RANGATIRAS!
BRITISH MOTOR DELEGATION Members of the British motor trade delegation were described last week as rangatiras in the tribe of British trade. Mr. G. H. Scott, presiding at the dinner to the delegation, said it was only right that, regarding them as such, New Zealanders should greet them in characteristic language. He therefore extended the hand of friendship, and called: “Haeremai! Haeremai! ” Sir A. Boyd-Carpenter was compelled to admit that this was a new one on him. The Bight Hon. J. G. Coates took up the spirit of this comparison, and said that he had difficulty in impressing people in England with the difference between a native and a Maori. “I am a native of this country,” he said, “and as I could not convince the people at Home of the difference I was called a Maori.” (Laughter.) He reminded the delegation that it was just as well that it did not come out in the days of our childhood, as the Maoris would have opened their hearts and ovens, particularly their ovens, and given them a greater welcome even than was extended at this function.
General Motors (Australia) Pty., Ltd., announce reductions in the prices of Buick, Oakland, Oldsmobile and Pontiac cars. In a statement the company says that the reductions are due to the greater volume of sales, which has made possible certain savings. Despite the reductions, the equipment of the cars will be unaltered. The new Capitol model Chevrolet is being sold at the same price as the old mod I.
THORNS AND PUNCTURES Motorists travelling into Taranaki report that punctures are just, as prevalent just now as an epidemic of mumps. Inquiries go to show that farmers are busy reducing the boxthorn hedges, and the cuttings are getting on to the roads with some effect. Several speedsters have had “Ye Banks and Braes” brought forcibly to mind, particularly the last line, “But ah, he left a thorn wi’ me.” Thorns have certainly been instrumental in causing many stoppages on the highways in Taranaki.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 76, 21 June 1927, Page 10
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