AN AGE OF TRAVEL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 31 January 1929, Page 4

AN AGE OF TRAVEL.

OVER EIGHT HUNDRED MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES COUNTED AT SHOW.

An official count of the motor cars and other vehicles parked inside and" outside the gates at the Levin A. and P. Show discloses the fact that the total for the two days was 680, exclusive of exhibitors' and official cars and other vehicles, which bring the number to 835. Such an aggergation of means of transport is a striking testimony to an age of travel, as well as popularity of the Show. • The figures, which were collected by the Borough Inspector, Mr W, J. Guinan, between ‘2.45 and 3 p.m. on -each day of the Show, are given in the following table:— FIRST DAY. Members ’ area—Cars 99 Public paddocks—Cars i.. 23 Outside parking—'Cars 69 Traps 12 Motor cycles 12 Total 215 SECOND DAY. Members' Area— Cars 144 Motor cycles 2 Public paddock— Cars -8.1 Traps y Motor cycle 1 Outside jiarking— Cars ’ 197 Traps 14 Motor cycles 17 Total 465 EXHIBITORS' AND OFFICIAL VEHICLES. Cars ... 68 81 'Praps 87 68 Total 155 Grand Total 835 In addition, hundreds of riders of push bicycles visited the Show, and the count detailed above does not include buses and taxi-cars that were coming and going yesterday. A fullyladen charabanc arrived from. Foxton, and a bus from the southern end of the district made several trips. The Show traffic figures eclipse the returns for Election Night and Christmas Eve, on which occasions there were respectively 209 and 342 cars parked in the central streets of the town.