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THURSDAY, AUGUST 24

1922

TRAMS OR BUSES.

SOME IDEAS FROM SINGAPORE.

The following letter appens in a Singapore paper:--

THE CHINA MAIL.

SWATOW DISASTER

A. P. C. MEN FIRED ON AT KONGMOON.

CHARITY FOOTBALL

MATCH.

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OUR MURDEROUS MOTORISTS.

EUROPEAN INJURED,

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knocked down by a motor car, the number of which he failed to secure, as he was turning into Des Voeux Read from Status Square The car Two A. P. C. employem, Mesars,

which was going at a fairly high speed, W. G Gerrard (son of Inspector Ger

bumped violently into Mr. Lyon and Under the auspices of the Hongkong rard), ard A. Melbye, who represent

As the result of a motor accident in dent him sliding on his tace into the Football Association a Charity Foot the Company in the Kongmoon.diu.

Des Voeux Road, near the Supreme drain. The driver did not trouble to Sir,It is not at all unlikely that ball Match, South China Athletic trict were fired on by the guards as

Woro approaching Holin Court at 9.30 last night. a European stop the car to render assist nce, when electricity was just establishing Association Vs. The King's Regt., they itself as the successor of coal gas, some in aid of the Bwatow Typhoon Relief after nightfall. They were mistaken resident of the King Edward Hotel, Municipality may have been un- Fund, is to take place on Saturday for robbers, it was said, and the M. Henry Clayes Lyon, is now in the fortunate enough to lay down a large the 26th instant, at Sookumpoo. Kick guards kept them under fire for a co-hospital suffering from injuries to the pany has given $500 to the Swatot siderable time. Fortunately neither left side of his face. Mr. Lyon was | Relief Fund which now total $76,635 gas plant and find itself committeoff at 4.45 p.m. by the magnitude of its investment to

was injured. Eventually when they the uuwilling use of the wrong

were found to be Europeans, the illuminant for many years after the

fring ceased, and they having established their identity, were allow ed to enter the village.

error hecame obvious.

Is Singapore about to make a Fimilar mistake Over transport, starting a new tramvay system ie place of the one which bas practically ceased to exist just when the tram is definitely beaten by the motor bus? 1. The local tramway bus come to a natural end in any case.

Any town which has tramways will naturally go on using them for a long time to come, because they represent too much capital to be scrapped; but our tramway would not need to be scrapped. It is ecropped already.

The Company owns a track, vehicles and a power station.

The Commission which went into the subject some time ago emphasis.d that the first and most essential requisite ia an entirely new track, which would cost half a million pounds; new cars could never be put on the remains of the present track as they would simp ly be shaken to pieces.

As for the existing vehicles, the few which it has been possible to krepstill moving he now scarcely any valun at all. No tears need be shed over them.

The power station doubtless could be fully employed in providing eler- tricity for other purposes, at least un til a modern and economical instal- lation can be established to generate electricity on a suitable system for general use,

2. The day of the tram everywhere is almoet over except for the ueing up of plant already in existence.

The following will represent Sou h Chiao-Goul-Lau Hing Cheung; Chan So and Fung Tui; Cheung Wing Shing, Leuog Tai Fong and Leung Yuk Tong; Lau Tak Chung, Wong Sui Wah, Wong Pak Chang, ip Kau and Chu Kwong Yeung.

The information was contained in a letter from the Canton branch of the Company, which expressed regret at the occur.nce and advised the London as propaganda in favour of local branch to report to the Magis the Underground. If so, the London tracy. The local manager bas aak d General may be the exortion which Canton lor further particulars of the provee the rule.

affair.

