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INCREASE IN MOTOR-CARS. N.Z. Now Second. ME. SEMPLE'S PROPOSALS. SUFFER EXAMINATIONS. [By Telegraph. —Press Association] • WELLINGTON, Feb. 18. At a meeting of the New Zealand Road Safety Council, held to-day, the Minister for Transport, Mr. R. Semple, outlined the steps taken to improve road safety. He pointed out there had been a great increase in the number of cars on the road, and New Zealand was now the second highest motoring country in the world, with one car per five of population; also that New Zealand was the only country he knew where road accidents had decreased, and the saving of life" alone had justified the Road Council's existence.
Mr. Semple outlined the legislation it proposed to bring down, the effect of which would be the stiffer examination for drivers' licenses. This also would empower the cities to control drivers' examinations in certain contiguous boroughs and counties where examinations were sometimes inadequate.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20241, 18 February 1938, Page 3
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