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THE CHINA MAIL,

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1929.

NEW 1929 MODEL

B. S. A.

MOTOR CYCLES

HAVE" ARRIVED

THE MOTORISTS PAGE

DO NOT FAIL TO SEE THESE NEWLY DESIGNED MODELS BEFORE CHOOSING YOUR NEXT MOUNT

ABSOLUTELY THE VERY BEST

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NOW ON DISPLAY

THE FAMOUS F. N. FAVOR

GILLET D'ERSTAL

and

MONET & GOYON

MOTOR CYCLES

WITH OR WITHOUT SIDE-CAR.

ALL ACCESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS

IN STOCK.

EASY PAYMENTS CAN BE ARRANGED

AT

THE FRENCH MOTOR CYCLE CO. 46, Nathan Road, Kowloon.

BUYERS GUIDE

MOTOR CARS.

ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's

Road. C.4759.

BUICK-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 8$ Wong Nei Chung

Road, Happy Valley, C.1247. ·

CADILLAC Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. CHEVROLET.-Hougkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4769. CHRYSLER-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road, C. Tel. C.1219. HANOMAG.-Wal On Tseung, Ltd., 243 Des Voeux Road, C.

Tel. C. 711.

MORRIS.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C4758. OAKLAND,~~Lane, Crawford, Ltd.

OLDSMOBILE.-The Dragon, Motor Car Co., Ltd, 33. Wong Nel

Chung Road, Happy Valley. G.1247.

PACKARD.--The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.,.83 Wong Nei Chùng.

Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.

PONTIAC.--Lane, Crawford, Ltd.

ROLLS-ROYCE-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C4759, SINGER-Gilman & Co., 4a, Des Vœux Road Central.

STUDEBAKER,-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen'a Road. · C.4759.

VAUXHALL—Lane, Crawford, Ltd.

WHIPPET.—Gilman & Co., 4a, Des Vœux Rd., C. WILLYS-KNIGHT.—Gilman & Co., fa, Des Voeux Road Central,

MOTOR TRUCKS AND TRACTORS.

BROCKWAY MOTOR TRUCKS.-The Asiatic American Co. Tal

C. 244. CHEVROLET-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. 0.4759. FEDERAL TRUCKS-Kin Cheong Hong, 87, Connaught Road C.

Tel. C. 6.

G.M.C.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 83 Wong:Nel Chung Road,"

Happy Valley, C.1247..

GUY—A. Lung: & Co., 19, Queen's Rd., C., Tel. G. 1219. MORRIS.-Hongkong Hotal Garage, Queen's-Road, G4759. STUDEBAKER-Hongkong Hotel, Garage, Queen's Road." C.4759. WILLYS KNIGHT TRUCKS. Gilman & Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Rd. C.

MOTOR CYCLES.

B. S. A The Sincere Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Road. C.1057, NEW HUDSON A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road C." ~ Tel.

1219.....

RALEIGH A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road, C. Tel. 0. 1219. ROYAL ENFIELD-A Lang & Co. 19, Queen's Road C. 'Tel.: O'

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TYRES AND ACCESSORIES. ACCESSORIES.Hong Kong Hotel Garaga, Queen's Koad." CAT59, ACCESSORIES--The Duro Motor Co., Nathan Road, Kowloon, K.226. AUTO-TOTAL: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. Keller, "Korn & Co. Ltd”, 316-19, Connaught Road, Central.

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SPEED RECORDS -

STUDEBAKER APPLIES FOR

MORE!

PRESIDENT EIGHTS

SAN REMO RALLY

DETAILS OF TOURING COMPETITION

FIRST TO ARRIVE

Application for five new inter- First to arrive in the San Remo national speed records established [rally, a touring competition in in November by The President which the participants set out from Eight on the Atlantic City, Speed-distant points for this Italian sea. way has been made to the Inter-afde resort, was Major Urdareant, national Association of Recognized of the Roumanian Royal Guards, Automobile Clubs in Paris by The who drove a 520 model. Fiat from American Automobile Association Bucharest over the raia sodden roads for The Studebaker Corporation of of Hungary and Austria. The America.

noted actress, Miss Mimi Aylmer,

The new speed marks were made took first prize "In-the speed con- when two fully equipped stock test with a six cylinder Flat 620, President Eight Roadsters swept and another attraction at the San around-the-mile-and-a-half-speed Remo gahering was the presents bowl through rain and fog for 24 tion of a complete series of 1023 hours of continuous speed at model Fiats under the control of averaged in excess of 85 miles an the famous veteran race driver

Felke Namaro.” hour. One car maintained an average of 85.20 and the other Antahed at 85.08 miles per hour.

