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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1936, Page 14 (Supplement)

ROAD ACCIDENTS INCREASE : — *M • ' ■ ' ' : j ■ - > r - • ■ ' • . • %}■* . • • ■' ' . . • '' v- ■ ' v '■ : v.' • " & •- N - £' X . with 59 in 934! an increase I of nearly 1 7 per cent. Twentyeight pedestrians were killed In many cases the victims of ro&d accidents through being struck by motor robbed of the chance of obtaining compensavehicles, compared with 18 in .. , , ~ 1934, an increase of over 55 tion for injuries and damages through the ordinary per cent. processes of law because of the number of hit-and-The following table gives an run drivers concerned. analysis of the reported fatal accicity „„d p „vi„« Every regis tered reader of the "Auckland Urban orPro- Star" can, without any extra expense, insure himself Pedestrians killed " T Vi |T T< 2B lS against the growing menace of road accidents, and Cars in collision 0 I I _ at the same time rest assured that, in the event of Car and truck ..0 3 3 • , . , . .„ , • 1 Car and bicycle 0 I l him meeting with an accident, he will be paid Car and motor whatever compensation he is entitled to under the cycle Oil „ -ir Motor cycle and "Auckland Star free insurance scheme without tuss Motorcycle' and 2 5 ? and without delay. bicycle 1 0 1 o '"./? Oil /The number of claims paid out by the Trucks in col- Prudential Assurance Company to the dependents Falta°from ' ' of readers of the "Auckland Star who vehicles 1 2 3 have been killed in accidents on the road has been Out of control, , . . skids, etc.— growing steadily year by year. Cars 1 18 19 Motor "cycles" 2 0 2 '^ le accident figures for last year, given here, — — — are sufficient to convince every responsible minded - 26 43 69 . r person of the necessity for some protection against The most disquieting features of , . , the position are the greater number I growing danger. I of pedestrians killed, both in the . Registered reader, of the "Auckland Star" or crashed out of control with loss have this protection FREE! of life. Deaths due to motor cars leaving the road out of control • numbered 19. Several cars plunged Are you covered? If Hot, sign and post the into rivers, sometimes resulting in - , , the drowning of one or more of the rorm below. occupants; others skidded and capsized over banks. "AUCKLAND STAR" REGISTRATION FORM. To the "Auckland Star" Registration Department Box 1409, Auckland. Reader's Full Name ...........i*.,.,. (Write as clearly as possible) Address .r. . •...«. •• Are you Already a Subscriber? ................ ..•••.« .. . • i ! Please register me as a regular reader for the benefits of your Free Insurance, in i accordance with the full conditions published in the "Auckland Star," June 29, 1935. Vi'hers a person is not already a regular subscriber, the district agent will be notified to supply, or the paper can be posted direct from this office. i Post with Stamped and Addressed Envelope for Acknowledgment of Registration. This serious increase in the toll of tne road revealed in these figures draws attention to the ever-growing danger to which everyone but particularly the breadwinners of families as they go to and from their work—is exposed as the result of the constantly-increasing volume and speed of modern traffic. Printed and Published -for the Proprietors,.. New Zealand Newspapers, Limited, by Ambrose Charles Pawson, of 33, Hamilton Koad, Ponsonby, .'Publisher, at the Office of tha-Company, Sbortland Street, Auckland, SATURDAY, JANUAKX 25, 1936,