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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH - MOTORING SUPPLEMENT

ESSEX

Built by HUDSON

Essex Touring

$8,000

The Real Difference

in Motor Cars

It Lies in Hidden Values

They

Essex Values are not all on the outside. They extend to minute details. include finest roller bearings where com- They include monly bushings are used. devices to prevent wear and inexpensively take up wear. For weight carried the Essex frame is the strongest built, save сде. Experts all over the world call its motor the finest of its size.

It is because of such hidden values that Essex cars two and three years old, with upwards of 70.000 miles of service, are runnlag as reliably to-day as when new.

HUDSON

Super-Six

Prices

4-Passenger Phaeton $3000

7-Passenger Phaeton... $4000

5-Passenger Essex Touring -- $3,000

The DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltd.

Latest Models on View at our Show Rooms and Service Station

Telephone Central 3950. Wong Nei Chung Rezd, Happy Valley.

THE EVENT OF THE SEASON

MOTOR GYMKHANA

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd. 1923.

THE DRIVING MIRROR

Is а driving mirror really Many experienced necessary?

motorists who have survived years of driving without one will probably reply in the negative. While others who have become: -accustomed to using a mirror feel! Eust if for any reason they have It is largely a to do without. matter of habit, but undoubtedly! On a closed caz a mirror is so great a convenience as to be Almost a necessity. The argu-i nent, therefore, is that all cars! ought to be fitted with mirrors. since all are sometimes drivent with hoods up, when rearward visibility is much worse than in; Ai a permanently closed-car. point to watch in purchasing a driving mirror is not only its universal adjustability, but the rigidity of its fittings. A mirror. that is thrown out of adjustment or vibrates considerably through road inequalities is worse than

seless.

ENGINE NOISES.

WHAT'S THIS?

to

· RECKLESS MOTOR DRIVING.

Views of Transport Ministry.

The number of accidents dua

ofi the reckless driving motorists which have been re- parted recently in England is leading to a strang demand from all quartars, including motorists themselves, for the infliction of heavier penalties on those who drive to the public danger. The reckless driver is a real peril nat only to himself, but to all users of the road, and recent evants have strengthened the feeling that immediate staps should be taken to deal with him as he deserves.

At the same time the view that there is a serious increase in the number of accidents is not uni versal "I do not think that' accidents are increasing in num- ber," an official of the Ministry of Transport said to a representa- tive of The Times. "The public memory is short. At this time of the year we have always had a large number of sccidents. There are, of course, an increas ing number of motor vehicles on the roads, but I question very much if the percentage of ac-| cidenta is higher now than it has bean in past years. At the same time, it is obvions that if you' have more vehices running and the roads are not made more commodious the danger of accidents is greater.

"CUTTING IN."

SATURDAY, OCTOBER

Firestone

Always Good---Now better than ever.

Most Miles Per Dollar

DISTRIBUTORS: The DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltd.

"We find that most of the ITEMS OF INTEREST.

serious accidents occur through!

the drivers cutting in and trying to pass other vehiches

That

USED CAR PRICES. One satisfactory feature this year has been that we have had

The following details of prices! fewer motor-coach accidents than

realised by used cars at recent in any previous season.

conducted by! may be partly due to the improve auction sales ment in the type of vehicles Messrs. Auto Auctions. Ltd. employed, and partly to the London, are of interest-1922 20' decreased number of motor coachhip. Austin saloon, £550; 1922 12 licences taken out. It is very

satisfactory. however, that comp. Rover touring car, £377 10s. paratively few serious accidents 1921 16 hp. Talbot-Darracq tour- have occurred to passenger-ing car, 2275: 1922 10 hp. | carrying vehicles. When an ac-Wolseley touring car, £265; 1923 cident does occur and it is found Bean two-seator, £258: 1919 201 to be due to a defect in the vehicle we had one the other hp. Austin touring car, £205; day due to a flaw in the material 1921 Bean twosester. £178 10s.:!

with the 1921, 10 hp. Swift two-seater. communicate manufacturer and ask him to £157 10s: 1922 8-9 h.p. Belsize- consider what steps he can take Bradshaw two-seater, £110: 1921 to avoid accidents due to the

h.p. Chevrolet, £70. same cause in future.

