MOTOR MOLOCH.
VICTORIA’S BIG TOLL. By Cabla—Pre«» Association —Copyright Australian and N. 7.. Cable A.ROciatioa. MELBOURNE, October 6. According to a, ret uni tabled in tlio Assembly, the number of accidents in which motor vehicles were involved in 1925, was 3491, of which 3179 occurred in the metropolitan area. The principal causes wereMotorists’ negligence 1751 Pedestrians’ negligence ... 510 Motorists on wrong side of road 233 Drunken motorists 71 Drunken pedestrians 52 Altogether 2197 persons wero injured, 180 fatally.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 8 October 1926, Page 5
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