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THE HONGKONG

NEWS FROM THE

FORD

TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JANUARY 6,

MOTOR WORLD

ROLLS-ROYCE

AUSTIN

These, says Basil

The

MORRIS

Cardew, are

TRIUMPH

1938 Profiles

1938.

P & O-BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

(Companies Incorporated in England.)

Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading for STRAITS, JAVA & DURUMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, MAURITIUS, 3. & §, AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUD- ING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, RED SEA, EGYPT, EUROPE, ETC.

PENINSULA & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS

(Under Contract with 21.M. Government.)

All vessels may call at any parts on or off the route-and the route and all sailings are subject to change or devfallen will or without notice.

From H'Kong about

Destination

8th Jan, Bombay, Marseilles & London, 15th Jan. Bombay, Karachi & Persian Gulf. 22nd Jan, Bombay, Marseilles & London. 23th Jan. B'boy, M'sailles, 're, L'don, H'burg,

Rotterdam. Antwerp & Hull.

30th Jan. Straits & Bombay.

*BURDWAN

Steamers Tons

RAWALPINDI 17,000; *KIDDERPORE 5,000 CORFU

14,500 6,100

*ALIPORE

8,000

CHITRAL.

15,000

CARTHAGE

14,500

3th Feb, Marseliles & London. 10th Feb. Marseilles & London.

*SOMALI

COMORIN

7,000

15,000

28th Feb. M'seilles. H're, L'dan, H'bg. Wham,

Awerp & 'don. 5th Mar. Marseilles & London.

Cargo only

All vessels may call at Malta

BRITISH INDIA ApCar SAILINGS (SOUTH) ›

8,000 1 15th Jan, 1

20th Jan. Singapore, Port Swattenham,

12th Feb.

6,000

10,000

0.000

26th Feb.

Penang Rangoon & Calculta,

SIRDHANA

SHIRALA

TILAWA

SANTHIA

H

ALVIS

ERE are a few points

HILLMAN

HUMBER

SINGER

The Morris Elght, Series 11., does The company's output for 1938 is al-

Introduction. Al- ready 37 per cent, up on last year. not need much of interest from the ready 170,000 of these models have Motor Show held re- heen sold. Their popularity is well Wolseley cently at Earl's Court in

London picked from

deserved.

gars, the

Three other Brst-class all Series III. Ten, Fourteen

Twenty-five h.p. "cars

kinds of stands, varied pro- Morris show range Interesting ducts.

motorists with varying resources.

well up to Rolls-Royce

These motoring folk have plenty of competition, keep scratch. Come along, take a stroll round with me, and you will see:

Alvis

CARS

ALVIS showed for the

time

colours--so,

tu

VAUXHALL

WOLSELEY

This protective film remains after time when it is vital that oil should the engine cools down. Thus it pre- reach every part of the machine. vents corrosion, which causes inost "Change to fresh oll for winter" Is cylinder wear. as proved by the Re- an old

belleve slogan. Vacuum search Department of the Institute "Arctic" to be a new justification

for it. of Automobile Engineers.

It is packed in new pint and quart ting shaped like fattened cones; these facilitate pouring.

nwo

new Wolseley models, announced and

on the eve of the the Earl's Court made

Exhibition, were the main features of their stand.

They are the new 12/48 and the new Super Sixes (10 hp, 21 hp and 25 h.p.). All are full senter saloons with new ideas in the Shell Haven, Essex, to produce the chassis and many coachwork refine-

ZEYNOTE of these dignified ΚΕ

100 per cent. cars is thatments. there is no change in the design of any of the chassis shown. On view were two Phantom 11. 12-cylinder models and two 25/30 h.p. models, Prices are from £1,010 to £3,040, It sounds a lot of money until you first see the cars.

range new

ot On the Pullman Limousine the in- women please note, terior is ventilated and bruted like a These colours are very modern, Hear luxury ballroom. their narnes: Burgundy. chlanti,

desert sand, Highland green, orchid, Singer

and light dynasty blue.

Only five of the twenty-two Alvis

TOW the new model here is

cars on the company's and coneli- NOW in the 10-hp. class. It is

an

Extras

builders' stands were in black,

comfortable, and bas Interesting for thic mechanical mind was the polished chassis of the ordinary amount of room for luggage

at the back.

five-

RADIO

A new plant- took two years Ferranti to bulld--has been established at

oll.

