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WELLINGTON.—The New Zealaiid Road Safety Council has decided that | the road speed limi’, outside special area- such 'as urban districts, should' be raised from the present 40* miles-an-hour to 5C| miles-an-hour for vehicles not covered by Jpecial conditions. ■ An ameiftnent proposing a nltriction of 40 miles-®-hour at night was lefct. A that .. the Transport Department inquire intofthe speeds of heavy transport, in view of the recommended increase for cars, was catried. Recommendations to this effect are ti> be made by the couilcil to the Minister ofl Transport (Mr Hackets). A move sponsored by the North Island Motor Union an* strongly supported y automobile associa - oils for reversion to 1 ie pre-war practice of having’ no speed limi on rural roads was ; ijected.
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Northern Advocate, 26 November 1948, Page 9
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