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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

HOW HENRY FORD SPENDS HIS SPARE HOURS.

These pictures show how Henry Ford spends his spare hours.

He is shown splitting wood, enjoying himself in the country, as a Inset below is the yacht-man and as he appears when skating.

bolhouse he attended as a boy, which he has recently purchased.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22. 1924.

PROOF

THE FACT THAT PRACTICALLY ALL THE MAKES OF THE BEST ENGLISH CARS FIT

DUNLOP

'Phone

C. 4554

as standard equipment is indisputable PROOF of Dunlop superiority. You can- `not adopt a safer policy than to take your cue from the people who know, to wit, the Car Manufacturers.?

Remember too,- every Dunlop tyre in the Colony.has this important protec- tion behind it, viz, the personal protection of the Manufacturer's own Branch organì-

sation on the spot.

THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO. (CHINA) LTD.

St. George's Building,

HONGKONG.

Obtainable From-

ALL LEADING GARAGES

Cables Pneumatic, Hongkong

As supplied to The Hongkong Government

& Public Services

effort

Where the ends of two cork Gear teeth in the transmission, Sand in a bearing pries the gaskets come together it is always are sometimes broken off by bearing apart and takes all the best to put a filler of some kind-throwing in the clutch too sud-load. It scratches the steel and As long as it stays there it cuts just enough to fill the seams; noderly, by shifting speeds rapidly imbeds itself deeply in the bearing. more. Otherwise the two surfaces when the engine and the car deeper and deeper until it saks that will not come together on the are not equal, or by accidentally beneath the surface or workstout. gasket. Either soft felt or cotton shifting into reverse whin the Strain the oil and clean out the

oil base occasionally. car is moving forward. wicking are good.

with. will

While the home garage still continual regret, while one Certain cars have no way of the feed pipe to the gauge and

Start the exists on paper po feature of its cannot be operated draining the rankcase from un- place it in a bucket.

deserves more In this construction

minimum derneath.. and the problem of mutet and run slowly.

consideration than getting out the oil is difficult un- way the oil is drawn out of the, careful der some conditions The best crankcase into the bucket or choice of door. A poorly planned Plague the patience of a modern

door May be

Source of Jub plan, however, is to disgonuser other receptacle.

2

"If the writer were

Dennis up the

THE

DENNIS

2-2 ton Model

Write for Leaflets ng models ira which you are interested.

Alex. Ross & Company

~(China) Limited. Bank of China Building, Duddell St. Telephone C.2487-

asked to sum tonner 2=2

HE WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS AN ESSENTIALLY HIGH-CLASS, WORM- DRIVEN MACHINE, BUILT ON THE ORTHODOX LINES OF BEST AC- CEPTED STANDARD PRACTICE. THERE IS NOTHING EXPERI- MENTAL OR DARING IN THE DESIGN: THE CHASSIS IS JUST A REPRESENTATION OF RIPE EXPERI- OVER ENCE ACCUMULATED TWENTY YEARS OF SOUND WORK."

How could you describe in fewer words the essential features of the machine you Hera need for your transport services. you have up-to-dateness in design. sound. ness of construction, quality of material. dependability-all combined with, and benefiting from. an experience of motor manufacture which dates back beyond the passing of the Light Locomotive Act. in 1895,

BRIEF SPECIFICATION:-

30 h.p., 105x 150 mm. engine, forced lubrica-. tion to working parts by gear-driven pump. large oil sump in crank high tension waterproof magnete, ex Ferado-lined clutch, gate change 4-s and reverse gearbox, with direct dri a 4tb speed. steering by, worm wheel sector, Dennis worm-driven back axle, etc. The hand brake is of the expanding type, and the foot brake acts on a drum behind the gearbox, both brakes being easily adjusta ble by hand nuts in accessible positions. All chassis are fitted with front mudguards and Dunlop solid tyres, and supplied with I head, 1 tail and 2 side lamps, tool kit, lifting jack and born.

ENTERPRISE.

There is one minor dealer at lea-t possessed of a sense of humour: his place of business is! not a hundred miles from New York City. There - desperate rivalry between the two local motor men, who each sell a medium priced make. Recently a new medel represented by dealer number two suffered from brake failure and, running away, became a total wreck. Dealer number one heard of the smash and bought up the ruins for the proverbial old sang-be put the demolished machine in bis best placard show window with e which announced

A week ago this was a new

Buy

car!

A Dodge and take no risks!" I hear dealer number two has suffered so much in his business that he would willingly give a brand new car to anybody who could get the remains of his car out of the Dodge dealer's window.

REALLY RUNS.

The licence plate is almost

as large as her motor-car, but Miss Mary Bay likes har car because it is easy to park. Miss Bay is shown braving the traffic of Washington.

DODGE BROTHERS

TOURING

CAR

Those who have driven the Touring Car longest are its most enthusiastic advocates.

They know from experience that with. reasonable care the Touring Car will serve them faithfully for many years.

They were not surprised when Dodge Brothers recently announced " that more than 90% of the million vehicles they have built during the past nine years are still in active service.

Yet this astonishing record is prob ably the highest tribute that has ever been paid to a motor car.

The price of the Standard Model Ave- passenger touring ear.complete with mag- neto and with five card tyres, is

Come and see it.

$2,400

The DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltd.

Registered Head Office & Show Room

Wong Nel Chung Road (Happy Valley).

Telephone Central 3950.