1927-09-03 — Page 10

BIG SALE

LADIES' RAIN COAT

WHITE SHOES

$5 Start $1.00

SUMMER HAT

$3.00

ALSO

Remarkable Reductions in all Departments.

YEE SANG FAT CO.

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GOOD LUCK

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... THE CHINA MAIL.

MOTORING SECTION

PETROL SUBSTITUTES

́INTERESTING FRENCH

"Autocar."

TRIAL.

MOTOR DEAL.

FISHERT BODY STOCK EXCHANGED.

Cleveland, June 25-Offer of General Motors to exchange Flaher Body Corporation stock for General Motors stock on the basis of two and one-half of the latter for one share of Fisher Body stock was approved here yesterday by stock- holders of the Fisher Body Corpora

tion of Ohio.

Accordingly, the Ohio corporation will formally pass into possession of General Motors on July 1.

Among the liquid fuel vehicles is a normal 1240 h.p. Darracq running on a 50 per cent, mixture of petrol and alcohol. Cosmoline, which is a mixture of petrol and napthaline, is being used on a Proof that France is tackling Rochet-Schneider light van and a Peugeot touring car. A Gobron the problem of developing nation touring car is consuming pure al substitutes for foreign petrol alcohol. A Citroen passenger car with commendable energy was has a liquid mixture of alcohol, benzole and naphthaline with an furnished when 27 vehicles of all injection of acetylene, and two types left the Place de la Con- other Citroens consume what is corde, Paris, for a three weeks' known as "national fuel" (petrol, demonstration in the south-east, alcohol and benzole), with an in- south, and south-west reports the Jection of acetylene from a bottle One of the most interesting

A small minority of 900 shares The first day's vehicles is a Citroen car, with a had held out against the offer, the run was from the capital to Heldt two-cylinder two-stroke remainder of the holders of the Fontainebleau and then to Troyes. Diesel type engine consuming gas total of 100,000 shares approving The event is not a competition, for oil. The engine is a high-speed the transfer some time no list of awards will be published; type running at 2,000 r.p.m., and Holders of 96 shares disapproved but the Automobile Club of

On the France is controlling it, and a mili- declared to give slightly more at yesterday's meeting," tary observer is aboard each power than the ordinary Citroen basis of 6200 a share for General vehicle, his principal duty being it has replaced. On the first day's Motors, Fisher Body holders are. to see that the announced. fuel is run it met with difficulties, but obtaining about $500 a share. The used to the exclusion of petrol. Succeeded in joining up with the present book value is around $210.

This transfer will leave. Yellow procession later. The substitutes for imported An 11-22 h.p. Chenard-Walcker only subsidiary of the great cor- Coach and Cab Company as the petrol can be divided into three salon is running on ketel, a com-poration not owned entirely. main classes: solids, gases, and plex fuel, which is really a dia liquids, the first mentioned being illation from wood pulp. represented by wood, wood char- coal, pent charcoal, and acetylene: running appeared to be perfectly satisfactory, for the car was the second. by compressed illuminating gas and methane speedy and emitted no smoke, but gas; and the third by a variety of the odour was intolerable and it liquids, comprising alcohol, ben- understood that all attempts to zole, mixtures of these with render the fuel odourless have

been a failure up to the present. naphthaline and acetylene, distil- lations from wood pulp, and heavy oils,

ago.

The PREPARING FOR A MOTORING

HOLIDAY.

A TRUE TEST OF RELIABILITY.

machine trial, organised by the The results of the six days stock

A.C.U., are always keenly awaited by the motor-cyclists, who rightly decide that this event provides a true test of reliability of the mo- dern motor-cycle.

One of the main factors contri-

buting towards an enjoyable motoring holiday is freedom from trouble. This applies in all cases, because even if a driver is an ex- pert at things mechanical, he will |not wish to spend his time putting his car in order, whilst if he is a himself in the hands of a strange novice the possibility of finding garage whilst on holiday is by no

means pleasing to contemplate.

For this reason, saya "The Light Car and Cyclecar," it is ad-

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1927:

DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

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(abbr) SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES

Start out by filling in the words of which you feel ransociably sure, These will give you a clue to other words crossing them, and they in turn to still others. À letter belongs in each white space, words starting at the numbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or both.

All the technical problems con- nected with the use of producer plants, employing wood or char coal, have been overcome, at any rate on lorries and other big capa- city vehicles. The necessary gas producer plants, however, are still rather bulky, and fitting them to

The stock machine trial is not invisable to make sure before set- an ordinary passenger car pre- any way a race or a freak trial, but ting out that the car is in tip-top sents some difficulties. Renault is purely a reliability test of stand-running order. There is no need

38-Nook can to dismantle it piecemeal, or even is running with a 14-15 h.p. model, ard machines, "just as you having a six-passenger open buy." The machines are selected to undertake anything in the na- manufacturers' stock by ture of an extensive overhaul, but body, and the gas producer plant from at the rear. The engine is abso- A.C.U. representatives, and are a little attention given during the lutely standard except for an in- therefore absolutely standard in week-end and evenings preceding crease of compression ratio. The every respect. This year the first the holiday will be well repaid. Berliet firm has an officia! closed five days' riding was over a course

MOTORING-CUM-CAMPING. car fitted with a loud-speaker for much more severe than the or- dinary motor-cyclist would encoun- addressing the public and atter, including many difficult hills, NEW SEASON GINGER the rear there is the very compact which severely tested brakes, en

Imbert gas producer. Another gines, gears, and chain parts. The car with a gas producer is a two- total distance covered was about seater Ford with a special cylin- 800 milles and a schedule speed of der head, having on its rear plat- 20 miles per hour was maintained forin a C.G.B. gas producer, throughout the trial.. burning granulated pent charcoal. Though cheap to produce, this fuel can only be found in certain districts, and, as a consequence; deducted for mechanical defects, carefully, a camping holiday offers and offer the buying public most

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The sixth-day was devoted to an exhaustive examination of machines by A.C.U. officials, and marks were

bad condition, Inefficient brakes, etc.

