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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1947.
KEEP DEATH OFF THE ROADS Vets Told:
Six Involved In Traffic Accidents Daily-One Killed Every Other Day
"K
EEP Death Off The Roads" is one of the.. slogans which the Traffle Department may well adopt and have painted prominently along. Hongkong's thoroughfares to impress all road users of the present · high accident rate and to warn them, whether drivers of vehicles or pedestrians, to exercise proper care and caution,
The necessity for better ly who have observed with handling of vehicles by drivers alarm the rise during recont and a greater degree of road sense on the part of pedestrians months in the number of road is admitted by police authorities accidents, many of them caus and responsible citizens general- ing loss of life.
BY THE WAY
by Beachcomber
Mrticle, courteously. TAKE your excuses," says
and flatter a little."
During the past 12 months, according to official figures, 2,052 persons were victims of traffic accidents. Of these, 177 were either killed outright or died from their injuries; 230 were maimed or otherwise seriously injured, and 1,545. suffered minor injuries.
Compared with prewar, these
For example, Narbonne, Napo-figures are astonishingly high. Icon's Minister, was late for an up-It means that every day in the pointment at the time of Erfurt, when all the kings were hurrying | Colony about five or six persons to kins the Emperor's hand. He said, "My apologies, sir, for being late
are involved in road accidents, but I ran into mob at kings, and and there is one fatality every. could hardly pushi my way through."
And talking of Napoleon, a young other day from such accidents. offleer, dazzled by the Emperor's prestige naw the guard turn out
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for a German King, and rebuked a small drummer-boy thus: "Gently, genily! It's only a king."
of
An analysis of accident reports shows the main causes are careless
obstruction driving speeding, roads and jaywalking. There are many drivers who, although able to handle a vehicle. well enough to pass the required test, are inex- inefficiency pertenced and possess little or
rund sense,
Suct lashes out at
CHARLIE SUET
Gald: "Wo
have
is calling for a corps of Food Leader Advisers, to advise Food Leaders uw to ex- plain to the public what they are supposed to do if they want to do something they can'
can't do. Sitting in lils room at the headquarters of the Society for General Purposes, Suet
He arrived now at a stage In things
when whatever can be suggested in any
should way
be considered for sug- Restion by any means, It is not always easy to make people under- stand what do being explained to them about other matters.
There fore I think there is a lot to be done in one way or another both in od- vice and explanation for whatever may be needed in various things."
Clearing it up
answer to a question Mr Wall- house said: "In the matter of
creating a satellite town, naturally the inhabitants are not consulted. That would be too much like demo- i tracy."
Mrs Chadge was heard to
WHERE
are doubtless other accl- dents which do not come to the nutice of the authorities, either be cause they are not reported or not discovered through the shortage of
personnci police
maintain adequate patrols. The police, how- vigorous are going to take action against all offenders.
•
ever,
at
RECENT MOTOR ACCIDENts in ́HONGKONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES. .PICTURES SHOWING WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOU. IF YOU DO NOT
this
were
EXERCISE PROPER CARE AND CAUTION. MANY LIVES WERE LOST IN THESE ACCIDENTS, WHICH ALL HAPPENED during THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
among other things.
'Keep Your Uniforms'
Veterans of World War II are cautioned by retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen Holland M. Smith not to throw their uniforms away...
The veteran of 43 years in tho Marines, commenting on world af fairs, sold he advised "during them off,” adding that the United States was "sitting on the edge of a volenno to-day."
"Europo from Finland to the Adriatic is an armed camp. Para- guay is in revolt. The French are having no little trouble in Indo-China. India is seething-and here our lao- Intioniais, are mounting the madlo again," he said.
Smith said instead of a country. tired of fighting, careful reading of what goes on at the pence conference discloses "wo are faced with netive, implacable enmity of a former ally which commands power na great an that of our own country."United Press,
SPITFIRES START EASILY AT 40 BELOW
The British Navy Air Arm and RAF have had more success than the Americans with cold weather aviation tests being conducted in Alberta at sub-zero weather, according to New York reports.
