1929-05-23 — Page 13

THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1929.

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350 c.c. 1st on M & G. M.A.G. engine.

500 c.c. 1st on M.A.G. engine.

750 c.c. 1st on M.A.G. engine.

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350 cc. 1st on M & G. M.A.G. engine.

600 c.c. Ist on M.A.G. engine.

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FINISH

CAR LICENCES

contended that the enactment was not clearly worded.

The Magistrate, in acquitting

RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROPER defendant, remarked that it was

DISPLAY

Ipoh, Mat 3.

An interesting case under the new Vehicles' Enactment came up for hearing in the local court, when Mr. S. H. Lewis, a solicitor with

rather doubtful if Mr. Lewis was liable. The wording of the rule did not show clearly who was respon- sible for the proper display of the car licence.

Massrs. Adams and Allan, was 105,000 Motor Prosecutions charged with failing to have his In the six months ended last motor-car licence exhibited accord- December there were 105,050 pro- ing to Rule 6 of the Vehicles secutions against motorists in Eng- Ensetment.

land and Wales. Of these 9,910 It appeared that Mr. Lewis was were for exceeding the speed Umit. not present when the car was Fines amounting to £97,603 were examined and, therefore, according imposed for -88,549 motoring to law was not liable. There was offences. These statistics ere nothing in the enactment to throw given by Sir William Joynson-Hicks upon him liability. It was also in Parlamentary papers.

CAR MARKETS

INVASION OF EUROPE BY AMERICA

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THE CHINA

FIGHT FOR SUPREMACY -

In the article printed below, the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail" shows that the fight for all the motor-car markets of Europe on which Mr. Henry Ford and Mr. Alfred Sloan, president of General Motors, are believed to be embarking, is regarded as an invasion of Europe by the en- tire United States motor-car in- dustry.

MAIL,

Mr. Ford is now busily plan- ning his new Moscow plant, which will have an output of 100,000 cars a year, and when all his European assembling and mani- facturing plants are operating Ford companies will be busy in England, Ireland, France, Ger- many, Belgium, Spain, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Holland, and Turkey. Distribution from these centres will carry Ford cars and tractors to Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Arabia, Iraq, Prussia, and No wonder Gen- Afghanistan. eral Motors is fighting Mr. Ford on the battleground of Europe.

If Mr. Sloan succeeds in pur- chasing Citroen, it will be a tre- mendous victory. The French company is scheduled to make 80.000 cars this year, chiefly for the French market. Citroen's In his fight Mr. Sloan will have absorption into the Sloan organ- the support of the 80 other mitisation would relieve the extreme pressure now being brought to lionaires who are interested in bear on the Chevrolet car by both General Motors, the £800,000,000 | the new Ford and the Citroen company which recently bought the Opel works at Russelheim, Germany, for £6,000,000.

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Men Who Live For Work Mr. Ford's policy in England "The American motor-car in- of admitting general dealers into. dustry has assumed responsibility the circle of his salesmen is re- for the prosperity of the coun-cognised as a master stroke of try," said Mr Alfred Sloan, pre-business, enlarging his opportuni- sident of the General Motors' Cor-ties and removing the antagonism poration, in commenting recently in the trade, felt when the dealer upon the fact that this gigantic is obliged to take the Ford and enterprise absorbs 10 per cent. of Ford products to the exclusion of America's 115 millions.

all other business.

Here in a sentence is the ex- planation of the great activities that Mr. Henry Ford, Mr. Sloan, and the other American manufac- turers are showing abroad, The prosperity of the United States must be maintained and increas- ed, and with Americans made "motor, minded" by Mr: Ford, the world beyond must now be con- quered. If this can be achieved, Mr. Ford and Mr. Sloan are the two Americans capable of the task.

