1938-01-10 — Page 31

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1938.

LEFT-HAND TURNS TRAFFIC DANGER A pound of value

Cause of Accidents

Must Be

Eliminated

Right-Hand Turns Are Suggested As Solution

Something should be done to eliminate the danger of left-hand turns by motor vehicles at busy city intersections.

They have been responsible for many traffic accidents.

A system of warning signals should be devised or left-hand turns forbidden altogether and the ban strictly enforced.

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A Traffic oficial toki the Telegraph that the left-hand turn was a problem that was causing trouble all over the world.

In some big cities only right-hand turns are permitted, but such a system has never been tried out here.

Harried By Cars

Motorists have complained that compulsory right-hand turns involve a serious loss of time, but some trailis Authorities say that the safety margin for pedestrians is increased.

Commenting on the problem the omcial said that pedestrians had their responsibilities as well as motorists,

The hit-hand turn," he conreded, is a real problem."

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Motorists say that a left-hand turn signal is not necessary as a guide to iraffle coming

hehind, owing to the regulation forbickling vehicles In rear from coming in on the left in pass.

Pedestrians In Way

The problem of avoiding passing thennoh Bag of nadertrinns is one which is difficult to solve.

A car bu up by the automatic Voeux Road.. signal at the De

Pedder Street intersection may have

to turn left towards the waterfront

when the signal for release is given. The pedestrians also move across the street, but it was asked, could

he EX driver wishing to turn left pected to toed still?

will be holding up cars behind him.

his Telegraph, which carried out

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tests at city intersections on Satur day. At every intersection where u left-hand turn was made pedestrians

(2) The usual sign denoting Left to right: (1) The usual trafie sign denoting that the driver is about to make a right-hand turn. that the driver is about to stop. (3) A suzgested sign to indicate a left-hand turn; the Auger points to the street. In some quarters. If Is said that this sign would be confusing, as it h the present sign to pass. It is suggested, however, that the pass algn should be made by circular motion of the hand with the arm fully extended downward.

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In the left-hand diagram the north and south-Bound trattie is held up-the east and west line open, Pedestrians at "A" are walling to ercss. Car "P" intends to turn left when traffic line'changes, Right-hand diagram shows the east-west traffic held up, amul

north-south open. Pedestrian "A" off when the traille went with them. but are cut across by car "B,"

ROOSEVELT WAGING

UNCOMPROMISING

WAR WITH CAPITAL

Washington, Jan. 9.'

Speaking at the $100 per plate Jackson Day Demo-

U.S. Aims To Concentrate On Air Arm

Huge Flying Force By 1940, Present Aim Of Government

Programme?

cratic celebration to-day, President Roosevelt, citing "the-No-Battleships On evils that flow from undue concentration of economic power or unfair business practices," asked business and the nation as a whole to co-operate in working out corrective legislation.

"The door of the White House is open to all our citizens who come offering to assist in achieving these were in the way of the advancing car, objectives," the President declared.

Obviously, the traffic constable has

his work cut out controlling the two-

way ream of vehicles, und under

Further he said that the Adminis- tration is "helping, not hurting the

exi g conditioris a constable at overwhelming majority of business- busy intersections to control pedes-men and industrialists," and that he trinns would appear necessary,

Russians Hold

Two Japanese Cinema Chiefs

Immediate Release Sought By Tokyo

Tokyo, Jan. 10.

and noted an Improvement in the general understanding, despite the efforts to "distort" is cruisin ot concentrated power. He cited the public utility objectives as exempli- tying the type of corrective action sought.

The declared that the same type of regional or local control of financing which is sought for utilities as desired for other businesses.

PLANET HURTLES CLOSE TO EARTH

Only 400,000 Miles

From Collision

astronomer

named

Washington, Jan. 9.

addition to the two under-way and

RADIO BROADCAST

Mozart "Jupiter" Symphony No. 41 in C Major

LONDON RELAYS

itadio Programme Broadcast by ZHW on Frequencies of t45 k.e's. thm.c's. per secondi.

3.0-8.03 European Programme. 8-10 Chinese Programme. 5.0 Relay of the Dance Orchestra fru... wel temakinal of te long- Hong Holel.

1. That Southern Hospitality; 2. You showed me the way; 3. Where are you; 4. That Foolish Feeling.

5.15 Interval of recorded dance

music from ZBW.

It is learned that President Roose- velt has tentatively abandoned plans fer requesting two new battleships in the two recommended in his Budget speech, and instead will recommend 5.20 5. Roses in December; d. huge aircraft building programine Remember me? 7 The Love Bug and the construction of submarines will bite you; 8. Harbour Lights. and destroyers. This

change of 8.35 Interval of recorded dance policy is allegedly due to the fael music from ZBW. that additional battleship building would tax facilities.

The national defence message this week is expreted to Increase the de- fence Budget by between $100,000,000 and $200,000,000. The bulk of thir increase will be spent on improving the Navy's air force and underses units, and adding to the bulwark of Sight surface craft,

The exact United States naval bir treneth is at present uncertain. but believed to total 1700 modern lanes. The roal is 2,000 Arst virgroft by 1942.

the

บ. 5. You re laughing at me; 10. My little gruss shuck 11. High Soclety; 12. Believe it beloved.

5.55 Interval of recorded dance music from 20W.

0.0 13. Charmaine; 14. Gay 00's; 15. A song in your heart,

dance

6.15 Interval of recorded music from ZbW.

0.20 10. These Foolish Things; 17. Indiana: 18. South American Joe.

