1929-06-06 — Page 13

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1929.

If You drive

FAST

drive on

FISK

for safety

No use taking chances with Old tyres when you're in a hurry to get somewhere. It's a lot better to put on sturdy, dependable FISK ALL-CORDS and play safe.

They're built better, of tougher

TYRE

materials- that's why.

MILEAGE

at a Low Price.

OBTAINABLE AT ALL GARAGES UPON REQUEST.

DISTRIBUTORS : —

GILMAN & CO.

HONG KONG DANK BUILDING. Tel. C. 290-4A, Des Voeux Rd. C.

TOURING CARS

ARE THE BEST FOR SUMMER.

DODGE BROTHERS

BUILD THE BEST TOURING CARS.

THE VICTORY SIX

IS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF DODGE BROTHERS.

TRY IT AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.

TRIAL AND INSPECTION CORDIALLY INVITED.

SOUTH CHINA MOTOR CAR CO.

33, Des Voeux Road, Central, Telephone C. 5644.

Sole Agent in South China for: BROCKWAY MOTOR TRUCKS

Beam-Lite

Auto Bulbs

and BUSES

Hartford Batteries

THE ASIATIC AMERICAN CO.

OFFICE:

48, Stanley Street.

Tel C. 244

Better Ventilation Needed

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A badly ventilated bus or coach may easily readit in as much lost custom as inferior rolling stock, uncomfortable seating, or schedule that is never maintain- ed, says "Bus and Coach," Ven- tilation is a subject that demanda' careful consideration and inves- tigation when the body is design- ed, and not after it has been com- pleted. It is up to the operator to insist that the designer gives the matter more attention than he does at present.

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SHOW ROOM:

11, Queen's Road, E. Tel. C. 575.

QUICK AND

EFFICIENT

REPAIRS

FIAT GARAGE 67.A, 673, Des Voeux Rd, G. Tel C. 4821.

IN SUMATRA

THE CHINA MAIL,

NEW DEMANDS

.MOTOR TRUCK AND ROAD-.| OAKLAND-PONTIAC PLANT

BUILDING

PIERCING THE JUNGLE

ENLARGED

TWO YEARS' PLANS

two

Deliveries of automobiles are In anticipation--of new sales made under unusual circum-records, extensive building and stances in many parts of the expansion programmes have been world but one of the most specta-going forward at the Oakland cular is the case of a Chevrolet Motor Car Company at Pontiac, truck which had to be completely Michigan, for more than dismantled after it had been years. purchased, before it could reach These are now practically com- its ultimate destination.

pleted and give the plant a capa- The incident, took place in city four times in excess of previ Achin, one of the northern-most ous volumé, or facilities this year points of Sumatra. This was one for producing more than 350,000! of the last provinces of the Dutch units, while the 1928 output was East Indies to submit to Dutch 260,000 cars. rule and, even to-day, there are Closer supervision over -Taw occasional outbursts of rebellion. materials, machining of parts The unsettled state of the country exactly to specifications by train- has naturally exerted an un-led workmen, and dependence upon favourable influence on its de- the organisation for practically all velopment and it has not pro-production activities from raw gressed as rapidly as the rest of materials to finished cars thus the colony. The territory is very assure even higher standards of fertile and rich in oil and, during workmanship and supervision recent years, the Government over quality in the current lines has taken steps to open up the of cars. country

In 1929, for the first time, all Motor trucks have played a castings, differential gears and major part in this planeering axles will be built in Oakland work. In 1927 a Chevrolet open-plants, castings being turned out Jed up a new road through the in the new six-unit grey iron jungles of South Sumatra and to-foundry, and gears and axles in day Chevrolet trucks are carrying the recently opened axle plant produce to the coast and provid-located in the old Oakland engine ing the inhabitants of the interior building. with the imported articles they While Oakland was expanding now demand.

production facilities, the Fisher

In this section military ronds of body unit also was enlarging its a sort already exist; in Achin a plant capacity to meet the antici- road is being traced out through pated growth in volume. A new the jungle. The Department of stamping plant has been complet- Public Works recently ordered a led to turn out metal parts used Chevrolet truck to be delivered at in the composite steel and wood a point where the authorities were construction of Fisher bodies, working on the road construction while a larger power unit and a scheme. The new road is to run storage building to relieve body from Sigli on the north coast of assembly operations were added Sumatra to Meulaboh, on the to the Fisher plant at Pontiac, west coast via Law Meuloch and bringing the capacity up to 1,500 Tangse, 籍 distance of ap-bodies every working day. proximately 220 miles. From Meulaboh a road already existed to about fifty miles inland but it wás from here on that the new road was to be cut through the jungle to connect with a short one running from Sigli inland.

