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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12th,

Studes

5,000 MILES

in less than

5,000 MINUTES

THE STUDEBAKER COMMANDER. A Wonderful Demonstration!

Immediately after the 5,000 miles had been run, the same car was driven several times round the track at 70 miles per hour. Other Models are Equally Good. All are Reasonably Priced. ·

NETT CASH PRICES, LELIVERED IN HONG KONG. COMMANDER

H.P: 36.04 R.A.0.-120" WHEEL BASE

Sporta Roadster

Custom Cumpe

Custom Victoria

Custom Sedan

Regal Coupe

Regal Victori

Begal Sedan...

4 frater

2'senter

+ senter

DIRECTOR

H P. 27.34 R.A.C.-113" WHEEL BASE Cantom Tourer

Custom Victoria ...

G $1,450 1,495

1,400

0.31,435

A sealer

1,873

Sports Roadster

4 senter

1,875

Laplex Phaeton

ǎ Bester

***

5 seater

1975

Custom Tourer

scater

1.530

4 water

1,003

Custom Coupe

#enter

7,375

4" seater

1,903

Castom Sedan Plush...

Bester

1675

Seater

1,903

Custom Coupe

4 senter

1.675

T+0

心

seater:

ERSKINE

5 seater

,673 1,75

I reator

A sent CT

2

tr

4 senter

Seater,

H.P. 16.54 R.A.C.—107" WHEEL BASE

Tourer

Sporta Roadster

Business Coupe Custom Coope

Custom Sedan,

Ali Erskines with wire wheels.

Caston Gedan Mohair

PRESIDENT

H.P. 38.04 R.A.C.~127" WHEEL BASE

0.$1,150

1,20

1,200

Custom Tourer

1,50

Custom Fedan

1,950

Calom Limousine

7 seater

7 seater

7 senter

All prices include 4 wheel brake spare wheel, tire, and tube, windshield wiper, hindricw mirror, bumpers, extra horn, tools, etc., eto,'

THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE

66

25, Queen's Road, Central.

(THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD).

SORRY

G.$2,200 2,436 2,700

TO HAVE

MOTORING NOTES

(CONTD.).

CAN YOU AFFORD A MOTOR CAR?

COUNTY COURT JUDGE'S DICTUM.

Judge Crawford's dictum at the Barnet County Court that even a. County Court Judge has no right to buy a motor car unless he has private means, because his salary of £1,500 a year is insufficient, has aroused a storm of protest from makers of popular cars.

The Daily News declares that thousands of family men with in comes of £400 a year are running Austin serens and Morris Cowleys, while thousands with incomes of £500 a year are using Morris Ox- fords, Clynos, and Austin trelves without going bankrupt.

FORD TRIES HIS

NEW CAR.

DESIGN STILL SECRET.

EXPECTED TO BE REVEALED

SOON.

Mr. Henry Ford celebrated his sixty-fourth birthday at Dearborn by personally testing the new Ford automobile he is soon to put on the market. According to his

"feeling better statement, he is

מיניס

and have a greater interest in lifa because I have a new, big job to fackle."

...

Mr. Ford spoke freely of his forthcoming product. He had just returned from the upper peninsula of Michigan, where he and his son, Edsel, tested models of the new car by driving several hundred miles. "We have taken or time to de- Denders declare that a seven-horse sign and build this new Ford car," power car does 40 to 43 miles on said Mr. Ford, so it will be just gallon. The tyres cost. little more what a good automobile should be than motor-cycle tyres and enable

We built 15,000,000 them to run them with £30 a year. Hundreds travel 7,000 miles a year model T cars in less than 19 years for three pence a mile, excluding and we expect to build many more garage. They add that the money formerly spent in other recreations than 15,000,000 of the new cars in goes towards muotoring, enabling much as than 19 years. the maintenance of a more united and healthier family.

CHICAGO'S “MAD" MAYOR.

GOT KING, GEORGE ON HIS BRAIN!

Big Bill Thompson, the incom- parable Mayor of Chicago who was elected in April laat, has been quite a long time getting out Mr. McAn- drew, the city'a superintendent of schools, but he has managed to do it now. Upon assuming office the Mayor Announced that one of his first acts would be to dismiss Mr. MeAndrew, whom he accused of playing up to a school board con- sisting cl agents of King George...

in this day.

Design To Be Ravailed Scon

"That may sound strange, but you must realize that there still

1927.

A SCOTTISH "

HOME.

C

AT

TO-DAY'S SPORTS AT HAPPY VALLEY.

THREE REGIMENTS BEING

ENTERTAINER.

GOLF.

FANLING AUTUMN

MEETING.

The following are the results of the competitions held at Fanling from October 8th to 10th:

Bogay Pool. 4 Thirty-two cards were taken out. The winner as E. S. Robertson (10) al square.

Other acores were:

T. D. E. Pendered (3); R. Young (8) down.

. Only sunshine this morning to dry the soggy ground, and a con- tinuanes of fine weather throughout the afternoon are needed to ensure success the "at home" and athletic meeting arranged under (18)- down. the auspices of the Hong Kong St. Andrew's Society for the Besttish troops in the Colony.

