Ten-Twenty Years Ago
How deeply must you dig for the wherewithal to purchase your new motor car ? Ten years ago £322 would have secured a shining new model six-seater of a popular make. A sedan of the same make 20 years ago strained the pocket to the extent of £245. And today ? Yes, you may have £2OO change out of your thousand. * It was more than ten years ago that Deanna Durbin fif*st burst into prominence as the brightest star in the movie firmament, and just ten years ago (almost to the day) that her second big picture, “100 Men and a Girl,” was screened for a Kaitaia audience. At that time, too, Bobby Breen was at the height of his movie career, and Vivien Leigh starred with Conrad Veidt in “Dark Journey.” • Twenty years ago Hoot Gibson and Jack Holt shared the honours in the Western field, and Georgia Hale romanced with the sti-ong and silent hero. Wallace Beery was making them laugh at that time, too ; who j hasn’t heard of his “Fireman, Save My Child”? ft Whnt Piice Progress ? Ten years ago Far Northerners were invited to light and heat their homes and cook their food with the aid of electric power. Twenty years ago they were urged to buy the latest and best in spirit lamps and heaters, wood and oil stoves. Twenty years of “progress,” and the market is still wide open.
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Northland Age, Volume XVII, Issue 62, 7 May 1948, Page 4
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