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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

GENUINE BALLOON TIRES

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

The 7 Passenger Phaeton

Greatest Value HUDSON Ever Offered!

Hudson's consistent leadership in value is emphasized again in the adoption of genuine balloon tires as standard equipment. on all models,

Do not confuse with "seni-balloon" types, Hudson's are genuine balloon tires. Also note that Hudson has not simply "added. balloon tires." Both running and steering gear have been specially designed for the radical differences balloon tires bring. The result is the castest steering and riding Hudson ever built,

In All Ways a Finer SUPER-SIX

Of course, as always, Hudson'ı thief advantage is in the auperiority of mechanical design and construction.

In speed, seccleration, all- climbing and endurance it holds marks that are famous among all stock cars. Many of its official records have

never been equalled by any car regardless of price.

In this territory, os clsewhere - throughout the world, the great number of Hudsons you ace in service is the best proof of the value and satisfaction they consistently render.

FAMOUS

HUDSON RECORDS

100 mites to 80 m3n.. 31.6 seconds, averaging 74,67 miles per hour with stock 7-paasenger keuring ear, 75.57 miles Inonahour with driver and passengerin stock 7-passenger touring car.

203.53 miles per hour, for one miške. with stock chassle.

San Francisco to New York

7000 miles, Le

My 51 house,

3 minutes.

The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.

Telephone, Central 1246 or 1247

33, Wong Nei Chung Road,

TOURING CAR

delivered

SOUND VALUE

The price of Dodge Brothers Motor Car is a Genuine index of its value,

Enabled, by their vast resources, to finance themselves; selling directly through dealer to purchaser; adding nothing to the price of the car to support a free service policy; concentrating on one chassis for their complete line; eliminating the overhead in- volved in furnishing many body types with special finishes-

Dodge Brothers are actually able to. con- serve a considerable amount of money in the

manufacture and sale of each car.

This saving is not only reflected in the price; it is returned to the product itself, and in this way passed on to the purchaser-- sound value for his investment.

Happy Valley.

Standard.

Particulars.

Special.

$2,370

Roadster 2-3-passengers

$2,640

$2,480

Touring 5-passengers...

$2,700

$8,100

Business Coupe 2-3-passengers

$3,800

$8,580

Business Sodan 5-passengers

$8,780

$3,780

Coupe 4-passengers

$3,980

$8,800

Sedan Type "A" 5-passengers.

$4,000

The Dragon

Ch.

Motor Car Co., Ltd.

Registered Head Office and Show Room:

Wong Nei Chung Road (Happy Valley)....

Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1024

THE OLYMPIA MOTOR CYCLE SHOW.

HEALTHY CONDITION OF BRITISH TRADE,

PRICE AND QUANTITY PRODUCTION.

French automotive sagineers bave boon experimenting with alohol as an aid to motor driving, This has been the outgrowtir

and

engine and in the engine teslf. ALCOHOL TESTED FOR long aluminium bearings lubri cated by folt pads are used for the

*** MOTOR FUEL, overhand rookers. So many SLAT No innovation at the Show has (Special Report to the Hongkong Telegraph).

attracted more attention than the now 494 0.0. Triumph, which is sold at the extremely low price of The Cycle and Motor Cycle behind the mudguard to form a £42-17-6. The workmanship is, of a fear that tho regular Show at Olympia opened this cradle for the engine and gear of course, admirable. The engine automotive fuel now in use in year under excellent ausplens, hox, thence being carried to the has sido valves, hand pump that another European coun- During the first eight months of roar apindio supporting lugs-labrication, a two lover car-trios, consisting mostly of bonzol, the year over 26,000 British motor Two additional tabos, correspond-burettor and a obaln

bdooming scarce drivonis cycles and 160,000 British cycles, ing to the normal saat pillar, join magneto. The drive is through beyond the fluancial reach of have been exported. In 1922 the those other members under the a Triumph thros-speed gear with drivers. The result has been a average price of American motor enddio. The rosult is a low and clutch and kick-starter. The wide search for an alcoholic com- cycles, as declared to the U. 3. comfortable riding posiiton tend- front brake is of the contracting pound that would bo cheap and as Customs, was £60, whereas the ing towards immunity from skid- type, and the rear brake of the good, if not better, than the pro- average British price was £75 king.

balt rim type. The machine sont substance. The result was an export ef over While, as already mentioned, appears to be equally suitablo for Now the ongiueors announce 21,000 American machines as npring forks are common, spring solo and for sidecar use, and at discovery of an alcoholic com against 8,000 British. In 1924, frames aro very much the excop the price named there should be pound, which they bollovo could though the average American tion. The most successful spring a tremendous demand awaiting well be adopted as a more econo price is reduced to £50, the frame machine in undoubtedly.

