MOTORISTS URGED TO TAKE CARE AT EASTER
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\> DLiELN-GTUN,' April 17: Urgiiig increased care pn' the roads during tlie Easter period,.tlie Miuister of Transport, H011. ,!.• O'Bfien, said Tbda.v tliat a great. uuinber of. .persons would l/o travelling oh tlie liighwayB this Easter and road fatalities duriiig tlie past three - months had • coiiipjared uufavourably with rpcerit years. '"iiitliough tliere had beCn reJatiVel.y .fevr road accidents at the Chris.tinas . axid New Ycar. period, there had .'ie&i" 5(3 road fatalities sine'c the Neyv". Year. Consequently there .was need •,fdr*.the great ea t care by all road users duriiig Easter. . As there . would be a hea,Vy volume of Iraflic^ numerous old chrs, many with iVeak tyres, and niany. drivers wlio wero lacking in- recent practice at .Ihe whecl under. -highway conditions/'it o'hly needed'a- iuomeiitary lack of care 011 the part oi' one person to spell tragedy.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 April 1946, Page 7
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