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Prestolite Battery

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1926.

REST-O-LITE Super Service storage

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batteries are all that the name implies. Exceptionally powerful and long lasting, they are made of the best materials that can be assembled.

The separators in this battery are made of especially selected and treated cedar- for high porosity; reinforced with hard rub- ber strips-for strength and durability. Other features of construction combine to make it, the most powerful and lasting battery that has yet been devised."""

Prest-O-Lite Super Service Batterics will give you far greater satisfaction and prove. much more economical than any other battery you ever used.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE,

Show Rooms and Sales-25, Queen's Road, Central,

THE GREAT GENERAL STRIKE

NEW NINETY DEGREE

CADILLAC

DIVISION OF CENTRAL

MOTORS CORPORATION

Best Offite

Jurth spenc

SINGER

Specially Geared for Hongkong

FOUR SEATËR

DE LUXE

£265,0,0..

For Full Specification and Particulars apply to :----

GILMAN & CO., LTD.

"HONGKONG BANK BUILDING.

INDIAN

Stock Carried."

Salesroom at là, Charer Road, opon overy, day (Sun- days excepted until 3 pan.

ALEX ROSS & CO. (China), LTD.

Bank of China Building, and 1A, Chater Road.

B. S. A. MOTOR CYCLES

Famous For Reliability and Economy

Full Particulars from the Sole Agents: THE SINCERE CO.

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The sight of a fire engine or fire escapo dashing through the streets of London, with the way made clear, is always a familiar sight. In, the great strike, however, the fire escape seen on the right found itself included in this amazing piece of traffic conges- tion at Westminster Bridge, where private vehicles crowded the

road. The House of Commons is seen in the picture,

UNPLEASANT QUERY

GARAGE OWNER'S WAY WITH DEFAULTER.

By Captain E. de Normanville in the Daily Chronicles

A somewhat unpleasant query from a reader raises a, subject upon which a good deal of inis apprehension exister

This particular reader had let) nis garage, patrol and oil bill extend to such unfortunate extent that on calling for his car at the week-end the garage proprietor refused to let him take it out unless he paid the hill. Faced with the donoying alternative, he' sal.

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So far as the law is concerned, the garage proprietor either wil- fully or unknowingly, ran a bluff, which in this instance came bff. But if the motorist had still refused to pay his bill, and the garage proprietor had still refused to let the cur go-the law work have been avifh the motorist,

For such a sight the legal proca- dure is to sue' in 'the ordinary way. There is no right of lion in such a case, and the garage' pio. prietor must let the cargo, even if he feels that he is concurrently letting his account go.

THE DIVIDING LINE.

But in this respect, as in all other things, circumstancos alter

cases.

If the bill, or part of the bill was for repairs, or work involving! actual improvemont to the car, and those. repairs were done in the garage proprietor's own.repair promisos, then he could legally demand such money before part- ing with the car.

If the repairs were done at the roadside, or oven in a lock-up garage belonging to the repairor, but rented by the motorist, then no legal claim for payment before taking the car could be maintain- ed.

And that state of affairs would still hold good if the car had to be driven through the repairor's gen eral premises in order to get on to a public highway.

In the average car maintenance: agreoments the law is

very similar. That Is to say, replacing a worn part does not count as "improving the car. The legal compatison is made with tho original state, of the ear, so that such a repair is not a legal "im- proyement"; and consequently no lion can be substantiatod

PLAN WIDER ROADS-

Highway users of northern Illinois have pledged support to a now $12,000,000-programme for widening to 40 feet every main road pavoment leading into Chiongo

Gutenberg printed 300, copies of the Bible-the first book made from movable type-but, only four complete copies are in existence to-day.

The clear-cut superiority of the. new 90-degree cight-cylinder "Cadillac over anything in the fine car field is responsible for its extraordinary sales success. Ever since the day the first new 90-degree Cadillac was shown; the demand for it has been growing greater. Not in a few" sections, or in a few cities, but all over America.

There is every reason why this

should be so. Here you find lux- ury and elegance carried to the utmost point. Here you find power so smooth that riding is al- most like a flight in the air. Here is case of handling perfected.. Truly this new 90-degree Cad- Illac is without a peer-quite the finest thing Cadillac has ever doné, and as such it stands head and shoulders above. comparison.

Prices range from $200 for the Brougham to $4.99 for the Custom Imperial. F.O.B. Detroit. Tax to be added.

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THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

(THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.) "Car Sales & Accessories Service & Replacement Parts

Phone Central 1759.

Phone Central 4602.

Sealed Against Wear

Buick is the only car with the sealed chassis and the triple-sealed engine

No other car, regardless of price, accom- plishes the completeness of protection for operating parts now found in the Better Buick.

Dirt causes wear! So Buick has sealed all its operating units behind iron or steel housings. This is the famous "Sealed Chassis." It keeps dirt and wear out, lubrication in!

And in addition, every bit of air, oil and gasoline used by the engine now is cleaned! Air cleaner, gasoline filter and oil filter are now added to Buick's famous protection against wear. This is the

Triple-Sealed Engine"!

You cannot find the same completeness of protection on other motor cars. Look for it before you buy. It means long life and reduced upkeep.

The Hongkong and Kowloon Taxicab Company, Limited.

33-35, Des Voeux Rond

Tel. C. 1030.

the Better Buick

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