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THE HONGKONG

THE U.S. AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY.

Nearly 5,000,000 Workers Engaged..

SATURDAY, JULY 18, TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

the form of bars, and 52 per cent. of malleable Iron is purchased by automobile makera.

Thirty-seven

of Per cent. aluminium production in the United States is consumed in pro- ducing castings, allovs, and sheets for automobiles. Twenty-three per cent. of tin deliveries in the automobile industry, United States in absorbed by the

very, padding,

That one out of every ten ner-ridered as the largest consumer

Nearly 10 per cent. of domestic អពរទ employed in the Cnted of such materials as petrol, rolled

consumption in the United States works directly or indirectly steel and iron, rubber, plate-

Seventy States is used for the making of In automobila production or opera-glass, and upholstery. tion, and that every Stute in the three per cent. of the country's

res, brake lining, curtains, and Eighty per Union contributes raw materials polished plate-glass and 69 per for this lustry are among the cent, of its upholstery leather are

of the petrol used in the Eighty: United States goes into automo facts revealed by a rerent Hatin used for automobiles.

Tour per cent, of the rubber used bile tanks, requiring more than tient research in America.

persons in refining and In

the American Ratemabil in the country becomes automo

bike tyres. industry, as a whole are engaged

Four hundred and Otty million directly Er indirectly 4,700,0%);

wake pl Eighteen per cent, of the fuish-gallons of lubricating oil are used 40 annual 1.200 dollars

individual, rolled strek and iron is used in the operation of automañiles

each year. the autormbile industry.

Oll experts point out giving to this grip a fotal pur In

tremendous impetus which ¦ chasing power of 5,680,000,000 giving employment to more than the dollars per year, it is claimes. 7,000 workers. Sixty per cent. ofthe automobile industry has given. The magnitude of the Industry fastripped steel, 39 per cent, or to more scientific processes of shoet steel, 29 per cent, of steel in refining, A recent survey by New. even more astounding when con-

persons, at

per

Steel Workers..

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DEAL DIRECT.

THORNYCROFT

SIX-CYLINDERED

COACHES & OMNIBUSES

MOTOR

VEHICLES

Pioneer Manufacturers of Commercial Motor Vehicles

4 or 6 Wheels

4 or 6 Cylinders

30 Cwt. to 10 Ton Loads

20 to 70 Passengers

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TRUST A THORNYCROFT WITH YOUR TRANSPORT

for

BUICK 1931

BUS VALUED AT G.$35,000.

What is said to be the most luxuriously equipped motor ear in the United States is a bus owned by A. F. Seward, as- trologer. It is mounted on a Studebaker chassis, and the in- terior is finished in drapes and upholstery Imported from In- dia and China. Seats Inside can be converted into Pullman berths. The bus is valued at ($35,000.

THE PIKES PEAK AMPHIBIAN CAR.

CLIMB.

First Honours Taken by Willys Six.

Novel Experiments

in England.

PADDLE WHEELS.

Sweeping up the famous highway- to the summit of Pikes Penk. two!

A well-known English company roadsters stock Willys Six

won!

haa mande provision on a more or first and second places in the legs standard chassis for the twelfth kannal running of the

natiachment of floats when it is World's greatest hill climbing

desired to ford a stream The lassic for stock held recently. Willys Sixes, in this terrific test work involved in the change over of power, speed and stamina, com- is not unduly large, and th.. weight of the extra impedimenta peted against the largest number is not sufficient to make the pro-

cars ever entered in the race. The wlaning Willys Six covered the gruelling mountain route 12.1/3 miles in 24 mins.. 18.1/5 see The second Willy's Six WIS clocked in 24 min., 13 sec.

position impracticable. It should he possible to make the cur rends for the water within an hour. Briefly described, the amphi Lious part of the equipment con- Hists of IL framework of electron When the first car took off its-section girders, which is bolted mad dash up the rack bound side of the famous mount, more than 15.000 persons lined the From Crystal Creek Canyon to the finish line at the summit.

to the front and rear extremities of the chassis. Amidships steady- ing brackets are arranged, and duralumin tubes running longi- tudinally brace the whole struc- Dashing across the starting line ture together, To this frame- at Crystal Creek Canyon, 150 fewerk rubber balloons or floats are above sea level, the Willys

began the dangerous and gruelling attached; the main ones are 2ft. race against time-a race which in in diameter und 4ft. din. in

Jeneth. recognized as

At each end further floats are

of one

-ternest tests of a ear's pawn, installed, but these are sphericul

pood,

Inbuilt stamina and safely,

Into the "Hats

of the lower in shape, and, although they add certain amount of buoyancy, ranges the Willys Six thashell around curve after curve and the thy are intended largely to keep the nose and of the car oul steady hum of its 65-horsepower of the water when the vehicle is echoes back. through the entering loaving 11 river.

