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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 7 (December 1, 1930)

Inventive Unrest

page 19

Inventive Unrest.

The over-production alleged to exist in commodities is certainly capable of being attained in transport machinery, but the continual exploitation of new competitive forms (example, the motorship in sea trade) seems to be capable of luring capital into constantly expanding efforts to construct “the best yet.” The spirit of innovation is almost as feverish on land and sea as in the air. The speed urge and the military urge are insatiable. In mechanisation the British Army, which staged a show for the Imperial Conference delegates on 18th October, claims to lead the world. Propaganda for British motor vehicles—now bent on recapturing Dominion markets—includes a claim that British speed machines on land (Golden Arrow), on water (Miss England), and in the air (Schneider Cup), symbolise the regained ascendancy of British manufacture.

Collaboration On Auckland Station Plans. From left: Messrs. W. R. Davidson, M. Inst. C.E., Asst. Chief Engineer, N.Z.R.; C. R. Ford, F.R.I.B.A., W. H. Gummer, F.R.I.B.A., Architects.

Collaboration On Auckland Station Plans.
From left: Messrs. W. R. Davidson, M. Inst. C.E., Asst. Chief Engineer, N.Z.R.; C. R. Ford, F.R.I.B.A., W. H. Gummer, F.R.I.B.A., Architects.