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MOTORING

SUPPLEMENT

OF

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, 9th JULY, 1927.

Being The Official Organ of

THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.

A Good Road.

CURRENT

COMMENT

A WORLD'S RECORD.

40,000 Miles Without Decarbonising.

Is the long life of the typical British car actually worth much to the equivalent of 64 cents (Hong-ila owner? This is a feature on kong currency) per hour, which which the British car has always The temporary closing, of the is more than 40% cheaper than beaten its rivala, and the question route via Wong-nei-Cheung Gapa kerosenu · engóis, · It was par- of what its longer life is worth in to Repulse Bay, on account of a cularly noticed on the trials, £s, d. tp the owner has never been rather serious landstide, diverted that vibration was conspicuais by properly estimated, traffic buck to the old road list its absence, while the quick, re- week-end, and many motorists sponse of the telegraph in chang noted with pleasure the excellent ing from full head to full as condition of the rond practically tern, which could be effected in the whole distance from the the incredibly short time of four

Recently, however, the makers of one British light ear, the well- known four-cylinder 12 hp. Gal- loway, heard from a dealer the story of one of their cars which had been

University to Deep Water Bay. seconds, illustrated the perfec-old to a lady in May, 1925. It has Mach work has apparently Boention to which the makers have done, and the road surface is now brought their engines.

in very good repair. After the

Signalling.

cars

Repairs are negligible owing to absence of walves and fittings

for

recently been taken back by the dealer in part exchange for another Galloway of this year's date, and recent rains, the trip round the Repairs Negligible.

the dealer found that in the lady's island is most chjoyable," the

hands it had done no less than country-side looking at its best.the

10,000 miles, that it had never once The shortent to Repulse Bay generally, coupled with the x-been decarbonised, nor had “any generally used now, but moturista remely robust engine construc other repairs and replacements been who rarely use the old roads, will Lion. The outstanding feature of made, and that no undue attention find the scenery most attractive.

these engines is their surprising | had been paid to it beyond greasing simplicity, and one of the exact and oiling once a month. Yet such type mentioned above, which is was its condition, mechanically and Quite a number of drivers fail supplying the power the otherwise, that the dealer was able to give any warning of their in- Kwong Sang Hong lighter on the to re-sell it for three-quarters of its tentions to stop or turn their Hongkong Harbour, has fully sub- original list price. vehicles, thus causing danger to stantiated the claims made for it closely following them. A passenger launch of higher There are a number of left-hand power, capable of a good turn of driven cars in Hongkong, and it speed is at present being co000 miles in the hands of an is fairly difficult for the drivers to structed locally, and it is expected unskilled amateur of the un- give near traffic any signal when that it will be put into com

when further about to turn, especially when the mission shortly,

This is not only evidence will be given of the many hood is up. annoying to following motorista, advantages presented by this and a danger which might well befmodern engine. considered by the authorities. An approved device might be fitted to Ideal for Hongkong. onch cars which would take the place of hand signalling. Such "devices are used in other countries and they might well be adopted for Ilangkong. Harbour Transport.

This crude oil type of engine is not only ideal for heavy and slow moving vessels, such as barges and lighters, but particularly suit able for harbour and passenger Jaunches, in which types a better turn of speed can be maintained

That any two-year-old car should fetch 75 per cant. of its list price, is surprising enough, but after 40,-

GARDNER SEMI-DEISEL DRIVEN HARBOUR LAUNCH,

The M/V. "Tien Zeang," a launch equipped with a Gard. ner crude oil engine, has created much interest in Shanghai, on account of the low operating cost, lack of vibration; sim- plicity of control, etc. These engines have come into pro- minence in Europe during the last few years, and many kerosene driven firms have modernised their steam, or

launches by installing this famous British power unit.

BROADCASTING TOOTS!

NEW TYPE PAVEMENT.

mechanical sex. it will give Horn Blowing Up-to-he

food for thought to those who pay that long life in a car is of no prac tical benefit to the average owner.. And, incidentally, for an ordinary poppet valve engine to run 10,000 miles without decarbonising must surely be a world's record.

VEGETABLE FUEL.

#

Date.

A Swedish inventor has produc- ed a new type of pavement that,

says, will stand a geater. weight than asphalt, will not be softened by heat and will not be The inestimable value of Radio made slippery in rainy weather. in the commercial world is excel-It's cheaper, too, he adds, lently represented by an incident! which occurred recently.

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The Sparks-Withington Co., of up Messrs. Graham Amplion, Ltd, America, introduced a new motor by transatlantic radio telephone; horn known as "The Chimes," and find after an exchange of greetings it proved so excellent that they proceeded to operate "The Chimes" with the result that the true sound The rapid strides which internal in comparison to ateam owing to Field for Producer Gas.were anxious for it to be heard of the new motor horn was heard combustion engines have made, the unvarying type of fuel used.

immediately in England by Messrs. perfectly in London by MF. W. H. particularly of the Semi-In the West of Scotland some time It has been abundantly demons-Graham Amplion, Ltd., who manu-Lynus, Managing Director of Deisel type, is exemplified in the ago, a conversion was made from trated that it is possible to run facture Sparton motor horsis in Graham Amplion, Ltd. launch of the "Tien Zeang", buih kerosene to crude oil engines, ofmator vehicles, motor-boats, and that

Sparks-1 country under by the Shanghai Dock and En the "Lochinvar", a vessel of 270ll small stationary engines on Withington patents.

