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SINGER

JUNIOR-SENIOR-SIX

Car for every Puse and Purpose

H.K. $1,750.

GILMAN & CO. LTD)

HODKEY

Immediate Delivery

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22nd, 1928.

K. 290.

IMMEDIATE

MOTORING

Austin again cuts the Cost of Motoring.

From To-day

Austin 7

averages

66mph

for 24 hrs

Prices are again Reduced,

NOTES

A Weekly Review dealing with Matters of Interest to all Local Motorists.

To-day

Previously

Family Touring Model

.$1,369

$1,470

Saloon site

.$1,600

$1,715

Fabric Saloon

.81,600 ·

$1,715

Ónly a few cars in the next shipment are unsold "to-day.

Orders and enquiries should be made - at

once.

Sole: Agenti !

ALEX ROSS & CO. (CHINA), LTD.

Prince's Building.

Tel C. 77.

Humber

[LER.15]

The Sturdiest Car for Överseas

ON

NLY a close examination reveals the small details of Humber construction that tell so surely in actual use. The margin, of strength in their every part enables Humber Models to withstand the test of rough · roads and heavy usage-ä fact that has long established them in the favour of Colonia) Qedefs.

with Dickey Bo

·9/30 HLF. 4-Baster

Bilden »

24/49 HT: 23 Bester. with Dickey Bist,

920 HP. 4 Sade Tourer --- Other Moding of 20/55 HP. Dunlop Tyres and Front Wheel -

Brakes Standard.

MOTOR CYCLES. PLO BP D.HY.

**Sports Motor Cycle is

- particularly_suitable for riders ötersels. The engine poziciċi si wide margin of power, and the entire construction id of the stripath newssary for use on indiferent fonds. The low madle position gives exceptional stability and perfidence in the rider.

HUMBER LYD, COVENTRY, ENGLAND, Esport Breach Op. 94, New Bond Street, W.1.

Hong Kong rechts) ... MESSES. LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD. Hoog. Hong-

Motor Notes-Willy's Knight Overland Cars Seaside Hit by Motoring-Motor v. Wild Elephant.

MOTOR NOTES.

A TEIP TO NIGERIA.

According to the Motor News (Dublin) information has it

Britia reached the

Nigerian Timber Co. from their Lagos agent, that he and his wife have accom pllabed the hazardous journey from Lages to Jos and back on a 10 h.p. Swift..

TEC journey commenced February 20th and proceeded tid Ibadan, Ilorin, Jebba, Bida (where an improvised ferry consisting of native canoes and planks),, Zun. geru. Gwari and Zaris, and then. South-East to Jos. The car arrived back on the 21st March, having only sustained a tyre puncture dur ing a journey of well over 2,000

the River Kaduna was crossed on

miles..

WILLYS KNIGHT OVERLAND CARS.

REACHES THE 2,000,000TH VEHICLE TURNED OUT.

COMPANY'S MOST SUCCESS.

FUL YEAR.

SEASIDE HIT BY MOTORING.

FEWER VISITORS WHO STAY FOR LONG.

SINGER.

"A Car for every Purse & Purpose

11.9 H.P.

DELIVERY

H.K.$2,600

"Senior" "Tourer,

4 Wheel Vacuum Servo Brakes. Dewandre Steering.

GILMAN & CO., LTD. | DURO MOTOR CO., LTD.

Hong Kara

their available funds. Other new MOTOR ». car-ownets with money to spend are indulging in a new type of holiday-day excursions in the country be short trips into rural parts.

"It is felt that all the aestide zesorta in this country will hafa to make a more concentrated appeal FOOD AND DECK CHAIRS AS to foreign visitors, and it has been noticed that this year various LUGGAGE.

American families have been spend ing some time at St. Leonards and Hastings."

about so

WILD ELEPHANT.

QUEER ESCAPADES OF

AFRICAN PIONEERS.

The pioneer motor expedition which set out to investigate the possibilities of a great trunk high way from Cape Town through Cen tral Africa to Osird is now prepar- Motoring, which has brought

ing for a record dash from London In the following messages from many changes in the the well-known seaside resorts in back to Cape Town after many etti. social life of England, is now, un the South motoring is mentioned ous experiences on the outward fortunately, having a dopressing effect on the welfare of many thou as one of many causes of the lack journey. sands of householders and hotel of resident visitors. have made their living hitherto by keepers in seaside resorts, who letting rooms during the holiday * 56," # Jeaçou.

