1931-04-11 — Page 12

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING

It Gives us Pleasure

To Demonstrate The-

FIAT 520

SIX-CYLINDERS

A TRULY EXCELLENT CAR

At a Reasonable Price.

Service Station FIAT GARAGE

and

A. GOEKE & Co.

LANCIA GARAGE

Tel. 22221.

Hennessy Road,

Tel. 24841.

Spare Parts Dept.

CHINA BUIDING

Fourth Floor,

FIAT

Tel. 22221.

Tel. 23557.

AGENTS.

Since

SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, APRIL 11. 1931.

ROAD SYSTEM IN FRANCE.

Romans Highways Being Improved,

GREAT INCREASE IN MILEAGE.

Britain follows closely with 2.04 macadam, while most of the re- miles of roadway while, for con-mainder consists of stone con- trast, the United States has only struction except for 100 kilometors 0.09 miles per square milo.

France Fourth in World

in concrete. At the beginning of 1980 about 25,000 kilometers, were in good repair, 5,000 in fairi

• Mileage Honours.

shape and 10,000 in poor state. In total road mileage France By the law of April 10, 1900, an ranks fourth in the world, behind additional 40,000 kilometers of the United States, Russia and departmental and vicinal roads. Japan. However, in the number are to be turned over to the of motor car registrations she is national system. The French high- led only by the United States and way budget for the fiscal your Great Britain and is on the point lending March 31, 1081, calla for for the honour of second position.heso national rondways, of displacing the Intter country an expenditure of $35,000,000 for.

or ap

Caesar's legions first building and repair of roads which taught the Franks and Gauls to han continued up to current times construct wide, Insting highways with undoubted beneft to the in the Roman manner, the roads French nation. of France have slowly but steadily Since 1900 the road mileage in increased in number and, par-France hus risen more than 20 per ticularly in the case of main cont. and now totals fifteen time totals 662,000 kilometers, divided penditures on all types of ronde The French roadway system proximately 40 per cont. of total highways, in quality.

the railroad mileage, in which

luring the current year. Kilo- In youre past the contral netera government, the departments and 40,000he commumes have each borne 13,000 roughly one-third of the expense 170,000 for road upkeep. In the future. 00,000 the national budget Is likely to 330,000 cover a growing percentage of highway costs, especially now that

During the seventeenth century latter fold France falls behind in the following proportions: the central government at Paris only the United States, Canada, bogan, for political and military India and Germany. Incidentally, reasons, that network of direct there are 6,580,000 miles of high-National routen

Departmental highways to all important frontier way in the world (of which the towna which has over since made United States claims 3,000,000

Vicinal-Main Paris the unquestioned heart, miles), contrasted with 764,000 Sondary though not the geographic centre, miles of railway lines, or 8.6 times Ordinary of France.

more roadway than railway. 'All national highways are pavede national highway mileage in Highway construction continued: France ranks first In Europe some 36,000 kilometers being in being doubled. to advance although intermittent-when the length of her highways ly, in the eighteenth century. It is compared to land surface, hav- remained for Napoleon Bonaparteling 2.08 miles of roadway per to initiate the really systematic square mile of territory. Great

TRAFFIC CONTROL KIOSK.

Traffic Control

Kiosk. A photo-

graph of the

PROOF POSITIVE.

WHY SURE, WOMEN ARE BETTER

DRIVERS THAN MEN -

trafle control

kiosk, which has

recently been put

into position at

Ludgate Circus.

IL replaces the temporary struc-

ture from which

the traffic at this

doay centre has

been auton tical-

ly controlled with

suecom during

recent months.

JUST LOOK

AT ALL THE THINGS THEY CAN DO, WHILE

THEY ARE

DRIVING!

TRUST A THORNYCROFT WITH Your TranSPORT

DEAL DIRECT.

THORNYCROFT

SIX-CYLINDERED

COACHES & OMNIBUSES

MOTOR VEHICLES

Pioneer Manufacturers of Commercial Motor Vehicles

Why John--just look how easily and quickly we have left the traffic behind. We have a clear road ahead.”

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The reason for Buick's phenomenal performance is found in its new eight-in-a-line valve in head motor-its new and improved synchro-mesh trans- mission and 30 other outstanding new features and advantages.

But with all this power and speed-Buick is immediately responsive to the slightest touch of its new steering mechanism and under the perfect and safe control of its big, powerful, smooth four- wheel internal expanding brakes.

May we give you a free demonstration ride?

4 or 6 Wheels

4 or 6 Cylinders

30 Cwt. to 10 Ton Loads

20 to 70 Passengers

JOHN I. THORNYCROFT & CO., LIMITED

Pioneer Building, Nathan Road, Kowloon.

TEL. 56752.

TRUST A Thornycroft With Your Transport

114" Wheelbase Buick Models HK$6,955 to HK$ 7,525 118 Wheelbase Buick Modols. HK68,275 to HK$ 8,775 124" Whoolbaso Buick Models HK$9,820 to HK$ 9,980 132′ Wheelbase Buick Models BK89,820 to HK$12,295

The New

BUICK 8

The Eights with Buicks Prestige

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO.,

TELEPHONE 30228.

33, WONG KEI CHUNG ROAD,

... HAPPY VALLEY,

LTD.