MOTOR CARS
DOMINION STATISTICS. SOUTHLAND’S POSITION. The year 1929 marked the peak in the number of motor vehicles sold in the Dominion. The figures for the 1929 and the four preceding years are as follows:— 1925 18,600 1926 ' 18,024 1927 12,984 1928 •. .. 16,680 1929 21,405 Tire following table shows the average price of cars imported in the foregoing years. 1925 £lB6 1926 ’ £159 1927 £155 1928 £147 1929 £147 Provincial Figures. At November 30, 1929 there were 7,946 cars in Southland. This represents six per cent of the total Dominion registration and works out at one car to every nine people in the province. The figures for the provincial districts are as follows: — Province Population P.O. of Number Total re- of gistrations people to each
Auckland .. .. 491,000 27 can 13 Hawkes Bay .. 73,000 ' 9 5 Taranaki .. .. 74,000 6 9 Wellington .. . 293,uuO Marlborough. Nelson 21 10 and Westland 87,000 4 14 Canterbury 222,000 20 8 Otago 150,000 15 Southland .. .. 67,000 6 9
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Southland Times, Issue 21092, 26 May 1930, Page 4
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161MOTOR CARS Southland Times, Issue 21092, 26 May 1930, Page 4
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