THE TRAFFIC JAM.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 307, 28 December 1934, Page 6

THE TRAFFIC JAM.

Knowing full well there would be hundreds of motor cars with passengers to view the display of fireworks, it seems passing strange that no provision was made to cope with the expected traffic. I happened to be amongst the many who journeyed by car to witness the display, and parked my car overlooking the Tamaki Drive, at the fork of three roads near the overhead railway bridge leading towards Parnell. Very soon the whole road was a mass of cars, completely blocking every outlet. There were several minor collision's and matters looked very serious, until a young man whose name I learned was Rice, a driver of a delivery van, seeing how matters were, and realising the seriousness of the position, installed himself in the middle of the road as a director of traffic and carried out his selfimposed duty in a most capable manner. I must also say a word in praise of the motorists-. They 'all obeyed his instructions and signals as if he were a uniformed officer. After one and a half hours of this strenuous task a constable arrived and relieved him and was most profuse in his thanks. 11. NEWTON.