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MOTOR CAR PROBLEMS IN THE
SHANGHAI,
PROPOSED SKYSCRAPER GARAGE TO SAVE PARKING.
Mr. C. R. Burkill, presided at the annual meeting of the Automobile Club of - China, at Shanghai, last week, said : Park ing a ranking of vehicles and other traffic "problems are becoming so serios that an impossible state of affairs will be renched in a very short time. The amount
of traffic on the streets is certain to, in crease" rather than decrease and more especially with regard to automobils Local statistics show that the increase in the number of cars used is very consider. able from year to 'yeur, and it will readily be seen that grave diffenities will arise in the congested areas if steps are not taken 10 lieve the situation.
this
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MILITARY SITUATION
IN KWANGPUNG,
REPORTED WITHDRAWAL OF CHEN'S FORGES..
According to an official comfaunique receive from the Headquarters of the Allied Forces in Sheklung issued on Wed-
sy evening, says the Gunton Gazette, forces from the East River district to Chen Chiung-ming is withdrawing his Southern Fukien in order to prevent Gea- eral Chang Chi-ping's Fukim foress from marching into the Chaochow and Meih-ien district
The main force of General Chen in Poklo has retreated to Waichow. Pokles is now guarded by three hundrevi soldiers," who will be na mitch for the Allied troops if they advance into that city.
NORTHERN CAMPAIGN AGAINST CANTON
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EXPEDITION INDEFINITELY POSTPOSED.
Router's errespondent, ot Peking writes:-
"According to quofficial Chinese reports the proposed expedition to Canton has wors indefinitely postponed:
The Shangbai Municipal Counet has cadeavoured to meet the parking diiheal tics by providing space on wide and little used roads and, of course, ou the Bund:Y and shopping centres have had ranking
Paces
slotted shem, these latter adding rather serionly to the general congestion am afraid, but it is difheult to know how to avoid it. Streets have been wied and the Council are. I anderstal, taking every opportunity which is to act road
frontage, t entails considerables expense and time and If that some General Ma Chi, who recently made a visit other means should be Bought fur solving our difficulties I have alrends said that to the Hunan-Kuangsi boriler, was returned cars" ranked and parked along the street and is now at Lorang. General Lir Yung- side, and to
the congestion and we must ting is said to have sent a second telegrām therefore endeavour to find further facili
parking and the only to the Government declining the post sound and
cheme that come to of Tuli of Kunngsi. It is believel that the my mind is multiple storage. That is the attitude of General La Yung-ing contri- provision of
huge centrally situated gar-bute to weaken the adherence of General age with fumerous floors and elevators.
scheme of this nature could be work. Shen Hungying to the North," Foreign ed by the Council in such a way as to a telegrams from Fukien also indicate tain the return of expenditure on land and buildings; 1,000 cars stored at 2 cents per charging conditions. General. Tsang Chi- diem would produer an annual income of ping's forces have occupied Tunganhsien $91,250 and there should be no difficult in obtaining the consent of the ratepayers to and negotiations are in progress between General Tsang and General Wang Yi at the expenditure in the circumstane. the present rate of progress in Shanghai Chuanchow with the object of their reach- the estimate of 1,000 cars wording day garage space dors not seem too high and an understanding. General Chou Yin- the exposure of valuable cars to the ele- jen's troops have reached Hsinhua in. per. ments costs owners in the end more than suit of General Wang Yung-chuan, who 871 month
as proposed in this cheme rectly fled from Foochow
General Similar
parking arrangements have with succes in ather parts of the world. Wang, however, got away before the and though the problem is a difficult one arrival of the hostile troops and fled to there is no doubt that a long view of the situation should taken by the Shanghal Shanghai, where he is endeavouring to get Municipal Council now. -
into touch with Little Hsu with a view to cencertal action between Genscals Tsang, Lu Yung-hsiang and himself.
