School Pupils View A.A. Road Safety Films

Chronicle (Levin), 13 July 1948, Page 4

School Pupils View A.A. Road Safety Films

^ ' % Z:. .. r Ypsterday officers of tlfe 'Auiorr mol^ile Association' (Wellington) -.crqened ruad safety fiijns l)eiQre atotal of spme 12*00 ' children from the Levin Primary School, tlqp Xieyi'q . Copvent and tlip Hqrowhenua "Cqllege. • . " * * ' At 9.30 a.m. approximately 60Q c}iildren from the Tevih Pfimary School were' present in the Regenb Thegtre when they were addresspd by Patrol Ofiicer E. Silverwood, of the Wellington A.A. Schpql patrol. This was fpliQwed by a brjef tgik by tbe Depqty Mayor, Mr. D. J, Gardinpr, who stressed the interest and sppport of the council in the rbad safety campaign. " Dr. S. J; Thompson, who is an exeputive member of the Wellington A.A., theri spoke for a few minutes beforp preseptipg tlqe- Schqpl; Safety. Pa'trol l)adgep to tl)o§e pupils selected to control the pe'destrian crojssing outside the school. He strepsed the voluntary nalure Qf the work and commented on the excellent way in wWpII |t Wgg cavried out, He also emphqsise.d the fact that Inspector M. Kehoe was keeping a fiDh cohtrol on motorists and pedestrians, and that his support of the scTobl patrol and -its work was greatly appreciated, "The School Pus," a film dealing With the safe and correct methods of travelling to and from scbo.ql, was then shpwh, loilowefl by "Safe Gycling." The same programu)3 was given tp the Levin Coryvent later in the morning. At 2.30 p.m. a different programme, more suited to the older children from the Horowhenua College, wag scyeeped. Actual acpidents and injuries were shown in an 'elfort to drive home the great need for improvement in driving and care on the part of pedestrians. Mr. Silverwood was : accompanied by Traffic Inspector M. Kehoe apd Patrol Officer R. Keenan, the A.A. .officer statiqned at Levin. It is the iptention of the two A.A. Patrol^, Messrs. Keenan and Silverwood, to ipspect all the bicycles at the primary" school later in the week.