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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18617, 12 July 1930, Page 11

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Lot’s wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, and nowadays lots of wives do the same and turn into a ditch. Friend: “Your baby is making a funny noise.” Owner of baby car: “Yes, its's teething.” Every motorist in Cincinnati who is a stranger to the city is given a “courtesy card,” on one side of which is printed a compact map of the city. On the reverse is given a condensed version of the city’s traffic rules. Havana will have a huge auto race by the end of 1930 with a mile track and a grandstand capable of seating 20,000 persons. Additional stands will hold another 8000 specators.

The Bombay Government has recently introduced a rule prohibiting speed trials or attempts to set up or break recort|s on public roads unless the prior sanction of the Government has been obtained.

Vigorous measures are to be taken in British Columbia to abolish all existing advertising signs along highways, and those who insist on hiding scenic beauties of the road with new signs are to be prosecuted. Every kind of sign will be stripped from the highways, even including those of the forestry service. Only necessary government signs will be allowed.

A provision incorporated into the motor laws of New York State debars permanently the issue of a driving licence to anyone twice convicted of intoxication while in charge of a vehicle if personal injury has taken place in each case.

At the opening of the Wembley Cinder Track Stadium for the 1930 season, 46,000 spectators enjoyed the sport.

The development of the roads in the island of Madagascar is resulting in a steady increase of the number of motor cycles; there are now 11482 machines in use, as contrasted with 1072 a year ago.

Trucks are appearing in America with sleeping quarters provided for a driver. The trucks operate night and day, one man driving while another sleeps.