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Essex Touring

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1925.

ESSEX

Now With Genuine Balloon Tires

With genuine full-size balloon tires as standard equipment on both the touring model and the Coach, the Essex offers even greater valtio fa road comfort, good looles and long life.

And with the advanced system of spring sos- pension and low center of gravity, side, onme fortable travel is amoured on all roads sod et ali speeds.

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shares the noted Hudson patents. Built in the same factories, it embodies the advantages of design and construction for which the Hucimen Super Six is celebrated.

Low fuel and oil consumption have always been features of Eax performance. To these may be added great power and incomparabla comfort on travelover rough roada. Replacement parts are comily accessible atminimum prices. Ask to see the new touring model or the Coach. Either represente valuo unapproached at Im price. The COACH Closed Car Comforte at. Open Car Cost

The Essex Six, built by Hudson, thề xhxth Largent builder of motor cars in the world, alone

The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.

Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.

33, Wong Nei Chung Road

Happy Valley.

DODGE BROTHERS

TOURING CAR

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It is a delightful sensation to feel cost you have

a fully equipped car with ample power for any emergency and generous room for four others be sides yourself.

You feel justified in boasting a bit. of the good qualities of the Dodge Brothers Touring Car with its powerful motor and its efficient self-starting system. '.

And it is satisfying to know that behind your car is one of the world's foremost manufacturers whose re- putation gives you definite assurance of maximum service at minimum cost.

THE DRAGON Motor Car Co:,

LIMITAD

33 WONG.NEI CHUNG ROAD

HAPPY VALLEY

AVOIDING SKIDS.

IS A CONCRETE SURFACE BEST?

A latter signed "Motorist" in the Times, calling attention to the slippery state of some of the roads of Britain, doalt with a subject which has been con- sidered at some length by road fonginoore

PROGRESS AND THE 1925 INDIAN SCOUT & PRINO

MOTOR CAR.

BY H. H. RICE, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER. CADILLAC MOTOR CAR COMPANY.

Starting practically at zero a little more than twenty-five years ago, the number of motor vehicles 17,000,000

vitally,

The constant kidding and the in uso today in the United States number of accidents on the Groat is approximately North Road and the Great West Throughout the whole recorded Road last year lod to an inquiry period of civilization probably no other mechanical factor has by enginaars which resulted in a report that in places these reads affected the nature of progress so were too good. The surface was

To review all of the changes it' too rich in bitumen, and was too highly finished, with the result has brought about would be an that when slightly wet it became impossible task except by the oxcessively alippery. Since then process of contrasting, in every more mineral matter has been department of human activity, introduced into the surface, but the conditions of twenty-fiva care has had to be taken not to years ago with those of today.

Yet even in a cursory review of Introduce too much; for if the stones used are too large there is a these revolutionary changes wo tendency for the tyres of vobicles can point to no single valuable institution of human society of to tear them from the bitumon

and thus destroy the surface of pre-automobile days which has the road. What is believed to be been harmed by the advent of the the happy medium has now motor car. To most of them. been rasobed, and while road rather, it has been proved & engineers as a body are inclined distinct and decided asset.

When Edward Bellamy wrote to believe that it is impossible

tolephone, as

to prevent skidding under all his "Looking Backward," which atmospheric conditions, no mattor was generally received with a what the road surface may be, the broadcasting of musia by smile, be definitely prediotadi the complaints of skidding re- ceived by the Ministry of Tran. sport lately have been practically nagligible. The reports of their patrols to the Automobile As sociation of cases of skidding have also boon very few.

Power Increase 1-Price Reduced You can't appreciate the remarkable quality of an Indian Scout or Prince until you ride one of them. You will want to ride and ride.

