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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1929.

EXPERIENCE new water enjoyment

water motoring many times.. .. but until you are propelled at express-train speed over the water by a new Johnson Sen Horse, you haven't' experienced real water enjoyment.

Here is a motor that does everything you expect of“ -it,,, and more! It starts at the mere snap of your wrist... with the new Johnson Release Charger. It skims you over the water without exhaust noises or exhaust fumes... with the new Johnson Under- water Exhaust.

Pówer and speed, unequaled until now, are yours with a Johnson Sea Horse. The Sea Horses are truly the greatest contribution yet made to water enjoy. ment. They are here! Seo them!

For full particulars apply to-

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

Johnson

Outboard Motors

TRAVELLING BATH- ROOM.

Rajah's Novel Idea.

LUXURY IN THE JUNGLE.

A travelling bathroom is the la- test use to which a motor truck has been put in India. This was built on a 20 cwt, chassis to the order of the Ruler of Bhopal for use in big game shooting expeditions.

"The body is completely equipped with a porcelain bath, wash basin, divan, and dressing-table. The wa- ter heating apparatus is' controlled by a thermostat, and transfers the heat from the engine to the bath water system. The interior is en- amelled in blue, and white, and special glass is fitted to the won- dows, which permit a clear view from the interior wihle preventing people outside from getting a glimp- se of the Rajah performing his ab Ilutions.

The occupant of the bathroom enn communicate with the driver through a microphone, the necessity for which is obvious when he is trying to shave while the vehicle is under way in the jungle.

LEAD GAS INCREASES.

The consumption of ethyl gaso- line in 1929 is expected to show en increase of about 100 per cent. over 1928. Production this year will reach about 1,145,000,000 gallons.

CAN'T MOVE TRAINS.

According to a railroad engineer, 25 per cent of the grade crossing accidents in 1923 were caused by automobiles running into trains.

MOTOR TRUCK MAKER'S VIEWS.

C. White Interviewed by Israel Klein.]

STUDEBAKER PLEASURE CARS

HONGKONG DELIVERED PRICES.

Walter C. White, the 'personality behind the motor truck.

Cleveland, Sept-If you ever invented a flash steam generator had an idea that a truck was a which was quite an improvement He clumsy, lumbering, noisy vehicle over the old style boiler, of no more value than to clutter offered it to the makers of the up the highway, you'd soon change car the family was driving, but your mind after talking to one of they turned it down.

the men responsible for existence.

its

So the Whites decided to build their own car incorporating Rol- With some addi- I did and I came away with alin's invention. greater respect for trucks than Itional engine improvements and ever had.

after much experimental work, they came out with their first The man I saw is Walter C. White steamer. That was in 1901. White, president of the White Co., The demand was greater than they builder of motor trucks and expected and they had more than buses. Sented in A simply they could do to keep up with it, furnished office in a corner of his

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Walter Starts Selling.

While it costs about six cents to operate a light four-cyclinder auto-plant's headquarters building here, mobile for each mile, six-cylinder White pointed out the essential vehicles require about nine and one features that place the motor conduct the new automobile busi- The elder White let the boys half cents, according to the All truck in a class by itself, as tomobile Club of

ness, while he remained at the Southern Cali-

opposed to the passenger car.

helm of the sewing machine, com- fornia,

"The passenger car engine," he pany. Windsor took charge of said, is smaller and faster than financial and sales matters. the heavy duty truck motor. It is Rollin applied himself to the built for speed and light duty, mechanical operations and Walter to dispose of while the truck motor is larger in went overseas displacement and is run slower. foreign patent rights and open up It is built for heavy work and en-an export trade for the new car. durance.

After a successful trip abroad,

GOOD YEAR

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"In some of our light delivery Walter returned in 1904 and pro trucks the engines have almost ceeded to show America what the comparable performance, charac-White steamer could do." He drove teristics of passenger car engines the car to victory in several hill but are built much heavier for climbs and endurance runs until long life.

he was ruled out of a competition in 1907 because the gasoline car drivers refused to compete with the steam hellion."

