WORLD AUTOMOBILE NEWS

Hawera Star, Volume L, 17 May 1930, Page 12

WORLD AUTOMOBILE NEWS

GROWTH OF MOTOR TRANSPORT. Indicative of the progress automotive transportation is making all over the world, is the fact that, exclusive of ,the United /States, registration of motor vehicles lias increased 16.5 per cent, in the last year. While there are only four countries in the world that have as many as a million automobiles, the total BUtmher of passenger cars, motor trucks and buses in operation in all nations is reported at 32,600,000. The Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific, has the smallest automobile registration, with but two motor cars in the group. Next to the United States, New Zealand lias the greatest number of automobiles per capita, the figure being one for each 8.9 inhabitants. Canada is third with one car to each nine persons. While 77 per cent, of the world’s production of automobiles. Last year European automobile makers produced nearly 600,009 cars and trucks. The promotion of motor transport in various parts of the world is indicated by the recent visits to the United States of representatives of five lead-

ers Jn the automobile world in connection with highway programmes and bus development. - D. R„ Onrubia, who is on the staff of the Manilla Railroad Company of the the Philippine Islands, .is making a. study of motor bus. operation and l also of the manner in which Anierican railroads are co-ordinating motor trucks and buses with rail transportation.