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All Departments.

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THE CHINA MAIL,

MOTORING SECTION

SIX-WHEELED TROLLET BUS.

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A Substitute for the Tramcar.

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ALL COLOURS.

Beauty.

Red, blue, green.

White, grey, orange.

The coming of the trolley-bus. has buen a serious blow to the tramway Bystems of the country, and if it were not that so many millions have Brown, fawn, purple, been sunk in permanent-way (now

This is not a description of, a impossible economically to main- bain', in rolling stock (now notice watery rainbow or of a flapper's ably out of date in comparison with Summer frock, but just a few of the modern motorbus, with all sents the colours that flash and dance upholstered) and In sheds snd under the electric lights at the equipment the tramway system Motor Show, says the "Sydney would quickly be driven out exie-Sun."

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tance by the motorbus and the trol-- Years ago the car was dull and ley-bus. For with an adequate sombre. To-day it is a thing of number of vehicles, with the deve-beauty.

ing a larger seating capacity, the

MOTOR CAR INSURANCE,

A Straightforward and Non-evasiva

.Policy.

"The Motor" gives a summary of a series of reviews of a number of motor car insurance policies, and as a result of its analyses of the various documents endeavours to surance should be when shorn of indicate the ideal of what motor in- needless ambiguities. In this res pect, remarks our contemporary. the insured should cartainly be able to understand his policy and should be in no doubt as to whether or This doubt not he is fully covered. too often exists to-day if the In- sured manages in some degree to

ditions..

lopment of six-wheeled vehicles gly Now, besides being serviceable,master the intricacies of prospec bus will says "The Commercial it must be attractive. Something tus proposal form, policy and con- One outcome of our investigations. Motor," as easily deal with the that will take the eye, & colour heavy peak-load traffic as officiently that will last and looks always has been. that "The Motor has re- as the tramcar, with this great ad fresh and above all, it must suitceived from certain companies an

assurance that it is not their inten vantage: that the breakdown of a the taste of m'lady: bus will not, as is constantly hap Flappers rub daintily gloved Ition or their policy to interpret con- pening in the case tramcars on hands over the flashing woodwork ditions harshly, but that they always Home aytsems, dislocate the traffic and go into raptures. The undeavour to meet their clients in for long perioda. In London the matron mentally calculates what an equitable manner, and that the tramcar has the most unfortunate frocks she has, and intends to buy insured has the safeguard of the arbitration clause. That may be, knack of getting into trouble just at the hour of the peak load, and incon-10 that the colour scheme will but where there is ambiguity there venience and loss of time to passen-blend perfectly with her dress will always be doubt and suspicion; gers and would-be passengers are but the men. Well even if it. and there is bound to be the idea Is hard to bell vè, the colour of that the ambiguity chat lurks in so very great at times.

The trolley-bus, however, to get to the car nowadays is just as ime many insurance documents is there' as the engine for a purpose, and that it is not in our main point. looks like driving portant to them

the interests of the insured. another nail into the coffin of the underneath the bonnet.

As to the arbitration safeguard, tramway system, for, thanks to

Creams Now.

we were promped to make our in- Wolverhampton's enterprise, the

who attended last quiries because of cases in which use of six wheels is permitting the use of pneumatic tyres, thus vastly year's Show, and who now visits the courts were appealed to when increasing riding comfort is en- this one, will see the wonderful the arbitrators had given decisions abling the service to run to the full strides that have been made in in favour of the insured.

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motorists a fair bargain without any fear of being imposed upon in any

NEW SEASON GINGER eu timit of speed instead of at 9 the colour scheme of the cars, Alieve that, given the will to do it.

miles an hour, which is the aver-short while ago there was a ten- Insurance concerns age speed of a tramcar: is enabling dency to make blue the favourite ulurger number of passengers to be accommodated and is thus work-colour, but now this is. gradually way, and that an ideal policy can ing on a profitable basis of a fare being supplanted by tones of be drawn up which will be straight- which is but a fraction over 1d.cream

One car that has attracted a per passenger-mile.

good deal of attention is a low set

Most reliable, good strong colour, mellow and well preserved.

The China Ginger Preserving Co., Ltd.

No. 16, Bonham Strand, East

Telephone C. 989

Hong Kong's Artistic Photographers

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You

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ENGINE KNOCK.

