The Archive · 1929

BRITISH INDUSTRIES

To the Editor of the "Norru-Cuwa Dany New:

Sm,—The advertising bombardment has commenced and in yesterday's issue of one of your contemporaries consisting of over, 140 pages, it will surely interest, the British Chamber of Commerce and the British Commercial Attache to know that about three inches of, space is given-over to Bfitish motor cars.

One section of the stack was devoted to motoring and aviation, ear, I pondered over. the amazing records made by Major Seagrave in motor car and motor boat, and: the members of the British team in the Schneider Cup ace, and the purpose for which they' were made, In this so called "wonder city" of Shanghai which has been mainly Duilt up on British enterprise, and with British naval units and troops here for the protection of British interests, one would have thought special effort could have been made to ginger up the British motor ear industry. during this bombardment, The British Chamber of Commerce may have heard of the all-British electric. sign which will shortly make its appearance "in Shanghai, and the members might well to consider an advertising campaign for displaying slogans on British goods, in. the English and Chinese versions. If it's British, it's best.

Tam, ete,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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