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MOTOR TAXATION.

FUEL OR HORSE-POWER?

COMPLICATION IN „DEVELOP--- MENT. "

(By H. Massac Buist in the Daily Chronicle.)

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1926.

NEW A. A. SCHEME

250 MILE RECORD.

EASIER FOREIGN

TOURING.

British tropical regions almost without even the trouble of oulti- vation. We shall bo astonished at development in this connection within the next half generation. Meantimo how can the Excise authorities doviso, as it wore ahead of the event, à schons The Automobile Association, which will be ovasion-proof on March 1st," introduced a new

which which the patrol tax, of which we scheme

still further have already had experience, simplifies motor touring in admittedly was not.

Europe.

car

What are the prospects of the present basis of "taxing motor

A motorist taking his Again, if we consider distillates abroad from Great Britain is now vehicles by Trodsury horse-power of crude oil, where are we to able to affect a special insurance rating being abandoned in favour draw the line as regurds motor of a fuel or, as is more generally fuel? Here is M. Lucien Ro- Guaranted to cover the groator assumed, a petrol fax, such as the songart, vice-president of the tion with Customs duty, on his portion of his liability in condec- Trosaury has objected to in the Pougeot Company of France, vehicle, in lieu of a deposit in past on the ground that it is im-domonstrating in Detroit, Clave- possible to make it ovasion-proof? land, Buffalo, Chicago, and New cash, or a banker's indemnity.

This innovation will ovorcome This "interesting proposition, was York to the automobile industry raised yet again by Mr. Winston of America the latest version of the difficulty previously ex- Churchill when introducing the the Tarirais two-cyclo heavy porienced by tourists in providing latest Budget, when he suggestedoll-burning Peugeot engine, the large amounts in cash, or

that at some futuro timo the wherein hat bulb ignition is the banker's indemnities, which question will be gone into afresh. eliminated and a water-cooled the Automobile Association were Technically and practically the head is, exploited, for rond vehicle obliged to hold in connection proposition reveals itself to be a service, including paskonger-car with the temporary importation more complex one with the lapse work. Among the machines of touring cars into foreign of overy your. Even the man in standardised for this purpose is countries under cover of tripty the stroot roalises to-day that fourwheel-braked 5 h.p.quos and carnets.

As to the motorist in this i

FAVOUR SUPPER- CHARGERS,

putrol is one variety only of the Peugeot sedan with a 43 cubic Full particulars of the now fugls used for self-propelled road inch four-cylinder-head engine; scheme are obtainable on applica- volicies. Considor the number in other words; one less than ation to the Secretary, tho of heavy coal-burning steamers (quartor the size of that on a Ford Automobile- Association. of already on the roads, and the still car, yet it devolops 15 b. h.p. Faium House, London." greater, numbers that, will be. taken into use. Again we are only

CONTRAST AND PROSPECT. at the beginning of using berzole country, by implication he has 'derived from scrubbing processes been led by petrol tax advocates at gasworks.

to understand that he would ho Vory much more ambitious paying less in motor taxes if the things are going to he done else-levy were made on. petrol con- where, however, on big commer-sumption than by tho, present

"Steady progress has been. cial scales o obtain motor spirit horso-power rating schome. But made in the application of super- from coal.

The chemical, and does anyone really suppose he chargers of various designg "to engineering steps off the roads to will "get off" hereafter with a racing cars and it will not be long. commercialising the last achieve-grass payment of, let us suppose, until similar devices are adopted ment will be so various, numerous, fifty shillings a year, which is as standard equipment on pas- and complex that it is a very the averago tax paid last year by senger automobiles," says C. W. difficult question indeed for tho motorists in America, whose Tseler, research univer Excise Department to deviso a petrol consumption worked out really practical and economical at 354 English gallons (which are scheme.

larger than Amorioan gallons) a MOTOR SPIRIT IN EVOLUTION, fear? On the contrary, under a

is that, assuming it in operation, From the import point of view fuel tax here, if the average it is easy suddenly to vary the it is eminently desirable that we motorist used his car so little arutas of it;"therefore the tempta should grow, instead of mining, year that the mean figure came tion is too great, as Governments motor fuel. Thereby we should down, let us suppose, from £11 have inexhaustible supplies avail- tux a your to for £8; futuro have been, and will be, hard put able at least in times of peace. Chancellors of the Exchequer to it to find money; and no extra Already it is known that more would have to increase the sea è labour would be involved by than all the alcohol the world of a fuel tax. Indeed, from the increasing the tax one or more will ever need for mechanical motorist's..point of view, one of road transport can be obtained in the great objections to a fuel tax pence per gallon,

AUTO THAT TRAVELS OVER ICE WATER OR GROUND.