A striking illustration of the re markable advance of the automobile industry is the 2,000,000th car built by Willys-Overland and completed on July 2nd. This car was a Willys Knight Model

model introduced this year, and the first Willys-Knight made! to be priced below $1,000 (fo.b. factory), The 2,000,000th car comes at the When one considers the nature of the country between Lages and Jes close, of the greatest six montha it speaks remarkably well both of production record in the history of the capabilities of the car and its the company, and which exceeded driver that it completed the double journey with only such a trivial the total for the entire 13 months mishap. Road-making in Nigeria of 1927 by a wide margin. Willys is certainly progressing, but there Overised production for this year, are still winding bush paths, nar- row ledges, deep ravines, vast up to the end of June, was slightly stretches of soft sand, the surface in excess of 200,000 units, with all with thorn bushes and free roots in

Thousands

Eastbourne,

The rhinoceros was the most

of truth in the views expressed by met and they saw elephants, thou- There appears to be a good deal dangerous of the wild animals they our sister resori.. Doubt is ex. sands of monkeys, leopards and ol car-owners' no prcesed whether the motor-car buffaloes. When a wild elephant side, but travel from place to place, diminution in the number of vist stodd la their path they found that longer occupy rooms at the eco-habit is the principal cause of the using their own homes as a base, tors who formerly stayed, for a it was wies to reverse their car and frequently carry with them week, a fortnight, or more. It ie and pass it backwards lest it should which formerly were felt that the chief reason for the decide to give chase. Night animals provision their temporary abodes. bought in the resorts which weze

present naatisfactory state ol affairs is trade depression in the were not enraged by the glare of North and the Midlands..

the headlights; they just slunk of “ Folkestone.

quietly to the side of the road, Increasing motor car

traffic is looking over their shoulders un depleting hotels and boarding houses of some of their visitors...

afraid. "All the seaside resorts are but guest houses that provide good" The worst patch of country en- puzzled this summer by the a.accommodation for motoriste are countered was eighteen miles of sence of the usual visitors. There finding their enterprise rewarded affected, from Blackpool in the town every week-end, but stop North to Margate and Torquay, in only a few hours. Hastings and St. Leonards, are the South, though a few, such as doing better than others.

A statement on the subject, set- ting out the effects of lots str holiday method, was issued by the is as follows: Hastings Borough Association. This

of which is continually changing, previous monthly production is probably not one which is un- Thousands of cars come into the trackless hills beyond Khartum

planty and steep river banks to

give the driver cause for anxiety. DIRECTORS OF LEYLAND MOTORS, LTD., STUDY OVERSEAS CON. DITIONS.

cords being broken in March, April and May.

Strides toward the 2,000,000 total production figure and toward the present record-öredking six months' production, started on January 4th Ou June 13th, Mr. C. B. Nixon, last, whch a big price reduction Director of Layland Motors, Ltd., was announced on the Whippet returned from a few months' busi Four, bringing one model of this ness trip to South America, undercar down to the lowest price ever taken for the purpose of studying conditions in some of these Latin reached by any manufacturer in a American countries as affecting the car of its type, and placing the motor transport-industry.

catire Whippet line of four cylinder He devoted some time to Argen-quality cars on a competitive price“ tina, and visited several of the principal towns in Chile, thus level with the lowest priced cars on creasing the great range of the "the market. Andes twige. He also stayed a short while at Monte Video, the capital of Uruguay, and spent some Weeks in central Brazil.

A few days after his return, Mr. Vernon Walker, another Director, Accompanied by Mr. H. Spurrier, Jar, left for Russia on a similar mission.

A few days later the Willys- Knight Model "58" was announced, at the lowest prices in Willys- Knight history.

1

The Walppat Six. This was followed a few weeks later by the adnouncement of the Whippet Biz, a powerful, fast six LENGTH OF SERVICE.

cylinder car with a motor having a seven-beating crankshaft and The long life of engines in the other advanced features of design patrol boats of the Thames River and construction, at the lowest Policy bears testimony to the price ever placed upon say six soundness of British productions, cylinder car in the record of the The authorities place, an average et { industry.

10 years as the life of these engines. With three Willys-Knight models,

although there are in the feet engines which have exceeded this

span

Four, sales volume got ahead of a Whippet Biz and the Whippet production capacity to a point

which the company bi

An example of this is to be found in the old launch diert, now seldom since been within 20,000 being sold out of the service. The units of catching up with orders on boat and engine has been on con-hand. Starting with a total pro- tinuous palice duty, for 14 years duction for the month of January prior to which it had several years of 13,074 units, factory Agures were service in private ownership.

The manufacturers of the engine increased with great rapidity to a in question, the Ailsa Craig Motor May total of 45,688. Co., Ltd., may justifiably feel satis fied with the performance of the four-cylinder 30 h.p. unit incorpor ated in the Alert.