They showed their new principle of springing called phased suspen- sion, which rids us of rough riding Castrol in the back seats. These cars are typically Wolseley in dignity grace.

and

OIL

the

CLEVEREST stand al

show was ΣΠ all-robot

Practical points

have been con- affair displaying Castrol oils, De- as sign was a well-guarded secret until sidered in their design, such vision for the driver, ventilation, the exhibition epened. roominess, luggage accommodation, sound and heat insulation of the engine.

Other good models on this rtand were the Wolseley 11/50 saloon and the Wolseley 10/80 saloon.

"Speed Twenty-five," whiteli puls It 1s 221 all-strel indy and the searchlight on teclined details bucket seats specially designed to Esso of the independent springing first introduced in Britain by Alvis.

satoon,

prevent fatigue on long journeys, The four-cylinder engine is really Here you had a Best view of the lively in traille, and it pulls strongly

12/70 four-cylinder new

of the original in top gear when going slowly up a worthy descendant 12/50 on which Alvia reputation was founded.

Austin

steep hill.

The Uantim two-door saloon, known for its trouble-free tenden- cles, was there, and several good 12- hp. Singers are in the new range.

HIE newest Austin-the

Big Seven and the Et Triumph-

THE geand recovery in

fortunes of the Triumph Company, proved by the just issued balance-sheet.

was explained when

FUEL

your

D

D. I. Apcar Line Steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers.

NELLORE

FANDA NANKIN

EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (SOUTH)

20th Jan. Manila, Rabaul, Brisbane, Sydney,

7,000

7,000

5th Mar.

7,000

2nd Apr. 1

Melbourne & Hobart.

Regular monthly sailings from Hongkong to Shanghal and Japan and Hongkong to Australia.

Hong Kong to Sydney—ID doya.

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN'

SHIRALA

8,0001

CHITRAL

15,000

TILAWA

10,000

CARTHAGE SANTHIA

14,300

8,000

COMORIN

15,000

7,000

CAR radio is steadily grow- TANDA

Britain. ing popular In

An Interesting set that has just come an the market, and was Alted to some of the show models, is built by Ferranti, Ltd., an English manufac- Lurer

The receiver is in two units, which can be fitted without loss of leg room for passengers. Yet it has a full-size moving coll speaker.

I trated one in London streets. Reception was grand, Plenty of stations came through.

All you did here was press one of

It is n six-valve superhet circuit a series of knobs and the "robot" on working on 12 volts. This car radio which is very lubrication only takes 3 amps.. the stand delivered

your particular Car economical, Price of the receiver is diagram for chassis. Range is 100 models. An- 134 uincas, Fine British, reply to uther automatic device handed out foreign manufacturers of car radio

scis. the literature.

Castrol's have the fest "alm-bar," too. Machines operate the Sims in

a way for fourteen people at a time to see and hear the progromme

FORD

through a row of individual viewing Ford Show

THERE may be oil beneath cowls.

feet. Few people think of this In Britain. On

the Mobiloil Esso stand was a lifelike model f

search for oil in Britain.

the company's activity in the great NEW type motor oil which

Model shows work that is now preceding on a seule that has not

Try

before been attempted in this coun- Second interesting model shows the Esso oil refinery at Fawley on Southampton Water, with trucks, trains, shipping. Shell-Mex

moving

een-were the chief interest on this stand. These caterers, for the family motorist (and lots of others) ex- hibited twelve models-four more than last year.

Then there were seven marine I saw the models on their stand,

has three engines and a sectioned Big Seven Their range chassis in the Mechanical Display types-the Dolomite,

UBRICATING oils prolong offshool,

and the Gloria,

the life of an engine more The Big Seven Is a surprisingly High-spol

Is the 14/60 h.p. Vitesse, than any other factor (except a good roomy car for Its engine power, and listed at £200, and capable of a 1s listed at £100.

comfortable "80,"

the

distinct Vitesse,

driver).

At the show a new Shell oil with The new Austin Eighteen is the The unusual radiator style of the an exclusive compound which makes long wheelbase Windsor saloon Triumph Dolomite caused lots of it cling to cylinder walls, was intra-

priced at £375, and the Norfolk talk last year. But it was a winner, duced. short-wheelbase model costing £355.

Both are dignifled, good cars.

