The Archive · 1941

SERVICE, PLEASE!

'The new pneumatic tyres on Shanghai transport coolies' carts and barrows have transformed ideas.

Faithful Chauffeur James, who always heeds his employers condes-conding instruction. "Home" occasionally would suggest politely that he should stop at the garage and have the tyres of the Rolls Royce inflated.

The other ddy. outside one of our largest garages, we saw a couple of coolies draw up with their cart, well-laden. One of them went to the "Free Air" pump, inflated the flattening tyres and. after expertly testing them, went on his way rejoicing.

"Service after sale" is a good motorcar slogan. But who profits here? Apparently there were no oblections though the chances of making a gasoline sale were remote—very remote,

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

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