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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1931.

It Gives us Pleasure

To Demonstrate The-

FIAT 520

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A TRULY EXCELLENT CAR

At a Reasonable Price.

Service Station FIAT GARAGE

and

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A. GOEKE & Co.

Spare Parts Dept.

CHINA BUIDING

Tel. 22221.

Fourth Floor.

FIAT

Tel. 22221.

AGENTS.

UNIQUE COLLECTION OF A.A. BADGES.

The shield shown above bas recently been exhibited in the window of the Head Office of The Automobile Association. Famim House, New Cozentry St., London, W., where it attrnefel The badges have been sent by aflišizleti much attention. Associations from all parts of the world.

badge is included.

KAYE DON CAR.

New Streamlined

Being Built.

The Hongkong

been used on the dirigible has carried out on the new car. In have the Kaye Don model pains been taken to cut down wind res Modelistance to the minimum, and the

a

resulting design is something new in automobiles, although it is not to the point of beitt freakish.

The makers report that NOT FREAKISH.

saeeds or 50 miles an hour about Sir Mal45 per cent of the horsepower of London, March 19th.

peed the ordinary automobile is uned in colm Campbell set a new

and overcoming the resistance to the record in the United States Kaye Don failed. Yet the latter wind set up by lat surfaces.

At

is to receive the hour of having 75 miles an hour 85 per cent of motor named the horsepower is used in this con. England's newest

nexion. for him.

The present design has been The new car, called the Kaye Don, will be put on the market adopted to eliminate this waste, a Coventry firms shortly. It was and it is believed the car will be Str Dennistoun a good deal faster by reason of by designed

of the design of the body. without Burney, one of the designers

any need

for increasing engine the dirigible -100.

The same

streamlining edeck power.

LONDON'S AERIAL DEFENCE.

Multiple-Barrelled Machine Gun Designed,

The aerial bugaboo which has charging a which all of its many hung over London since the war-barrels are comparatively amall time ralds by German Zeppelins projectile, in which all of its maur and Gothas is only now being laid barrels are fired simultaneously, with the auccessful trials of the will act much the same way as a to drive away improved type of anti-aircraft gun shotgan used

The marauding birds. for use on sen and land.

These new weapons, which Imperial War Courell long his worried over the increasing already have been mounted aboard vulnerability of London to airships of the British fleet, will go attack and has continually sought long way toward strengthening Bew weapons with which to the defense of "Britain's iron forestall air raids on the empire's wall" against all forms of attack Now however, the by aircraft, and therefore remove capital. Improved type of anti-aircraft guna menace which not long ago was for use on land and sen seems to considered the most dangerous. When adapted for land use, which full a need.

The new weapon is a multiple will not be difleult, the new gun machine gun of considerable size will incrense aerial defenses of with an extremely rapid rate of cities and dockyards.

There are two types of the fire, and furthermore has profec- tiles large enough to stop any aerial machine gune one having pinnes which fly in a constant eight barrels, the other four. stream. These guns have been Naturally, the greatest secrecy is mounted aboard the battleshin being preserved as to the methosis and eraisers of the British fleet For aiming the new guns and for and eventually will be adopted to controlling their mountings.

Naval gunnery experts, how- increase the aerial defenses of the eities and dockyards of England. ever, are now satisfied they have a weapon which meets The new guns, ordnance experts produced

It is known declare, may cause a complete re.full requirements. estimate of the powers of aircraft here that other navies are working in low-lying attacks on targets. along the same Ine.

During the recent manoeuvres Although the new weapon does not replace the ordinary anti-Jat set it was noticeable that high aircraft gan ring shells, it is British naval officers viewed with tho pectacular confidently hoped that with the equanimity new Instrument it will be possible attacks made by alr upon their This was because they stccessfully to engage low-flying ablps. aireraft whine object it is to draw knew that were it possible to take counter measures there would be torpedors ntal bombs.

Now that the Experts here do not assert that another story. the new gun will be able to engage new run is being introduced thero planes flying at altitudes of 5,000 will be an even greater feeling to 15,000 feet, which still most be that aircraft can be driven off or left larger gms, at they do shut down before serious damage believe that the

gun, dis-is done.

new

SAFETY-GLASS.

FRENCH CLAIM.

accidentally Benedictu tary, knocked down a test tube. It fell to the floor and falled to break.

and found that while the glass had Said to Have Been Dis-The chemist investigated

covered by Accident.

cracked into many pieces, each piece was held to the next by a dried up mixture which had been Ke for the Lube

years. Paris, Mar. 16.-A dropped testin tube in the laboratory of a French analyzed the mixture and found it who died last year, is said to have neetate and trinitro-cellulose. poet-chemist, Edouard Benedictus, to be alcohol, ether, acetone, amy! The discovery resulted in his. been responsible for modern safe- ty glass used in most automobiles.

Rummaging around his labora- invention of safely glass.

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Trust A Thornycroft WITH YOUR TRANSPORT

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"Yes, Sir, it's no wonder that owners of all cars

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Notwithstanding the tremendous flow of smooth power and speed the new Buick valve-in-head eight in a line motor places at your command-the new harmonized steering gear and balanced chassis give the owner perfect control under every driving and parking condition.

This outstanding quality is but one of dozens of qualities which have munde Buick so popular throughout the world for the past twenty-five years-a con- fidence enjoyed by but few cars except Buick.

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