Queen Marie of Yugo Stevin, mother of the young ruler, King
Peter II.
BIG ORDER FOR BRITISH PLANES
Half Record Order
For Export
A contract for 55 Monospar aeroplanes believed to be the largest number of civil aircraft aver Included in one orter in Creat Britain-was concluded recently.
The total value of the order, which has been placed by the Air- craft Exchange and Mart, Ltd., with General Aircraft, Ltd., in in the neighbourhood of £70,000,
THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
1934
ENGLAND ROADS UNFIT FOR FAST TRAFFIC GOVERNMENT URGED TO CORRECT SITUATION
By Noel Carrington,
TOW that the holiday season is, ty carried out against the protest
No
ovor we have presumably of the A.A.
passed the peak of Ministerial bysteries about the "toll of the Fund." All the while car manu-
LESSON FROM FRENCH.
The signs on the main French, facturers have been perfecting roads in a uniform white and blue their plans for next year's models are very much cloarer than our And what are they going to sell own. The essence of the matter 087 Faster cars, and faster still is uniformity, clearness and isola- There seems something wrong tion in all signs and, signals of here. Parliamont debates how it whatever kind. This can only be can it and lesnen speed, while imposed by a national authority our engineers contrive how they acting with vigour and overriding may increase it.
What, then, la n Government to intorests which make for non-. all the potty authorities and vosted o about it? One thing at least conformity and confusion. In in its power, is its job and noj one else's, and that is to design the whims whether corners are bank- It must no longer be left to local. roads for auch vehicles nsited or sloped the wrong way, whe- icenses to travel on them. And, ther nurfaces that is just what the authorities slippery, whether kerbs
are non-skid
...ave not done.
the rond."
are
orc
or
bc-
Hence the "toll of yelled or aquare. Motor transport Our roada were designed when our roads are focal.
Jis national-almost international; Traffic, except for pedestrians, was port is twentieth century; our Motor tran- horse horne or horse dawn. Al-ronds nough many geat new roads have They must be re-designed. Heraf
eighteenth century. ocen built this contury, practiently the real work for a Minister of all follow the old principle. But Transport and for hands now un- traffic to-day is different because employed, of the grent variation in speed- pedestrian, cyclist, cart and horne, lorry and fast ear-and because it operates equally by night. So „THE DAYU on one track at theact different kinds of traffe trying to pass each other in both directions.
ABSURD SITUATION.
Imagine railway systems where: it was left to the driver to choose
It la o significant frite to which line he would use and when
British machines that about half
of the total number has been or- dered for export.
Three different types are includ- , one being the ST.10, which
Two of the prominent figures to Balkan polities to-day, Pater 11; King of Yugo-Slavia, and the Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania, his grand- mother.
won this year's King's Cup air race. Another is the S.T.11, simi- lar to the special machine fitted with a retractable undercarriage now on its way to Australla for une on official communication duty by the Australian Air Ministry.
Under the Monospar principle of wing construction a saving of 30 per cent. in weight, without sacrificing strength, is claimed.
The machines are all fitted with twin engines but can climb fully loaded on one.
Open wide! A dentists' night-mare In the Philadelphia Zoo. Mr-or Mr-Sea Horse,
To operate the paints. We should Bay it was absurd; but that is just. what we have allowed to happen Jon the roads,
SAVED FROM DEPRESSION
HUGE LOANS TO U.S. PUBLIC
NEA
The former President Herbert Hoover who yesterday saw the Democratic machine aweup to victory, will fight for a return to power at the next election, it is expected,
closed banks.
Mr. Richberg predicted that com- paratively little would be loaned directly to business under the loans to Industry Act throught which 69 borrowers Ao far have obtained $5,800,000.
FORECLOSURES. The corporation advanced $1.
PRECLUDED
ARTISTS ROUT BAILIFF
FIND STRENGTH IN UNITY
Railronda have repaid $58,300,- 000 of the $421,700,000 advanced hy the R.F.C. Mr. Richberg anid many rall receiverships were averi-
Paris, Nov. 1. 645,000,000 to xid agriculture and
Artists and artists' models barri has authorised leans aggregating caded themselves in a studio-build- Washington, Nov. 2. 5321,000,000 for self-liquidating ing on the top of The first principle then in road)
Montmartre Kovernment has projects. design is the segregation of traße louped more than $7,000,000,000 to
Mr. Righborg said the
recently and prevented
a bailift streams of different speed
Home from seizing the canvases of an un- cate- save businesaus and homes from Owners gories and of opposite directions.depression run, Mr. Donald R. saved 432,000 family homes from his rent.