WON WITH MILLER SPECIAL.

Five now world spood re- cords over a distance of 250 milds word 'ostablished on March 21st at Culver City, California.

Bennett Hill who came in. first, averaged 131.295 miles per hour.

Bennett HDI.

Hill also established the record of 131.54 miles per hour for 150 miles, and 131.64 for 200 miles,

Dave Lowis, in his Miller- motored speedster, establish- ed an average of 135.78 miles for 50 miles and 13171 for

Dave Lewis,

100 miles before he was forced to retire from the race. Peter de Paolo took second place with his Duesenberg finishing the race without a stop loss than 30 seconds be- hind Hill.

Quality Visible and Quality Concealed in every Studebaker

The One-Profit Unit-Built Car Studebaker in & Qus-Profit car because at angina, bodies, steering

clutches, gear honan, difer entials, spring, axles, grey fron cautioga and drop farg Ings are made in Studebak

* own facicelos. This liminate the extra profita of outside parts and bady mak and affects t Baring which Studebaker returns to the product in fine er materials and better work- manship.

With every vital part de signed, engineered and' manufactured by one ot ganization, Studebaker caro are Unit-Bulit and all partz ard perfectly courdinated. This Insures longer life. greater riding comfort and higher role value.

The fine lacquer finish, genuine mohair, wool or leath er upholstery, the numerous. body refinements---these are obvious indications of quality which can be easily, seen on all Studebaker cars. And underneath the sur face, the same fine quality is found.

At an expense of £120,000 a year, Studebaker machines its crankshaft on all surfaces. This explains the smooth vibrationless operation of Studebaker engines a fea ture that adds thousands of milles to the life of the car.

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Studebaker pays a premium for steel of extra toughness; it uses only file northern ash and hard maple wood in the body frames-no soft gum, such as is customarily" used in building bodies, These are typical examples of quality beneath the surface of Studebaker caro,

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QUALITY

FOR. 73 YEARS

George McLaughlin, Bangor (Me) U. S. A. has made this auto, equipped with a 70

h.p. airplane motor and propeller, that will skim the ground or ice at 60 miles an hour or

will sail in water.

THE

1926

"AUSTIN

SEVEN"

First Shipment sold on arrival.

Second Shipment due July 6th. Alex Ross & Co. (China), Ltd. Bank of China Building.

Peter De Paolo. The fastest, spoed is held by a special British car built by Mr. Parry Thomas, who # recently reached a speed of 169 miles per hour on the Pendine sands. A notable feature of the American cars mentioned above is that in each instance they were fit- ted with "Perfect Circle" oil- regulating piston rings and Firestone tyres, ~

AVERAGE CAR LIFE.

JUST OVER 7 YEARS.

VALIER IMONC

PACKARD

"REPUTATION is never earn

DEPUTATION is never earned

A champion must at all times be ready to defend his title.

Each year come new contenders. Reputation arises only from re- peated victory.

Through the vicissitudes of twen- ty-five years of quality car manu- facturing, Packard has emerged again and again acknowledged leader of its class.

The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd. 38, Wong Nei Chung Road,... Happy Valley. Tel. C. 1246 or 1247

Hongkong,

ONLY PACKARD CAN BUILD A PACKARD

If you're an average driver, run- ning an average automobile in on automotive statistics. He has ho makes the startling announce an average way, you may expect your car to last an average of given the automobiles "popula- ment that the lowly Ford has in uso December 31, 1924, was That the average age of, care 7.04 years.

tion," a "specific death rate" and quite a longer life than this 3.07 years. Which points to the fact that an "expectation of life," cor- include the Ford in figuring the average of 7.04 years. He didn't automobiles have been placed responding practically to those average because of the high pro-0.22 per cont. of the 1926 ad- That the doath rate of care under the clososcrutiny that

this year will be 1,710,000 plus equals the oxact statistics in- of our own lives. He has taken duction rate of Ford as against ditions for the entire country. surance companies have about automobiles in Michigan on class, and all the rest in the othors. Figuring Fords in one which to base his figurce, over a others,

That the death rate of cars in ; · Horetofore the method

came to almost 1927 will be 1,810,000 plus 0,22 estimating the life of a car was bas estimated the number of

of number of years and from these similar" death curves."

per cent of the 1927 not additions along somewhat of a hit-and-miss cars that will "die" during this Griffin finds:..

From his statistics Prof additions

and 2.05 per cent. of the 1926 not mothod. Now Prof." C. E. year and next. Griffin, of the University of Michigan, has more exact figures uproar from proud car owners, of care in uso today is 7.04 years. tion.

Although he expects

That more than half the cars That the expectation of life of built in 1920 are still in opera

us humans.

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