School Buses Travel Too Fast
-BOARD MEMBER [Per Press Association. Copyright .] AUCKLAND, This Day.
“Children are treated like sacks of grain for transport purposes,’’ said Mr. W. E. Bowyer at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board today. He added that many children were carried in a confined space and speeds of 35 m.p.h. were too fast. Some buses did only 9.3 miles to the gallon, which was due ,to speeding. The chairman, Mr. W. J. Campbell, said the transport regulations laid down 35 m.p.h. Mr, Bowyer said the board was custodian of 70,000 children and their safety should -be the first consideration.
The chairman said the board paid the bus drivers.
After discussion the chairman said a report would be obtained.
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Northern Advocate, 25 January 1939, Page 9
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