A.A.A. ACTIVITY

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11760, 6 October 1932, Page 2

A.A.A. ACTIVITY

• GIS BORNE’ S-PR OCD POST - TION.” LARGEST AGENCY DISTRICT. ■‘With a membership of 900, the Gisborne agency has risen t 0 the proud position of being tlie largest (numerically) agency district hi the A.A.A. territory,” states the annual report of the Auckland Automobile Association. Franklin is second with 837. while Hamilton, with 784, 'occupies third position. "The members of the Gisborne advisory committee and the agents, Messrs Ball, and Crawshaw, are to he congratulated on tlieir energetic ef-TOrt-s during the past year in the interests of motoring,” the report a continues. "The uniformed patrol is n°w well-known to Poverty Bay motorists and many members have reason to ho thankful for the kindly assistance by "the man in khaki.” "The Gisborne advisory committee has worked in close co-operation with tlio representative of the Main Highways Board, the Public Works Department, and the various local bodies, aud lias continually kept before the executive council, of the A.A.A. the urgency of having the bridges north of Gisborne completed. The committee has expressed its deep appreciation of the efforts of the A.A.A. in securing the commencement. of this very important work, which, it is now expected,Li will be completed by the end of the year. The - A. A. A. has also . •supported- the Main .' Highways Board in. its decision to' give' priority to the roading. requirements of the Gisborne-East Coast.”.. 1..