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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1948.

THE 1948 CHEVROLET

Newer! Smarter! Finer! Here's the one to see!

Come and see it!

The new Chevrolet for 1948 brings you new smartness of design, new color harmonies, new interior luxury-an even greater measure of BIG-CAR QUALITY AT LOWEST COST. And with all its greater value, Chevrolet's the lowest-price line in its field the only car in its price class combining such Big-Car features a Body by Fisher, Valve-in-Head Engine. Unitized Knee-Action Ride and Positive-Action. Hydraulic Brakes, No wonder more people drive Chevrolets-and

people want Chevrolets than any other make, according to official nation-wide registrations and seven

moro

į independent nation-wide surveys.

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Tel. Nos: 56849 & 57250

NEW BIGGER, SOFTER TIRE

gives amazingly different ride!

This great new Super-Cushion is -bigger, nofter tirel. It runs on only 24 lba, of air — instead of

the usual 28 to 32 lbs.

■ Flawn over bumps & ruts

• Less wear and tear on

your car

• Fawse rahler---

fewer repair bills

• More mileage

and economy

• Grealer blow-

out resistanc

The new

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It yields instead of resisting Im- pacts. This means an incredibly softer, smoother ride on any car

on any road!

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New Beauty for your car

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ENGINEERING PAGE

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BRITISH FIRM OPENS BIG PLANT IN MELBOURNE

Assembly of British cara and trucks is in full swing now in the new Australian plant. of Rootes Ltd. (Aust.), a branch of the big British Rootes Group of car manufacturers which launch- માં

venture In Australia toward the end of ast year,

It is the first wholly British automobile concern to establish a manufacturing branch in Aus tralia under its own name. The company has settled down now In its £300,000 converted tank factory, which was leased from the Australian Government with the option of purchase.

Situated in the important war- time production centre of Fisher- men's Bend at Melbourne. Vle- torla, the factory will become the distribution point for the whole of the Rootes Group 101 Australia.

Five hundred Australian work- ers are employed at present on the assembly Humber Super Salpe Halcons, Hillman-Minx saloons, and Commer commercial vehicles. As the plant exponds. other models of the Rootes Group, Including Sunbeam-Tai- bots and Karrier commercial vehicles, will be assembled,

Early Start

For a start the compuny

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shipping out from England, en- gines, chassis parts and panels for the bodywork, for assembly at the Fishermen's Bend plant. using Australian-mate

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tyres road springs, spring cases. and trimming materials, and it Is Intended to use an increasing proportion of local components Do they become available.

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When the Melbourne plant opened, the company set out with on Immediate target of 4,000 to 5,000 units

year, Shortages of materials and la- bour at present are delaying the attainment of this object withholding new British from all but buyers with high priorities.

and

cary

The decision of the Boolea Group to undertake production

Austrailn was reached after prolonged investigation and con- ferences by its representatives with the Australian Government, which was anxious to see the establishment of the British car Industry in this country. These negotiations, which also involved the Victorian State Government. resulted in the acquisition of the former armored vehicles plant at Fishermen's Bend about the middle of last year.

Mostly Australians

Only three of the workers and executives at the plant are from Britain-the rest are Australians. The three are the general mana- ger for Australia (Mr. Richard Watney, a director of Rootes Ltd, England), the general sales manager (Mr. Peter Sands), and the secretary, (Mr. Rhys Da- vice).

By John Loughlin

Discussing" "the-Australian ven- ture; Mr. Watney said that the object of the move was to manu- facture Inside the torik wall, and to make use of local labour and materials at a time when Britain was hard pressed for resources to develop her export trode.

Lookig back over the first six months," he said his relations

with Australian workers had been happy.

"I have found them a good bunch," he declared, "I don't ac copt the view that antipathy between labour and management

la inevitable.

Aspects of the Australian car market that had impressed him were that the light British cara ware ideally quited for use in the big cities." But many Aus-

tralians made the long journeys that separated the capital cities, and those buyers wanted heav ler models.

The problem vf distaneda" in Australin Піво Inced anyone launching an enterprise such as the manufacture of automobiles. With the present shortage of stipping, the big motor plants In Melbourne were driving large numbers of their cars north to Sydney (300 miles) and Brisbane (1,200 miles). This led to many firms opening subsidiary plants In the various capital cities.

British Car Group Starts In Australia

The first wholly British automobile organisation to estabilah a branch in Austraila under Its own name, Rootes Ltd. is now assembling English cars and commercial trucke in I plant at Flattermen's Bond, Melbourne. The company employa 500 Australian workers, and wees a proportion of locally made components in the assembly of Humber Super Snipo saloons, HIH. man Minx saloona, and Commer commercial vehicles, Other modele are to be assembled later Photo showa saloon being lifted from bad in

the final assembly block ter engine, Axles, brakes, and wheels have been fitted.