The sports are to be held on the Hong Kong Football Club ground, and with the additional stands which now completely enclose the area there will be plenty of room for all to look on in comfort.

The programme is timed to begin at 2 p. and comprises 2£ events, the last one being announced for 18, and is a five-side football match, for which the Cameroninas, K.0.8.B. and Scots Guards have

entered teams,

W. Ironside (3); F. Cowherd

Best Ball Of Fourbalis, Winners F. J. de Roane and Capt. Bloxham, 74-8)=07).

Other scores:

W. Ironside and T. S. Whyte- Smith, 79-01-01.

T. D. E. Pondered and A. E.. Wood, 79–970.

S pairs entered.

Medal Round.

K. S. Robertson, 56-10-16. There was co prize as no other card was returned and this card won. Bogey. Competition.

There were seven entries.

There will be over 90 prizes, dis- TO COMPETE IN MANILA. tributed at the conclusion of the meeting by Mrs D. Templeton, wife of the President of the Hong Kong St. Andrew's Society, Prizes

| are parts of the world where there for certain events are being proant- are many families without auto-ed by the President, Fast Presi mobiles. There are some parts of dents and General Committee of the world where whole families the Society. In addition to the auto-individual prizes there is an Aggre- bare never oven

gate Prize for the regiment gaining mobile."

the most points.

scen

A complete description of the car will be announced within a tew weeks, Mr. Ford said.

The manufacturer declared most of the current rumours regarding the new car were misleading. De

smiled as he discussed them.

Denies Trade War Rumour, There's the matter of price, for be said. "We didn't example,"

Thesi nefarious public servants, he asserted again and again, had been guilty of tampering with the history of text books used in the build this new Ford to fit à price, Chicago schools and in other ways

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Referring to prophecies of 'trade war" between the Ford company and other motor manufacturers, he said:

car

"We have no desire to take busi-

corrupting the boys and girls of the but we certainly are not abandon- city. And in his more robust cam-ing the low price field." paign speeches Mr. Thompson went to the length of asserting that the school board members would have been prosecuted but for the personal intervention of the English King on their behalf It was a detail of no importance to him, as was pointed" out, that some of the poisonous pe away from any automobile text-books had been introduced manufacturer. Our thought al- daring the earlier term of his own

ways has been that the automobile mayoralty.-Et.

business is prosperous only when al makers of good cars are busy. If any particular automobile com-- pany's success.

meant putting out of business some other automobile

TAKEN SO

TIME RECENTLY WHILE CONSIDERING BUYING ONE OF YOUR

MUCH OF

YOUR

CARS, BUT REALLY SINCE THE NEW FORD IS EXPECTED so. SOON I AM CERTAINLY " GOING TO WAIT

BEFORE YOU BUY

NEW

SEE THE

FORD

ANDREW HARPER & SON.

LINCOLN

AUTHORIZED

Ford

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DEALERS.

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Altogether there trants

the

are 53 who will

compete various events from

en-

thur

LOCAL ATHLETES LEAVING TODAY.

CONTESTS IN MANY FORMS OF SPORT.

When the RM.S. Empress of Runia leaves here this afternoon

for Manila, among her passengers for will be about twenty athletes from Cameroaians, King's Own Scot Hong Kong, who are going to Borderers and the Scots Manila to compete in a series of tish Guards, these being the survivors games against the Manila Nomads. of a number of preliminary beats. Arrangements have been made for Sports Club." the entertainment of over 2,000, and their will be tea for the ladies and children of the Garrison, and suit: able refreshments for the mets of the regiments concerned..

In addition to the main events to be competed for by the chosen representatives of the Cameroniaas (Scottish Rifles), Scots Guards and King's Own Scottish Borderers, there are to be events for ladies and children and such typically Scots competitions as bagpipe playing, Sword Dance, and Highland Danc ing.

The officials and Committees for the day are:-

General Sports Committee-Pro- sident, Mr. D. Templeton, Convener Mr. A. K. Henderson, Sports Secre- tary Mr. H. M. McTavish.

General Service Committee.-R. Sutherland, Sr. (Coa.), G. Duncan, B. Wylie, A. L. Shields, A. T Hamilton, K. E. Greig, P. Tod, A. S. Mackichan, and Capt. A. A. O. Clark.

Sports Committee.-Officers Regts., W. Logan (Con.), D. J. Purves, J. McCubbin, C. B. Robert-

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manufacturer there would be no gain. It would only mean patting thousands of men out of work, let- ting valuable power go to waste and maybe throwing a great in-son, J.D. Kinnaird, E. 8. Robert- son, and W. Kay, J. W. C. Bonnar dustry out of the balance."

Record Of The Model T. During the 19 years period Ford dealers have paid service employees salaries amounting, te 81,333,800,000 and other employees, such as sales- пед and office workers, appro- ximately 8380,000,000 Authorized Ford repair shops and service atations have paid salaries and vages totalling $1,718,000.

