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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

WHEN YOU BUY AN

AUSTIN SEVEN

IT IS

LIKE

PUTTING

MONEY

BACK IN

YOUR PURSE!

You sure in initial outlay, in upkeep, in garage exponses. in fact, in everything! You gain in service; in caro- free running, and in the knowledge that the Austin always gets you there for the least possible expenditure on fuel and oil.

JOIN THE RANKS OF AUSTIN ENTHUSIASTS TO-DAY, by paying the few dollars which bring one of theso famous little machines to you door. Balance to suit YOU. What could be fairer ?

YOUR PURSE

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(Under the auspices of the Automobile Association)

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York Building.

Phone C. 587.

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BAD GARAGES. Shoddy Work and High Charges.

FOR AUCTION. Magnates Bid for Wolseley Company. The suggestion of a member of The drama that was staged at the Automobile Association that the Bankruptcy Court on a fate-mechanics at garages recommended ful day in February last, is one by the A. A. should undaryo an that is rarely encountered out-examination, and if successful side the pages of a modern novel. should receive a certificate je, saye The huge Wolseley concern hada Daily Mail correspondent, to be been practically put up for considered by the committee of the auction, and several interested association.

parties, all of whom had publicly, The member who made the sug- announced their firm determina-gestion recently called at a garage tion to acquire this old-established bearing the A.A. authorisation and motor firm, attended by invitation asked them to carry out certain re- of the registrar. One of these pairs to his motorcar.

As a pre- was Sir Herbert Austin, of the caution he chalked marks on cer Austin Motor Company; another tain nuts that would Have to be was Mr. Julius Turner, represent removed.but when the car was re- ing large trans-Atlantic interests: turned with a bill for £8 the chalk whilst the third, and as events marks had not been touched. proved, the most determined, was Complaints of shoddy work at Mr. W. R. Morris, world-famous as garages and high charges are be- the founder of the great Morris coming more and mora frequent.

The Daily Mail has recently receiv When the bidding commenced Mr. ed a large correspondence on the Turner retired from the scene at a subject. ver early stage, but Sir Herbert Most garages have one or two Austin, and Mr. Morris carried on skilled mechanics and a number of a most spirited contest. Tens of youthful apprentices. The motor- thousands were briskly tossed back- ist has no guarantee that these wards and forwards, until finality youths will not be given an oppor- was reached with Mr. Morris's offer tunity to tinker with the car. of £780,000, at which the business

concern,

was knocked down to him. .

Great satisfaction is felt through; Mr. Morris promptly announced out the motoring world that this that it is, his intention to carry old-established concern is being kept on the manufacture of the Wol- in British hands, and especially in seley ears under the same name, such capable hands. As a well and to keep the Company entirely known, the recent failure of the distinct from all his other under- Wolseley Company was due entire takings, though some re-organiza- ly to questions of finance and tlon will, of course, be necessary. management, for it is very notable This will take 3 short time to that on the engineering side all ex-effect, but when the factory gets perts admits that the Wolseley fully into production the six-cylin- Light Six, introduced at Olympia, der Wolseley will undoubtedly com- is one of the best and most promis pete very successfully with any six- ing models of recent years,

cylinder car in the world.

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

RUBBER TO ELIMINATE SHOCKS.

Its Use for Engine Mounting.

Rubber is going to take the shocks and vibrations out of motor- ing.

It is already being used for mountings of engines on some auto chassis, and for mountings on springs. It is being tried out in steering wheel hubs, ns bushings at bearing surfaces and may even- tually find its place in every point of contact on the automobile where there might be any suspicion of discomfort.

We still think of rubber, in con- nexion with automobiles, in terms of tyres. But even here it has been improved to such an extent that comfort in motoring has been greatly increased. Balloon tyrea have done this..

Yet rubber engineers have gone much further. Their aspirations are for the replacement of practi- cally all metal joints with rubber. And they have already begun their work of replacement.

Energy Is Absorbed,

The advantages of rubbar, in general, are its property of clas ticity. its strength and especially its ability to absorb energy, It is therefore an ideal vibration dam-

and shock absorber. pener needs no lubrication, 39

wear joints do, and doesn't casily.

1t

metal

A

These advantages were discover- ed in a long series of experiments undertaken by the United States Rubber Company, under the direc tion of Walter C. Keys, chief en- gineer of the automative develop-) ment department.

As a result of these tests the company has developed a spring mounting, an engine block mount- ing and oher mountings for thel heavier parts of the automobile. It is going further in the develop- ment of rubber bushings, especial- ly for motors, and rubber inserts in.

TRAMP LORRIES ON HOME ROADS.

This photo shows how an engine is buited to its chassis by means of rubber mountings, steering wheel hubs providing non- metaling insulation for the wheel.

Keys lists the following advan tages for rubber mountings:

1. Lubrication is unnecessary, 2. Snackie wear and rattles are eliminated:

3. Shackle adjustments are an- necessary,

4. Lite of springs is enhanced. 5. Shimmy was been reduced in. many cases.

G. It is less costly.

7. It provides fewer parts.

SATURDAY,

WHY CARS GO WRONG.

