AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 July 1941, Page 8

AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. MEETING AT GREYTOWN. (“Times-Age” Special.) The monthly meeting of the executive committee of the Automobile Association (Wairarapa) Inc., was held in Greytown on Tuesday night. The treasurer reported that receipts since the last meeting had been £66 0s Bd. The credit balance stood at £1989 7s Bd. Twenty-one new members were elected. A member wrote asking that something be done to improve the visibility at the railway crossing at the junction of Hodder’s Road with the Dalefield Road. It was resolved to write to the owner of the property on which the trees grew, Mr C. Ziilwood, and ask him if he would cut the trees back.

The secretary of the Carter Home Committee, Carterton, wrote in response to the Association's request for the carrying out of work promised by the committee to stem river erosion at the Carter Reserve, stating that the engineer had suggested falling willows and wiring the trees to the butts. Messrs Pike Bros, who occupied the properly, had not given permission for this work to be carried out. On this account no further steps had been taken to prevent the river erosion, but Messrs Pike Bros, had stated their intention of erecting a groyne when the water in the river was at a lower level. It was resolved to again write to the committee asking that some immediate steps be taken in the matter. When the recent military manoeuvres were in progress in the Wairarapa district the work carried out by the Association in repairing roads into the Carterton Reserve had been destroyed. The Association’s secretary had ascertained that the military authorities were prepared to defray the cost of the damage on application. The Carter Home Committee had been asked to approach the military authorities, but had replied that “under the circumstances it would not be advisable to do so.”—lt was resolved to again ask the committee to reconsider the matter, or to carry out the necessary work at its own expense.

Mr J. C. Varnham, a member of the Executive Committee of the Wairarapa Association, wrote stating that owing to new duties he would be absent from the district for long periods, and tendered his resignation, which was accepted with regret. Mr A. R. Cook, Featherston, was appointed to fill the vacancy.

In reference to the Rimutaka Hill road No. 1 Patrol reported that some motorists, though they enquired if the road was clear, and were told that they could not get through, still persisted. They reached a certain distance and then stuck, completely blocking all other traffic, and generally upsetting the work of Departmental officers. A great deal of time had to be expended in extricating them from the trouble they had involved themselves in.—lt was resolved that in future snow storms, the Patrols be stationed at the foot of the Hill, and that motorists be warned that the road was definitely impassible. If they persisted in pursuing their journey they would have to do so at their own risk, and if they got stuck, they would have to make the best of their predicament.