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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH⠀⠀

HOW TO GET GOOD SERVICE FROM

MICHELIN TYRES

Keep tyres pumped up to correct pressure for

the load they have to carry. what this should be.

We can tell you

When tyres are under inflated there is con- tinual internal friction between the foundation cord and the rubber, causing overheating of the tyre and consequent rapid deterioration.

Water can also enter causing rust, resulting eventually in the rims having sharp edges which cut the walls of the tyre near the bead,

Most cars in Hongkong run on under inflated

tyres with the above disastrous results.

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1924..

Have your wheels examined front and rear for trueness and tracking alignment. If they are at fault in this respect the tread of the cover is subject to a grinding action which quickly destroys the cover.

Keep tyres free from oil and grease.

Start and stop gently and take corners slowly.

Lastly-buy MICHELIN tyres from us and follow the

above advice and tyre satisfaction is assured.

EUROPE-ASIA TRADING CO.

Telephone 3438.

Chipa Building, Ist Floor.

NERACAR

ĮReliability

Economy

Comfort

Cleanliness Simplicity! Safety.

THE LIGHTWEIGHT MOTOR CYCLE WITHOUT A PEER

With the advent of the "NERACAR" and clean two-wheeled transporta tion, the best known families of Great Britian are taking to this economical and comfortable means of transportation, Following:

The Earl of Haddington M. C.

The Earl of Boctive.

The Earl Eitzwilliam..K.C.V.O

Col. E. V. North. C.M.G.. D.S.O.

Qol, Sir Edward Ward, Bart, G.B.E,

K.C.B., K.C.V.O.

Lt. Col. C. Winterscale,.D.S,O. Capt. L. F. Sloane Stanley.

Professor E. Emrys-Roberts.

Dr. J. P. Broom, .M.B.E.

Dr. E. . Felton, M.B.E.

Prominent among English users are the

The Rov. F. W. Hassari Short, M.A.C., T.A.

and many others too numerous to mention.

Her Grace the Duchess of Mal-

borough.

The Marchioness of Headfort The Lady Joan Wentworth Fitz-

william

The Lady Donatia Wentworth

Fitzwilliam.

The Lady Mary Stuart Worlley. The Lady St. Germans.

100 to 115 miles per gallon of gas. 35 miles per hour. This means safe.

sane driving without speeding.

Free demonstration. Sold on ensy tortus. .

DE SOUSA & CO., LTD.

Sole Agents for South China....

Oldsmobile

Price $2.500 fully equipped including.

2nd. Floor, St. George's Building.

BALLOON TYRES.

A GREAT DEVELOPMENT.

Motoring over rough roads without thought of the bumps, a sensation of really riding on air with the neonery floating part on a horizontal plane and groator roalization of the "joys" of motoring-those. dreams of the motorist are prontised all car- ownors by the Firestone Tyre and Rubbor Co, of Akron, Ohlo, USA, which has just brought out on the market the "Balloon Gum-Dipped Cord.

FLYING ROUND THE WORLD.

This shows the type of machine in which the American aviators are attempting to fly round the world. It is known as the DW-C typo, specially built by the Douglas Aeroplane Company, of Santa Monica, California, and is powered with standard Liborty -engines. The wheels can be changed for floats, this converting the machine into a

wator-plane.

The balloon tyre gots its name: from its shape, as it is consider- ably larger in cross-section than the ordinary tyre to which wer aro accustomed. Instead of boing pumped up to a high pressure, it in run at only about half the air prostire now used. Every motor- ist knows that, tyros give a more comfortable rido when they are not pumped up hard, and were it

for his know- not lodge of what it would do: to them, evory car owner would probably profor to run with poor- ly inflated tyres. Because of tho decreased vibretion and greator: satisfaction obtained,

A Motor Vehicle Conference many

roprosuntative of motorists violate the rules of in Committee flation and run their tyres soft. various automobile intorosts in Unfortunately, running on America has been considering the pressures in any moasure below restrictions imposed on mechani those for which the tyres is do-eat rond vehiclos in that country signed; injures the tyre walls of in regard to size, weight, and speed. These restrictions have the ordinary tyre.

RESTRICTIONS ON MOTOR VEHICLES.`

The new Balloon tyre, develop-been imposed by the States or by ed and pioneered by the Firestone municipal bodies to whom neces- Company, gets around this dif-ary powers have been delogated, As one consequence they are not ficulty and permits the use of uniform, and the Committee con- pressures something less than half of those in common use to-sider that uniformity is desirable.

The points discussed wore whe day, because it is made up speci- ally with thin-side walls which ther the dimensions, spoods, and are not injured by the one thou-weights of motor vehicles and sand flexions per mile of travel their loads should be reduced to which the side walls receive. The the capacities of the weakest Balloon tyre is therefore run highways or whether alt bith- only somi-inflated, based on pre.ways should be lifted up to & | standard ofimprovementadoquie ent dem standardu and abunebe

swiftest loads that users' of motor) without any injury to the tyre.

