THE WELLINGTON AND WAIRARAPA MOTOR COMPANY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9045, 3 February 1908, Page 7

THE WELLINGTON AND WAIRARAPA MOTOR COMPANY.

jfam of .the largest businesses,oe its kind in the' .North .Island lis that of the Wellington and (Wairarapa Motor Company, Ltd., Masterton, with branches at Wellington, and Blenheim. The local premises ex,tend from ,Queen Street, through .to Chapel .Street, the garage in the latter street being a twostorey buiOding 100 ft ;by 33ft, erected last year at .a -cost of £2,300, i The company's agencies include some of the best known motor cars manufactured in the United Kingdom—namely., Alldays and Inions, Brown Bros., Ltd,, Simms-Welbeck, Ltd., and Singers, Ltd. There are a great number of Alldays machines in use in the dominion, and their consistent and .reliable running ( feas given all-round satisfaction. 3£he company has placed several "Brown" cars with various Wairarapa residents. On Anniversary Day a Masterton resident, with a 1012 h.p. two cylinder "Brown" car ran through to Trentham and back, a total distance of 108 miles, on three and a half gallons of iben- j zine, an average of SO miles to the i gallon. The company have in stock at present three large cars. One 20 h.p? Alldays, 1908 pattern, just landed ex "Athenic," one 25 h.p. Simms-Welbeck, and one 24 h.p. "Brown." These cars are all grand specimens of the motor rhanufac-. turers' art, and are well worth a visit of inspection by motorists and' intending motorists. The company also are large dealers in bicycles and motor cycles. Recognising that the (fay of the high-priced bicycle is past, tmey have decided to retai'. their own "Champion" cycle, built at the Masterton works of B.S.A. fittings throughout, and fully guaranteed, for £ls cash. They also sell a really first-class B.S.A. pattern cycle for £B, aid those contemplating the purchase of a cycle cannot do better than pay their Queen Street establishment a visit. The bu c iness of the company has lately undergone a complete change, and is now under entirely new management. Mr A. J. Cameron is managing director. The motor department is under the capable charge of Mr Geoffrey Porter, whist Mr S. Deugarde manages the cycle department and acts as secretary of the company. The staff are glad at any time to see visitors in either department, Vv' hether they purchase or not, and in- • tending motorists are given every facility for choosing a ct.r, and trial runs can be arranged at any time.