OPIUM CASE,

A Chinese youth was charged before Mr. R. E. Linde Il this morning with the unlawful possession. at No. 134,

In Singapore al couree, the number. of buses has been decreasing. Ch-ugre in taxation have apparently bad much to do with that, but a principal cause socios to be the fact that many of the roads on which these vehicles have had to operate are not at present Queen's Road Central, of 179 taels of suited to motor traffic or indeed to prepared man-Gorainment orium any known form of transport except worth. St 14 and 20 taela of taw the use of pack-mules No buser opium worth $40. could be expected to live on such, Revenue Off ers raided the house ronds; but their condition is tempor last night and made the seizure. The ary. Singapore is putting its roads in defendant who was the only occupant order, and no doubt bases will soon of the house at the time refused to be able to count on a reasonable give any information sad undertook length of life.

responsibility.

3. It is considerad still uncertain whether the tramway is or is not definitely benten by the bus, the reasonable course is to refrain from putting money on either opinion.

To reconstruct the tramway system means sinking a considerable number of millions of dollars in an investment which is at the least doubtful, whereas we can have all the buses we want for nothing. Private owners will take the risk and if they are wrong Singapore loses nothing.

4., In any case new tramway service for years.

The Tramway Commission insisted that the whole track was worn out (except the portion towards Tanjong Pager which has bean telaid), and that new cars could not be run on it. The relaying of the teck will take years and meantime the old care which can still move are dropping out, one by one like Crimean veterans. It seems impossible that we abould Tave a tramway at all shortly. What is to be done meattime? Bus services will be necessary in any case for this in terval.

we cannot have aie

When asked to plead, the defendan! admitted possession, and refused to say anything farther.

He was fined $7,000 or 12 months Do the first charge, and $40 on the other.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY

OF MUSIC.

With natural pride in its achieve ments, the Royal Academy of Music celebrating the centenary of its er istence," writes E. A. Baugban in the Saturday Review. "In that pride the country as a whole can claim bu a vicarious part, for the R.AM. has practically owed its existence to the profession of music, and not to the public, nor to the State as represent- ing the public.

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That appears to be the opinion of the men who are running tramway un- dertakings in Britain. At the annual meeting of the Municipal Tramways Association in October last the Chair. man expressed the opinion that where tramway tricks required rec‹ nstruo tion it would be necessary row, in view of the tremendous cost of such work, to consider whether motor-buses or railway buses should not be in troduced instead. These costs (like those of motor-buses) bave fallen since ha spoke, but they are still enormous. He stated that meantime only five undertakings in the country were It would seem to be more prudent paying their way after meeting the to be content with such services commercial obligation to provide entirely. If, against all present adequately for renewals, though cheap appearances, the tram re establishes fares had been abandoned. Several its commercial soundness during the other Tramway Managers declared next few years we could start a tram nett, then its principal, resigned his that if unrestricted competition by way system almost as easily then as motor buses Was allowed wany now, say in connection with a large tramway undertakings would be expublicly owned power station which "The Academy," says the Times, tinguished and no one opposed is would incidentally relieve the Coathas been the means of training view.

pany's aration of the demands which masicians who have reached to bigh

And, more particularly, it owes ite existence to its professors, Every teaching institution does, of course, but the R.A.M. could not have continued to exist if it had not been for the loyalty and self-sacrifi eing spitit of Sterndale Bennett and his staff 61 professors, who, in moment of crisis, decided to receive very small fees, nud, in some cosea none, in order that the Acad.my might be carried on. Sterndalo Ban-

satury, and for several years received only some £20 in fees."

At the same time motor busit will have been eropluyed to statisly positions in the several branches of interests were claiming that motor-Dus companies, small and big, were making substantial profits, some of them large ones.

mrantime and so would release it for provision of power to the trams. The poles will presumably stand mean- lime, and the track is to be pulled up

in any case.

Whatever is to happen in future then, the existing system might be, in the words of the hymn gladly and thankfully allowed to pass away, whether or not there is any good hope of a glorious resurrection.

their art. Among c mposers we have only to recall the names of Sterndale Bennett, Arthur Sullivan Edsaid. German, Granville Bantock. and Arnold Bar to nalise that the actual achievement in works of musical arti bas been well sustained, has aimed high, and attained much."

CUTTING THE BILL DOWN.

