LONDON’S NIGHT NOISES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22353, 29 August 1934, Page 9

LONDON’S NIGHT NOISES

MEASURES FOR LESSENING INSTRUCTIONS TO POLICE (British Official Wireless > # ■ RUGBY, August 27. Londoners’ are referring to to-night as "silence night,” for the Ministry of Transport’s order forbidding the blowing of motor horns within an area, of five miles of Charing Cross comes into force half an hour before midnight. For the time being the' police have iristructions only to warn those who contravene the. order, but public opinion is strongly supporting the cllorts to make the nights (juiet for Londoners to sleep in. . • ■ It is not only the hooters that will be dealt with- by. the Ministry, for 'it; is considering measures to prevent the thoughtless slamming of motor: doors and \to discourage clattering gearboxes, and roaring exhausts. THE FIRST “ SILENCE NIGHT ” LONDON, August 28. (Received August 28, at 11 p.m.) Police reports indicate that London’s first “silence night” was generally successful. There was remarkably little hooting, though the primary effect was a considerable slowing, down of traffic, motorists cornering slowly and using their headlights as signals on the 12-mile drive through West London. The hospitals especially benefited.