BRITISH CARS OVER ROUGH

COUNTRY IN INDIA

connection are

Production Face To Continue. Commenting on their achievement of the 2,000,000 total volume, Mr. John N. Willys, president of Willys-Overland said:-

"We are in the middle of the |most successful year in the history of the Willys-Overland Company. A letter recently appeared in

Present indications, from orders on The Times from the secretary of hand and from general conditions the Aero Club of India and Burma, existing among our dealers in all putting forward suggestions for in- creasing the use of British cars in parts of the world, are that the organization will go through the Overseas markets. Speaking of the remaining six months at a pace alleged demerits of British cars the comparable with the first half of writer has some very interesting this year. The Whippet has just things to say. His remarks in this fied every expectation which we had as follows: My when it was introduced in June, experience of motoring here has 1026. Present models are a dupli- been across the roughest possible eate, of the original production country for shooting and other par with only minor improvements in poses, in places where I am regu body design, and will continue to" Jarly assured by the owners of foreign cars no English ear could be built to their present specifica tions. The Willys-Knight - models Now this Derp have steadily increased in popu possibly run. seemed to me to be very convincinglarity and have responded to the AB & difference of one inch or so widening range of prices which in clearance is, in fact, alcoat, negligible, and the springing could have been made possible through not be very different. I then began the development of our manufactur to watch the few British cars and ing facilities."

ask questions about them and their An illustration forwarded to as owners did not confirm the views thows the first Overland model, Bo sedulously spread about by built more than 20 years ago while foreign makers, and I then bought close by is the 2,000,000th our pro i 19 h.. British car for my own duced by the Willys-Overland Com- use and have driven it over the pany, Toledo, Ohio, The 2,000,000th roughest country, and am convinc car is a Willys-Knight Standard ed that it is in many ways much Six Sedan which was presented "26" better than a foreign car for this Mr. John N. Willys, president, by Mr. J. A. Sheldon, works manager. purpose.

"Even at Hastings the July ses son to date has been quieter this summer than for many years.

"Many causes are assigned, euch as the scarcity of money. foreign competition (though even Continen- tal resorts, such as Lucerne, are not doing as well as usual), and the spread of the motor-ear habit. The last-named is thought to be the main factor.

"Many families have purchased small cars, and have exhausted

CHASSIS

Brighton,

Up to a year or two ago Brigh- Lou's principal trade was that of catering for anything up to half a million visitors, pearly all of whom made the town their holiday head- quarters. Brighton has now a big ger holiday population than ever, but the travellers do not stay.

On any fine day parties can be eeen pick-nicking either on the beach or in their cara in the car parks. One party, typical of many, was seen lanching in a car which was drawn up in front of one of the most fashionable hotels.

Economical Transportation)

covered with great, black chunks of ironstone rock. They took six- hours to do the eighteen miles in 180deg, of heat yet their Dulap tyres, which were too has to touch, came through, without a puncture. Indeed they had only two punc tares in the tyres which took thêm all the way from Cape Town through Africa and on to London.

The effect of the expedition hai been to stimulate road building throughout Africa and in two yeare time it is expected that there will be a series of all wea ther roads from Cape Town right up to Rejal in the Southern Soudan.

ZCHEVRIGA

Surer

Faster Acceleration

HONG KONG DELIVERED PRICES.

בגלא

TON.......................... ...1,765.ib.

Brake Horse Power 85 at 2,200 Bevolutions Wheelbase 107 inches

PACKING

SHIPMENT

NETT CASH

· DELIVERY. · HONG KONG,

G$184

$380

SERIES A. B. "NATIONAL

8.A.E. Horse Power Rating 21.7 PISTON Displacement

170.9 Cu. In.

F.O.B.

WEIGHT

FACT:

EXTRA- NETT

G$875

0321

495

56

219

770

"5 Passenger ........2160

495

58

219

770

6 Passenger. ..3,480

585

270

900

2 Passenger .... .....2,303

59K

270

910

* CABRIOLET 4 Passenger

• SEDAN

5 Passenger:

2,840, **2,505

665

270

980

675

25

270

*190

** LANDAU

715

270

1,020

**••• Hong Kong Price includes spare rim Tyre & Tabs, Right Hand Delye,

• ROADSTER 2 Passenger......2,100

• TOURER

• COACE

• COUPE

5 Passenger......2,475,

** Hong Kong Price inslados spare rim Tyre & Tabe, Bumper, Bulb Horn, Dear Dock Top. Right Hand Drivs.

• Hong Kong Price includes spars riz Tyre & Tubs, Bumper, Bulb Horn, Bight Hand Drive,

SERIES L 0. “CAPITOL"

- S.A.E. Horse Power Rating 21.7

PISTON Displacement 170.9 Cu. In.

Chaksis 1 Toa nett weight......2,130 lb. Chassis. 1 Tan with Cab weight,2,500.

Brake Horse Power 35 at 2,200 Revolutions Wheelbase 124 inches

$495" 610

G$40

G$185 185

@$720

360

Hong Kong Price includes spare rim, Tyre and Tube and 4 fenders.

THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE

29, Queen's Road Central.

Tel. Central 4759.