ZONES OF SILENCE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 208, 3 September 1934, Page 7

ZONES OF SILENCE

BAN ON NIGHT NOISES. EFFECT OF LONDON SUCCESS. UNIVERSAL ADOPTION. i British Official Wireless, j RUGBY. Aug. 31. The success of the nightly zone c silence in f/ondon has led*the Tran port Minister (Af-ijor Hore-Beti«ha) t extend its opc \ i to all resident!: areas in Britain. He made a tour < London las 1: night and satisfied himsv that the experiment was working wcl Later, he stated that in order that th boon of sleep and rest should be cor ferred on as many as possible and i particular that the sick should be free from the torment of motor-horns ; night, he proposes the issue of a order forwith making every built-u area a silence zone between 11.30 p.n and 7 a.m. He added that the exper ment had led to the discovery that was not nccc'-sary to live op. the moto horn. Non-compliance with the order wi render the motorist liable to a fine nr exceeding 40®. Meanwhile, the silencing of horns hr emphasised the noise from exhaus’ and o»ther causes, and the Minister ti day is meeting the chairman of tl newly-formed Noise Prevention Con mittec i-o consider further possible a tion. He has received numerous lettei of appreciation. The Iran on the night use of moto horns is being extended to all towr in Britain on September 16.