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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1929.

FACTORY IS CITY. plante employ titrty-three trained

medical attendants, Including physicians and nurses. Injuries Motor Organisation, and promptly, and in more serious io employees are trented carefully

POPULATION OF THOUSANDS.

"A city within a city within city."

world.

STRAIGHT EIGHT BUS.

cases an ambulance is always Studebaker Innovation. available. A post ofleo handling: 11,000 plecon of incoming first- elasa mall daily is required to transact the business of this fac aftory settlement. The plants also

GREATER STAMINA.

SELF-LIGHTING.

Parking-Tail-Lamps.

INGENIOUS TIME SWITCH.

A time switch which will auto- matically light parking and tall lamps of a car at sunset is being sold in England.

- It is called the Setalite and la a small dini, about the size of a speed- ometer, and can be set to the dash board.

To i, a lead is taken from the

America's first bus chassis have their own telegraph offices, powered by a straight eight motor That's what they have in De- and special messengers.

is announced by The Studebaker troit: It has á population of ap Feeding the thousands of Dodge Corporation of America. proximately 18,500, operates its City proves a gigantic task. A Fluer performance, smoother own polico and are departments, large cafeterin solves the problem operation and greater stamina is post office, railways, restaurants, for hundreds each day, and there claimed for this new bus chassis schools and hospitals, and manu-fare thirty-two lunch waggona) by Studubaker engineers factures products valued at all-operated throughout the factory The new Studebaker, buses aro Hons of pounds yearly, which are grounds. Many privately owned offered in two nixes—158-inch- shipped to every corner of the restaurants border on the factory and 184-inch wheelbases and in light switch, which is left in the limits, and a dining room is mairi- three types. These include the "on" position when the Sotalito is The elty encased in two others tained for executivos in the office 158-inch straight eight Junior to be used. A knob in the centre is "Dodge City," within the city building or city hall.

Chassis Model 77 with single or controls the amount of tension put Jimits of Hamtramck,” a separate Thousands of employees ride to dual rear wheels, the regular on the device, and the time at which city within the limits of Detroit work dally in their own cars, and straight eight 184-inch Special the lights are to be lit is recorded The area of this elty is approxi- they are provided with parking Chassis Model 88, single or dual on a retaling dial. mtoly 218 acra, yet nearly ever spaces near the plant in charge of straight eight Heavy Duty Chassle rear wheels, and the 184-inch function performed by municipal

Numbers and governments can be duplicated special police.

Model 99. Standard bus models within its boundaries. Here more gestion. Four miles of narrow-Observation Parlour. Car and the spaces are assigned to avoid con-re the 22-passenger Seminole than 2,000,000 Dodge Brothers motor cara have been built in the gauge railways are within the 21-passenger street car bus.

factory grounds, on which are 14 years of the city's existence.

operated locomotives powered by features of these new busca are: Island in Detriot. Dodge Bros, engines. În addition,

there are 23 railway switches 115 horsepower atraight right motor; dual carbustion which in neighbour of Detroit, dotted with entering the various pinnia, ensur effect gives two carburetors and swamps and paddocks. In the ing efficient movement of freight two manifolda oach feeding four open spaces of the village, the to and from the outside world. [cylinders; present alte of the Dodge Brothers Bus lines operate on regular choke; large over-sized generator; the plants, sturdy mounting; molor. driven plant was selected, because it was schedules between noar mough to Detroit for utility carrying passengers and

mes-fuel pump; improved and heavier connexions, but far enough away sages.

fan mounting; weather proof igni- tion. Three or four speed trans- missions are optional.

In 1914, Hamirainck 'was

to escape the disadvantages of a city location. Sincć · then, Ham-

Paid to go to School. Inside the factory is a school

in

Some of the more important

semi-automatie

The motor used to the new

It doce not absorb power, nor does it need winding, The whole knob and rotating the dial to the impetus is supplied by twisting the

time required.

