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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MISTREATED BEAST OF BURDEN."

They're always doing something new with Fords. Here's one that has grown into a double-jointed heast of burden. It turns gorners and everything in spite of the wagging heads of automotive engineers. It has boon in passenger service botwoun St. Joseph, Mich., and.. some of the nearby humlets.

ANNOUNCEMENT

The Model "Q" Sports de Luxe TRIUMPH

MOTOR CYCLE

Has Arrived

See this cycle and be convinced that it is one of the nicest jobs you, have seen for a long time.

SPEED UP TO 65 M.P.H.

Almost the price of a standard model "P"

Can be seen at our Office or Godown 14, Chafer Rond.

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

ESSEX $2,145.

66

AUSTRALIAN MOTOR- WORKS SCHEME.

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1926.

is firmly

THE BRITISH CAR OVERSEAS.

ITS HANDICAPS.

CARE OF THE CAR.

THE USE OF GREASE.

The finest protection the chassis. can" have through the winter months from the ravage of mud and wet, is a thorough greasing and oiling of every working part.

Grease prevents the entry of water, and abrasive mud, and lubricates at the same time.

It has been proved that skid ding is less likely to occur with very supple springing, owing to the better adhesion between the tyres and the road.

So much has been said and written of late years, by way of ariticism, defence, and explan- ation, of the adaptibility of the small British bar for ovorsens markets, that it's interesting to The springs may with advantage. got first-hand knowledge of what be removed, dismantled, their leaves cleaned, oiled and enclosed is actually happening on their special gaiters or bound with other side of the world. This insulating tape. had recently, writes the Trans- port Editor of the Manchester Guardian, when I met one now resident in Now Zealand, who was qualified to talk. motor talk In any ease the free working. of because of his experiences in this the spring will provide greater comfort. The steering should be country beford emigration. It examined and all play taken up, has to bo said that during the past two or three years the British car has been in better demand in overseas markets.

The brakes also should be in- especially in Dominion markets, than for some time previously, spected because the lining may have worn thin, leaving the heads and what I learned wont to

of the accuring rivets projecting, confirm those facts. It 105 informative confirmation, too

so that they grip the drums sud. because it tended to show why denly, and cause the wheels to lock our manufacturers are makingwhich is the cause of skidding in progress over there. The reason eight cases out of ten. can be stated simply; they are producing oars which meet and stand up to the road conditions in those countries.

Melbourne, June 16.-A group of Australian manufacturers, which proposes to form a com- pany with a capital of £1,000,000 to manufacturo complete motor- cars in Australia, has sont a deputation to Mr. Pratten, Minister for Trade and Customs,

The groutest need of all is for to ask the Government to grant good ground clearance, and those e bounty on the cars produced care so provided do best and sell imtil the industry

bost. Good cooling is another established. Mr. Pratton was factor, and here again we so sympathetic and replied that the improvement. Then sturdiness subject was very important from counts, for when all is said.and the developmental and defence doo British after-sales service is standpoints, mentioning that not so highly developed as it is fourteen million pounds worth with the low-priced American of cars and motor requisites wore car. It might be retorted that imported yearly, of which probab because of its robustness it does ly five-sixths were from Americe, not need so highly organised a Ho promised to refer the matter service, but even British cars to the Trail Board. Reuter. need repairs at some time, and thon it is that prompt and officient service. "the facilities for getting cheaply. Apares quickly and becomes a telling factor. Some half-dozen or so popular British ears are doing very well in New

of becauso Zealand

A movement is on foot in Italy for the purpose of exploiting the prosent oil wells, intensifying Search for other national sources of supply, and for placing the oil on foreign, markots.

COACH

The Lowest Prices for

The Finest Essex Ever Built

This is the greatest Essex value in history. It is the finest Essex over built. The price is the lowest for which Essex over sold. The largest production of 6-cylinder care in the world, giving scoli- omies in purchase of materials, manufacture and distribution ex- clusive to that position, make this value possible to no other builder.

