View taken from an aeroplane of the Government’s motor- depot at Slough, Buckinghamshire (Eng.), which has recently been sold for £14,000,000 to a private syndicate. The deal began with the purchase of the whole of the American transport in France, 15,000 cars and waggons, for £7,000,000. Later, the syndicate completed the Slough deal, the number of cars involved being also 15,000, and the price, with the depot “thrown in,” again being £7,000,000, making a grand total of 30,000 cars and £14,000,000. The motor car dump at Slough, where huddled together in columns the cars have been exposed to the ravages of inclement weather for many months, has repeatedly been referred to by Press and public as a most glaring instance of waste. This impression, writes our London Correspondent, who recently inspected the depot, is hardly correct, for whilst the vehicles do actually stand out in the open they reach the depot practically worthless. The staff clean and repair all that are fit for such treatment. The big sheds seen in the picture are all engineers’ shops. The sale of the Slough depot will prove the means of ending a discussion that has raged for many months regarding the alleged extravagance of the Government.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1572, 10 June 1920, Page 26

View taken from an aeroplane of the Government’s motor- depot at Slough, Buckinghamshire (Eng.), which has recently been sold for £14,000,000 to a private syndicate. The deal began with the purchase of the whole of the American transport in France, 15,000 cars and waggons, for £7,000,000. Later, the syndicate completed the Slough deal, the number of cars involved being also 15,000, and the price, with the depot “thrown in,” again being £7,000,000, making a grand total of 30,000 cars and £14,000,000. The motor car dump at Slough, where huddled together in columns the cars have been exposed to the ravages of inclement weather for many months, has repeatedly been referred to by Press and public as a most glaring instance of waste. This impression, writes our London Correspondent, who recently inspected the depot, is hardly correct, for whilst the vehicles do actually stand out in the open they reach the depot practically worthless. The staff clean and repair all that are fit for such treatment. The big sheds seen in the picture are all engineers’ shops. The sale of the Slough depot will prove the means of ending a discussion that has raged for many months regarding the alleged extravagance of the Government.