One piler frequent cause of acci- POLICE 1gures show that the vehicles using the roads and licensed
they are en- dents is the failure of car drivers to
accident rate has risen steadily included 653 rickshaws (it is known gaged in census taking at different British airplanes are operating make clear and definite signals, the, in the past year. In March 1946, that there are also a large number points to determine congestion and daily in biting old at Namao, absence of which is a marked feature the total number of accidents re- unlicensed) and 844 tricycles, The other relevant matters; speeding up collaborating with Canadian Arcile at the present time, Many un corded was 145. In September last number of licensed rickshaws, is the installation and repair of traffle experts who have been studying necessary accidents have also been year, the number had risen to 204. about the same as before the war, lights and signs, and painting the cold weather flying problems for caused by people Jumping off mov- The total In February 1047 was but the tricycles are an Innovation. kerbs at crossroads, pedestrian the last five yea. ing trams and buses. In order to 295.
The authorities are not intending crossings and traffic islands. The try and reduce this type of accident,
Thu Frobium to abolish tricycles,, but it is learn- painting of the new islands recently the police intend to prosecute all In January and February ed that the number may be reduced.
been Most difficult problem of Arctic completed In Kowloon has such offenders, even if they have year, nearly 250 Bummonses
has been rapid engine done, and similar work will shortly regions suffered injuries.
taken out in Hongkong and Kow-
for the whole Colony. In starting. The Americana edmmence
up to
The last full-scale
loon. Of these, over 50 were for
addition, consideration is being dute have been forced to pre-heat driving without due core and cau- paign carried out by
given to the matter of controlled their airplane engines before start- ·: was
Police tion, over 100 for speeding, about
areas, and it is indicated that furing, and this often takes from 10: in 1930. Last year, the Military
30 for disobeying traffic Administration
signals, under-
ther safety measures for congested to 45 minutes. over 10 for failing to report an occi- took a comprehensive campaign by
areas may soon be Instituted. The dent and over 10 for driving without
police are also organising a
a result it has Dot been the means of press notices, posters
spread safety compaign which
wide-necessary for the British to bother and public address talks, That lights.
will with heating anything except the be held soon. achieved some result for a time,
Laticry. but its good effects soon wore off
When and the number of accidents again Increased.
safety
Weekly papers were temporarily suspended in Britain because of the fuel shortage... it prompt- ed these lines from the Editor of "Punch."
cam-
There were in the Colony at the end at February 3,803 motor vehicles of all types licensed by the civil nuthorities. Other types of
THE GAMBLE
shai "The Minister is a beast. At TT is difficult not to show a
that point Mr Wybrow Intervened
to say that he was
sure they
trace of pique when a man
thought that whatever it was was breaks the windows of one's
what was wanted. · (Government
cheers.)
by
A small spirit lamp, a packet of tea,-and-o few-tins-of-what-we have come to regard as food should pre- serve the ilfe and happiness of a Latil
Mr Colt: And Clara? house and pulls up all the E. V. KNOX large part of the population Minister: Clara Who? Mr Coll: Iflowers in one's garden.
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Communications
was referring to the League of Associated Restrictions It is hard to escape a sense Awards, Mr Vobbe: Some dirty cherse importer, I suppose. Ă of mild annoyance when he mur. Minister: The Hon. Member has no ders one's relations and knocks right to (1sume any such thung. (Opposition cries of "What about one down and tramples on steel?"). Mr Calgrove: I shall raise one's hat. the matter again. Mr Zazar: Get out of Europe. The House then ad- journed.
Ho, I say, look 'ere!
le spends all day steeping above
we have staggered on to what we have come to regard as spring. of Why shovel away the snow from the
the
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conjecture that this kind story will be repeated (though not front door? It will melt by itself perhaps on the radio) about the it you give it time. It is no more present Minister of Fuel and Power. Permanent than policy of
Government. It seems by the way a curlous title to give him. The Minister for Weakness and lee would seem to be I doubt, therefore, whether Mr
more appropriate to the functions Shlowell bas made many new that lie performs. You could try friends in Fleet-street, by suppress that on the telephone, ABBey 7000, Ing weekly papers, for the con-
tinulty of any paper is very dear to NEVERTHELESS, at a time like "But that is to pelas of paper.
cels in a special tank, to study them. the childish minds of an editorial
HE
der.