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'Slower Motor, Longer Life.

"The passenger motor is not

But the advantages of the inter- generally expected to gain the longevity of the truck motor. It nal combustion motor over the. stands to reason that a motor that steam boiler were soon recognized runs 3,000 to 4,000 revolutions a and the Whites changed to that minute can't stand up as long as form of transportation in 1009. one that is designed to operate Almost at the outset came produc- around 2,100 revolutions a minute. tion of the first White truck."

...

The average passenger car woes The trucks-met with almost in- about five to six thousand miles stant success. Some of the a year with little heavy work original models are said to be still demanded of it. It isn't unusudi in operation.

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for a truck or bus to make 100,000

With the war came greater de miles a year while, the car, that has run 100,000 miles at all is an duction of passenger cars was mand for White trucks and pro- exception."

abandoned completely. When Walter White can say this un-America, entered the World War hesitatingly because nearly 15,000 White became chairman of a com- of his trucks have already been mittee, to aid the establishment of driven over 100,000 miles and 164 motor transport bases and repair of these have gone past the half depota in France. His work there million mile mark and are still in won him the highest honour operation.

France can give a civilian, making him a Chevaller of the Legion of Behind all this is the White Honour. plant where men don't seem to The elder White died in 1914 rush through a single operation in and both Windsor and Walter took the manufacture of the trucks and over control of the company, the buses. The way they work seems sewing machine business having to exemplify the White viewpoint. been relinquished.

Last year After touring the factory there's Windsor and his son Thomas, who a feeling of assurance that the had been a vice-president of the product coming out of there is company. withdrew from the perfect to the last gear.

Inherits Lofty Tradition.

The man now at the head of this factory is a graduate of the old White tradition of thoroughness and advancement in the 'van of in- dustrial progresa, No botter can this tradition be portrayed than in the history of the company itself and the achievements of Walter White.

When he was born, in 1876, the White Sowing Machine Co., with his father, Thomas H. White, as its head, was formed. Walter was the youngest of three sons Windsor T. and Rollin being the other two. The entire family grew up with the business and led it through its progressive staves as they kept up with the industrial and social progress of the country. Thus they profited by adding to the sewing machine manufacture such items as screw machines, Uroller skates, Bicycles, steam pas- senger cars and Anally motor trucks, and buses

In the late nineties, attention of the inventive genius of the country began to turn to "horseless carriages."It was in these creep- ing days of motordom' that Rollin,. the engineer of the family, had

organization and now Walter is both president and chairman of the board of directors.

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Walter White, before his truck building days, used to demonstrate his passenger cars by driving them himself. In auto races. Here he is shown in a stripped touring car at Ormond Beach, Fla

January, 1905.

ERSKINE SIX.

R.A.C, Horat.Power Rating 18, 15,

Brake Hore-Power: 13 at 3,000 Revolutions. Platen Displacement 160,37 Cubic Inch. Wheel Base 109 Inches.

Speed 60 M.P.H.

F. Q. B Paglory Price

G$835

Model

Nutt Weight

Tourer.....

5-pass.

2,425 lbs.

Club Sedan....

5-pass.

2,325 lb.

Sedan Regular ...............in 5-pass

2,000 lbs.

945

Pecking

Este Shipping Hongkong -

Delliery 170

G$50 $250 $1,195

660. 75 310 1.245.

75310 1,330,

Hongkong Price includes 5 Wire Wheels, Loather Upholstery, Front and Roa Bamp, Extra Tire & Tube, Exten Bulb Horn, Hydraulis Bhock

Ábsorbera.

DIRECTOR SIX.

R.A.C. Horac-Power Rating 27.34...

Brake Horse-Power 63 at 3,300 Revolutiuss.

Piston Displacement 121 Gubic Inch. Wheel Date 115 inches.

Tourer Ragal....................... Tourer Regal... Sedan Regal

Speed 65 M.P.H.

5-pass. 3,000 lbs. $1,215 G90 G$320 $1,625 7pas. 3,050

1,275 90 920 - 1,683 1,195 118 390 1,700

5-pass.: 3,190...