QUICK TRANSPORT

COMMERCIAL SIX-WHEELERS..

FOR THE ARMY

Considerable attention is now Parts Carried Overland

being given by the War Office to As no ships call at Meulaboh speeding-up the various transport it was impossible to deliver the sections of the fighting forces. truck by boat. The only solution

Perhaps the greatest develop- was to dismantle the Chevrolet ments in this respect have taken and have coolies carry the parts place in the transport of artil overland through the almost im-lery. For this purpose, after ex- penetrable jungle to the scene of haustive trials covering all pos operations. So the truck was dis- sible conditions of service, the mantled and the task of trans-rigid sixwheeler has proved emin. porting the parts began. The ently suitable.

route led along narrow mountain In June, 1927, the Artillery paths and over ravines and rivers. Transport Co., Ltd.,

of Copman At one point a wide and deep thorpe. York, was formed for the river arrested, the progress of the special purpose of supplying party. The only means of com- vehicles for hire to the Territorial munication between the two Army. shores was a cable-line by which the coolies, carefully carrying The type of vehicle selected for the part that each was responsible the purpose Was the medium for, were transported to the op- capacity rigid-frame six wheeler posite shore.

Rigid Frame Vehicles

company has

and a number of Karrier machines After days of travel under all were purchased. Naturally, these kinds of conditions, the end of were built to War Office specifica. the journey was reached and the tion. truck was immediately reassem- Already the bled. The following day, it was mechanised batteries of artillery doing vigorous duty transporting at Catterick, Strensall, and Ox material for the new road.

Salisbury Plalu. Before long, direct communica- Trials were recently carried out tion will have been established at Strensall, when drivers of four between the northern and west-mechanised West Riding field bat- ern coasta and another section of teries studied the theory and prae-

ed to modern traffic.

Sumatra's territory will be open- tice of driving, and received in struction in the repair and main-

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DRAGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY LTD.,

33, Wong Wei Chung Road, Happy Valley

WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT...BUICK WILL BUILD THEM.

Bean refuse collector. Fowler street-washing waggon. G.V. electric refuse collector. Morris-Commercial 250-gallon fire engine.

Commer tower waggon. Dennis gulley emptier. An Austin ambulance. This list shows in some degree the enormous scope of this young industry. The list does not in- elude the many varieties of pas- senger-carrying vehicles in use in municipal services.

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Messrs. A. J. Stevens, the well- known motor-cycle manufacturers. are new-comers to the commercial motor industry. Profiting by ex- perience gained in the construc- tion of side-car chassis, they have extended their operations and have produced a chassis suitable for motor omnibuses or lorries.

A six-cylinder overhead-valve

engine is used, capable of develop. tenance of six-wheel vehicles. ing 54 b.h.p. at 2,000 revolutions.

six-wheelers for

a 14-in. single-

The gear box is integral with the engine, and provides four for- ward speeds.

The pressure-fed lubrication is by Officers from brigades and divi-

a silent chain sions in uther parts of the coun-year pump with

drive to camshaft, magneto, try watched the tests with close

dynamo, and water-circulating interest. They were surprised at the dexterity with which the driv pump. ers, whose 14-daya training was The clutch is only half completed, were able to plate dry-plate type, so placed as General Motors has formed an manoeuvre the big six-wheelers to be easily accessible. association with the Adam Opel over the marshy ground. Company in Russelheim, Ger- Apart from mechanising bat many, a substantial interest in teries of 18-pounders, the Artillery that company being taken at a Transport Company propose to use The road springs are of chrome cost of about $30,000,000.

mecharising vanadium gleel, Specially design The Opel Company manufac- howitzer batteries of the Medium ed.bumpers are fitted as standard.

are operated tures the Opel automobile, as well Brigade. For this purpose orders Brakes

by the as other Opel products. It ranks have been placed for a further 20 Dewandre vacuum servo systers.

