck- less driving, limits buses and trucks to thirty miles an hour and Imposes compulsory third-party insurance or all motor vehicles. Jay Walking Barred on Paris Streets.
Large brasa studs have been placed in the pavements of Paris to show pedestrians where "they may safely make a dash, to the other side of the street and pedes- trians are expected to use this space and no other. The century-
old custom in France of allowing persons to cross the road where and when they will has been aban- doned.
"Sales-Resistance Thirty Years
Ago.
An intersting panorama of the development of the automotive in- dustry over a quarter of a century recently came to light when pre- parations were being made to move the administration offices of the Qlds Motor Works to 3 larger building. Blue-prints and speci- fleations of engines and parts earried a running story of the cvolution of the automobile from little one-cylinder contraptions to the present multi-cylindered motor
cars.
Copies of old advertisements illustrated the obstacles of thirty years ago. Then the horse was the keen competitor and many of the advertisements were written to show the superiority of the motor car over the Another major problem was to equine. convince the doubting public that the automobile was reliable This resulted in such advertising head- lines as "It Goes," and "Built to Run and It Does."
Machine Guna to Speed Production. "Machine guns" are suspended at frequent intevals along the assembly lines in the Oldsmobile factory. These, however, do not emit bullets but are compressed air guns, trigger operated, which are used instead of the slower hand operated tools to tighten bolls and screws.
Cleanliness is Next to Godliness. Two unusual motor vehicles were recently built in England by special order. One was a travel- ing bathroom, ordered by an Indian Prince. Another was n motor church, built to the specification of a Christian mis- sionary society.
Self-Adjusting Spring Shackle Perfected.
Motor cars bought in a hundred different countries this year will have incorporated a device invent- ed by Rupert L. Rand of Amberat, Nova Scotia, that contributes definitely to trouble-free motoring. The invention, which has been. bought by General Motors and is regular equipment on all its cars, is a self-adjusting spring shackle. The new self-adjusting spring shackle diminates the bushings formerly used. A bolt passing through the centre of the shackle
is provided with a heavy plated
THE 1930 JOWETT
IS THE
KING OF SMALL CARS
DISTINGUISHED APPEARANCE UNQUESTIONABLE PERFORMANCE
A Trial given with pleasure
Now On Show At:-
IDEAL MOTOR CAR Co.
Corner Lockhart and Marshall Roads. New Reclamation.
Tel. 23714.
Demonstrations by Appointment.
MARMON
STRAIGHT-EIGHTS EXCLUSIVELY SINCE 1926
COME TO STRAIGHT- EIGHT HEADQUARTERS
This year more and more buyers are demanding. eight cylinders. To them, Marmon submits the only line of four straight-eights in the world. Not only an eight-in four important price' fields but four years' experience building this type alone. On this practical background Marmon bases its 1930 straight-eight leadership and in- vites the buyer of today, to come to "Straight-Eight Headquarters."
THE NEW MARMON MODEL R -Price leader of Mari man's 1938 tin. A straight-eight with gen- erous power, perform- ance and luxury.
THE NEW MARHON 879 -Develops extraordin ory horsepower, Overall length, 15 feet, to inches, Luxury of detail never before approached in its price field.
THI NEW-
·MARMON 869 —A fallsko, full-capeo ily straight-sight, Luxuri- bus comfort dimensions *15 feet overall, Chal janging alt compati tion in its price field.
THE NEW MARMON 110 EIGHT Everything that Mari mon has learned about fine 'cars in the post translated into a really madern straight-sight et wonderful power...
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Sole Distributors
THE ORIENTAL MOTOR CAR Co.
353-7, Hennessy Road,
Tel. 20406.
apring which automatically takes fittings leading into an oil reser-stands for taxi drivers who speak n any play produced by wear, voir make frequent lubrication un-either English or French as well The result is a self-adjusting, necessary. noiseless spring shackle. Alemite Berlin Marke Bilingual Cabmen red armbands to distinguish them as German. These drivers wear Berlin now has special parking for the convenience of tourists.