1925-12-12 — Page 11

THE HONGKONG TELE

AMERICAN MOTOR CAR upholstery leather and 70 per cent.

NOTES.

PERSONALIA.

RING SUPPLEMENT.

AUTOMOBILE

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1925,

INDUSTRY

OUTSTANDING FACTS.

of the rabber in addition it con }sumes 3,600,000 tons of steel, 1,500,000,000 feet of lumber and

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (By Walter P. Chrysler.)

vast volumes of other metals and during his official visit to the materials.

Argentine used a Rolls-Royce car, Value of American automotive

Ten years ago, Detroit, the one of the New Phantan 40-50 exports during the first half of centre of the automobile business hp chassis with an enclosed automobile industry to

The remarkable, rise of the the year broke all records for any with aggregate capital funda of a very favourably regarded by te reflected in the following st in the United States, had 17 banks cabriolet body. The Rolls-Royce leadership among manufacturers, 'one of half yearly period and was 30 per

and deposits of the wealthier residents in the of outstanding facts compiled by cent. higher than in the first half $38,000,000 of 1924. The number of vehicles $175,000,000. To-day Detroit has;

26 banks.

Argentine. Their capital funda| exported amounted to 142,570 and was 51 per cent. above the figure4ggregate $97,500,000 and their

deposits $737,000,000. for the first half of 1924.

This is an Revised Agures for June show increase in capital funds of more that the total of all automotive

than 156 per cent.

The exports for that month

motor industry in the United States has proved a tre $26,726,359 09 compared with $17,275,724 in June of last year.mendous stimulus to banking.

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The number of passenger cars exported in the month was 17,310 Automobiles in the United as against 10,142 in the same States cost to-day 20 per cent. lesa month of 1924.

than before the World War. Commodities in general cost 67 per

Four thousand and fifty car were shipped from the United States to Australia during June,

cent. more,

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Motor vehicles special taxes are paying, 42 per cent of the total highway bill In the United States.

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Nearly 12,000,000 motorists took to the road in the United States during the aunimer just

There are 2,866,061 miles of closing. Amerfen is to-day highways in the United States. country on wheels. With the in- |Of these 470,000 miles are sur- creased use of motor cars, has faced. During 1924 40,00 miles come increased prosperity. Ta were surfaced. these few facts there, is a lesson for every country which is debat- ing the wisdom of furthering in- dividual motor transportation. The benefits cannot be denied..

More than 3,000,000 people are employed in motor vehicle and allied linea in the United States.

More than 725.000 freight cars are required every year to move the tput of the American auto- motive industry.

Mr. James Thom, who la well-

the National Automobile Chambor of Commerce, New York.

These facts point to improve- known In the motoring world ment not only in automobile pro- throughout India, Burma, Ceylon duction but in highway develop- and the Far East, has joined the ment, in rail-road transportation known automobile firm of Rootes trend of the country. For practi- Export Department of the well, and in the general industrial

Limited, 141, New Bond Street,cally every other major industry London, who handle the sole has had some hand, in the advan- world's export of the Clyne andement of the automobile, and hav Hillman cars. Mr. Thom is now been repaid through the progress travelling through India, after engendered by the automobile. which he will proceed to the Far

The List Follows: Inst vin Straits Settlements, Cars cost to-day 20 per cent. less Dutch Indies, China and Japan. than before the war. Commodi- During his tour Mr. Thom will bettes. in general cost 67 per cent very pleased to take up the matter more. of agencies with any dealers Railroads received $400,980,000 throughout the Orient who wish to in freight revenues from automo- progress their business in the sale ive products in one year, and of the best makes of English cars. puid $31,164,000 in taxes for high-

Mr. S. S. Cooper, Vice-President of the Automobile Association of Bengal, was the guest of honour at a dinner given by the Com- The United States made 90 permittee of the Automobile Associa- cent. of the world's motor cars in tion of Bengal on Monday, Septem-: 1921.

ber 21st, the occasion being Mr. Copper's 21 years service on the Committee of the Association, Mr. Cooper has put in excellent work for the Association and the dinner and the silver cigar case presented with. suitably inscribed which he was though by

are but just no means adequate recognition, of the work he has done for the Association.

SHOW ON ROOFTOP.

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The auto show at Sioux City, I., was held on the roof of the Cham The automobile industry in the ber of Commerce Building. United States consumes 63 per effart was made to attract mass cent. of the yearly production of attendance. It was for prospects plate glass, 65 per cent. of the jonly,

TRIUMPH

TRIUMPH

4:04 TVP.

ALL CHAIN DRIVE

THE TRIUMPH OF THE WORLD.

The first Triumph Motor Cycle was built close on

& quarter of a century ago. It was then acclaimed to be the finest product of the day, and it still is. Stocks carried

...£59, 5. 0.

Alex. Ross & Co., (China) Ltd.

Show Room No. 1A, Chater Road.

Opon Saturday afternoon till 5 o'clock.

SIRENS BANNED.

STRICT TRAFFIC LAWS.

ways.