The possession of a small car obviates many of the problems which would otherwise beset the holiday-maker, but even so, one has to consider the questions of where to go, what attractions le at the journey's end, how much will it cost, and so forth. If fin- have to be considered

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many advantages.

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the inventor is carrying with him provision for nearly one thousand

A writer in "The Light Car and Four B.S.A. motor-bicycles, miles, some of this being in a selected from a stock of 250 by Cyclecar," who, with a friend, trunk at the back of the car, and A.C.U. officials, were entered, and spent three weeks' holiday under the rest in a Paris taxicab. When were awarded four gold medals and canvas last year, says that no he has used up this supply he will a team prize, losing no marks aither holiday has ever proved so com- buy ordinary charcoal at any for the trial or for condition at pletely enjoyable. An added at- baker's shop by the roadside. the conclusion of the trial contraction lay in the fact that on Another interesting applicationvincing proof of the efficiency and return it was found that expenses of a suction gas plant to a passen-absolute reliability of B.S.A. motor had not amounted to £20 al- ger vehicle is a seven-passenger bicycles. Standard gears were used together, this amount including Panhard and Levassor coach on on all four machines,

food, tent, petrol, oil and pocket the firm's 11-35 h.p. chassis. The

money. two units composing the plant are placed respectively to left and right of the driver's seat, in which position they do not limit the load carrying capacity.

HOW TO KNOW YOUR CAR.

HIGH-SPEED BUSES.

Some of the new motorbuses now

These buses possess unexpected Powers of acceleration when the drivers change down, and a driver trying to overtake one on top gear towards the crest of a hill may easily find himself in a difficulty if another vehicle is coming in the op- posite direction. For this reason It is safer to overtake in a lower gear, as this usually gives one ample speed to get ahead and "stalled" in a critical position. eliminates the possibility of being

Could you identify your car if it had been stolen and later recover- ed by the police? Most automobile being put on the road in the pro- Following the vehicles in a fast owners say they can, but the police vinces are very different from the prove time and time again they cumbersome vehicles which used to car on the first day's journey, one cannot. As a matter of fact most be met toiling up a rise on bottom was quickly convinced that all the car owners depend for identifica- gear, and motorists who wish to gas producer plants give results tion on some scratch on the body

pass one uphill would be well nd- equal to those obtainable from or some broken screw in the vised to do so in an intermediate liquid petrol, and that they were chassis. They do not stop to con gear, writes "Focus" in "The Light entirely free from objectionable sider that models in ten thousand Car and Cyclecar." odours.

lots are being turned out, that differ It was proved in England dur- very little from each other and that ing the war that motor vehicles by the time a thief has run a stolen can run on ordinary illuminating car through his "service station" it gears but the greatest incon- would puzzle the most careful venience was the volume of the owner to identify his car.

The only safe method of placing gas bag. The latest development identification marks on a car is to in France is to compress this gas place them all on major parts of in steel bottles, wire wrapped and the mechanism, such as stamping electro welded, by which means it punch marks on the various units is possible to reduce the weight and then rubbing them over with of the bottles from 24lb. per cubic grease until they are as nearly. In metre of gas atmospheric pres- distinguishable as discernible. sure to less than 10lb. Further Another clever idea is to bore a few instead of using town illuminating small holes a mere fraction of an gas, use is being made of inch into the framework at a given methane gas having 9,000 place carefully measured from a calories. Supplies of this gas are permanently located mark. Then carried on a big lorry, itself run-fill these holes with lead and smear painful spots. It is penetrating, starts ning on charcoal gas, and it is the spot well with grease. If there up the circulation which carries away

the congestion and comes a time when it is necessary further compressed into the wire to identify the car, it is a simple causes the pain. That is how it helps. bound bottles by a power plant matter to measure off the proper neuralgia, swollen, aching joints and rheumatic pains, lumbago, backache, designed for the purpose and distance, scrape a little lead off and muscles. Bold and recommended every- carried on the lorry.

prove ownership of the car

where.

CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM EASES PAIN,

Rub Chamberlain's Fain Balm on the

BRINGING UP FATHER.

pressure

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(The solution of the phove cross-word puzzle will appear in Monday's issue along with a new croza-word puzzle.)

The use of materials of excep- tional durability, exacting skill and close supervision, careful in- spection of work in process, con- stant.care in assembly, combined with vast production facilities, en- able Graham Brothers to build

exceptional value in the truck world. Small wonder that a user continues to place order after order

for Graham Brothers' trucks when he finds that this speedy, economical and depend- able truck is justly entitled to a fair share of the credit for the satisfactory delivery system.

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