To those in the know, Mr. Ford looms as an even more masterful personality to-day than when he was supplying the "Lizzie" to all America. Visit the big towns throughout the United States and you find that the new Ford motor- car is outdistancing its competi- tors at the rate of two sales to one, Experts will tell you it is quality that sells

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13,400 Cars a Day

When Mr. Ford closed his Detroit works in May, 1927, pessi- mists croaked gloomily that the industry's "grand old man" had passed the peak of his career. To-day he has nearly 130,000 em- ployees on his Detroit pay roll and is turning out around 7,400 cars

famous day the

made only ran to 5,000 a day. From the point of view of man economy some experts are comparing Mr. Ford's staff and its output with the 60,000 employed by General Motors in the produc- tion of the Chevrolet at a rate of (6,000 cars a day-half the num- ber of workers with almost the same output.

In their battle for supremacy, Mr. Sloan and Mr.. Ford have one quality in common-each lives for the work to which he has set his hand. Mr. Sloan has no hobbies. He found that even golf bored him. His week-end is de.. voted to rest, but he needs no mid-week off days to cultivate an outdoor hobby. Tall, broad- shouldered, and with a long nobile face, he looks the picture of health, but it is gained in the exercise of his work, not in the field of sport.

New York is especially proud of "silent" Sloan as they call him, for he is a native of this city.

KINYANJUPS CAR

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The death has occurred at the age of 65 of Kinyanjui, the Para- mount Chief of the Kikuyu tribe. Kinyanjui was a notable person- age: probably the most remark- able native in East Africa since the death of the Uganda Regent, Sir Appolo Kagwa.

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DOG IN CAR

The coroner (Dr. W. II. White- Deptford inquest com- re-house) at a

mented on the fact that the woman driver of the motor-car involved had a dog with her at the time of the accident.

He used to lead his spearmen in tax-gathering expeditions, turning with goats galore, and taking census of huts by means of notches op sticks. The Kikuyu, unlike most other Bantu people, had no hereditary chief, so when the then acknowledged chief was deposed for misbehaving himself the Government selected Kinyan- jui to take his place.

One interesting explanation of

Kinyanjui had scores of wives Mr Ford's large staff is that he is

and hundreds of children. He ap- upholding his ideal or maintaining preciated the advantages of edu- and diffusing prosperity among cation, but stopped short at that the working people, but the ques- of women, and of his numerous were tion sometimes asked is whether wives and daughters few such idealism is good business in

"educated." Women are trained face of modern competition. Gen-to work among the Kikuyu and eral Motors also considers its em- he did not wish them spoiled. ployees, and recently took out the largest insurance contract ever issued in business history. Its policy was for £80,000,000, cover- ing its 200,000 employees, who for 65. a month receive $400 life in- surance and sick benefits to the extent of £3 a week.

Why Buy More Petrol?

Evidence was given that Jano Manning, 73, of Ringstead-road, Catford, had just left the Post Office at Rushey-Green, after draw- ing her old age pension, and was putting the money into her purse while crossing the main road, when she was knocked down.

The jury returned a verdict of death from accidental cause, and

added a rider to the effect that the, driver of the car, Ada Mary Thomp- son, 21, of Plough-lane, Wallington,

should have exercised more reason. able care.

The coroner said that he under-

was very

A few years ago Kinyanjui bought a motor-car, hiring a stood that Miss Thompson had an Buganda driver. Soon after there Airedale dog on her near side, was a big dispute between him which, he considered, and his driver.

wrong for a motorist. He also The driver said the chief owed felt sure that she had lost her head him £5, and the chief retorted in the emergency. Any person Everything in modern Ameri- that the driver owed him £15. who drove a motor-car had a great can business is done on a large He contended that when he responsibilty and undertook a great scale. When the General Motors bought the car it was fully charg- risk. People could not go about the executives visit their Detroited with petrol, but his driver streets killing persons. plant they find within the building went on buying more, which was Miss Thompson said that she was a complete hotel ready to serve his business, if he could not drive driving at ten or twelve miles an them until they leave the city. without! Also the car always hour. She saw the old "Womani had to be driven on low gear; it crossing the road and sounded her made, a bigger noise!

horn, but she took no notice. Wit- Kinyanjui at one time thoughtness could not draw to the near side he would like to dress in Euro- to pass behind her because of shop pean clothes. But the clothes he pers in the road, so she turned to bought in the Indian bazaar fitted her off-side, hoping to pass in front him so ferribly that he reverted of the woman, applying the brakes to his native skins-very fortun- as she did so. The near-side wing ately in a picturesque sense. of the car caught the woman.

