HELPING MOTOEISTS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 117, 13 November 1929, Page 7

HELPING MOTOEISTS

AUTOMOBILE CLUB'S YEAR

A successful year is recorded in the annual report of the Wellington Automobile Club, to be presented at the annual meeting on 18th November. The net balance for the year is £139, which is a decrease of £244 compared with last year. Outstanding subscriptions at the end of August, 1929, amounted to £707, which the committee did not decide to take into account as an asßet, as no definite value could be placed on them. A further programme of erecting signboards was completed during the year at a cost of £171. Notwithstanding the advent of a newly-formed motor association in Palmerston North, the committee decided to continue its efforts to retain .hat territory, and in March last a branch ofßce was opened, and the services of a patrol officer engaged. "The competition for membership was naturally keen," the report states, "and in view of the fact that the Manawatu Automobile Association applied to the North Island Motor Union for affiliation, it was ultimately decided to cease activities at the end of the financial year. The North Island Motor Union at its annual meeting, held in August last, decided to allow the Manawatu Association to affiliate, subject to certain adjustments and claims being agreed to by the Wellington Automobile Club. The "northern boundary allotted to the Wellington Automobile Club is the Manawatu Biver. A sub-committee was set up, consisting of one delegate each from the Wanganui Association and the Manawatu Association, and" two delegates from the Wellington Club, to decide the terms of settlement, the result being that your delegates. have finally accepted an amount of £125 in full satisfaction of all claims for signboards erected, etc." The report congratulates the Government upon the appointment of Mr. J. C. Hunter, as the first Commissioner of Transport, and considers that the institution of the advisory board is a step in the right direction. During the year the club's service officer proved a great benefit to motorists. In general, the past year was a most important one. In addition to the privileges made available to members only, all motorists received some benefit from signposting and the work done in connection with roads,'bridges, bylaws, and legislation. ■ .