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BRITISH PURCHASE OF

"DANGEROUS WALKING

Chief Constable

COAL ROYALTIES Blames Pedestrians

London, To-day.

How the proposed purchase of coal royalties in Britain, at a cost of £66,450,000, is to be raised by loan, is shown in the text of the Coal Mines BII.

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DESIRABLE

The human element was: blamed for the growing total of road acci- dents in all parts of the country by Major Cedric V. Godfrey, Chief

The Bill provides establishment Constable of Salford, speaking at the National Road Transport Con- of a Coal Commission to take over

ference. ownership of all coal, and also a central and regional Valuation The art of safe driving so often Boards to determine the compensa-depends upon making adequate use tion payable to each of the 5,000 of the split second and it is during owners of royalties.

Valuation is expected to take until July, 1942-Reuter

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London, To-day.

that fraction of time that life and death hang in the balance" Major Godfrey said

Accidents for the greater part result from the breakdown of some agency immediately prior to the climax being reached. That agency is all too often, of human and not mechanical origin.

Not until every section of road user develops a traffic mineded- ness* - a road sense will Acts The Board of Trade index of of Parliament, police control, or wholesale prices was 0.5% lower efforts by highway-authorities in October than in September but have any real chance of shewing 13.5% apove the level of the year be that accidents can be avoided or fore British Wireless.

reduced.

LOCAL DOLLAR

Difficult For Police

"Is human nature so utterly de- void of understanding that nothing

The demand rate of the Hong will stir it to greater appreciation Kong dollar this moming was of its duties, for surely that is what it has to face? It is dimenit 1/2s

"Spot" silver was quoted at 19, for the police to teach pedestrians their movements on the highway 13/16 and "forward” at 19-34.

of

The London on New York cross- are not under statutory control, rate was quoted at US$49875 and though many drivers and the New York on London rate vehicles are guilty of dangerous. was unquoted owing to the holiday driving. many more pedestrians are guilty of dangerous walking and it should be possible to take action against those who thus wan- tonly endanger the safety of them- selves or others.

SINGAPORE RAW RUBBER

“Common sense makes people take care when walking over rail- Coway crossings and yet they will wander about public roads, which carry fast and dangerous traffic, with a complete disregard of the risks involved.”

Messrs. H. B. Joseph and have received the following quota tions in Straits Currency for Raw Rubber

Jan/Mar. 244 Up 2-b. Apr./June 241⁄2 Up 2 b. July/Sept. 2434 Up 2 b.

Market: Firm.

London, To-day. The intake of recruits for the Regular Army last week was 673, an increase of 237 over the corresponding week of last year British Wireless.

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Shanghai, To-day. The NYK announce the almost immediate resumption of the Naga- saki express steamer service with The M. M. liner Aramis, coming the Nagasaki Maru and the Shang- from Europe via Saigon, will now hai Maru, and their intention of arrive at Hong Kong on Monday putting two further steamers, the at 6.30 am and sail on the same Kasuga Maru and Chekugo Maru day, at 4 pm, for Shanghai and into the service shortly-Our Own. Kobe::

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