Manawatu Herald TUESDAY.MARCH 4,1919. PEACE CELEBRATIONS AND A PERMANENT MEMORIAM.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1947, 4 March 1919, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY.MARCH 4,1919. PEACE CELEBRATIONS AND A PERMANENT MEMORIAM.

'IT lld .Mayor (Mr Chryslall) made if (dear at lasi night’s public meeting lo local jteacc celebrations that llu' demmislrations lo be held on the three days suggested by Cabinet would mil in any way interfere with the proposal to erect a lilting and permanent memorial lo marl; (lie declaration of peace and lo perpctuale the names of local men who gave I heir services—and some,l heir lives —in the titanic si niggle for freedom and righteousness. In nearly every lowa throughout the Dominion local memorials are to be erected, and we are pleaseed lo know that Fox)on is not going to lee overlooked in this particular. The suggestions so far are that a marble or granite obelisk bo erected either oil the hill in (be old cemetery, next to llu 1 Slate School, or the Triangle in .Main Street. I pon the base of the monument will be carved the names of those who participated in the war. We believe this memorial will meet with tin* general approval of the public. It is not yet (dear whether the Government will subsidise money raised for this object, but even if it does not we feel confident that all that js required will be freely and voluntarily given locally. The Mayor has taken up this matter with an enthusiasm worthy of the object, and we feel sure that his efforts will find a generous hacking by the public. The public are thus informed that the peace celebrations decided upon last night are distinct from the local permanent memorial.

hour. Bui, when one lias learnt lu drive there is a temptation to speed up, to feel the exhiliration of cutting: through the air, andreducing the time limit between point and point. A speed of 30 miles per hour on what is termed a good road is risky. At Hawera the other day a man lost his life through the ear overturning on a good road#while travelling at this pace. The coroner, in summing up at the inquest on the above ease said, once again he had to record the death of a motorist due to over-speeding in motor driving. The toll of the road with motor ears was a particularly heavy One where there was any reckless driving. It was an exceedingly dillieult problem (o know how to regulate motor trallic on good country roads. It might he possible for the different local bodies to fix a speed limit, hut there was the difficulty of enforcing it. It was difficult lu account for the accident in the present ease, except for the obvious reason that the ear was travellingloo quickly to he under complete control. He must sound a note, of warning to motorists that Kemesis would not always he kind to the driver. One of these days the driver would escape and a passenger would gel killed, and the driver might lind himself called itfton to face manslaughter proceedings. The Coroner thought, however, that the Automobile Association should bring pressure upon their members to cease this mad over-speeding which appeared to be the tendency nowadays. Motor ears, with the present up-to-date appliances, could lie kept-under perfect control it driven in a reasonable maimer. AVhen driving at a high speed a slight variation surface of the road, or a slight variation in the course of the road, would often result in an accident,