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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1989, 20 February 1914, Page 9

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REGULATION.OF AUTO-CAR ■ ■■■■ '■ua.otii !tWßiAsWGl>'*ti. ' «?•'■:"■' " ;' is.'?- - : «i*is—**»*no; fitti -at ■ !Ati important: remit' dealing-iwith/the' regUlstipji of motor ;traffiO)-tho registration^of;'motorK!a'rs, J Cycles, : and' , cial ; is; t<j be'submitted 1 to the n'ext.confereVice of the "'New, -Zealand Muiiicipar'Asßocifttion; tho 'idea being to arrive} at'something like-uniformity "of ■ practice in dealing generally with motorcars, 'and motor" traffic, .Tho motor-car hein'gthp most mobile- of all v,ohiple3,\is ablo.-'to tra-yerse*big dista:nces|-and' inracle various territories or district, each of which' inay' h'a-yo widely varying.by-' laws of concern to owners and drivers, and" it is "thought by • some authorities that jt would bo helpful to everyone if' those by-laws .(as differing from the, regulations set out in tho schedule to the Motor Regulation Act) could be brought more in a line than is at • present the, ease....-'.. ■ ..' •--. ■■,'-' ' ; ..'•.'.-,. ■' ■' :'■':•:■. ■ Several anomalies have already been pointed out of lato showing variations in the registration fees, etc...'; Another i? pointed out in regard to the licensing of commercial vehicles. In Wellington an annual fee of £1 10s. is charged for motor delivery van's and £2 25.. for motor lorries. The;motor inspector of Christchurch, who was in Wellington some, little time ago, expressed surptisa at license fees being, charged at all, a3 ho bad bpen unable, 'to" convince the Christchurch City Council that such, fees were feasible. Likewise a driving, certw ficate in Wellington was only ls, J ; in Christchurch it is 10s.. Another vexed question' that is likely to ho discussed in' connection "with the' remit is the' matter of speed limits in urban and suburban districts,, the. erection .of speed' 'signs in towns,' direction; and' danger . Bign.SiOiv country roads, and a better and more definite'' system, of lettering and numbering auto-cars .'than tho present rather confusing one.