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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MOTORING ... SUPPLEMENT.

"Even better than

my former Essex”

Advantages of both Hudson, and the former Eusex are combined in the now Essex Coach.

And with fingr body and a 6 cyliniter, motor, built on Hudson patonis, its cost is much lose than Essex closed "cur comforts evor sold for.

It continues the famous Essex qualities of performance, economy and reliability,

Steering is liko guiding a bicyclo. Conrs shift easily. Care of the car calid for little more than keeping it lubricated. Its economy includes not only exe ptional gas, oil, and tire mileage, but a policy of minimum inaintenance cost with parts pricos that will astonish you."

5-passenger Touring

3-passenger Coach...

$2,375 $2,000

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

Latest Mediebolig. View at our Show Beem & Bezvini Matiere Cone ngut See Them Weng Nei Chung Road, Happy Valley. Telephone Central 3950

b.

The Famous GARNER

45

British-built

truck-chassis and passenger-bus.

SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1924.

FUTURE OF MOTORING. TO MOTORISTS GOING

LIMITS HARDLY

CONCEIVABLE.

HOME.

SOME VALUABLE HINTS.

Tho Man-in-the-Street fendly entertains the idea that-theory Wo have received from a Lon- nocossarily procedes practice in don 'correspondent the following the development of any branch of

ongnooring, including the evoluinformation, which will be of tion of automobilism, though hoj great utility to any of our readore may not be aware that the late who may be visiting Grant Britain Lord Kelvin oxprossod, a firm this summer, either on account of conviction to Mr. Rogor Wallace the British Empiro Exhibition ar} when the lattor was chairman of

the Royal Aero Club, that lying morely as tourists. with power was impossible. That

A few days ago I received a great sciontist

momentarily.lettor from a friend who is all forgetting that fact must provido official of an overseas automobile theory, had worked it out to his club, asking for advice In the in- own satisfaction by mathematics, torests of many of his members overlooking the paint that theory who proposed visiting Great! is just so much, and no more, to Britain this your. Tho points engineering practing than gram with regard to which he wanted mar is to the sporch of the people, information seem to me to be such and never imagining a Napier

Lion, engine engaged in taking n bo widely applicable being

substantially as follows: three Britishers by air round the the world in 1924. The people "First comes the question of speak as they choose. After touring. Can the visiting motorist they have elected to use certain to Great Britain expect to find words in certain connections and plenty of facilities for repair and forms of speech for a-decade or general assistanes in the event of Iwo the grammarians accept trouble wherever he may be j thoso words and phrasings which. The answer is undoubtedly in the hitherto, they have objected to armative, Scattered throughout; as bad grammar, making them the country are an enormous recognised English. Hence the number of competent repairere need perpetually to bring out carrying sufficient stocks and now dictionaries and, incidental-being sufficiently export in mech- ly, the necessity to supplement anics to do all that the motorist the grout Now Oxford Dictionary is likely to require of them. In by at least two volumes, as is addition, nearly all the principal well known, before the letter, 2 routes are regularly patrolled by has gone to proes far less the uniformed officials of the buon issuod to. tho public. Automobile Association. So it is in regard to the A. A. system provides for giving evolution of the science of eng assistance to motorists both by inoering. Each decade in scion day and by night. Skilled tific history has witnessed the mechanics employed by the re-writing of fundamental princi- Association are equipped with ilce. Each process of this kind motor bicycles and sidecars in has brought scienco in each of which the necessary implementi its branchus closer to a common are carried, so that even at that. alomentary scienc. Twenty worst the visiting motorist has years ago seemingly organic and very saldom to wait long before inorganic chemistry word widely expert assistance is available to soparated and specialised fields of got him home.

knowledge. The atomic theory

The

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was wrocked on the rocks of "The next query was with ionisation, and, in turn, this rogard to the purchase and hiro theory had to give way to the of ears, new or second-hand, and olactronic theory, which is equal- the advice which I gave in re- ly applicatile to both fields, so sponge WIS substantially that chemistry is rapidly becom- follows: It is a risky business ing but a single division of the for any one but an expert engineer study of the laws of energy and to buy a second-hand car from a matorial. And incidentally mot stranger that is to say, one who for-cars are being made better is known neither personally nor and marketed cheaper, than ever by roputo: There are plenty of boforo; yet we are ineraly at the places from which good cars can: beginning of that process.

KETTERINGISMS-AND. THE

MASTER KEY, -

On this fascinating subject Mr.

bu hired with drivers, and a fair number of firms will hiro out cars without, drivers. If however, the visitor intends to stay for C. F. Kettering, the practical more than a few days, hiring is ncientific engineer, who is head apt to become a costly matter, and shoulders above anybody and probably his host course is devoting his brains and time to to buy a new or slightly used the service of the American auto vehicle when be first arrives and mobile industry, and, who bas to sill it back again when he certainly no counterpart type inlever, unless by that time he has European automobile engineer- become so attached to it that ha

The S.S. "Telamon " arriving on the 6th. will bring us a consignment of 2 of the famous Ceneral Motors Research Corpor- the original seller will pay when British-built GARNER " equipped with pneumatic tyres,

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and

2-ton

HARLEY

DAVIDSON

1924 MODELS IN STOCK FOR

IMMEDIATE DELIVERY SHEWAN TOMES & CO.

Sole Agents,

Tel. 781.

