MOTOR TRAFFIC.
SPEED ON GRAVEL ROADS SOME EXEMPTIONS FROM LIMIT ' (Per Press Association) WELLINGTON, March 16. •'As the result of a conference held in Wellington of representatives of the North and South Island Motor Unions, county councils, and the Minister for Transport, the department recently gazetted a speed limit of 40 miles an hour on gravel roads, to be put ; into operation on all gravel roads, with the exception of certain main arterial roads, which will be specially exempted. -. After an agreement between 1 the Main Highways Board and county councils, the speed limit will apply only to gravel roads unless specially exempted, whereas permanently surfaced concrete roads, tar or bitumen roads, and, if the Minister agrees, pumice and clay roads, will remain under the present regulations, in which the only consideration for the motorist is the safety of the public.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 133, 17 March 1933, Page 2
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