BLACK-OUT ROAD TOLL
DEATH-RATE DOUBLED CONCERN IN BRITAIN (Reed. Oct. 19. 1.50 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 18. The Minister of Transport, Captain Wallace, in the House of Commons, said deaths by road accidents in Britain last month numbered 1130,, compared with 554 in September last, i year. The Government viewed the 'increase with deep concern. Experi-1 merits had been made with a view, to mitigating the difficulties resulting j from the lack of street lighting, but so far it had been impossible to devise means of relaxing the restrictions and at the same time conceal the objectives from aircraft.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19391019.2.45.6
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20072, 19 October 1939, Page 6
Word Count
98BLACK-OUT ROAD TOLL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20072, 19 October 1939, Page 6
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in