ANTI-NOISE LEAGUE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 204, 31 August 1935, Page 9

ANTI-NOISE LEAGUE

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT. CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS. [British Official WlreleM.l 'iUGBY, Aug. 28. The Anti-noise League, established last year with influential support, including that of leading medical men, has issued its first annual report, which records the valuable help received from, the National Physical Laboratory. the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Health, ’the Royal Institute of British Architects, and industrial firms and others engaged in experimental work on the problem of noise. Many local authorities have adopted a new model by-law controlling wireless loudspeakers, and at least one authority has agreed to the addition of the cost of silencers on road drills to contractors’ estimates. Milk distributors are co-operating in the campaign and silent electric vans on pneumati-cally-tired horse-driven vans are replacing the older types, while rubber devices are being used to deaden the noise of the glass and metal containers. The report says that the development of a public opinion insistent on action to eliminate unnecessary noise and the co-operation of experts who understand the causes of noise with the public who suffer from its effects are the two aims of the League.