MATCHLESS

IN NAME AND REPUTATION

THE MATCHLESS MOTOR CYCLE REPRESENTS THE LATEST AND BEST IN BRITISH MOTor engineerING

ah. p. high efficiency Side valve engine

5 h. p. Low Compression 4.h.v. Single cylinder engine

8 h.p. J.A.P. latest type tour- ing side valve" 50" V twia touring engine.

All the above electrically equipped and complete with full kit of tools...

ORDERS NOW BEING BOOKED FOR

SECOND SHIPMENT.

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD., ́`

ing practice, being the man, who, decides to take it home. Here Tel. 32 HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE Tel. 32 July, incidentally, gave the world the again, care most obviously he ex-

first practicable electrical engino cerised. There can be no exact, starter and the present head of undertaking as to the price which tion, has been saying some things thing must depend on tho use he repurchases a car. Every- truck-chassis, very much to the point, and

that has been made of it, and the fin very characteristic, phrasing,

in the course of addressing mom- The best plan is to go to sume way in which it has been treatoil. hers of the Society of Autómobilo Engineers of America, by way of firm of really good repute which strossing the fact that further does a big business of this kind, knowledge of fundamental lawa For example, one is perfectly is needed. Things are labelled safe in the hands of a concern Shaw and Kilburn, Ltd. talk over the heads of his]

Before buying see us about the 'GARNER" truck-chassis and buses.

SOLE AGENTS;-

scientifle when a man desires to whoso main premises are at 112, tenors and technical when he Wardour Street, which is well in

-Tho

B non-

The S.S. "Glensheil" arriving on the 24th. July, will also bring one 24-passenger British-built Bus.

does not understand the mattere centre of the theatre and hotel English pattern, complete with body and also himself." said Mr. Kettering, who, land of London. These people will incidentally, directed the chemic-not only sell you a car, but will al researches which have revolut-house it, and keep it in perfect! equipped with pneumatic tyres.

ionised the petrol fuel problem in condition throughout your stay. America by causing

Their garage bas room for famous gas, to be murksted through the shops are perfectly equipped. A detonating dope, styled Ethyl over 400 cars, and their machine ordinary petrol distributing subsidiary garage in the 'Wost channels Engineering is a com End accommodates seventy-two bination of brains and materials cars and provides sleeping apart- The prico the more the brains, the lessments for chauffeurs. the material. Engineering must paid for repurchase, at the tor- partako as much of economic mination of the visit is an ab- horse-senso as it does of scientific solutely honest one, and, in the principles.

moanwhile, the motorist han had fundamental laws of all sciences pertaining to the benefit of 'absolutely first- natter are identical and aro class service in every respect. capablo. of universal 1190.1 "Those who wish to buy and Engineering is constantly stum who deal with a firm like Shaw bling over specialised typos, of and Kilburn do not merely pur nomenclature. The laws of all obaso a car. They can get it branches of science can be thoroughly equipped, well garag- condensed into a twonty-five- ed, and kept in porfect condition. page handbook. No branch of They can, if desired, bo trainod science is complate in itself and to become export drivers of the 20,000 lb., with an inflation pres-cannot be until all forms of particular make of car purchas- energy are utilised to the utmost.od, and to conduct all ordinary: The largest known tyre in the sure of 75 lb., in the tyre. world, measuring 64 x 14 in.. Is | The estimated breaking load of

roadelde adjustments for them being dosigned at the Air Service the whool is 60,000 lb. The

selves. When their visit tor Engineering Division, MoCook largest Amerionn tyre horetofore Paige-Detroit Motor Car Com-minatos, they will have no bother MOTOR CYCLES. Field, Dayton, Ohio.

built was 54 x 12 in. and is at pro-pany set another record for cales in rospect of taking the car back sont used on the Barling Bomber, during the month of Marah by to their own country. Every- ebipping 5,683 Palges and Jewette thing will be arranged for them according to figuros just an- with the minimum of troublo, and nounced by the factory, March they can get all "the information

HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.

Indian

26, Queen's Road Çentral,

Delivery from stock, Catalogue & demonstration from Solo Agents ALEX. ROSS & Co. (China) Ltd. Bank of China Bldg, Hongkong Telephone 27-or-2487.

Telephone No. 1036.

A MONSTER TYRE.

The experimental casing is of the traight side type, and bo cause of its sizo has necessitated

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the design of a special wheel upon. A wise driver considers his figures compare .with 5,589 they pead as to the firms in-thoir which to fit it. The estimated brakes of ohlef importance before shipped in February, 5,451 In own countries beat qualified to weight of the tyre and whool as-ho starts off for the day, and January and 4,759. in March of continue to rendor service for the sambly is about 300 lb., and the then forgets them. Vioo vorza last year, according to the calce particular car purchased when normal load ́is ́approximately for the average..

records of the company.

they reach home.",

A NEW SHIPMENT OF “SERIES 3" NERACAR.

THE LATEST MODEL.

AN A.I. PERFECT MACHINE.

I was "Berlos 3" Noracars that won 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and team prizon in the National SIX DAYS Trial; that won the run from-Roading to Pittsburg and return; Pennsylvania Stato Championship, and won the Pennsylvania Stato 24 Hour Endurance Telals and the Reliability and Endur- anco Tosta in Holland and Italy, All mountainous routes.

A dandy, little machine, capable of BIG PERFORM- ANCES. Koops rider clean. Simple, easy to handlo. 200 'miles for $1.00 of fuel. Rido' all ́soasons, any weather.

FREE DEMONSTRATION - SOLD ON EASY TERMS.

́[Tel. No. 0.1604.]

DE SOUSA 2

CO., LTD.

་ Sole Distributors for South China. China Building, 7th Floor,

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