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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

THE QUESTION WAS

HOW TO REDUCE HIS PETROL BILL.

Then he had a bright idea and bought an

AUSTIN SEVEN.

You too can enjoy motoring at a Cent per mile.

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

Prince's Building.

TRACING RADIO INTERFERENCE.

Canada is as active as the United States in running four- down sources of radio interference. This is the teenth of 16 "interference cars" used for this purpose in Commander C. P. Edwards, head of the the Dominion. radio branch of the Department of Marine and Fisheries in Canada, is shown at the wheel.

THE NEW FORD.

that a door check does the closing

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1928,

MORE COMFORT.

Smart Lines Are Not Everything.

Tho passenger le coming in for serious consideration in the ke- Bign of dutomobile bodies.

This assurance for the comfort of our limbs is given by Harmann A. Brunn, president of a Buffalo body company, in a recent talk before the Detroit section of the Society of Automotive Engineers.".

Brünn warna his fellow body de algners that the day of planning. a beautiful outline and then ind- ing room for passengers is over. The more preferable method, and one which is being adopted by the leaders, is to lay out the seating arrangement first, being suco to provide adequate room for all the passengers, and then surround this with the outline.

"Remember, there is no subati- tute for comfort," he says, "The body is made for the purpose of carrying human beings. You can- not cut a plece off the passen- The shock absorbers are of the gor. He wants to take his legs, beat type known to automotive on-arans, body, clothing and hat with gineers. They regulate the flexing him, and he may even want to Scientific Springing. of the spring in the same manner carry some luggage.

Suggests Body Trends. "Many automobile bodies are bo The combination of transverse of a door, except that they work semielliptic springs and hydraulic both ways. Each contains two small that, when fivo grown people ahock absorbers of the double-tight-fitting rotary wings, con-wearing overcoats and hats are in action type makes the new Ford nected to the springs by a linkage. them, the automobile seems to dis- Model A a car of excellent riding The body of each absorber is all-appear.

"Of. what practical value is a qualities. To this must be addeded with glycerine, which, when, in the ingenious arrangement of the action, is forced by the moving car, be it ever so beautiful, if it springs which actually makes wings from one chamber to an is not usefult?

Brunn, therefore, makes a few them part of the sprung weight, other through check valves and reducing the unsprung weight of controlled ports, offering resis-suggestions toward proper body. the car to the absolute minimum tance to the wings, thus controll- designing, for the comfort of the On smooth roads, the springs ing the movement of the springs. passengers, besides the beauty of operate independently, having an An adjustment dial regulates the the car. These are: operating radius of one inch in flow of the fluid. which they do not engage the shock

absorbers. On rough roads, or The absorbers, besides increas- whenever bumps are encountered Ing the riding comfort, add which tend to throw the car, materially to the life of the car, the springs. En- the absorbers come instantly lato particularly to 2nd, floor,Ice House St. Entrance.

play, elimating the inherent ten-gineers estimate that the life of STOCKS CARRIED

dency of the springs to react to the springs will be 100 per cent.: the sudden stresses caused by de- greater with shock asorbers of the

type than without them.. pressions in the roadway.

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Tel, Central 4769.

THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE

26 Queen's Road Central

STUDEBAKER

The Great Independent

1--Simplided design, which holds public favour longest.

2-Hiding the anatomy of the 3-Thinner windshield pillars car in the rear.

4-Neutralized glass windshield for greater viability,

visor and afford greater visibility" visor to replace the present fixed

upward.

For Safety and Comfort. 5--Safety glass windshields. 6-Adjustable seats both front, and rear.

7-Form-fitting upholstery.. 8-Now and more durable ma- terials for the interior.

Bruna, secs a tendency toward convertiblo bodies, especially on, the smaller types of cars, such as the coupe. This would be a re- version to the old design of con- vertible phaeton, before the days of the closed car. Instead of building an open car, that can be closed in an emergency, however, closed cars are built to be opened up when weather permita,

ANOTHER BY-PASS ROAD AT BARNET.

To Ease Pressure Be- tween London & North,

A by-pass road le to be con- structed at Barnet.

The acheme has been provision-

CHEVROLET

HONG KONG DELIVERED PRICES:

NATIONAL SERIES "A B

PASSENGER.

R.A.C. Horte-Power Rating 21.7. Brake Horar-Power 3h at 8,800 Revolutions. Piston Displacement 170,0' Cubic Inch, Wheel-Base 167 Inches

Modul

Roadster Touror....

Speed 50 M.P.I.

