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Conference of Metropolitan Borough Councils re Nuisances
from Motor Traffic.
The Hampstead Borough Council proposed to convene a Conference
of Metropolitan Borough Councils to consider the question of routes taken
by motor omnibuses, and the cutting up of roadways by that class of
traffic, with consequential vibration; the serious annoyance to the
inhabitants, and, in many cases, positive danger to premises along the
line of route; and the loss of rates from unoccupied houses in the
thoroughfares through which the traffic passes.
The Council was invited to appoint delegates to the Conference.
Motor Traffic (Street Noises) Bill.
A Bill was introduced into the House of Commons to amend the law
in respect of warning instruments on motor vehicles.
The object of this Bill is to give powers to make regulations defining
the nature of the warning instruments which may be used on motor
vehicles, and making obligatory during certain hours and in particular
areas the use of certain descriptions of instrument. The regulations will
be made under Section 6 of the Locomotives on Highways Act, 1896,
under which there is power to confine the application of any regulations
to a particular area.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
Results of Analyses. Legal Proceedings. Preservatives in
Butter. Margarine Act, 1887, Sale of Food and Drugs
Act, 1899, and the Butter and Margarine Act, 1907.
Orders in Council under Section 5 of the Poisons and
Pharmacy Act, 1908. Sale of Margarine Bill. Suggested
Amendment of Sale of Milk Regulations, 1901. Suggested
Legislation Prohibiting Colouring Matter in Milk.
Suggested Amendment and Consolidation of the Sale of
Food and Drugs Acts.
The results of the analyses of 377 samples were reported to the
Committee during the year 1911, the samples being as follows :—