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The automobile industry ranks first among all U. S. manufactures, } rated according to

wholesale value of production:

It requires only 71 cents per dollar compared with pre-war priess to buy an automobile to-day, { General cost of living is on the.. baals of 167 cents per dollar.

Motor vehicle special taxes are paying 42 per cent. of the total highway bill.

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Half for Roads, Federal highway payments 1917-1925 were but 47% per cent of total federal excise taxes, paid by the automotive industry.

Railroad taxation going to highway purpose is 3.6 per cent of the total highway bill.

The average retail price of new cars sold is 3825.

Eight hundred million dollars in federal excise taxes have been paid by the automobile Industry

Juzz whistles, gongs and colour-in aeven years. ed lights on automobiles pre banned by Illinois, traffic laws.

Seventy-nine cities had fewer fatal accidents in 1924 than in 1923; there were 5 per cent fewer grade crossing motor fatalities in 1924 than in 1923.

The new traffic laws are strict in their proposals for orderly traffic regulation and elimination of unnecessary noises and lights.; Very Few Horses.

The regulations include specifi- There are 60,000 buses in opera- cations for the unloading of cargo tion fa the U. S. Of these 3250 and pedestrian traffic on state are owned by 200 electric railway roads.

Pedestrians are required to walk to the left of the road and to step off the pavement, when vehicles approach,

companies.

Automobile time-pay mont paper is 99.82 per cent good, Averages of 50 leading finance companies give losses of less than one-fifth of 1 per cent. (.18 of 1 per cent.)

The average outstanding note

AVERAGE SPEED BEST.Jon motor vehicles is $252.

Driving safety depends upon all motorists driving their auton at the average speed.

An investigation of auto trafic accidents shows that accidents occur when half the drivers are going too fast and the other half too slow.

An average speed with all motorists driving at that speed will move traffic in an orderly fashion and will reduce the num- ber of traffic mixups.

16 KNOTS

AILSA CRAIC

FAST RUN ABOUT

BRITISH THROUGHOUT

Complete $2750.00 DELIVERED

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

HONGKONG.

Sole Agents,

Motor transportation employs more than one-tenth of the male population, 3,119,000 workers.

More than 2,000,000 freight carloads of automotive products are shipped over the railroads annually.

Motor vehicles registered in the United States total 17,692,000.

Motor trucks are 12 per cent of the total motor vehicle registra- tion.

Exports of automobiles in 1924 increased 17% per cent over 1923.

Foreign marketa consume 12 per cent of the output of American automobile factories,

GAS CONSUMPTION.

ATTEMPT AT REDUCTION.

During the past 10 years the production of gasoline a the United States increased 600 per cent.

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This huge increase in the use of our natural oil resources has failed to alarm oil authorities.

The Society

Automotive Engineers reports, "A sufficient supply of motor fuel and lubri- cants is assured for the national defense and for essential uses beyond the time when science will limit the demand by developing more cffleient use of or substitutes for oil or will displace its use as a source of power by harnessing a natural energy."

Although one.and a half billion gallons of gasoline were used in. the United States in 1914 and nine billion gallons were consumed in 1924, automotive authorities be lieve that the future will bring a reduction in the consumption of gasoline by measure of now scientific inventions.

BUSES POPULAR.

Motor buses are being used by.. 134 street rallways in the United | States, according to Information roceived by the Automobile Club of Southern California.

SPECIAL DODGE Brothers Motor Cars IN FOUR TYPES

Four special typos have recently been added to Dodge Brothors standard line of motor cars-

A Touring Car, a Roadster, a Type-A Sedan, and a 4-Passenger Coupe.

Theeo typos have been created for that substantial group of motorists who favor individuality in motor our appointment and design...

In fundamental construction they are identical with Dodge Brothers standard product. Thele accentuated smartness, however, is strikingly obvioue in many elabora tions of equipment and refinements of detail."

Special 6-ply balloon-type tyres, nickel-rimmed radiator. sholl on touring car and roadster optional on closec types', front and rear bumpers, motometer with lock, special blue leather upholstery (for touring car and roadstor special), body striping, rear view mirror, automatic windshield- wiper, scuff plates, cowl lights and steel disc wheels con- stitute the more important items of special equipment.

Made at Detroit and of Ontario, Canada.

This five-passenger special type Dodge Brothers Touring Car was given an actual road test la, Hongkong the result being 23 3/4 miles on one. Imperial gallon of Texaco gasoline.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO. LTD.

33 Wong Nai Chung Road, (Happy Valley)....

Central 1246 or 1247.

CONFIDENCE

The foundation of satisfactory motor car travel la confidence in the tyres.

The confidence of car ownora in the MARK OF QUALITY has como as a result of tyre servico which answers the most difficult toeta.

This is largely due to the Fire. stone Gum-Dipping process. The

famous method is used on select. ed rubber, chosen by experts in our Singapore headquarters. It renders the tyres practically im mune from internal friction and the disastrous results of heating. Let us confer with you as to why Firestono Gum-Dipped Corde, with their safety, comfort sad good looks, are best for any

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THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

33 Wong Nei Chung Road, (Happy Valley)

Central 1246 or 1847.

Firestone