“Battery History is Peto & Radford History. ” PROGRESS Milestones in the history of the Old Established British Firm of Peto & Radford—manufacturers of the world famous P. & R. Accumulators. 1889 P. &R. were making good accumulators before the first British motor-cars were built, nearly 40 years ago! The name Peto & Radford almost meant an accumulator. 1914-18 >’■ & *- ~ "•‘ r "" rk ror all the Services. P. & R. developed the modern aircraft battery and more were supplied to the Air Force than any other make. P. & R. Armoured acci lators for ignition 1901 proved the running of early cars and motor-cycles and were regarded by all as essential equipment. 1912 P. & R. Accumulators ■ adopted as standard by the manufacturers of the first two British-made electric self-starters, and proved by test the best. 1920 P. R. again pioneering were the first in Great Britain to mould composition multicompartment battery boxes. Everybody’s trying to do it now! & R. “Dagenite” Batteries (Standardised on 1927 the world’s best cars) have an even greater lead over all other makes than ever before. Quality first. P. 6c R. Accumulators “The Beginning and the End in Poweß.’ ? Local Service Station: J. A. MILLAR Electrical Engineer, FORT STREET, AUCKLAND. Wholesale Distributors: E. REYNOLDS & Co., Ltd., KINGSTON STREET, AUCKLAND.
H-jLg, & sa* W The Motorists Note Book Motorists will save time, worry and money by consulting this list when they require specialised service for their cars. BATTERY SERVICE Battery Supplies, Ltd., 130 Broadway, Newmarket, Phone 45-540! and 8 Lower Albert St. Phone 44-174. Gruar’s Battery House, 109 Albert Street. Phone 45-696. Reliance Battery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 96 Albert Street. Phone 43-682. RADIATOR REPAIRS AND MOTOR METAL WORKS T. H. •Cunningham, 144 Albert St. Phone 44-620. Philip Lewis, Chancery St. City. Phone 45-275. PAINTERS Auckland Motor Painters (Duco), Wellesley Street West. Phone 41-013.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 40, 10 May 1927, Page 10
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