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"The official figures show that the exports of tractors for October 1929, amounted to £296,000 ($1,438,560), against nil in the previous year,.while for the ten months ended October last the figure was £1,234,253 ($5,998,469)."
Decision by Mr. Ford to give Irish prosperity this potent boost was taken on the famed junket to England (TIME, April 23, 1928), during which King George and Queen Mary put etiquette in their royal pockets and went to the house of Viscountess Astor, where they were in effect presented to Mr. & Mrs. Henry Ford. Long, informal and marked by cordiality on both sides was the ensuing chat between the King of Men and the Monarch of Motors, a chat which may just possibly have been momentous and lucky for Ireland.