MOTOR CARAVAN

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 94, 11 December 1931, Page 2

MOTOR CARAVAN

BUNGALOW ON WHEELS In a one-roomed self-contained bungalow on wheels, Dr. H. N. Stephens, of Malvern, England, with his wife and four sons, is making pleasure jaunts through the South Island, filling in time till he can purchase a praetiee in New Zealand and ..settle, states the Christchurch Sun. Dr. Stephens was in Christchurch last week, and left on a trip into the country, hoping to find some fishing. His caravan, pulled by a car of English make, was made in England. The caravan is a wonderful work of compact neatness, Not an inch has been wasted in its construction, yet everything is conveniently arranged inside. The caravan is towed just like a trailer and at the end of the day's run the occupants just uncouple it, let down a couple of legs to steady it, and their home is ready for the evening. The door is at the back and just insfde that, on the right-hand side, is an oil-stove, with an oven that fits over the top for roasting a joint, and rings for cooking the vegetables or boiling the kettle. Along one side is a chest of drawers. The flagtop of this serves as a table on which to set the meal. When the inner man has been refreshed, half the top of the table can be lifted an there is then uncovered the sink for washing up. The dishes are stored in the drawers of the chest, or in a large cupboard which is just on the left of the door at the back. In other drawers are changes of attire and bed clothes, The chest of drawers, with the stove, takes up nearly the whole of one side of the caravan. Down the other is a bunk, with a spring mattress. Across the front end is another bunk of the same type. By a little arrangement the caravan can be made to take four, for there are spare bunks that can be arranged above the main ones, like those in the cabin of a steamer. Between the left bunks and the chest of drawers, there is a space about a yard wide, providing ample cbrridor room for moving up and j down. Everything, in fact, is packed into the smalle'st space possible, yet the interior does not seem the least cramped. All the inside woodwork is walnutstained, and there is a sort of felt matting on the floor. -