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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 10 March 1934, Page 12

Some astonishing figures have been published by the Automobile Association showing the expansion of motor traffic in Britain during recent years. The census was taken in September at the peak period of traffic at more than 100 important points throughout England, Wales and Scotland, and showed that during the whole week no fewer than 3,232,050 mcchnnicallv propelled vehicles passed the automobile association observers; nearly half a million more than in the corresponding week last year. Motor traffic generally showed an increase of 17 per cent, over 1932 figures, while in the last five years heavy motor traffic has increased by no loss than 63 per cent. A body of outstanding interest has been evolved by an English firm. For normal use it is an attractive twoseater, with a shapely tail. The top portion of the tail, however, is designed to hinge back and form the squab for a roomy double seat, the passengers on which are provided with wells extending underneath the front seats. Thus the owner has all the advantages of a two-seater, with the occupants of what is normally the dickey seat entirely protected from the elements by a hood and side screens. In short, the body can, in a few minutes, be converted, from a -twoseater into a close-coupled sports fourseater.