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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

THE BEAN "FOURTEEN"

Although introduced to the public only as recently as the Olympia Show of 1923, the BEAN "FOURTEEN"

is not in any sense an untried car.

Actually, two years of time and very nearly 200.000 miles of testing were spent in satisfy- ing the experts that it expressed to the high. est possible degree the ideals of the discriminat- ing Owner-driver. In its finally approved form, the Bean "Fourteen" is a British achievement of more than average interest.

WE SHALL BE PLEASED TO DEMONSTRATE THIS IDEAL FIVE-SEATER TO THOSE INTERESTED.

SOLE AGENTS:

HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.

26, Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. C.1036.

GET GOOD SERVICE FROM

HOW TO GET

MICHELIN TYRES

We can tell you

Keep tyres pumped up to correct pressure for the load they have to carry. 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 bend.

Most cars in Hongkong run on under infinted

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, Ist Floor.

In planning your PICNICS or joy rides,

don't forget K. 226.

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Our livery cars give satisfaction.

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THE

DURO MOTOR CO.

NATHAN

A good car merits a good, clean, roomy garage. Only a limited number of cars can now be accommodate

CARS

FOR HIRE

STORAGE

CAUSE OF FATIGUE.

CAREFUL ATTENTION HAS

ITS OWN REWARD. With the touring season go ting Into full swing, the average motorist has doubtless noticed that thore is such a thing as fatiguo, While one can travel n groater distance with less fatiguo in the bottor cars, there is ofton Jonough variation in the riding

qualities of cars of the idential| mako and model to suggest the Importance of car Guro

and management in the direction of postponing as long as possible that weary fooling. Many mo- torists who find that 100 miles or Ho a day is thoir limit to comfort- able driving when en tour, could stretch that mileage considerably by giving attention to various details which obviato fatiguo.--

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1024.

WHEN A CAR UPSET A TRAIN.

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Too many motorists overlook the fact that the annoyances in the matter of car control which they put up with in normal.driv ing about town aro a basis for pre- mature fatigue after they have sa at the wheel for several consecu- tive hours. Difficult stooring is perhaps tho surost noank of tiring the driver, for, steering is a continuous oporation and there- fore, oumulative in its offect upon tho muscles. The tourist who is planning travel a little further. on his trip should see that his steering assembly in woll lubrition the load to be carried the

front wheel

oated and that alignment is accurate.

A locomotive and four cars of a Southern Pacific freight train were overturned when the train, crashed into an automobile at Lacassine Crossing, in south-western Louisiana. killed instantly and seven seriously Injured, five probably fatally.

results cannot be very encourag

It seems to be a habit with Ing. many drivers to try to KAVO The load boare a direct re-

gas by coasting extensively on

PROPERLY BALANCED LOAD.

their tour. What really happonsation to the affectiveness of the is that by tiring themselves in spring control devices, since a holding out the clutch they cut hoavy weight in the back of the down their daily mileage and car will serve to cumprass the spond in an oxtra night's stop springs more than is customary, ton times what they might save thus shortening the straps or in gas by the most strenuous changing the angle of the levors, methods of economy. The driver depending upon the type of dovico used. Many of these devices aro who Boldom coasts invariably

that tho gota more inlloaga out of his now adjustable D brake lining. And if there aro motorist can make the necessary oportunities where brake lining change before starting on his the normal need not be sacrificed in saving trip, reverting to gas the wiso driver shifts to adjustmont upon arriving Lome.

A motorist who wants the neutral knowing how to shift) into high by the method of greatest sorvico from his springe lubricates them thoroughly a |"double clutching,"

to RO simplify tho

of tho car

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to

One person was

UNIQUE MOTOR ROAD.

Beginning of the motor highway to lead across the Florida'

keys from Key West to the mainland.

It is sometimes inadvisable week or two before starting on al

Key West, Fla., July 24.-The, Flusl approval of construction tour, for he knows that it requiros Dixie Highway. Is coming to of this highway has come from - {trol

a number of miles of driving to this island, 122 milos out at son, the war department. narrow ita operation down to give the lubricant an opportunity Over a chain of keys, consist-

of bountiful coral islets, $300,000 in bonds toward this Last Autumn Key West votad mere control of the steering and to work in between the spring ing accolorator particularly in cases leaves. This applies in those in-across ocean liner laxes, some enterprise and Dade county, on where the touring is over smooth stances whore the driver is not no limes out of sight of land, tho the rasinland, is expooted to

phenomenal- road in roads, for this moans that the Provident as to cover hie springs moss

contribute at least $100,000, driver's logs will grow stiff with a casing and where he is foro Amories will take its course. It through inactivity. This is oftened in resort to the expedient of will almost paralled the Over- more for its share of the under-

taking. an tiresome as overworking the graphiting the leaves as best hos008 Railway, which is still con- or squirting oil over the uidered one of the most wonder-