mical motor, fuel. It is said to avorage British price is £6 lower the Matchless." This model is

bo less likely to produce knocking still. Consequently. In the first now improved by tho ad-

and to give more mileage. An six months of the year, Britain dition of mechanical lubrication Finally, in order to emphasise yet, the price of this fool is higher exported 21,000 motor ovales and, of a combination, givos. the wonderful value for money than that for the benzal in use while American exports were oxooptional comfort by reason of

to-day. reduced to 9,700. In 1920, British the springing of all the three now obtainable, one cannot take

The problem still hofore the a bottor example than the 2.49 machinos only formed 20 por cont. wheels. In the model 4h.p. B.8.A marketed at the engineers is to produce the of Australian motor cycle, im- Matchloss," which has a single remarkably low figure of thirty-alcohol fuel with hardly a trace ports. Now they represent well cylinder 350 0.0. engine, epring five guineas. Coming from the of water and yet have its cost over 50 par cont.

loaded frictional shock absorbers works of the largest motor cycle within the roaoh of motorists. As regards value. "The Motor are incorporated in the improved manufacturers in the world, this For this a system devised by Cycle "statos that British motor spring forke. Mechanical lubrica machine is constructed of the Sidney Young and used in cyole exports showed an increase tion and interos! expanding finest materiale

Fronch distillorios has boon of £660,000 compared with last brakes are features of this and of part រថ subjected to adopted...

"models, "Matohloss year, and that the value of the the other

the most. strenuous tonis. It consists of rootifying the motor cyclo exports for the first the intermediate model in the nine months of 1914 is about two range being the 5 h.p., suitable Among the larger B.9.A. models alcohol in the presence of distil- two'machines of exceptional inter- late, from which comes the bon- million pounds. The same either for solo work or for heavy ost are the 4.93 h. p. "Colonial zine water and a small amount of paper states that thore are apsidecar duty. Tho valvo gear of proximately half a million motor the overhead valves on this model and 986 h.p. "Colonial" alcohol. The greater part of the

modal.

alcohól romains in tho still and is cyclists in Great Britain, au engine is enclosed and lubricated the usual B.9.A. features. in practically waterproof. increase of 65,000 as against last by a machanical oil pump. On cluding grease gun lubrication

Soveral thousand gallons of the same stand an important in- for eyele bearings and, in addi- this alcohol have been produce As regards the experiences of novation is the equipment of 8 individual firms, it may be worth h.p. machines with twin-oylinder tion, are fitted with very large daily.

tyros, extra wido mudguards and while to quote an example, anginos manufactured throughout framos speelally built to allow

Blovens Mosure. AJ,

have in Mesars. Collior's own Works.

amplo road clearance. found that the export orders for There sooms to be some ten- A. J. S machines during 1024 donoy for motor egole manufac- have boon so great that, dospite turers to take up their own engine of business done at the Exhibi- being unuesily high. increased output, it has boon building. A new and excellont imposible to supply many in- oxample of thle practice is to be tonding customers. Consequently, found in the 8 h.p. Royal Enfield the firm has erected now build-sidocar combination, which is inge and installed the uccossary | now fitted with 0 Royal plant, with the aid of which it is Enfield engine having roller hoped to cope with the whole bearings throughout and alumin- increased demand for 1925. fum alloy pistons. The price of

year.

READY FOR THE ROAD EQUIPMENT.

| the standard sidecar outfit is only £90. There are, in fact, sub- stantial price reductions through. As regards prices, these are out the Enfield range. The 24 now vory little above pro-war h.p. model with chala drive, and lovel, and the difforenco is two-speed gear box now costs moro than mado "p by only £32-10-0. The 234 h.p. side the far more complete equip-valve standard model with three- ment which is included in the spood gear and internal expand- figuro quote. In the pre-war ing front brake is quoted at the period the bare machine was sold low figure of £47. and many additions had to be made before it was ready for the road. Now the opposito policy is adopted.

