ROADSIDE HOARDINGS
CRITICISM OF RAILWAYS MOTORISTS* DISCUSSION [BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION] WANGANUI, Friday " The New Zealand Railways Advertising Department is the worst offender, but it does not come under the Act," declared a delegate when the elimination of roadside hoardings was under consideration at the annual conference of the North Island Motor Union. Mr. F. Amoore (Taranaki) said the union was not likely to receive any consideration When- the Government—not the present Government alone, v but all the Governments—was tho ; chief offender. There was the spectacle of railway stations so blocked up with •hoardingsr adr^rt^n® r ;wMstyy and "beer that it was even hard to see the trains. The union could not: expect to receive much satisfaction until the Government put its own house in order. . A v motion by Mr. H. C. C. Shepherd (Wairarapa) that the matter should be referred to .the New Zealand Road Safety Council was lost, and a motion by Mr. E. P. Hay (Wellington) that tho matter be referred to the executive for consideration was carried. i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22819, 28 August 1937, Page 17
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