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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20099, 1 December 1930, Page 18

13 out of 27 General Motors' assembly and finishing factories are already established in the British Empire. S HENCE WHEN endeavouring to forecast tlie 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 Cape 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 i\Jew 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 acquis* ition of interests in such companies as the Fokker Aircraft Corporation, the Allison Engineering Company, and the Dornier builders of the • famous Do.X. It is not too much to venture that within 10 years modern 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 future. Definitely, it will always lead in giving dependable transportation, not only to New Zealand, but to the worlds GENERAL MOTORS NEW ZEALAND LTD. - "WORKS: PETONE, WELLINGTON

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