THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
OPEN UNDERGROUND HIGHWAY.
ROBBER-PROOF VAN.
Armoured Truck Built for Bank.
TRANSPORT OF SPECIE.
The armed robber is no more a menace or practically speaking so insofar as the Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank is concerned,! inasmuch as they have adopted the modern methods of specie transport, Two steel plated covered, Ford | trucks with three armed guards andị armed driver afford ample protection while currency and documents are in transit
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management secured plans from America for the construction of twof burglar proof vans, and let the con- tract to Measts, Bills Motors.
Steel Armour.
SATURDAY AUGUST 2,
Robber-Proof.
The Yale lock on the inner door
at the rear-the only entry to the specie chamber, other than a charge of nitro-glycerine--is strong enough The completed vans are models of to withstand a heavy sledge. The mechanical protective ingenuity, key is carried in the person of the With the exception of the bonnet, watchman. Should both rear guards the whole is covered with steel, be killed and the other rendered three-sixteenths inches in thickness, kura de combat, the key found and whom sits an armed guard, is com- would be foiled, inasmuch as they The driver's compartment, with an entrance made, the robbers again pietely enclosed. Steel panels can| would be confronted by another be dropped at an instant's notice safe too heavy to carry off. The over the inshield and two ventila key to this is secreted in another tors on the sides. The steel is! safe,
The Bank in addition to utilizing bullet-proof
At the rear, outside the locked the armoured vans for transporta- currency chamber, is space for two tion of their own funds, offer the Russian guards, who, will be pro- same service free of charge to their tected on three sides by the same own clients.
thickness of plate. En case of at-It is understood that the S.M.C. The Shanghai Commercial and tack they have only to defend an and other banks are considering Savings Bank, whose new premises area no longer than an open door similar trucks for their use. Insur- will be completed in Ningpo Road in way, and owing to the peculiar ance companies and the Municipal February, have expanded with the construction of their quarters, Police have given their approval to growth of Shanghai, and adopting could be subjected only to pistol the protective measures adopted by modern methods of service, have fire from either side. Shielded the Shanghai Commercial and six sub-banks in various parts of from direct attack, they could put Savings Bank. Greater Shanghai. Among their up a fierce battle. branches are the Bubbling Well, Special means of alarm have been Hongkew, Wayside and East Gate provided whereby the occupants of) and West Gate.
OUT OF THE WAY. There are an average. of 850
either end can warn those at thej detours on the highways east of To ensure greater protection, to other in case of robbers. To lessen the Mississippi throughout the the millions of dollars and securities, chances of a running attack. the year, according to a survey taken which are sent back and forth fromį vans were designed without run- by the Automobile Club of South- the head office to the branches, the ning boards.
ern California.
.1930.
RIDE CONTENTEDLY ON MICHELINS
Distributors:
A. GOEKE & CO. 4th Floor, China Building.
Depot
FIAT GARAGE
Tal, 27221. Tel, 24821.
MICHELAN
Carved through a mile of solid rock along the side of Mt. Carmel in Zion National Park, the Zion Park-Mt. Carmel high- way tunnel was opened officially, on July 4. Impressive cere monies attended the opening, which came when a pony express rider dashed up and presented the keys to the tunnel to an ocial, who in turn opened a huge padlock barring the west gate. The ceremonies were attended by about 6000 people. Two of the galleries opening from the tunnel are shown here.
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THE CHINA MOTOR SUPPLY CO.
28-28A, Des Voeux Road, Central. Telephone 21558.
Branch Office :-486 Yat Tak Road, Canton.
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Authorized Dealer:
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745, Nathan Road, Mongkok, Kowloos,
Hongkong.
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