EFFECT OF RAILWAY STRIKE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14808, 11 October 1911, Page 4

EFFECT OF RAILWAY STRIKE.

VALUE OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

The railway strike in England recently brought home the value of the mechani-cally-propelled road vehicle to the travelling public in an unmistakable manner.. •"■*■-.' The call upon puhlio '" service vehicles—motor 'buses, taxi-cabs, char-a-bancs, etc.— heavy, for thousands of people had to use them to get to and from their homes and , r the commercial centres 'of London. The proprietary companies of those vehicles reaped a rich harvest, while numerous cars were hired to carry passengers to distant cities and towns, Liverpool, Bristol, Bath, ajid Brighton, for which high rate were paid. Even more pronounced was the demand for the commercial Tebiele," and the trade is now at its wit's end to fill - the orders which are pouring in. One manufacturer considers the real birth of the traders' motor vehicle to date from the strike. He further says that epjnmfircial houses have learned from . the recent disturbances that they .'-;■■ have no option" but to provide themselves as quickly as possible J with' long range, speedy motor road trains for the' conveyance in bulk of both ra.w materials and finished "products," while dealers in all manner of farm produce, " food "stuffs', and the retail dealers and distributors must equip themselves just as* speedilv with motor waggons and light, fast delivery vans. ' : ;: •: ■"'.;::; ->;--^ r . ■:■■■-;-,rf "r •■■'CC;-'--: i ':