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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

1928 FINTS

CYCLES HAVE

ARRIVED!

It will pay you to buy now.

FRANCIS BARNETT

Model 4

Model 5

Model 9

A.J.S.

£36.10.0.

39. 0.0. 45. 0.0.

£1 16.10.0.

65. 0.0. 01.10.0.

Model 11

Model 13

Model 115

Model H6 Model 118

66. 0.0. 73, 0.0.

TRUMPH

TRUMPB

N. De Luxe

TT,

SD:

60.0.0. 83.0.0. 72.0.0.

INDIAN

Indian Prince

Indian Scout

Indian 'Chief

G.$245 300 380

Indian Big Chief

390

DOUGLAS

Douglas EW.

FOR THE

MOTORIST

ALBERT L. CLOUGH

THE BELATED SPARK..

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

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CARS BOUGHT BY HIRE PURCHASE.

Has the Saturation Point Been Reached?

One obvious question that must suggest itself is whether the home market may not be nearing satura tion point (says the Yorkshire Post, in regard to the demand for moter cara)

At present, according to the figures issued this week by the Society of Motor Manufacturers. and Traders, one motor car is own-

Many cases of lack of power, Water Lost Through Overflow.

fuel Balling radiators and low

Question-When my-car ex- economy are due to a too late (too peeds a speed of 36 m. p. hed for every 63 persons in Grent greatly retarded) selting of the

so much water. is lost from the Britain. This proportion is very ition. If the charge is ignited radiator, through the overflow, that low compared with the figures for tardily that the full pressure the remainder boils in a

the United States or Canada, where or its combustion is attained only time.

the proportions are seven and 13 Water is also lost when after the piston is well on its down-corners are turned or the car is respectively. It is, nevertheless, stroke, a large part of the energy stopped suddenly. The radiator the opinion of n good many com- produced by the explosion is still has been cleaned out thoroughly.petent judges, that at least while present in the cylinder when the ex-Can you account for this trouble

the present state of trade depres-, Answer: It is certain that watersion persists over here, we should - |haust valve opins and is irretriey-

ably lost through it. instead of must, at times, rise in the upper not expect with too much confidence being converted into power by its radiator tank above the top of the any further large expansion in overflow pipe and the cause of this pressure acting upon the piston. is almost always lack of free flow

home demand, The burning gases, thus premiadown through the radiator itself. tirely escaping, are at abnormally We cannot resist the feeling that high temperature and are likely your radiator is still somewhat ob to scale and warp the exhaust valve structed, duspite your efforts to faces and are certain to com-clean it out. Disconnect the lower hose connection at the radiator, supply water to the filling opening from a hose stream until there is overflowing and see if water runs out forcibly in a full, round stream from the bottom opening. If it does not, the radiator passages are not free. If water does come out perfectly freely, please write us again. Be sure that the lower hose connection is a perfect one.

to the

muniente excessive heat passages through which they flow, which heat may be beyond the ability of the cooling system to take cure of without the water being raised to the boiling temperature The abnormal amount of heat thrown away through the exhaust of course represents, gasoline con sumed and very high fuck consump- tion is the result. An overlate setting of the ignition may be a factory defect or an error in ad Justment by a mechanic during an overhauling of it may result from the slipping of the ignition cam on the shaft that drives it. Ex-

later,

On the other hand, shrinkage is most unlikely, and the demand has already reached a point which should enable manufacturers to go forward confidently to their task viewed most sympathetically by the public-of giving ever greater value for money,

They have undoubtedly been im- mensely assisted in the last two years by the spread of the hire purchase system and the import duty on foreign ears. The hire- purchase system sometimes raises qualms 'in the minds of sociologists, but whether or not it is an alto- gether healthy social influence, its commercial value seems to metablished beyond doubt.

Polish for: Lacquered Surfaces.

Question:--Please inform

to the advisability of using "crude oil" on the lacquer or amelled finish, of a car.