Out of the eleven Flat cars enter- ed in the Concours d'Elegance at Ferrara, Italy, eight of them' won first prizes in their respective classes, while the remaining thres were awarded second prizes. The event united all the leading Italian and American maken,

The President's performance es tablished twelve new American re- cords for fully equipped stock cars and gave Studebaker a clean sweep of every offelal record for fully equipped stock cars regardless of

At Turin, where a Concours power or price or type of car. d'Elegance was held in the presence The omelat certificate of perform-of the Duke of Genoa and the Duke ance prepared by the Contest of Ancona, first prizes for stock: Board of the American Automobile cars were won by Fiats ju three-out Association, which sanctioned and of the four classes provided. In supervised the run, awards Stude-addition, the Royal Automobila baker seven new distance records Club gold medal for the best group from 5 to 2,000 miles and five of cars with standard bodies and period records from 1 to 24 hours. three gold shields were captured by Fiata in face of Italian, French and American competition.

Five Asked For

:

The five new International re- The only Fiat entered in the cords which the International As- Dutch East Indies motor bus com- sociation of R.A.G. has been ask-petition secured first prize after ed to certify are for 2,000 miles, a magnificent run in which only 2,000, kilometres, 3.000 kilometres, two points were lost. The second 24 hours in miles per hour, and 24 hours in kilometres per hour. The average speeds established for thess periods follow:

2,000 kilometres-156.604 klo- metres per hour.

· 2,000 miles -86.29 miles per hour.

1.

9,000 kilometres-137.28 kilo- metres per hour.

24 hours-187.11 kilometres per

hour.

prize was awarded to a Chrysler. The route selected was unusually difficult and competition was keen.

PRICES TOO HIGH

WHY BRITISH CARS FAIL ABROAD

COLONIAL OPINION

"Nothing that has been display-

24 hours 85.20 miles per hour.ed at the Motor Show at Olympia Distinction is made between will have the effect of developing miles per hour and kilometres per the overseas market for the British hour because of the fact that the car." International Association, which is the governing body of world au- tomobile racing, lists and awards Automobile Engineering at the Cape

Cover performances

-This is the considered opinion of Mr. Duncan McMillan, Professor of

Town University, who was recently

COMFORT

Haven't you always wanted a car where the comfort of an arm chair was maintained mile after mile, throughout a day 4 rapid travel, over roads both good and bad t

In the New Oldsmobile Six there is room to stretch your legs, the seats are moulded to the form of your back. Springs _are_long_and wide and the hydraulie shock absorbers remove

even the small jars.

Here you have comfort and riding qualities built right into the car. They will not vary as you flash, care-free, past thou- sands and thousands of milestones:

Touring

.M$2,500.00

Roadster

M$2,500,00

Sedan (2-door)

M$2,600.00

Sedan (4-door)

.M$2,800.00

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

Telephone Central 1246 or 1247

33 WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY,

YOU CAN BUY A BIGGER CAR BUT NOT A BETTER ONE.

A CLEAN SWEEP

12 NEW RECORDS FOR PRESIDENT. 8

ANTI-SKID ROADS

HOW THEY ARE TREATED IN BRITAIN

world and international recogni tion to speed marks measured both on a visit to London, and who spent | by European and American tables a great deal of time at the Motor of distances.

Show,

"This higher price was claimed These new marka for which ap- In an interview with a "Dally to be justified by the superiority in plication is being made are in ad- Telegraph" representative, he said appearance, and the lasting qualities dition to the five world records that there was not the slightest of the British car over its competi and eight loternational records doubt that the exhibition this year tore, in regard to the lasting quali already awarded The President had been a splendid one from the ties of the British car, these have

Washington, D.C. Sir David Mike Watson, prestd- As a result of its sensational point of view of the English bean levelled up to euch en extent Announcement has been made by ing at the luncheon of the British 30,000 mile run made last summer motorist. The prices of the more that the advantage now is only a the American Automobile Associa-Road Tar Association at the Hotel at an average speed of more than expensive cars had been decreased, small one.

