49 FEWER DEATHS

Grey River Argus, 13 October 1936, Page 5

49 FEWER DEATHS

IN SIX WEEKS Mr. Semple’s Motor Laws (Per Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH. October 12. “In the last six weeks, the new regulat'ion.s making for greater safety on roads have achieved remarkable results.” sa’d thq Minister of Transport,. Hon. R. Semple, in an interview to-day. “In the six-weekly period before the introduction of the new traffic laws. 53 persons Iwcre killed; where a?, in the equivalent, period s nee the passings of the Laws, the number of deaths has been reduced to four. That mejans that. 49 lives have been saved, and M has all been due to the won derful results achieved since we to a grip of the position and estab ,, slie control. ’ ’ The AF'.nist’cr paid a tribute to the co-ioperation hci had received fr' l ' the newspapers of New Zealand in h campa’gn for safety first. He ha<] received unstinted space in the cd torial columns, and this had had a W' ' derfu? effect on IhH country. The motorists, too. were deserving of pra s for the splen'dij wav in iwh’cli (hey had obseived the regulat'ons particular’y on the days whi'ii the roads nrnre crowded.

Air Semple added that the R°a Safety Council would meet aga. n soon and. on its recommendations pivs blv additional 1 regulat’ions would be gazetted, or the Act would be amended during the next session of Parliament.