Commendation of the Minister of Transport (the Hon R. Semple) in his efforts to rid New Zealand of the drunken driver is recorded in the latest issue of the "Methodist Times.” The article says that the statement made by the Minister, that in six years 1200 persons had been killed on the roads, was alarming. Only a week previously he had stated that in 42 days 42 persons had met their deaths in motor accidents. The writer recalls that last year Mr Semple said that 130 convictions against intoxicated drivers had been registered, and £ll,OOO had been collected from motorists. The Methodist Times” expresses satisfaction that judges and magistrates are falling into line with the Minister in the administration of the law, and cites a statement by Mr J. 11. Luxford. S.M.. in which he says, "a slightly intoxicated driver is the greatest evil of the present time.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 June 1939, Page 8
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