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YOU WON'T

"GET THE HUMP!'

if you own an

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

AUSTIN SEVEN

"The World's Greatest Small Car." THOROUGHLY RELIABLE

SPEEDY -- and as for

ECONOMY - well,

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ask any owner!

EASY TERMS TO SUIT YOU, AND SERVICE ALL THE YEAR ROUND.

Now £10.00 cheaper.

Full Particulars from

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

Prince's Building.

2 floor,Ice House St. Entrance,

THE

MOTOR UNION

INSURANCE CP IT?

Incorporated in England

(Under the auspices of the Automobile Association} BEFORE INSURING CONSULT US ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE POLICY.

For full particulars apply to

THE UNION TRADING Co., i td.

York Building."

Phone C. 587.

CHINA UNDERWRITER, LTD.

FOR

ALL CLASSES

FO

MOTOR INSURANCE

WRITE FOR PROSPECTUS

HEAD OFFICE :-" ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING, HONGKONG.C.

TELEPHONE:

1121-2

Ride with Comfort on a B. S. A.

Model S27 0.H.V. 4.93 p.h.

Tho B.S.A. 4.93 h.p. O.H.V. model motorcycle meets the domands of those riders who desire fast riding in com- fort and reliability. The exceptionally low saddle position makes it an easily controlled machine, and every part of it is up to the world-famed B.9.A. high standard of quality.

And it is sold by us at a price madé possible only by our oconomical handling coste.

Ask for full particulars.

THE SINCERE CO., LTD.

SOLE AGENTS

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

BEAN TRUCK GIVES GOOD SERVICE.

THE DAIRY FARM.

1CC & COLD STORAGE C’LV

The above Bean commercial truck has given a good account of itself since it was put into commission four months ago by the Dairy Farm Company. It carries one and a half tons of ice each trip. It is the same model as supplied to H. M. King George for use on Balmoral Estate. Lano, Crawford's are the

agents.

AVIATION NEWS.

The Rolls Royce F.10 Aero Engine.

The latest aero engine built by Rolls-Royce, Ltd., is known as the Rolls-Royce F.10. It is a 12- cylinder Vee engine of 5-in. bore and 5.5-in. stroke, and will be fitted with a reduction gear later. This engine has recently success- fully completed its official type test of 100 hours at the first attempt. and has been granted an

airworthiness cortificate.

SATURDAY,

OCTOBER 8) 1927.

THE FUEL SYSTEM. FOR MOTOR CARS. not yet equipped with as effective

appliance should fire break ou

Reason for Stoppage. The car stops suddenly, apparent. Fly för3no"good reason.

- Known as the "Auto-Total” the

The well-known "Total" fire ex convenience on any motor vehicle, small to be carried without" in- tinguisher has already lived up to and is of exactly the same type No ond of cranking can start fits reputation since being intro-as the larger outfits. There is no The ignition system is looked over

New Fire Extinguisher. now extinguisher is sufficiently

from distributor to spark plugs.uced to Hongkong, and now use of liquid, the means employed Everything is checked thoroughly comes an appliance made by the being in the nature of a dry and found in good order. And yet same manufacturers, but special powder, which, when sprayed on pp, action,

ly adapted for use in case of fire flames, has the effect of suffocat- Then, just as spontaneously, the car goes on, as though nothing had breaking but in a motor vehicle ing the fire. happened!

The danger which every automo- bilo is subject to from fire does not need emphasising, but there

After the driver has almost for gotten his troubles, the car stops again. Again the starting, the checking and the perplexity, And again, after a little wait, the en- gine starts up as mysteriously as | ever.

What's the reason? Many a garage man has gone out to such emergency CaseA and has had trouble finding the answer.

But the solution is simple. The trouble is in the fuel feed- ing system.

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At one time, a driver hrought a case like this before one garage man after another, while each found something to fix that proved later to be the wrong solution. of the engine-eg, in the Vee, and

Finally he struck a mechanic the other magneto operating the with a little igenuity or was it ignition plugs near the exhaust luck? The man discovered that the der blocks. valves on the outside of the cylin- cap of the gas tank had no air vent in it. He drilled a small hole in There ure two

the cap, and the motorist went on scavenging. pumps and one pressure pump for his way never again to be disturbed the lubrication system situated, by an occurrence like this. within the oil base. One scaven-

What happened was that while ger pump evacuates oil from the front end of the engine and the gas was being sucked out of delivers high pressure oil to the the gas tank, there was no air to Crankshaft journals and connect take its place inside, while the un- ing rod big and little unds. The vented cap kept the tank sealed. overflow from the high pressure lack of the requisite air pressure system is led through two blow to exert its force of pushing the off valves in series back to the gasolene through the feed line and 'crankchamber, the cavity between these valves forming a source of against the vacuum or suction in low pressure oil for lubricating the vacuum tank. With vacuum in

the gas tank and the valve gear and any other low vacuum tank, the gas remained dlc. duty bearings not dealt with by in the rear. splash lubrication. This scheme! A little rest, however, afforded of lubrication provides that in the the opportunity for air to seep into event of an engine being partly the tank and so cause enough in- disabled the first bearings to be equality of pressure to start the starved of oil will be the low duty gas to flow again. ones, which run on for some con- siderable time after the supply has ceased.

