MOTORING
SUPPLEMENT
OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY 12th DECEMBER, 1931.
Being The Official Organ of
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
STORAGE BATTERIES
for maximum Power and Life suitable for all typea of motor cars, trucks. radios, &c. can be had either dried or fully charg ed with acid for immediate
use.
All at reasonable prices.
The Hongkong Motor Accessory Co.
Bank of Canton Building, 1st floor. Kowloon Branch: 440 Nathan Rond.
FOR ALL CLASSES
OF
MOTOR Insurance
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China Underwriters, Ltd.
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GEARLESS OMNIBUS.
Smooth-Running and Silent.
Thes Kenriess motor-omnlbos bas arrived. It created a sense- tion among visitors to the Com mercint Transport Show a1 Olympia. W., recently,
This surprising vehicle is built by Leylanda, win for two years have been experimenting with devices auch as self-changing wars and fuld fly-wheels,
I was a passenger with others, pays it correspondent, on a trial run in the omnibus through Lah. non's busiest thoroughfares. The pute included a number of steep inclines, and the driver purposely allowed his vehicle to run back- wards. Then he just touched the Accelerator pedal and brought the ommuibus to a stop, but without the slightest jolting. A further depression of the pedal and we were moving forward amoothly.
ever но
Each movement was noiseless. there was a complete absence af | jolting, and the operations for the driver were effortless, fle hnd no clutch to operate, no gears to change, only one simple move- ment of a lever.
We were held up in traffic. The driver braked and pushed his lever forward. When the trame was released he simply accelerat- d. pulled back the lever, and once more we gathered speed.
CAR COLOURS.
A Bright Future is Predicted.
EXPERTS VIEW.
Detroit, Oct. 28.
i
CANADA'S WONDERFUL
MOTORING TOURS.
PURT ARTHUR
HEARST
SCHREIBER
LAKE SUPERIOR
NORTH BAT
BAULT
STE MARIE
PEMBROKE
What tourists see on Cana da's mout northerly highway. At top a typical centre of civiliza- tion near Timagami. Right, below, a cut through the bush. At left, nip shows the route to
be finished.
virgin bush.
That
to com-
Toronto, Ont., Oct. 28. now at work to establish the best pinces it is bottomless. Tourists with ambitions to see route through this uninhabited re-monus plenty of filling. the untouched wildernes, will wend gion.
How long it will take. their way to Ontario and strike! Building this rond has its diffi-plete the road in northern Оп 1th to the regions above Lake!culties. Close grown trees of all tarly highway officials cannot any. Superior where the last sections sizes have to be felled. The brush In depends largely on what type of the trans-Canada motor high-has to be burned and kept under of workmen the unemployed wil! Colour is to run rampant over they are now being cut out of the control lest it start a forest are make and on unknown conditions which will sweep through the in-of winter construction, Oficials automobiles of the Hear future, spinsh over the fenders and make
that to build a 500-mile they will sen hush and lake der-dry bush. Aeroplanes ily over- Suy
life of head as the scrub is being burned stretch of first-class gravel motor cara much more the creations of rock, while the wild
highway from the virgin bush in bright hues than the orthodox the district will scurry across the to rush aid if a fire starts.
a task on which a time estimate black which has so long ruled. Such rou Indians, prospectors and With the trees down, the
cannot readily he made. a fow section hands are the only sturtajes is the gist of opinions expressed inhabitants of this region.
have to 1 dynamited.
The Dominion and Ontario gov by automotive paint experts here.
Test neats a sick and a half of
eimments are making 325,000,000 For n Discussion of improved automo-
number of years agits dynamite under each of 20
each available for the project this bile finishes has brought to light
tion has been traer in Camal stumps, the whole ganged to-
year. -Cannban highwaygether, and exploded at one time rust-resistant fender enamel.which, will
The northern route is expeted the continent.by remote control. Then starts the to bring in more tourists. Built lacquer with better chalk-resis Gradually ing praporities and increased
provinces have work of grubbing out the roots, sistance of colour finishes to chip-at their boundaries.
built highways and joined them dynamiting the rock and levelling primarily for this purpose, it is
lso the surface.
expected to hels open ping from stones thrown up by
country. From the winding valleys of tyres.
Good fishing and hunting in up- the maritime provinces with the
touched waters and practically untramped bush will be another
re-
For
20
the
the
Unusual Difficulties.
11 some cases the going will
the
DEC: 10. Ex "EMPRESS OF RUSSIA"
THE 1932
HARLEYS
A NEW MOUNT FOR X'MAS.
