“Government buses are not always nrofr.ible ventures,” remarked Sir James Parr at the Palmerston North High School. “Four buses we hod up the King Country were guaranteed to run 18 miles to the gallon, but somehow or other they only did five miles. We had to get to work discover the leak, so we sent up a Scotchman shrewd and capable. Now we get 20 miles to the gallon.*'
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Otago Witness, Issue 3757, 16 March 1926, Page 28
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69Page 28 Advertisements Column 2 Otago Witness, Issue 3757, 16 March 1926, Page 28
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