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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,,

A THIRTY-SIX YEAR OLD MOTOR CAR.

This "hurseless carriage" claims the distinction of being the oldest automobile in the United States. It is said that it was driven on the streets of Milwaukee in 1890.

MOTOR-BUS MANNERS. for the benefit of the public. The

BRITISH DESIGN.

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT "SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1926.

STREETS TO BE MORE CROWDED.

HEALTHY TRADE: OUTLOOK.

Sir Honry Maybury is credited with forecasting an increase of no fewer than 500,000 motor vehicles i in Great Britain next year. It is A bla Increase, and it would be Interesting to know the data on which the forecast is" founded, We are certainly on the up-grade, but the advance up to now has noti been so rapid as these figures in- .dente. Taking the principal typo

of motor vehicles, and motor hack-,, neya there were registered on November 30, 1924, a total of 1,208,321. Six months later the Ministry of Transport's returns showed that of the same types there were registered 1,360,356, an increase in six months of 152,035. Since then there has been a large addition of cars and of, motor- cycles, and doubtless of gommer- cial vehicles, but the total increase is not likely to reach 100,000. With a continued Improvement in industry we shall find a big growth. in all these types of motor vehicles, for which better commercial con- ditions there will be a demand for more cars and cycles, and the need for more commercial vehicles will be imperative. If the increase does reach this half-million, then trade is, in a better state than we are led to Imagine.

EARLY TEST..

Twenty years ago national in- terest was aroused by announce- ofment, that an attempt would be

made to drive autos to the sum mit of Pikes Peak. U.S.A. This was to demonstrate that a motor car could negotiate any road that a horse and wagon could travel.

MOST ADVANCED POINT, True to the British school design in high-powered care, the new single sleeve 25/70 Vauxhall, which was hailed as one of the recent Olympia features of the Show held in London, maintaing its refinement in fast travelling

smoothness .and operation are appreciated in such crowded London thoroughfares as Bond Street or Piccadilly. The. same smoothness is enjoyed when the car is being driven at high ол A long main rond speed journey.

drivers are arged to handle their CODE OF PRINCIPLES.

machine intelligently, and to be courteous to passengers. It is em Minnesota is said to rank as the phasised in the connection that the econd State in America in the little "Thank you" is the greatest matter of motor-bus operation, and of all advertising slogans, and fact alone, that from one vil does much to help the use of the fage 1.200 children it must be motor-bus. The advantage of a considerable village are taken real personal appearance is insist and from school daily, by motor-ed on, it is pointed out that the Bus, as the only form of transport pedestrian has rights, that belts available, would suggest that, it might be a bus passenger to-mor- gossesses big services. The Staterow, and in these and other ways Cas a rootor-bus association which the publication seeks to bring believe in publicity, and it has, about the hest relations between Csed an interesting "code of their staffs and the public. It is principica" "for the benefit of its an example worth following, and,

aff and not altogether indirectly moreover, it pays.

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Before You Advortise

COUNT THE “TELEGRAPHS"

In The Streets;

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YEAR

TUBE

An Expensive Thought-

"A Tube is a Tube"

Too many motorists think "a tube is a tube." They do not realize that a poor inner tube, though its cost is relatively slight, can become the most expensive part of the tyre equipment.

A good inner tube is just as important as a good cover. "Poor inner tubes often cost many times their price by losing

air pressure and so wearing out your covers.

The name Goodyear on your inner tubes means long and satisfactory wear.

Next Time Buy

GOODŸŸLAR

INNER

TUBES

MADE IN CANADA

DISTRIBUTORS

ALEX. ROSS & CO. (CHINA), LTD.

Bank of China Building, Hongkong

THE

IMPROVED

Ford

THE TOURING CAR

All-Steel body. One-man top. Weatherproof side curtains opening with all four doors. Four cord tyres, nickeled radiator and head-lamp rims, wind-shield wiper, rear view mirror and dash lamp. Balloon tyres $50 extra. Price, with demountable rims, delivered in Kowloon.

$965.00

(Self-Starter $125.00 extra)

THE TUDOR SEDAN

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All-Steel body." Nickeled radiator and head- Ramp rims. "Four cord tyres, wind-shield wiper, rear view mirror and dash lamp. Balloon tyres $50 extra. Price, with self-starter and demoun- table rims, delivered in Kowloon.

$1,600.00

Combining All-Steel Bodies New Colours—and No Change in Price

Andrew Harper

Chatham Road, Hunghom, Kowloon; 6, Queen's Road Central,

Hongkong.

Telephones. C.4895 and K.1216,

THE COUPE All-Steel body. Nickeled radiator and head- lamp rims. Large compartment uner rear deck. Four cord tyres, wind-shield wiper, rear view mirror and dash lamp. Balloon tyres $50 extra. Price, with self-starter and demoun- table rims, delivered in Kowloon.

$1,475.00

THE RUNABOUT

All-Steel body with large compartment under rear deck. Weatherproof side curtains open with both doors. Four cord tyres, nickeled head- lamp rims and radiator shell, wind-shield wiper, rear view mirror and dash lamp. Balloon tyres, $50 extra. Price, with demountable rims, delivered in Kowloon.

Ford Motor Company

Detroit, U.S. A:

$905.00

(Self-Starter $125.00 extra)