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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER... 28, ̈-1931.

Trust A THORNYCROFT WITH Your Transport

DEAL DIRECT.

THORNYCROFT

SIX-CYLINDERED

COACHES & OMNIBUSES

MOTOR VEHICLES

Pioneer Manufacturers of Commercial Motorįį Vehicles

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

ROBOT

PILOT ASSURES

SAFETY IN AIR.

Further assurance of safety in Blying is afforded aerial passengers by n rubet pilot, newly designed automatic control based on tho gyroscopic principal. The device has been tested and approved by the aeronautics branch of the U S. Department of Commerce. The huge, 18-passunger Curtis Condor is shown above being flown under Its control, while at right A, N Ellett, pilot, throws

the switch

that puts nearly all the work on the robot. All the huraan pilot has to do is take off, set the course and land ble slip. The robot keeps the pinne on an even keel during the rest of the fight.

HANDY BRITISH

MOTORCAR.

Critical Comment on Morris Minor.

the Morris Minor S. V. this high-touring runs and of covering a speed attainment is merely the number of Inps of Brocklands outward sign of more importante car was timed to be travelling track all out. Incidentally, when matters, namely, that the car at a little below G6 m.p.h., the liveliness which enable the driver m.p.h. |possesses a general vitality and neede

speedometer was registering 62 When driven 69 AIL

Touring Now Matter of Ease and Rapidity.

AUTO SHOW DATES."

The New York Auto Show will be held from Jan. 9 to 10 next year, and the Chicago show will follow from Jan, 80 to Feb. 6.

Insurance statistics show that about 10 per cent. of the auto- mobile drivers in America are un- At, physically or montally, to drive an auto.

Last Word în.

HIGH QUALITY

Battery Construction

Firestone

Supreme

Firestone

Supreme BATTERIES

For those who are looking for new high standards of power, long life, dependability and economy. It is built of finest materialswith oversized parts. Driveinforour FREE Firestone Standardized Battery Service.

Tixes.

Batteries Brake Lining

to keep pace easily with the swiftly average owner would handle it, the moving traffic stream of large cars. car is flexible and responsive and For once it seems imperative,

cruises very

very pleasantly at 35 to 40 writes the motoring eritic of the

m.p.h. Greater speed entails more Autocar, to depart from stadied

noise, of course, but at no time phraacology and take to the collo-

is the engine harsh or worrying: quial becauee there is only one Touring, therefore, becomes a it acoma to revel in work. Despite current expression in tabloid matter of ease and rapidity; there the liveliness at the top end of the form which will give an exact im- is no need to start a holiday run range, the engine pulls strongly at pression of the chief characteris-at 6 am, in order to cover 200 low speeds, and asks for remark- tica of the Morris Minor S. V. niles or more in the day. Tho

It will ably little gear changing. engine: "It has guta,”.

possession of this small car does pull the car stendily at 5 to 6 not entail "Making a back seat" on m.p.h. In top gear, and, by virtue the road. There in another point, of clean carburation, will move That л compact metal-panelled saloon with a small stand being driven all out for be suddenly pressed down flat on 33, Wong Hei Chung Road, Happy Valley, four-seater an engine and a car-which will away from such speeds without DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD. four-cylinder side-valve engine miles without showing the least should be able to reach nearly 56 sign of fatigue or stress should be the floorboards

Hills with miles an hour against the stop able to stand up to normal renson-gradient of 1 in 10 or 1 in 9 cannot watch is a remarkable achieve-able work for indefinite periods. be climbed on top gear with a load ment. Naturally enough, a a capa

up, but chango down to second These remarks are made as the leaves something in hand for sideration which will weigh for result of some high average speed, slowing and accelerating again.

It certainly has.

city for hich areed is not a con-

much with a family man in search

of a small car; but in the case of

Value at Their Price

Unrivaled Value

faltering oven if the accelerator

THE

Telephone 30228,

THE NEW

Bauck

The Eight with Buick's Prestige

NOT only are the Buick Eights big, roomy, luxur-

ious cars not only do they combine marvelous performace with rare beauty and riding comfort- but they also offer unrivaled value at their price.

Buick's famous Valve-in-Head Straight Eight Engine performs smoothly, quietly, powerfully

and

with that unfaiting reliability which women, especially, so greatly admire in Buick. Then, too, there's the Synoro-Mesh Transmission. “* This feature assures easy silent, non-clash gear-shifting at the touch of a finger, And Buick's smart new Bodies by Fisher are masterpieces of expert craftsmanship.

Examine and drive The Eight es BUICK Builds It. Your own delight will tell you why more men and women buy Buick Eights than any other car in Buick's wide price range.

* A feature used in the three larger series of Buicks.

PRODUCT OF GENERAL MOTORS

F

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

TELEPHONE 80228-

88, WONG WET OKUNG ROAD - HAPPY. VALLEY,

522

THE NEW 6 CYLINDER

FIAT

HAS ARRIVED AND IS SELLING AT A REMARKABLY.

LOW PRICE.

Most brilliant on hills and in acceleration thanks to generous engine power. and limited weight.

...Hydraulic brakes ...Silent third

...Speed over 62 miles per hour ...Low slung frame

...New body lines

Each car equipped as follows without extra charge-Wire wheels-two spare wheels and tyres-leather upholstery-safety glass-special lights on mudguards-stoplight, driving mirror and windscreen wiper.

ARRANGE AN EARLY DEMONSTATION!

AGENT'S:

A. GOEKE & CO.

• For Service:;

FIAT GARAGE:: 360, Hennessy Road. Tel. 21BAL..

SPARE PART DEPARTMENT

CHINA BUILDING.

Showroom?

FIAT GARAGE: