South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-13
VISITOR ASSERTS
GAS PRICE HIGH
In AUSTRALIA
NJ otor Conditions Discussed
by Studebaker Reprcsen-
tatiye In City.

Despite the fact that gasoline
costs - cents uar!ca-nE CI Et.4I.
a gallon. Australia and New = lana
absorb many AmetsCan manufactlt-
Ell automobiles annually. r. Good
win. Aus ,raliau representative of tte
Studebaker Corp. now 90 Sou,h
Bend on business said last night .n
discussing the imports 90 the two
British possess ions. Incidentally ls
added. gasoline IS termed motor
spirits" there.
Mr. Graham and Mrs. Graham.
who are guests AT The oliver holeL
were equally ertuUs .astic concern
ins the possibilities az Australia
ana New Zealand. and commented
on the total Ct American products
imported. They were in south Bend
IN 1919 on business Tor the Stude-
baker corporation
Americans too little realize the
tremendous trade opportunities
there" said Ar Graham. Austria
la YOU know. has an area 1000
miles larger than the United States.
sydney IS "A city or more than a mil
lion people, q little New YORK I'm
many prospects. Australia Itself
has a population IT, excess OF 5.4o6.-
1914
Business 3 particularly good IN
Australia and New Zealand now. Ou-
prosperity is based on quantity pro-
ductiOn and prices obtained Nat
ural exports are increasing, and our
Imports as we'll
Australia S. a land OF vast areas.
BY way o. illustration I recently
asked one of our Studebaker dea,-
ers how far he had 20 drive a car
10 make a delivery 10 one OF his GUS
toners. II was 1000 miles from the
receiving point 10 hiss own head
quarters and a similar distance 90
that Of his customer. In all he drove
1000 miles 20 deliver that car.
Because Of the climate open
models are the most popular in the
Australian territory. New Zealand
Is tropical and Queenstown is Ike
wise while the lower half OF the
continent Is sub-tropicai
The original Australian IS rap
Idly disappearing The aboriginee
Is OF low intelligence and those tina.
live adjacent TO the cities are cared
for through government agencies.
He picks mp all the vicious traits
OF the white man. and adopts none
OF their virtues.
Australia is a remarkable coua-
try IN many ways. For instance
the Geographical society has Sert
missions to investigate the continent.
The country has two anil
mails each OF which contrib
ute 20 the missing link in the
evolution Of such animals. These are
the platypus and or course the kan
CARGO. The platypus has hil an0
teeth, laws eggs ard suckles Its
young. lives in lard and water.
which 10 the zooloEist forms am f1-
teresting subject of study because Of
the opposite tendencies Il exhibits.
Prohibition Is issue
Prohibition is a vexatIous Qucs-
tion IN Australia which now has us
Local option laws We have Jazz
music and Jazz orchestras. IN sgd
ney there arc cabarets. and ir you
choose you may dance until daylight
IN them.
"Cur form OF government is pat
termed much after the American
system. We have many miles ot
macadsm and gravel roads we
have one hotel which has more than
900 rooms
As in America, business In Aus
tr0..G IS a matter Of specialization.
Competition IS keen. and 10 get bus
mess one has % Doe alert and go aft
81 it, The Studebakor car because
OF its general merits and us rea-
sonablc price as compared with COM
petitors IS n popular favorite and
has o wide spread demand.
Wealth u Australia is evenly 81
vidcd We have our miliionairos
bu, we do not have the men Of OK
treme wealth such as the United
States. We have an old asc pcn-
sion system. the only qualifications
FOR which arc residence and gener-
al good character. Il has been test
ed. tried ont and found 10 be high
~ satisfactory.
Both Naw Zealand and Austria, =
are among the priced British pos
sessions. in the Iafo war New lea
land lost $1,000 men our or 10000
sent 10 Europe while Australia SUI
fored casualties OF 1900 out g
600. 600 men dispatched there.