They are easy to handle even In dense trafo and low enough for avon the shortest man to put both feet on the ground. Its a real good motorcycle valus. Stooks carried,

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

was later done in Eazland, and, by in- faronce, the of sermons, addresses and con- carts as is done to-day by radio. His book, bowever, is singularly Motorist pointed out that looking in predictions of improv- in Britain, while roads with a ad transportation methods. The foundation of concrete and a motor car as we know it seems surface of bituminous macadam not to have entered his prophatic vision. Yet, our histories show ara boing constructed, concrete. roads with a roughened surface, us that every marked material which are cheaper to build and advance has been the accom- loss costly to maintain, are not. paniment of "marked improve. Road authorities have been slow ant in means of transportation. It was ten years after the to adopt the entire concrete road for two main reasons. An publication of Bellamy's work of authority on road construction realistic imagination that Col. explained that these were that Albert A. Pope repeatedly said concrete alone was not considered that it would be a matter of only to be watertight, and, that a con- a short time before horses were crete road took long time. to ruled off the roads. For him also people had a ready laugh. Yet there are some cities, and boule- When &

frost followed the yards in many cities, where horses are not allowed. Although. absorption of moisture in this faithful friend of mankind is concrete road disintegration took place, the skin of the surace was broken, and potholes ware formed. With regard to the time taken for the concrete to harden, the objection was that where half on his way, the surface of the road was treated

harden.

OBJECTIONS.

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duties, he is fast disappearing still very much needed for many from our city streets, without the need of legislation to send him

"While the motor car is first and then the other half, luxurious mode of individual traffic was confined to the portion transportation, we are so tuned, fire: dealt with for from one month up to its use that we could not to six weeks. By the time the live our daily lives without it any more than we could without the second, portion of the road was ready for use, in some cases, as at telephone, the telegraph or the Newcastle and Gravesend, the railway."

The investment in it is returned first portion was worn through, Another objection raised to the many times over in the one item all-conorate road through out the of the greatest asset we mortals country was that in would involve have time. As such alone, it is the breaking up of road founda-one of the greatest sources of our civilization ond ane of the greatest Įtions which had been built up

producers of wealth. during a long period.

It reduces miles to minutes. It Advocates of the use of concrete find it difficult to understand the makes possible the suburban re- prejudice in Britain against the aidence away from the congestion all-concrete road. Brigadier. of the city. It ends the farmer's General A. C. Critchely, vice-eolation, widens the mother's president of the British Portland horizon, makes for better children Cement Association, a non-trad- and provides recreation for the ing body formed to give advice on father and his family outside of his hours of labour. So the motor: cement and its uses, declares that many Americans visiting England car, by its rapid development as an economic factor has im- have expressed surprise that wo

aided should bring far and oil sub-

measurably

progress throughout the world,

stances 3,000 miles to put in the surface of perfectly good raáda. Progress it the construc

16.6 PER CENT MORE. Motor vehicles in the United Statas increased by 16.6 per cent. in the last year, reports the Department of Agriculture. The total at the end of 1924 was 17,-) 591,981, or one to every 6.4) persone,

tion of all-concrete roads in this country was being made and many all-concrete roads had been completed or were being, cons- tructed. The pioneer in London had been the engineer to the Southwark Borough Council, who had constructed nearly 100 At a recent loves held by His concrete roads in the borough. Majesty the King at St. James', One of those, which was cons- Palace, a number of the Honour- tructed in 1923, had carried more ablo Company of his Majesty's than were two million vehicles, a Gentlemon-at-Arms, in their |great proportion of which were respondent uniforms, travelled to steel-tyrad, without showing the and from the Palace in a couple least sign of wear on the surfaco, of Rolls-Royce care.

TRY MICHELIN TYRES AND BE CON. VINCED THAT THEY GIVE THE LONGEST MILEAGE OF ANY TYRES MADE.

DISTRIBUTORS

JOHN GIBBS & CO.,

FALEXANDRA BUILDINGS

4th Floor Telephones C.704 & C.4777

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Bank of China Building, Hongkong,

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TAGS FOR WALKERS.

ONE-FIFTI LAID TO AUTO... Paris officials have found a Practically one-fifth of all now: 480 for the kind of fatalitios from accidents in 1923 identification tags soldiers used word the result of automobile to wear around their necks. Emishaps, according to the US. The plan is to put them around Dapartment of Commarde. The the nooks of pedestraians, so total number of fatalities WAD they may be easily identified 74,181, of which 14,411 were auto when they're hit

accidents.