There are still some who value the horse in business. At a meeting of creditors of a carrier this week, one of the creditors (Mr I). J. McGowan) referred to people who with _ little capital acquired motors on the instalment plan. In his opinion motors were absolutely no good in business unless they were to be used on a run of a mile and a half. “Horses beat them out .of sight,” he added. The Official Assignee (Mr 8. Tanslcy): “They all go down on the motors, and as long as motors are here I suppose they will jump at them. Horses require feeding when the day’s work is done, but it is easy to run a motor into a. garage and leave it there for the night,”
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 2516, 20 December 1927, Page 2
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