Packled

'P. O. D

Malt

Weight

·Factory, Extras

Price

Shipping Hongkong Dailvery Frica

1-pass. 2,000 lbs.

a8405 G854 G#218 G8765

3-pass, 2,050 lbs.

255

31.

216765

Cosol (2 door), ingre

3-pana. 2,316 Ibu.

KES

40 235

890

Coupo Sedan

2-pass. 2,176 lbs.

505

40 265

900

5-pasa, 2,390 lbs.

675

40

265

980

4-pass 2,273 lb.

603

40 *265 1,000

5-pass. 2596 lb.

718

40 265 1,020

Cabriolet Landau Bodan.

Hongkong Pelee locludes spargʻrim Tiro & Tebe, Bumper, bulb Horn,

Right Hand Drive.

NATIONAL SERIES "A B" COMMERCIAL. B.A.C. Horze-Power Rating 21.7.

Brake Horse Power, 35 at 2,200: Revolutions,

Piston Dispement 170.9 Cube inch. Wheel Base 107 Inches. "Spied' 45. M.P.J.

Half Ton Chinn.is.......

1,615 lbs. $375 $20 $165 G3550

215 Holf Ton Chassis and Cab No. 560 2,015...

128 2,280, Cab Top Express Truck Beroon Express Truck Combination Truck Panci Express Truck Eight Passenger Dus

490 :30

723

530

1

20 240

290

103 2,705

570

**

101 2,530

...-20 580 20

265

855

บ

205 2,265

*1

*800 20

34 2,265

615

20

255

Hongkong Price Includes spare rim Tire and Tube, Right Hand Drive,

CAPITOL SERIES “L'O" UTILITY.

R.A.C. First Power Rating £1.7,

Brake Warse-Power 31 at 2,900 Revolution.

Piston Displacement 170.0 Cable Inch." Wheel-Base 184 Inches.

One Ton Chassis

134 Ton Chassi

14 Ton (146) Chusnis.

2,130 lbs.

2,230 lbs.

$340 520

GHS G$165 de730

.118 -165

800

2,410 lb.

520

183

BEO

Hongkong Price laoludes spare rim, Tire and Tube and 4 fonder.

EXTRA FOR BODIES MOUNTED ON 124 CHASSIS.

Bedan Cab

No.506 400 1b.

Cib Tap Body.......

No. 328

775:1bm,

GS.85 +175

G$20 $65 C8180

115

320

Screen Body

No. 303

$50 1bm.

135

30

13 410

No. 303 1,000 lbs.

$250

40

145495

Panel Body.....

No. 405

800 1b.

270

No. 39 775 lbs.

305

150.

Combination

12 Pans. Bus

All Prices and Specifications subject to change without notice.

ally approved by the Ministry of THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE

Transport, which will sharo equally the cost with the Hertford- shire County. Council.

The council will construct the road, which is to relieve the traffic on Barnet Hill and through tho High-street.

The by-pass will turn castwards! off the Great North Road about a quarter of a mile south of Barnet Hill, and, following a route across the old Barnet horse fair field, will pass cast of the railway station' and town, rojoining the Great! North Road at Hudley.

It is expected that the great bulk of tho.road trame. between London and the North will use the new road.

TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

Test Not Successful in Melbourne.

VIEW OBSTRUCTED.

Melbourne's first experiment in traffic signals has been removed from its position at the corner of Swanston and Flinders streets.

According to Mr. R. E. Barnes, a Melbourne motorist who visited Sydney recently, the authorities' have not pronounced any decision upon its performance; but they' announced, when it was installed, that it was merely a test, and that several devices would be tried,

In Mr. Barnes's opinion, the man- ual signal was reeless, "The policeman seemed to work harder than over," he said, "and the traffic acomed mero tangled,

Probably, this was due to tho fact that trame blocked the signal from tho view of motorists ap proaching It along Swanston- street. Drivers would gaily fol low the trams across the inter- section and then when part way across, would get a view of the signal and find it showing, "atop." Then, brakes would be jammed

on, care would slide, and time would be waelod while the drivers. tried to reverse into the traffic piled up behind and the cross- street flow was blocked."

25 Queen's Road Central'

Tel: Central 4759.

MOTOR UNION

INSURANCE CO IT?

Incorporated in England '(Under the auspices of the Automobile Association)

SPECIALISES IN MOTOR INSURANCE

LOCAL AGENTS,

THE UNION TRADING Co., Ltd.

Phone C. 578.. York Building.

MONET-GOYON MOTOR CYCLES

Fitted with two world famed engines–

*

the Villiers 2-stroke and the M.

4-stroke.

If you want a machine with the power for

Hill Climb, please call for demonstration

trial

46. Nathan Road, Kowloon.

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