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MICHELIN

HÒNGKONG- TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLELIENT.

HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

1925

THE NEW

STUDEBAKER

1925.

SATURDAY, JANUARY. 17. 1925.

MOTOR AND AGRICULTURE.

Bydraulic

Four Wheel

Brakes

THE FIRST SHIPMENT

44

Genuine

Balloon

Tyres

Arriving by EMPRESS OF RUSSIA,"

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This picture shows a now patent limo spreader in operation behind a motor tractor. Those tractors aro fast replacing horse drawn vollicles.

U. S. MOTOR NOTES.

TEL. 4750.

THE HONGKONG and SHANGHAI HOTELS LTD

Indian Prince

The

Personal

Gives 90 to 100 miles per gallon.

Weight Only 235 pounds.

Lubricates itself automatically,

Motor

Most accessable motor ever built, cylinder head can be removed without disturbing carburettor.

Three speeds

Electric Lighting

Electric Horn - Ammeter.

PROBLEMS AND LESSONS.

MOTOR RACING.

FINE MOTOR'S POWER Many drivers do not know at what spood thoir engines dovolop

· FRENCH TRACK RECORDS. best power for road or hill con

ditions. Some ongines have Students of the automotive in-

The Montihory-Linns motor dustry in America and through racing track, which is claimed to formance until the onging is great torque for brilliant por- out the world have seen how be the fastest in Europe, and corunning at a much higher spoed. other countries in their experwhich numeroua records have Some very small engines dovolop: iences with the motor car are already been broken, was official-higher torque at low car speeds: going through the same stages of inaugurated on October 11. because they are geared low and dovolopment that the Unitod The autodrome lies fifteen miles run at very high spoods, while Staton did. And United States south of Parlo. The longth of

others cannot show pulling power

matres.

with

G 150

motor care and trucks have some roal problems which other coun- tries throughout the world shouls avoid. For example, overy city should have a planning com- mission to anticipato the time when the motor car will be the accepted moane of transportation just as it is in the United States sour, and creating a record. to-day.

J'ho second event was for America is a young country 125 c.m.c. motor cycles, the The country has not been ie-distance hoing 150 kilometres.

The cities lio coverod 500 years. wore laid out in the days of horse-drawn surface cara and alowly moving vehicles. To day in the day of the motor car but the streets are the samo pretty largely.

with its 16,000,000 registered tho concrete track ja 2,500 until the car is rolling at a much faster rato. The problem for Tho pregr.mine on the date oach motorist is to find out at named, opened

what car spoed his engine reveals kilometro contest for cycle cars the groatost pulling power, of 500 c.m.o. The winner Wondeavouring to maintain thin Dhomo on a Morgan. His timanpeed whenever climbing steep was 1 hr. 36 min 2 soc, averaging hills. 93 kilometree 717 metros an

winner WEB Marchant, on a Dyrsan- Blackburne. Timo, 1hr. 26 min. averaging 97 kilo- matres por bour. This was an- other record..

In the 150 kilometre contest, for 750 c.m.o. opolo carr, the Now it is true that foreign winner was Gordon England on countrion with conturios bohind an Austin. Time, 1 hr. 16 min:

Fully equipped in every detail and selis under $500.00 them do not shango like Amori-12 800, averaging 118 kilometres

ALEX. ROSS & Co., (China Ltd.)

Bank of China Building, Hongkong, Telephone C27 or 2187.

can cities do, but the wise city will not postpone the day of plans ning for greator motor vehicular

UBO.

also won second, third and fourth 99 metros per hour. The Austin

placos.

Tho meoting closed with a spoed exhibition, during which In many countries of the world Mr. Eldridge, on a 300 h.p. Fiat, the motor car is still a luxury narrowly escaped a serious ae- In the United States it is the cident. Be burst his back tyre, commoneat of all moans of and the motor caught fire while transportation. In many coun- running at a spood of over 200 tries tho bicyclo is a notabo kilometros an hour, but Mr. example. In America the bicycle Eldridge, with perfoot song froid, is little used. The people who slowed down and extinguished used to ride bicycles in America tho flames. are now neing motorcars.

