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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

MOTOR COACH WRECKED BY AN EXPRESS.

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Six people, men and women, were killed, and nine injured in a lovel crossing smash in which an express frain crashed into a motor coach at Penny Stralford on the north-eastern borders of Buckinghamshire. Photo shows all that remained of the churabatic.

of Quintity

Tyre Leadership!

For many years Firestone quality has created a world-wide demand for Firestone Balloons and · Cords among all Passes of tyre users,, Millions of our owners want. Pirestone Cam-Dipped Crds beralke of mère mileage- greater eronomy, and' adiled safely,

The largest basical: compusies linge adopted Firestonn as standard equipment, because of teg pendable performance at low cost,

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Pupons racingsdigivers specify Firestone Cúm- Dipped Cords because they stand up under the there racing pare that quickly break down less dependable tyres.

Buding ear manufacturers "list Firestone Chum-Dipped Balloons and Cords as standard equipotent on new var-because iar bayers inset upon the best÷Gun-|Pipped tyres,

Pat these famous tyres on your var fotitay,

Firestone

MOST MILES PER DOLLAR

The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.

33 WONE NEL CHUNG ROAD HAPPY VALLEY

In three months. public rec:guition of the value of the better Buick of 1926 has been so sweeping, that to-day, one in every four cars sold for "G $1,000 or more is a better Buick.

Sole Agents

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The Hongkong & Kowloon Taxi Cab Co., Ltd.

33-35, DES VÕBUX" ROAD. CENTRAL.: HONGKONG,

Telephone C1030.

Call or arrange for In demonstration

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1926.

HINTS MOTORIST

FOR

THE ALBERT L. CLOUGH

FULL PRESSURE FEED ENGINE LUBRICATION. With everything working) mees very exactly adjusted, if normally the shafts of a pressure pressure lubrication is to work ¡lubricated engine do not operate properly.

in contact with the metal of their (Mr. Clough gives some of the bearings, but font upon films of questions he receives from time foil, maint,ined between them and to time, together with the answers. their bushings-the resulting These appear weekly and provide wear at main, connecting-rod and fan, instructive, reference.) camshaft bearings being almost imperceptible under these condi

tions.

The Best Things Have Their Drawbacks.

Testing For Electricat Leaks.

Question:-I bought a 11441 battery for ny dar, but let it ait around for three weeks before using it. When I finally installed Pressure lubrication has be- it, it turned the engine over about cause of its effectiveness in keep: [three times and now It won't turn ing down wear, become pearly it fast enough to start it. The universal Lo-day! but like many battery now tests low, although (other hicbly refued methods it my generator charges at 10 amps. more delicate and requires more. Do you think there is a leak in exact conditions for its successful the wiring which runs it down? operation than does the cruder What do you advise? and more rough-and-ready splash Answer:--Take the battery - to system, which it has displaced. the party that sold it to you and Stiffened Oil and Pressure Fecd. have it inspected and recharged. Motorists who change from When you place it'in the car, con- splash oiled to pressure lubricat-nert qre of the cables, be sure ed' nngines should realize the fol- that all lights and other current lowing facts: Pressure fed oil is consuming devices are witcbed | all delivered through passages of off and connect an ammeter be- very small cross section and when tween the free cable and the j it is still with cold, muy not flow battery terminal to which it at all for some time after an normally,connects. If current is engine is startedi. More con- indicated, there is a leak sofee- sideration is therefore due thewhere in the system, which would pressure-lubricated engine, than ultimately discharge the battery, the splash-oiled one, under very if the ammeter shows no current cold conditions.

low your trouble is somewhere e Fousibly you need a slightly higher generator charging, rate, it van use the lights exorbitantly. An oil pressure gage indication Grensing Rear Wheel Bearings on a splash system means little Question:--Is it possible to more than that the pump is work grease the rear wheels of ing. but with the pressure feed by filling the "hab-caps system, a sustained pressure in-grease and screwing them on, ré- dication above, normal may mean peating this operation several obstructed oil" passages or too times?

