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Grey River Argus, 7 November 1949, Page 2

' DO YOU WANT \ / A NEW CARP \ ■ « We, the N.Z. Retail Motor Vehicle Cars are growing obsolete much faster || S Dealers, are publishing these facts so that than they are being replaced, and this || S' you, the car-buying public, can assess position is “snowballing." Apart from ® S more accurately your chances of getting the disquietening fact that this increase «| s a new pne. of obsolete cars must mean an increased fl S « « ft « national danger from mechanical failure. fl ® it is obvipus that the chances of your fl fl This year, about 12,000 people will get buying a good used car are getting worse, fl fl new motor -cars and next year about not better. fl fl 10,000. The latter figure we estimate is » o o » k| fl provided (subject to any Canadian ® fl licenses that may be issued) by the Perhaps, it may be argued, N.Z. cannot || fl Import Licenses for 1950, just announced. 'afford more new cars. In pre-war years k fl These numbers mean nothing to you we p( . cent, of our national | K until you see them against those of pie- export income on cars. Today import » ■ war years when you could buy what new licenses restrict us to only 3 .per cent. | car you wished. ’ g o a o o 0000 a « For the three years preceding the war. The N.Z. Retail Motor Traders ti’flu/ sf fl car imports averaged 27,000 per year, as ,o supply you—that is what ■'(hey are in « fl against 12.000 lor 1949! Irwould not be business for—but it is obvious that they SS fl So bad if this small number was confined cannot sell more cars than the Impoit H fl to the present year only, but it has been Licensing Control allows into this ■ fl going on since 1940, and a tremendous country. K ffl backlog of ■, cars needed to replace . Oj o e o S S obsolete ones is piling up. In the last. ■ ■ 10 years (1940-1949), New Zealand So, to sum x up. New Zealand .Kants E B imported 102,811 fewer cars than lor the more new cars, overseas manufacturers g * previous 10 years (1930-39), and 10,000 want to sell them to us. and we can » ® lor 1950 is not going to- make ninth afford them; only Import Licensing B w impression! stands in the way. ■ ’1 I I ISSUED BY THE MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS SECTION OF THE t \ N.Z. RETAIL MOTOR TRADE ASSOCIATION (INC.) / ipl Mackay Street, Greymouth. ’Phone 216.

This is a sample of TRUMANS DOUBLE DISCOUNT CHEQUE THE SYSTEM. IS EASY. Just save the special double discount cash dockets now being issued with every cash purchase and return the dockets to us with your name and address within 2 DOUBLE months, and we will post to you your special double discount cheque, amounting to 2/- in the £. DISCOUNT DOUBLE DISCOUNT ON ANY ARTICLE IN ANY DEPARTMENT. LADIES’ WEAR, UNDERWEAR, CHILDREN’S On all cash dockets issued w£ar . DR £ SS FABRICS, MANCHESTER, now until final day. FURNISHINGS, MEN’S AND BOYS’ WEAR. < TRUMANS