PART THREE – 440 Burwood Road
Ray Tijou advertised heavily in the first few years,
universally favouring short classified ads in the Argus
and the Age newspapers.

I have found no illustrated newsprint ads.

It’s clear that Ray Tijou operated as a specialised garden
machinery shop – offering sales, spares and repairs.

The first ads are clear evidence that Ray held agencies
for a number of mower brands: Atco, Scott Bonnar, Morrison,
Mobilco, Austral-Villiers …

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Note the price for motor mowers …
“from 70 pound, 16 shillings”. Ray’s first new
power mowers were all reel mowers.[/b]

All that would change with one single event:
Ray Tijou being appointed as the first[b] Victorian
Victa Dealership in late 1955. That’s an amazing story!

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TO BE CONTINUED …