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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

NOW IS MOTORING TIME!

The light clear-air cool-the going dry

NOW IS THE TIME TO

YOUR

PURCHASE

MORRIS

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MORRIS owners are well looked after in Hongkong. There is service station at 376, Lockhart Road, and at 737, Nathan Road, Kowloon, where spare parts and technical advice and assistance may be obtained

In Hongkong now, ready for the road, are stocks of Morris Minor saloons Morris Cowloy two-scators, saloons and coupes

Morris

Major tourers.

And Morris Isiz saloons and special coupes-oll avail- able at usual prices. It doesn't cost any more to buy British and when you buy a Morris you get a car manu- factured in England by a company which is 100 per cent. British What with the seasonal amenities and the operation of the Imporial Profor- ence tax, NOW is certainly Morris Motoring Time !

At Canton there is a commodious and well- Come and see the Morris models

stocked showroom at 84, Fung Ning Road ..

at our Ice House Street showrooms, or telephone 28021 for a demonstration, free of obligation.

There is a liberal discount on cash sales while no interest is charged

if a car is purchased on the instalment plan,

Dodwell & Co., Ltd.

A.P.B. 18.

TRUST A THORNYCROFT With Your Transport

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

JOHN I THORNYCROFT & CO., LIMITED

Pioneer Building, Nathan Road, Kowloon.

TEL. 56752.

TRUST A THORNYCROFT WITH YOUR TRANSPORT

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1932.

FORD V-8 GARAGE | DURATION MARKS

SHIP.

G$3,000,000 Order for England.

The first direct shipment to England of Ford V-8 cylinder cars manufactured by the Ford Motor Co., of Canada, Ltd. was recently Bent from the company's East Windsor docks via 8.8. Tractor, a specially-atted garage ship.

The shipment comprised 220 cars on wheek, the models being those which are not now being produced by the Ford Motor Co. Ltd., "of England. The vessel sailed from East Windsor Canada, for the docks of the English Ford com- pany at Dagenham, Enfiland, via the St. Lawrence waterway.

The consignment was part of the $3,000,000 order for Ford V-R cars and V-8 motors obtained from the English Ford company. The original order was for 1.800 V-8 cars on wheels and between 18,000 and 20,000 V-8 engines during a 12-months' period.

It is expected that the first ship- ment direct from East Windsor will be followed by similar shipments each month until the close of the navigation season on the inland

waterway.

In commenting upon the matter, Mr. W. R. Campbell, president of the Ford Motor Co., of Canada, characterised the direct shipment of Ford care of Canadian manu- farture from East Windsor to Eng- land for distribution in the United Kingdom, continental Europe and some parts of northern Africa and concrete near Asia as the "first evidence of the mutual exchange of tende possible getween countries within the British Empire.”

Baby Forde

As such, the initial shipment was considered Indicative of the strengthening of commerical ties of the mother country and the Domin- ions resulting in the deliberatious at the Imperial Economic con- ference at Ottawa,

In exchange. the Canadian Ford company is to take for distribution in its overseas territories in Aus- tralia, India, Malaya, New Zealand," South Africa and elsewhere anma 3,600 8 h.p. Ford cars manufac tured by the English company at Dagenham, England. The entire transaction will total some $5,000- 000, the order for English cars totalling approximately $2,000,000, baby First shipments of 8 h.p. Forda manufactured at Dagenham. England, are already on their way, to the Ford Assembly plant in Singapore,

"Represening as it does an en- tirely new source of trade, this agreement between two British Empire Ford companies attempts to point the way for similar mutual exchange of trade among countries within the Empire," said Mr. Camp- bell.

The first direct shipments aro indlentive of what may be accom- plished by #h pincere effort to ätrengthen the commercial ties be- tween these countries ко AN to make the commonwealth of nations virtually self-sustaining and inde- pedent."

Mr. Campbell also pointed out that the direct shipment of products from Canada to England is pro- phetic of the far greater movement of commodities from the Dominion, which will be possible when the St. Lawrence waterway becomea reality.

A Secund Shipment Another shipment of 400 Ford V-8 cars on wheels in now en route from Montreal, Canada, to Sean- dinavian terriories of the English Ford company. Shipments of Ford V-8 engines and parts peculiar to the Ford V-8 car have also gone forward. These are to be assem-

cd into Ford Chassis manufae tured at the new $30,000,000 Eng- lish Ford factory at Dagenham, England.

During his two week's stay in England. Mr. Campbell lunched with the Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, P. C. Sccretay of State for the Dominions.

