1927-09-24 — Page 12

THE HONGKONG » TELEGRAPH, ·MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

DESPITE INSURANCE. | A "NATURAL WEALTH.

Compulsory insurance advocates in Massachusetts point to tho fnct that registrations in that state have passed all previous figures for the first four months. This des- pite the fact that the state has a compulsory insurance Inw.

"America did not build ronds be- cause of its wealth, but in a major degree is wealthy because it bulit roads," says John N. Willys, chair- man of the Foreign Trade Commit- tee of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce.

OLDSMOBILE SIX

PRODUCT OF GENERAL MOTORS

Our first shipment of three 6-seater Touring Cars arrived on September 19. The cars were all sold long before arrival, and were duly delivered to the purchasers promptly upon receipt.

Our second shipment of four of these 1928 Model Oldsmobile Touring Cars is due to arrive on October 2. The last car of this second shipment was scld on August, 26.

Our third shipment of six of these 1928 Model Touring Cars is due to arrive on October 24. Although orders are being booked rapidly for this third shipment, a few cars are still available. Orders will necessarily have to be filled strictly

in rotation.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.

33 WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD..

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Leb's

AUTO AGENCY

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

HAPPY VALLEY.

REAL BARGAINS IN

USED CARS

WE HAVE THEM. IN GOOD CON- DITION AND OF ALL MAKES AND SIZES

AT REAL BARGAIN PRICES

We will pay god! prices for Buick 5-senter

Stuehaker 5-ster

Jewet 2-senter

Rover 2-enter

Baby Austins Fint

HINTS

FOR THE

MOTORIST

ALBERT L. CLOUGH

THE MANUFACTURERS' GUARANTEE.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER

24, 1927.

ITALY'S ROADS.

Mussolini's Scheme..

The iron hand of Mussolini now makes itself felt in Italy's motor- doni.

He has moved the headquarters of the Automobile Club of Italy from Turin to Rome and has assigned to it the duty of collect- ing motor taxes, instead of leaving this job to the usual government officials.

Recent enquiries from motorists, no warranty whatsoever in regard But under Mussolini's regime, as to the degree to which manu- to tyres, rims, ignition apparatus, the road conditions and traffic re- facturers "stand back" of their horns or other signalling devices, forms have improved noticeably. fears, have indicated that there is starting devices, generators, In two or three short years, out considerable lack of understanding batteries, speedometers or other of a complete chaos of traffic law; of this matter and we are repro-trade accessories, inasmuch as has come a set standard of traffic ducing here in full, the so called they are usually warranted rules. "Standard Warranty" which de- separately by their respective fines the exact degree of respon-manufacturers," Some manufac-

same on cars

Italy now has a right-hand roal) rule. One-way foot paths have

same side of the road, which pre- vents the walking public from stepping in front of a car and being hit from the rear.

Italy on the whole are bad, the Although road conditions in Fascisti government is pending large amounts of money to im prove them.

Special motor roads have been constructed from Milan to the

sibility assumed by the manufacturers add a stipulation that they been constructed for the safety of turer after a new ear has been reserve the right to make changes the pedestrians. Traffic on these delivered to a purchaser, This in design and additions or im- Standard Warranty is that adopted provements in their cars without Paths goes in the opposite direc- by the National Automobile Cham-imposing any obligation upon themtion from the string of ears on the ber of Commerce, a trado organi- to install the sation to which practically all previously manufactured. American motor car manufa:-

Engine Vibrates. turers belong, and applies to the product of all members of this

Question-I am running a small organisation. It reads as follows: six cylinder car, the engine of We (insert the name of the manu-which runs very smoothly Up to a facturer) warrant each new motor car speed of about 25 miles an vehicle manufactured by

us. hour, but at a somewhat higher whether passenger car or commerspeed it vibrates very disagree- elal vehicle, to be free from defects ably. Between 25 and 30 miles an material or workmanship under hour is just about the speed at normal use and service, our obliga- which I want to run in making tion under this warranty being cross country trips. Is there any- limited to making good at our fac- thing I can do to improve matters? tory any part or parts thereof which shall within ninety days

Answer-This car is probably after delivery, of such vehicle to geared rather low and, if it has the original purchaser be return plenty of power to meet your re- us with transportation quirements, it might be an im- charges prepaid, and which our provement to change the rear axle examination shall disclose to our gears so as to give a higher driving satisfaction to have been thus ratio. By so doing, the engine defective; this warranty being would not reach its vibrating speel expressly in lieu of all other war until car speed was as great es ranties expressed or implied and you usually desire. Such 4 of all other obligations or liabili- change would reduce your hill ties on cur part, and we neither climbing power, but if this is assume nor authorise any other ample at present, the net result person to assume for us any other of the change would probably be liability in connexion with the sale beneficial.

