MORE DROWNED THAN KILLED ON ROADS
[Per Press Association. — Copyright.] NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day.
Great as was the toll of the road, many more lives were lost annually 1 in rivers and in the sea in. New Zealand, said the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, when opening the Opunake Surf Club’s new building at Opuhake. He asked how many people really appreciated the wonderful work done by New Zealand surf clubs, whose members risked their lives for the safety of the community. The comparative numbers of deaths on the road and by drowning in an average month of the swimming season since 1931 were:—l93l: Killed on roads, 13,25; drowned, 25.2. 1932, 13.25 and 24.6; 1933, 10.0 and 25.4; 1934, 12.66 and 24.10—the Minister said. Surf clubs had saved 1799 from drowning in the Dominion. If road accidents continued 'at the present rate, 2000 people would be killed and 40.000 injured, and, unless something were done, even more would bo drowned.
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Northern Advocate, 29 November 1937, Page 4
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