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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 11 May 1921, Page 8

Mr Oswald Hawken. M.P., left for UeHington yesterday by the mail train to attend a conference of producers. Mr Hawken stated when leavihg that the conference would consider whether the J*.A.\\.R.A. scheme would be adopted , by ISew Zealand or 'not | Melbourne Ltd.. sa(e bargains con- ( t-niie to attract crowds of shoppers. The I Manchester section particularly is very j iV"' S ' seemingly recognHn'f the solid savings to be gained by b-° ing damasks, sheefngs. ;nt S ; drilW*os, and towels while the sate is on — Aavt. AMERICA V. ENGLAND. JT would Ha pity to allow the public interest and amusement that «as engendered ,by our reply to a recent famous advertisement of one of our competitors to die down for the want of some further interesting information on the same subject being dissemmated, so whilst we are awaiting their next effort we wish to mention another aspect of the controversy I'or the sake of pleasurable argument we will admit that the "White" Truck fairly represents-the best class or truck that America produces and we presume our opponents will admit that the Ley land" likewise-represents the best class of truck that England produces. Whatever may be said of the American superiority over England in motor car production and value we venture to say that no unprejudiced person will argue otherwise than that tor solid value and long-liyed service English Commercial Vehicles far out-! distance the Yankee goods, even though ™6 selling price here is higher than the American of similar tonnage and by the way the actual selling price here or the English Truck is in many cases actually lower th»n the American ones; ! but we will take, say, two machines of 5 tons capacity each, with the English machine selling at £1700 arid the Yankee at £1600. The point is that the English machines are built to the Imperial weight of 22401bs per ton, whereas the Yankee builds his to the short ton of 20001bs, but both are commonly referred to here as 3-ton, 4-ton or o-ton, and so on, which is obviously wrong. Now in the- case referred' to above, the actual built-in-carrying-capacity of John Bull's production is 11,2001bs and Uncle Sam's is IO.OOOIbs, although, mind you, both are referred to as ston machines, and the English, price is £100 more. So that to get at the beginning of the real value of the trucks you must divide the carrying capacity of each into the selling price, with the result that England wins handsomely —as always when value is considered— as follows: Cost per Ib. of Carrying Capacity: ENGLAND 3s OJd AMERICA 3s 2 2-5 d (Let this be an argument in support of purchasing British goods, which is the market for our produce. WILSON'S MOTOR SUPPLIES LTD. /- ELTHAM & WANGANUI. Hawera Representative: F. V. LYSONS, 12 Grey St. Hawera. TUST Landed—Shipment of 8-Day lining Room Clocks; guaranteed at E. Morris', leading jeweller.