THE FORD COMPANY
PLANT 1 FOB AUSTRALIA, ASSEMBLING BUT NOT MANUFACTURING. Pros Association —By Teiegraph—Copyright, OTTAWA, June 12. (Received June 13, at 9.10 p.m.) A telegram from Windsor says that , the Australian Press Association has been informed on excellent authority that the Inrd interests have not abandoned tLeaiJ ' original plans to establish a plant in. . Australia, and while the manufacture p£ cars will probably not be undertaken in Australia for some time to come, attention will bo concentrated upon the assemblage of Ford parts and possible manufacture of bodies in order to avoid the high”' Australian duties and give' the Ford interests a desirable point of concentration from which to ship cars more economically to India and the Far East. It is understood that Mr H. C. French, travelling representative of the Canadian; Ford Company, following a tour of Australia to determine the economic condi- ■ tions, reported ‘to his principals that he believed that Australian labour conditions were not favourable at the present ; time to engage" in an extensive manufacturing undertaking which, however, may' be launched in the future.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19198, 14 June 1924, Page 9
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