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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

OLDSMOBILE SIX

ERAL MOTOR

PRODUCT OF GENERAL

111-inch Wheelbase-19.84 H.P. (R.A.C. Rnting)--- 185 cuble inches piston displacement-1928 models.

Dickey-seat Roadster

...4-seater

G.$1,200

Touring Car

,5-geater

1,200

Sedan (2-door)

.G-seater

Sedan (4-door)

.5-seater

1,250 1,350

All prices subject to change without notice.

Keen appreciation has greeted 'Oldsmobile's smart new" beauty. Naturally such modish lines and striking colours would win the lion's share of admiration from those who know it only by sight. But every day Oldsmobile perform- This ance scizes the attention of those who never knew it before- because you can't know it till you drive the car. thrilling, smoother performance is the crowning feature of Oldsmobile-the overflowing measure of value now yours at prices lower than ever before.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO. LTD.

Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.

83 WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD,

HAPPY VALLEY.

The Machine That Counts

Jar B. S. A. Success

In recent English -

INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS' TRIAL

MODEL. L. 3.40 hp. O. II. V.

A few noteworthy fentures:-

Comfortable Saddle Position.

Double Roll Roller Big End Bearing Both Internal Expanding Brakes

Mechanical Lubrication.

B. S. A. 3-Speed Gear Box

Efficient Silencer.

Lucas Electric Lighting Set Inspection Welcome

THE SINCERE CO., LTD.

SOLE AGENTS

SCINTILLA

MAGNETOS

Prices on Application:

THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE.

Queen's Road, O.

Telephone C. 4759.

3, 1927.

RECORD OUTPUT.

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER

AUTO FASHIONS.

TOUR IN SWEDEN.

Temperaments and Colours.

Motoring in the Arctic

On

Circle.

behalf

of the

PRODUCTION IN- CREASES.

"American Automobile, produc

General Motors Prosperity.

tion for August Increased 14 per

The third fiscal quarter of Gon- Royal cent. over that of July, or 8 per Automobile Club," Mr. Stenson cent. over August of last year.eral Motors Corporation, endea Cooke, Secretary of the Autome-More than 300,000 motor cars september 30th, established new bile Association, recently presented were manufactured in August, a beautiful silver plaquette to the Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce as a souvenir.of her recent motor tour and into the through Sweden, Arctic Circle.

Artistic temperaments of cities and even countries, can be seen clearly illustrated in a trip down the assembly line of a motor car factory. It is shown in the co- lour combinations of ears when compared with their destinations. A wide variety of colour cholces is provided on the Packard Six and

One object of the journey was paint selections on the Packard Eight are Limited only to the co-to study motoring conditions in lours of the spectrum and the Sweden from the point of view of thousands of shades into which the British tourist. The reports they are divided. With car buyers which have been rendered to the given absolutely unlimited free- Automobile Association convey an dom of colour selection on the excellent impression not merely Eight and the large number of of the roads, hotels and garages,

of also

generous cars passing through the factory but for shipment to all parts of the hospitality extended to visitors world the final assembly line at from Britain. Sweden is a beauti- deserves to be the Packard factory is a colourful ful country and scene literally and gives oppor- better known. tanity for interesting study."

the

A convertible coupe, marked for shipment to Serbia, hus the body] URGE 40-FOOT ROADS. painted in a rich old ivory with

thin black stripe running the full length of the moulding. Fon- ders, splashers, other parts of the running gear and the upper part of the body above the belt-lines are in a glossy black. The same car for India is brilliant in two shades of light blue and a erim son striping.

A sedan limousine, marked for shipment to New York, is a soft und black. Westminster Gray

However, beside it, also bearing a New York order is a runabout ablaze with shiny nickel and in- stantly challenging attention with its two tones of light gray, black and crimson striping, crimson wheels and leather upholstering in the same shade. It is observed that generally cars of the sporting. type are of brilliant colouring and that there is a steady progression the toward conservatism up to

the most formal type of cars,

and the town sedan limousines

cars.

Colours for cities in the South and in California are warmer than those of the northern cities. Cali-"

fornia and Flerida" both run to light yellow white, light greans, very light browns and delicate It would be shades of blue. thought, possibly, that Pittsburgh and its proverbial smoke would lemand dark grays and blacks but a" coupe with two delicate tones of light gray for the body, scarlet striping and scarlet wheels with a Pittsburgh. shipping tag, indi- cates clearly the trend for bright colours there.. Chicago, too leans. to brighter colours as a club aedan with two light shades of green and wood wheels in natural finish attesta.

A five passenger phaeton for Switzerland is a conservative

black all over with, a touch of colour in red striping but bril- by Spain: liancy is demanded

Most challenging to the eye, pos- sibly in all of the great numbers of colours, shades and, combina- # rondster tions of both, is scheduled for California. nuint specifications show it has two shades of light brown, Sand- piper and Nightingale brown with striping in wren yellow.

Its

Unusual is the fact that with all that has been said of motori car colour styles in the last two years, the predominating colour in the final assembly line at the Packard factory is the rich and conservative Packard blue, a do- lour developed by Packard years ngo. It is much the shade of Navy blue and now is used with either a narrow gold double stripe or an azure blue double stripe, the upper part of the body and the chassis parts being black with the wheels blue and the same striping used on them na on the body.

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That all main trunk lines Have n minimum width of 40 feet, at least 24 feet of which shall be a hard surfaced Daved with material, is the recommendation the New York State Automobile Association has made to the high- way department of the state of New York.

It's bad luck for a motorist to look at the moon over dither shoulder.

For the 24th year Buick

has again fulfilled this promise-

algh earnings and output records tor the period. Although final agures are not complete, actual gures for July and August and An estimate for September show chat the Corporation already has exceeded the totul sales of 1926 by a comfortable margin, the first nine months shipments this year peing estimated to around 1,325,; | 1000 cars and trucks, against a total of 1,234,850 units for the entire 1926 year and 835,002 In 1925. For the third quarter, car and truck shipments are estimated at around 440,000 units, against 360,234 In the third quarter of last year, again of between 20 and 25 per cent, notwithstanding that last year's third quarter was a record for the period.

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ADVERTISERS

IN THIS MOTORING SUPPLEMENT ARE REQUESTED

TO SEND

CHANGE

OF "COPY"

NOT LATER

THAN WEDNESDAY OF EACH WEEK.

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A dealer has no lawful right to Beize cars or trucks sold on con- ditional bills of sale from an individual or company in bank-+++++

court ruptcy, according to decision in the state of Washing-

ton.

WHEN

a

BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT

BUICK WILL BUILD THEM

Now on display

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See the

1928 BUICK

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.

33, WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD

HAPPY VALLEY,