DEMONSTRATIONS GLADLY GIVEN
MOTOR CAR OVERHAULING
Bring your car in and we'll soon tell you what has to be done, and we'll prove by our estimato that our prices are as honest as our workmanship. Your job will be supervised by ("Gan") Gascon.
THE GASCON MOTOR CO.
2, Kwong Wan Road.
Tol. 66342
Kowloon,
SIMONIZ
TRADE MARK REG, U.S, PAT. OFI
Keeps
CARS BEAUTIFUL
FOR
YEARS
That's because of the mighty protection Simonis provides the Ginish. Simonis resolutely resista wear and tear. The finish lante Koury in take your on
Konk longer. Colors are kept from & uric again wich Binnenale fading. And it's no work to keep
that sindy protection. your car always spotlessly clean. ■ Bassonia today!
THE SIMONIZ COMPANY CHICAGO, U, S. A
Obtainable from all Dealers-
A decrease in the cost of pro-Atlantic ocean on one side ducing these finishes will enable the rond winds through picturesque not be so easy. Muskeg is rotted incentive and the wild, rugged HONGKONG MOTOR ACCESSORY CO.
It strikes through industrial vegetation in process of decomposeenery will have the lure
You sink far into it. In the camera tourist.
Gaspe into French-Canadian Que-
finishing of bodies and chassis with greater case and in more colours, bec. it is suid.
A few stretches in northern On-l
As a result of these improve-by the virgin bush which is today Ontario, goes north and is blocked ments, designers are already direct as it was when the first explorers ing their attention to the possi- bility of having coloured fenders aaw it. and, therefore, producing a more tarko striking automobile than has met the eyes of buyers heretofore.
The coloured finishes on the fen- ders will be as durable, they any as the enamel now being applied.
GROWING TRADE.
British Cars in South Africa.
In a report on economic condi- tions in South Africn
Commis-
are uncounted, and the
ext stage is at the Ontario-Mani- the prairies to the Rocky Moun toba boundary. From here across tains and by a varied system of mountain highways
the roud slopes down to Vancouver and the shores of the Pacifle.
To Help Unemployed. All these sections now co-ordi-i
Tho nate or practically do no. finishing touches are being added. The great gap in northern On- tario has at last been tackled_az|
of the Dominion
Elmalle, H. M. Trudo Mpart of the unemployment relief
sioner in South Africa, atates that
the outstanding feature is
the
Along the Ottawa river lies:
welcome increase in the percentage Pembroke.
Here the start was
of import trade enjoyed by the nude this year, and the old road United Kingdom in 1930 and main which leads to North Bay is being tained throughout the first quarter improved and now sections added
to cut the distance between
citics. Twenty-five campai
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ABBOULATION
of
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Bellable Drivers Supplied
Free Mechanical Advice
Roduced barbour transport Charges Associate Membership of she
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1931. Unfortunately, this is not due two
the
to definito gain over competitors, with about 100 men in each have but to heavier fall in the value been established to complete the
of
supplied in classes not normal road over this section.
Foreign
by Britain.
From the western part of On competition has not altered greatly in character
turio
been mapped A road has Or from Kenora via Port'Arthur and extent, except in the
of Fort William to Schreiber on the of Lake Superior.
casc
Japan, which has greatly in-north shore
creased her trade in both volume Thirty-six camps will be occupied | and range, and is now supplying on this stretch with 100 in each.
an increasing variety of goods of
a quality which appears to suit
the market's requirements and at
Choice of Two Routes. From Schreiber east the rond is
Sault Ste.
prices which no European country s yet unplanned. It may follow
to Lake Superior
appears to be able to approach.
In the heavy declino in the Marie, or it may go north to join import of motor-cars, while the the highway completed as far as American imports fall off 64 per
Hearst. Pothaps both sections Burveyors, engl- cent those from the United will be built Kingdom fell only 10 per cont
neers and aorial photographers are
sition.
THIS WEEK'S LUCKY MOTORIST.
As announced in our last Motor Supplement, Tho Texas Company (China), Ltd., is taking periodical snapshots of local automobiles, and each week a picture, will appour on this page. The owner of the car receives a supply of "Toxado" motor oil upen application to the Company's office.
tor
Sole Distributors: Bank of Canton Building:-
GARDNER
ENGINES
FOR ALL PURPOSES.
Dodwell & Co., Ltd.
Hongkong (Agents) Shanghai
Our Policy includes:-
Expert European advice and assistance, Supervision during erection, Training customers' engineers. Overhauls and Surveys. Maintenance Contracts and General Service. Spares carried.