AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 129, 2 June 1936, Page 16

AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

The monthly executive meeting of the Wellington Automobile Association was held last night, Mr. E. A. Batt Drcsicliiifi* The finance committee reported that the subscriptions for the past twelve months (£5379) exceeded the figure for the previous twelve months £ .4710' i. „ . .. Arrangements were made for the reprinting of the guide books, 3500 Auckland-Wellington maps, and 3200 North Auckland maps. Ninety-three new members were elected The roads committee reported that arrangements in respect of the Makema Swamp road were proceeding and that it was understood that the survey of the road had been completed. A deputation had waited on the City Council with a view to having the tram stop at the Moxham Avenue and Taurima Street junction moved so that the footpath could be set back. The committee recommended that representations be made to the Lower Hutt Borough Council, with a view to having a number of hedges and fences at important street junctions in Lower Hutt brought down to the maximum height allowed by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1.e., 4ft 6in. Discussion took place upon a letter received from the North Island Motor Union regarding the enforcement of the headlight regulations. It was re- ' ported that a new type of windscreen ■ glass that would eliminate headlight • glare had recently been developed. ; Several members expressed the view ' that the use of tinted glasses at night • would obviate most of the dazzle.