STOCK ON ROADS
MOTORISTS’ VIEWS DROVING AT NIGHT Steps are being taken to have a reiew of legislation regarding the use . reads by st;ek. This information was given to the .iumal meeting in Gisborne of tire •.uiornofciie Association (Auckland), ist night by Mr. A. Grayson, a past resident and life member of the association and a vice-president of the l':rth Island Motor Union. The statement was in reply to Mr. H. H. DeCosta, who asked if something could be done to prohibit zntireiy the droving of stock ber.vecn sunset and sunrise. At present ./roving could be undertaken if special permission was cbtained. Mr. Grayson said the union had g:ne into the question, of stock on the reads, and the South Island Union also had investigated it. The reports oi the two uni:ns were almost identical, and co-operation of the reports was now being undertaken, but :e believed that it would be a long p:b. Mr. F. R. Eould, stock inspector, Gisborne, said that everything possible was d.ne for the safety of right droving on the roads, and so ar as lie knew there had been only .wo accidents in the Gisborne district.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19890, 18 March 1939, Page 16
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192STOCK ON ROADS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19890, 18 March 1939, Page 16
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