A canyons.

!!

With the first der normal conditions of load- five

miles out of the way, the car whirled

where ing, the car floats with the sur- past Glen Cove thousands had gathered to witness face of the water exactly in line the famous classic, and then carried with the under side of the run-

ning board. on to the top.

The iden

of producing amphibious car was first of all mooted to provide Captain Malins SAFE FOR TWO MONTHS, with a vehicle for an extended The trip partly round the world.

with ctr No fail automobile accidents trans-Continental were reparted in Maine during amphibious accoutrements February and March of this vohriaunched in the River Severn

Ferry. near Worcester, recently for an experi York University show that auto-mental try-out. The ear took the motive engineers

more put

river

and appeared to emphasis on the refining processes

The extraordinarily stable, despite for lubricating oils than on the

crates from which such odds are sharp current. derived.

its

Was

In tow from molor-bont every- thing went exactly according to That this emphasis is recog ised is evidenced by the enunt plan the ear sitting on an even keel at about 4 m.p.b.; and the icss research workers in

wush being insufficient to cause laboratories who are constantly flooding of any of the electrical conducting experiment to meet

the automotive needs.

Another shipment of the 1981 Model Buick Straight Eight Motor Cars has arrived. We cordially invite you to come in and inspect the Eight with BUICK'S Prestige

Buicks -you will then understand why more than 2,600,000 people have chosen again and again,

BUICK HAS AGAIN BUILT A BETTER AUTOMOBILE.

Why not let us take you for a drive in one of these new Buick Great Elghts-and

let you see for yourself how much more Butek gives for less money.

114" Wheelbase Buick Modela

118" Weelbase Buick Models

124" Wheelbase Buick Modele

182 Wheelbase Buick Models

HK86,955 to HK$ 7,525

HK$3,275 to HK$ 8,775, HK$9,820 to HK$ 9,980 HK$9,820 to HK$12,295,

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltd.

.

TELEPHONE 30228.

33, Wong No Chung Road, Happy Valley.

Rn

sear, Once in the water engine WHR started, and attempt made to move off, the power being transmitted through paddle attached to the rest wheels. The action of the

al, however, created dim-j

and it was found impos

le to steer the nutit. It is the Intention of the designer and Captain Malins, however, to use the floating accoutrement only, so that the test was

thoroughir satisfactory.'

NEW FUEL METER.

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Carroll P. Sherwood, of Cani- den, N.J., has invented a new fuel mater in combination with speedometer, which registers' gal- lans per hour and miles per gal-: ton.

WOMEN DRIVERS STUDY.

Philadelphia haa

Better

Driving School for women with an attendanco of -400. Eight leasons, including moving plc- tures af the mechanism of the automobile, make up the couran.

HARD TIMES?"

It is estimated that American

ear owners will spend $3,500,000,-

000 touring in the United States,

and an additional half billion in

Canada this year, making the kunumlishvacation

$3,000,600,0002}

bill abbot

1931.

DODWELL & CO., LTD.,

announce that they have been recently appointed by

Messrs. E. I. du Pont Nemours & Co., Ltd. as sole distributors

jar Hongkong & South China for

DUCO

REG.U.S. PAT. OFF.

CELLULOSE PAINTS

for Motor Cars

also

Du PONT DULUX

The Miracle Finish

for exterior & interior painting.

A finish that is not u Paint, Varnish, or Enamel.

Stocks are now Carried.

MOTOR CYCLE

RELIABILITY TRIAL.

A.P.0.1

The SINCERE Co., Ltd.

OFFER

THEIR CUSTOMERS.

who compete in the Hongkong Motor Cycle, Reliability Trial on August 3rd..

ONE PRIZE

For the best individual performance on either B.S.A. or Norton Machines.

ALSO

SPECIAL PRIZES

For the team of B.S.A. or Norton Riders who win, each member of the team. re- ceiving a prize.

Full particulars from

SINCERE'S

Agents for B.S.A. and Norton Machines.

RIDE CONTENTEDLY ON MICHELINS

Distributors? -

A. GOEKE & CO. 4th Floor, China Building.

Depot FIAT GARAGE

Tel: 22221. Tel. 24821.

MICHELIN

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