It will be seen from the above among the first ten German in- Karriers.

brief details that the new A.J.S. dustrial organisations and makes

03 Munkipal authorities are among chassis is built the best about 45 per cent. of the German cars. The present management the largest usera of commercial modern private car principles.

Tesis of the new chassis have The transport which has already made it such motor vehicles. an outstanding success will con- work of local authorities has in been carried out over many thou- tinue to operate the company. fact been revolutionised in recent sands of miles in the Peak Dis

he General Motors analysis of years by this new development. trict of Derbyshire, where hills the European economic situation Here is an example of the de-are steep and abundant. justifies the conclusion that Ger- velopment as far as one authority, The Prince of Wales recently many has effected during the past the Westminster City Council, is visited Chiswick to see how Lon- few years great industrial pro- concerned.

don's motor omnibuses are main- gress. It is believed in so far as In 1907 the first order was given tained in perfect condition. After the automative industry is con- for a petrol lorry.........

inspecting some of the old horse cerned, Germany' present position The feat now consists of: 17 omnibuses he saw in detail how the is somewhat like that of the 8-ton lorries, 14 22-ton lorries, omnibuses that come in from United States at the beginning of a 2-ton low-loader, three sweep their journeys are stripped down the development of the industry, ers, a ton public health van, a to the last bolt and then com-, A great expansion appears to be van and four light care.

pletely rebuilt for further It is pleasing to note that in vice prince was impressed by certain. The association with Opel will enable General Motors the majority of cases British- The to participate in that development made vehicles are used. The im- the use made of moving conveyors to an important degree. de tense variety of purposes to for expediting the works through The event marks the transition which local authorities put the the shops, and was very intereat- of General Motors into an inter- heavy motor is well. illustrated in ed in the method adopted for national manufacturing, as well the curent hamber of the "Com- painting the bodies. He also saw as distributing, organisation mercial Motor," which devotes a drivers going through their "kid- Already our Export Company whole edition to municipal trans ding course on the famous grease had an investment of more than port.

track at Chiswick. $65,000,000 in its 24 operations

Here are a few examples taken overseas. The cars and trucks at raniem; assembled there are sold by 6,000 Sentinel street sprinkler. distributors and dealera în 100 Vulcan hydraulie tipping and more countries.

Kon

ser

The already large number of Guy vehicles operating in South America has now been supple- wag-mented by a shipment of Guy 80-

ewt, chassis to Buenos Aires".

BUYERS GUIDE

MOTOR CARS.

́ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's

Road. C.4759.

BUICK-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd. 83 Wong Nei Chung

Boad, Happy Valley. C.1247. CADILLAC.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. - CHEVROLET.- Hougkeng 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 China, 30-32,

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 Nei

Chung Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.

PACKARD MOTOR CARS-Republic Motor Co. of China, 30-32,

Des Vocax Road C. Tel. C.1216 & 6252. PLYMOUTH MOTOR CARS.-Republic Motor Co. of China, 30-32,

Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252. PONTIAC.-Lane, Crawford, Ltd.

ROLLS-ROYCE-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. STUDEBAKER.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. 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 & Kew, 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 Road. C.4759. FARO MOTOR TRUCKS,Republic Motor Co. of China, 20-32,

Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252. G.M.G-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 38 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, 30-32, Des

Voeux Road C. Tel C. 1216 & 6252.

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

Central.

MOTOR CYCLES.

R. S. A.The Sincere Co., Ltd., Des-Vœux Road. C.1067. NEW HUDSON MOTOR CYCLES.-Republic Motor Co. of Calna,

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 ENFIELĘ 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. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Rd., C.

Tel C.1219.

MILLER RUBBER TYRES AND TUBES—Republic Motor Co. of China, 30-32, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C-1216 & 6252. PRESTOLITE BATTERIES.—Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's

Road. "C4768.