NEW SCHEME for Traffic Control

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 75, 15 April 1937, Page 5

NEW SCHEME for Traffic Control

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STATE TO ACT IN SMALLER CENTRES Rfctijhttl .PlaB Undtt UkMMhltiH txsiasust* MORE OFFICERS NEEDED

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WSLLfiSr&TOK, TBis Day. v H Bttniber oi .propoBals for witk tke problem of trfll Bfe boAtrdl iii Ihe DomiBioii arfe fft mte r cohsiduririion by ihe Miflistef bf Tfflns£oft, th'e fton* It. Gemple. It is proposed to j revise Ihe system ko that oities knd bofdfcghs with a population 9000 Will be lespohsibte ! fd¥ their own efifottfciftfcnt, as hfcj preseht, while Ihe (lovernfaehk wni bte iwsponsible -for the sm&Ller tfehtres Aird TBral kreks, • The inb66el& firolh the iesue bf : Rivers 5 lieeficeS will b© distributed tb fho&e aUtkorities refcpoflsible fot the ! fioatrol of traffic. ' From Jtiflb lj 1938, lib&ftcflB wiil be ; •ifesesd . by depu'ty TegiBtiars Of ffiotbr Tbhiclbs, Which WHi ffiean that MebAcfls will im obti.1fl.aMe at 300 ffill-time post ©ffices. A new 'diiVer will require tb prOsent & bertifieate bf 'Ma bb&pete'ffcy tO drive, this beiflg supplied by -epproVed testiflg offiObr. Thbse alfeady jfcoiding iiCene'els Will be required tb j present their preViouh licfehee, Th© fee elll %tili b6 5/-. 'This, it is proposed, will be fllldeatecL As ffollbWBt . -04 ti the Post afld Tfltegraph Departflteflt to cover e±peflB©B. » Forty pe!r ceht. to the city • UAd tmroagh oo'uncils bofltirollinij theifl Own *rea% (that is, With population sxeeeding 6000); this anxount will be divMfed flflrofig the v'ariouB couflcils in the pibiippftiotts Of their TespectiVe populations. . ■ftivty per ceflh. to tht "Cbttsolidated Hflfld towards the eXpehses ifleuirred by th« "erovbnitoent ofl tho BmaMef c'ehtres fl&d rariil flreaa. . . TheBC proportioHs wero arrived at 6a tke basih of the fliaotint colieeted during Ihe year ended Mtffch 31, 193^ £06,000. Tke amount anticipated for the current year is £70®GQ. It is further provided that after June 1, 1938, the Minister may gazette mny -kfesk fls' fc tiflffic OhfOitemhat €isJriet and Oiay appoifit any city or ] borough con&eil to be the sdle traffic j enfei-ceiflent authOlfity for that distriet. j tPi-om May 31, 1938, it 11 proposed to ] pay flnes into the Consolidated Pand I to*viar&s the txpehiee .of QoVfernta'eflt j traffic control instead of paying them j into the Maia Highwaya account. The | •proce^ds bf ka«S fesultiflg tfOfa progCcu- ! tiofl's eofldueted by and larger | Ijoroagb tra&fe offiters Wai cbatifliie to be patd into ftie accbuats bf the reHpefetiVe lbchl bbcliee affcet a 'deduction. ♦f ive per eenl. ae at present. ^ Traffic officCre will be increasC'd lfl %t4er to eofltrbl the siaaller eefltree and Iftral ar'eai. '