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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

INDIAN PRINCE.

1925

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1925.

MOTOR GARAGE WRECRED BY TORNADO.

The quickest way there and back is with an

INDIAN PRINCE fully equipped

Stocks Carried.

$480,00.

"ALEX. ROSS & Co.. (China) Ltd.! Bank of China Building,

Hongkong.

SOCONY

MOTOR OILS

GASOLINE

The exterior of a Motor Garage at Murphysboro, Illinois, after the passing of the terrible tornado of March 18th, which swept five big States:-

ELECTRIC HORNS.

ABUSED IN CALCUTTA,

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that it would be most desirable if seriously disturbed. It is this electric borna wero generally type of "hog" for which gentle- allowed to be used, but against men drivers have to suffer. It this we have that abominable sctj appears to us, however, that the of road hogs which abuses overy Police might be able to meet the The Automobile Association of rule and courtesy of the road, and convenience of motorists by per-: Benga! have decided to take up it is these people. which the mitting the use of the electric the matter of electrio. horns with police wish to keep under. horn so long as there is no abuse the Police. At the present time Some drivers seem to think of it, and in those cases where:

All

in Calcutta no car may be fitted that the idea of an electric there is abuse, to press home the with electric horn This horn is to provide as much noise offence with vigour, not so much decision was arrived at by the as possible on all occasions, par-as with a fine as by a cancella- Police some years ago at a timefectly regardless of the fact that tion of license for a period. We when the control of traffic in the the slumbers and conveniences of believe that some arrangement city was not as efficient as it is the neighbourhood through which on these lines is possible, and to-day. We ourselves consider they это passing are boing if arrived at would be greatly ap preciated by motorists.-Indian and Eastern Motors.

Closed Car Comforts at Open Car Cost

ESSEX

SIX

COACH

$2,650

HUDSON

SUPER-SIX

COACH

$4,000

with BALLOON TYRES Standard Equipment

The buying choice of the year is "Closed Car Comforts at Opon Car Cost." There is no rival to this issue. Hudson and Essex alone have. the Coach. And because 4 'these advantages are ox- clusive, the Conch is the" largest solling six-cylinder closed car in the world.

Greatest Closed Car Value Enhanced by Balloon Tyres - The Coach holde strictly' to things that count in real car value. Now it adds the provon super- iority of balloon tyres- greater riding. ease, finer appearance, improved road

steadiness and braking efficiency. It marks another margin of advantage, in a leadership of value that all acknowledge.

In the coach you pay no more for all olosed car utility, comfort and distinc- tion. Nearly three years of service and more than 135,000 owners have

Why Buy an Open Car ?

You see the Coach 'overy- where in increasing number, Its popularity is but a fore-. runior of what the futuro holds. For all admit the clored car will-soon-bo. the only acceptable typo. Buyers to-day _must____con

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sider how that affects rosale values, when choosing be- twoan open and closed cLTS. The Coach as the wanted

type maintains highest rosale value" against the waning desirability-of-the- open-car

establisbed its staunch- pose and enduring reliabi lity. It is the quality closed car in reach of all. ...The Car for Everyone Both Budson and Essex are creations of the same engineers. They are built under the same patents.. There is no difference in quality of material or workmanship. Your 7 choice between them will rast solely on the price you want to pay.

Only Hudson and Essex Have the Coach

And Both are of One Quality.

The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.

Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.

Wong Nei Chung Road

(Happy Valley.)

CAR BUILDING.

SWEEPING DEVELOPMENTS

EXPECTED.

It is not unlikely that the noxt decade will see developmenta of the automobile fully as import- ant and perhaps more radical than those produced in the last ten years, declared Mr. Herbert Chase, a New York automobile engineor, in 80 address before the New England section of the Society of Automotive Engineers in Boston.

Mr. Chase outlined specifica- tions he believed should occupy the attention of passenger car designers, for production of a car of relatively light weight capable of averaging thirty miles to a gallon of fuel at reasonably bigh maximum speed, good accelerat- ing ability and easy to handle in traffic and to park.

Among the possible improve- Loonte he suggested wore the following

Lighter axles or replacement of axles by flexible members form- ing part of the suspension system; lighter framos incorporated no part of the body; engines capable of high torque at relatively low

Slick Up Your Car

WHAT

a world of difference a good cont paint and enamel makes in a car's appearance! You'll be astonished at the change. The more down-in-the-mouth your car looks when you bring it here, "the" more pleased you will be when you drive it away.

EXPERT WORK-PROMPTNESS

AND LOW COST.

The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.

Export and Constadt European Supervision.

Tel. C. 1248 or 1247. A. J. Allison, Bervice Manager.

DUNLOP

CORDST

When purchasing a tyre BEI GUIDED BY THOSE WHOSE BUSINESS IT IS TO KNOW, AND WHO DO KNOW,

The fact that 95% of British Car Manufac- turers fit DUNLOP tyres as standard equipment is aatriking tribute to the superiority of the Dunlop tyre.

Behind the Car manu- facturera' choice is their practical knowledge of tyres and tyre values.

FOLLOW THE CAR HAND- FACTURERS' LEAD THEY KNOW.-

DISTRIBUTORS

engine speed and with better fool HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE.

economy; gearless transmission, authomatically variable through an infinite number of speeds: brakes that will be affective and wear long without squeaking and applied to all wheels, and springs or suspension to give maximum riding comfort with freedom from equeaks and rattles.

He adds to these tyres that afford the greatest riding comfort. easily detached without tools; light and noiseless body, weather- proof, heated and ventilated and finished inside and out with a durable material easily kept eloan, a steering systom safe and easy to operate, that will prevent wheel shimmying; a cooling sys- tem that will permit quick warm- ing up of the engine in winter) and maintain a high and uniform the temperature throughout engine; contral lubricating sys- tem that will food all wearing parte of the chassis and require filling not oftener than every 1000 milos, and goats adjustable and removable, with backs which will move up and down with the body of the passenger.

Practically all of these faaluros bave boon proved worth while on experimental care and some aro lacorporated in cars now in production.

Bilont rooms, in which specially trained exports listen to the operation of various gear as88TH blios, are, among the devious used by the Cadillac Motor Car com pany in testing parts before plac ing them in the chassis

THE

7 H.P.

JOWETT

The Most Popular Light Car in England

40 Miles per gallon

2 Seater £160.

Light Four

170.

level road.

Full Foar 180.

Plus actual cost for Packing and Freight, about £98.

All Modele in Stock.

A. & P. LEONG HINGKEE & CO. China Buildings, Sole Agents.

Telephone C 2794.