AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16160, 14 March 1918, Page 9

AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.

MEETING OF COUNCIL.

The Council of the Canterbury Automobile Association met last evening, the president, Mr W. H. Tisdall, being in tho chair. The boidiere' Car Committee reported that during the month the car had made eighteen tripa, covering 717 miles, and carrying 91 soldiers. It had done two da ye' work alto at the Red Cross Motor Carnival. The committee expressed its thanks to Mr RLattcr for entertaining the men at Duvauchceic, and to Mr Holley for entertaining them at Leeston. The committee had been obliged to decline requests for the use of the tar for concert parties, ■ etc. Tho balance to the credit of tho car account to iiarch 9th was JKO 13s 3d. The Kowai County Council thanked tHa Association for erecting traffic and warning notices in ifa district. The secretary reported that up to the present there was an insufficient number of "cars for Orphans' Day on Saturday, and strenuous ciforts would hav 0 to bo made to _ obtain a sufficient number. Cap Win D. il. Robertson, A.A.G., wrote statin; that « irangcracnla had been m?jdo for-tho-Association to be notified from Lyttelto'n Utads on the arrival of a ship carrying returned wounded and sick soldiers. ."Kg order making it necessary to carry registration numbers on cars and motorcycles both fignt and rear was received. The Railway Department wrote with re- • S«rd to the warning signals at tho Styx Mowing, and it w»3 decided to reply that tbe Association would only bo satisfied if warning bells woro placed at least fifty yard* on either side of tho line. It was also thought that the stutionmastcr at th© Styx fthould be made responsible for the fenoos adjacent to the crossing being kept cut back. The resignation of Mrs C. Davis was received with regret. Tbe following members were elected: —R. Colles, J. C. Johnston, L. Bowron, C. Boyos, J. C. Irtrin, and Mrs L. Holmes. A long letter was' received from Professor A. Wall, protesting against tho unnecessary nes of loud and penetrating warning signals by motorists, whon, aa he contended, a pleasant toned alarm -would in most cases be quite sufficient. The By-law Coinmitfco of tho Association Sported on the imul look up tbo attitude that in the interests of all users of the Toads St was p/lvisable that motorists thould have powerful warning signals. There vas no doubt, however, that some drivers unnecessarily used fiheir horns on occesions. "Sorao of the®* aro through ignorance and others out of sheer ciifsedness." Thjp committee considered fjiat repressive legislation * r ith regard to warning signals would result in greater danger, to the public. It was decided "to vote £10 10a to caeh of the T.M.C.A. and .Salvation Army Soldiers' I'untls.