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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 July 1931, Page 8

In a survey of the development of the motor industry in New Zealand, published in “Community Planning,” the Commissioner of Transport, Mr J. S. Hunter, remarks that for various reasons, among which might be mentioned the state of the roads, and the purchasing power of the commun ity, the motor-car has not developed evenly throughout the Dominion. Broadly speaking, development may be described as having originated in the urban and then spread to the rural areas. Figures showing the number of motor-cars on the register [ (excluding dormant registrations) at I per head of population at 31st December. 1929, showed that there arc more cars in relation to population in the Wellington East .Highway District (7.1 persons per car), and least in the West Coast Highway District (21.9 persons per car). The Canter- | buty North (7.8), Canterbury South I (7.9), Hawke’s Bay (8.3), Taranaki : (8.5), Southland (9.0), Gisborne (9.7). ! and Wanganui (9.9) districts each have under ten persons per motorj car, while the Nelson (10.5), Canterbury Central (11.1), Auckland South (12.0), Wellington West (12.2), Tauranga (12.9), Otago Central (13.2), Otago South (1'1.3), King Country (17.0), and Auckland North (17.8) lo noV( i n that oper-