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• THE LIGHT VAN DELIV,ERS THE GOODS.

7th June 1921, Page 10
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HE STRIKING utility of the light van to the trading community can only be adequately appreciated by the assumption of a negative hypothesis. One has only to imagine what the effect would be of the sudden withdrawal of 'thousands of these vehicles on business enterprises of all descriptions.

The fact of the matter is-that the exTress van and lorry have so insinuated ;themselves into our commercial services dm to now be regarded as an essential 'corollary. City stores serving big suburban areas draw the custom of madam, :not only because they can Satisfy her -most exacting tastes, but also because she knows the goods will be delivered promptly and free „from. damage. Abolish the 'express van' and what then? 'Would the downtown show -' emporiums still maintain 1:their hold on suburbia? We venture to think not!

There is hardly a firm of Liverpool ship repairers without several of these useful little conveyances, and 'these companies are very shrewd judges of whatis what. The light lorry is first on the job and is the last away.. Ships come into "port for repairs, .which must be executed promptly and economically, or else the work will go

elsewhere. What happens? The express lorry is first an the'scerie with the necessary tackle and two or three men to make ready for the other workmen who are to follow. It goes to and fro between the works and the dock carrying material and parts necessary for the job. Many hours --w-OUld be required if alternative mealis were adopted for the discharge of the same work as is done by the "little giant." When the work is dune, the main gang of workmen vacates

the ship, leaving a couple of men and the motor to"clear up."

A few weeks ago our Liverpool reproeentative was told of a contractor in the building and jobbing line who ventured

a few score pounds on a light lorry. His experiences, crystallized in a. sentence,

were that whereas to do work at a cer tain well-known town 30 miles from Liverpool required two days' -prepara tions, for the transport of tools, material,

plant, etc., before a single stroke -of productive labour could be undertaken, since possessing the lorry the work could be started within' four hours of loading„ and two returnjourneys could

• be made in a day. We 'seem to be on the eve of great developments with the light van, in connection with which there are already glimmerings of its specialized adaptation to pm-bleu- Mr' trades. Its value will continue to develop in a like proportion to the extent that the trading community and the general public would suffer by its extinction.

The slogan for the van industry is "The Light Van Delivers the Goods.'

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Locations: Liverpool

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