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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FIAT

Have you seen the little "FIAT" yet, with a metal frame. body. 4 whool brakes, Balloon tyres, and low gasoline consumption. the car with a note behind it?

A trim little motor, noiseless, smooth, will take you up any bill no overheating-reliable!

Spare parts stocked and every attention given by our service station, the Duro Motor Company,

Ask them for a trial spin, no obligations.

FIAT 509

Fiat Model 507 4 seator Torpedo

2

1st shipment sold out

2nd

arriving shortly

$1900

51753

de Luxe $2050

$1800

Agents for HONGKONG & CANTON

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1926.

MOTOR IS DRIVEN ON WASTE WOOD.

NEW FRENCH CHARCOAL FUEL

The French authombile, engin eer, like Judge Jarriquez, "is a very ingenious' man," and just as in Its early stages he led the world in the construction of the Internal combustion enginc, so now the French are the pioneers in the use of the auction gpe-producer to supply the explosive agent in re- placement of gas from motor spirit.

The prime motive underlying this development is the compelling necessity of checking the ever- increasing quantities of petroleum products which must be imported from foreign countries. As one of the advertisements of a well- known make of gas-producer reads: "Why pay 100 francs to. the American Oil King, instead of 20 francs to French charcoal- burners?"

And that such an economy can be effected is borne out by official figures chocked by responsible and disinterested people. Recently a Ford ton van, fitted with a gas- producer weighing 353 pounds, underwent, an official test under the auspices of the Automobile Club of France, and some inter- esting figures were subsequently published.

Result Of Test.

The weight of the vehicle, ready for the road, and with a load of .900 bricks, in addition to its driv- er and two passengers was 4,724

A FLYING MOTOR CAR

A successful test of the "Aeromobil," a German inven- tion proved that this vehicle can be uead either for an Automobile with wings folded or as a light aeroplane with wings unfolded. With wings folded and the propeller re- moved, as shown, it is a one-saat automobile which can be housed in an ordinary one-car garage.

IN SWITZERLAND.

Partly through the medium of supercharging, aeroplanes will be capable of attaining flying speeds General reports from Iraq and of from 800 to 500 m.p.h: in 10

A New

Light Weight Overland

The "Whippet"

We have pleasure in announcing that the Willys Overland Co. is now in production on an entirely new type of small, light car, FAST, POWERFUL ECONOMICAL TO RUN, LONG LIVED.

Very aptly has this addition to their already fine line of models- been named the "Whippet," it has more speed than the greyhound with all the tenacity of the terrier.

Absolutely new design.

Speed, over 56 miles per hour

Acceleration, 5 to 30 miles in 13 seconds. 28 or more miles to the American gallon.

250 miles to quart of oil..

20,000 miles to n aot of tyres.

Four wheel mechanical `brakes. Irreversible Steering.

56 inch treead.

Conventional springs.

29 x 4.40 Cord Balloon tires. Engine developing 7 horsepower. Romarkable acceleration.

Low hung body of very pleasing lines. Finished in Blue lacquer,

Ample room for passengers..

Plently of clearance for rough ronds.

This car is produced after exhaustive experiments with European Hight cars, it combines the best practice of Europe and of the United States. It has the specifications of a large expensive car with reduced measurements. It creates a new standard of value. You want the latest improvements and can't afford to buy a new car until you

pounds, two and one-tenth tona. Persia state that the number of year's time, according to a predic/ Dow all about what Willys Overland has designed.

The timetable was as follows: 9.07

automobiles in these areas is in-tion made by a Fellow of the creasing steadily. For some con- Aeronautical Society. siderable timo a regular transde-| sort car service for passengers

a.m. are lighted, Pairs: 9.08, en- gine started on petrol, 912, van moved off; 9.15 switched over to charcoal gas; 11.20 five minutes halt, to recharge with charcoal; 12.25 p.m. stopped for luncheon; and mails has been operating

During the half-year from Janu-

2.11, left for return journey on between Beirut and Bagdad, aary 1 to June 30, 1926 new com- SOCIETA ITALIANA IMP. ESO. ESTREMO ORIENTE, LTD. petrol; 2.15, switched over to char- direct distance of some 600 miles. paules connected with the automo-

MANAGERS: A GOEKE & CO.

3rd floor, China Building

Tel. C. 2221

Tel. C. 2221

ATTENTION

FORD OWNERS

Arrangements have now been completed whereby Ford Owners are enabled to purchase

GASOLINE and TYRES

AT REDUCED PRICES.

ANDREW HARPER

AUHORISED FORD DEALER

i

6, Queen's Road Central

Tel. €.4895.

Chatham Road, Hunghom..... ..... Tel. K.1216,

MICHELIN TYRES

GENERAL AGENTS & DISTRIBUTORS FOR SOUTH CHINA'

The EUROPE-ASIA TRADING Co.

