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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19107, 31 August 1936, Page 5

Since the middle of the month, exceptionally mild conditions have prevailed in the Opolild district, with the result that I here has been a phenomenal growt h ol grass, whilst trees and plants have also responded well to the humid conditions. “I call this the half-distance rule,” commented Mr. .Justice Blair in the Palmerston North Supreme Court, when referring to the motor regulation that required a ear driver to travel at a speed not greater than that, which would enable him to pull up in half the length of clear road he could see ahead. Mis Honour said it was one of the most important clauses of the regulations. “Jf motorists woidd repeat this over to themselves a. thousand times a day,” added llis Honour, ‘‘it is astonishing how it would reduce (lie number of motor accidents. The rule applies equally at intersections as on the open road.”