ONE WAY TRAFFIC,
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There are many alternative schemes for providing relief and the time has arrived when rious attention must be given to the matter of traffe problems. The appoint mut of a local commission, assisted by a representative of the Traffic Comissioner and the Commissioner of the Pub Works Department in an advisory apy, would appear to be essential, and your Committee would be willing to reader any posible
rvice in this direction.
ing
In my reuarks at the last annual meet. I referred to the necessity for intro duting a oneway traße schone in the congested areng, bal 1 understand the xheme met with serious opposition from gertalu quarters, I am still of the opin ian, however, that such a scheme would provide a certain anoint of relief and trust the Traffic Department, will continue their efforts in this direction.
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In Szechuan the position of the North- ern forces is reported to be improving. General Lai Hsin-huai, former: follower of General Asiong Keh-wu, has came over to the northern side by joining General Yang San. This has weakened General Hsiong and Tan Mohsin to much an expert that their outer-attack is not likely to be car- ried out,
General Yuan Ter-ming, the Karichow leader who was requested to remain in Sze chunn. owing to the growing strength of the Szechuanes has replied with a request, for fund and ammunition. He reports that he has now 25,000 met and desires to recruit an additional 3,000 in order to form three complete divisions.
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Mr. Snowden, Chancellor of the Ex-EIGHT-HOUR DAY AND HARDER chequer, in a written reply to a question in Parliament, gives the following com parative figures of taxation per head in some of the beading countries of the world:"
1013 or 1923 or "1919-14 1923-24 (actual) (estimated). Tu Starling In Sterling
at Par.
nt Par. 8.1.
. d. Laited Kingdora ... 3.11. 0. France
...37 0. United States
Germany (Reich)... 1.10. 8.
» Australia :
15.3M. 0. 6.18.9
Federal) 1.7.11
6.14.10.
Italy
2: 2. 5.
Canada (Dominion) 3. 8. 2",
3. 8.11. 4. 1. 4. 7.38. 8.
Commonwealth
3. 8. 1.
B. I. 9.
States
1. SIL
3. 4. 2.
South Africa:
Union ......
18. 0,
4. 9.
37.0.11
11. 9.
Provinces
New Zealand
The strike of the staffs of four import ant bauks, including the Anglo-Austrian Bank, may lead to a strike at all the Vienna banks, says & Vienna errespondent, and pessimists even go so far as to fure shadow a sympathetic strike of industrial workers. The employés complain of too little, pay for their work, and too large profits of the few persons in power, while the managers want the staffs to work long- vr hours and make better use, of their office time.
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DIRECTORY AND CHRONICLE
As for the profits of the banks, the gen- eral opinion is that the limit in the terms for clients has been reached, the rate of interest for advances, in particular being excessive. On the other hand, it is alleged. that, apart from those periods when of the employes have to work overtime (for which they are remunerated), they work ag
of scarcely
ven hours a day. average But the fact
remains that a very large 6.-3. 0. 12. 5. 3. proportion of bank clerks can hardly live:
on their incomes. Last year, when large Mr. Snowdeu adds: International profits could-be realized by specstation on comparisons of this nature require to be the Stock Exchange, practically all of used with grent caution owing to the them supplemented their earnings. This differing national wealth, financial system, unsound state of things is
THEY over and and social and economic structure of the the employés declare that they cannet countries compared." The Chancellor of make ends met.
This the Exhequer further points out that the dispute which will no doubt cause figures for the United States, Germany, great is an inconvenience, probably and Canada. show the taxation to cover marks the beginning of a bit feu on expenditure of the Central Government the question of the eight-hour day. It is out by business men that in an im- only and do rot include the expendituro Pished country kathir people must! of the States, for which information is work all the harder. Rates and taxes not available.
wol) as general expenses have gone up im. mensely, and once the Ruhr problem settlal, they argue, there will be an end of the present relatively favourable cżon omic situation of "Austria,
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