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Wanganui Chronicle, 6 May 1947, Page 8

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What have i done: Ai aj Don't turn away. Stop a moment and be honest with yourself. You think an accident can't happen to you —but there have been a lot of other people who thought the same thing once. Haven't there been times when you've taken risks —times you'd rather forget when you've had narrow escapes —when your \ life and the lives of everyone in your car have been quite literally in your hands. Nobody's lucky all the time. This might have Bl W' b een you —that child might have been your MT child. That's something you don't even like to I think about. IL , x; 1 , . Here is the grim fact confronting every road user. Since the release of petrol the accident ,IM|k / rate has risen steeply. rising. jf y The N.I.M.U. Insurance Company, in the InBmMw I terests of all motorists, offers this message of • z ’ ' warning. The facts are that until we get new x • X car s. new tyres, and can solve the problem of Sadequately servicing and repairing present ■MB i-aRIaMI cars, WE MUST ALL REVISE OUR DRIVING ’ HABITS. No six to ten i/ear old car is entirely reliable when subjected to the stresses o; high speeds. , 9”’ is sa Z e at l,i 9 h ? 1 One or ,he other ’• ,<kr,, j ,o f ail y° u nt ° cr ’ ,lcal momenk X-" BIH Look at that illustration. See it in terms of ~ your own youngsters. Recall how all your tyres for extra VALUE .. exTRA rRoTEcnoN are; how old your car is. Recognise that death. N scarring and maiming are the terrible and g ■ j g I ■ entirely real results of most serious road ■ accidents. Then decide that the speed is just HOKTH ISLANO HOTO. UHIOH INSURANCE COHEAHT HOt WOTth the tlsk. MOtOHng C3H Still be r „ , , , . pleasure if we all drive more slowly. Full details from the Head Office or the L , ... ... • * Company, P.O. Box 1348, Wellington: Toda y intelligent motorists will appreciate that any Branch Office or agent; or from any for post-war driving its far better to have • Automobile Assn., Secretary, Agent or N.I.M.U. Insurance and not need it —than to uniformed patrol. need it and not have it. THIS IS BRITAIN TODAY ... "‘nunh you fora , "'Xc / Writes Miss O. H., of New Southgate, London. ■I rrt m/ “7J FTER reading an article in our ‘Daily Mirror' /l called ‘SUMMER DOWN UNDER' may I thank you for a breath of sunshine; one could MAX: ■' / /. / almost be there in New Zealand; it certainly Y (■ y\V cheered me up. v “I had just come in from working in an office where we had no heat on account of the Fuel Cut. ..J/iT 1 was working in coats, two pairs of gloves, legs wrapped in brown paper to keep them warm IwSMy my feet in a straw box. I dare say this will cause aWw you to smile. We had to laugh at the get up the ' trit) 3 have wom ... but thank goodness we have \ not been put off. So you can guess what your article meant to me when you spoke of the glorious flowers and the sunshine and going to the sea, which I am lucky to see once a year on holiday. "HOW LOVELY to stop on your way home from ) a a dance for BACON and EGGS” "We, here, have an egg every now and again. Sometimes | Mother and I have had i a rasher and | an egg each for lunch ... and at times there is not much to eat.” , J ★★★ ★ F Britain is gradually shaking off the effects of the bitter winter—but food is still her major problem. Let us continue to help her ■ to our utmost by FILLING THE FOODSHIPS! ................ JW ... _. ...... Hungry ffrifa/n _ . depend on