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Council Taking Traffic Census

A special check on the volume of traffic using Story Bridge is being made by the City Council works department.

Checks, which are made on the volume of traffic during peak hour periods, will be carried on until the Council is satisfied that an average volume can be estimated.

Council officers were on duty on the southern approach to the bridge from 4 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. yesterday.

A Council spokesman said that the census was being taken before changes were made in the lay-out of Kemp Place.

Suggestions have been made that Kemp Place should be altered in lay-out because of the tremendous volume of traffic using the bridge.

When materials and labour are available, the Fire Brigade will move from its present headquarters in Ann Street to a site in Kemp Place.

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Brisbane Telegraph, 4 August 1951

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Observe Road Safety Rules

“Don’t forget the road safety rules taught you at school,” was the advice issued by the Superintendent of Traffic (Sub-Inspector A. Purcell) yesterday.

He said that with the breaking-up of schools today, children would immediately enter into a holiday atmosphere. School lessons would be forgotten for some weeks. However, while at play or when using the roads either as pedestrians or cyclists, children should remember the rules they were taught to avoid accidents.

However, Sub-Inspector Purcell said, parents should restrain their children from playing on roads and from skylarking on bicycles. There were parks and playgrounds set aside for playing areas. He also urged children to remember the rules about crossing streets.

He also advised that children fond of swimming, should not swim alone, no matter how safe the locality. Children swimming should

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