MOTOR-BODY INDUSTRY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18965, 12 March 1925, Page 11

MOTOR-BODY INDUSTRY.

BUILDERS IN CONFERENCE. CLAIM TO ENCOURAGEMENT. [BY TELEGIIAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] CHRISTCHURCH. Wednesday. The annual convention of tho New Zealand Coach and Motor Body Builders was opened to-day. The report of the executive stated that the. returns recently supplied by the Customs Department, at the request of tho association in regard to the importation of motor vehicle should be looked upon as more satisfactory, although the immense number of completed cars in proportion to the chassis that were imported was still a matter of much concern. At the coming elections it would be necessary for each member of the trade to give his support to tho candidate who would pledge himself to the building up of vho secondary industries.^ HIGH-QUALITY PEODUCTS. "THINGS OF JOY AND BEAUTY." [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CHRISTCH EJRC'H. Wednesday. In welcoming delegates to the. New Zealand Coach and Motor Body Builders' Conference to-day, the Mayor, Mr. Flesher, agreed that it was necessary for the secondary industries of the Dominion to be given greater encouragement. The growth of hydro-electricity in the Domin•ion pointed to the development of secondary industries. Ho considered, that more ■attention should be given to the industrial education of young people. Within the last few years, the development of motor-body building in New Zealand bad been remarkable, and he considered that the motor-body builders had done great work in llie short, space of time. Their work was something to be proud of, their products being things of joy and beauty, i He had been struck with the great nuin- | } )01 . of cars finding their way into the I Dominion from Canada, which country, I after'all, was only an outlet for the United States