The road will cross over water lega. It can be avoided by can moderation in the operation of master leaf in the hope that the ful feats American enginoors up to 30 feet deep, and gaps bo-

oll will find its way to points have accomplished.

tween the isles will be as long as the clutch and brake pedals.

whore it can be useful. When The road will lead from the oven miles. The trip will afford MAKING OPERATION EASY. the springs are attended to just Florida mainland directly out a wonderful panorama of vivid Whore clutch and brake pedals prior to the trip it may be soyoral noross the Florida Key to Keywaters and changing colours. The aro adjustable the driver will days before the driver and his West. Work has already been aboals dazzle with overy blue of samotimas find it worth while to passenger will feel the benefit of bogun with the construction of the rainbow, reflecting the groom change his positions enough to it.

the Key Largo bridge across the and brown sea weed, the pink make it just a little easier to do Nothing is more tiresome in channel between Key Largo and coral bottom and schools of brilli the things that must be repeatedtouring than to be obliged to the mainland.

antly coloured fish. hundreds of times on a day's rún. Įbalance a fow grips on your lap Controls should operato so that Thanks to the development of the thoy give the maximum of move-trunk rack this annoyance je ment to the parts they actuate eliminated for many, but the with the minimum of offort. Laverage motorist still has to figure Things that pass unnoticed in out whore he is going to put his ordinary driving become a source bolongings so as to have as much of annoyance on the long trip. leg room as possible. resulting in cutting down tho- To have full confidence in the' daily run to a point where the car's ability to moot every Itinerary naturally suffers many requirement, because

one has rovisions. Many à driver who soon to it that overy vital part has found a hand-operated wind from the universale to the pinion shlold wiped adequate for his gear is well greased and in order, short runs in the rain has found is to be relieved of much of the the absence of an automatic strain that tends to worry one davice sufficiently troublesome and causes the day's run to soom on a long trip to force an early more; tedious. The man with a stopover for the night.

brand-new car finds the miles Tho controls, howover, are "but shorter than usual merely because one of the points to be considered ho has complete confidence in in the work of making aach day's the machine and is preoccupied trip soom shortor. The tyras, with thoughts of its performanco. shook or rebound absorbers and Know your way and the small springs have a lot to do with it. towns will it by in record, time. Tyre Inflation teseldom considered Economize on your efforts with with rofarauco to the condition respect to the controls, and the of the roads to be traversed, and day will close with more milos for that reason many tours are on the speedometer than you handicapped through tyresthatare would have thought possible. too hard or too soft for the road.

EYE STRAIN FATIGUE..

A hard tyro on a rough rand Eye strain is perhaps the groat- will koop the car in a state of ostoause of prematuro fatigue in agitation sufficient to render com-touring. It is for this reason that fort impossible, and even if the many seasoned tourists profer a passengers are protected to a dark day for their long runs coriala extent by shook absorbers, rather than to cover long dis- spring brakes or rebound cheek tauces on what the motorist in- ing dovicos, the constant agitation, variably. labels an ideal day: of the unsprung weight of the Thore was a time when all motor car is bound to be transmitted its wore: goggles for protection, to the passengers in the forms against dust and when such of fatiguo. This is especially goggles were coloured to provent true of the driver whe, being in, undue eye strain. When the dust close contact with unsprung' feature vanished most people- weight by rosson of his grasp on thought tha oyé strain feature, thoʻstooring whool, recolves want with it. This accounts for | large proportion of direct shooke, the large number of unnecessary

from the road.

headaches at the end of the day's

Bobgy tyres will develop, trip.

a sort of galloping, which is often se tiresome as the pounding wheels on the road.

DRAKE LINING TIP.

A few drops of kerosene and A point to be considered in tyre, glycerine, mixed equa inflation is the fact that many applied to the brake motorists test their tyres while wook, will keep the chülerks ont, the car is empty before starting atop grabbin rind make- Without taking into considera-urner!

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NISHES, and are proud

of the CLASSY PAINT JOBS we turn

out. ACME QUALITY PAINTS AND VARNISHES-give

a perfect, smooth, bril- liant finish. Quotations

on request.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

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