Gage Indications More I

Significant.

a car

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Tested by Time-

-and Service

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And now with the new cord material, SUPERTWIST, of great elasticity and strength, Goodyear Pneumatie Lorry Tyrės aro even more dependable'and officient.''

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Next Time Buy

GOOD YEAR

LORRY TYRES

Made with SUPERTWIST

Gold

DISTRIBUTORS.

Answer:-Ne. It is utterly im ALEX. ROSS & CO., (CHINA) LTD.

slight clearance at cerlain bear- fings and a sustained abnormally possible to force grease into the flow gage pressure may indicate | rear wheel bearings in this inan- xcessive flow through parts of ner. The tapered outer ends of the system, which a correspauding the axle-shafts fill the holes in Flack of flow through other bear the wheel hubs tightly and there ings. Bath these conditions may is absolutely no passage through denote insufficient lubrication at which grease can be made to enter sou bearings.

the ring by compressing it in Bearing Clearances a Vital Factor, screwing on the hub-cap. The With the splash system a louse | rear-whood bunrings are lubrienced bearing may knock and one adjust-by means of a grease-eup tapped fed somewhat. too tightly may run into each end of the axle housing a little hot, but lubrication is not just inside of the brake support. [affected thereby. With the pres- On some of these cars, oil instead sure system, however, the distri of grease is recommended for bution of oibis vitally dependent These bearings Front wheel apon bearing clearances-the, bearings, of ordinary construe-| lose bearing stealing oil, tremtion, can be given a little grease the others and the overtightly by filling the hub-cap and screw- adjusted bearing being deprived ing it on and this faet gives many of its full oil supply by others that people the idea that rear-wheel are tuo loosely adjusted. All bearings can be lubricated in the bearings must have their clear- same way, but they cannot.

AMERICAN CAR MARKETS.

The best customers for Ameri- Jean-made machines, listed accord- fing to the number of cars purchas fed this year, arë Australla, Argen- tina, Canada, Denmark, Grent Britain, Mexico, South Africa, Cuba, Belgium, New Zealand, Bra- zil and Spain.

INVESTIGATÉ FRICTION.

Measurements of piston friction are being made at the Bureau of Standards. It is believed that by determining the factors which ̧in- fluence piston friction, informa- tion of value in predicting pers formance of aircraft engines cau be obtained.

SURVEY BUS SITUATION. "

The state public utilities com- mission is planning to arrange for a state-wide survey of the bus situation in Massachusetts with a view to working out a policy which will handle the grent num- ber of applications for new bus lines,

MOTOR REALTY OFFICE.

A Chicago realty firm uses a bus fitted like an office, having three rooms Furnished with desks, drapes, furniture and even electric fans. Prospects are taken to view property and the entire transaction can be conduct- ed from the moving office.

MOTORIZED MAIL ROUTES.

Motorization of 498 new rural free delivery routes has been an- nounced by the Postolice Depart- ment. Rural mail routes in the United States have an aggregate length of 1,221,891 miles and serve 6,608,178 families,

1926

Bank of China. Fuilding Hongkong..

SOCONY

MOTOR OILS

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GASOLINE

SINGER

FOUR SEATER "DE LUXE" $2,200

OVERHEAD VALVES

1926

TWO SEATER "DE LUXE! $2,200

BRITISH THROUGHOUT

FOUR WHEEL BRAKES

AUTOMATIC WINDSCREEN WIPER

COMPLETE ALL WEATHER EQUIPMENT

PNEUMATIC UPHOLSTERY

DUNLOP RE-INFORCED BALLOON TYRES

35/40 MILES PER GALLON

LARGE RADIATOR

SMART, EFFECIENT AND ECONOMICAL

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represents all that is bost in British Light Cur Engineering.

FOR FULL SPECIFICATION AND DEMONSTRATION

APPLY TO ...

GILMAN & CO, LTD, HONGKONG BANK UILDING.

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