CAR MANUFACTURER TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 258, 21 January 1928, Page 9

CAR MANUFACTURER TO VISIT NEW ZEALAND

V. R. MORRIS ON TOUR

Mr. W. R. Morris, maker of the .•rns.Oxford cars, and one the most outstanding figures _ n * he motor world to-day, is at ° r e#ent a tour of the yvorld, nd will he arriving in Auckland ° n January 29.

*A object in visiting New Zealand,” *'* r ‘ orr is, before leaving, “is to . knowledge regarding conditions and to make the personal *n T ;?* lntiince of as * many of our repre‘or’vt j 63 as Possible. lam looking to my tAp. and feel sure that ; mree and a-half months away from Fi^ nd will be well spent.” i. an unknowm bicvcle-mender to •iern 016 lea <*ing British motor manu* ca.~ir - rs * s a meteoric rise, but away (j u „ 111 Mr. Morris started to pro- •- cars of quite a new type. In n e ,. h days motor manufacturers n ‘;J er believed in the light car nor mass Production method of asi t . D» n i*‘ Morris pinned his faith on a car aced at a low price, and his such* Proved by the fact that to-day a plant, for which he rean °ff er °f £12,000,000 Dy aa American banking syndiI««k!* lie?es that it is his duty to Dir, works within the British Em&!irpL.an<l m fact a few months ago l 0 tbe Wolseley motor factory rYr ln u Under British ownership, at AfrL e , Xc ‘ edi ng £700,000. tin DlI n leav ' in K N ™' Zealand Mr. Mor*oinF through Australia, and ~~ to London in April next,