The dial is graduated in ours and minutes, so that if the lamps are wanted at 6 p.m. and it is sot at 2 p.m. the dial would record 4 hours.

CARS PER MILE.

Interesting Facts.

tramck has incorporated as a town offering courses and later as a city. Now it in un mechanica and engineering to as the one used in The President "Island" completely surrounded by students from all over the world. Straight Elght,

automotive buses is fundamentally the same CONGESTED EUROPE.

Detroit.

except thai in a recent compilation by the

for

Fifty-seven different national-The course requires from 20 to 35 роздсачек additional re-Amèrican Automobile Association itics are citizens of "Dodge City," weeks, and students are paid while finements which gives it even it was found that there are now a factory community with an operation of employees is ensured around

attending. The happiness and co-grenter atamina and all-4.81 motor vehicles in LINO industrial personality. Within

performance. That it every mille of highway through- by Hboral provisions. its limits, 120 police are on day life insurance policies are given unusual degree has been conclu has seven motor vehicles, for overy Paid-up already possesses stamina to an out the world. The United States and night duty to patrol the gates regularly to employees, atarling sively proven by its record break-mile of its improved and unim- and protect property. Fifteen firemen and complete fire appara after six months' service and ing runs under American Automos proved roads. France has 26 tus compose an efficient fire-fight-ranging to 15 years, representing bila Association supervision at vehicles per mile, Germany 08 ing force. A factory tailor sees values from £40 to £500. A wel- the Atlantic City Speedway, chief and Great Britain 10:4, The gen- that police and firemen's uniforms fare department supervises the of which was when two President cral average for all of Europe is Anancial needs of employees by Straight Eight Roadsters.travelled 20.7 cars per mile of road. How- gre kept in first-class condition.

Jonna in sickness or emergencies, [30,000 miles in 26,320 consecu-ever, the high average of cars per Hospitals and Restaurants. white a legal department advises tivè minutes respectively, ¦ mile of road in Europe does not. Ono main hospital and six employees in the negotiating of

The chassis is unusually strong indicate a great ownership of branch units throughout the contracts, mortgages, and deeda.

and provides extra factors of safe-motor vehicles, but a comparative The total rond ty and strength throughout with- paucity of ronds, out sacrificing riding comfort. infleage in the world is 6,682,001, On the 184" Special and Heavy of which the United States por

Of the total Duty chassis, there are two tubu-sessen nearly half. lar cross members and fivo preas- of 31,000,000 motor vehicles. in ed steel cross members. On the service throughout the world, 158 Junior chassis there une America has more than 23,000,- Lubular cross member and five 000. pressed steel crbsg members. The frame is made of high quality pressed steel. Its maximum see- tion is 8-1/16" In height, 3" flange width and 7/32" thick.

RIDE CONTENTEDLY

ON MICHELINS

Distributors:

Heavier and wider springs carried in extra heavy shackles

A. GOEKE & CO. with big spring bolts are an im

4th Floor, China Building.

Depot

FIAT GARAGE Tel. C. 2221. Tel. 0.4821.

MICHELIN

to

riding

portant contribution comfort. The rear springs 'are 66% inches long and 3 Inches wide and the front springs 38 inches long, and 24 inches wide. They are of the semi-elliptic tyre. and are manufactured by Stude- baker according to Studebaker formulna,

A feature of the braking system and one which affords increased ease of braking action and greater driving safety is the use of Wes- tinghouse vacuum brakes as unit in the four-wheel, brake aye- dom.

:

Operating RA a unit-these brakes require only one-third the normal pedal pressure to operate. This reduced pedal pressure is especially desirable in atreet car type service as well as on Inter- elty routes because it materially reduces the nhvalcal energy re- quired for full braking efficiency.

AUTO

SUPPLY HEADQUARTERS

The most complete stock of Auto Acces- sories in the City are here at lower than elsewhere prices.

No matter what you might want in acces sories we have it.

