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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

Better Value

Than Ever!

THE AUSTIN SEVEN

Has Been Reduced in Price By- £10.0.0

PRICE NOW 4155,0.0

Lates Models in Stock

TERMS TO SUIT YOU

ALEX. ROSS & CO. (CHINA), LTD.

Show "Room: No. 1 Chater Road.

Office: Prince Bldg. Ice House St. Entracċe..

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

ENGINE TROUBLES. OVERSEAS MOTOR

TRADERS CLUB.

More Hints.

Most of our automotive instruc-

tion books warn us whon to have | the valves of our engines ground and to aes that accumulated ear- bon is scraped out of the cylinders and that our spark plugs

operate properly!

SATURDAY,

lunch and return later in the after- noon to find his lotters all ready for signature, and if it is ineon- venient to the visitor to return to the Club to sign his letter when'

promptly forwarded to his address for signaturo.

British Motor Indus- they have been typed, they will be

try's Innovation.

The above will give a fair in- Not infrequently the Britisher dication of the purposes for which welcome to the stranger within his necessarily does not define all the is accused of offering rather a cold this Club is being established, but Trouble is we generally forget gates. Ho la, perhaps, tempera-ses that may be made of it. our instructions before reaching mentally less able to give an im-Broadly speaking, the idea is to pression of heartiness than re

do everything possible to make the the first 1,000 miles, and so we 50 menibers of certain other nations, visitor feel at home on his arrival, on driving until the engine balks.

It begins to miss, and we're up but it does not at all follow that and to assist him in every ivay in in the air for lack of knowing everything he ean for his visitors during his stay.

he is any the less anxious to do which he may require assistance.

what to do.

Looking again at our instruction book, we find that knowing what to do in this case is rather a simple

matter.

First, to find the miss-or the missing cylinder.

In the case of the British Motor Industry, a real organised effort is being made to offer every post

alble kind of assistance to motor traders visiting Grent Britain.) With this end in view, the British Manufacturers' Section of the Society of Motor Manufacturers That's merely a matter of short- and Traders is establishing a ing the spark plugs, in nine cases centre of club for the free use of out of ten. A woodenhandled motor traders from Overseas, screw driver is used. It is applied Suitable accommodation has been at each spark plug, so that the secured at 21. Northumberland steel makes a short connexion be- Avenue, Loniton, W.C.2. This tween the top of the spark plug position is, of course, extremely and the cylinder head.

central and conveniently situated from the point of view of hotels, theatres, etc. It is for another and, from the point of view of Empire Trade, more important reason peculiarly suitable for this particular purpose. The premises are in a building owned by and connected with the Royal Colonial Institute, to which there is direct acceas by way of the Institute's newspaper room, in which are If the engine continues to miss, the leading daily papers and regularly displayed practically all the trouble might be in the dis- periodicals of the British Empire tributor. The cables at the cas Overseas. Next to the newspaper ing might be shorted, due to damp-room is an equally comprehensive ness or to the rotting of the in-brary of publications of all kinds

If this act slows up the motor still further, it is a sign that that spark plug is hitting properly, and the search may go on to the next spark plug.

It then is a matter of taking out the plug, cleaning. it thoroughly with gasoline, setting the points so that they will be a thin dime's thickness apart, and replacing it.

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OLDSMOBILE 6-CYLINDER MOTOR CARS They should be inspect. dealing with all parts of the

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110-44-inch wheelbase-30 x 5.26 Ballon Tyres--six 2-%- inch x 4-4-inch cylinders -19.81 horsepower (R.AC. Rating) -I-hend engine-crankcase ventilation (dual air cleaning and oil filter) only 3 to 4 cil changes a year-four-wheel brakes-- harmonic balancer-two-way cooling-three-way pressure lubri- 'cation--honed cylinders-high velocity, hot section manifold— double valve springs--silent timing chain-full automatic spark thermostatic charging control-ballcon geared atvering double offset, low gravity frame-easy alift transmission-twin- beam headlights, controlled from steering wheel-Duco finish beauty of line-and many other features of demonstrated worth. This entirely new Model Oldsmobile will be available in the following types:

Series E: Model 30 5-seater Standard Touring Series E Model '30 5-seater De Luxe Touring

Series E Model 30

5-senter Standard Coach

Series E Model 30

5-seater Standard Sedan

Series E Model 30 5-seater De Luxe Sedan

The first shipment of the Touring Cars due to arrive soon has been sold. Of the second shipment three have already been seld. Orders will be filled strictly in rotation.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.

33 WONG NET CHUNG ROAD

Leb's

AUTO AGENCY

10, Queen's Road Central. (Next to Lazarus) Telephone Central 4925

HAPPY VALLEY.

REAL BARGAINS IN

USED CARSTM

5

Studebaker 2 Roaster Hupmobile 6 - Touring Overland Premier Minervo Buick

.7.

A. B. C. Motor Cycle Triumph Motor Cycle Combinati,

or

We will pay good price for 15 enter "BUICK STUDEBAKER. I mu be about % new.

We will also pay reasons. able price for

BABY AUSTINS.

for Economical Transportation

CHEVROLET

IS COMING!

one another.

ed and kept fully insulated from British Empire. For the rest, the Sometimes moisture, after a car the comforts of a West End club, Royal Colonial Institute offers all is washed, gets into the distribu-with the sole exception of bedroom tor, especially if the casing isn't accommodation, which, after all, moisture proof. Mere drying out having regard to its position would correct that fault, but to adjacent to so many of the leading provent a reoccurrence it might be hotels, is a matter of minor im- best to pour some sealing wax over, the distributor terminals on portance.

Any bona fide motor trader top.

