ONE LIFE PER DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 142, 18 June 1930, Page 9

ONE LIFE PER DAY.

I TOLL OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS,! ! HOW THIT MAY BE HEDUCED IN NUMBER, I I i I CONFERENCE IN WELLINGTON. I I j (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. 'We find," said the Minister of Kailways, the Hoo. W. A. Voitdi, ia the conference called by the Government to consider the best methods to adopt to reduce the number of traffic accidents, '"that we are up against Vio appalling situation at the present moment that as the result on road accidents, we are losing just about one lite I per day. '"These accidents, I sincerely believe, can be considerably reduced in number, and I believe will be reduced in number as the result of the deliberations of this conference," continued the Minister. ''I am pure you will agree with me thai my successor, Mr. Taverner, as Minister of Transport, has acted wisely in confirming my earlier decision to call this conference."' The Minister said that the question of railway versus road transport was always raised and considered. He did not like looking at it from the point of view of railway versus rood. He l»>lieved the proper viewpoint railway and road transport. Finally they must bear in mind that the transport service existed for the purpose of giving the people facilities, and anything that tended to the curtailment of these services would increase the cost of production and the cost of living.