A CITY AN CHASIS.
MOTOR C^BSv-lN:' OHPJST^URCH. y, (Bpftdl*i'*ofler_ia;l 7 j, CHRISTCHUROHj this day. Christchurch has frequently- been referred to as* <€% /on -Wheels." It has Keep sflid.lthaMmufc itad&ivgred by a 'cyisjlist, tfiit "iM tulcHer's boy ridee nothing, but. jl, oyeto t v*noV: that , practic : -eiVeryprie fitont" tihe flv*ie-iye#-old child to the oldest citizen can and does ride tJhe;.irdn: Jstefid. • 'B^efot^^Wng OTi^lst church, will be known .as 7 a city or chassis.;. AKeady^ ths 'ihotc*l? k ' waggon i« used to depver goods, groceries, Iruit, draper>, IrtJokl?, and man} other lines; and the ' motor lorry nc longer orates '.even a passing/ interest. In the Cit^79|7ohi*isj^iifch''^e^ aw 302 motor 'csars licensed for hire, and the num,be*;s ( grow steadily, ;,All,are nqi m use 'at' ifre'sfunie time, for maxiy art kept m re^rjre to meet emergencies and cope jyiih the, abnormal^ traffic oi Carnivaf and' •; §rf net - ;Naitions Week,' but even so' the total is* a' larg< one for' v a 'city o/ ' f he 'Size of Christ churcTiV o^e7upoti a/t|h-ie'; there wer< 200 horse refiicles licehMd tocpry pas sengers m•; the oify, b!wt, as; the ' motoi cars have .; steadily increased the cabi have*i*teadily 7deereaV»ed tin pumber, anc tp-day^omy' oS .'are' ucensed, bY the citj council. 7ln ait there aro mo|6i cars arid 'motor cycles ,. registered '" ChrisWhui-cli,. and the ; growi practically, every day. Tne totals' ■'&&, : ' MitW^Oars- '-;7- -*'.;;•• im "Motor (tyciela '7 -AA' A- 2°s° A<sqty.X'y Ay .^7;:;v7^f v: A toiir of T numerous garage^ m thi ,<jity w.ill. show* lafge . ntrmberg of ( cars o all sorts and descriptions offered fo sale. Every boat from America and th Old Country adds to the number. Th amoufrt of money infested m motor car m Canterbury alonfr roust he very -great
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13290, 28 January 1914, Page 8
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283A CITY AN CHASIS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13290, 28 January 1914, Page 8
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