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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22373, 21 September 1934, Page 16

Natives on the African Gold Coast have taken to bicycling with such a will that the ambition of everyone is to possess a “ round-legged donkey with one eye.” To satisfy this deaiie, the British Post Office and a firm ol bicycle manufacturers have co-operated, so all that the native who desires to be in the fashion has to do is to post the money, and back a shining new bicycle, delivered to his door by the postman. The British manufacturing firm hit upon the idea ofscllingits product abroad by posting bicycles in small parcels for assembly on delivery. Jo facilitate matters a “ parcel post bicycle was specially constructed, thus saving much expenses, for postal charges are extremely low compared with steamer or rail transport. Now all that the energetic native has to do is to join five pieces together, a task that produces dozens of helpers, pump up the tyres and ride off, the proud possessor of a new bicycle. Measuring from the centre of the earth, instead of from sea level, the highest mountain is not Mount Everest, but Mount Chimborazo, in the Andes, according to calculations made by the German scientist. Dr G. Rosch. Chimborazo’s peak is 3966.99 miles from the centre of the earth; Everest’s only 3965.66. Four other peaks, Huascaran (Pern), Cotopaxi (Ecuador), Kenia (East Africa), and Kilimanjaro (Africa) are also “ higher above the earth’s centre than Everest.”