This is no doubt the first time gineering Co., Ltd. a photouflons displacement, which main-

motor horn in history that a producer gas derived from many which appears on this page. The tains a mail, passenger and cargo different types and classes of fuel,

Mr. H. G. Sparks, of the Sparks-sounded in the United States has vessel in question has been equip service between Oban and ped with one of the Gardner Semi- Tobermory. It is excellent testiranging from anthracite down to Withington Co., consequently rung been heard in Europe. Deisel erude oil engines, and the mony to the design and construc- rice husk and corn cobs, and thus tests already held convincingly lion of the Gardner Engines that embracing both the mineral and demonstrated the effectiveness they have never given sufficient vegetable fields.

and economy of this type of power trouble even, to cause any slight It is often naked, however, what unit. In order to gauge the interruption of the service. The is the economical field of producer actual saving. effected, it is neces decision to employ Semi-Deisel gas application. This is regulated sary to take into consideration the engines was on account of the by the comparative costs of fuel For instance, in dimensions of the vessel, the horse economy to be effected, and it is and labour. power of the engine and the run- now estimated by the owners that Great Britain, where petrol, paru- ning cost per hour. The length of they will save approximately £2,- Bin and other liquid fuels are com- the "Tien Zeang" is 45'-8", Beam 700 per annum in fuel alone. paratively cheap and labour dear, 9'-6", Draft -2" and speed There should be considerable de- the use of producer gas for small knots. The engine is a 48 BHP mand for suck engines in Hong power purposes is practically out Gardner (crude oil). After care-kong, providing as they do, the of the question." ful observation over an extended most modern transport on the In countries where petrol and period, the running cost for fuel most economical basis. Messrs | other liquid fuels are either expan- And lubricating oil worked out at Dodwell & Co., Ltd. are the agents.sive or difficult to obtain, while

LOOK!! SOMEONE'S STEALING YOUR CAR!!.

I'LL GET IT AFTER HE'S DONE PAINTING IT OVER

THAT'S ALL

TRIGHT- LET HIM STEAL

IT-

vegetable and similar fuels are plentiful, and the labour required for gathering and cutting them up to the necessary size is cheap. there is undoubtedly a wide field open for producer gas.

With every type of Producer there is always more labour in- volved than in an engino deriving its power from petrol, or liquid fuel, but, fortunately, in those countries where vegetable and other fuels are plentiful, labour is generally cheap, and it is to those countries that the Compound Gas Producer, marketed by the Com- pound Gas Power Co., Ltd., Read- ing, England, appeals,

The Company Gas Producer enables almost any form of vege- table fuel to be profitably employ- ed in producing power, and the Producers, being light, small, and easily portable, can be adapted to practically any use, such as motor vehicles, motor-boats, stationary engines, etc.They have no work ing parts and need no water, and are therefore applicable in places whero water is difficult to obtain. 'Providing fuel is available local- ly, the cost of producing power from these plants, even including the labour necessary for cutting the fuel, is negligible, and must Have a very great effect in open- ing up countries where transport, otc., is restricted owing to the high cost of and difficulty in obtaining liquid fuel,

AMERICA'S NEW SPEED KING.

Hero's the driver and the car he drove to victory in the Indianapolis apeedway classic on Memorial Day George Souders, a shy, unassuming youth, and his Deusenberg special. Souders, a former Purdue university student, won the $20,000 prizo as well as $6,100 in lap prizos. Soudors' victory came as a big surprise to the experts, who had not given him the barest chance. He now plans to return to Purdue and resume his studient

We are pleased to announce that we have received another shipment of Harley-Davidson motor cycles by the s.s."Empresa of Asia" on June 28th.

The shipment,comprises-

COMBINATIONS

BIG TWIN SOLOS

and the famous-

HARLEY SINGLES.

Side by side and overhead valve models,

BOOK YOUR MOUNT NOW.

THE GASCON MOTOR CO.

2, Kwong Wah Road (Opposite The Steam Laundry) '

Telephone K.1242.

REPAIRS UNDERTAKEN ON ALL MAKES OF MACHINES.

Mobiloil

Make the chart your guida!

Sixty-One Years of

Science Makes The Mobiloil of To-day.

For centuries men broke their necks in futile attempts at fight They tried to imitate what Solo- mon called "the way of an eagle in the dr No birdman of the early days bothered to discover the exact rules of science,"

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Langley built the first airplane in 1896. He built it with facts. He measured the air pressures re- quired to hold heavy bodles in motion. He studied the vagaries of air currents.

Thirty years before Langley, in ́ 1866, the mineral oil industry was in its first beginnings. Refineries were crude and incompleto, No manufacturer used scientific or fact-finding methods.

Tho makers of Mobiloff were the first to put on the market ä uniform, serviceable, wholly de pendable lubricating oil...Finding the facts first, the Langley method of experiment, made this achieve ment possible,

Sinco 1866 the spirit of science and research has endured in our organization... We were the first to study automobile lubrication scientifically. First, to produce different oils for different motors." First to expose the fallacy of "non- carbon" oils, First to chart lubrication with scientific exact

ness,

VACUUM OIL COMPANY, HONGKONG.