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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 13126, 24 March 1937, Page 5

•Stating that lie h,.id asked the engineer to the Power Board to firing down a. report on the sodium type of street lamp. Cr. if. H. Du Costa, at a meeting of the .Borough Council last evening urged the l ad vantages of this method of lighting in Gisborne. In many other towns, he said, they had these new lights, and if they were in use in Gisborne one could easily see from the Haiti bridge a person crossing the street near the clock tower. It would be rather a big s order lor the borough, added the spanker, as the cost would be between £I2OO and £I3OO lor a start. There would be 51 lights needed in Peel street and Gladstone road.—lt was decided to refer the matter to the works committee. With over two months to go to complete t’he year the number of motor drivers’ licenses, m Gisborne show’ an increase of 255 over the 12 months of last year. These figures include 17 issued during the past fortnight, the total being 2GSS to date against 2430 tor the twelve months ended May 31 last year. A substantial increase is also shown in heavy traffic licenses, 42 being issued during the past fortnight making, a total of 604 for the nine andi a half months, compared with. 522 for the year ended May 31, 12<36.