How It Happens.

in

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forward and non-evasive terms and equitable to both insured and insurer,

SOME BRITISH EXPORT FIGURES.

1925

1920

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SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1927.

DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

(This gross-soord puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers, dra warned to lookout for, neeastonal phonatis spellings, such an harbor, plow; and altăm)

HORIZONTAL.

-To throw lightly

Design 9-Salmon.colored:

10-PMID 12-Crop 13-Thick porda". 15-Balsa hair 17-Meavenwardı 18-Vim. (slang) ..

10-Not any 20-8tito 22-Feet-lover 24-Part time '26-Followed up 27-8bcuted 29-Obtained 30-Chum

31-Catonword!

34 Exerolaing authority

In another' place, 37-A shade of brown

38-A cultor

40-Thou

41-Alaya

©THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE,

HORIZONTAL" (Cont.) 42-Chart 18-Upon 144-80joit

|46-Town from which Columbus railed' 148-Tǝ plads, out

49-Mad 61-Destroys 83-Obtains 34.To.watch

VERTICAL

1-Haul

-Conjunction

3-Sone of the Ameri. oan. Revolution (abbr):

4-Slanted

B-Pay in advanos

6-The (Spanish)

7-By

Fresh

Antio

11-Beerch

"[12-To be obliged

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VERTICAL (Cont.) 14-Buffix meaning

"Hooted"

16-Expallant 121-Whauledi vakiola 1292-Part of a flower 12-One Mated: with a

drdadı diasMIA,-" 24-Narrow pasengaway 28-Projection on a

wheel

28-To fall behind.. 91-Plerge

32-A single hanizontal

thickness:

33-Homeless wanderera 34-An account 35-Retired' plona 36-Melody

19%-Value: (abur.)

[43-Ta illences by fores 14-An exagvation. 147-Tor antreat

148-Insh

50-Exist

32-within 12

SUGJESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES

Stan out by filling in the words of which you feel masonably sure Twin give you a clue to other words crossing them,, andi they incurs "to, mul others. A. latter belongs in each white space, words; starting at ti

Tered aquaros, and running alther horizontally or vertically on holi

07he solution of the above cross-word puzzle will appear in Monday's issue along with a new cross-word puzzla.)

RECALLED BY WIRELESS."

Another instance of the value of Wireless is reported by the Auto- mobile Association.

A member of the Automobile As- 199,452 220,858 sociation recently left Great Britain £948,580 1986.570 for a motoring tour on the Con- after leaving 51.618,584 £1,418,688 tinent. Two days

home the member's parenta were Motor Cycles..

First nine months

1926 35.405

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taken seriously 11, but in view of the fact that no Continental address 28,860 had been given, it was impossible) £1,481.208 £1.457.185 to get, into touch with the member'

$779,496

2659,660 by_correspondence, Total Values.. Cycles.

1926 42,385,268

1925

$2.462.144

Motor Cycles:

The use of six-wheeled vehicles for motorbus and trolley-bus work limousine. Of a glorious' Saxe is bold, but it is being Justified by blue, it is like an oasis in a desert results, and one Hatena with a sym among the quieter colours which pathetic ear to those who talk about surround it. Certainly it is one of eighs wheels as the subject of anthe beauties of the exhibits, and is In spite of general Industrial early experiment in passenger road continually surrounded by an ad-difficulties the export of British transport..

miring crowd.

cycles and motor cycles and cycle. But what is one of the finest and motor eyele components still pieces of workmanship is the per-continues in considerable propor- ffect blending of colours on many tions.

1928 prices are alightly below of the cars. For instance; one car A rich mixture or the burning of will have a lighter blue on the top 1925. which thua accounts for a the lubricating oil will leave a de- of the bonnet, which also stretches amall reduction in total value of posit of carbon on the piston head a few inches deep along the whole trade for the first nine months of and combustion chamber. The in-body, and underneath this is an- 1928 as compared with the corres-; terse heat of the explosions will other blue a shade darker. Then ponding period in 1925.

These figures are as follows:- beat this, and often it will remain a gold stripe, not more than half

Cycles. glowing until the auction and com- an inch thick, will encircle the car.

First nine months pression strokes, exploding the mix-Naturally this makes both a very

No... This ture before the proper time.

attractive and effective picture.

