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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH · MOTORING SUPPLEMENT,

SATURDAY. JULY 19, 1924.

SED CARS

1.5

THE CAR YU WANT-AT A FRI È YOU CAN AFFORD"

(-) Cadilla-E-passonger Touring Car

VETERAN RACER.

SECOND IN BIG RACE.

Mr. Earl Coopar, velo"an raco driver, and tho Studebaker Epecial ho drove to second place in the 1924 Indianapolis raco. Only the necessity of making tyra clangos near the clone of the race robbed Cooper of first hon- ours. Coopor raced for a number of year, then rotired. Two years. ago, la ro-entered the speed gamo., Sinco then he has been de- monstrating that the art of racing once learned, is never forgotten.

ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT

ON

SHELL

Squadron Leader A.'S. C. Maclaren O.D.E., D.F.C.,

M.O, A FO, is USING SHELL AVIATION SPIRIT

exclusively on his flight round the world.

( ) Chandler, 7-passenger Touring (51633)

-$1500 $1.500

( ) Chandler 4-passenger Speedster

$2.500

( ) Cleveland 5-passenger Sport Model.

$2.500

() Dodge Brothers 5-passenger Touring Car

(585184)

$1.250

() Dodge Brothers 5-passenger Sedan

$2,500

() Essex 5-passenger Touring

$1.650

() Essex 5-passørger Sedan

$1.800

(Hudson 7-passenger Touring (52988).

-$1,750-

( ) Locomobile 7-passenger Touring...

$3.200

() Marmon 7-passenger Touring

82.750

() Singer 7-passenger Landauletto

-$3.200 $2.500

() Winton 7-passenger Limonsino..

·REMEMBER : -- A Used. Car is only as good as the firm

with which you deal.

Cheek (-) the car pon wish further information alonut, and mail this advertisement to tes TO-DAY

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

33, Wong Nel Chung Road.

Numie...

Adddress...

Built To

The Highest

Standard

UNDER all conditions, Fire- stone Card Tyres yield long, sati-fying mileage.

Internal friction the most frequent cause of tyre failure- in minimized by twice dipping the cords in pum, a special Firestone process, by which each cord is complutely insulated in-live rub- ber. The strong, flexible con- struction of the tyre body insuros durability and comfort.

Sure, firm road-grip is provided by the design of the cross and square tread, while the tough compound is an added guaranted of long wear.

The Firestone Cord is the high- cet achievement of an organisa- tion which has succes fully adhered for more than twenty years to the most exacting stan- dard of tyre performance-

Most Miles per Dollar.

Bangkong.

That autorechileraendriversennyro troubles and also by the regain their old-tinse ability after average speed of 97.99 mi es per a period of retirement was hour ho obtained from his demonstrated by Earl Cooper, Studebaker Special mount. The the veteran speed king who drove speed of the winner, Joe Boyer, his Studebaker Special to second was 98.24 or lut 0.25 miles per paco in the Twelfth Internatial hour foster. The best previous! 500-milo Race held at Indian-time on the Indianapolis track apolis, (U.S. A.) on May 30th, was 94.48 miles per hour.

It was only through being forced to the pits for tyro, roplacements near the class of the race that the premier honours slipped from Cooper's gras).

The brilliant fight made by Cooper is reflected by the position ho held up to the time of his

Firestone

The DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

24 Des Voeux Road, Hongkong

Show Room and Service Station (Happy Valley)

Central 482 Central 3950

THE DURO MOTOR COMPANY.

26 Nathan Road, Kowloon

Kowloon 226

[A full range of Motor Car & Motor Cycle Tyres & Tubes carried at each of the above addresses

A STORY.

FLIGHT. FLIGHT FLIGHT

ACROSS

TO

ACROSS

ATLANTIC AUSTRALIA AFRICA

PERFORMANCE IS PROOF

THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO.,(S.C.) LTD.

THORNYCROFT

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

days BUILT ENTIRELY OF BRITISH PARTS BY BRITISH LABOUR.