Answer: We have never known

be es-

With the aid of the import duty, British manufacturers have fought foreign competition most success- cessive wear of a timing chain of of erude oil being recommended fully, and at the two ends of the seale represented by luxury care the accumulation of undue back for this purpose and should advise of the highest quality and the cheap lash anywhere in the distributor against its use. The usual recom-family light cars-there is very drive may gradually increase the mendation for polishing and pre-little to fear at present from any retardation of the spark. Any slip serving, lacquer finish is to use

foreign. rivalry. or development of lost motion be some form of reliable prepared tween the crankshaft and the wax, which is applied sparingly But a notable tendency in recent ignition-cam tends to make the and rubbed so thoroughly with American design is the approxima

not earlier cheesecloth that all excess is re-tion in a number of models to spark occur Whenever an engine acts sluggish moved, leaving the surface bril-European styles of bodywork, and, ly and will not accelerate load as liant" but so dry as not to collect whatever success may attend Mr. it should, is incapable of giving its dust. With most of the popular Ford's new car when at last this car as high a speed as it ought, brands of polishing wax there is mysterious vehicle enters the mar overheats its cooling water unrea-supplied a cleaner, which can safe-ket, it is

very probable that ther sonably and makes more exhaustly be used to remove dirt from the higher-priced British car will have noise than it should, too greatly surface to be treated. Your dealer during the next year or two to retarded ignition may be suspect-can supply you with these prepara-meet growing competition from you ed, if there is no other obvious rea- tions. While crude oil might not American models offering closely Howson for these shortcomings and the injure the finish and might make similar advantages, both in per "con-setting of the ignition-cum should the car look shiny at first, there formanec and appearance, at rather be checked, in accordance with would be formed sticky film, lower prices. Continental competi- directions given in the instruction which would soon become dull by tinn, save for one or two French book. As general rule, the dust sticking to it. The wax film, firms, is not very serious at present, breaker points of the distributor when rubbed down fully, is free and shows no immediate signs of should just be beginning to from this objection.

becoming so. separate as the piston of the exactly cylinder that is lo fire reaches the top of its stroke in order that the timing of the spark shall be correct.

.... £59.0.0.

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THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.

Some Liquid Numbers in Praise of Petrol.

As in the Trojan tragedy of

Priam

We hear about "the wine- em-

purpled sea;".

And us the Persian poet Omari

Khayyam

(Writing a book of verses 'neath

a tree)

Tells of "the old familiar juice';

so I am

:

Going to write a verse or two--

or three-

Upon a subject never sung by

Omar,

And far above the attic dreams

of Homer.

My subject is a liquid, volatile, Shall I describe it as a Wine on

Wings;

A magic draught from some en-

chanted isle;

A spirit clad in airy vapourings That from aolidity escapes

awhile?

I might embody it as all these

things.

Bat fancy metaphors aside I let

roll.

And call it by its proper name- that's pelrol..

Petrol, that comes-not from a

Persian garden,, Where nightingales and roses it

would spoil well. (These gear-change tricks of rhyming you must pardon,

At twisty rhymes you must ad-

mit I toll well)-

But from (once more your ear,

kind reader, harden Against s rhyming shock) "n

Persian oil-well.

And now I've got these verses

off my chest,

Buck up, my Muse, and help ma

write the restl

From age to age: man's tastes fù

fluids vary,

And every epoch sports its

special fluid.

Elizabethans wallowed

"Canary

"Mend" fuclised the ancient Bri

tish druid.cp

Tel. Centrul 4759...

They brewed a strong in Tipperary.

"patheen

The Picts and Scots wee drap-

pice" also brew-ed.

We also find, if Dickens we dip

in,

יוי

That hackney coachmen throve

and drove on gin.

Then Mr. Bumble used to dope

small boys on

Brimstone and treacle. While in

ancient Florence

The gay Medicis had their

"special poison"

(A liquid" guests regarded with

abhorrence).

The noble Red Man found his

simple joys on "

Plain water from the river of

St. Lawrence.

Each age thus had ita tonic, s

I say:

And every liquid has (like dogs)

its day.

/

To-day we don't indulge, as our

three-bottle

Ancestors did (their tap I won't

disparage).

We don't put pints of claret down

our throttle

Until we see pink frogs. Our

horseless carringe

Is now, the toper. When we ask

it. What'll

It have to drink before it leaves

Its garage,

The enr replies, "I don't mind if

I do

Just have a tankful seeing it's

with you!"

Nunc est bibendum. (That 1 quote from Horace).".

I call upon you all to fill your

tanks

With petrol to the brim. Ye

motor-lorries,

And ye (I want a rhyme for

lorries thanks!),

And yeah! yes, ye matorcars

of Morris!

Yo omnibi! Ye taxis from the

ranka!

fn

Open your filior-caps, this is

with mo

And never may grow less your

M.PG

FRED GILLETT.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1927.

"The Car That Has Conquered The World in a Year."

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