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HONGKONG TELEGRAF

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It Always An Uphill

Climb When A Truck Is Not Properly Cared For

LIKE the Chinese doctor, we pride ourselves -not-so much on curing trouble as on prevent- ing it.

Proper care of a truck DOES eliminate trouble and expense. Many business men who Mke to keep down costs praise our service highly.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1924.

PH MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

MOTOR CYCLE T. T.

PROPER USE OF TOOLS.

RESULT OF JUNIOR EVENT.

Seventy thousand people assembled to watch the Inter- national Motor-Cycle Tourlit Trophy Racos-the only road racas held in Great Britain- which began in the lele of Man on Juno 23rd.

Fine performances eot up by compolitors In practice runs gave promine of groat struggles for) the five trophies offered. Thore! were 142 machines entered.

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Practice trips produced record for speed 'over the Isle of Man course, Mr. C. P. Wood, an entrant for the senior raco, on-a Scott machine having done a lap in 35 min. 58 sec., or an average spoed of over 53 miles an hour."

The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.

Expert and Constant European Supervision.

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mean Dukinfaction and Safety.

THE JUNIOR EVENT. - The youngest of 38 compotitors: was the victor in a groat struggio in the Arst of the races for the tourists fiva international trophien offered under the all- spices of tho Auto-Cycle Union.)

Ho was Kenneth Twamlow, of Cheshiro, aged 20, who finished hia 226 miles spin ovor the most difficult road-racing circuit in Europe in 4hr. 4min. 21sec., thus winning the junior trophy. for machines up to 350 cubic capacity at his firet attempt. His average spood was $5.6 miles an hour.

It was not until he reached the ond of the third of the six laps that! he made bla appearanco among In the the first six contestants. fourth lap he jumped from fourth He was riding a to first place, New Imporial.

The rosult of the othor гacos ara not you to hand.

CARS

KOWLOON'S NEW GARAGE FOR HIRE

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DURO MOTOR CO.

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A good car is often damaged by bad storage.

Space for a limited number of cars is available In our modern Garage.

STORAGE

HOW TO GET GOOD SERVICE

FROM

MICHELIN TYRES

Keep tyres pumped up to correct pressure for the load they have to carry. We can tell you' what this should be.

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.

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 C.3438.

China Building, Iat Floor.

Important Things to Know,

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Proper and Improper methods of using tools. Above, pliers and pipe wrench cut edges of nut so it cannot fit proper wrench. Lower diagrams show proper uses of screw driver and methods of loosening tight screws or nuts..

Motorists, generally, are addict-| od to the plier habit.

It is the most misused and most harmful part in the automobile tool kit, for this reason.

Whore tho uсiew drivor is prop erly shaped and there still is difficulty in loosening the Borow, the monkey wrench is a bandy help. By gripping the sorew driver tisztes

USE OF WRENCH

- with a pair of pliers and you'll have troublo. Uso a wrench that fits and mod- idling around an automobilo willedgos are square should not be A pipe wrench, ovan though its become a joy.

usod to loosen & nut.

Its saw

Every motorist should know tooth, used ordinarily to bold a what tools to use in emergencies

pipe in place, work havoc with the! and how to use them properly, if edges of the nut, making it so his car is to remain in good con..

much more difficult to tighten it) dition.. Pliers,--for

later. instance, should never be employed for loosening or tightoning nuts. for tightening or loosening nuts! Wronches should be picked that may be harmful, if it isn't strong

corners,

Even the proper kind of wrench]

fit snugly against the sides of enough. Its jaws might sproud the nuts, rather than into the apart or broak. A good wrench, might not work where the nut is too tight. But the cause of thie might be that the wrench is not applied properly.

THE FAMOUS B.S.A.

B.S.A.

MOTOR OYOLES, genorally admitted to bo the finest value-for-money machines now on the market, have met with a greater

demand than over this season.