Hongkong Price includes 6 Wire Wheels, Leather Upholstery, Front and Rear Bumpers, 2 Extra Tires and Tubos, Extra Bulb Hora, Hydraullo Bhook Absorbers and Tourist Trunk.

DIRECTOR EIGHT.

R.A.0. Horse Power Rating 30.

Brake Herz-Power 70 ut 3,200 Revolutiona.

Piston Displacement 921 Cubic Inch. Wheel-Bast 115 Inches, Sperdes M.PH.

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Touror Rogal. Tourer Rogal.... Sodan Regal

S.pass. 3,055 lbs. $1,335 #99 $320 G$1,745 1,395 7-pass. 3,080 lbs.

320 1,803. 3-pass. 3,220 lbs.

1,335 115 390 144p

90

Hongkong Price includes 6 Wire Whools, Leather Upholstery, Front and Rear Bumpers, 2 Extra Tires and Tubes, Extra Bulb Harn, Hydraulic Shook Absorbers and Tourist Trunk.

COMMANDER EIGHT.

H.A.C. forat-Power Rating 36.46.

Brake Burse-Power, 100 at 3,000 Revolutions.

Pitton Displacement 313 Cubic inch.

Wheel-Bane 126 Închez,

Speed 76 M.P.11.

4-pass 3,030 lb. G$1,495 $40 G8335 $1,870

100 5-pas 3,210 lbs. -

--1,445

1,880 1,395 100 7-pass. 3,255 lbя.

" 4-pass. 3,230 lb.

1,595 130

335

*335* 1,030

425

2,150

1,652 05 423 1,625' 135. 425

2,185 1,785. 135 425 2,345

Roadster Rogal Tourer Regal Tourer Regal Cabriolet Regel Borline Brougham Rogal Sedan Regal..... Sedan Regal

5-paax. 3,4301br. 5.pase. 3,375 lbs. 7-pass 3,400 lbs.

Hongkong price includes 6 Wire Wheels, Leather Upholstery, Front and Rear Bumpers, 2 Extra, Tires und Tubes, Extra Bulb Horn, Hydraullo Bhock Absorbers and Tourist Trunk. Roadster equip ment includes 5 Wire Wheels and Tirea only and no Trusk...

PRESIDENT EIGHT.

B.A‚G. Horse-Power Rating 59.8. Brake Horse-Power 115 at 8,200 Revolutiona Piston Displacement $50 Cubic Inch. Wheel Base 195 Inches,. Speed 80 M.P.H..

Roadster Stato.. Cabriolet Stato.....

Bodan State

4-pasa. 3,760 lb G$1,735" OF 45 $350 $2,130 4-pas. 8,960 lbs. 1,875 150 130 2,495 **** 5-pass 4,150 b 1,857 160 430 2,465 Hongkong price includes 8 Wire Wheels, Leather Upholstery, "Front and Boar Bumpars, 2 Extra Tires and Tubes, Extra Bulb Horn, Hydraulic Shock Absorbers and Tourist Trunk. Roadster equipment includes 3 Wire Wheels and Tires only and no trunk,

PRESIDENT EIGHT.

R.A.0. Haran-Power Rating 30.8.

Brake Horse Power 116 at 3,300 Rivolutiona.

Piston Displacement 336 Ouble Inchi' Wheel-Base 135 Inches. Speed 80 M.P.E.

Tourer Stato

animem „7-pass., 4,200 lbs. Brougham Stats

7-pass. 4,350 lbs.

Sedan State

7-plass. 1,360 Ibm.

2,175

170

$2,085 GBIZO "G#370 G$2,575 2,195 125 490 2,810 2,835

490

Limousine Stats

7-pass, 4390 lbs.

2,350.

IGO

400" 3.000

Hongkong price includes & Wire Wheels, Leather Upholstery, Front

and Rear Bumpers, 2 Extra Tires and Tubes, Extra Bulb Hom, Hydraulle Shook Absorbers and Tourist Trunk,"

Equipment and Price subject to change without notice.

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