NAILS AND GLASS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 270, 13 November 1943, Page 4

NAILS AND GLASS

MENACE ON HIGHWAYS USB OF MAGNETIC TRUCK (0.C.) INVERCARGILL, this day. When it was stated at the meeting of the general committee of the Automobile Association (Southland) that the Main Highways Board charged 12/6 an hour for the use of its magnetic truck for picking up nails and other metal objects from roadways, Mr. D. J. Wesney said he understood this charge was made from the time the truck took for travelling from one place to another. The president, Mr. S. C. K. Smith, said he and Mr. F. G. O'Beirne had interviewed the town clerk in reference to glass and nails on the city streets. They hoped also to interview the city engineer on the subject. After an accident the persons concerned were supposed to remove any broken glass from the road. However, as such persons were often injured or agitated this duty was frequently overlooked. It had therefore been suggested to the toute clerk that the council's • employees should sweep up the glass and charge the cost to the parties concerned. However, it was probable that before a by-law to this effect could be- passed the Commissioner of Transport would have to be consulted.