COUNTY INSPECTION

Feilding Star, Volume 6, Issue 1354, 14 March 1928, Page 7

COUNTY INSPECTION

WORK IN’ THE M ANA WAT U DRIVERS’ LICENSES DUE Tlio Maiunvutu County Traffic Inspector (.Mr W. Derry) reported at yesterday’s meeting of the (Council on the administration of his department as follows: A fair amount of gorsc, lupin and blackberry has been cut since the final notices were sent out. T had the information adjourned which was (laid against ono settler for failing to dear gorsc, etc., until the 23rd iiist., to give him an opportunity to finish the work. I. will he making a. start on the 21st with. th c issuing of drivers’ licenses and will he at the various centres in the county on dates to be advertised later. i might mention that the fee will be Gs, hut the license will continue in force uiCtil Alav 31, 1929; hence the extra, shilling. I 1928; hence the extra shilling. I have paid two or three visits to the Kopano school .when the children have been dispersing and wluiA motor traffic was about at the timo was going at a- very moderate speed. I will continue to keep an eye on it. A clause in the new motor regulations which come into force in June makes iL an offence to drive past a. school at more. than I*> miles per hour. The portions of BulD-Sanson road that are ’Hinder construction have been closed to traffic anil duly advertised in the papers circulating in ’the district, and notices are also posted on the barriers across the load, fn spite of this a. number of motorists persist, in coining over the road under construction and causing a. certain amount of damage. The Humbert of the offending cars, have been taken arid prosecutions under tile .Public Works Act will be. taken against Hie offenders. Building permits to the. value of £175 have been issued, and fees to the amount of ids' collectcU.