1927-10-08 — Page 12

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

OLDSMOBILE SIX

PRODUCT OF GENERAL MOTORS

111-inch Wheelbase-19.81 H.P. (R.A.C. ftating) 185 cuble inches, piston displacement-1928 models:

Dickey-seat Roadster

.-1-seater

G.$1,200

Touring Car

.6-seater

Sedan (2-door)

Sedan (4-door)

-seater ..E-seater

1,200 1,250

1,350

All prices subject to change without notice.

Our third shipment of six of the 1923 Model Touring Cars is due to arrive on October 21. Aldiough orders are being booked rapidly for this third shipment, a few cars are still available. Orders will necessarily have to be filed strictly in rotation..

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MONSOON'S PRISONERS.

Three Australians' Trip in a Secret Car.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER

TRADE TRANSPORT. Sidecars in England.

The monsoons have caught the The Bean bounced over the sleep-economical motor cycles with side three world motorists who were nters like a buck jumping horse, tempting to reach Australia from Twice the front tyres were beyond London by the longest land route the edge of the track and the car in an unknown car.

was only saved from failing by the next bour.co.

At Quetta their leader, Mr. M. H. Ellis, had to take to bed with. a pofsoned heel and the delay has made it impossible for them to race the rains through Burma.

The mishap is the climax to a string of adventures, grave and

, which have befallen, the ex- pedition since it left London early In February. In the interval the three pioneers have seen France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Jugo Slavia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria,

Persia and India.

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"Allah Allah! was all their guide could murmur, while they explained to him that to them railway bridges were nothing.

At another village they met an Armenian Turk "who asked me" says Mr. Ellis, if I was English." "You know "Australian," I said. Australia?" "Yes," he replied Some quickly; and he proceeded to take his trousers to prove it. Australian rifle shots had made a pretty good job of him."

The origin of the car itself has heen a subject of much speculation. Their narrowest shave was whilst It has fact been built at the Bean crossing from Turkey into Syria. fretory in Birmingham to the gen-1"We had barely got a hundred yards eral specification of a Australian, away" Mr. Ellis relates, "before 1 Mr. L. Hinks, of Sydney, and to heard a rifle shot hit the road pear test out also. the features of con- the rear of the car and sing above struction which the makers are em- our heads. Looking to my left bodying in their new 1928 models, saw a soldier taking deliberate aim Sheffield steel being used in vital for a second shot parts.

"I shouted to Birtles to stop and In the event the tests have varied

Never have from one extreme of temperature called the soldier up.

to the other; for the car has been I seen a more dejected and dispirit- driven through snow-drifts, over ed object. His eyes fairly stood ice-bound tracks and frozen river out of his head with fear.. beds and across fiery deserts.

In Turkey the adventurous trip were all arrested until they could get in touch with the British Am- Inssador at Stamboul. On one oc- cision they had a fight with a horde of turkish villagers who stormed the car. They beat the marauders off and then," says Mr. Ellis, "began The one of the wildest of drives. road was a narrow track beset with houlders which called for a pace

"He had evidently woken up under the shade of his tree and mistaken us for a raiding French Army car."

Once they met a madman. It was in the middle of the Persian desert and he was "a little man in a. black fez." His mouth was full of neb- bles and bleeding and he was stag- gering round in a circle. When the car stopped he threw his hands up

of only about seven miles an hour. to the sky and cried There is no On every little hill-top was a sort of God but God! The name of Allah "('Water, narrow, winding cutting which left is Mercy. Then he rushed at me one to imagine just what was round shrieking 'Ab! Abl' the corner. In fact, for four miles Water'). He was not a pretty pic- With a tiny bundle, a pair there was death in every yard, butture.

we made no stop until we were on of goggles and specially soled shoes downward slope well away from he had tried to conquer the desert and the desert had turned him into He was the village.

a jibbering black speck. quite silly and had been out there (the temperature was 102 in the car) for two whole days.

On another occasion they came to a broken bridge across a deep river.

The only way round was thirty kilometres further down but

"We gave him a little coffee and there was a railway bridge along- side. They resolved to tackle that then a sip of water every few min- rather than make the detour, al-utes till it was safe to let him have though the rails were so close in a real drink. He was not satisfied width to the car's track that they till we filled his silly water bottle had only three inches to play with and then he went to sleep in the between the ends of the sleepers back of the car, holding it tight in and the outer side of the offwheels. his arms."

A demonstration of commercial sidecare recońtly staged in Eng land emphasised the wide possi- bilitles of these handy machines for delivering light lords. According to "Motor Transport." cars having boxes for light parcels are making a direct appeal both to small tradespeople and big firms, and it is noticeable that the General Post Office employ 'a large feet. Different pattern bodies are supplied, so that the machines are easily adaptable to varying r quirements, from dairymen for conveying milk churns, to tho butcher, the baker and the cabinet- maker.

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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 B.M.W. Touring Model represents the latest and most progressive form of engineering development applied to motor cycles...

In designing the R.42 model, it has been the maker's endeavour to procure with all possible expediency, every step of teclinical progress and every item of riding experience for the henefit 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 ecer 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.

BRITISH CYCLES.

Continental Successes of A.J.S.

Three of the most important motor-cycle races on the Continent have this year been won by A.J.S. 3:49 h.p. machines.

In the first event, the Grand Prix d'Europe, held at the Nur- burg Ring, Adenau, Germany, on the 2nd ult., the winning AJ.S. machine in the 350 cc. class was ridden by Mr. J. H. Simpson, who finished the distance of 280.8 miles no less than 80 minutes ahead of the second man. In this race A.J.S. machines also secured fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth places.

At the Swiss Grand Prix, which took place at Geneva on the 10th ult.. Mr. Simpson, again on a 2.49 h.p. A.J.S. machine, not only won the race at an average speed of 68:13 m.p.h., but also made the Fastest Lap'at 70 m.p.h. Another rider on a 3.49 H.p. AJ.S. secured fifth place in this race.

On the 17th ult., when riding in the Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Francorchamps, Mr. J. H. Simpson brought his 3.49 h.p. A.J.S, machine in, approximately 27 minutes ahead of the next com- petitor. In this race Mr. Simpson also established the Record Lap for the Belgian Grand Prix at |71.25 h.p.

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