A NEW MOTOR GARAGE.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXIII, Issue 309, 12 January 1912, Page 8

A NEW MOTOR GARAGE.

The wonderful revolution which petrol as a motive power has made in all matters relating to propulsion must stand as one of the most marvellous advances of the present age, and in its train it has brought many changes which act and react in almost every branch of our industrial life. Not the least of these changes is the manner in which the- good old horse has been superceded and his place taken by the motor car and more recently by the motor bicycle. At one time it was the am'bi- j tion of almost every man with a fair share of capital to drive his buggy and pair or his smart little pony and gig. But that day has gone to a great extent for the man who could afford these luxuries,now invests in a motor car of greater or less power. This feet has reacted to some extent upon the coach building trade as well as upon the horse market and Messrs Frame and Johnston, the well-known local coach builders, realising this, have decided to march with the times and have made arrangements to enter fully into the motor business. They have just completed their plans for the erection of an up to date garage on the section adjoining their present premises. The building will be 100 feet in length and will have a frontage of 35 feet to High-street. It will be constructed of galvanised iron, with concrete floor and will be fitted with every appliance which will enable the firm to deal promptly and efficiently with the manufacture and repair of motor cars. It is the firm's intention to employ a thoroughly competent and expert staff in this connection and" to this end they have just admitted as a member of the (inn -Mr C. L. Xeilsen (son of Mr C. C. Xeilsen), who has had considerable experience in this class of work during the past 2> £ years which he has spent in Victoria." Mr Xeilsen knows the art of body-making and repairing from A to Z and will have charge of that special department, while a thoroughly competent engineer has been engaged to attend to the meehannical requirements.

The new garage will lie completed in about six weeks when everything .vill be ready for the public. The venture is a plucky one, but in view of the altered conditions it is evitable, and if firm gave the same satis/action in their garage as tiny have done i;i their coach factory, then the public ui ; ! be well served.*