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SAFETY IN COLOUR. Coloured concrete may bring revolutionary changes in road design. All methods hitherto adopted of giving warning signals to road risers have their defects, and this new surface warning may solve the problem. The new concrete has all -the durability of the ordinary material, and it i? only fourpence a square yard dearer. Developments expected with the new process include: Contrasting colours on roads carrying three or four traffic lanes. Easily distinguished pedestrian crossings and cyclists’ tracks Parking places shown in blue concrete. “Slow” and “Stop” signs laid in blocks. Fog signals. And the new concrete has the advantage of being as useful by night as by day.
B IS SI SS Words of Wisdom.
Pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. —Ruskin.
God never imposes a duty without giving time to do it.— Ruskin.
BOS® Tale of the Day.
Merchant: “I may be able to employ you as a clerk for a start. After that it will depend on yourself, and you will he paid according to what you are worth. Is that all right?” ’Youth: “Oh, yes. I suppose the -firm will be able to afford it?”
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Northern Advocate, 2 December 1936, Page 6
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195TIMELY TOPICS Northern Advocate, 2 December 1936, Page 6
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