The damage inflicted bv heavy traffic to the Eltham County roads, and the apparent ignoring by motorists of cautioning notices, was discussed at a meeting of the council, when (states the Ilawera Star) councillors told of motor lorries carrying as much as four cords of firewood thmideiing down by-roads, and motorists dashing across old wooden bridges at from 35 to 50 miles per hour. It was decided to make strenuous efforts to bring offenders to book, the Chairman staling ihat both tho county ranger and the county engineer would be on the watch, and the county clerk would be anxiously waiting to issue a summons in the shortest possible time. The composer of “It’s a Long Way (o Tipperary.” Mr Harry Williams, has just died at Meer End. Kenilworth. Ting. Fie fas fifty, »nd a crinple from birth. Firemen in London will have to be at least sft. 7in. if the suggestion of ihe L.C.O. Fire Brigade ( tommittee is adopted. Applications are so numerous that it wishes to raise the physical standard.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3662, 20 May 1924, Page 23
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