COOPER A VETERN RACER, Cooper began his racing activi tica in tho pionear HIN carliest victorien word achieved in competition with such stars as Johnny Aitken, Gil Anderson, Dario Resta, Barney Oldfield and othora. After capturing numerous hon- ours in hard fought road races and in contests run over specially constructed speedways, Cooper retired from racing and entered business in the United States.

Two years ago he returned to racing. Ho jumped into Joe [Thomas' car the day of a Prosno, California, raco,aftor Thomas was stricken with appendicitis and had to submit to a trackside opor- ation. A copor drove the car to first place position, giving the group of speeders that had come to the top during his retirement lesson in the art of getting around a spood bowl a required number of times in the shortest poriod. Since that initial victory heralding Coopor's return to the track, he has scored successfully in a number of events throughout the United States,

PROVES HE CAN "COME-BACK."

Нів latest achievement-in

the Indianapolis race--while not entitling

him to Gret honours, iH no vertheless

&

A TYPE FOR EVERY REQUIREMENT For Passengera or Merchandiae

THORNYCROFT

BEST

BRITISH

MOTOR

VEHICLES

THORNYCROFT

NOT FOREIGN PARTS ASSEMBLED IN ENGLAND, BUT ENTIRELY

BRITISH.

SERVICE and ECONOMY

Tel. 32.

SPARE PARTS IN STOCK

Truat a Thornycroft with your Transport, Specifications and Prices

HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

Tel. 32,

notoworthy accomplishment. No IF NOT A THORNYCROFT-BUY AN ́ENTIRELY BRITISH LORRY.

other driver in the In- dianapolis contost stago Д greater surpriso than Cooper in his Robin-Egg Blue Studebakeri Spiciat. Cooper demonstrated by This running time that an "old Thend cun come back.

And those who follow the rac- ing gamo Bay It Cooper's comeback" achievements are just beginning.

MACHINE TOOL EXHIBIT.

After an interval of four years,

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS LTD.

,,

The Famous GARNER British-built.

truck-chassis and passenger-bus.

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The S.S. “ "Telamon" arriving on the 6th. July, Engineering Exhibition has boon will bring us a consignment of 2 of the famous

the Third Machine Tool and

Landan, from september 5 to British-built

the motorist will be on dis

arranged to be held at Olympia,

27. Smill tools of every pus

sibio kind, which might interent

equipped with

GARNER " pneumatic tyres,

2-ton

and

The S.S."

Įtogathor with a practical exhibi-

tion of thair use.

THE PRENCIE GRAND PRIX,

Those competitore who did not

practice early nt Lyone

truck-chassis,

Glensheil" arriving on the 24th. July,

for the European Grand Prix will also bring one 24-passenger British-built Bus,

ranos which tako placu at the

end of this month and tho begin.

ning of August havp had to wait. English pattern, complete with body and also

An order has been issued Hmit- ing the speed over the course! until the last few days to 18 milos an hour. Arrangements are being made to time the com- notitors over a 200-metro stretch,

equipped with pneumatic tyres.

Before boving see US about the

during the Furopean Grand Prix, GARNER" truck-chassis and buses.

the intention being to obtain an accurato idea of the car sponda

on the level. For this purpose a

of pand

!langth

ntand'strotch will be used. Thisi In vary slightly down grade, thei pearod in tho distance. The before he was able to bring it to surface is perfect, and the far! junqtorist jamed his brákon on a standstill. Then be turned to macadam in of such a naturo tint hard, but was unsuccessful in go back and see what damago there is very little chance of avoiding an Acoldont.

had been done; but, miscalculat skidding, even if it rains. Highor) ing the distanco, once more, ran speeds will be made on the back prostrate in the road, and travel down bill would give a wrong over one of the mon, who lay stretch but to time cars going fod some yards beyond the place. Idea of their speed ability,

It was almost pitch dark, and the motorist was howling along the country road at a rate ox- Gooding twenty miles an hour he was going, the car travelled Owing to the spaud at which when two figures muddenly ap nomo two hundred yards farther

SOLE AGENTS:

famous

HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.

26, Queen's Road Central,

Telephone No. 1030,"

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