"The British people, from their atmosphere and their mental at- titude, ahow no indication that they recognise that a world depression in it progress," Mr Campbell said,

"Unemployment, at least, has not recently become worse. The people are combating existing conditions with the utmost energy and cour- age, as well na optimism. They have gone through periods like this page of history before and have come through. It la pretty certain that they will do no again.

-con-

""The British people were tident that out of the Ottawa Con- ference would come benefits for al} within the Empire, Dominions na well as Great Britain herself.”

In 1931 the average number of private

licencos. in Car

Great Britain was 921,111, divided as follows:-Annual, 502,702; pari yearly, 49,989, and quarterly, 308,880.

FOR AIRCRAFT.

400,000 Miles for A Single Aeroplane.

CONVINCING DISPLAY.

Sweeping Success of British Riders.

on

The veteran Graf Zeppelin has The sweeping auccessus of just completed her 250th fight British competitors in the racent with a voyage around the boarders International Alpino Trial havo of Switzerland, thereby actting a made a profound impression record that will not soon be the Continent and have acted as duplicated by a dirigible.

A splendid advertisement for Her journeyings have takon her British cars generally. through 201,000 air miles in 4,200 -Matched against some of the hours of flying and she has trans- most famous Continental makes ported 16,000 persons, 13 tons of in what is universally admitted mail and 88 tons of air freight. to be one of the most strenuous Aeroplanes are hanging up more reliability trial in the world enviable records for long service. they secured the team

Lieut. Lefolcnlvez, French owner

famous

ONE

BATTERY

TEN

needs a recharge Does Yours?

Rnd

An undercharged bat- tery will turn over the motor but it's burning Itself up, le short lived

and

before

of a 100-horsepower Gypsy Moth Indivdupl prizes in every class two-seater biplane, landed the for which they were entered.

The route started at Munich other day at Stage Lane airdrome in England. He had brought his and led through the Tyrol, the machine and engine for overhaul Dolomites, and the Swiss by the makers after flying the French Alps, Including several

равев, Alpine plane for 610 hours--about 50,000| miles-without repairing nor re. finally stopping at San Heme., placing a part and without giving The two Singer light cars which the engine even a "top" overhaul, participated both did remarkably In the course of this flying the well, and it is worth noting that owner had made 3,800 landings. they were the cheapst, as well as

A short time ago,

propeller the smallest, of the British care from the centre engine of the City that were entered.

Of these two Nincs, one procur- of Columbus, flagship of the Transcontinental Air Transport ed a clean sheet without any line, was presented to Gen. W. W. penalty marks and thus obtained Atterbury, president of the Penna Glacier, Cup, while the second sylvania railroad. They

in-ear, driven by Mrs. Dinsdalo was augurated the airrail service in the only car to be driven through- 1929 and later merged with the out including the two passen, by a Western Air Express. The pro- woman driver, for which she peller had 2,500 hours in the airceived a special award. ami travelled 277,281 miles.

re-

A Ford tri-motor, 4-AT, No. 8, vice between Dearborn, Mich. has just completed 400,000 miles and Lansing, Ill., on Dec. 14, 1926, of air travel for the aeroplane and also has been operated to division of the Ford Motor com- Chleago, Cleveland and Buffalo pany. It was placed in operu-It has carried about 4,000,000 tion on the company's freight ser-pounds of freight.

STREET ACCIDENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

The following table gives the number of street accidents in Great Britain in 1931 attributable to mechanically propelled vehicles. The results are correlated to the number of each class of vehicle in use and the estimated mileage ench class runs during a year.

Attributed to Motor Omnibuses and

Coaches Tramcare Motor cycles Private Cars

and may go dead sud- denly. Be safe and let us test your battery, Driva in regularly and take nd- vantage of our fres Service.

Firestone

BATTERIES

Firestone

Stondasi

Tires - Datterics Brake Lulzim

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD. 33, Wong Nei Chung Road: THE ASIATIC AMERICAN COMPANY,

Accidents

*Deaths per

Vehicles

in

19,134

9,781

per 100 10,000,000 | Fatal Non-Fatal Vehicles miles

736

1.45

4.8

13,014

118

5,014

.31

3.0

626,649

1,616

41,550

.26

4.3

1,083,457 1,813

48,307

.17 2.4

88,330

Goods Vehicles

Tractors

und

65

363,560 1,399

5,746 2.174,144

2,092

.17 1,1

70, Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong.

23,012

2.4-

And at Canton and Wuchow.

139,756

2.6

2.9

Cabs

Total Vehicles. *Estimated,

**

A recent order for six rollers has been placed

in Shanghai.

RUSTON DIESEL ROLLER.

Forty years on the hard road to experience.

Sole Agents.

REISS MASSEY & Co., Ltd.

7. Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.

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