The Settlement Police can surely command the ce-operation of the public In the attempt to make the Rew parking regulations a success. Experience alone will tell whether this ce-operation will work smoothly. The authorities have evidently given the matter close attention and have combined study of methods elsewhere with appreciation of special local Inctors, Briefly, indiscriminate "parking" is to be prohibited. Special parking places are 0 be established. To meet the requirements of shoppers and callers q new form of motoring conduct will be permitted hhis reign, King George had the famous old vessel recondite a cost of £50,000 and Supreme. moment in the late fmonareh's life when during the Jubilee regatta last year with himself at the helm she beat the former America's Cup challenger Shamrock Vion the course where she raced so long and so gallantly Britannia to meet her end with the hulls of future generations of yachts floating above her. and described as "waiting", That gives a full hour to the motor-car User who has to pay a visit and wishes to Teave his vehicle within reach. This effectually draws a distinction between the casual caller and the regular occupant of a building who now leaves his car outside for the full' working hours of the day. The parking restrictions do not come into force until September 5 so that ample time is given for the necessary preliminary arrangements—and per haps for consideration of such criti-oisins as the statement may suggest to the wearers of shoes which may or may not pinch. The Public Works Department is at once undertaking the preparation of the new parking spaces proposed in the scheme, including certain important alterations on the Bund. It is satisfactory to note that the Council has been able to sanction these important. Proposals which will. it is hoped, make a real contribution to the im= provement of trae control in the Settlement. Emphasis should be laid fon the significance of the principle to which the Council attaches frst importance: "Streets exist primarily for the movement of tram™e". If the scheme be studied with this axiom in mind, understanding of its purport will be more readily achieved.
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