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No. 22782.* **A*** HONG KONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1931. 隆拜禮 日登月捌年獲世佰玖仟登英

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To-day.

(August 1.)

Lammas Day.

\\V.R.C, «Night Fele, 9-pim/////

Lawn Bowls:-First Division: Kowloon Docks. v. Craigongower, Kowloon CC, Kowloon B.G.. Police v.¿Club de Recreio, Civil Service # Taikoo. Second Divis

Queen's Theatre: digal."

World Theatre: "Hell Harbor." Star Theatre: "The Aviator." Central Theatro: "Czar Broadway,"

of

LONDON'S TRAFFIC

A CITY FIT FOR HIGH SPEEDS NEEDED

HISTORIC LANDMARKS MAY HAVE TO BE REMOVED!

Oxford Street is now almost as We must encourage traffic to grow! sion: Taikoo Yacht Club, Crai gay with signal lights as Clapham and show it how it may expand, gengower . Kowloon C.C., Club de Recreio Civil Service Kowloon Junction. But the progress of the Cities were made, for intercourse, B.G. . H.K. Electric R.C.

traffic is no better, writes Mr. not intercourse for the cities. If Lawn Tennis:"C" Division: Gerald Heard in the London Even traffic jams, the city is a failure. Army Tennis Club. v. Kowloon C University v. Radio Sportsing Standard. Instead of crawling

A Dynamic Age... Club,

like a procession of mandarine je

We hear much about town.plan "The Pro- now goos in jerks sud "jama, ning, but it is nearly all in a pre- Although it is rather harder to scientific, and even board a 'hus, once on the passenger way. We still think of making a pre-traffic,

endures even longer waits. So seat-cities that will look impressive, like, ed he can reflect that none of our exhibitions, rather that cities that social problems needs a larger dose will work well at modern pressures King's Theatre: "Dishonored.”. Majestic Theatre: "A Devil with of science than our traffe proband can be used at modern speeds. Indeed, it was lucky that London For, obviously, it is one of those did not get the great plan that problems that all piecemeal im Christopher Wren drew for it. No provements only end by making doubt it would have made the City worse. It is evident that the civil moro beautiful than any other, far authorities started at the wrong more beautiful thani Paris, but it end. From the beginning they have would have meant that London been trying to check traffe. All would have been fatally set. So our notions of pity planning were England's backwardness may now derived from the notion of the For-at last prove an advantage. bidden City. Holy Closes, sacred.' ways and royal parks have only tolerated traffic if it went round

Women."

'Prince's Theatre: "Sunny Side Up."

Dinner Dances at Peninsula Hotel and Repulse Bay Hotel.

Flannel Dance at Shek-O Country Club..

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Sunday..

(August 2)

oth. After Trinity Queen's Theatre: "Dance Fools Dance."

World Theatre: "Yik Jan Mae" (Chinëss (film),"",

Star Theatre: "Lone Star Ranger,"

Central Theatre: "The Silent Enemy."

King's Theatre: "Dishonored." Prince's Theatre:

"Trader Horn.

Ten Dance at King's Restaurant, Tiden-High e 12.37 and 1.30, Low at 4.38 and 3..0.

Monday.

(August 3)

Bank Holiday.

King Hakoon of Norway born.. Motor Cycle Reliability Trial. Queen's Theatre: "Dance Fools

Dance.

World Theatre: Yik Jan Mae " (Chinese film).

lem.

about.<

Built for Low Gear,

Our tangle of lanes and medieval brways is a stricture on a city's, vital circulation. Londonera caught in the tangle may generate such a pressure of rovolt that it will carry All reforms have been equally them into a home, if not "fit for obstructive. The one Act that Eng-heroes to live in," at least possible land's ons Dictator, Oliver Ctam for seven millions to move about. well, passed on his sold authority in. But we must get away from the was an Act arbitrarily limiting the notion of planning set cities. This growing number of hackney coaches is a dynamic age, and in any plan in the City Paris and Berlin are fundamentally no better. Their day of judgment on the past mis- takes of planning, when the traffic will finally jam, may be a little fur- ther of, but towards it they are tending as certainly as we:

we must allow for growth. That is our problem, and that is why any planning has become so dif- ficult.

But it is no use burking it. Wo. shall only solve it by daring to be

scientific. That means we must

For they, ton, are pre-traffic understand not only the needs of cities. "They are laid out on plans present traffe but the way traile designed for walking pace. They

could stand the horas. if he walked as grow. Our cities must not be or ambled. That was their limit rigid. It was a triumph of scien tific planning-for-traffic...when," "in- And now all they can do is to stead of a hurdle-portcullis; the banish the horse. Their traffic policy is prohibitive instead of being expansive, it is negative in- Star Theatre: "Lone Star stead of positive. Hangar."

Central Theatre: "The Silent But simply to get rid of the horse is no solution. For, funda Enemy,"

King's Theatre: "Dishonored." mentally, it is not the horse that Prince's Theatre: "Irador is in the way, but the city that

was built to his low-gear speed.

Horn."

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