MOTOR AND CYCLE.
It is cabled from England thafthe big Sopwith works, which have since the war confined their operations chiefly to manufacturing motor cycles, etc., has been compelled to close down, with its 1400 workpeople, owing tn - ''inicultiea caused by the slump in tin coi'-cycle trade at Home. In view , the fact that recent files from Engia i reported a keen demand for motor-e> 'lea, this is strange reading, and furtner ns l 't' cu ' ars are needed before one eonelnr'ss that an all-round slump in motor- ,V c l e3 naa started in England. As the firm mentioned marketed a somewhat unconventional type of machine, designed on aeroplane practise, this may have something, to do with the information cabled. The Sopwith concern was noted for its great i*x&u&s with aeroplanes
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1920, Page 9 (Supplement)
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132MOTOR AND CYCLE. Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1920, Page 9 (Supplement)
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