"The .-system must cither be improved or abolished," said Or. C. I'. Agar .at last night's meeting of the City Council in answer to Cr. \V. E. Lcadley, who wanted to know if the matter had been considered of putting more policemen on point duty at various busy parts of Ihe City, making particular reference to the corner of Armagh street and Colombo street. Cr. Agar said the last time such a question was discusged by the By-Jaws and Finance Committee the suggestion was made that the system of policemen on point duty should be abolished owing to the confusion that it often created. As an instance of this he stated that sometimes drivers at the Bank of New Zealand corner received signals from three different directions. Had it not been for the good judgment of drivers he was afraid that the system of point duty would have becu responsible for many accident*
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18547, 24 November 1925, Page 8
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