A total expenditure of 84,568,427,012 32 ct was involved in the purchase of materials for medel T in the United States, Canada ard abroad. Taxes mounting to 3547,000,000 have been paid during the 10-year periti

It is estimated at the Fordices that before the last model I had me to the junk heap the cars whe have consumed 80,000,000,000, gallons of gasoline and 1,800,000 gallons of oil and will save travelled more than 1,185,000,000,000 miles.

and W. Brown.

A.

The visitors were invited by the Nomads Club some time ago, and Mr. A. I. C. Bowker has been work-

ing very energetically to get the players together but he himself is unable to go. It was, indeed, a hard task to make the selection, as the players had to be all-round. men. They will have to play: soccer, rugger, tennis, golf, cricket • and even row against their hosta.

Those leaving this afternoon are Mesars. Armstrong, Howell, Big, Pritchard, Mackay, Tait, Smith, Cox, Lloyd, Hay-Edie, Sewell, Healing, Wright, Trendham, Keene, Kealey, and Armor. The last six are selected from the Air Force, Naval and Military units. But it. is hoped that even at the eleventh hour, a few more people, who have up to now not made up their minds, will join up. Lammert will be a great asect to the rugger Altega.

The competition between the Hong Kong and Manila tums will Refreshment Committee.-K. open the day after the afval of,

ment will be staged at the Courts Morrison (Con), J. W. Blackley, the visitors. The tennis tourna

Mackenzie, J. Jack, W. Hyde,

of the Martila Club on Saturday, Harvey, J. F. Anderson, G. Gierrad, R. Campbell, G. M. Shaw, J. CoulOctober 15th. A rugger game aus day on the Nomads ground On thart, J. M. McBride, W. P. Seath also been arranged for the same and A. Thornhill.

Monday the sculling crews of the two teams will try conclusion. Th soccer game is booked for Tuesda and the golf competition for following day. A game of heck will be

Dance Committee.-A. Stevenson (Con), I Sutherland, Jr., T. P. Saunderson, A. Craig and W. Forsyth.

Piping Competition.-C. I. Cookes and P. Douglas Wilson (both of the Scottish Pipers Society, Edin- burgh)

BOXING.

HEAVYWEIGHT CONTESTS.

REUTHIE'S "AMERICAN SERVICE]

played on October 200 a close on October 21st with The competition will be brought other tennis tournament. The vite tors will leave for Hong Kong d Cctober 22nd and be due here abo the 24th.

While at Manila, the Hong Kong. players will be the guests of the Nomads Club.

INTERPORT. GOLF.

THE HONG KONG TEAM.

NEW Yozx, Oct. 10th. gotiations for a twelve-round dontest between the heavyweights. Phil Scott and Paolino Utudun, at Also travelling on the Emprem of No formal celebration marked Madison Square Garden, on Novem-Russia to-day for Manila with: Mr. Ford's birthday. He arose ber 4th, were completed to-day by the Hong Kong athletes visiting shortly before I am. At 7.30 has an agent of Mr. Tex Rickard, who famila is the Royal Hong Kong chauffeur and his orchestra, leader in promoting a sort of heavyweight Kong Golf Club interport golf met him and Mr. Ford selected the elimination tournament, the winner team, music for a dance at the Dearborn to meet the survivor of the Sharkey. They are going to the Philippines, Country Club. He was at his Resney fight fixed for November to play in the sixty annual inter- Dearborn laboratories before "8 18th..

a.m..and an hour later he was look- ing over his collection of antique furniture.

The day was marked by one feature not in line of formal obser vance. That is "The Dearborn In- dependent's" publication of a re traction of the charges against Aron Sapiro, an apology for the wrong done him and an indorse ment of co-operative marketing..

When the Ford-Sapiro suit was being settled it was agreed that "The Independent" Ford's official publication, would carry a state- ment of retraction. The magazine bearing the date of July 30th earri ed the promised message of atone ment the same as the one carried in newspapers July 17th

CHESS.

LONDON TOURNAMENT

OPENS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.Į

LONDON, Oct. 10th An important international chess tournament, in which twelve well- known masters are engaged, has opened in London,

A feature of the first round was when F. J. Marshall, of the United States, beat Sir George Thomas, the British champion.

port golf match between Manila and this port. The match is to os played on the course of the Manila Golf Club at Calocean, Rizal, on October 16th and 17th.

The Hong Kong team comprise T. G. Bennett, Lt.-Comdr. W. D. Brown, R.N., Captain Ian Erskine (Scots Guards), Limit K Hunt (R.A.F.), F. I. de Rome and C. C Stark.

3." W. Franks. The Manila Golf Club team selected is se follows:

Beserve:

J. R. H. Mason (Captain). B.. E. Few, Capt. K: J. Fielder, US. A

2. G. M. Ivory, E, J. Nell and W. Smith.

Reserves: R. S. Rogon, Capt. 1. 1 Yates, U.S.N., and Lieut. Cranston, U.S.A.: