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AUTOMOBILE CLUB

. A commitbs meeting of the .Wellington Automobile Club was held on Monday. there being present:—Messrs. M. Banks, W.'Si Wilfon./L. R. IVtridge, B. Doun». ,T. .T. Williamson. C. C. Holmes* and W. Mantell. • It was resolved that members joining after MnTcli 1 shoii'd be admitted at half the usual subscription, the financial year ending Auyust 30. At - the request of Mrs. Gray- it was decided to take 'the Tara.na,ki Street branch ~bf the Kindergarten School for n motor on March 20. Members ties;]''"? to £tive assistance to this outing should communicate with the pecretarv. The Town' Clerk wrote stating that the , "Rv-T.aw? Committee had appointed Mr. Drake, the motor inspector, i>s a delegate from the council to meet the sub-com-mittee set up for the purpose of carrying on the Safe'tv First Campaign. The W".ipn l -'" - au Coui'tv Council wrote asking the club to -undertake to erect finger-nosts in their district. The matter was refcred to the New Zealand Automobile Union. 'It wns decided that the Petone Council b* written to,wit' 1 regard to the state of the Petone 'hurdles, and also to noint out the bad state of- the main road in the vicinity, as several complaints had lately been received from motorists, (4>e stating that ho had broken the springs of his car owing to the bad flate of the road. The secretary -reported that the Tinner Hutt-Waikana'e Road was now complete with the exception of about a mile and a half, which was expected- to be- finished about the end of the year. Mr. C. C. Holmes submitted his renort on tho signboards placed on x the Hntt Road. It was resolved to adopt same, and a copy be sent to the City Council with t.h'c additional remark that the committee consider that the signs should be erected 011 special posts. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Holmes for the trouble he had taken in the matter. Mr. C. M. Banks renorted the progress « { Pifetv "First Campaign, It was decided to send nut a copy of the idea-, as submitted to the snb-eommittee to all members of the main committee with tlio request that thev send in their replies and also secure ideas from members of the club on (hose subjects. Several complaints were received with regard to the non-observance of rules of the road, also the Cifv Council bv-laws by the average carrier in (lie eitv. It was dcouMithat the secretary of the Drivers' Union be written to, nointing out the non-observance of the by-laws, nnd suggesting , that a circular bo sent ont to their . members pointimr out these facts and asking that samo be rectified. ' Sir Auckland Geddes, speakintr ot Preston. =aid he had never met anybody who mild snv how under nationalisation they would run the exnort coal irade. The | world vns clamouring, for coal. If it belonged to the Government, and another count-v had d'fliculty in getting it, or thought it was paying" too much, it would raise an international difficulty of tho first magnitude. Tt would lead to chnoa in Europe, and this was one point which made nationalisation at the present time ill.n'M.-cililo. ■ I Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Audley Neeld has given a site at Park Road, Hendon, Jo: an extension of Hendon Cottago Hospital. 1

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 148, 18 March 1920, Page 7

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AUTOMOBILE CLUB Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 148, 18 March 1920, Page 7

AUTOMOBILE CLUB Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 148, 18 March 1920, Page 7

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