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More bless f orecas • 1n car MELBOURNE - Car component, tyre and accessory industry spokesman forecast today _more if the number of new cars registered continues to drop next year. Preliminary statistics released in Canberra on Wednesday show that registrations in November dropped sharply and those for December are expected to show a similar decline. WINDSOR JEANS WORLD Shop 16 Windsor Arcade Cavanagh Street - Phone 81 5931 MEN'S and BOYS' JEANS Amco, Levi, Colon1als, Keyman (tlared and straight), the new Gatsby Denim Shorts. Men's and Boys' Western Shim ALL LESS 10%. Matching Denim Jackets SPECIAL! Boys' Long and Short-Sleeved Shirts -Less 50c each One industry source said last night: "It isn't going to be a happy New Year I can tell you. "It the car market con- tinues to decline we can expect the other manu- facturers and assemblers to lay off people and lower production. "This in turn means less work for us. "As we are overstocked already in many items - Just look at the number of Australian made tyre! lying around - we would be forced to retrench. "Even Government ac- tion taken now will take time to become effective - we are watching the situation as closely as we can." • PHONE FOR YOUR CLASSIFIED AD IN NCWC: - 81 65•2 LAND ROVER CLEARANCE · Due to our large shipment of new vehicles we must clear these second-hand units quickly to make way for new stock: 1968 6-CYL. LAND ROVER Hard Top. First class condition. Package rack. Water capacity: 20 gallons. Three spare tyres. Electric 124 x 240 · refrigerator. Fuel capacity 64 gallons. Fully instrumented. $3000. . 6-CYL. LAND ROVER UTILITY Handyman's special. Good mechanical condition. Neeos springs re- placed. Late model. $1500. 4-CYL. LAND ROVER Hard Top. Excellent condition. Three fuel tanks. Two water tanks. Sliding windows. Good value. $2800. 4-CYL. LAND ROVER Tray Top. Good condition. Handy fo r the b'. ock or farm. Fantastic buy at $1000. 1969 VALIANT Utility. Good goer. Bodywork excellent. R.adio. $950. IR · SCO - LEYLAND FOR GOOD VALUE IN USED 4 x 4's AND COMMERCIALS 8 BISHOP STREET - Phone Reg O'Brier:t on 81 8844 4 - The NT News, December- 20;-f974 Knoll (left) the well·known Territory sculptor and painter, presents one of hi works to Ruth Groves, a representative of Airways. Yesterday's presentation was the first step in ,ivfnr the palntlnr, called "Wet at Ba(o''/' to the British Royal Family a1 a Christmas rift. British Airways will fly the paintinr free to England. The donation was organised by the Northern Territory Regional Royal present Promotion Association Inc. .... ececac.lCIClCtf ..:. GOVERN PLAN IS PUT BACK i i i GIFTS i I i ! RADIO PARTS. 1 • Tennant Creek will not have a local govern- ; : ment for about 17 months. I 11 The Australian Gov- allow for the effects of i I ernment offered the town inflation and other con- • CENTRAL MALL : SMITH STREET local rule last month, tingencies that could 'JI _ with a view to receiving occur during the 1n1tial 1 , ! a. decision on the offer five year period. . I 81 357Q : 81 8508 j from Town Management Mr Tuxworth said talks · '.II :I Board in February and 1 d d th I tt_ • election of a council in were a 50 nee e on e JI j boundary situation. • e Record Cleaning Spray a June. '* 1' "We feel that the mines !!f 2 and cattle stations around 1 • Record Cleaning Cloth • the town should be in- "' M Management Board, Mr eluded, but there would lt • Dust Bugs M Ian Tuxworth, said yes- be no point in rates on I I terday the board needed these because no improve- 1 i • Blank Cassettes top brands I at least 12 months to ments to the land would 1 it J( make such a decision. be possible," he said. ! I • Memorex, Teal and Basf I He said another prob- '!f. • Shure Magnetic Cartridges _. "We are not going to be stampeded - it's as simple as that," he said. The major negotiations still to be carried out on the question of local gov- ernment for the town in- clude the ratio for con- tributions to town funds. Mr Tuxworth said the board "was not happy" with the proposed form- ula of the Government paying 55 per cent and the town 45 per cent. He said a more flexible formula was needed to QUICKLY MOVED Darwin City Council in- spectors were out early yesterday to have some- thing done about the rot- ting garbage pictured in yesterday's NT News - but they weren't early enough. When they arrived at the sites in Aralia St., Night- cliff, and Cavenagh St., City, the messes bad been cleaned away. But Town Clerk, Mr Tom Abbott, warned: "Our in- spectors will be making regular patrols and if litter 1 or garbage is seen lying around notice will be given to the property owners. they don't clean It up they will be prosecuted." lem was that one-third of 1 J 2 .., the main street in Ten- W e Service Aids I nant Creek, usually the lfi most profitable for a town l.!J e Radios IC council in terms of rates, ij I was taken up by non- !!f • Radio/Cassettes A r a t e ab 1 e Government buildings such as schools, I • Cassette Deck I the police station and ¥ J( court house. )/_ • The home of Rotel Amplifiers in Darwin J( I( "Some sort of compen- 'ii I sation is needed to ac- !I IGHTS I( count for the loss in rates 1 ij OPEN LA TE FRI. & MON. N A this would cause," he W j said. I DARWIN'S ONLY CYCLE STORES WISH THEIR MANY CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS BIKE DEALER 64 McMINN ST., CITY PHONE 81 6369 RAPID CREEK SHOPPING CENTRE PHONE 85 4969 I I I I I
