U.S. EXPORTS.
Last Year's Figures.
United States exports by con- tinents last year were: To Europe 105,869 cars and trucks; to South America, 81,606; to Oceania, 77, 533; 10 Africa, 31,512; to Asia, 31,465; and to Canada, 62,644 Exports for 1928 will reach nearly $500,000,000, according to fore casts on sales up to June 30.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MOTORING” SUPPLEMENT.
650 MILE ROAD.
TALL FIGURES.
The World's Cars Being Built in Cuba.
A now 650 mile highway is being completed in Cuba. It was financed
Of the 29,508,475 motor vehicles. in the world January 1, 1928, there were 23 million in the United States
In the United States. The 45,000 with 1.173,000 in the United King- dom, then in order of their use came wider use and it is expected that motor cars now there will have far Canada, France, Australla, Ger- many, Argentina, Italy, Spain and their number wil be greatly in New Zealand.
crensed.
IT'S A BORN HILL CLIMBER
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Roadster
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Touring
M$2,600,00
Bodau (2-door)....
.M$2,600.00",
Sedan (4-door).
M$2,800.00
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THE
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OLDSMOBILE
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1929.
MORE MOTOR BUSES FOR THE CITY OF CANTON.
The above picture shows one of the feet of Brockway buses recently sold to the Kwok Man
Bus Company by the Asiatic American Company of Hongkong.
TALLEST BUILDING.
Chrysler's New Home.
WOOLWORTH BEATEN.
NEW HUDSON CYCLES.
Large Quantities for Colonies.
|NEW YORK SHOW.
225 Makers, to be. Represented.
NOTICE
TO
ADVERTISERS
All advertising to be insorted in this Motor Supplement, must be delivered not later than 2 p.m. on the Wednesday of the week of publication.
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NEW MODELS. The new sixty-eight storey
The National Automobilo show of Chrysler building in New York City, destined to be the tallest in- UNBURSTABLE TYRES, America will be held in New York City, this month in the Grand habited structure in the world and which will rise on the northeast Large quantities of New-Hudson Central Palace. Forty-two Ameri corner of Forty-second Street and "Service" Bicycles continue to be can manufactures, five from abroad, Lexington Avenue in New York City, in the latest private enter prise of Walter P. Chrysler. The enterprise is not connected in any way with the Chrysler Motor Cor poration. The building will tower to a height of 808 feet, 16 feet greater than the famous Woolworth building in New York. The com- picted building and leasehold estate have been appraised at $13,780,000. The ground floor of the structure will be occupied by shops and and the remaining floors to and including the devoted alxty-fifth will be
called for by the Crown Agents for makers are to be represented. Not- MEANS SATISFCATION and 225 accessory and equipment the Colonies, these being intended withstanding the fact many of for "service" use in Nigerio, the 1929 models and Inventions of Uganda, and Tanganyika Territory Interest to the industry will be dis- and the Gold Coast,
stores
to offices. Two of the upper floors, nf, the tower will contain a duplex apartment. Above this will come, the three storey observation dome constructed of bronze and glues and culminating in the spire. There will be 33 elevators..
INVITE FOREIGN DEALERS.
If everyone attends who is in- vited. International Day, Monday, January 7, at the New York auto- mobile show ought to be well at- tended. Invitations have been sent to 7000 automobile dealora in 107 countries,
played.
READY FOR JUNK HEAP.
In many cases the bicycles are called for fitted with Sorbo un- burstable tyres, which are essential More than 10,000 automobiles owing to the terribly rough nature badly worn
in Milwaukee are said to be so of the country often traversed by taxed, having an individual value that they can't bu
the riders.
of less than $1,
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ROME HAS FIRST SHOW.
At the request of the Italian government, Italian automobila manufacturers will hold their first automobile show in Rome in Jan- ubry, 1929. They have previously been held in Milan.
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