MR SEMPLE EXPLAINS.
IJ Special to “Northern Advocate.”'. , a WELLINGTON, This Day. I • The Minister of Public Works, J U the Hon. R. Semple, said at Wei- i i lington on Saturday that an im- J • pressioiy seemed to have been | i created that he had said that R 1 licenses should not be issued to J 2 persons under the age of 18 i i years. A drivers’ organisation in J ■ Auckland had suggested this, but ( i he was not prepared to agree to i i the lifting of the limit to 18. The j J granting of licenses should be i l considered on individual merits. • ■ The same applied to, a person of ( g 65 or 70. Some people of this age » i were capable and some were not. ! J Eyesight, hearing and other fea- t I tures would have to be taken 1 J into consideration. Mr Semple c i said he thought that the tests l i should be made a little harder. * J Some people got licenses when g ■ they should not. . »
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Northern Advocate, 13 July 1936, Page 6
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