ad to

Collapsed Water Connexion.

of our vehicles. This warranty i shall not apply to any vehicle which shall have been repaired or

Question. I have been havings altered outside of our factory in trouble with my engine overheat- any way so as, in our judgment, ing and recently, while running It to affect its stability and reliabili-le, I noticed that the rubber ty, nor which has been subject to water connexion, from the bottom misuse, negligence or accident, nor of the radiator to the pump, flat- to any commercial vehicle made by tened out and almost closed up. us which shall have been operated Could this be the trouble? at a speed exceeding the factory rated speed or loaded beyond the factory rated capacity. We make

THE B.M. W. TOURING MOTOR CYCLE

WHICH WON THE ITALIAN TARGA-FLORID RACE, 1927

12 B.H.P. MODEL R42 500 c.c.

The new BM.W. Touring Model represents the latest and most progressive form of engineering development applied to motor cycles..

every item

In designing the R.42 model, it has been the maker's endeavour to procure with all possible expediency, every step of technical progress and of riding experience for the benefit of a wide circle of clients. The outcome of this endeavour has been to produce-

The most modern Touring Motor Cycle of the highest quality ever put on the market.

A FEW NOTABLE FEATURES

Engine entirely water and dust proof.

Double Frame throughout.

Increase of engine power to 12 brake horse power. Rims suitable for normal or balloon tyres.

All gearing effectively enclosed in oil-tight casings.. The universally recognised advantages of shaft-drive. Bosch head and rear lights Speedometer-Horn. All spare parts in stock in Hongkong.

May we give you further details of this super-motor cycle?

If you are interested in the most luxurious two-wheeled machine in the world, please call or write for full specifications and particulars.

REDUCED PRICE H.K. $830 00

Sole Agents:-

-CHIEN HSIN ENGINEERING CO.

First Floor, Asiatic Building.

Answer-Yes. You should re- place this connexion with a new one. Sometimes, a loose spiral of wire, of an outside diameter about equal to the inside of the hose, is forced inside the rubber to prevent its collapsing. The fact that there is such a strong suction between the radiator and the pump, indi- cates that water does not pass down freely through the former and makes us suspect that it re- quires cleaning out. 'We advise you to fill your radiator with strong sal 'soda solution and run with this in the system for a day or two, then emptying it out and refill with pure water..

A NEW PROBLEM.

The Borrower of Cars.

A new problem is presented to the London police by the appearance of the haphazard borrower of cars in the West End,

During the past few months

number of vehicles have vanished from parking places and quiet streets, and have subsequently been discovered abandoned in the cemoter suburbs, or even farther afield.

One man was recently arrested and sentenced a short term of imprisonment for a drunken freak. He removed a car from outside the stage door of a theatre, and convey- ed his friends and himself to a dis- tant suburban neighbourhood.

It is, of course, only a question of. time before the police will pounce on any confirmed addict to this un- warranted use of other peo- ple's property; and the "borrower" may find it a more serious matter than a simple charge of being drunk and disorderly,

Scotland Yard are frankly per turbed by this unlooked-for deve lopment in car thefts; for the dis- traught owner who misses his car naturally informs the police that it has been stolen.

Then a watch is kept on the principal exits from London, es- pecially on the bridges. over the Thames, whilst a number of cars are held up on the road for examina- tion.

Meanwhile the "borrower" of the mlasing vehicle has probably reach- ed his destination unchallenged, and, leaving the car in a secluded spot, goes off home, having saved his taxi or bus fare.

It is probable that sheer bravado, following a drinking bout, is the cause of most of these minor mys teries of London, but for the pre- sent they constitute a real menace to the motorist.

Nowadays, when so many cars are parked in London squaros in the evenings, it is obviously impos- sible to prevent people from "bor

various lakes and pleasure parks around that city, and plans are being made to extend them as far south as Naples,

It is expected that within a few years the entire highway system of Italy will be modernized through the efforts of Mussolini.

rowing" a car if they feel so dia- posed; and serious damage to en- gine and chassis may result.

pears to lie with the owners, who The only immediate remedy ap- should fit a foolproof, anti-thief de- vice if they wish for immunity from the "borrower's" attentions.

J. L. C. in The Morris Owner.

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