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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17146, 31 December 1929, Page 11

* Shops in Gisborne will remain open Intil 'lO o'clock to-night, -and -will Bobserve two full-day holidays to-morrow and Thursday. As -the shops are allowed only two late nights in the fortnight, and as they« remained open on Christmas Eve, all will be required to close at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday next. Traffic * for Auckland on the Main I Trunk during the Christmas holidays! constitutes a record. On Monday 59 cars were dispatched fully preserved. Tuesday was the heaviest day. 'There were seven ears on the morning Limited, 14 on the 2 p.m., 18 on the 3.45 p.m., .seven on the night* Limited, and 17 on "' the 8.30 p.m.—a total of 63V of which six were sleepers. The total number of passengers carried that day was 2280. On Wednesday 25 oars were dispatched. Night trains on Christmas Eve for Napier and Wanganui, dividing at Palmerston North, took 14 cars comfortably filled, and alii, other trains were correspondingly , heavy. There are many points in the new j 'B.i,A> wchieh will appeal to the motor cy<f ist. The power-output of the B.|.A. inclined engjne ensures a perfect to|, gear performance, and .makes possible the .maintenance of high average sp«ds over .long.distances without over'lfftJUg. The car-type sump system 1 liefas highly-efficient engine lubrication, nicl esoUomy in oil consumption. The KB;A. system quietens the exhawt.riote down'to a .pleasant, ".mellow j burble, whilst scientific design has reduced .nrijfaaical. and valve gear noise to a I *^ ue du P lox crat^e t ramo an(I 1 give a low, comfortable ml-j Ke MBBSpj while .rock-steady steering I infernal expanding brakes, degree of safety at all l ,«MMiAj)t ,Qm. Corlett, Gladstone demonstrate the new B.S.A.