The Republic Motor Co. of China

(Successors A. LUNG & Co., Auto Dept.)

30-32 Des Vœux Road, Central.

THE WORLD HAS A NEW

AND FINIR MOTOR CAR

*Art Goelsel won the Dple Racs from "San Francisco to Hawald; then he bang up 4 arw regard for a Count to Cont continuous Alght, with a Twin-Teal- tion, high compresijon, valye-in-hand motor. Now, ha his bought a gre Nash "400," to get the same kind.. of performance from his motor car.

The Nash

Special Six "400" Sedan

It was a Twin-Ignition Engine

that carried Lindbergh over the Atlantic, Goebel * over the Pacific, Byrd over the Pole!

In history-making flights Lindbergh, Byrd, Goebel and a host of others have established dramatically and con- clusively the superiority and reliability oftwin ignition, high compression, valve.

bead engine performance. And all three principles are combined "in the great new Nash Twin-Ignition Engine which powers every Nash "400" Special and Advanced Six model.

The Nash Twin-Igaîlion Engine, with two Ignition coits instead of doe, two

spark plugs (airplane type) to each cylinder instead of ope, 360 spacks, a second instead of 180, at top speed, burns the highly compressed gases more thoroughly and economically, The result is more power from less gasoline, and quicker engine response. No special, high priced fuels are rei quired for the Twin-Ignition Engine.

Once drive the great new Nash

you ́"400," you are certain never to be contented with the performance of older

types of engines.

NASH 400"

Leads the World in Motor Car Value

IMPORTANT TÉATURES-NÓ OTHER CAN BÀS THEM ALL

Twin Ignition engine

"12 Aircraft-type spark

plugs

High compression Houdsille and Lovejoy

ahock absorbers Lauciusive Nash mounting)

Salon Dodie's

*

Aluminium siloy

pistons

(lavar Struct)

New double drup frame Torsional vibration"

damper World'seasiest steering

7-bearing crankshaft

(bollyw crank pins) Bijut centralized

chassis lubrication Electric clocks Exterior metalware

chrome placed over nickel

Short turning radius Longer wheelbases One-piece Salon

fenders

Neli Special Design

frost and rear bumpers

WONG SIU WOON, Telephone C. 1474. Sole Agents for Hongkong and South China.

SERVICE STATION 1–76, Dea Vœux Road Contral.-Telephone C.664.

21. Potilager Strest.

9730.

DE SOTO SIX

e

De Soto

Multum pro parvo

PRODUCT of CHRYSLER

New Chrysler-designed “Silver Domo" high-compressioff engine, using any grade petrol. New smoothness and quietness of operation at every spoed

on the speedometer,

New performance brilliancy, flashing getaway, astonish- ing power and pickup with marked economy of petrol and oil.

New -type rubber insulation of engine, new-type invar-atrit pistons, new-type crankcaso venti- lator, etc.

New -type 4-wheel hydraullo in-

ternal brakes with moulded brake Ining, giving instant and squeakless stopping in any weather. New slender-profile radiator, new bowl-type lamps, with beautiful cowl lamps and cowl bar, all chromium plated.

New riding qualities from long resilient springs and hydrau-

·lic shock absorbers, front and rear. New roominess in the long low.

hung bodies, seating five- adults with a surplus of comfort.

New richness of interior appoint

ments, with high grade

SHE3

LARS,

See... the new Sensation-Car

De Soto Six-brilliant and revolutionary in its field-Chrysler-built-beyond all quibble and question gives now beauty, new style, a new high quality and per- formance for popular-priced sixes-See it and know why the public rates it by long odds the world's outstanding value for cars selling at anywhere near its price.

SOLE AGENTS-

mohair for closed ears and gentino The Republic Motor Co., of China.

leather, pigekin grain for open models,

New arched window silhouette,

buy new air-wing mudguards, new charming colour combinations,

(Successors A. LUNG & Co. Auto Department.)

30, 32, Des Vœux Road,