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THE MOTOR CRAZE.

lis the motor car craze destroying home Biife in England? Ma- Albert Halstead, United States Consul at Birmingham, gives on answer in the

affirmative in a report on the {growing use of the miitoniou-uc in Kngland. "1 a.m informed," lie says, "that people are spending less time at home, caring less for the .a.ttra.ctiveziess of ihoine, and devoting itdiei.r surplus money, and even more than their surplus, ito the purchase of automobiles and their upkeep. Real ©state agents state that- there is a decided tendency for (peoplio who do .not own their own (houses, and even for some of those who do own their (houses., or ttfhe leaseholds, (to -take smaller bouses .and toj&peiid tlhe saving oil rent and taxes in the purchase and maintenance of their automobiles. The theaI t"e9 (make the same complaint, as do those —tlvougfh_ in a> smaller degree—v,'ho vsoll irmi'sical .instruments, and 'booksellers, and even mien's and women's eitothiers and costume-makers, .find tlie nnotor car somiewhart of an interference and injury ,to their business.."

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10523, 11 January 1912, Page 4

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THE MOTOR CRAZE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10523, 11 January 1912, Page 4

THE MOTOR CRAZE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10523, 11 January 1912, Page 4

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