CARRIAGE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
Board Member’s Criticism
By Telegraph—Press Association, AUCKLAND, January 25. “Children are treated like sacks of grain for transport purposes,” said Mr. W. E. Bowyer at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board today. He added that many children were carried in a confined space and speeds of 35 miles an hour were too fast, borne buses did only 9.3 miles to the gallon because of speeding. The chairman, Mr. W. J. Gampbellj The transport regulations lay down 35 miles an hour.
Mr. Bowyer said that the board was custodian of 70,000 children, and their safety should be their first consideration. The chairman said that the board paid the bus drivers. A member: And in many cases they are teachers. After discussion the chairman said a report would be obtained.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 104, 26 January 1939, Page 8
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