tion of twelve new records for fully Cecil, London, said that the gas and 68 miles per hour. The world and equipment, design, and fittings In external appearance the equipped stock cars established by coke oven industries produced two racorda cover distances from improved in all the cars which had American car now leads the world. The Studebaker President Eight million tons of tar annually from 10,000 to 30,000 miles and repre- been shown at Olympia." sent the higheat speed for those

He did not think, however, that though when it comes to the engine when it averaged 85.2 miles per coal. It was of incalculable, bervice distances made by any class of the British manufacturer deserved and transmission mechanism the hour for 24 hours on the Atlantic to the community and it could ren- the Asante de rester service if the authori British car has stil an advantage. Ofty Speedway, be car,stock or racing. The eight an equal amount of praise when one That being so, for equal accom- These marks, togather with the ties encouraged is fuller utilisa international records apply for considered the show from the stand-modation, comfort, and speed: the records recently established by The tion for roads. In these days of distances from, 3,000 to 80,000 point of the Dominion market. miles, and

"It may be that the British agent for the British car can de-President in travelling 80,000 miles alarming skidding fatalities the pro- mand a price, which is only slight In 26,826 minutes, give this car a tection of the road user was of vital made by any type of car in the manufacturer is content to providely higher than that. asked by his clean sweep of all American stock importance. A properly construct five to eight litre displacement a car for his home market," he said, rival salesman of Amerkan cars car records for speed and endurance ed British tarred road had proved

* and if this is the case, so long- clase,

as well as five world records and to be completely immune from this as he is protected by a 33 per cent:

eight International records, stated danger, and it was to be hoped that tariff, there will be little recessity

A. H. Means, of the A.A.A.

the authorities would recognise, this for him to make further efforts or Dirty plugs, plugs with weak in-⠀⠀ As in the case of the 30,000 mile fact. Much of the criticism direct changes in his policy. But if he sulators, dirty contact points, too run, The Presidents which took ed against tar had arisen from in- wants to regain any considerable low a float level, or too weak a mix-part in this latest test were certi- correct methods of application. proportion of the market which he ture, are all contributory factors to fed as stock models by the AAA. The whole of the materials neces- lost while helping his country dur-difficult starting. The platinum which authority also timed, checked sary for carrying out national high- ing the war, some radical change in points of the contact-breaker may and supervised the running of the ways schemes could be obtained in The role of the automobile in policy must be made betolly, dirty or badly adjusted.

erent.

the British Isles, and if our na- law enforcement was illustrated in No two authorities, I must ad-The rocking lever may not be work

The President Sport Roadsters tional resources in this respect were the United States recently when a mit, have the same ideas as to which ing freely on its abre bash, which engaged in the test started at 6.14 fully utilised additional employment Studebaker Commander aided of form this change should take. The would prevent the platinum points ciels of the Ilinola State Reforma; | resed

the from making contact. The fault pm. on November 11 and finished would be found for thousands of tory in the capture and speedy re-want

fish car more likely to le with the con- twenty four hours later. The men, and many British Industries

Becond car to dimish iloved fun | would be greatly benedited. «ler turn of two escaped prisoners, overse

ker- or distributor, rather

sverage of 85,082 miles per hour, the sparking plugs, for

sccording to AAIA. figure are no

Extremely unfavours conditions which track durin

·HELPED OFFICIALS

•COMMANDER "COPS" TWO PRISONERS

:-

The prisoners ware located. In fact 1- power, in the engi Trenton, Ohio, 482 miles from the wric the English horse-pos reformatory, which is located in is blained. " Pontiac, Illinois. Covering this Umkulfability of distance on one day's drive, the sign, wild officials secured, the prisoners and

The dimculty of obta

started the return journey. UPT SINAIS Due to the gang affliations ... of adma the prisoners, it was necessary to make the last

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trip from India 48 rapidly, as“! 210 miles of Ecovered in

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the 2044.8 miles hours, alapéed time

WHITE

The Chief of Police of Budapest has instructed his men, to deal more. strictly with motorists who have 4 the loud exhausts - and unnecessarily,

móley horna,IR

No fewer than 42 nations were

REP

cate the World. Motor

Congress held in Rome.