Value causes a knock.

is followed in The same idea

Parts If the points of the sparking plug are too thin and fine they will get greys and greens, while here and hot enough to glow in the same there a two-tone red will meet the manner, and in such a case spark-eye. Green is a very hard colour N ing plugs with heavier points should to match, but one beautiful two-alus be used.

seater car has had many an en- Parte If the water circulation stops, vious eye thrown in its. direction. or if the air cooling is not effective. Between an emerald and a very the cylinder walls will get hot light green. it is a magnificent enough to ignite the charge, in piece of workmanship, and it which case the engine will continue would be a very proud owner that to run after the ignition has been would drive this car along the cut off. The remedy. for this, of

street, course is to make sure that the en-

Six Colours. gine is properly cooled.

Although it is hard to believe, Most of the common engine noises and knocks are, caused by either one of the prettiest models at the poor tappet adjustment,

At the height of last Summer I worn ground is a five-seater which has valve stem guide, play in push rod no fewer than six different decided. writea "Focus" In "The Cyelecar." that. guide, a loose piston or worn cylin- colours. Naturally all the colours Light Car and der, cr loose cylinder nuts, Any of blend perfectly, but it must have motoring on main roads within a these will cause the engine to taken many hours of work and 50-mile radius of London was not vetv pleasant. owing to the extra- knock, and they should be remedied worry to get such a fine scheme.

ordinary congestion and the risk immediately to prevent further com- Then there is a wonderful

To test for a knock place the in-limousine which is acknowledged of becoming a victim of the "cut- ger on edge of the bearing and con- as the biggest car in the Show. back I realize that I was needlessly pecting rod-have some one slightly It, too, has colours that would pessimistic-I had forgotten the rock engine, with switch off the suit m'lady's evening dress, but Winter. On a recent Sunday run looseness, if any, will be felt. in this case the man would forget northward from London. In spite of ll the attractions of a Spring-like First examine the valves. Nolsas about the colours and delve into from worn valve stems, push rods, the more intricate" and technical day, the road was practically de- Rarted. The sun shone, the air was of guides are usually caused by too points of the car.

and at every much space between the end of the

A new invention that should ke champagne, valves and the rods, and is usually please portly drivers is one of theme on, his face wreathed in smiles. "busy" cross-road the patrol waved the cause of most clicking noises. features. It is an adjustable This surely proves that a lot of Gudgeon pin knocks can be test-steering wheel, and can be fixed motorista do „Jav un their cars. ed as follows:-On some engines it

for the Winter. and that quite a is possible to reach the piston or at any required position-short or Fudgeon pin. Place your finger on long rodas it has an extension at more are ignorant of the joys of it and the bush bearings, and have of a little over a foot. In addition | Winter motoring. What a contrast some one rock the engine slowly to this the wheel ls of such an by the way with the conditions with the crank; then "feel" for the enormous size that a driver canwhich are popularly believed to rule looseness.

lean back and enjoy every com- in other parts of the world. "If the gudgeon pin cannot be fort of a trip.

plications.

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1.925 £2,210,702:

1926

£2,110,841

MOTORING IN THE WINTER

ting-in" fiend. but when looking!

reached here is another plan: while Another thing that should anndry as the "Daddy of the engine is running, short circuit please the man who is rather wary Road."

spark plugs, one cylinder at the of soiling his hands is the fact Leave this car and walk along time, to cause it to miss while en-that there is not a single portion to, the exits. As you enter the gine is running slow or idle. When doing this, if the platon pin is loose of the engine exposed to the dust, sunshine or the night you are still there will be a noticeable knock the whole of it being covered by dazzled by the riot of colour that The surest method is to remove the aluminiurn. Even the carburettor you have been amongst. You are pleton and connection rod and test has a covering. No wonder this in a whirl. of colour for hours on the bench.

car is acknowledged by all and after.

[AS I JUST TOLD YOU- JUST TAP JUDGE

BLOT WITH A BRICK-NO. VIOLENCE JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP HIM OUT OF THE WAY UNTIL TM. APPOINTED TRAVELIN' AMBASSADOR- DO YOU

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IN SETS, SINGLE, PACKETS, BAGS AND IN APPROVAL SHEETS,

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THE FIRST THING IN THE MORNIN'

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Head Office:—TIENTSIN;

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