Mothered The Motor

NZ Truth, Issue 1213, 28 February 1929, Page 6

Mothered The Motor

' TVERY motorist m New Zealand i Hi knows what the Highways Act has done foe the road traveller. J3ut only a. small percentage is aware that Alfred Edward Ansoll, M.P. for Port Chalmers, was one of the chief agitai tors m getting the scheme placed m, the melting pot of legislation. Right from its infancy m this coun- ' try, motoring has found a ready friend m Ansell. First of all, it was the • youth caught up with enthusiasm for the thrilling sport of motor-cycle racing. But when the widespread and national importance of the petrol vehicle dawned upon A.E.A., he decided, there and then', to mother the motor for all he was jvortlr. 1 Hence his close association with the 1 Otago Motor Club since its inception, 23 years ago, and his non-skidding ' activities m the Dominion-wide inter- . ests of the motorist.- . : '• '•~; : -,'"