When this subject was first con sidered by the Committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) As- sociation, in May, the Municipality was good enough to lend that Asasai ativa a copy of a pamphlet on Trane port in Cities published in Shanghai, containing a public lecture by Mr. D. 5. If the Tramway Company coul "There is," says the New Statesman McColl, Manager of the Shanghai and would finance reconstruction, or but one way of settling the Repara. Tramway Company. The objects of if the Bhanghai Company which is extions question-which is to cut the his lecture was to justify his Companyp ating to take over the administra-bill down. Despite our 'indulgences,' and to support its application of aution would do so, Singapore Leed not many cannot satisfy the demands thority to extend ity ays em object. But neither is likely to do that are mark upon her-or, at any tlasi suth. Whore Late, she believes she cannot, and we, foot by lain; more track but by anything of means of railless cars," electric manages a trainway here it seems im ab or fort have discovered no

that anyone except the buses supplied with power from an pos ible

way ci making her pay without doing averheed wire but able to move freely Municipality or Gov. rnment should mischief to ourselves. through traffic). The lecture there, take the financial risk. fore has nothing of the decisiveness of 6. The financial side of the question a report by impartial or independent so overbadows every other that the expert. It ankestwo points against respective merits of tramway and the commercial Bounduess of the motor bus na vehicles are a secondary Botor bus, (a) that the Chicago bus matter. A good tram is more com service bay gone into liquidation and fortable but its disadvantages are the New York service may follow, heavy. Every car is a serious obstruc and (L) that recently the London tion to traffic, and a dongerens one by the London Ultimatum. It would; General Omnibus Service

has since it cannot follow the rule of the in fact bring Germany's effective been rua a

aluse which the road but must let motor traffic pass it liability down to £2 100 030,000.

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"A rencible persons have long Lnown that we were asking an im possibility, and Mr. Lloyd George's Government has admitted it at last; for the British Treasury plac recently put forward would enormously reduce the total of 132 milliards of gold marks (£6,000,000,000) imposed

Underground has had to carry. As on the lift. Whire standards occupy "By a carious iro..y this is only a for (a), he also shows that many the centre of the road, as they do along hundred millions above the figure American tramwaye bave become the greater part of the routes the suggested by that man with neither bankrupt, and quotes a Government obstruction is serious. It a said that imagination nor character," Mr. report which declares that the is to compensate for central standard a Reynes, and it is actually five Lun dustry is without financial ciidit and rond would need to be made 15 lect dred millions kes than tio sam offer. is not properly perfoming its functi wider. Nor are bases much more ed by the impudent Dr. Simone ans. American tramways seem to dangerous than trame: since the police tnore than a year ago! have oven a worse expectation of life began reatly to control our trafic two But what has France to say of than Americaa oma hus undertakings. years ago and the newspapers were such a scaling down? That she will As for (b), a good deal of doubt is icit able to break up the type which they discuss it seriously when we are will- concerning the genuineness of the loss had previously Laptalanding for daily ing seriously to discuss the cancella on the London Omnituses. Many puits of a late! traffic accident, the tion of inter Allied debts. In the balove that it is merely a matter of mutor bus has done little barm in this name of common sense, let us dis book keeping. The Underground direction and certainly cannot be cues!" aleo owns other enterprises, OLD of treated us an outlaw.

which is the Repairing Company What one would like to have now The captain of the "Chip Shing" which does all its omnibas work, and is a definite and final decision, made has seen a derelict juuk in lat. 28.42 N. of course it would be quite simple to and published, that the Municipality long 120.51 E.

charge rates, for this work which will not either provide or guarantee

would make the Repairing Company's any funds for an electrio Ammway in profite, which are not advertised, Singapore."

very handsome ones while constitut

Yours etc.

ing a heavy burden on the ommibus:

J. ÚMAY.

results which are advertised all över Singapore, 2nd August, 1943.

For uncharing his host in such a

fashion that it obstructed the central

fairway the master of a trading jank was filed $10 at the Marine Court- this piorning.

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