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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

HARLEY DAVIDSON

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, OCTOBER

NOW IT'S WATER CYCLING!

THORNYCROFT

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

BUILT ENTIRELY OF BRITISH PARTS BY BRITISH LABOUR.

A TYPE FOR EVERY REQUIREMENT For Passengers or Merchandise

1924 MODELS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. SHEWAN TOMES & CO. Sole Agents, Tel. C. 781,

THE FAMOUS B.S.A.

B.S.A.

MOTOR CYCLES, gonorally admitted to bo the nest alue-for-money machines now on the market, have met with a greater

domand than ever this FORSVD.

The range has been extended, detail inprovements have been incorporated on all models, and the B.S.A. roputation for service and reliability has hoon greatly enhanced by the resulta of reliability trials, and the experiences of thousands of private owners, during the part season in the British Isles, on the Continent, and in every part of the world where notor oycling is in vogue.

We shall be pleased to show you models of these famous nhines.

Prices from $475.00

Take the lift to the 4th. floor.

SINCERE'S

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

You can go cycling on the water now. This water bike-the inventors haven't been ablo to think up a better, name yet-makos it possiblo. It was turned out at McCook Field, Dayton, O. It operated at a spoed of four miles an hour in its first testa.

COOL ENGINE NEEDED.

CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN MOTOR IS CLEANED

CARE. OF HORN. SOME ADJUSTMENT TIFS. When the horn "goes crazy, is meant those embarrassing ‘oc casions when it starts.sounding The propor time to clean the and koops on continuously, who motor is when you are not going ther the button in pressed or not, to use it for a few hours, and the calling a crowd and offending the work should not start until the cops. This annoying happening engine and its various accessorioa is always the result of the bution have thoroughly cooled. A sticking with its contracts toge- mixture of kerasono and gasoline ther or to the occurrence of an is ideal for such cleaning pur-accidental ground connection in

THORNYCROFT

BEST

BRITISH

MOTOR

VEHICLES

THORNYCROFT

NOT FOREIGN PARTS ASSEMBLED

• IN ENGLAND,{ BUT ENTIRELY

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SERVICE and ECONOMY

SPARE PARTS IN STOCK

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poses, but there is a temporary the wire that lends from the horn IF NOT A THORNYCROFT-BUY AN ENTIRELY BRITISH LORRY,

Bro hazard that must be consider to the button. If the horn even ed. This hazard is greatly waiting gets thus "out of control," its din until the engine is cool and can be stopped by disconnecting by not using it again until the this button wire by pulling it out cleansed parts have dried off But of its terminal on the horn, after there are other points to watch loosening the binding nut with Fires' have been known to follow pliers. Investigation may show sparks caused by shorting "that the button has stuck closed electrical contacts with the metal and cannot be freed by rushing. container of the cleaner or the pulling or turning it around, in metal band around the brush which case removing it may dis used to clean the motor. After close why it has stuck and how it cleaning the angino in thle can be freed. However, it is quito manner it is best not to do any as likely that the wire has become! grossing for the same romson | Ground-d somewhere, its insula-i Tako no chances on a spark or tion having, wore through.. Its hosted part while cloaning with exposed part can be inspected for

nflamable Cleaners.

contract with any metallic parti of the car, but it may be that "short" is within the -teorinz column. Occasionally,: wizo up of Too much power is much worse by pulling the

# little within the than no power. In a race held down recently on the Continent, & 1500 column, the ground can be ten- c.c. Italian car was entered. It porarily removed but. if not, its was equipped with a superchar connection at the harn will have ger, which was not of the type to be left off and the use of the ruitable for rough road work horn dispensed with untit a re- The consequence was that the pair shop is reached. As a tem- drivers had a torrible task trying porary makeshift, one end of a to hold these light, overpowered cover wire can be hitched to the the other care on the road. It is worthshorn terminal and

YES-THIS IS THE PLACE FOR

TOO MUCH POWER.

of notice that engines equipped take up to within the driver's with a supercharger can now run reaoh. By touching its bared end in a dust-laden atmosphere with-to any bright me al part of the coltinn the harncan be sounded.i out clogging,

To have the born suddenly fail. to respond to button pressure is a happening that croates added. danger of collisions as well as calling forth unkind words from the powers that be. In most! casos ite failure is due to imper-) fect brush contract in the tiny! electric motor, which rotates the Inolao-évoking mechanism. Some- times a few sharp first blows on the horn will make the brushes! contact with the commutator andi permit the motor to start, but it will soon fall again. The little copper eogmented commutator must be cleaned and every oper- ator should know how to remove the metal ossing which covers tho motor. When this is done,

AUTO REPAIRS

AND SERVICE

Packard Service

at Flivver

Cost

- that's what characterises the business methods of THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD. That's why we have earned high repute among car owners.

