OTAGO MOTOR CLUB

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16928, 14 February 1917, Page 8

OTAGO MOTOR CLUB

A meeting of tho Otago Motor Club was iickl last evening.' Mr A. E. M'Dougall occupied tho chair, and there was a fair attendance, of members. Miss _Jean A. Burt. Hon. secretary of tho Ota go Women's Patriotic Association, wrote lequesting tno assistance of tho club in obi\n nmg empty benzine cases in which to pack tho domin on g - ft parcels.—lt was decided to assist tho association in every way to secure empty cases. and Messrs M. Stevenson and W. Wilson were appointed a comm ttee to interview motorsts Mr F. .1. Jones (district railway enarineer) wrote stating that the Waikomiti Co-unty Coune.il had agreed to mamtain warning signals at th" crossing near Warrington, and he had therefore agreed to have these signals erected. Mr J. A. Roberts submitted a report on the result of the depufc-lvon from th" club which wited nil the Tp.ieri Countv Council m regard to the speed limit on the Brighton road. Tho report stated that tile ;^u r that six milo=s an hour should be tho limit on all tho corners nnd also round the cliffs ne ar Brighton. Tho h-id s'neo been informed that a roped limit of 15 miles -an hour had been fixed by the council for (he straight porof the B'->hton road, and tb-\t, nIH->r>u<-'h this appeared low, the -sub-comnr'tW thousht thatjnemb-rs should adhere to this sn"ed. The council's attention had been drawn to the fact thnt. one of tho councillors had on tho previous ftn+urrlny. b"c n turning the sharp li-nd n«vir Bri-rhfon at thsnood ment : on^d—ls miles an hour—and had met a*, vehicle, which had caused him to swerve and '■mash a post, guarding tho edge of the cliff, ?nd it was pointed out that, if councillors d'd not. olwrvo ftie speed limits on comers, the council could hardly expect the! public to do so.. The limit for tho M.nin South road was not discussed. except for the sh-Tp bond b~low the Coach and Hordes (south side), at which the speed was fixed at six miles an hour.— Mr Wright said he was not in favour of the fixinsr of speed limits. He thought any speeds should bo contingent on tho conditions of the road and the circumstances at the time. Two or three milcfi nn hour might bo dangerous under certain conditions, and on another consion 30 miles might not' be—lt was dec : ded to adopt the report and to thank tho sub-committee for its work. The New Zealand Automobile Union wrote_ statmjr tint the Marlborough Association had suggested that, a meeting of the executive should be called for the purpose of framing a comprehensive insurance scheme for members of the union, and asking for suggestions regard ng such a scheme. —The communication was received, and it was. decided that tho cluib liad no suggestions to offer. Mr Ansel! moved that the Cycle Committeo be instructed to find a suitable dato within the next two months for the purpose of holding a series of raccs on the Warrington beach.—Mr Wright seconded tho motion. —Mr Moody moved as an amendment that the races bo held on tho Forbury Park track, contingent on the track being available; that, otherwise, the raccs he hold at Warrington'.—Mr Gibson seconded the amendment, which was carried. It was decided to write to tho city engineer drawing his attention to the bad state of the road between the Kensington Hotel and the car sheds, and at the railway crossing adjacent to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's premises. It was decided to appoint Messrs Stevenson and W. T. M'Farlane a deputation to wait on the Green Island Borough Council to draw its attention to the bad state of tho road at Brown's HilL