HIGHWAY SAFETY

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 16, 18 July 1936, Page 10

HIGHWAY SAFETY

RED CROSS EFFORTS

JUNIOR SECTION WORK

The International. Technical Conference, on First Aid which, met. at, Budapest last year passed a resolution ■"emphasising the importance of raising the level of, highway safety < through the prevention of accidents, Tpy developing and "spreading education in' this field,' which the large touring clubs have already undertaken; and in which the - Junior Red Cross can play an important part. _. ■ ■

The league of Red Cross Societies has taken this matter up, and in : a letter addressed' to Mrs. I. L. Andrews, the Dominion secretary of the New Zealand Red Cross Society, says:— ■

I am. venturing to draw particularattention to the matter of safety oh highways because it seems to us that the enormous development of road traffic, the increasing importance 'attached to it by the public authorities', and the hope expressed by the Permanent International Commission on road safety that the Junior Red Cross may take up this problem, afford'an opportunity to stimulate the interest -of juniors in this matter, to intensify their activities, and to widen the sphere of usefulness of the junior Red Cross movement. ...

We have come to the conclusion that a plan for safety , work through the schools might be established along the following, lines:—

(a) Organisation.of talks and practical demonstrations dealing with measures of safety on the roads and in the streets, the rules to be followed, the contingencies to be watched for, first' aid in case of accident, the utilisation of first aid posts, etc.

(b) Publication' of illustrated propaganda material, or the utilisation (by arrangement) of the propaganda material issued by other bodies. (Posters, brochures, games, plays, book, - and note-book covers, etc.).

(c) Publication of small films (150 feet maximum), animated cartoon's, and lantern slides, showing in a practical way the risks run and the precautions to be taken by children in crossing roads and streets, leaving the school, studded crossings, cross-roads, etc. . . '.

(d.) The use of school correspondence albums. The sections could suggest to "juniors that they explain to their correspondents, by means of brief notes and (more particularly) drawings and photographs, the.safety measures taken in their own country, their own activities in this field, etc. This would- be an original means of Interesting boys and girls in these questions and of promoting the exchange of information and ideas.

We would be very much obliged to you -if you would let us know your views in regard to these suggestions, and keep us informed of your initiatives. Everything that you can send us in the way of documents, publications, or propaganda material, published by you or by any "other organisation in your country, will be most valuable to us in our attempts to stimulate the co-operation of the Junior Red Cross throughout the world in working for increased safety on highways. The Automobile Association (Wellington) has been informed of the steps being taken by the New Zealand Red Cross, and has been asked for suggestions.

Excavations on a building site off one of Dorchester's busiest streets have revealed:many Roman remains. Recently the foundations of a villa and Roman pavements were unearthed, and a hoard of several thousand Roman coins was discovered.

The Dollfuss memorial in the Breifaltigkeitsgasse, Salzburg, one of the busiest points in the city, has for the third time been destroyed by unknown persons. ' The first memorial, a picture of the murdered Chancellor, was defaced, and a death ni3sk of Dr. Dollfuss, which was substituted for it, was ruined with acid last year.. It was rs.stored, but recently it was again dsstroyed.