HORSELESS LONDON
PROBABILITY DISCUSSED CONSTERNATION OF USERS LONDON. July 27 London without horses is becoming inevitable, says the Star, and the police are seriously considering* the total prohibition of horse-drawn vehicles. Meanwhile, the paper states, the police will shortly ban certain areas during certain periods as one of the measures for speeding up traffic. It points out that horses, in addition to congesting the streets, cause the waste of thousands of gallons of petrol daily. Horse-users are in a state of consternation and' declare that the proposal means bankruptcy for dozens of firms, including farriers, harnessmakers and forage merchants. They also contend that horses are cheaper for short journeys and house-to-house calls, although tho so-called "carrier cob" which motor firms recently introduced are being widely tested, especially by the railways, which at present use thousands of horses.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21253, 5 August 1932, Page 12
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