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MOTORING

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OF:

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, 11th. APRIL,

Being The Oričín) Organ wi

1931.

THE HONGKONG automobile ASSOCIATION.

K. L. G.

THE SUPER-PLUG

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Rank of Canton. Building 1st Floor,

Kowloon Branch:-

476, Nathan Road, Next to Yaumati School!.

FOR ALL CLASSES OF

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Insurance

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SINCERE'S

MOTOR

CYCLE

DEPT.

Removed

TO

PRAYA

SIDE

OF

The Building

(Ground Floor)

CURRENT

COMMENT

Diesel Engines.

MORE RECORDS.

Ten Horse-power Saloon Averages 55 m.p.h.

BRITISH BUILT. Elsewhere in this issue, we give

Following closely upon Captain an interesting article recording

Campbell's wonderful all-British the progress made in employing crude of engines for road tranfeal at Daytona and the success port, and the success recorded is of British cars in the Monte Carlo indeed impressive. Diesel power Rally, comes yet another motoring

Them-

temetriumph for Great Britain. units have, of course, proved

On a track strown with ice three selves in very way satisfactory for well-known racing drivers have every type of marine engines, from small launches to huge just concluded a record attack ocean. liners. In

ng, which cannot fail to enhance the Hongkong, during the last few years, many prestige of the small British car. The record attempt was run on have been installed in launches!

and lighters working on the har-the Montihory track within a few hour, and here again, the utmost miles of Paris, and the car was a Taking satisfaction has been given to 10-h.p. Singer saloon. owners who have scrapped steam turns at the wheel the three power in

of crude oil drivers, Messrs. E. A. D. Eldridge. favour engines. One make of engine in G. E. T. Eyston and T. Brewster, particular has become most popu-attempted to set up a record for lar locally, the Gardner, and in three days' continuous Tunning. today's pictorial supplement will but the weathor conditions, how. be seen pictures taken at the ever, wero against them, for they hurrleanes, rain, launching of the passenger and encountered carpe ferry, the San-U. built to snow and ice.

-all- the order of the New Territories! Ferry Company, Lid, by Mesure, W. S. Bailey and En.

A Staunch Vessel.

BQ several

Nevertheless, the little British Singer obtained world's records in Class F, covering 4,000, kilometres at 55.8 m.p.h, and averaging a speed of 65.92 m.p.l. The "Sun-U", is an extremely for 48 hours' continuous running.

Cabling

their

Mr. progress, well construeteil ship, and came out extremely well during her Eyston outlined the dificulties he recent trials, when more than half and his fellow drivers, were ex- a knot over the contracted speed periencing. The gates were

She is the second strong that the car was was recorded. vessel built for this Company, and times nearly blown off the track, this fact alone, speaks cloquently whilst many of the hurricane for Gardner engines, and also for lamps used to illuminate the con- her builders, The Machinery erete oval at night were blown to Intense comprises a Gardner Direct Hever pieces, The cold was sible Cold Starting 4-cylinder and, to make matters worse, the Crude Oil Marine Engine develop truck became ice-bound.

The "Never fr 152 BIP at 220 m.

such experienced engine is started and manoeuvred arduous conditions. Heavy snow by compressed air at 360 ha, per storm, but ear running splendid- in the consumption of air" ran one of Mr. Eyston's being replenished by a small cables. But eventually the weaher stage air compressor fitted on the became so bad that it was neces engine itself. Electric Light issary to give up the three-day at- supplied by a Lancashire Dynamo tempt, although only four more and Motor Company's Generator

hours driving were required. driven off the main shaft, charg The fent is all the more ing & set of batterica so that light meritorious in view

is available whether the boat is that the car

ander

addition

WIN stationary.

от

11

of the fact used was not specially prepared racing model, but a normal saloon, not stripped a full

Gardner small

Auxiliary set is fitted, this engine in any way, and having

driving another electric generater

also

an air compressor for emer-catalogue specification. renes purposes, likewise a Fire

and Bilge Pun). The Gardner

Engines, 1. D. and M. Generators, throughout

for

by

Was supervised and Pumps were supplied by the Messrs. D. A. Purves and Co. Agents, Messrs. Dodwell and Co., Consulting Engineers.

installed the owners, who were very pleased Lith...

by Builders. The construction with the vessel in every respect.

and

EVOLUTION OF TYRES.

Balloons That are Too Well Made: Increase of Industry.

of has existed before, will exist again. Seldom in

history the business has an industry met the And presently, after a breathing criticism that it made its goods spell the demand for tyres wil too well or sold them at too low catch up with supply. a price, writes P. W. Litchfield, President of the Goodyear Rubber

DIESEL ENGINED MOTOR BUSES.

On account of the great economy in running, it is anticl-. pated that Diesel engines will became popular in the future The top picture shows for road transportation purposes.

a bus which has completed 55,000 miles for the Barton (Beeston, Notts.) Tramway Company. It is powered with n 38.55 b.h.p. Gardner envine. The lower picture is of a double- It is but on a decker used by the Leeds Corporation. Crossley chassis and the power unit is a Gardner engine These vehicles have proved com- developing 57.80 b.b.p.

pletely successful.

Itapla Increase of Rubber Industry

1931

HARLEYS

Another Shipment 1931 Harley-Davidson Combinations.

NOW HERE

SEE THE NEW MODELS EARLY. The Gascon Motor Co.

2, KWONG WAH ROAD.

