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Shows How To Get On And Off Tram

“A section of ‘Safety Town’ at the City Hall features an exhibit designed to instruct tram patrons in the correct manner of boarding and alighting from trams,” said Mr. S. L. Quinn, general manager of the Brisbane City Council Transport Department.

“Uniformed instructors will explain methods of accident prevention, with the help of large illustrated posters showing the dangers of carelessness and too much hurry,” he added.

A full-scale model of portion of the latest streamlined tram will enable instructors to demonstrate how safety may be ensured while travelling by tram.

An interesting feature of the exhibit is the display of scale-model trams dating from the earliest days to the latest streamlined models of tram, bus and trolleybus now under the control of the Brisbane City Council’s Transport Department.

“Safety Town,” which will be opened at the City Hall on Thursday, is

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Sharp Increase In Road Toll

Brisbane, February 5.- Road accidents, deaths and injuries in Queensland showed a sharp increase in the 12 months ended June 30, 1950, over the previous year, according to a report by the Government Statistician (Mr Solomon).

Mr. Solomon said that 11,958 road accidents were reported during the 12 months period, 3958 of them causing death or other personal injury. In these accidents 202 people were killed, 1330 received serious injuries, and 3441 minor injuries.

This was 2607 more accidents than in the previous year. Thirty-three more people were killed and 754 more injured. The death or injury rate among motor cyclists in 1949-50 was much higher than in the two previous years, and more than twice the rate recorded before the war.

One motor cyclist was killed or injured during the 12 months under review for every 17 motor cycles on the register. Against

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“Let Courtesy Reign On The Queen’s Highway”

Obligation by Every Road User

On all occasions there is an obligation devolving upon every road user to “Let courtesy reign on the King’s Highway,” – “A Royal Command Performance” – but, perhaps more especially when Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh visit Brisbane.

We cannot enjoy the full significance of such occasion, nor will they, if road mishaps are, unfortunately, to be allied with the beauty and splendour of it all. So the great slogan is worth the fullest adoption and practice.

That the Royal visit to our shores is not in any way accidental should be the wish of every loyal subject. Just as the Queen has travelled to see us, so will thousands of Australians be making journeys to catch a glimpse of our Queen.

Roads will be jammed with traffic. In the

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Road Safety For Queen

Brisbane, Fri. – Australia’s most intensive safety campaign will be launched during the Royal Tour, the Australian Road Safety Council chairman, Mr T. G. Paterson, said.

All possible advertising means in all States will drive home the theme: “Let courtesy reign on the Queen’s highway.”

Mr Paterson said the Royal tour was a “glorious opportunity for the council to achieve a permanent improvement in behaviour.”

He said: “During February and March, practically every able-bodied Australian, and every available motor vehicle will be congregating along the Royal route.

“Our traffic authorities will have to contend with bigger crowds than they have ever handled before. We expect greater congestion and more acute accident risk than on any previous occasion.”

The council hoped that “the stimulus of national rejoicing might be harnessed so that people expressed their happiness in a practical way, by treating their fellow road users more courteously.”

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