On the 13th. Octobor, tho London and Paris and the French motor, with two-litros other great cities of the world capacity driven in turns by MM. have thoir traffic problems. Now Martin Gros and Mario, which York probably has mado more set out at 5 pm. on the above progross in handling traffic than track to beat the world record for any other city because it had to twenty-four hours, succeeded, it ia work earlier. Other cities which claimed. Exports in Paris do- think they will nover bave strafficlared, that the record was hold problem should make up their by an Englishman with 2,551 kilo- mind that the day is coming metros 511 metros. The Fronoh- when mator cars will be common men covered 2,930 kilometres 193 and plans must be made for their motros, making an average spoed of 102 kilometren 100 metros an

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DUNLOP

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The motor car le aimply & hour. means of transportation. An a country improves its moans of transportation and communica tion it progresses. And every average speed of 121 kilometres country likos

progress. It is also claimed that they

The throo drivors continued, and covered 3,000 kilomotros in 24 hr. 45 min. & 3/5 sec., with an

1400 metres.

to

It is an interesting fact that in have boaten the record for that the United States it is possibla distance. Both performances to load half the population in the were timed by officials of tho registered motor vehicles of the Auto Club do France. country while not more than

3,000,000 men, women and children could be accommodated

YOU NEVER CAN TELL..

in all the usable day coaches and Considerable discussion is Irailroad sleeping cars.

aristos as to the proper way to

whore thoro aro moro registered operato cars. A taxi driver test

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BUICK

MOTOR CARS

So safely and satisfactiorily have BUICK Four-Wheel-Brakes per- formed upon thousands of Buick cars that not even so much as a cotter pin was changed in building the 1925 Buick brake equipment.

When better Automobiles are bulliBuick will bulld them

For Demonstration.

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HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.

33 & 35 Des Vœux Road Central.

There are cilles in America test drivers for their fitness to In planning your PICNICS or joy rides, Dunlop grows its own raw rub-motor cars than listed telephones. Involves some electrical rays don't forget K. 226.

.pay- It le getting increasingly com-and buzzers to enable

bor on its own estates in Malaya; mon for families in America to clologists to study the polite Our livery cars give satisfaction.

weaves its own cotton fabric in have more than one motor car.

magnificent Mills in Lancashire;| and makes its own moulds.

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nerve-fear reactions, whilo Д commonsenso business man says that any motor vehicle Inspector The traffic commissioner of ought to be able to tail whothor a Borlin camo to the United States man in ea' n at the wheel just by recently to sve how traffic is looking at him. Then the busi- handled in New York, Chicago ness man goes right, out and This control of material and and tho other largo cillos, tumbles for a gold brick wales- Ho wont homo and offered man! The main trouble, with quality has a great deal to decoms suggestions. The sug driver toets in that it's still true

gestions wore put into affect and that you never can tell.. ́ ́ Immediately there was rebellion.

with Dunlop supremacy.

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MANUFACTUPIR'S

Bl. Gems's Bulidlar, Hongkong.

Phoni.

C. 4354

For example, complete turning are debating, the heat means of around of cars on certain streets regulating and fofproving traffic. |was prohibited boosuso it slowed |

up traffic. The constant footing of

horns was discouraged. Parking It in estimated that Argentina

THE

DURO MOTOR CO

ROAD

NATHAN

A good car merits a good, clean, roomy

was prohibiter on certain streets has 106,587 oars lu operation, garage. Only a limited number of cars

Now the traffic commissioners Of 3,858 passenger.dare Imported

and the merchants on streets during the first quarter of 1924, can now de accommodated. where parking is not permitted 3,553 were American care. Ay

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