MOTOR ACCIDENTS.
DRIVERS’ CAPACITY. COMMONS DISCUSSION. LOXJJOX, Wednesday. In the House of Commons, Mr Wilfrid Ashley, Minister of Transport, in reply to a quostion, said that there was no evidence of a substantial pro; portion of motor fatalities and accidents being due to the drivers’ want of capacity, which would be disclosed in driving tests. Mr W. Lunn pointed out that there were a hundred thousand motor accident cases last year, the treatment of which cost voluntary hospitals half a million sterling, while thousands of people for which tiic hospitals were built could not consequently be treated. Sir 11. Kingsley Wood, Under-Secre-tary for Health, said that the matter would be considered when the Commission on Voluntary Hospitals reported. —Australian and N.Z. Press Assn. — United Service.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 24 May 1928, Page 5
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