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JUNIOR SENIOR-SIX A Car for avery Pursa and Purpose

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12th, 1928.

"ZENITH" MOTOR CYCLES.

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Olympia Motor-cycle Show Motor Notes-Motor Industry of Great Britain-

Berlin, Motor Show-Studebaker Appointments.

OLYMPIA ENLARGEMENT

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BERLIN MOTOR SHOW.

PROGRESS OF THE GERMAN INDUSTRY.

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the fourth, with the engine parta petitor in the products of the Operapidly to increase, the "home pro-

German road travel and transport the Dixi, which is the Austin Beren All the leading German firms

manufactured in Germany under Horch, Mercedes, Bohr., Daimler- industry, like its sisters of the sen and sir, is being rapidly develop-licence. The firm which made it Bant, Opel, "Adler, and athaka-ukag until recently has just disposed of eight cylinder cars. For these ed and is making great headway.

this branch of its work to the the improvement in design Bavarian Motor Works It is to ho and efficiency of the German care! ONE OF THE BIGGEST. Plans are well in hand for enlarg

In the motorcycle section, sir

exhibitors ArD The exhibition is claimed to be hoped that this transaction will not to be denied. become very the 13 foreign Motorists who have recently being the famous exhibition hal unaccustomed known as Olympia, remarks The

one of the biggest yet organized lead to increased production of the Motor. Until. these are definitely

Unlike the Paris and, London ex- Dixi, which has draughts in their ears should in-

BERLEY, Nov. Sch. hibitions, it covers the whole range popular. There is a great, and as British, but even this is a smaller vestigate the fit of the floorboards, passed and instructions are given Says The Light Car and Cyclecar. to the contractors to proceed, the

The Berlin International Automo- of motor locomotion. There are yet barely exploited, market for representation than might have been. bila Exhibition was opened this four halls, of which the cars occupy small cars in Germany, in the race expected. There are 34 German the commercial transport for which the Dixi has every chance, firms represented, and, although port of motor-cycles continues During the past few days work. Frequently it will be found that management of Olympia are with

owing to warping, chinks have ap-holding exact details.

It is known, however, that much morning. The last exhibition took one, men have been clearing away the peared here and there, and although

and appliances distributed round arm. The Opel models shown cover

a wide range of small and cheap duction is growing at a very much debris on the ugly triangle in front the effects are not noticed in the of the property in the immediate place in 1911; since the War there vehicles two, and the motor-cycles i although it has a, redoubtable.com- statistics show that the German im-.. cars, beginning with a four-seater greater rate, and the progressive Happy summer the setting in ef colder vicinity of Olympia was acquired have been none but national ex of the Police

Weather makes their presence ap many years ago, by Olympia (1912),hibitions in Germany, except in Valley, "Yesterday a Chinose painter parent in the shape of uncomfort Ltd. and it is also common know-individas! branches of the industry, the walls of each. British motor-

increasingly severe competition for was seen engraving the well known able currents, which attack the ledge that the leases of the houses but Germany's re-entry into the car manufacturers are not reprefimousine at £125. It is disappoint improvement in the German makes

most unexpected in West Kensington Gardens are Bureau Permanent des Constru sented in the private car section..

expiring in the very near future.

man firms, foreign exhibitors shown. Although the duties amount anufacturers are going to meet "Texaco "star on one of the sign, anatomy in

in Germany as the present. places.

the way for the present show. Be- paste and the nature of the work

It pays at this time of the year. These houses stand back from theurs d'Automobiles in 1923 opened which includes, apart from 28 Gering that British small cars are not leads to the conclusion that British then came to light.

to cover the whole flooring with Hammersmith Road, half hidden by ginning, as it does, on the tenth among them all the leading Ameri- to between £30 and £35 per car.

anniversary of the Revolution, the can, Italian, French, Belgian, Cze- there is a very open market, and the very satisfactory trade they do

this handicap. linoleum sarmerated with matting. In terrace planted "with trees und.

THE EIGHT-CYLINDER This not only excludes upward shrubs; during the Motor Show exhibition provides an opportunity choslovak, and Austrian farms. the superiority of British makes

the German industry in the difficult exhibitors at Olympia recently.)

There is some confort to be gain-

MODEL. draughts, but protects the feet they are generally rented as tem of comparing the progress made by (There were at least two German should find them a place, even with post-War years with that of its against the effects of cold air play.porary offices by various car au- ing under the car. Incidentally,facturers who fad them quieter.

