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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, JUNE

PROSPERITY AND ITS RESULT.

Lead the way on a B. S. A.

A mount

you will

be proud.

to

own

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BS.A. reliability has been proved beyond all question by outstanding success gained in open competition.

1927 E.S.A. Motor Bicycles are the greatest motor cycle value in the world, embodying every modern feature and" every part maintains that high standard of quality for which BS.A. is world-famous.

Let us demonstrate the features to you.

THE SINCERE Co., Ltd.

Sole Agents.

THE

MOTOR UNION

INSURANCE CO LT

Incorporated in England

(Under the auspices of the Automobile Association)

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GRANTS SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO MEMBERS OF THE H. K. A. A.

For full particulars apply to:-- THE UNION TRADING Co., Ltd.

Prince's Building,

PhoneC. 587,

CHINA UNDERWRITER, LTD.

FOR

ALL CLASSES

OF

MOTOR INSURANCE

WRITE FOR PROSPECTUS.

HEAD OFFICE :-

ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING, HONGKONO,

TELEPHONE:

C. 1121-9

PLAY SAFE!

That is what you do when you buy a Motor Cycle from Alex. Ross & Company, Why?

Because

THEY have the best linos in Hongkong.

THEY guarantoo thair cycles.

THEY give you three months free servico.

THEY give the Purchaser the best deferred terms.

1/4 Down, balarico to suit buyer.

A. J. S.

Whore can you got more for your, monoy ?

DOUGLAS

INDIAN

TRIUMPH

FRANCIS - BARNETT.

Including Accessories

1927 Models waiting for you.

Alex. Ross & Co. (China), Ltd.

Prince's Building..

2 floor,Ice House St. Entrance

MOST TANGLED CITY IN THE WORLD.

WHERE IS SYDNEY HEADING?

(By Charles S. Clancy.)

Australia, as the fifth largest motoring country, in the world, is expanding so rapidly that in time aho will overtake other" countries, and will fall in alongsido Amorica and Canada as the largest owner of motor cars.

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gulations were introduced has not been found as the result of putting those schemes into practice.

The year 1927, with our motor- ing figures soaring, Ands us with out parking arena.

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What provision has been made On statistics for 12 month ended for finding parking accommodá- January, 1927, the increase in caration for the hundreds of care that and trucks in Australia whs 27 per have been hunted off the streets? cent. On January 1, 1927, the esti- mated number of cars in Australia was 302,416, and 69,186 trucks.

Such a large percentage gain Illustrates the giant strides that the industry making in Australia.

Saturation point in sales has not yet been rouched, and is not likely to be reached for some years to

come.

A few enterprising garagemen have opened up their limited floor space to house the cars that can't find road space. Hundreds of hunted owners can't find parking space in the few streets which have been set aside for such p purpose.

Conditions are getting worse daily, with no attempt by the au- thorities to catch up with the pro-

The trade expects that the pre- | blem sont year will be a record one for sales.

The trading-in problem is a serious one as inflated values on used cars, so as to claim a sale, have left in some cases a very small margin of profit.

Apart from profits, whether small or large, sales continue to elimb, which threatens further serious trafic disorders as the result of this continued expansion. Although the increase in motors quoted above is spread all over Australia, the greater portion of the percentage increase is confined | to the capital cities.

Sydney perhaps is the worst hit capital in the Commonwealth,

Nowhere are such traffic dif- ficulties experienced as in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide have nothing like the congestion of Sydney.

It is running away from them. Apparently they intend to let it get well away and then ban cars in city streets altogether.

The conservative idea of per- mitting the large bulk of our trams to use up the centre of our narrow city streets in this age of progress is ridiculous, and must impede the attempt to secure ultimate efficiency in traffic administration.

ESSEX 6 COACH

The low prices which have made Hudson and Essex fam- ous have largely been achieved through the simple process of using inventory materials quicker and getting a greater out- put from plant machinery than is commonly done in industry, Mechanical conveyance of materials has been developed to an unusual degree. So quickly are materials consumed in the unusually efficient manufacturing processes of the Hpd- son Motor Car Company that the public actually goes riding in Hudson and Essex Cars before the commitments for most of the raw materials are due for payment.

ESSEX SUPER SIX MOTOR CARS.

Touring Coach Sedan

5-seater

G$1,150

5-seater

G$1,150

*-seater

G$1,250

HUDSON SUPER SIX MOTOR CARS.

Touring

7-seater

G$1,600

men

Coach Sedan

5-seater

G$1,775

6-scater

G$1,880

4-seater

G$1,890

5-seater

G$2,080

5-seater

G$2,270

7-seater

G$2,975

Congestion is so bad now that visitors from the country, motor- ing through to Sydney, stop at Parramatta and hire" a driver to bring them on to their destination. Even, among Sydney drivers there

hundreds pre

of who have left the car at home, having no further use for it in the city.