Loan Corporation had emploved artist who had not paid The double track road has proved Richberg reported to Presidrat much safer than the broad car-Roosevelt in
a summary of New inge-way of the Great West Rond Deal efforts to relieve financial type. The white painted lanes are pressure.
not suelently persuasive
their novelty has worn off.
unce
The federal
Mr. Richberg 18 Secretary of the
Cyclists, in their own interest, Executive Council. He reported must be given a separate track as
that: they have almost everywhere in. 1. Holland. I have
Reconstruction Finance Cor-| cycled round poration netually has dishurand Holland and can testify that such $5,853,000,000; iracks are a great blessing.
homes of
anve no doubt of their benefit to 2. The Home Owners Loan Cor- he motorist. They would doubleporation has advanced $1,299,466,- The effective carriage way and 000 ending a real estate panic and
greatly reduce casualles. The saving the
432,000 linistry need not carry out tenta-Families from foreclosure; VE experiments in Middlesex, 3. Only five banks insured by folland has proved their use. the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
heir construction would be a re-poration have failed;
nunerative occupation for the au- 4. Federal Home Loan Bank mployed this winter. Each track Hyster loans are far below capacity should be separated by grass strips because of faults now being cor and trees. It will pay us to make rected;
he roads orderly and beautiful...
DANGEROUS OBSTRUCTIONS.
His report was the fourth-f... Sven Previous reports stated
that New Deal efforts had resulted in the re-employment of 4,120,000
As bad as moving obstructions persona, that drought and farm re- are standing obstructions, tem-lief had increased income; and that orary or otherwise. By this 123,000,000 persons probably would
standing cara outside need
government aid 'to live
puses or strings of lorries outside through the winter. cates. They are a constant source ...accident, especialy
The R.F.C. greatest lending in- At this abuse of the highway in-cations and authorisations since its at night. stitution in history-has made all- creases every day. Main ven as the Batn road, have been ministration aggregating $7.944- roada, creation during the Hoover Ad- widened at the expease of millions,000,000 of which $5,200,000.000
an the effective width i8 alocked by staituing cars—and one|1933.
represents business since March 1.
Cleaning and repair work on the 555 foot Washington Memorial is a ticklish job for the "human 87" workmen.
car every 50 yards is enough for Actual nat purpose-obviously millions were reported as follows:
R.F.C. disbursements foreclosure and that 400,000 more The approach of of pounds
families would obtain similar aid. was signalled by a neighbour of have
the "enemy" been wasted. hat condition is chronte on many |000,000;
1. To government agencies $674.-The operations of the corporation artistic sympathica who stuck his main roads to-day.
were reported to have made avail-head out of a nearby window und able: $200,000,000 to closed banks; blew on an old hunting horn.
2.
For relief $800,000,000;
Instead of insisting that every ouse, or shop, or garage on
3. All other activities $379.000.- $89,000,000 to municipalities for Chairs, beds and dustbins were main road bas its own service road
000.
back taxes: $17,500,000 to Almost half-44.8 per cent.-of tractors for reconditioning dwell-building, which houses artists al- con- piled before the front door of the which need only be of light con- the $4.379.000.000 category has ing; and $23,000,000 to attorneys most exclusively. Other tenants struction), the
resented the landowners and strengthen banks by loans and sub. etc.
authorities have been repaid. The programme to appraisers, insurance companies, posted placards in their windows Juilders with these rantly im-scription to preferred stock is 80
demanding that their rents be re- proved road frontages and gone per cent, complete, 6,579 institu- Richbery reported, "of preventing sculptor threatened to drop a
"The social consequence," Mr. duced in the name out of their way to
of art. One encourage tions having been authorised to the eviction of several hundred masterpiece ouilding by the provision of water, obtain $1,164,000,000 In this way. thousand persons during a period of baltiff.
on the head of the Jewage, light and other services. R.F.C. has authorised loans aggre- great tension and unreat can hard-In view of the hostile attitude, It is quite true that local authori- gnting $848,000,000 to aid in rely
over-estimated."-United, the bailiff decided to postpone his or liquidation of Press.
visit-United Prenn,
es can adopt powers to prevent organisation
such building, but very few have
et done so. Da most great ronds
t is already too late.
PROPER SIGNALLING.
A third Item of design is a pro- per signalling system, uniform und unequivocal. A committee of the Ministry of Transport issued a ong report on this subject last year, and gradually some improve. Jent is taking place. Yet, though notoring is a national affair, uni- ormity is not insisted on, either a colour or lettering, nor are con- lieting advertisement signs
rivate caution. notices being re- moved,
ог
To revert to the railway analogy, tia as if it were left to the local oumaster to put up whatever gnals he thought fit. The totter- ng on the standard signposta la ar too small. A motorist needs o road at least 60 yards away. The present size should be trebled,, The uso, on the new advance irection signs, of route numbers which are totally unknown to most rivers, instead of place names, is a deplorable bit of official stupid!-
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