SURPLUS CARS
DESTRUCTION IN BRITAIN,
LONDON, 'Recrmber 20.
A To. tor-ear distributors in Rriiain have been. obliged to destroy surplus stocks of < ars, in the same way as wheat and coffee has been jettisoned chew here' in the- world because of over-production. Cars worth thousands of pounds were set afire and senit over a sleep hank into a disused gravel pit, which wa.s later flooded to a dentil of 30 feet. Saloons, coupes arid tourers of till makes took the fatal leap. Afost of them had been ‘taken in part payment for new cars since the Olympia Alo-tor Show. They ‘include a ‘loh.p. Renault, which originally cost ;Cl7oO, and many others which wer ; . the pride of their nuikens five or 10 years ago. The chairman of Henlys Ltd., told a representative of the “Daily 'Mail’ that most of , the cars wore unsaleable because of the exorbitant- tax on large engines. They were not worth u«smnjitiiug, even where the engine was brand new.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 December 1932, Page 6
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162SURPLUS CARS Hokitika Guardian, 23 December 1932, Page 6
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