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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

SHOWROOM FIAT GARAGE

67, Des Vœux Road, Central, (C. 4821.)

FIAT Mod 520

ELLING AT THE MODEL 520 $2,550.-

AN OPPORTUNITY THAT CANNOT OCCUR AGAIN!

6cylinders

PRE-LOW DOLLAR DOLLAR

414

RATE!

-MODEL 509 $1,750. A. GOEKE & CO. FOURTH FLOOR-CHINA BUILDING. TEL, C. 2221,

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1930.

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Electro-plating Oil.

ENGLISH DISCOVERY.

STUDEBAKER STOCK.

Increased Number

Shareholders:

GOOD PROSPECTS.

dividend of $1.25 per share on the common stock and $1.75 per shara on the preferred stock, payable March 1st to stockholders of re- cord at the close of business on

of February:10. This is the sixtieth

consecutive quarterly dividend on- the common stock and the seventy- sixth consecutive quarterly divj- dend on the preferred stock. Combined with the news of the company's excellent prospects for Quiet accumulation of Stude-the year, the company's consistent baker stock by a widely diversified dividend paying policy accounts group is indicated by the rapid in- for the recent rise in Studebaker erense" in common stockholders stock. who numbered 25,590 at the begia-

In designing motor car mechan- ism particularly gearboxes, en- gineers have to contend with a curi-1 ous local corrosion. This often ap- pears in parts which are subject to a very rapid succession of localised stresses such as the teeth of gear wheels in the transmission und inning of 1930, compared with ball and roller bearings in various parts of an engine.

GASLESS CAR,

An automobile, powered. by a

16,239 a year ago. This increase of 9,357 stockholders has been most rapid during recent months. English engineers, working on a The number of shareholders has new form of gearbox, discovered continued to increase and the total that the corrosion is due to electro- reached 28,000 by the muddle of Diesel type motor, is the work of February. Preferred stock-C. L. Cummius of Columbus, In- chemical action, and is sometimes hoiders decreased from 913 to 845 diana. The engine has no spark so severe as to lead to fracture of during 1929.

plugs, no carburetor and no mag-. At their

inventor worked 12 January meeting, neto. This

the parts. The gearbox with which they were experimenting employed Studebaker directors declared a years on his motor.

a special form of roller-bearing) friction wheel, and it was found that the degree of corrosion differ ed with various lubricants. This bore out the theory of electro-chemi- cal action and led to a search for a lubricant which would reverse the corroding process and have a plat- under the metals ing effect on stress.

After various tests it was found that by adding finely powdered. zinc oxide to a mineral oil and thor- oughly mixing them in the cor rect proportions, a lubricant could be made which would have this ef- feet. The mixture was tried in the differential housing of well- known make of car, and after 25- 000 miles of running the pinion! and crown wheel were examined.

Neither of the parts showed any! signs of corrosion whatever, but on all the working surfaces there wus a very this and highly polished gur- face of zinc which had been de nosited by the electro-chemical pro cess set up by the parts themselves. The plating was adhering very strongly, and there seems to be no danger of it increasing unduly the dimensions of the parts, as when the thickness reached 1-200th of a; millimetre, no Turther deposit ne curred.

The test seem to have been quite | genuine, as it was confirmed by a report by Dr. Rosenhain of the Na- who tional Physical Laboratory, made similar tests. So far the lubricant has been used only in gearboxes and similar parts, but experiments are now being made! with a view to making it suitable for engines.

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Sole Agents for Hongkong and South China:- THE CHINA MOTOR SUPPLY CO.

28-28. Des Voeux Road, Central.

Telephone C. 1558.

Branch Office 486 Yat Tak Rond, Canton.

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THE CHINA MOTOR SUPPLY CO.

28-28A, Des Voeux Road, Central.

Telephone C. 1558.

Branch Office:-486, Yat Tak Road, Canton.