Familiar Ten. Twelve,

Fourteen

and Twenty horse-powered Austins were well displayed. There is an Austin for every cur taste, backed up by a great Birmingham Arm who produce models which are an invest- ment to buy.

Hillman

13

DEASON why the Coventry

Har's working at 100 per cent. pressure Was made clear by look round their stand at the show,

The new Mins, one of the finest light rars

the world. was shown)

in

In the safety and, de luxe models,

and as a four-senter coupe.

Then the

These cars are selling as quieldy To they can be produced, new "14" Sufety saloon was there, olso in de luxe

seven-seater saloon.

Humber

British

form,

and "80"

were the

BIDA - BANY

PLENDID ambassadors for

models seen on the Humber stanch. This company are în example to the Industry in wider outlook, for their cars are sold lu all ports world.

of the

They showed an "all-six cylinder" programme, sirs that are as good for home usc for the export market.

On view were the new and smaller Snipe and the new Sixteen saloon. They are

ideal low-priced better- class cars. The new Snipe was also shown with sectioned working models of the chuusls and engine,

Morris

DIG news here is the new

Morris overhead valve Twelve-Four Series 111. car that re- cently made its debut. This is a real find as a family car, for it has good acceleration, plenty of power, lots of passenger room and it is cheap run- ning.

The twelve horse-power four- cylinder engine has overhead valves. as bave all the Morris cars this year. Its top speed is seventy, milles Lan hour,

BURNS

PHILP

M. V.

DUE 5th JANUARY

LINE

NEPTUNA“

PASSENGER & FREIGHT SERVICE TO

AUSTRALIA

Sailing Sunday, 9th January

for Saigon, Madang, Salamaua, Rabaul, Sydney & Melbourne.

Single: £47.10.0d.

First Class to Sydney: Passenger & Freight Agents:-

THE Ford Motor Exhibition

was held at the Royal Albert Hall. It was on during the

days of the Motor Show.

Again they had a new idea in ex-

mono-

flows freely at a tempera- ture of 32 degrees of frost is claimed ibitions. They showed some of the to be perfected by the Vacuum Oil famous Ford "robots" of the factory, at their hatest models but Compony. It has just been put on Idea had to give the public a peep the markel under the name of not only at

More than fifty cars commercial "Arctic," a special winter ride-of-how-they are made the well-known Mobiloil.

vehicles, and chassis are exhibited. It is a light bodied all, specially

Also

there is a

a 112 m.ph. prepared for use in modern engines- plane with a conversion of the Ford Claimed for it are split-second start- "Ten" engine, and a motor-launch, ing from dead cold and instant clr-

knots, with twenty-three culation to all parts of the engine.

a For 24 hp, engine. "Light bodied" means the oll is

A non-stop freed of gum-forming clements that tions and entertainment livened mat- congeal, stick lu valves and moving ters, and two cinemas, showing new parts of an engine over-night to Ford films, gave continuous perfor- cause run-down batterles

The popular new Ford "Eight," the Ninety per cent. of engine wear

und the

V-83 were takes place in the few minutes of "Ten," warming up from cold. This is the shown.

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wer

Larger than a famous London way, yet still not large (5). 12 This brook is in Kent, but does

It contain so many fish? (4).

your hand and tells you all about the palmy days to come (13).

15 He looks at

17 It can't be done (13).

20 Is made from skin and Can

hold water (4).

Ungodly result of giving father

21

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22 Stuff, mostly a kinit of butter

23 old vessels are liable to develop

26

this, for any vessel may first

part with second part (7), . Flatter sincerely (7).

27 Any schoolboy will tell you this was Invented for keeping the young in (9).

20 Damp (3).

DOWN

1 A famous peninsula (9).

2 A quarrel was the end of this

éleric (7).

3 A frult of everyday significance

(4).

4 Only a 2 down

punish (13).

could

this

CANTON

119

F16

& Damping reference to an artist's

success at election? (4).

D

It seems somehow quite all right to and an ancient city of Asla In Africa (7).

7 Archaically ancient (5).

Reduction to the finest of re-

(13).

Bults

13 The motorists who is this be- hended is asking for it all (5). 14 Start to be a spirit (5).

10 Introduce favourably, and end

finally (9).

18 A hanging affair (7).

10 Sultably sized limb 10 spur

with? (7).

20

Thus

(0),

the covering is substantial

23 Farm building of husky con-

struction (4),

24 Just a part of the dinner is in

the middle (4).

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