Driven

50,000 MILES ...

and still looks

new

Tel. 56242

KOWLOOK,

Here's the secret

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SIMONIZ

YULAZ MÁRK NEO, ALA DAN BEL

THE GUARDIAN OF MOTOR CAR BEAUTY THE SIMONIZ COMPANY CHICAGO, U. 9. A. Obtainable from all Dealers-

HONGKONG MOTOR ACCESSORY CO. Sole Distributors: Bank of Canton Building:-

mum quality is a sound one from the standpoint of the stockholders. The Goodyear company did not believe that the price cut made recently by the industry was just!-

com-

factor as affecting profits, must be 1928 and in 1929 some 74,000,000 fled by production costs, since unit transported half way around the tyres were sold and factory capa-costs rise as volume falls off. It the cut would world.

city had been expanded to meet doubted whether

stimulate buying. Tyre prices Nearly one-third of the year's that demand.

Now for the time being that fac- were already 75 per cent. below

costs, whereas inventory consequently is carried

books at allory capacity Is again excessive, pro-war

20 per the company's the on

times, as the cycle between con-and will be for a time. The in-modities generally were tracting for

rubber crude

industry sold 50,000,000 tyres last cent. above 1914 prices. There for lower Sumatra and collecting the money year. Idle machines are expensive. was no public demand from the saine of Lyres made from Overheads are less flexible than priced tyres. that rubber. covers nearly four sales totals. Fixed charges have a Nor would a company initiating months

tendency to remain fixed, even a price cut reap un individual ad- Coupled with the matter of large though income to pay them is re- vantage from it, since obviously inventories is the fact of wide duced. And so again competition every one of its competitors would They new schedule. fluctuations in the price of rubber. for what business is available bo meet tho

must do that or see their business Selling at 65 cents à pound in 1914, comes acute. It dropped as low as 12 cents In Painful as are theso periods of taken from them. 1921, rose to $1.21 in 1925, to-day readjustment,it le out of such For any company to keep its own! is about elght centa. A rising times that real economics in manu- prices high with the thought of market brings difficulties in Ananc-facture and distribution are dis-earning a large profit per tyre and to the ing purchases. A falling market covered. There is no prod liko thereby increasing returns

necessity. The pressure of com- stockholder, would be to grasp at means large inventory write-offs.

new resourceful- petition brings

advantage at the ex- a temporary nese. The companies who survive pense of the corporation itself. The comu out stronger, more efficiant. result would be to lose business and Agalu, is the circumstance that The public is the gainer.

so impair the value of the stock- For with lower priced tyres men holder's investment. Directors of "Community" Ownership of no industry grew faster than rub-

Company Resources, bor during the period 1910-20. cnu travel by bus or private cara corporation must safeguard the With the dynamic growth of the more economically, can move their long-time values built into it and And yet the charge has

The number of people who owns automobile industry, the public was goods by trucks at less expense. not act on motives of temporary

can afford to own expediency. made of late that the rubber in-stock in Industrial corporations has demanding more rubber tyres than More people

An alternative that has been dustry, by cutting pricas, has regrown by leaps and bounds. existing factories could turn out, automobiles. duced profits that should go to its Twenty years ago

actually suggested in public printa less than Demand exceeded supply. And Widening the Automotive

that the various companies should stockholders. And occasionally 100 cople owned practically when this happens prices and pro-

get together and fix prices, arres the second statement appears that the many improvements in quality of the stuck in the Good-nts Inoritably re year Tyre und

competi- The situation Invited

The tyre Industry has done its ing among themselves to hold them have given automobile tyres so pany. To-day it is owned by tion and competition came. The part to extend the use of automo- at a certain level, is equally out Oar whole much longer mileage that the re-approximately 60,000 people. The number of companies making tyren tize vehicles and so widen

the of the

In America is placement market £8

with the company's increased in the ten years from market for automotive goods system of thereby close con problems which was soven to 200, Companies started including its own. and consequently stock activities

The fact that based on the theory of free com reduced holders interests are impaired. possible to stockholders then, is up which could not possibly survive car registration increased from pelition. An agreement to Ax Let me point out that no com-Impossible to-day. A similar situa under any but abnormal conditions. 10,000,999 in 1920 to 27,000,000 in prices would not merely be unen- forceable, in case of a lapse on the pany sella Its goods at less than It fion exists in the case of most And the depression of 1920-21 1980

factors. was due to many companies. can reasonably got for them. A largo

Consequently drove i of these

many

under But since tyres form one of the part of any party to the agree corporation is in busineas to make some clarification of the situationinanced in the wall and created the fact that one could get twice law and subject to prosecution.

Inexperienced, weaker Jerker expenses of car ownership, mont, but would be contrary to monoy. That It should willingly may be useful,

companies to accept small profite or no profits. The difficulties of the rubber in Intense competition among those as many miles in 1930 as he could In 1920 out of a tyre that cost half when a fair and substantial income dustry in depressed times are nowho remained. Is available for the taking is un- different from those of other in Turn-to 1930 and you will find as much-this was certainly onɑ thinkable..

dustries, except perhaps in degree repetition of the story of ten factor.

And this, in Conditions Inherent in the bus years before. The factory capacity

.my. judgment, is In 10 years deaths from auto- Beyond the fact of lower priced rubber and cotton the basic reason ness make it somewhat more sub of 30,000,000 tyres per year, which the real answer to the curious mobile accidents have increased for the decreases in tyre prices Joct to ups and downs than some had been excessive in 1921, be criticism that tyres have been 147 per cent, according to the U.. since October, 1920, is an excess of other lines of business. For ex came, itself. Tyre business more made too well. Statistics show National Conference on Street and factory capacity. That condition ample, crude rubber, the most vital than doubled in the decade. In clearly that the policy of, maxia Highway Safety,

Co.

been

Rubber Com-

·

Markets.

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