“MOURNFUL NUMBERS.”

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18203, 2 March 1929, Page 16

“MOURNFUL NUMBERS.”

Europe had a surfeit of motor shows during the last quarter of 19 28, and the statistics fiend was in his element. “Motor Transport” says: “To come to more highly technical matters, of the 24 5 cars exhibited 24 5 were fitted with hexagon nuts, none with pentagon, and none with triangular nuts. The number of cylindrical cylinders was sc great that they can only be expressed in round figures. This applies also to the bandsmen. “Not fewer than ten or more than twenty thousand wheel spokes were straight, radially arranged, and connected to central or west-central hubs. Nearly a thousand pneumatic tyres had air outside as well as inside tl\em. Forty-five radiators were overheating the exhibition hall, while the 24 5 cars had 24 5 radiators to cool 24 5 engines. Someone had evidently blundered. “In endeavouring to ascertain the total area of unsplinterable glass on (he exhibited vehicles my informant unfortunately smashed 7 5 windows and nearly as many windscreens. He is now counting out 3 0 days’ hard.”