TRAFFIC SIGNS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20023, 3 September 1930, Page 9

TRAFFIC SIGNS.

ASSOCIAI^p^OFFER. §j|fe«OT YBT BEGUN. months ago the Canterbury 3 Association discussed the ta •in use in Christchurch, ; of (pinion that they were oty;s offered to meet the cost es, the municipality accepter with thanks*. Since then, las been made to erect the nany ofthose now in use are ridence of wear, indicating 11 not ,be long before it will cessary at least to repair hot to remove them irom rnow do service. Relying ; er of the Association, the cril has not been adding to or of signs in use. but up lent the Association has not > its offer. the signs which in accordjtho offer of the Association ceive attention are those erected outside schools. It bat there will be some dif-| opinion between the City d the Association regarding > Chief Traffic Inspector (Mr S§h) stated yesterday that as ». regulations, the signs at | jcted oatside schools' in and jristchurch were not of the pe 2 and he presumed that ation would replace them, lion of the secretary of the |£(Mr J. S. Hawkes); howjiat it is not necessary to jh signs. He takes it that S?pe than that set out in the may be erected outside a jg a highway, but not .neceslde schools facing any other r does he think that it will iry to alter the existing us. He .claims that the signs the Association are better instructive than the regulain that while the former ft words, "School. Go Slow," s carry only the word le new City signs are placed Hji-: it is probaMe that they inched to verandahs, there ecided objection bv the As■o the use of portable signs. 3 that the City Council has to use verandahs in this Pare only erected over foottn the permission of the ty._ Mr Hawkes states that ation does not approve of J traffic signs, which are oneis new signs will be doublefiat a motorist may be able m either from the right or obable that the Association *> anything in the matter '-the annual meeting, which seld shortlv. An official of ation states that the reason og has heen done np to the i that the replacement of is likelv to involve the As•n a considerable amount of Ifurtlier consideration, howjhfr given to the question at