BRITISH MOTOR MISHAPS
100,000 LAST ’year TAX ON THE HOSPITALB. VENTILATION IN. PARLIAMENT. (By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, May 22/ In the House of Commons Mr Wilfrid Ashley, Minister of Transport, in reply to a question said there was no evi'dence that a substantial proportion of the motor fatalities and accidents were due- to drivers’ incapacity, which would be disclosed in a driving test. Mr W. Lunn (Labour, Rothwell), pointed out that there were 100,000 motor accident cases last year, the treatment of which cost voluntary hospitals £500,000, while thousands of people for whom they were built could not consequently be treated. Sir 11. Kingsley Wood, Parliamentary Secretary for Health, said the matter would be considered when the Commission on voluntary hospitals reported.
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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17410, 24 May 1928, Page 8
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