MOTOR-CAR BOOM PREDICTED
Record Sales At The Olympia (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 11.40 p.m.) London, October 19. A sensational boom in the British motor industry is predicted for Coronation year. The motoring editor of The Daily Mail says that 150,000 unemployed will be restored to work in 1937 because of the unparallelled success of the motor show at Olympia. An official said that an all round increase in employment of 10 per cent, was assured it business at the show continued as it had British exhibitors have sold nearly 400,000 cars, exceeding the whole of the previous year’s output. This represents £50,000.000. It is expected that show business will total £88,000,000.
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Southland Times, Issue 23025, 20 October 1936, Page 7
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