** Where a serious accident occurs the police advise our divisional inspectors, who attend!

SAFETY OF FLYING. Now and again a disastrous sir the in quirs. Wherever it accident focuses public attention found that the accident was on the dangers of flying, and due to some obscuration of view, one's sense of proportion is a we take the matter up immediate little apt to become distorted. to passenger zero- ly to try to effect an improve-Accidents ment, and invariably we suc-planes, of course, should be con- ceed. Frequently, in sending bidered only in relation of their: their reports, the division number or their consequences to: al inspectors say that

thes the total number of miles or have seen the surveyor re-hours flown by the public sir! sponsible for the highway, and lines. In this respect some sig an endeavour has been made to nificant figures are given by i get the obstruction removed. In Mesira. Rolls Royce, Ltd., whose such cases we give financial as-engines are the only ones used sistance, for the Minister of on the London-Paris air route.j Transport is exceedingly anxious From October 1 last year to July! to minimize accidents and to 31,1,212 trips were made, involv- make the roads as safe as posing 3,380 engine-hours, the mile- sible. A great deal of work is age being 378,000. More than being done in the direction of re-five thousand passengers wore moving trees, cuttingdown under carried, and the number of engine growth, cutting off corners, and failures causing injury or loss"of removing obstructiona“..

life was-nil.

NERVOUS DRIVERS. ! Discussing the possibles stere to be taken to minimize ac- cidents, the official said: "Fre- quently the best "drivars are the most reckless, and physical no- fitness- of the driver is the least of all causes of accident. A very large number of accidents can be attributed to people losing their beads at a particular moment. There are very many 'nervy' people about now-the war in- creased the number ener tests for dri- mously-and vers would do nothing to prevent accidents due to people losing their beads in an emer gency. With regard to accidents due to dazzling headlights, I do not see that anything can be done! unless you carry out the recom mendations of the Departmental Committee on the Taxation and Regulation of Road Vehicles. In: that case we could keep the beam of the dazzling headlight down and people would not be blinded. "The most important thing however, is to deal with the reck- less driver, and the only place for him is gaol. That is what the Committee recommended, and it: is the only affective remedy." A fine of £10 is of no use. There is power to suspend a man's licence now, but magistrates rarely ́em Riks lag discovered no such ploy it. The Committee recom- Sweden. determined to check speedometer has been invented.mended that where it was proved. a It is expected that there will be satisfactorily that a man was a

337-831"

This is not a new style motor-car. His merely an advertisment issued by a U.S. lumber firm.

SPEEDERS.

A motorist should listen care-motor speeders, has passed fully for any change in the noise national law making it com- such devices eventually. Also, continuous reckless driver, het made by the engine while running pulsory for all cars to be equipped as cars approach the saturation should be imprisoned for six Any tap or squeak mesos & loose with speedometers that will make point, we'll have to gear down so months and his licence should be part or lack of lubrication. If a record showing how fast the that it will be impossible to run taken from him, but Parliament neglected, serious results will car has been run. Unfortunately, them more than, say, 20 miles has never found time to give effect to these recommendations." follow.

after passing the law, the Swedish an hour.

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

Firms desiring to avail themselves of the publicity facili ties presented through this supplement, are requested to send copy not, later then the Wednesday preceding publication.

NERACAR

SAFETY

FIRST."

For safety, Reliability, Strength, Cleanliness and Economy the NERACAR" stands unrivalled.

The NERACAR" was not built for excessive speed. On plain level roads, it will give a speed of 35 miles, whilst on hills such as the Chin Wan Hill-it will give a speed. of 25 miles per hour, as proved in the recent trials Considering that must people rarely go motoring at more than 30 miles on level roads or 20 miles up hills, the *SERACAR has a reserve speed which is quite ample.

The "NERACAR" was specially designed and bailt to meet the needs of people who, in their daily avocations and pleasures, find that what is really required is a reliable. fair priced, light two-wheeled motor car that will carry them about safely, economically, at a fair speed and without the risk of having their clothing soiled by dirt, grease and oil. The NERACAR" answers all these requirements and its gasoline consumption is one gallon to 100 miles!

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Sole Agents for South China. 2nd. Floor, St., George's Building. Telephone C. No. 1264.

1924 BUICKS DUE

Here November, 20th.

E HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CABLE ADVISING

WE

US THAT THE 3.S. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY".

IS BRINGING A SHIPMENT OF SEVEN SEATER 1914 LATEST MODEL

BUICKS

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33 & 35, Des Venz Jost, Central.

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