The now low price places it within reach of all. At little more than the cost of low-priced "Four" it gives the brilliant por- formance, réliability, riding case and fine appearance for which Essex is famous. A ride will give you, too, a conviction of goodnoss and quality, such as you never expected in a car of its price.

ESSEX 10URING $1,995.

All Prices Include Complete Special Equipment.

THE DRAGON MOTOR Car Co.,

LIMITRO

39 WONS NET CHUNG ROAN

HAPPY VALLEY

as this part of the car needs to be positive but free-acting when correcting skida on a greasy high-

way.

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The brakes connot come

smoothly and progressively into action if the rivets are the first to make contact with the drums.

A little trouble should also bel taken to clean out the petrol feed. eyetem, such as the tank, filter, carburetter, etc., as a chocked jet or petrol pipe can be intensely ag- gravating on a rainy, blustering

day,

If these suggestions are carried out, the motorist can look forward with confidence to trouble-free driving in the worst of weathers.

of

A Madrid message says it has been decided to establish an aerodrome at Cabo Juby (Rio de Oro Colony) for the uso the Soville Canary Islands-Caboj Juby air mail line. This aerod- rome will also be used by the French Casablanca-Dakar line if Franco grants to Spanish aviation service, in oxchange the right to land on and efficiency, and because certain parts of the French buyers ATO realising that coast,

it is worth something to have quality to begin with, and to pay for it. Indeed the British car has so grown in popularity that, my informant told me, one distributor for American cars has said ho must look out for a British agency. That may have been said jestingly, but there is something in it. What needs, amphasising is the fact that this particular market ig worth cultivating. The fact that the population of the two islands is very little larger than the populations of Manchester and Salford is no indication of its capacity for absorbing cars. As a matter of fact the number of cars works! out at an average of one to about eleven of the population, which is more than can be claimed for that of the two Lancashiro cities. Some explanation for the number is to be found in the fact that New Zealand has an export trade valued at £75 per head of the population.

It is encouraging to learn that. our manufacturers are making this progress, and why some are not. One well-known British car, popular with us and noted for its sturdiness above all things, makes no great headway over thore. because it needs to have more road clearance. Yet in colonial. tosts and the like it has dono

remarkably well. There is a market for the right thing, and purchase price is no longer the first and dominant factor. Quality and roadworthiness are the things which count, and those are being given in increasing

morgure.

It has to be said that our makers have had to fight under extraord- inary difficultion to re-ostor these markots. The war period saw them cut off from all markets at home and abroad, and that period gave their trans-atlantic com- potitors a real chance. Then Came the altoration of tho incidence of the motor tax, with its tendency to develop the small, high-performance engine, which of itself was of Hittle use in colonial conditions. It waR BA ongine that did extraordinarily well on British roads, which aro the best in the world, and in the temperate climate of this country. More was nooded to bring it into line with Dominion condition's Those of roada and climate. things are now being given, and, as we see, the British car is making progress. Our export trada in these vehicles in grow-|| ing, and it is a tribute to the portinacity of the British maker.

SINGER

Specially Geared for Hongkong

·FOUR SEATER ·"DE LUXE"

£205.0.0.

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

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Meets Government Specifications

Hundreds of public institutions through- out the world employ Dodge Brothers Commercial Cars. The Post Offices at Kingston, Jamaica; at Bombay, India; at Capetown, South Africa; and several government departments in Australia-to mention only a few.

Deep, heavy channel frames, reinforced all-vanadium springs, ample body dimen-. sions, the prodigal use of fine alloy steels and drop forgings-all tell a story of ex- ceptional efficiency. All tell why Dodge Brothers Commercial Cars render better and more economical service than most light trucks of much larger rated capacity.

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THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

33 Wong Nei Chung Road, Happy Valley HONGKONG ··

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