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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2836, 29 July 1916, Page 8

THE • BEGfKNING W _' J ' H E- -HOUSE

; OF" STUDISBAKER.'-. The ancestors of Mr. J. ,M.. : Studebaker, one of the founders anil pre-. Sfnt chairman of the Board of Directors of the Studebaker, Corporation, • Detroit and Canada, .migrated'.- from 'Holland .in 1736, nearly 200 years ago,- and sailed for •America: 'in . 1552; sixty-four years ago, -the Studebalcers made, the first ' wagons at their- blackinith's shop,- South . Bend, Indiana. From then onwards thev have built up the great Studelraker- Corpora.- . tiorf with a capital, of over eight million pounds sterling. In .. the Boer , war Lord Roberts pronounced Stude- • Jiaker wagons the besf ever. used s?y the .. British Army. For the- present; . war . Great Britain's purchases from, the Studebaker Co. have aggregated.,: four million pounds sterling. The "Russian Government ordered one thousand Stude- ' baker cars, and the French Government have been ehor'moiis purchasers from the Studebaker Co.. during the present war. Studebnker's nride is. to build honestly '■arid well, and they have been rewarded , by large orders from the Allies. A.lim- ® vited number of Studebaker cars are arriving ex'Pakelia, having been at Montreal from the Studebaker Canadian factory at Walkerville, Ontario. Jfe'srs. Adams, Limited. -New v Zealand, i distributors of / the Studebaker motors, Chrstclmrch, haye agents in all. towns. —Advt. ' . ' '

CANADIAN CHEVROTJ3T SHIP? . . TKAINLOAD. Whal is said to be the largest trainload of automobiles ever sent over Canadian rails has been shipped 'by the • ;■ Chevrolet Motor Co., of- Canada. It contained .tivo hundred Chevrolet, cars on a single consignment from Oshawa. Ont., to the Breen Motor Car Co., of Winnineg, the Western agent for the-company. Tt is the second, largest consignment, this spring, and illustrates' the speed, of . Chevrolet production, in that the ChevI rolet Motor Car Co. has carried on the building of automobiles in Canada only since December, 1915. The Dominion .Motor Vehicles, Ltd., .65 Courtenay Place, are the -controlling agents for this line throughout New Zealand,, and will be pleased to show intending purchasers this car, also to arrange for deraonstra--tions.—Advt.