Vandals Destroy Road Sign At Ohau
: 5 Road signs all r too> frequently be-com&-the ; prey-. for vandals. The la.test Mcase-,; has occurred at the Ohau Bridge,..where the large fourfnotnsquare sign warning motorists jfhe rnarrowness >o£ ;the strueture andj slippery inature -of- its -surface hasr been-. destroyed: , • .a.The, . . ■AutoniobHe AssO.ciation CWellihgto'n) wilL'now have to" replace tthejsign , at ,a cost . of about £5i H iThis^lbiay Men i a comparatively small amount,. but it is only one of numerous instances which happen throughout the year. Apart from this, there is the more serious aspect that until the ;new sign is made and ereeted, ' a motorist unfamiliar with the dangqrs of the brrdge may be involved "jn an accident .because of th& absenee of a warning. Jt is extremely difficult to understand the outlook of persons who are responsible for such aets of wanton destruction.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 March 1948, Page 4
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141Vandals Destroy Road Sign At Ohau Chronicle (Levin), 8 March 1948, Page 4
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