Not only is the low-pressure them. In the end the Committed vehicles desired to place upon tyro confortable for the pas senger, but it is equally "Com- took a middle course and made fortable" for the car. A million That width including load, be the following recommendation: little jolta org swallowed up by the tyres every mile, without get ting close to the car body. Thus cur life is oxtondod.

Skidding, according to. users of the new Balloon tyre, is practi- cally done away with. In an- other way danger is greatly les- Hened, as tests have proved that evon at a rapid rate of speed a puncture or blowout with Bal-! loons is safo, where with ordinary pneumaties the car would swerve and the occupants, would be in dunger.

The performance of Balloon tyres under average road condi tions has, according to the claims of the manufacturers, proved that they possess a suprisingly great degree of ruggodness. For instance-a-four-pls, 7-1/2 inch test tyre gave out only after first worn through the broaker and three of the plios. Furthermore, it continued to run on the singlo remaining ply for a long distance before finally blowing out. Many of these tyres have run their ontire life with no troad cuts what- over. Thero have been eases where Balloon tyres, aftor 7,500 miles of service, could have been washed up and sold as now tyres. It is even stated that, these tyres havo beon run miles when flat. without damage to either the case or tube.

In applying the Balloon tyre it is nacossary to make wheel changeovers that is, apply dif feront size wheels, as the inside diametor of the tyre and rim is necessarily smaller in order to give proper clearance and contro of gravity to the car. Firestone furnishes a whool and rim to take tho Balloon tyros, and it is ex- pected that all inquiries con shortly be handled by the local A 40/50 h.p. Rolls-Royce Car Firestone'distributors,

The made the fastest time in the D azon Motor Car Company, Ltd, Bhor Ohaut bill climb in the

Tel. No. Central 1264. .

Die Wheels, Spats Cord Tyre & Tubs, Double-Bar Bumper.

The Oldsmobile Four Cylinder Five Parasuger Touring Car now sells "at

pries hazatalora unknown in its class it offers you opportunity that you cannot afford to overlook,

CARROLL & CO.

buying

Telephone Wintral 2491, Dutellitstora,

Bombay to Hoonja Reliabity Instead of giving the car o appoaranco, those Trial, climbing four miles, with grotesque

a rise of 2,000-ft. in 8 min. 25 Balloon tyres actually add mucli

25, sec, a fine performance into the motor car. They give the the climatic conditions..

Gasoline hought.to-day in 20 por cont. batter than that bought heretofore, according to tosta mado by the U. 5. Bureau of Mines. It is duo to greater skill and improved mechanical appli-

·ancos in refining, says the exports.

Unless the bumper on your car-

car the appearance of sturdy cons struction, makò it look larger and moro luxurious and set off the body lines in a distinctive fashion. It is said that the Balloon lyro is one of the greatest improve- ments in the comfort, safety and economy of notoring since the invention of the pneumatio tyre. Its progoss will be watched with considerable interest by all motorists.

is of the proper material and pro- Uniform signals using the porly heat-treated, you may as primary colours, rod, green and well go without one. It has boda yellow, are recommended for found that, if the bumpor, is too traffic control by the spoolai rigid, a collision may break-the Ardoficah Engineering Standards frame of the car. And if it's too Committee,, which has been frail, much damage may result. studying the traffle problem.

permitted up to 96in. (traction engines 18in.); height including loud, 12ft. Gin; length, including load, single-vehicle 30ft., vehicle and trailers 85ft.

AN EPITAPH.

BY BERTON BRALEY:

While driving to a dance,

He took a chance,

?

In passing on a curve At sixty miles an hour,

He had the norvo,

His motor had the power- He just scraped through.

He took another chance.

As poople often do, And cut across the road A time or two,

And just scraped through.

Again he took a chance,

"Could boat a train Across the crossing-..

. But he was wrong; Bits of his car Went tossing

For half a milo along The railroad track; His spoody hack Was ruined,

You could see that at a glance, He took a chance

And never roached the danco,

A Name Car-Owners Trust

IN every line of business achievement, there is one name which stands for quality- always identified in the buyer's mind with the best of its kind.

In the tyre field the name, Firestone, bears this relation to the others. It is the name which experienced motorists immé- diately think of when exceptional quality (is desired.

Firestone Tyres give the topmost limit of strong, dependable service, with added values in comfort, safety and fine appearance.

Most Miles per Dollar

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltd.

26 Nathan Road, Kowloon........

24. Das Yeux Road, Hongkong....

.Kowloon 226. Contral 482.

Show Room and Service Station (Happy Valley)....Central 3950.

(A full range of Motor Car and Motor Cycle Tyres and Tubes carried at each of the above addresses)..

Firestone