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1928

ESSEX COUPE

H.K.$2,500.00

Completely Equipped.

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Tel. C. 6.

MONET-GOYON

NEW SHIPMENTS OF THE LATEST MODELS ARE EXPECTED AT AN EARLY DATE.

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THE FRENCH MOTOR CYCLE CO. 10, Nathan Road, Kowloon. Ad

Great Moments In The Lives of Motorists No. 2

of a series of 5

'ATTER you've made a

A hundred miles or no of

■ Ava hundred mile trip and you're startled from your pleasure by a loud report from that left rear ties you thought might get you theɛn and you've replaced it with your only spare and have made up your mind then and there that you will, hare, more and better service from your next tires and you reach the best town and see the familiar blue, and white sign that says Bilder Scien- tifically. Correct: Tires","and" you boy, ontracts_ycaq”li - always thank us for telling you the good news that spade you do it.

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SHOW ROOM: 19, Queen' Bond C.

THE CHINA MAIL,

THROUGH AFRICA, Prosperity is evident everywhare.

A 7,000-MILE MOTOR HIGHWAY.

FASCINATING JOURNEY."

Local industries abound. Soon, the motorist passes the Paart-86 miles west, 49 miles via Stellenbosch-the oldent Dutch settlement da South Africa, laid by Commander Vander Stel in 1891. Here wonderful "old. houses and gardens still abound and great oaks and rippling water The Union of South Africa, of courses make the streets and travel- which Johannesburg is the bustlingling pleasant. Frult is scen in centre of the greatest gold mining abundance, yet everything is very field in the world, known as "the quiet and peaceful and no hustle of Witwaters, is a federation of four business. It is just a spot where spacious colonies, aparacly populat-Washington Irving might have ed, and a land where distanco in dreamt and where a South African regarded of such small importance Rip Van Winkle could awake to find that the executive capital, Pretoria, comparatively few modern innova-. and the legislative capital, Cape-tions to surprise him.

town, lle just a thousand miles Via Eerato River and Bellville apart. It will be therefore under-another 12 miles lands the car in stood that motor transport has be- Capetown, passing through the come particularly essential to mo- suburbs of Woodstock, Salt River dern conditions of life.

and Maitland. Great mountains

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The journey from Pretoria and appear to the traveller rising from Johannesburg to Capetown has been the south, aplendid old trees, abun- frequently described, and the road, dont vegetation and flowers, then which runs comparatively close to comes into view a rock barrior 4,000 the railway, offers very few diff-feet high overhanging the grand old culties. Leaving by car southwardmother city of the Cape-which and passing easily through the nestles on its slopes in incompar grent chain of giant mines and able beauty of colourings, an un- mountains of tailings which stretch forgettable first impression, whe along the famous reef for nearly 40 ther seen from the hinterland miles east and west of the golden from the ocean! city, the country throughout is The Cape Peninsula is already ngrecable in its character.

known as the motorists' paradise. Right up to the Vaal River many No'motorist will cavil at the claim beautiful farms and fruit planta-once he has tasted the joys of tions are passed. The great col-spinning along its hard roads, Heries at Vereeniging lining both which are graded with such con- sides of the Vaal River which is summate skill and so finely sur- crossed by an excellent bridge, bring faced. There are hundreds of the tourist into the Orange Free miles of them, through lovely rural State Province. Going through woodland and rugged coastal scen- Kronstad, Heilbron and Winburg,ery, thus making the natural the road is good right up to the beauties of the Cape accessible to capital, Bloemfontein, a well laidall, whether the motorist or the out city. Southwards again, the tourist who prefers to take his true South African flat buah cover-pleasures on the lift of his own ed country, is entered with typical gaft rather than on the top gear of flat topped bills on each side.

an auto.

Here may still be seen herds of One is called the Victorin-road, thousands of springboks, the grace- and for the grandeur of the scenery ful gazelle of the south, roaming it opens out there is probably no the veldt and, presenting a really motor road in the world that can |beautiful sight as they propel them-compare with it. Not only does it selves high into the air with 50-foot climb to heights where mountains jumps at one time. From Bloem-link to mountains, spreading out fontela a good road takes us west-glorious panoramas and unexpected ward right across the Orange Free vintas twixt wood and crag, but it State Province.toward. Kimberley. skirts the cliffs. at dizzy heights Soon we

pass Paardebergo, the above the sea, touching points of scene of the heroic surrender of old vantage which give commanding General Cronje in the Boar War, views of the coastline with its early in 1900, after resisting a Bri- numerous bays and inlets edged tish army of 100,000 men and a with, the embroidery of white that ferce bombardment of 500- cannon-old-Neptune is over weaving on hie under Lord Roberts and Kitchener loom of rock and shingle. As the for weeka with 4,000 burghers in road.winds and élimbs and descends trenches dug out of the banks of the view is ever changing with the Modder River.

kalaiduncupic-variety and chari.

A few hours from here the tour-From Sea Point to Camps Bay, int reaches Kimberley, the Diamond skirting the Lion's Head and Table City and headquarters of the great

Mountain with its spurs, the gaunt ав the De

Beera Mines, where Cecil mountain range known

Twelve Apostles," towering right above the road, alluring scenes fol- low one another in fascinating and unexpected spectacular colourful, surprises in brilliant sunshine and bluest of skies!

|NEW STUDEBAKERS: Rhodes made his first fortune and

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planned gigantic projects to bring British influence right up to the Nile delta, in much of which he succeeded before he died, twenty five years ago.