This is perhaps one way of solving the problem by forcing every owner to leave his car at Adelaide, with the biggest num-home. ber of cars in proportion to Though figures show there is no | population, is experiencing no decrease in the popularity of the

traffic trouble whatever.

car, there must be a big number of The layout of the city will pre-people who hivê abandoned all vent any such difficulty for many idea of owning their car because Fears to come. Wide, open spaces they are confronted with such surrounding the city, on the border traffic confusion. of the city proper; could easily be converted into parking areas if the necessity did arise.

In Sydney, though, the problem confronting the authorities is a gigantic one. With this know ledge you would think that the au- thorities would look around for a solution.

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What has the trade to say about this aspect of the matter?

What nightmares must assail In- spector Turbett when he looks around at the traffic maze which is gradually engulfing his traffic constables.

In another couple of years Aus- tralia may have gone up a few But what has been done? No-steps on the world's motoring thing.

ladder. The increase, in cars continüce Certainly Sydney will by then alarmingly, and still only a few have achieved the distinction of minor changes in regulations, being the greatest traffic-tangled which aim at lessening congestion, city in the world. Are made.

That is, of course, unless some- The motive for which such re-thing is done in the meantime.

NO DUST OR GRIT.

Dodge Brothers Device.

Probably no single mechanical feature now in use is more effec- tive in prolonging the life of a motor car than the air cleaning

device.

SUDDEN JERKS.

Some of the Causes,

[By Irsael Klein.]

It is a pleasant sensation to ride in an automobile that can creep along a congested highway as low as two miles an hour as smoothly The clearner which is now stan- and quietly as it can at high speed. dard equipment on. Dodge Brothers The fact shows that the engine motor car is very simple in con-is in good form and that the clutch struction, consisting of only the land gears of the transmission are outer shell and a fan. The clarify-tight and perfect

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ing of the air is accomplished by Often, however, a car will begin contrifugal force; that is the to jerk, or atumble, at five or even rotation of the fan, through which as high as ten miles an hour." Yet all the air passes, throws the par-this may not be the fault of the ticles of dirt against the side of engine. the outer shell and they drop through the bottom of the cleaner, The trouble, in such event, may allowing only the clean air to pass lle in any of several pointa in through to the combustion chan-transmission." The clutch fric- hers. When we realize that an au- tion plates or facings may be worn, tomobile engine breathes from so as to cause this important part fifty to one hundred times as much to slip and grab in alternate jerks. air na we do, we can readily nee↑ If the clutch is still good, the that the air cleaner by preventing geare may not be. A tooth might dirt and grit from mixing with the he stripped enough to cause a engine lubricant insures longer break in the gear's hold of the life in the main, and connecting transmission. Back lash occurs rod bearings, the pistons and rings in such event, and jerking is felt. and the cylinder walls.

This may occur in the gears of According to figures furnished the transmission or the differen-

tinl. by the professors of automotive testing laboratories of Purdue University, fifty per cent of the

Neglect of the universal joints, wear and tear on an engine is caused by road-dirt and duet Pr the rear axle transmission simi- which enter through the intake.larly causes undue wear, and back

It results from lack of lubrica- tion, mostly.

Insh results.

If lubrication le neglected

Likewise, this same dust combin ing with the oil of the engine is the chief ingredient of the so-call- throughout, wear will produce enough play in all the moving

parts to cause an accumulation in

ed carbon which accumulates in the combustion chambers. It is the direction of the drive and a appreciated by the automobile driver that Dodge Brothers, in severe case of jerking. equipping their car with the air- cleaner, have eliminated 85% of

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All this assumes a perfect en-

this trouble. Dodge Brothers engine. But often the engine is at gineers in testing the new device

in the dustlest desert they could find in North America declared it to measure up to Dodge Brothera cxacting high standards.

fault for this, jumpiness. One cylinder will miss and the car will jerk at low speed.

Therefore, it is essential that the onging be checked thoroughly bo- fore the transmission end is ac cused.

While a special manifolding was required to mount the now air- Tho carburetion and ignition cleaner, the cleaner with the cor- system must be checked for good. rect manifold can be installed in operation. The flow of gas must Dodge Brothers power planta pre- bo sufficient "and regular, The viously built.

spark must ignite evenly.

Roadster Brougham

De Luxe Sedan

De Luxe Sedan.

The above prices are for delivery at your door in Hongkong or Kowloon. All prices subject to change without notice.

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