0.30 Children's Records, Nursery Rhymes....Uncle George's Party; Careless Peter Visits The Land He estimated that the ownership of

Topsy Turvy (Foy Dawn)...... line....Uncle Charlie and Peter Penros fene per cent of $13,000,000,000 in utilities security issues, controlled the

(^. A More Very Young' Songs total Investment in this field.

It is believed the President's me and. Stockings; (b) Forgiven..... Af Ine-Fraser-Simson); (a) Shoes 96-inch do being

Johannesburg, Jon. 9. "Here is

sage will probably envisage That the world had D narrow

...George Dalter (Baritone). wagged by a four-inch tall, "he ob

6.45 Gitta Alpar (Soprano) and served, and expressed the opinion escape from disaster on October 30 completing of the aircraft programme Lifting the shroud of mystery that this "mere handful would un- uns just been revealed by a South! by 1940, instead of 1042, thereby couceri Waltzes.

bringing the army's and navy's com-

My Darling Waltz (The Gipsy velling the disappearance of the endingly fight the proposed correc- African Union

Wood. Toward the end of the month bincu air forces to a strength of Baron. Strauss).... Derlin State screen actor-producer, Yoshida tive policies."

about 4,500 machines. observatories in South Africa and

Opera

Orchestra cond. by Mr. Leo Okada, and the famed dramatic pro- With this handful there is going Germany observed a small plunct It is reculled that the Navy Secre: Blech; I Give My Heart (from the ducer, Yoshimasa Yoalido, In the

At an tary Mr. Claude Swanson's report: The Dubarry (im I Give hly snowbound border area of Saghatten, to be a fight in which there will be shooting towards the earth

drew attention to the fact that the feart')....Gitta Alpar; Spring Wai z no compromise with evil-no let-up enormous velocity. Mr. Bunishiro Tanaka, the Japanese until the inevitable day of victory, he

United States was trolling other (Lincke); April Smiles Waltz Consul-General at Alexandrovsk hasi said.

The danger passed on October 30 nations in he building of submarines (Depret)... Vienna Boheme Orches- reported to the Japanese Foreign He said that sectionalism and class- when it was ascertained that the and destroyers. Of modern destroyers en Moonlight On The Danube- Office that the couple are in Soviet consciousness could be tolerated. If planet had passed the earth at a dis-America hus 30, us against Great Waltz (Byron Gay).. Orchestra custody.

Mascotte. An oMcial said he was informed they were party to progress, which tance of 400,000 miles, which is the Brita'n's 83, Italy's 74, France's 01.

observation was taken as a velted re-smallest margin astronomically and In submarines U.S. has 29, Britain 19 7.10 Closing local Stock Quotations by the Soviet Foreign Affairs Com-ference to the Inter-party dissension the narrowest escape the earth has Japan 48, France 23, Italy 71.-United and Hongkong Exchange Market missar that the couple wan now which resulted from the pigeon-hold- had within the period of astronomical | Press,

Report. "under the protection of the bordering of the Wages and Hours Bill in observations.-Reuter

7.15 London Helay-Palace guards and will undergo formal the special session of Congress.

Varieties. examination."

Licensee und Manager: Ernest of the Longstaffe. A continuation series of

thin broadlensts from popular but Imaginary variety thea- ire with a galaxy of star varicly nein BAC Variety accompanied by the Orchestra conducted by Ernest Longalaite. Chairman, Vernon Wai-

His message to Congress, he said,

The Foreign Office immediately sought to make clear that the Ad- instructed Mr. Tanaka to seck their ministration seeks to curb only the release and to take them into custody buses of power and privilege by the when they are freed,

small minorities, and alto that this Ometal reports sald the men objective was obscured Wrough arrived at South Saghallen on De-efforts to make it appear as an attack comber 30 and the following day left woon the exploited majority Itrelf- for Shikiko, a town close to the, United Press.

Soviet-Japanese border. On January

2 two travellers arrived at another

border town and asked for permis-

alon to view the boundary, asserting

WOULD WANT NO RENT FROM DUKE OF WINDSOR -

San Mateo, Callt., Jan. D.

of Mr. Earl Douglass, con

the scientist, Mr. Leon Douglass, enli that if the Duke and Duchess of

The theft of 57 pleces of tin plates | Windsor wish to live in the family's

It was for the purpose of reproducing and two bars of solder from his country home "I do not believe we „frontier conditons in a prospective former master led to the appearance would ask for rent. We should be

Alm. Accompanied by two guards of Ng Lin, 37, unemployed, before glad to have the Duke and Duchess | the couple proceeded to the Soviet Mr. Forrest at the Central Magistracy as our guests." Japanese boundary, and then, accord-| this morning. Inspector W. Mair

́ing to reports, they dashed across the raid the property had been taken Ile suld that the Duke of Windsor's ling Into Soviet territory and disop-from No. 404 Des Vorux Road West, representative consulted him last peared from the sight of the two first floor. Sentence of three weeks October whether the house would be dazed policemen-Neuter,

hard Inbour_was_imposed,

Invailable-United Press,

Four-Years Ship-Building Plan In U. S.

Washington, Jan. 9.

The United States Maritime Commission announces that seven rhipping companies have agreed to build from 20 to 43 ships for uss in foreign trade within four years.

The Commission, in return. has approved" of Bubaidies totally'ng G$7,859,000 annually.--- Reuter,

Weather

1.0 Local Time Signal, Report and Announcements.

8.63 Chinese Programme-Record- el progranime,

11.0 Close down.

8.05-11.0 nm. European Program- we froni ZEK On a Frequency-al GEO Kilorycira.

8.03 Moxart-Symphony No. 41 In G Major ('Jupiter').

Played by The BB.C. Symphony Orchestra cond, by Adrian Bouit.

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