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1 « I | ' \. T . - - mML ? - w USING THE WORLD'S FINEST WOOL «■ year the Managing Director of a x local Motor Car Company summoned his senior executives. **, Gentlemen,” he said,. M we’ all . ; ; :.reoognise that New '-ZeaJ|and ■ woollen fabrics are ' > a equal to the best the world produces. Ihave here a .Semple of a New Zealand woollen upholstery fabric, I and with your approval I wish to use it in one of our > ' cars, just to see how it compares with imported - ■ ■ material.” v , : i ; As a result of this experiment, to-day the majority of ■ / this Company’s cars are finished m fabrics locally /*** M^ j . woven from pure New Zealand wool. ■■'•-;■< dt v^ew of this, it is particularly interesting to know' ' that if every closed car sold in New Zealand last year I|F I had been finished in these New Zealand fabrics, '* I . 1 ? > “the consumption of raw wool by local woo Hen \ ‘ • y ’ ' y mills would have been increased by 11%. / !r( . /•' ... ■/ '■ ■ But it 'mqst.be remembered that only this one' "'■<.•/Z' >Z ydlW motor-car Company carries on assembling and finish-'* ''r 14 .' ? ? operations on such a scale as to allow it to ; ft incorporate New Zealand woollen upholstery in: its , • | ’ ears. It is significant too,, that it alonerusts NOW Zealand made bumpers, luggage carriers, timber, ‘ ‘ ‘ r \ tyre-covers, in fact every usable- New , v ’’ /Zealand material, in the famous, group of cars’.it. > / produces at the Petone Plant... and that 08% of , • . ;/the purchase price of’these cars stays to circulate far ■ / r jr// < V ; Zthe coiitttry./ ■/'z ‘/V ' r* GENERAL MOTORS For these reasons New Zealanders are giving carefitl NE W ZEAL A N D LT D ; / (consideration to General Motors’ cars. Andtheyfind . j : ' yoRKS: PtTONE, WELUNQTON that the jpound for pound value ofthe cars themselves, ; * '-/• ; as testified to by 30,000 New Zealand owners, is a 8- guarantee of a satisfactory personal investment

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Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1930, Page 7

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Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1930, Page 7

Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1930, Page 7