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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3528, 15 July 1920, Page 5

A speaker at at meeting at Gl-eytown last week stated that the same six engines, which were in ‘use twentyseven years ago. are still doing service on the Rimutaka line. They hid had new boilers, and extra fittings, but were otherwise idellfical, and the speaker contended that it was not a bad record. - The fact that the price of an agricultural tractor doubles in The space that eiarpses between its export from America -and its arrival in New Zealand, was personally brought unclear the notice of the Farmers’ UnishT‘.Executive in Auckland on Wednesday evening by Mr W. H. Dunning, cf Katikati. He stated that to carrf out work on his farm he had to purchase such a tractor at -at cost of £SOO, whereas he price in America was 1000 dollars. He pointed out that the digference was made up in auty, freight, and agents’ profits. The executive decided ti) bring the inzxtter before the Dominion Co.nferenee. .