Aluminium enters very largely into the construction of the ER. F.10 engine. Each block of six eylinders is formed from one aluminium casting of a special alloy, with inserted steel cylinder barrels, in direct contact with the cooling water, and is of somewhat unique construction. The cylin- der heads and gas passares are formed integrally with the cylinder castings, and

inserted seatings are used for the two inlet. A water pump is carried on the and two exhaust valves in each bottom of the wheelcase at the cylinder. The cylinder blocks are rear of the engine, having a double secured to the crankchamber by volate with a lend to each cylinder long studs passing through the complete depth of the cylinder casting, and they but on the crankchamber by means of flanges formed on the cylinder liners, The pistons are of forged aluminium alloy and the steel con- necting rods are of the super- imposed type.

Lack of air in the tank caused

vacuum in the

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Boring of the vent in the tank cap opened the tank to the constant inflow of air to replace the used up gas, which is necessary for pro- per suction:

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In another case, a harassed block.. The whole of the outlet driver appealed to a mechanic, after water from the cylinders is carried stopping and starting several times, serially through the two induction and found that the gas line was pipe jackets with the exception of clogged with all sorts of junk that the two small water leads provid- had accumulated over a period of ed to maintain circulation at the four years. rear ends of the blocks.

There was lint and sediment, A hand starting gear of the even a matchstick that had mysteri- throw out worm and nut type, ously got into the gasolene tank fitted with a safety device, in the and large chunks of rub- form of a set-up clutch, is incor-ber that had.

come DUL porated in the wheelcase. Provi-of many 3 service pump sion is also made for fitting a gas hose. The tank had never been starter.

*** drained of sediment and refuse, and

The crankshaft is arranged to be coupled at the driving end either to a propeller shaft carried in an extension piece bolted to the erankchamber, or to the pinion of a spur type reduction gear by means of the patented R.R. drive which relieves the shaft of all bearing loads due to the gear.

The valves are actuated by a single overhead camshaft carried in each cylinder block, operating though the medium of rockers. The scheme has been ingeniously corresponding to a BHP, MEP. of arranged so that each valve has its 140 lb., per square inch.

own independent rocker. The valve mechanism is lubricated by low pressure oil and is completely enclosed. The inlet valves are situated towards the inside of the Vee between the cylinder blocks, in which space are carried two double carburettors, each throat feeding three cylinders.

Ignition is effected by two com- pletely independent 12 cylinder magnetos driven by a cross shaft at the wheelense end of the engine, dhe magneto dealing with the ignition plugs on the inlet sides

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A petrol pump of the gear pat- so this was sucked in through the tern fitted with a special form of gas line until it clogged the system. gland is carried on the wheelcase, A wait usually permitted enough and also a gun gear, the drive of Kasolene to seep through to permit which can be readily adjusted for the car lo start again. But not for timing the guns with the propeller. long. And so the surting ane stop- The engine is rated to develop ping until the cause was discovered. 486 H.P. at 2,100 normal RPM.,

JAYWALK INTO CARS.

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The moral of this is-drain the gas tank occasionally and have the fuct line cleaned out at least once A year.

Policeman: "Hey, you! Is that your car? Five per cent. of the automobile Motorist: "Well, officer: since accidents of the U. S. are caused you ask me, considering the fact by persons who walk into the sides that I still have fifty payments to of moving machines. Like automo- make, owe three repair bills, and biles running into the sides of haven't settled for the new tyre, trains.

I really don't think it is.".

BUICK for

··1928--

Our first shipment of the 1928 model Buick Motor Cars, is due to arrive in Hongkong on October 16. The public is cordially invited to make an early inspection of these care promptly after arrival as the entire shipment has been sold. Our second shipment of these 1928 model Buick Motor Cars is due to arrive at an early, date. Although orders are being booked rapidly for this second shipment, a few cars are still available. Orders will have to be filled strictly in rotation.

These current model Buicks are the product of General' Motors of Canada, Ltd., being manufactured in Oshawa, Ontario. They bear both the "Maple Leaf" and the "Made in1 Canada" mark. Delivered prices will be the lowest at which Buick Motor Cars have ever been sold in this territory.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CO., LTD.

Telephones C. 1246 or 1247. 83, Wong Nel Chung Road

Happy Valley.

It is harmless to machinery, up- holstery or fittings, and does not Mesars. Keller, Kern and Co., Ltd. damage the burning substance.

Ppear to be many cars which are are the local agents.

Give your

high gear

some exercise on the hills by using

the dasoline that brings the mountains down to

the motorist

SOCONY MOTOR GASOLINE

ALO, NY, BATOỰ,7

STANDARD

SOCONY

Gasoline

Motor Oil

STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK, 26" Broadway

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