A poor opinion of the reliability of women drivers of motor cars is apparently held by the Hon. J. G. Coates (says the Grey Star). During his inspection of the Teremakau railway bridge lie said that the installation of a warning bell would probably have a different effect to that intended. If a woman driver was on the bridge when the bell signalled the approach of a train, she would very likely lose her nerve, stall the car in the middle of the bridge, and finally jump into the river and commit suicide!, .
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XVIII, Issue 1895, 1 December 1923, Page 2
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93Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 King Country Chronicle, Volume XVIII, Issue 1895, 1 December 1923, Page 2
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