Expansion in the direction we foreign competitors The impresed from the crowd of onlookers, an old black, woolly hearthrog is

ed-otherwise the enlarged Olympia the same as that left by develop is always gathered around the two delightful on the floor of the driv-have suggested is obviously indication gained from a visit to-day is united in silent admiration, which ing compartment.

would be a rabbit warren of &ments in German shipping and Peerless Rolls-Royce models shown aviation that the by a German firm. Then there is place, with extensions end, antexca

enmmercial in all directions. As it is, by ex- tending the New Hall westwards so as to cover the area which at pre-' Kensington sent includes West Gardens, a convenient and acces

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Our representative called on the local office and learned that the Company had received, permission from the Government to make us of this eye-sore in Happy Valley, A sketch was shown of a very hand. Home Gasstene Pump Station.where supplies of the Company's petrol, tubricating oils and gear oils may be obtained, in addition to free air and water.

MORE RELIABLE MOTOR- CYCLES,

word, and adjective that we should select for the purpose would be trustworthy." says Mator Cycling. Anybody can walk into the show and pick a machine, almost at random, that can be expected to give them trouble-free service for an indefinite period. No longer is expert advice required in the choice

building.

It is hoped that the enlarged Olympin will be ready some time during 1929. Those who remember the relatively rapid erection of the

Had we to sum up the qualities The Company consider them-of the motorcycles exhibited at this solves very fortunate to obtain this year's Olympia Show in a single / Sible addition would be made to the plot as a great deal of motor traf fic passes along that route to and from town. A supply of 550 gal lous of gasolene will always be available, while a passage, protect ed by an extending verandah, will be made so that cars will not cause any obstrucion whilst obtain ing supplies of gasólene.

It is hoped, to have the pavilion ready within a few days and there is no doubt, that it will be of use to the many car owners of that district,

KNOW YOUR BRAKES.

of a mount.

The day when the motorcycle was an unreliable vehicle belongs to the past-and even to the distant past. To buy a pup A practical impossibility at the 1978 Olympia.

me

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A TONIC FOR DULLARDS. On the brakes and the tyres one's safety always depends, but more

Low told the Professor especially on the brakes. A burst

"Carbon" in tyre may mean a bad accident, but other day, says. it is not comman, whereas brake Motor Cycling, that he thinks that dis- motorcycling is far and away the weakness may involve one

most useful of all outdoor recrea aster at any corner or cross-road. It is to be feared, says The Light tions. He considers it a much more Car and Cuclear, that some car valuable sport than cricket, football, owners judge the efficiency of their tennis or any of the other recog- brakes by their stopping power in sized outdoor, games, because ordinary traffic. This alone is mis trains the mind as distinct from the leading, for, as a rule, speed in body. traffic is low, and in such circum- stances the engine provides con Bow siderable braking power. many motorists, however, could de- finitely any the distance in which they could pull up when going at 40 m.p.h.?

Some drivers would hesitate to experiment through apprehension of a skid, and where this is the reason it is fully time-any doubts or mis- girings on the matter were remov

The high speed at which an engine works and the motor-cyclist's ever- present need for quick thinking act, in his view, as brain stimulants which counteract dull-wittedness and speed up a man's ideas and outlook. I had not heard this theory advanced before. It certain- ly has a very strong backing of common sense. Needless, to say, the purely physical side is trained at the same time-resulting in mena and in corрOTE BAND.

present New Hall will realize that it would only take a matter of two or three months to extend the ball in the direction we have suggested.

"DOES RACING IMPROVE THE

BREED?"

This is a query often raised in 30mg quarters, but the result of racing practice may readily be ob served in the latest New-Hudson Models: items such as Twin. Float Carburetters, long lever integrally mounted gear control, large brukes and a remarkably neat dry sump. lubrication system being standardis- ed, to mention but a few of these details.

Such obvious improvements give the lie direct to those people apt to belittle the performances of racing men and machines as being of no consequence, and no value to the average rider, but with a fac tory alive to the advantages of racing, reliability trials, research and experimental work, the result ant benefit to the ordinary pur chaser is very apparent.

The gear box, too, is of entirely new design, and is exactly as used in the famous 1.0.M. T.T. Races, From which arduous teet, it has emerged with flying colours, con- practice in sturdiness, frming that it is well in front of current strength and infallible-reliability.

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The most notable tendency among the larger cars is the general move towards the eight-cylinder model,

In the commercial

transport

seven foreign exhibitors, and no The British firm is represented. American firms are showing light torries and tractors; in which they section there are 27 German and

do good business, but the German firms have apparently captured the market, for heavy vehicles.

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