New

Technique In Car Polishing

An entirely new technique in car polishing has been introduced by Hirmingham Manufacturers and Traders, Ltd., Masterpiece

Mr. Watney, before coming to Australian last year, had been Works, Park Road, Birmingham, managing director of Lagondan conjunction with Lewis Berger

the

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and Sons. Knowin 85 Micro- Follshing,

the nev technique of fouts a stilaing saving in the time

By means of a gun, operated from

normal tyre foot pump, the polish is applied Daily and quickly to the surface of the coachwork from a diaturce of two or three feet.

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Ltd. His Australian appoint- ment meant his return to Rooles Group as he left it 1935 to jain Lagonda. He is taken to wax pelish a car and out complication in design, wellknown In the motoring

he only world as an

special

1.equipment re-air-release hole is provided a: ex-racing driver. quired is a moderately

nozzle, priced the back of During the war he had charge and easily operate

gun for operator simply keeping his of the polish.

thumb over this hole when the

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See and try the New HILLMAN MINX

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ls provided with the cult. Many readers will, aiready be familiar with this preparation, which Is CHINA simply smeared over the glass and allowed to dry, after which it can be rubbed off to leave the surface absolutely clear of all iraces of polish and, of course, of

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The

price of the complete Mus- ter-piece Micro-Polishing Kit, consisting of the gun, a supply of Lifeguard window cleaner

The polish, should be noteri, is a special emulsion of a consistency sult- blend of Berger's Guardeese able for application by means of the gun.

of the organisation of one of the initial application, wax polish-gun is in action and removing it in of polish, is 45. Largest Ministry of Supply gun production groups in the United ing has the advantage of leaving to obtain a quick cut-off. Kingdom.

on the coachworks a thin protec-

To polish a car, the gun is used tive coating which lasts for sev-at u distance of two or three feet ent weeks, during which time only washing and leathering-

Big New Order down are required to restore it.

London, August 3. Another big overseas order for Britain's new prefabricat. od buson was reported yester. day. It is for 226 eet of "skeleton components" and nomes from the Bombay Pro- vinolal Govorrmant.

Countries which have al ready

received similar con- algamanta Include Argentina, Brazil, Austraila,

Bouth Africa, New Zealand, Egypt and Spain.

soon

London' Taxis For Sydney

On the other hand, wax polish-

Ing has hitherto called for con- Liderable degree of hard work both in the initial application of the preparation itself and in the final polishing-off process, the lalter, in particular being apt to prove labourious if an amount of polish has been ap- plfed.

undue

Appreciation of this latter point

led to the development of the

new technique, being realized

that

if a simple means could be

of mist and AVER-

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only special equipment required for

the initial application of the polish, and is fitted with an air reservoir to ensure constant delivery.

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found of depositing a minute quantity of polish equally and svenly, the labour both of ap- plication and final polishing would be very greatly reduced. Experiments were carried out with various types of gun, de- The citizens of Sydney, wiigned to apply a very fine Alm

be halling the

in the shape simple but well-from the surface of the coach- moderr London type of taxicabs, en

ually the very Initial shipment having just been

made gun shown in the accom work, and there is no need for despatched by Numeld Exports panying illustration was evolved. my degree of fineness, because The vehicles

With the Idea of keeping cost the polish an exact re- plica of London, taxis, built it within reasonable limits, the zum form of a fine mist which auto-the Covers to fit every popular is delivered in the Just name the Car-We have exacting Scoland Yard specif-has been designed for direct cations and combining

operation

matically the

from

a normat

tyre

its way iato American make. ability to

turn in a confined foot-pump, an air reservoir has revlees. When the system was space with economy in petrol ing incorporated to insure a fal-ley Eighteen) the job took pre- first demonstrated (on a Wolse- consumption.

ly constant delivery. The alr- Nuffields also report that an line, which is 4 ft. 6 ins. long, is Polishing off followed

cisely

2 minutes 40 seconda order for 400 taxis for Copen-bread so that the normal air whole body, the advantage of the filed with standard valve-size

and this hagen is now under negotiation line of the pump can be coupled

occupied only 16 minutes for the to it, thus giving a total air-line very fine deposition of the po length of approximately 7 It, with which a fine lustre was pro- lish being apparent in the ease, which covers the maximum reach duced without any laborious rub- of the operator

bing to eliminate rmoars.

New Record

London, August 5. British manufacturers shipped

10,200 vehicles, overseas In June the Society of Motor Manufac turers and Traders announced to

Two Cars At A Filling

tube being used for Almost 0,800 of the vehicles cylinder and bot

day,

were unita.

win the firm bolt of tito year mo-

find

some of the polish reaches th It does not matter, Incidentally,

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Wait the head is a die casting, retually having stampings for the venicios, including agricul- The actual tor

chamber has ther than tural tractory worth £00,000,000 copacity of approximately two chromium were delivered to overseas buy duld ounces which la: sumcient 1 Windscreen and ers. About 45 per cent of these for treating the conchwork of two the other hand, call for separate mains were to had currency areas. cars-of-medium-sine. In order treatment-and-for these parts, [Argociated Presa, y mi to,, coruna, ann, Dung, pulent elle. In of Lifeguard window.cleaner

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