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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1927.

B. S. A. MOTOR CYCLES

gained the followingawards in the recent English

INTERNATIONAL 6 DAYS TRIAL

PECIAL EXHIBITION

MEDAL

The BS. A. stoam on 149 hp. models completed the course without losing single mark and were the only team to complete the Tal with absolutely clean sheets,

ALSO MANUFACTURERS TEAM PRIZE

CLASS

B

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Riders of B.S.A. Motor Bicycles also gained the following awards:

1 SILVER MEDAL

10 GOLD MEDALS

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ROLLS-ROYCE CARS. EVERYBODY HELPS. COLOUR AND GRACE.

AMERICA'S OLDEST HOUSE.

"New Phantom" Model.

4.

The oldest house in America is pictured here. Construc- tion of it started about the time Columbus made his first Voyage. The one room and kitchenet were fashioned from a 22-foot section of a great Douglas fir. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Wade of Fortland, Oregon, are the owners.

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CELLULOSE FINISH.

Adopted On Sunbeam Cars.

IMPROVED SURFACE.

MOTORISTS

NERVES.

Berlin Tests That Find

Unfit Drivers.

An institute has been opened at The Sunbeam Company has de: Leipzig for testing the skill and voted a very great amount of the nerves of people who want to time to the developinont. of drive motor-cars. ∙cellulose finish, and having

Nicaraguan Republic, who are feature the appearance of motor All malo inhabitants of the Bright colours and bold linos

older than 18, are required to con- cars being exhibited in this In a well-known motor corros tribute to the construation, and yoar's automobile shows. The pondent's review of the recent maintenance of highways, no- recent tendency towards dazzling Olympia Car Show the two 40-cording to a new law. A high-colors and swooping gracofil," 50 h.p. Rolls-Royco New Phan-way service tax has been levied, linse is being carried to an ex- tom" chassis, exhibited with payable in service or cash. treme this sORGÓN.

closed bodios, were described as "truc oxamplos of the art, in its highost form, of the British chassie and body builders"; and fow who inspooted theso magni- floont productions will be found to onvil with this high praise.

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An enclosed Cabriolet de Villo to seat six was shown on the well-known "Now Phantom" chassis, which incorporates the Rolls-Royce six brakes system.. The body was painted dark blue and black, with a fine white line,,| the rear upholstery being in plain grey cloth. Among the..vory com plote fittings was semi-rotary dipping mechanism-to the hond. lights. The price of this car complete was £3,030.

On the other 40.50 hp. chassis exhibited was a vory attractive 6.sester limousine body by Hooper & Co Ltd., painted fawn, with black bonnet, scuttle, wings and roof, and upholstered in plain light cloth. Messrs. Hooper adopt tho excellent practice of glazing their bodies with Triplex glass, which, in an apt description, has been called plate or shoot glass mudo safo," The limousine on view had a speedometer and clock fitted in a facia board in the roar compart ment.

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The 20 h.p. 6-cylinder "model was shown with a four-door en- closed limousine body to sout four, including the driver, and was priced, complete, at £2,041. There is no radioal change in the chassis for 1927. The firm's six. brakes system is employed.

quickly the pupil has taken the proper measures to stop or to avoid a collision.

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AVOIDINO DANGERS,

A second method of instructing and, at the same time, of tosting is a horizontal screen,, placed i n front of the hudding chauffeur, on which tho silhouette of his car is shown and the forms of other Vehicles in a street. Again the instructor notes the degree of avoids these imaginary dangers. rapidity with which the, pupil

brought this process to'a high do. It is called the Psycho-Techni. gree of perfection, is now in a cal School, and is under the position to offer any of its models direction of a scientist who was finished cellulose without extra employed to test tho' norves of charge.

military motor-drivers, and of Thore are people who fearn aeroplane pilots during the war. quickly by these methods and Tho advantages of cellulose over the usual conch paint are. In this school the pupil sits at there are others to whom the in- now generally recognised Cal- the wheel and learns the use of structor is forced to say that Na- hulose needs no careful washing. the controls long before he alture nover destined them to drive Dust can be removed with a dry lowed to go through the stroots in cloth; mud with a damp sponge. a car. The chassis without wheels It is suggested that the owners The surface actually improvos in which ho sits is brought up of curs should send their chauf with use, the gloss increasing against the wall, where he sees in feurs for an annual testing at the with judgielous rubhing.

front of him a screen on which school; for, as is rightly pointed lights, indicating traffic, are flash-out, the man to whom one trusts: At the recent Olympia Motor od. A red light, indicating some- one's life may in the course of Show two cars with cellulosuthing in the way, appears, and the time lose his norvo and be a finish one of the new 16 hp instructor notes to a second how danger to his employer.

models and a 3-litre super-sports -were exhibited on the Sunbeam stand The 3-litro car was finish- ed in a combination of ivory white and green, and was certain- ly a most attractive car. The Daily Mul, in a roview of the principal exhibits at Olympia, decribed the 3-litre Sunbeam as probably the best example of cel lulose finish amongst all the ex- hibits. This particular car could have been sold many times over, but as the Sunbeam Company Can givo a similar colour schomo and finish when required, there is not likely to be any disappointmentj for those of their customers who require a replica of the car act- ually shown at Olympia

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This is how Alex. Ross and Company's

system of puchasing out of income works on Triumph Motor Cycles.

You pay as a deposit, one quarter only of the full catalogue price; Insurance and bank charges are added on the balance only, which is then divided into seven monthly payments. The cycle is delivered to you ready for the road and you ride while you pay. You have the pleasure and don't miss the money.

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