The range has boon, extended, detail Improvements have been incorporated on all models, and the B.S A. reputation for sorvice and reliability has been great y enhanced by the results of rellábility trials, and the bxperiences of thousanda. of private owners, during the past season in the British Ihlas, on the Continent, and in ovory part of the world where motor uycling is in vogue.

We shall be pleased to show you models of those famous machines.

Prices from $475.00

Take the lift to the 4th. floor.

SINCERE'S

Sole Agents for the famous B.S.A. Cycles.

Dunlop's record of achievement in the field- of Pacumatic Tura romutumadlad ́le unequalled,

DUNLOP

SCREW DRIVER. Improper uso, of screw drivers, especially, has causod many notoriat to swear over broken nut the wrench should be applied For tightening or loosening a edges and torn scrow hoads, with the mouth facing the direc This tool should be chosen to fition in which the nut is to bo the slot it is supposed to, rather turned. Thus the loverage of the than do an all-round job for large wrench art is against the nut. and small sorOWA..

rather than away from it, und is When a screw driver slips out much more effective. of the screw slot it is oither) ground down to a sharp edge, or and the nut still eticks, two If the wrench is used properly the screw slot isn't squaro. square screw slot and a square-onch and of the nut, and worked Awrenches might be used one at edged crow driver make

Supplied ar work of tightening or loosening double leverage ugainst the re-

the toward each other. This givos MANUFACTURER'S screws cuny.

calcitrant nut.

prices.

FORDS IN GERMANY.

EFFECT OF NEW PLANT.

The German automobilo in- dustry is divided as to whether) Henry Ford's reported entry into the Gorinan market through tho orection of a factory at Rostock in Mecklenborg-Schwarin will muan help or competition.

"Producers of exponsive cars, Huch as the Benz and Duimlor," the cable says, "welcome Mr Ford as a popularizer of the motor car idea in Cerninny, which would mean fostering a dosiro for high-class cars Intor on. The director of the Aga works in of] the opinion that Germanя are) moro interested in quality than in chaaprious and that honco Mr. Ford will merely advertise the Idea of tho ohnap car while Ger- man manufacturers will obtain the actual or ters.

"Other producery like. Adlor do not bolleve the Ford chassis is suited for German' roads. They see a real danger to the German industry, not in the alonpanoss of quality of the Ford, but in Mr. Ford's ability to sell cars on crodit.

"Fitehtol-Sache boltoves that the immediate result of Mr.j Ford's untry into the German market means a danvor to Gør- man industry, but that the final result will show that. Mr. Ferd has boon a paco-makor of the oheap automobile ideas from which the German producor will I gain the ohiof benefit,

Almost 5,500,000,000 gallons of gasoline' wore consumed y motor care in the United States Inet your.

The Famous

In the year 1888. Dunlop made

the first paoumatic tyre.

In the present year, the Dunlop Cord i. the longest mileage tyro It in the product of over 30 years EXPERIENCE in tyro manufacture.

PRACTICALLY ALL THE MANUFACTURFPS OF THE BEST ENGLISH CARS RET OGNISE THE SUPERIORITY OF DUNLOP CORDS.-bacauke - they plank for Dunlop Cords as their standard equipment.

Obtainable from the Dunlop Cu's own Brasch, ulso from Stocks carried by the Taxi Ca and by J. Gibbs & Co. Alexandra Bldg, (phone C.704-- Sundays & Holidays C.4538.)

DUNLOP RUBBER Co. (China) LTD.

St. George's Building. Hongkong.

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GARNER

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Phona C. 4554.

British-built

truck-chassis and passenger-bus.

Two of the famous British-built “GARNER” 2-ton truck-chassis, equipped with pneumatic tyres have arrived and are now on show in our Kowloon Branch Office, No. 1, Canton Road.

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One 24-passenger British-built Bus, English pattern, complete with body and equipped with pneumatic tyres, also of the famous Manufacturer GARNER" has also arrived by the S.S. "Glensheil"

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Inspection is cordially invited.

SOLE AGENTS:

HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.

26, Queen's Road Central,

Telephone No. C.1938

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