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THE CHINA MAIL,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1929.

MAN THE MOTORISTS' PAGE

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DODGE

BROTHERS

NEW SIX

ROADSTERS and SEDANS

NEW SENIOR LANDAU SEDAN.

NOW ON VIEW

SOUTH CHINA MOTOR CAR CO.

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

As good

as New

DUCO

Let us renew the original beauty of

your car with an expertly applied

DUCO finish job. Then she'll look

as good as new.

Full particulars from

THE REPUBLIC MOTOR CO. OF CHINA.

30-32 Des Voeux Road C.

Telephone C. 1219 & C. 6252.

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PLANES & PULLMANS

President Eights Form A Link

PURCHASE OF A DOZEN CARS

A fleet of Studebaker President Eights formed the link uniting 'planes and pullmans in the United States when the Pennsylvania and Santa Fe Railroads, allied with the trans-Con-, Linental Air Transport, introduced a 48 hour coast to coast passenger ser. vices on July 8. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh inaugurated the system when he left Los Angeles on the first castbound flight.

Eleven President-Cabriolets and one President State Sedan have been pur chased by the trans-Continental Air Transport. The cabriolets will be used with specially built Aero-Car to carry

passengers between airports and down town sections at "ports of call" for the 'planes.

One of the President Cabriolets, with Aero-Car trailer, will be station od in each of the following cities: Los Angeles; Kingman, Arizona; Wins low, Arizona; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Clovis, New Mexico; Way- noka, Oklahoma; Wichita, Kansas; Kansas City; St. Louis; Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio.

The Aero-Cars are light and com- fortable with a seating capacity of 12 passengers. They are attached to the cabriolets by a flexible coupling. The cabriolets are strictly stock models, except that the luggage grid and bumpers are removed from the rear to facilitate the trailer hook-up The President State Sedan is being used for official business of the trans Continental Air Transport executives in St. Louis, the headquarters of that organisation.

Benefits Apparent

The benefits of the air-rail service in

which Studebaker will play a part are A business man of New apparent. York finda it necessary to see an as- sociate in Los Angeles, to discuss terms of a contract which is practically im. possible to negotiate by telephone or telegraph. On the other hand, he finds' it necessary to be in New York to handle another matter which comes up for decision in six days. By using the fastest all-rail schedules, he finds that he can not make the trip by train in time. But by using the air-rail ser- vice he can cover both situations as he wishes, be back in New York after

a loss of only five business days, and

at the same time travel in comfort and luxury otherwise impossible.

Here is how the service operates. A Pennsylvania' limited train travels overnight from New York to Columbia, Ohio. There passengers board multi-motored 'plane, and make a day.

8-CYLINDER CAR

REPLACING THE SIX IN POPULARITY

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That the sight-cylinder automobile is replacing the six in popularity in the United States is shown in a recent compilation made by Studebaker. Eighteen leading cities were selected, and registrations of eight and six- cylinder cars, which list above $1,000 in the U.S., were compiled for a period of four months in 1929 and compared with registrations during the same period in 1928.. Eight-cylinder re- gistrations increased 82 per cent, while six-cylinder registrations regis tered u loss of 8 per cent. Registra tions of eight-cylinder cars in this, particular price group were 17,230 for the first four months of 1920 against: 9,492 during the corresponding period in 1928. In the same price class, six- cylinder models registered 49,165 in 1929 as agaiat 53,179 in 1928.

To test the reliability of this com pilation, Studebaker made similar com parisons in eight leading states. · In this comparison eights increasel 90 per cent during the first four months of 1929 over the same period in 1928, while six-cylinder registrations showed

13 per cent, loss,

As a final test ten counties, sections of states, none of which contained a metropolitan city, were selected by Studebaker and registrations compared on the above basis. Six-cylinder regis- trations increased 13 per cent, while registrations of rights increased 315 per cent. S

41,000 MILES

GOING STRONG AFTER RUNNING

Forty-one thousand miles is a whole lot of milenge to pile up on a tyre, but that's what Mr. S. A. Lockwood, owner of the United Linus, Inc. Inter light flight to Waynoka, Oklahoma, city Express and Fast Freight Ser stopping en route at Indianapolis, St. vice of Palm Beach and Miami`has ac- Louis, Kansas City and Wichita. At all of those points the Studebakers complished with a 34x7 Fisk Trans carry passengers to and from the air-portation used on one of his huge ports.

trailers, and that isn't the best part of made, this time to a special paliman for seven or eight thousand miles more, At Waynska another transfer is it. Experts say that the tyre is good attached to the Santa Fe "Missionary" for a night journey to Clovis, New Mexico, where early next morning a other Studebaker takes passengers to a 'plane waiting to complete the trip. to Los Angeles across the continent in 48 hours.

The service will be de luxe through out. Luncheons are to be served aloft. 'Blanes are comfortable and luxurious.

Thus is progress wiping out time and space and knitting America even closer. This union of the three most modern modes of transportation-rail- way, motor car and aeroplane-will ultimately go down in history as far reaching a step forward as the first trains which replaced the old covered waggon.

THE TRIUMPH

LOCAL AGENT FOR CARS AND CYCLES

This particular truck with two or three others of his feet, travel ap

miles per proximately one thousand week carrying very heavy loads under great heat conditions which as Mr. Lockwood states, "testa out the quality of any pneumatic Tyre."

Mr. Lockwood states:-

"I have been thinking for quite s lung while that you would, without doubt, be interested in knowing about the exceptional mileage I have been getting out of Fisk Transportation: Cords.

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two

started operations about years ago, hauling all kinds of mer

handise between Miami and -

West Palm Beach, Fla., at which time my fleet consisted of two one and one-

hat for trucks on which I used 3016

and 34x7 Pisk Transportation Cords, "My feet now consists of eight The Globe Automobile Co., Ltd., and one-half to three tors using 5, 6, 7 trucks ranging in capacity from one have recently been appointed sole and 8 inch tyres.. These trucks travel agents for the Triumph motor car and motor cycle in Hong Kong and roads, hauling exceptionally heavy over concrete, asphait and macadam South China. Their Offices and loads. Road temperatures down here showrooms have been established are very severe especially in summer at 1, Canton-road (near the Star and certainly test out the true quality Ferry Wharf, Kowloon) where some of pneumatic tyres. of the latest Triumph

"However, even motor

under these severe conditions the mileage piled up Cycle models are on view.

An interesting feature is the "Fisk" is simply phenomenal.as compared with mileage of various latest model of The Triumph Super other makes I have tested out.

Fisk Seven which has all appearances of tyres average 36,000 to 45,000 miles on an excellent little car, built on

my fleet; in a great many instances | sturdy lines, durable and beaut they have given as much as 55,000 to fully finished. In fact, it is a 67,000 miles. Do you wonder that I in- "Triumph" of British workmanship. sist my fleet be equipped with Fiska?”

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Come and have a demonstration at

THE SUNLIGHT CO.

137, Des Voeux Rd., C.

Distributors for Hong Kong & South China: THE ASIATIC AMERICAN COMPANY 48, Stanley Street. Tel C. 244.

CHEVROLET

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Watch a New Chevrolet handle a full capacity load-in congested city traffic-vul where the grades are steep or where the routes are sandy or muddy.

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11⁄2 ton TRUCK CHASSIS. G.$755.

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Crowning all this is a degree of that economy which has made Chevrolet famous for years throughout the world-which has helped in no small measure to make Chevrolet the world's largest builder of trucks.

G.$980

ACCESSORIES.

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Batteries

30-32 Des Voeux Rd. C.

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