Kimberley and its diamond mines|

It is significant that every one of Studebaker's four lines of cars has

Right across the peninsula to taken a part in establishing new performance records. The Pre are well worth a few days visit, Simontown and Cape Point-the sident Eight holds all American but the call to reach "Cape Beau-true Cape of Good Hope-where the traveller can overlook the great

speed and endurance records fortiful" is insistent and soon we pass wide expanse of the South Atlantic

again southwards into the great

fully-equipped stock closed from 8 to 2,000 miles and from 1 to Karoo of the Northern Cape Pray with its foaming, breakers nearly 24 hours; The Commander travel-nce. Leaving De Aar railway one thousand feet below or by the led 26,000 miles in less than 23,000 Junction in a sandy waste more at-circular road round the Table Moun- tractive country is entered in the tain via Constantia and the un- minutes-nothing else has ever travelled so far so fast; The Direc-Victoria West district, where mil. equalled beauties of its valleys past tor holds 28 records for fully llons of sheep are a highly profit Groote Schürr, the Union Prime equipped stock cars in its price able investment in these days. The Minister's home bequeathed to the class; and the Erskine Six, 11 scenery changes rapidly and to country by Cecil Rhodes—a won- derful experience for all privileged records for fully equipped stock ever increasing advantage.

to see this beauty spot of Southern cars in its price class.

Africa. It is asserted that no other

At Beauford West, 40 miles from Capetown, really charming, coun- With the introduction of its new line of cars, it is safe to say that is entered. It is an ideal land

for the farmer, and Studebaker will continue, to xxxup famed for its orchards. From here particularly! a front-rank position in popularity to Matjesfontein the read is excel- BRITISH CARS IN AUSTRALIA. Lent. Now the traveller comes into one of the finest scanie portions of granges with shader a the whole journey. Passing Sir Granville Ryrie, the High Coni-|

the through missioner for ·Australia,: In Great

Hex River Valley, Britain, has, in view of certain where excellent roads are the order misapprehensions occasioned by a of the day, overhung by the ap- reference made by him at a recent parently insuperable barrier of the Hex River Mountains-often snow function to British cars in regard

place compares with the Cape Pen- insula in scenery, verdure and tra- ditions combined.

Nowhere in all the world is such a motor trip offered as this great Cape-to-Cairo highway.

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NEW BRITISH CAR. “HADFIELD” ENTERS THE AUTO WORLD:

The name of Hadfield, of Shef- to Australia, taken an early oppor-capped we face the real buttresses funity of fasuing a statement far of the great African Karoo table-field steel fame, has been given landa to the coastal halt. Within to a 75-mile-an-hour sports model publication, setting such misunder standings at rest. In it he urges 30 miles of Worcesters the next produced by Bean Cars, Ltd., Tip- ton, England, which is under the stopping place, an altitude of over

Australians to give British ca 3,000 feet is reached. Tunnels, /control of the firm, of which Sir

South Africh

every possible preference, emphasia- ing that. from his later experience; embankments, stoep gradiate and Robert Hadfield is headi their splendid workmanship and sharp curves have specialfully the car has been built in re- sponse to representations from economy in running considerably come all transport difficulties overseas countries where the offset any, small, dieadvantages that by rai and road. The scenery here lively performance of the 14/45 may be felt in the Australian "Back is one of the acknowledged sights of horse-power touring model led users to believe that it would Country The High Commissioner states his Intention of using British On to the sea the road leads, lend itself to "hotting up." cars exclusively in future and calls Worcester 109 miles from Cape Speed is combined with safety attention to the difficulties that con- town, is one

one of the most famous equipment including splinterless front, British Manufacturers in Cape fruit growing centres, the al- glass. Dewandre servo four-wheel catering for two types of market, Litude being under 800 feet. Ceres, brakes and headlights that give a especially owing to the horse-power with the rugged Mitchell's Pass in 200-yard beám, p

Lax in Great Britain, and urges that its vicinity, another time example of Two types of bodywork are the, people in the Dominions should the road engineer's work, then on to fitted a light fabric saloon and appreciate the special efforts now Tulbagh, a beautiful old Dutch vil- a smart fabric open body, both equipped with pneumatic uphol put, forward by, British car makers lage altuated in an alluvial valley; ater. All essential parts are to meet (thelk, requirements. He the home of the diest Cape wild with Hadfield's Steel and gives it as his definite opinion that lower fringed by mountains on the tyres, on wire wheels, are re- the motoring public, in Australia, the slopes of which famous vins inforced Dunlop cords. ad have been educated thiefly upon cars yards are flourishing Another The chassis weighs 16 cwt.; short. 30-mile run to Wellington-ground clearance is nine inches, of other than British man awing to the ability of the

now under da miles from Cape Town with clean design., underneath;|

ituated the foot of the Drak, and the track four feet, eight |enstein' Mountains, with · Its pic-inches, O

turesque pas named, Bayr Kloof. The chassis will be known as Here the unending attractions of the "Hadfield” Bean 14/70 sports ape beaufital,” as the penin-i model." "The 14/45 horsepower sula is known, can be frat realli modol conflaues to be made, se

tirers of such cara ta ester

sively for the Commonwealth?

| ke?" -"with" their vehicles

the immediate post

Maniacturer

Ing under unprecedented

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1928.

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