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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21197, 1 December 1930, Page 13

c ■cOsO ■<? ? o o°^ VAUXHALL and CHEVROLET FACTORIES at Luton and London , England, > & A c? 5^ b * l3 * 27 & ® ra/ Afew '- r ’ Mdfimshingjactorks are akeaij established in the British Empire. 9 WHEN endeavouring to forecast the state of a concern 10 years from to-day, it is necessary that we consider its past development. Twenty-two years ago General Motors was formed to control a small group of of cars. Even at that early date its policy was established. From the beginning it pledged itself to give dependable transportation with service to all the peoples of the world; and to identify itself as an integral part of every country it served. As a result, to-day General Motors is a vast international federation of motorcar manufacturers with eighty subsidiaries and divisions, and with assets totalling £240,000,000. From Iceland to Gape Horn, from Japan to Peru, through 27 strategically located assembling and finishing factories, it brings the magic of the motor car to one hundred and four civilised countries. Because of its investments in this world-wide group of factories, General Motors is uniquely fitted to weather General Motors has made history as the only motor-car company to establish a complete assembly and finishing plant in New Zealand, Because it executes 3,000 distinct operations in assembling its cars , this factory is able to use many New Zealand materials and to afford employment for hundreds of New Zealand workmen. times of economic depression. Vast resources and world-wide sales volume assure its owners not only of continued service, but also of better motor cars, at better values, year after year. How General Motors is building for the future is shown by its recent acquisition of interests in such companies as the Fokker Aircraft Corporation, the Allison Engineering Company, and the Hornier Company, builders of the famous Do.X, It is not too much to venture that within 10 years modem aircraft will be assembled side by side with motor cars in the Petone factory. Certain it is, however, that General Motors position, is impregnable. Its success in the past assures its fixture. Definitely, it will always lead in giving dependable transportation, not only to New Zealand, but to the world. GENERAL MOTORS NEW ZEALAND LTD. WORKS: PETONE, WELLINGTON

—A machine has been invented which ought to do much for agriculture. It can plant 50,000 seedlings in a day. It grasps the little plants by mechanical fingers carried on a band, and so they are taken to a little furrow made by the machine, and are properly pressed into the soil. It is said that an acre of land can thus be planted with seedlings in about two hours. Here is another him of what is coming in the world of agriSo far industrial progress has been chiefly made in the manufacture of goods and not in the raising of food.