(Morning paper), staff, especially when the paper has
E is head over eels in love with been running for more than a hun
his job "commented a bystandred years.
"Heels, heels!" corrected a pas-
this, we must consider country's essential needs, and should not dare to say that reading of weekly periodicals one of them.
was
I have seen suggestion that present crisia the foreseeing the Cabinet should have insisted on Cutting down power gradually Instead of announcing, that industry was in a fine wuy, and in the case of the weekly periodicals allowing
far too rar- the row a view of Ministerial responsi- I bility; we are a nation of gamblers, the und doubtless the Cabinet, hilling up its weekly pool forms, was always hoping that one day one of its ment- bers would strike the winning solu- tion. I incline to think, in the charity sing member of the Board of Educa-THERE used to be a kind o politi The task of the. Press as a whole of my heart, that with luck 'Mr
in vogue about a certain politi- clan (ahall I
present news Skinwell might easily have been the say 20 years ago?) (they tell me) is to which ran somewhat as follows: "I and comment. If a paper does not happy victor in the Great Polley was walking along a country road present news, and more especially if Pool. the other day when I happened to
it mingles ita comment with satiro see a inan lying face-downwards in
and entertainment, It in 1 suppose, n muddy ditch. I turned him over first to make quite certain he wasn't
a kind of luxury, and then I pulled him out and put him on his feet again."
tlon.
Tail-piece
A new optimism is in the air.
(Moming paper,)
IT consists in telling a tired woman who is advancing inch by inch along a fish queue that she will soon be able to travel faster than sound.
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And no doubt the majority of weekly papers whether serious or frivolous are read by the fireside, When the fire is always dying out,
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"What are you going to do, Mr Shinwell, with all that marvellous mass of coal?" asks the curious ro- porter. And instead of saying "I shall retire instantly and lead Life of Leisure" he modestly: "I rather thought of bay- ing a tricycle, and a piece of lino- leum for the kitchen which we have
answers
or disappearing with a pop, one been wanting for several years." But should escape to the warmth of the be at the office as usual, Alling up I shall not give up my job. I shall cinema, or go to bed and to sleep, the files with treacle, and dictating
There is a great deal to be said pew poenis to my secretary.' for the latter course, which would enable us to abolish the Hollywood
film and the BBC, and I wonder
Only; It didn't come off.
NOT very long ago i made a state-
that this Government hos not tried ment (a littis in advance of the to make if more popular. It is far truth); that the Government intend- the easiest way to "alogger" | the ed to nationalise jokes, · hours of work, and if you throw There ja three million people out of their Jobs in Arctic weather, the conser vation of heat obtained by not get Ung up in the morning is enormous,
IT could surely be ninde illegal for
some
opinion in the country about these great difference of things. Some like them and don'L Some Ike them of one kind. some of another. But I imagine that when they had all been codified and expurgated and analysed, and
controlled Punch, despite its faults, more than so many people to would have been taken over as part waste warmth by leaving their beds of the industry, and issued with the on any given day, and officials could proper directions and the necessary be sent round from house to house, forms. But in suggesting that
we
to make certain that the new Order might be controlled, I did not anti- In Council had not been disobeyed. cipate that we should disappear.
The defendant' was certainly not snoring when I entered his bedroom,Yot':I: might have guessed 1 and appeared to be in the position Fuel has been one of the Orst things of actually pushing off his cider to be nationalised and I have not down."
(indiget any of that. long D
much
NTIL recently, the Traille Branch
was
understaffed, but more personnel, particularly super- vising officers, have recently become available, and the present strength These include Euro- pean and local Inspectors and point duty police. More officers are now being put on road patrol There are three radio cars in use, but this number is to be increased.
is about 80.
are
being
at 40)
All these mensures
the engine starts the fuel taken with a view to "Keep Death tanke, containing naphtha is tumed Off the Roads," but it is up to off, and usual high octane petrol. drivers and other road users to co- turned on Spitares diart
under The traffic authorities are doing operate to the fullest extent to en- below
this process, and everything possible to make
bombers and Royal Navy the sure the utmost safety for every- Lincoln roads safe, and in this connection, body.
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