OAMARU TRAFFIC BY-LAWS

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22513, 22 September 1938, Page 4

OAMARU TRAFFIC BY-LAWS

ENFORCEMENT- SAID TO

BE NEEDED

MEETING OF AUTOMOBILE

ASSOCIATION

The need for enforcing the traffic by-laws in Oamaru with stricter obedience of the parking regulations, was discussed at the monthly meeting of the Automobile Association (North Otago), on Tuesday evening. The association was pressing to have the by-laws enforced, said the president (Mr W. Gillies), who presided. He had discussed the problefn with the chairman of the Oamaru Borough Council’s by-laws committee (Cr. N N, Fraser), who said that the council had not yet been able to consider the question of parking. , _ The meeting decided to ask Mr Fraser to meet the association’s executive to discuss the -question. . Referring to' the association s membership campaign and the employment of a patrol officer, Mr J. H. Mam said he had made inquiries in Dunedin and had learned that the ptago Association was sympathetic with the local association’s suggestion that a patrolman should be borrowed, but had intimated that it would be impossible to release a man until the end of the present financial year. He said that he personally thought that the only way to achieve success in the campaign was for an organiser to visit houses with garages and he advocated waiting until the Otago officer was available. Mr J. T. Calder favoured employing a local man as a canvasser, on a salary and commission basis to carry out the work, such a man to have his own car. His motion to that effect, which stated that the salary should be fixed by the association, the term to be three to four months, was carried. The Waitaki County Council wrote about Mr C. Hedges’s offer to improve the visibility at Waitaki. avenue. The council expressed the opinion that all that was necessary was that the hedge should be trimmed. The district representative on the Main Highways Board wrote stating that as there was a speed restriction of 30 miles an hour in this locality, and as the volume of traffic was not great, he could not recommend to the board that it incur any expense. It was emphasised that the important point was to improve visibility from the north. The council’s letter was received and consideration of -the board’s letter was deferred. The secretary (Mr H. Hay) reported on the secretaries’ conference held in Wellington, at which the main subject discussed was the free road service scheme. It appeared that in the North Island they had great difficulties in costs, hours, and supplies of petrol said Mr Hay. Their difficulties were caused by their trying to follow the awards. He moved that it be a recommendation to each executive that pavment be made on a flat rate basis. After some discussion this was approved.

CHORAL FESTIVAL AT

OAMARU

All Oamaru schools will take part in'the choral festival to be held on Ocir tober 17. They will be assisted by the male voice choir and the women s choir, the combined church choirs, and the Waitaki Boys’ High School orchestrft* * It was originally intended to hold the festival on October 15, but because of the General Election on that date xt has been postponed..

APPLICATIONS FOR POLL

CLERKS

Many applications lor positions as deputy-returning officers and poll clerks for polling booths at the coming General Election have been received by the. Returning Officer for the Oamaru electorate (Mr F. Stoop). In conversation with “The Press” Mr Stoop .said that there would be no difficulty in filling the necessary positions and that applications for the work' had come in steadily. With the elections 'On a' Saturday this year more assistants ' were available. *