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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 111, 8 February 1928, Page 7

The need for the exercise <4 care and consideration by motorists when passing through flocks of sheep on the. roads was referred to by Mr. R. V Bythell at a recent meeting of the Marlborough Automobile Association (says the "Express’). Mr. Bythell said that at this time of the year many mobs of sheep were travelling over the roads of the district. and he was afraid that, in many cases, motorists did not show the thoughtfulness and courtesy that they .should. Many motorists regarded sheep a - an annoying obstacle to their progress, and, by their impatient actions, gave more trouble to themselves and the di overs than was actually necessary when ratsing through the mobs. Only the other cay he observed a motorist act in a very inconsiderate manner. A drover had just started his mob over a bridge whe.n a car appeared at the other end. Instead of waiting quietly until the sleep had passed, the motorist charged over the bridge, driving the sheep off and caut’ng a mild stampede. His experience was that sheep could be passed most easily and quickly by proceeding :lowly without blasts on the horn. A good bicti was for a passenger in tlie car to get out and walk ahead of the vehicle through the sheep. If more attention were given to such details motorists would earn the gratitude, instead of the wrath, of drevers. The president (Mr. R. P Furness) said he appreciated the value of Mr. Bythell’s puggestions. but be also felt that droiers owed a duty to the travelling public to assist the passage of vehicles through their mobs more than some of them did.

Malicious pranks played by two boys led to their appearance in the Children’s Court, which committed them to the supervision of the child welfare officer (says an exchange). The boys stretched a strong thread across a road near Stratford, and the local schoolteacher, riding a motor-cycle, rode into it. The thread caught her at _ the neck, but she managed to avoid a spill, although a lady friend, riding pillion, was thrown heavily. The lady teacher and her companion were awarded damages and expenses, the former for repairs to her machine, and _ the latter for a new pair of silk stockings.