Ist. Floor, Pedder Building. 12, Pedder Street.

Ask for the-

NEW MICHELIN PRICE LIST

Showing Latest Reductions

NEW STOCK EVERY WEEK

coal gas; 3.45, five minutes' halt to recharge; 5.15 arrived, Paris.

The total distance covered was 100 miles. Actual running time was 6 hours 7 minutes, or an average of 161⁄2 miles per hour; highest speed, 21 miles per hour; consumption of petrol, 3 pints; consumption of charcoal, 87% pounds.

Drawbacks Of Charcoal.

A Reuter message from Copen- hagen runs as follows:-In a few week's time it is expected that. all policemen on point duty at cross' roads in Copenhagen will be re- moved, having been rendered in- necessary by, an automatic traffic regulator, the invention of a Danish engineer. The "mechani- It will be noticed that ordinary cal policeman," as the device had wood charcoal was used in this already been dubbed, works quite test, but, as all users of this fuel automatically by means of clock- work and shows a red light for for the production of water-gns are aware, charcoal has three very "stop" and a green light for "proceed". To give time for serious drawbacks: It is hydro- phile, ie, it takes up moisture very traffic proceeding in one direction readily, and should not be exposed to get clear before the opposite to rain; it crumbles readily, mak-stream is allowed to move, a bell ing dust, which renders the gas will ring about, twenty seconds difficult to keep clean; it is very before the signal changes and a bulky for its weight. It is claim red light will be shown in all four directions. The device has been ed that all these disadvantages compeleted in consultation with have been eliminated, and an ideal' producer fuel obtained by the the Copenhagen traffic authorities introduction of a briquette, in and is said to work efficiently. spherical form, made from char doubt, however, if there is any truth in the report that mechani-: coal dust,

cal pedestrians are to be intro- duced so that motorists can prac- tice homicidal driving without the vexation of seeing the victims pick themselves up apparently

A Cheap Motor Fuel.

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This fuel, which is known as "carbonite," is now being produced in the vicinty of Bayonne, in the southwest of France, close to the immense pine forest which covers unhurt. the neighbouring Department of the Landes, and whence its sup- plies of raw material are derived.

Some remarkable results have

In Great Britain the problem of been obtained by the use of car- bonite in gas producers fitted to

cheap motor fuel wears a slight- heavy lorries. Last year an opený different aspec, for, although. competition was held in France, there is an abundance of waste. under the auspices of the Auto- wood which could be carbonized, mobile Club of France and Bel-no extensive forest are available gium, and among the competitors for constant supplies of timber, was a Fanhard, Levassor lorry, as in France, and to a much great- fitted with a gas producer, ander extent, in the British dominions. using "carbonite" only. The lorry, On the other hand, England has of 20-horsepower, weighed, with an immense resource in her coal its load, over eight tons, and de-fields, and a very pressing problem veloped an average speed, over still lacking a solution is how to the whole course of 1,380 miles, of find a sustained demand for the 18 miles an hour; the average con-product of the bituminous coal sumption of fuel was about 1.8 mines. Fortunately, as has been pounds of carbonite per mile. The recently shown by blending, in vehicle completed the entire discertain proportions, coking and tance without a niechanical stop, non-coking coals and carbonizing although the roads were in bad briquettes made of the mixtures condition in parts, having been cut at a suitable temperature, an ideal up during the wa. At the end of producer fuel is obtained, very the Journey the, generator was similar in texture to carbonite, but found to be absolutely intact, and with a considerably higher calori-

fic value. no clinkering had taken place.

Pont and lignita cake can also Tractors are also being driven be utilized very effectively. It with charcoal gat in France. A seems as though thla cheap and timber merchant In Boulogne safe fuel for internal combustion makes his own charcoal fuel from engines would gradually replace the wood waste of his sawmill, gasoline, except for luxury auto- and with producer gas derived mobiles and airplanes, thus con- from this valueless material his ferring an inestimable boon upon tractor may be seen daily hauling those countries where wood Is 20-ton load through the streets abundant and Bquid fuel has to of the town.

be imported,··

bile trade were registered at Somerset House. Of this total, 183 were private limited liability companies.

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THE FIRST TWO OF THESE CARS WILL ARRIVE SHORTLY

Full Particulars from:-

THE UNIVERSAL AUTO SUPPY CO.

61,

Des Voeux Road Central

PACKARD

You need not be a millionaire

to own a Packard

The

int that Packards predom-

in the homes of million- aires simply means that money cannot buy a better car.

Judge critically each feature of design, test carefully every performance claim, compare throughout with any other car.

Then ask the pricel

The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.

33, Wong Nei Chung Road, Happy Valley.

Tel. C. 1246 or 12472807, Hongkong

ONLY PACKARD CAN BUILD A PACKARD

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