MASCOTS FOR MOTORS

NZ Truth, Issue 1202, 13 December 1928, Page 21

MASCOTS FOR MOTORS

Girl Workers Make Wheels Go Round One of the best things about inspecting, the General Motors' plant, at Petone, is the method of getting, there. A little, green, two-seater Cadillac draws "up at. the kerbstone, green leather upholstery looks inviting, and m a few minutes, the would-be visitor to the works is spinning along the shining Hutt Road. QN the way out, Advertising Manager Wh elan, who looks after General Motors publicity and advertising, chats about cars. 4lP^a "We've sunk over a million capital m New Zealand since our opening »• m here," he states. "Some say that we can't be called a New Zealand concern, .OlJ' but as we absorb over four hundred units 6f New Zealand labor, I tnink tnat •^ can be questioned. **w_ ' "We are the only motor company to take on, m large scale, the work of Sfl^jl assembling motor parts m this country. The car you're riding m, and thous&ffi& sands like it, took a lot of time and care before it became the 'pretty dear Wgtf "We make eight different types of car, -and very tricky the work some|SHf times becomes, as when, for instance, a car of a type which 1 had never before HF been assembled m New Zealand was sent out, and men m our employ just W had to puzzle out which bit was to go where." ;i The first one sees of the. two big buildings is a space of green lawn and i a drive, along which are parked cars big enough to make the heart of a I joyrider whose best efforts are confined to trams ana buses turn a double \ somersault. ' \ The girls m the company's employ have handled decidedly unusual work. \ For instance, one— and by no means a lady of advanced years — was for a i \ long time paymaster to the firm. I I . • Another has charge of the canteen', where lunch is supplied, and where a 1 I staff of four girls keep the kettle singing. • t \ Another girl operates the "ditto machine," of which there are. only three 1 I m the country. Rollers, some gelatine anQ typing ink arrange that as many I I copies as necessary can be .impressed from one circular or document. The a duplicator is another, thing which makes hay of the hard work. 1 An officer of the* welfare league looks after the staff, whose minor ills 1 are attended -to m two "hospital rooms." Lots of sunshine manages to perI meate the bright, well-ordered rooms — m fact, the light is so strong that ' I green-painted glass has been introduced for the protection of the girls' eyes. C There is a rest-room on each floor, and on one, a little blue-curtained i | stage, which is to be use.d by the Employees' Social Club. I J This club is just emerging out of the mists of obscurity, for the firm has I % only been operating for four, years, and the general brightness of the atmosI I phere has to be crystallized into societies which will make the "get together" f i spirit already shown by the employees even more definite.

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