ELECTRIC WAR ON HUNS.

Taihape Daily Times, 23 May 1919, Page 7

ELECTRIC WAR ON HUNS.

PLANS OF GREAT NEW BRITISH COMBINE.

“Undoubtedly one of tin* biggest combines of its kind in the world.’)’ w as the description given by one of the managing directors yesterday of the newly formed English Electric Company. It is an all-British combine of important engineering and electric undertakings, and its main object is to take the place hitherto held by the A E.G. Company, of Berlin. “The new E.E.C, incorporates the businesses of Dick, Ker r and Co., with its two subsidiary companies, Willans and Robinson, Ltd., and the United Electric Car Company, of Preston,” he said “and in addition it incorporates the whole of the Coventry Ordnance Works in Coventry and on the Clyde, and the Phoenix Dynamo Co, in Bradford . ■ -t > . v.:

J “The combine starts with a capital of five millions, and is at present giving employment to 25,000 workpeople. “Until now there was no purely British company which could compare favourably with the great German company, the A.E.G., consequently large British and Colonial contracts had to be placed in Germany or America. The German, enterprise centralised its activities, and could undertake the largest contracts available, In England it would have been necessary to ‘farm’ the contrast out to a number of different under f liongs “The British combine have engaged competent technical and comniercu.l experts. This will form a sort of buicau for foreign Govern .non vs, where all negotiations can bo carried through “The combine will take, up all ( hisses of electric and engineering work, from railway electrification to the smallest fractional horse-power motor for driving a fan. It will start educational classes fo r apprentices with a view to establishing the highest standard for British workmanship, For this purpose a park has been pure*based at Preston.