AUTOMOBILE ASSN.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 19 December 1925, Page 5

AUTOMOBILE ASSN .

, ■ i SOUTH CANTERBURY BRANCH. _ i; The monthly meeting of the South , .-interbury Automobile Association was ] acid on Thursday. Present. —Dr. C. A. - •uterson (chairman) and Messrs N. M. , rbell, G. A. Bridges, S. G. McClelind, J. Palliser, W. W. Baxter, . T. , eott, J. H. Don and A. E. Scott ccretary). _ _ 1 The chairman said the white lines . ad been put down at the Empire cor- ] ncr. and were an unqualified success. , ■ The Levels Comity Council wrote j with reference to the Association’s let- t ter concerning the protective fence on . thp road to the Opiiii Huts, and the ( Inoco shinnr'c on the small bridge on the Timaru side of Brookland’s Hill. At tho t Comitv Council meeting the engineer had been instructed to report oti the ; first mentioned matter, the second j having already been attended to. A letter was received from the Tiniani Borough Council stating that the Engineer had been instructed to carry out the suggestions regarding th e tra.iK-; linos at the Empire corner, at the Association’s expense.

It was decided to write to tile Council asking that body to put down further lines, .and embody them in the ■ Borough t ! 'affie regulations. I The Sister in charge of the.St. Saviour’s Orphanage tendered her thanks I to the Association for the very thoughtful and prompt consent to the request I made concerning the conveyance of orphans from the Timaru railway station to tho local orphanage. The Otago Motor Club wrote stating that accommodation at Tahuna. Park motor camp had been allocated lor the dates set down. There were two bunks in each cubicle, not one ns the Association seemed to think. ■ The Taranaki Automobile Association advised that several camping grounds had been established in and around New Plymouth. The principal one was in New Plymouth itself; it was admirably situated, being practically on the beach, and yet close to the town. All eonveni•cti'cs had been installed and there was plenty of room for parking curs. A charge of 5s per week, or part ot a week would ho made for the use of the ryound. There were two other camping i.-jtes, one 15 miles and another 40 miles north of New Plymouth.

The Geraldine Business _ Men’s Association wrote in connection with the “wig-wap;” signal.— It was decided that the ” Hailwav Department should he asked to have the trees and hedges obs ni-ing the crossing removed, as they constituted a grave danger and one hai (o driv,. right on io the crossing belore one could see the approaching tram. Mr G. W. Curtis, of Geraldine, wrote stating that he was astounded at the apathy of the public in not having insisted on something concerning open pxhapsts being done long ago. In the I towns it was becoming a menace in theso

,|!iv= of !iit;li picture and nervous strain. tn Kug'aud the open cut out ii.,s been inside illegal several years -ago. 'l'li e South Canterbury Motor CvWo Clluh advised iliat sit its last meeting jit. had been decided to alter (lie name | "South Canterbury Motor Club” to ! |'South Canterbury Motor Cycle Club. I ! \ loiter was received from the Canterbury Automobile Association stating

Abut the main road was now open to Christchurch. A temporary bridge bad i, r cn' creeled the Selwyn /River. 'j |n, Railway Depart men! bad decided to put on a speeia* train on Rosing Day !’(,,. (: ,rs )■’ ibe UYsl (Vw-l f'om Spriie'licld. 'l'liere would also be a special train for passengers. 'PI,,, pdlowing new liieinbers were i (ted : Dr> 11. R. King and 1 m ■ u 1 111 111 , I Re.-srs G. 13- Lamboni, J. R. W i-'soii, |

C Dffan, V. Nicholas, S. 'Winterbourne, W. S. L<uig, A. J. Macdonald, A. H. Parfitt, T. Bell, AV: Fossey, AV. G. Cooper, J. G. Johnston; C. H. S. Johnston, J. Caithness, I*. 11. Davey, P. J. Bowman, G. W. Morison and R. Leo. The secretary said he was not in favour of the Mutual Insurance scheme. In his opinion, if the schem e was adopted the Association would considerably decrease in membership. Mr T. Scott suggested .that a canvasser should bo secured to endeavour to increase the membership. , The chairman of opinion that jf each member made it his misiness to procure a new member every year, that would be quito sufficient. It was decided to write to the police mul Timaru Borough Council requesting that Beswick Street should be cleared on of the week. The chairman suggested that at some future date members of the Automobile Association should endeavour to arrange a trip for the orphanage children in South Canterbury. After a short discussion a sub-commit-tee was appointed to go into the matter. Accounts amounting to £2G Is were passed for payment.