FRANCE LEADS IN EUROPE
While the world leadership" of the United States in the number of motor vehicles per inhabitant is generally; known, the rise of France in automobile ownership by large masses of the people since the World War is less generally’known outside the country’s borders. France stands first among the European countries. Statistics compiled by cities show there is 1 automobile for every 19 Parisians; 1 for every 12 persons in Cannes, on the Riviera; 1 for every 16 in Agon, Provence; and 1 for every 17 in Charleville, near the Luxembourg border.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 180, 1 August 1931, Page 10
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95FRANCE LEADS IN EUROPE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 180, 1 August 1931, Page 10
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