A few days age an article appeared in "The Dominion” referring to unnecessary street noises in Wellington and the City Council’s powers to suppress them. As the picture shows the problem, has been tackled in Hew York. A new truck, equipped to measure noises, was recently tested by the Commissioner of Health, Mr. Shirley W. Wynne, and Dr. R. H. Galt, Research Engineer of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. The truck cruised through the streets-testing and recording the noises complained of in the questionnaires recently filled out by New Yorkers and sent to the Noise Abatement Commission. Basing its work on the information so obtained, the Commission will be able to deal with city noises in a uniform way. Underwood and Underwood photo.

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 83, 2 January 1930, Page 9

A few days age an article appeared in "The Dominion” referring to unnecessary street noises in Wellington and the City Council’s powers to suppress them. As the picture shows the problem, has been tackled in Hew York. A new truck, equipped to measure noises, was recently tested by the Commissioner of Health, Mr. Shirley W. Wynne, and Dr. R. H. Galt, Research Engineer of the Bell Telephone Laboratories. The truck cruised through the streets-testing and recording the noises complained of in the questionnaires recently filled out by New Yorkers and sent to the Noise Abatement Commission. Basing its work on the information so obtained, the Commission will be able to deal with city noises in a uniform way. Underwood and Underwood photo.