Expert workmanship, plus a complete line of parts and accessories, enables us to solve all your problems.

WHY WAIT TILL YOUR CAR LIES DOWN ON YOU? LET US TAKE CARE OF IT--AND

WON'T I IT

The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.

Expert and Constant European Bupervision.

Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.

1. J. Allison, Service Manager:

if the motor can be made to start,

a little piece of clean cloth, wet in '

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C.4758-Car Hire Service For Hongkong. C,4759 For Motor Showroom.

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS LTD.

ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST SALESROOMS

The salesroom of the New York Branch of the Buick Motor Company at 55th Street and Broadway. New York, sells and delivers more cars and more dollars worth of automobiles than any other salesroom in the world. And its sales are increasing all the time; '

Buicks,

This Buick Branch delivered, during 1923, 24,565′′ now representing a cash value of $39,591.918. In 1924, it is expected that about 30,000 cars will be delivered, a business of over $50,000,000. Few if any of the great New York department stores will do as great a volume of business,

From August 1, 1923, to May 16, 1924, deliveries of this Branch amounted to 20,139 Buicks as compared with 18,295, deliveries for the same period the preceding year. This represents an increase of 3.844 cars; or a 23-1% gain, Sales of this Branch for the first two weeks of May 1924, were 1,231 Buicks as compared with 845 sold in the same period last year. This is an increase of over 30%. It is no wonder that a record breaking volume of business is expected for the new senson,

been greater than Because the value of Buick output has each year that of any other exhibitor, Buick has held first place in every. National Automobile Show in the United States during the Inat six years. In 1923, Buick sold 218,516 motor cars, representing a value of $302,752:950: not: including war tax or freight. In the New York district alone '12-5/10% of the 88,026 new cars sold in 1923 were Buicks.

SOLE AGENTS:

HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.

26, Queen's Road Central,

Telephone No. Central 1030.

sewing machine oil for gasolinen planning your PICNICS or joy rides,

as a last resort) should ba

held lightly on the whirling lon't forget K. 226.

copper segments until all dirt

has been removed. A drop or two

of oil should also be applied in the Our livery cars give satisfaction.

holes at the two ends of the shaft, for It may bo' that this shaft is! dry and turns hard. Before in- specting, the horn motor, it is usually well to make sure that the two wires attached to it aro tightly socured under their bind- ing nuts and their ends are not dirty or corroded and to ran that! neither of these wires are broken, If the con nots need tightening, it is well to detach one of the bat- tary cikh 8, en as to avoid short. circuits, while doing this. Seo that the horn wire from the com- bination switch or junction-h~ard)

has a firm connection there. You

can he Fure that current reaches

the horn if a spark occurs when

THE

DURO MOTOR CO.

NATHAN

V

ROAD

good car merits a good, clean, roomy garage. Only a limited number of cars

an now be accommodated.

CARS

FOR HIRE

STORAGE

you momentarily touch, with the pliers both the horn casing and the terminal to which the battery wire (not the one which goen up

The motorbit who is hari ini It is better to have a little all the steering column) is attached,

The idea of highway tax le continually about the high cost of smoko from the dar Loose connection of the wire from old stuff? Back in 1081, during running a oar usually hasinege haust now thin-abore

the horn at the button or dirt or contact points will also prevent

ROAD TAX CLD.

the time of King Charles II. in leated his car from the beginning. lladera and amoké foráve the horn from sounding. When England, there was 400 hacke the button is removed the con that were licensed for operation The driver who always insista - Bome motorieke tests, if dirty, oan be scraped in London, Westminster and a ou the right of way will wooner or tender poter clean and the terminal connec: vicinity of six miles. The money later mass a drivers juni Jl. Him-, HAVE the Angin

awas used to pave the streets: self-thew the crash f tion tightened if required.“