EXPORT OF PEDAL OYCLES. The Enfield Company is one of those which, in addition to motor In this matter of equipment the cyoles, also manufacturos podal principal intorost centres in the cycles on a large scale. The proviston made for night driving, exhibit of the latter consists of a The great majority of the more selection of some twenty different 01pensive machines are equipped models at prices varying from with electric lighting esstoms £7-10-0 up to £16-0-0, Where the engine has only one, The Exhibition in its presont cylinder the simplest system is form har, of course, dovoloped something on the lines of the from what was originally a padal B.T.H. Sparklight" ignition cyclo show, and a considerable: and lighting. sot, in which the proportion of the space is stil accumulator is oharged by the devoted to pedal cycle exhibits. idlo current otherwise wasted in As indicating the position in the magneto. For twin cylinder this branch of the industry and outfite a gonerator, distinct from the trend of pri ses, we may take the magneto, must be provided, the stand of Messrs. Swift of but the two can, if desired, be Coventry, who wore the pioneers. mounted as a combined unit. of the velocipede in Groat Britain. The B.T.H. goucrator can also be This Birm's range varies in prica, supplied as a separate unit, so from £6-7-6 up to thirteenguineae. that oleotrio lighting can be addod At the bottom figura a really

substantial to an existing machine without good

overy

day changing the ignition system. machine le obtainable. „At the top As regards acotylone lighting, figure there is a beautifully the most modern system involves finished bicycle with three-spond the use of a sinal dissolved goar, oil bath in the gear-caso, acetyleno cylinder. Mesars. the bost type of Hans Renold Allan-Liversidge provide a oylin- chain and Dunlop tyros.. In- der weighing over three pounds termodiato is the very popular and occupying no more space" Club" modol, also fitted with than the ordinary generator, but three-speed gear, oil-bath gear- capable of providing light con- case and Hans Roald chain, but tinually for over twelve hours in sailing at ton guiness, which is a conjunction with the "Fallolita "[reduction of no less than £3-7-6 lamp which gives 3,000 candle as compared with the 1924 "Club" power. Larger oylinders are model. There are also machines supplied for sidooar outfits, olc..specially equipped for use in 'bad and another useful speciality of weathor and on muddy roads, the same firm is the anti dazzle and @ strongly constructed focus headlight attachment which tradosman's carrier at £10-15-0. can be applied to any existing At such prices and having regard lamp and enables the driver to the admirable quality of the to control the width of products, it is not surprising that the boam, using the width most export trade in British eyolos officient in fogs or when negotiat has grown, so rapidly. ing corners and having it in his! power to pliminate any possibil- While most makers of motor ity of dazzling approaching orolea market a range of mach- drivers or padastrains.

incs of varying power, there are: MECHANICAL FEATURES. oxaoptions to the goneral_rulo. As regards the mechanical Thus, for example, the Rover features of the

adheres to tho ono motorcycle Company itnolf, the three-spood gear model policy, but for this year is becoming almost univera-have produced a new model to al, tho obain drivo

Is supersede the old 250 6.0, typo. practically so, internal expand- The new machine has an engine ing brakes are growing very of 346 0.0.capacity with overhoadi usual, and spring forks are valves and mechanical pump lubrication. Its design is, in gon- almost always provided.

Tho duplex oradlo typo of oral, on the lines of the old 250 0.6. framo la being adopted by a large model, but there are certain mo- rumber of manufacturers, and the difications. Thus, thore in an P.&. P. may, be selected as a indicator to show that the ab-. plonsor for a donoription of the olosed old pump is working rystom. Duplex frame tubos satisfactorily. The clutch has pass from the head to the rear bben modified to transmit the axlo, Further duplex tubes drop additional power of the larger

TWO NEW MACHINES.

These

and

ovory

poaacha

tion are entirely satisfactory, the percontago of sorious buyers as At the time of writing reports compared with more eight-soOTH

We have just received

a shipment of

ROYAL ENFIELD

MOTOR CYCLES

make a point of seeing

the 23 h.p., o.h.v._model

"THE MACHINE OF THE YEAR"

The DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltď.

33, Wong Nei Chung Road, (Happy Valley),

Telephone, Central 1246 or 1247,.

Power enough and to spare!

EVEN with the family aboard, the little Austin Sever is game enough for the longest climb. The begutiful balanced engine has an astonishing reserve of power, and It is more economical than' fram-fare. The Austin Soven represents the cheapest form of travel extant, and that with exceptional comfort and dispatch.

The

Austin

Seven

SPECIFICATION.

Electric starting, lighting, and horn. Full all-weather resipient, apare wheel and tyre. Pour cylinder:water-cooled engine, three-speeds; krakes to all four, wheela,

Standard Motel La

·Sooria Modelsian Chuaia CADEN

£110

"THE MOTOR FOR THE MILLION.

Sole Agents for Hongkong & South China.

ALEX. ROSS & CO. (CHINA) LTD.

Bank of Chian Buldings, Quar Telephone £7 ör 2487.-

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