Otherwise a brush may make to honorary membership of the visiting Great Britain is entitled poor contact in the distributor or Overseas Motor Traders' Club. there may be poor contact from If he is qualified, that is to eY, rotor spring to centre terminal if he is of British nationality, the Tightening may help, but this part British Motor Industry will, imme- may require replacement.

diately on his arrival, arrange for him to be put up for election by In case of further trouble, espe- the Council of the Royal Colonial cially if missing is irregular, we Institute without delay, paying might look to the compression. If any necessary fees on his behalf the ear doesn't pull well, if it in the event of hia election as a seems to be "slopping" along too Fellow of the Institute. If and easily and there is no "feel" of a when he is elected, he can use the pull at the wheal, you may be as- Institute freely. There he can sured the engine's-compression is lunch, dine, play billiards of at fault.

bridge, meet and entertain h's That means, generally, the valves friends, and keep in touch with the need grinding and resetting, car-news of his own part of the bon needs to be scraped and per- Empire through the columns of his haps the pistons require new rings. own local papers. The last, however, doesn't happen The special premises provided often unless the car isn't oiled for the members of the Club as regularly and is otherwise abused. their private preserve are open to Overseas motor traders of all If the missing is irregular and nationalities. In the first the ignition is found in good or instance, the premises do not need der from distributor to sparkplug, to be extensive; for the present the trouble might lie in poor ad- they aim at nothing more than the justment of the arburetor. A poor provision of accommodation for mixture might cause the trouble. motor traders from Overseas who Carburetor adjustment, however, wish to conduct business inter- usually stays put either for sam- viewà, read the technical papers, mer or winter driving, and should write letters, make use of the tele- not be tampered with.

phone, or get little services render- ed them, either of a business or of a accial character. If, how-

· TRIUMPHS IN THE Feally serious and considerable ever, the Club is found to fillen

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T.T.

Simister's Gruelling Ride to Finish.

need, the necessary extensions will be undertaken later.

Any motor trader intending to visit Great Britain this autumn is advised to write to the Manager of the Overseas Motor Traders' Club, 21, Northumberland Avenue, London, W.C.2, stating the approximate date of his arrival. If he wishes hotel accommodation to be booked on his behalf, an Triumph riders did extremely

exact date should be given and well in the 1927 Senior T. T. Race he is prepared to pay for his also a clear indication of what -the World's Classic Motor Cycle accommodation. The management Event. Mr. T.-Simister finished

Senior T.T. Races.

third on his 4.98 h.p. two-port of the Club will then make the O.H.V. Triumph, completing the necessary reservation OR his gruelling course of 264 miles at behalf, booking his room only for an average speed of 65.75 m.p.h.if on arrival he finds that it is not the shortest possible time, so that He crashed at Crag-ny-Ban on the first lap, rolling over with his just what he requires he is in no machine on

top of him, but way tied to it. Visitors who have managed to get clear of it and no permanent address in London waa away before one could realise to which letters can be addressed what had happened. A cheer may use the Clab for this purpose awarded his efforts, which grew Subsequently during their stay in louder in volume as he sped down Great Britain all that it is neces the road, kicking his offside foot-sary for them to do it to keep the; rest straight as he wont. At the management of the Club laformed, end of the fourth lap he lay in as to their whereabouts, when all fifth position, on the fifth lap he letters and other communications occupied third place, and on the will be promptly forwarded to sixth lap he ran into second posi- their address for the time being. tion. Starting away on the final In some cases, visitors will find lap with the set determination of the Club useful for putting them maintaining his position, he had into touch with the right officials the misfortune to run off the of any motor manufacturers whose course at Ramacy, which cost him works they wish to visit, and for several seconds, but he finished making, the necessary appoint third on a mount the prototype of ments on their behalf by letter: which has been responsible for or telephone. The Club will also breaking many British and be available, without charge, to World's Records at Brooklands. Overseas motor traders for the Triumph machines in the race purpose, of dictating letters. Tha were practically standard models services of expérienced shorthand and their riders gained three T.T. typists will be provided, without Replicas, a greater number than charge; thus the Overseas British that awarded to any other manu- trader who has, lot us say, dictated facturer. Thus their reliability some business letters in the conrad and speed have once again been of a morning, can go across to proved beyond all doubt.

the Royal Colonial Institute for his

ADVERTISERS

IN "THIS

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT

ARE REQUESTED

TO SEND CHANGE OF "COPY"

NOT LATER

THAN WEDNESDAY OF EACH WEEK.

For Rales and Suggestions apply to-

The Manager ****The Hongkong Telegraph'

Tel. G. No. 1:

SEPTEMBER

10,

1927

no reason to regret my choice"

Another Fiat enthusiast speaks for brilliant performance of his 509 !

Ta the Fiat Agenta. Present

Dear Sire

Hongkong. 23.8.27.

I am writing to let you know how much

I appreciate the MOD: 509 Super De Luxe Fiat which I purchased from you this year. The car has now nearly 3,000 miles to its credit and has been quite free from trouble

Ita economy..

an oil and petrol is remarkabla. The isomp tion in the former being almost negligable and in the latter 35 m.p.g. This with a good deal of stopping and short running,

The appearance and finish should satisfy the most exacting.

This is my third Fiat car and I have no reason to regret my choice.

(Signed)......

The original of this letter, which speaks for itself, may be seen at the Agent's office in Hongkong.)

FIAT 509

Tel. 2221.

China Building, 3rd Floor.

Tel. 2221

Now more than ever before the public is demanding reliable inner tubes. Goodyear is meet- ing this demand with a tube of super-excellence which gives the utmost in tyre protection-and

long wear.

Next time buy Goodyear Inner Tubes

GOODYEAR

DISTRIBUTORS

GOOD YEAR

ALEX. ROSS & Co. (China), Ltd.

PRINCE'S BUILDING, HONGKONG.