Fords for all Lands

The European rivalry of Mr. Ford and Mr. Sloan is re- garded as 30 invasion by the entire American motor-car in- dustry. American sales in Europe this year are already designed to reach a total of 250,000 cars..

This view of the big bus which was carrying Cornell University baseball players from Quantico where they had played the Marine team shows the extent of the damage done

when the bus side swiped a fence on a Vir ginia highway. One player was killed and many severely injured.

BUYERS GUIDE

MOTOR CARS.

ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY-Hongkong

Road. C.4759.

Hotel Garage, Queen's

BUICK The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 38 Wong Nei Chung

Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.

CADILLAC Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. CHEVROLET.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. CHRYSLER MOTOR CARS-Republic Motor Co. of China 30-32,

Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252.

DE SOTO MOTOR CARS.-Republic Motor Co. of Chins, 30-92,

Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252. ---- GUY MOTOR PASSENGER BUSES.—Republic Motor Co. of China,

30-32, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C.. 1216 & 6252. MORRIS--Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759, OAKLAND.-Lane, Crawford, Ltd.

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

Chung Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.

PACKARD MOTOR CARS-Republic Motor Co. of China, 80-32,

Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C.1216 & 6252. PLYMOUTH MOTOR CARS-Republic Motor Co. of China, 80-32,

Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6262. PONTIAC.—Lane, Crawford, Ltd. ROLLS-ROYCE.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road, C.4759, STUDEBAKER.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C4759. VAUXHALL-Lane, Crawford, Ltd.

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

OUTBOARD MOTORS—Rudolf Wolff & Kaw, 54 Queen's Road

C., Tel. C.2178.

MOTOR TRUCKS AND TRACTORS.

BROCKWAY MOTOR TRUCKS.—The Asiatic American Co. Tel.

C. 244. CHEVROLET.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Boad. 0.4759. FARO_MOTOR TRUCKS-Republic Motor Co. of China, 40-32,

Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C, 1216 & 6252, G.M.C.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nei Chung Road,

Happy Valley. C.1247. '

MORRIS.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. REO MOTOR TRUCKS.-Republic Motor Co. of China, 380-82, Des

Voeux Road C. Tel. G 1216 & 6252.

STUDEBAKER,~~Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. ̊C.4759. WILLYS KNIGHT TRUCKS.-Gilman & Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Rd.

Central.

MOTOR CYCLES,

B. B. A-The Sincere Co., Ltd., Des Yeux Road.

C.1067.

NEW HUDSON MOTOR CYCLES-Republic Motor Co. of China,

80-32; Des Voeux Road C... Tel. C. 1216 & 6252. RALEIGH MOTOR CYCLES.-Republic Motor Co. of China, 30-82,

-Des-Voeux Road C. Tel, C. 1216 & 6252.

ROYAL ENFIELD MOTOR CYCLES.--Republic Motor Co. of China,

30-32; Des Voeux. Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252

TYRES AND ACCESSORIES,

ACCESSORIES-Hong Kong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. ACCESSORIES.-The Duro Motor Co., Nathan Road, Kowloon, K.226. MILLER ACCESSORIES-A Lang & Co., 19, Queen's Ed., C.

Tel C.1219. ATLAN

· MILLER RUBBER TYRES AND TUBES. -Republic Motor Co. of China, 30-92, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252, PRESTOLITE BATTERIES-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's

Road C4750,