A Few Reasons.

(By Israel Klein.)

Many of us can't understand why anything should be wrong with ยะ cars, whon WO seem to never speed the motor or strain it undufy on hills or in traffic.

AUGUST

20, 1927.

FOCUSSING LAMPS.

Alternative Positions.

SAFE IN THE AIR.

Taxi Driver's Plan. Realizing that the streets of Lon- In most lamps there are three don are too dangerous to drive a alternative positions in the bulb-car, Harold Solomon is selling his holders for focussing purposes. taxicab and undergoing tuition in Try the bulbs in each position un-flying at the London Aero Club. He til the best results are obtained. proposes to buy a light arcoplano Lamps can best be focussed by and to hire out his machine, with directing the beams on to the wall himself as pilot, for air taxi of the garage after dark.

journeys at the rate of a shilling a mile,

Try different bulb positions until the beams strike the wall evenly and at the same level from the ground. Badly focussed lamps mean a poor In fact and here's the pith of driving light, and they also help the matter-many motorists cun-in dazzling drivers of approaching tend they are extremely cautious vehicles. in their driving. They never go over the city speed limit, they take their time and keep to the proper side. They would rather slow up and stop for a changing light than beat the yellow over the crossing.

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The trouble is that poking along is almost as harmful to the car as is speeding in spurts. Running the moter too slowly on high decan't help it in the least It's a strain for which the motor is not designed.

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Idling the motor, as the gear pedal is pushed in and the car goes sliding along to a slow stop, is another practice more" harmful than it is good. Idling fails to burn all the gas that goes into the cylinders. The result is that some of it finds its way through the piston clearance into the crankcase and causes dil dilution.

Oil dilution in turn affects proper lubrication and ends in scoring the cylinders.

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A man who rolls slowly along the road, at a safe and steady pace, is apt to fall asleep at the wheel. He becomes less attentive to his driving, lolls back in his seat and enjoys the scenery as though he were in a Pullman chair:

There is more danger of a col- lision in his case than there is if he sat up properly at the wheel and drove the car more speedily. Of course, a, spurt here and there is no help to the motor, either. But there's a happy medium.

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In their little log shanties, where

Moderate drivers, those who purchase of a cup of coffee entitles you to a two-hours sleep on the keep alert at the wheel, also keep floor, they all told the same tale. up a steady but good pace on the Big road transport companies can-high road. Thirty to 35 miles an this hour, within the legal limit, should They would have be maintained for efficient driving. Steering the great shadows that not compete with them. at

"ramp" work. fit about the main reads of Engle pay their employees hoard and land when the country is asleep are lodging, and the result would be The slow driver usually finds the newest adventurers of the high-that they could not quote competi-himself riding the clutch-an- ways, the "freight tramps" of the five rates.

other harmful practice. Slipping highways, the "freight tramps" of

These captain and bos'ns, how- the clutch plates the slightest bit the road.

them to rub smooth, ever, live economically. The lorry causes On dry land they are thes their home.

their effective They sleep, wash, squeak and lose counterparts of their sea cousins, chave, and dine in it. It is remark grip on each other. the captains of tramp steamers.able how comfortable they can

That means installing new At 7 p.m. they may not know where make themselves and into what clutch plates. the night will take them. At 7.30 small space they can pack their they hear of a cargo, and at 8 they blankets, food, and other necessi tire pound for Liverpool, New tjes. castle. Southampton--anywhere.

Besides, the slow poke is NO of his driving that he They live on the crumbs of the sure One of them who told his story war between the railways and the ometimes fails to notice any ir- recently was-like most of the ship-big transnort companies. In many regularity in the engine or a rattle In the body, In other words, he is pers ot tramp lorries--one of the towns manufacturers cannot get

too pioneers of the road omnibus move railway van to call after, 5 p.m., mentally off guard. He is

When big read transport and the road tramps search ment.

for much at ease. companio drove out. the smaller

uch eangoes between 5 p.m. and Driving should be taken men, he said, be sold his omnibu: 3 pm, and will deliver the goodsasily as possible. But at no time and bought a second-hand lorry, is far 200 miles away by the next hould we lose our alertness. and his comfactor became his bos'n. j morning.

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It's dangerous, toa.

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HE beauty and comfort, as well.

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Proof of the inbuilt stamina of Stúde- baker cars is found in the reports of 1002 owners whose cars have been driven from 100,000 to 350,000 miles. As on all Studebakers, the equip. ment is unusually complete. We invite you to try out any of the models.

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Do not clean tho reflectors un- less tarnished, and then use a fine chamois tenther slightly dampened with petrol. Do not use métal polish.

Give your high gear

some

exercise on the hills by using Socony, the gasoline that brings

the mountains down to

the motorist

SOCONY MOTOR GASOLINE

BEAUL FAT OFF.

STANDARD OIL.CO.

OF NEW YORK

SOCONY

REQ, UL. PAT, DEF,

Gasol for Oil

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK, 26. Broadway

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