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SAFETY OF CHILDREN ON ROADS. “There is a very natural concern for the safety of children,” says the “Yorkshire Post.” “More than ten per cent, of the pedestrians were under the age of five. More than 17 per cent were between the ages of five and eleven. This means that parents relax their control over children between the ages of five and eleven, not that until the age pf eleven the average child does not acquire a ‘traffic sense.’ More than half the pedestrians killed, happened to be over the age of sixty. It should be remembered that none of them grew up with the motor traffic. Their t hildhood and youth are associated with very different traffic conditions, and their reactions, to modern traffic are hot so spontaneous or so automatic as the reactions of those who are reaching middle age., It is more than probable, therefore, that the casualties among people of over sixty will decrease with the years. But the problem of protecting the child remains.” a a s a Words of Wisdom.
It is not enough to help the feeble up, but .to support him after.— Shakespeare. .a. si ■ g- a r Tale of the Day.
Wife (at orchestral concert): “When will they finish tuning their instruments?”
Husband: “Shh, my dear, they've been playing for the last quarter of an hour."
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Northern Advocate, 26 October 1936, Page 4
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227TIMELY TOPICS Northern Advocate, 26 October 1936, Page 4
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