GARAGE GOSSIP
There are still 8,000,000 bicycles in use in France, and they contribute nearly £1,200,000 in taxes. The French refuse to relinquish this convenient and highly personal means of locomotion. Russian chemists are experimenting with a new method of producing artificial rubber from petroleum waste, and it seems likely that the process will shortly be placed on a commercial basis. The world’s super highway is in Detroit, U.S.A. It is 204 ft. wide. The central portion is for fast-moving traffic both ways, and it is flanked by two 44ft. traffic lanes for slower vehicles.
It is efpected that Sir Henry Segrave’s 231 miles an hour car, the Golden Arrow, will be exhibited in Wellington early next year in connection with a showing of 1930 British cars. Arrangements to ship the famous car to New Zealand were made a month ago. It will certainly prove a great attraction.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 746, 20 August 1929, Page 6
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