1933-03-11 — Page 13

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPHI

Common Sense Thrift

in

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SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1933.

BY THE WAY FOR

"MÖTOR NOTES BY ““VELOC"

"DEAD SLOW."

The famous

and 1904 at the Royal Lancashire WOLSEL Agricultural Shows."

WAR WORK

A few weeks ago I draw atten-

In the following years, one of tion to the predicament of the most significant marks of motorist who, interpreting the official approval of Leyland de- sign "Dead Slow" to mean that signs, methods of manufacture and the road leading from it was open policy generally was the success to motor trade, found himself achieved in the first War Ofice! half-way down the steep descent Subsidized Triala, which took from the Peak to the Pokfulam place in November, 1912, In these, Reservoir, very much "twixt the trials two Leyland machines were devil and the deep sea." As stated the only vehicles that were award. at the time, the task of driving ed certificates of success, and that the car back on the Stubbs Road In both classes in which entry (in reverse) was a particularly could be made. dangerous and wearying perform ance, occupying some considerabl time. It was anticipated that the

On the outbreak of the Great sign would be removed and on

War the whole of the Leyland 'uut-i substitated in its place giving th

pat was put at the disposal of warning "No Motors". That wa apparently too much to hope for ne government for the R. A. S. C. and judging by the latest develop and Royal Flying Corps. ment this misleading sign is te March, 1916, the War Office Au- remain, painters having recently thorities decided to allocate the given it a new.coat of red and whole of the output to the rapidly white. I have, not given up al expanding R. E, afterwards hope that some one in the oficia known as the Royal Air Fores sphere will appreciate danger During the period of hostilities which exists, even although the the Company supplied to the Royal necessary action may be in ac-Air Force over 6,000 chassis, "in cordance with the injunction' one addition to practically all the at present reads on the sign. LEYLAND VEHICLE.

It will no doubt be of interest

to all users of lorries and buses]

In

available Leylands" then in Ber Ivice which were taken over at the

outbreak of war,

Over 3,000 of these valibles?

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The following EXCLUSIVE and E ALLE ⱭSLAWW. are all standardised um die wonderful, kiores, prysuzXT.

in the colony to hear that the were repurchased after the war well-known arm of Reiss, Massey and were subsequently sold for Forward engine mounting (exclusive), "Starliz" automatic starting &Co., Ltd. has taken the agency commercial use after being thor-electric direction indicators front and rear with white reversing light {exclusive),bentre of Leyland Motors Ltd. Mr. Spur-joughly reconditioned at the Conclusive), centri-cast hardened cylinder linera Fier, representative of Leyland pany's Kingston Factory? With seal bistons (exclusive), 4speed gearbox, hydraulic brakes Hiding still in sunshine roof, Triplex windscreen, leather pacumati: "upholstery. Motors Ltd, recently arrived in few receptions they are the colony and will be pleased to use.

gayan var dunjataa mu pribord H Such a record of steadily grow- give both present and future Ley-1 land owners every assistance, pos- ing popularity has not been with its organization. www vid ngan

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A meteoric rise to fame is un- doubtedly spectacular, but the Herbert Street Vorts were band Hongkong steady rise of Leyland Motors to be inadequate to meet the rapid- Ltd. from 1895 in a black smith's ly growing dumilde Cu- shop to their present state of be-pany accordingly, purchased, land ing universally regarded as the and began to build new works on Rolls Royce of commercial vehi-the present site. In this Steel ces. In these departments, eam-ingly been installed for the pro- eles is well worth a short descrip- Foundry at Farington ples, taken from cach batch of dutiesand maintenance of gau- French Factors at Kingston-on-material which comes into the gas and for taking accurate mea-

works, are tested, and itil the frements of finished work. SOME EARLY ACHIEVEMENTS. Thames were added

The first public award of any ber to maintain the high Company's metallurgists, are 43 Each succeeding sehr has seen State of their it products year after tisfied as to its properties, none some extebalon and improvement. moment secured by the Company ear the Experimental Depart is issued for production purposes. until to-day upwards of 6,000 Also, to improve the standard of hands are employed and the Com- was the Silver Medal (the highest for self-moving vehicles) receiventand Laboratories hayebben ed from the Royal Agricultural constantly enlarged and equipped workmanship wherever possible pany's Lancashire property alone Society

with the most uptodate applihan precision machinery has increas-extends, over, 100 acres. of England. This was a non) Mar 16 Kained in 1897, two years after of the the original foundation Company, then The Lancashire Steam Motor Company. This sad cess was repeated the following year.

In the famous Verpool Trials of 1898 and 1001 once again the highest awards fell to Tryland followed by Silver Medals in 1903

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