1939-07-19 — Page 27

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 19, 1939.

TRAFFIC PLAN: MAZE OR BOON? EMPIRE

Birmingham System Advantages

BIRMINGHAM.

BIRMINGHAM'S traffic system-a maze to bewilder every driver who first has to tackle it, a tangle of "No entry" and "One-way street" signs, in which motor. ists get lost or find themselves forced to travel away from the points they want to reach-

That is the gist of what was going to be written about Birmingham's traffic, but after two days of close observa- tion and inquiry something different has to be written.

Only strangers complain of the system to-day, and Birming ham's drivers have little to say against it. They know it works! and that it works well.

There were storms of protest when it was first introduced but Birmingham had a terrific problem which grew up with the enor

aren of narrow mously rapid growth of the population in an streets hemmed in by factories.

Without the present schemes the situation by now would have been impossible.

CIRCULAR FLOW

Under the scheme for the inner part practically Every important

thoroughfare has been made a one-

way street, the traße flows in circles:

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£1,000 Party For

'Miss France"

SLIM French girl of 18 was the guest of honour recently

but with remarkable continuity, and at a luxury party at the exclu Jams are few and far between, | sive Hurlingham Club, Fulham,

Councillor Martineau (Chairman of Birmingham Corporation Trame Con- trol Committee) answered all que

tions.

"Our system is very successful," he said, "but please don't think that we have no regard to strangers.

"We are doing our best for the siranger who merely wants to pass) through with ring roads around the not come town so that they need Into the centre.

"These roads are signposted and have speelal marking on the lamp- posts which make them easy to follow..

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She is Mlle. Lucie Fogalde, daughter of General Alfred Fagalde, and to give her an evering of which i every romantic typist dreams, a American friend of the wealthy family, Mrs. R. W. van Rensselaer, spent nearly £1,000,

The ballroom, which is usually annual altered only for the club's Eton and Harrow Ball later in the stason, was specially extended on to the fawn.

CHAMPAGNE FOR 500

Mrs. van Rensselaer, who is dft.) 2in. tall, ensured that even the "Our traille system

enabled flower and floodlighting schemes, traffe to keep on the move, whereas with yellow as previously there was constant con-colour, was perfect. gestion.

OTHER VIEWS

the predominating

Though she drinks very little her- self, she provided hundreds of bottles of champagne for her 500 guests, and there was a dinner, and, Mr. C. S. Dunbar (Red Arrow tater, dancing to Jack Harris's band.

Here are some other opinions:

Transport Service):

"On the whole, the scheme assists,

transport. Have notleed no harmful our services. Now we rarely get effects. Our inen take no longer on more than five or six minutes." their deliveries."

Messrs. Cadbury Brothers Ltd..

Mr. Power (Midland Red Omnibus Bournville:

Company):

"On the whole the scheme is good.

UFS]

Allee Gibson, platinum-haired parachutress, who hopes to make a new jump record of 30,000 feet at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohlo. Present record of 26,575 feet is held by Nikolai Yevdo- kimov of Russia.

He Smuggled Diamonds

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In A Glass Eye

'R. GODFREY TAYLOR, a twenty-four-year-old London glass-eye maker, has discovered a strange story behind a remarkable order which he received from South Africa.

He was asked to send out several artificial eyes, specially modelled with a hole behind each pupil. Now he has been told that the glass eyes were used to smuggle diamonds out of a 'mine,

Mr. Taylor said:

NEWS

FIGHTER 'PLANES FOR AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY.

·Belg. G. A. Street, Minister of Defence, announced recently that the Commonwealth hnd ordered a num~ ber of fighter planes from Britain. He refuse to state either the num- bar от the typo, but sold the machines would be superior to any fighters at present in use in any part of the Empire.

It is believed that there will be a first line squadron of 12 machines with a reserve of at least nix.

Ald for Wheat 'Growern.—The Premiers' Conference, is considering various plans to osalet wheat growers whose production costs for exceed present prices. It is believed the Conference will ultimately' scek unj acceptable agreement with the Inter- national Wheat Committee before at- templing internal subsidies, NEW ZEALAND

WORKERS' PROTEST

MEETING

AUCKLAND.

Some 2,000 carpenters and allied workers held a slop-work meeting at the town hall here to protest against certain features of awards by the Arbitration Court.

Resolutions stressed the need for the Introduction of a Holidays with Pay Bill, commented on the serious loss of wages through wet weather,| --- and endorsed the proposal that the Government take over the entire t control of the building of State houses. The men later returned to work.

London Banks' Help-Mr. Savage, the Prime Minister, said recently that the Banks in London had been very helpful to Mr. Nash, the New Zealand Finance Minister, during his visit. In a cable Mr. Nash had told im that no conditions had been fald down either by the Government or by the City.

Appeal to Ex-Service Men.-Vis-i count Galway, the Governor-General, apening the New Zealand Returned Soldiers Conference recently, urged; ex-Service men to help recruiting. "The skies are dark in Europe," he said, "and all hoped that another call to service will riot have to be made. But we must do everything possible to enhance the strength of our de- fences and put our house in order.”

How Big, California?

Sacramento, Cal. What's the population of Cali fornia? That vexing problem has been asked so many times that the; California Taxpayers Association decided to check up on school en- had rolments. birth rates and what-

this country and came to me for an as possible. The answer-0,490,000; artificial eye without a hole in it for the beginning of 1939, Then he explained,

Compare very strongly in favour of But it might be a good idea if the War Fear Neurosis' crored the glass eyes arrived in not, and make as close an estimate

the scheme. Before is introduction buses were restricted through the we had delays up to 20 minutes in centre of the city,

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THE crisis of last September is still costing this country thousands of pounds each week -in sickness benefts to patients suffering from "crisis neurosis."

"Recently the man who

"He said he had been working where every one was searched for In a diamond mine for some years smuggled diamonds before he left.

"No one, however, ever thought of asking him to remove his glass cyc. Hence the hotes-to hide the diamonds in.

"He told-me-he-had-now--made

GUARDED SECRETS

War fears, started with the September crisis and continued since, have caused serious ner-cnough money to retire," vous disturbances, and these in turn have produced

crop of

This is only one of the strange cases of digestive troubles. stories which Mr. Taylor can tell. He Reduced vitality due to worry has is the fifth generallon of Taylors in also made people susceptible to com- this uncommon trade, and his great- plaints of many kinds which, in their grandfather made, artificial eyes to ordinary state of health, they would the order of the Duke of Wellington, have been able to ward off.

Mr. Godfrey Taylor works with his mother, who closely guards the Secrets of minny famous people whose friends do not know they [have glass'eyes.

Women have been particularly severe Aufferers from allments originating in "crisis neurosis." Mothers with familles form the biggest group of sufferers.

Some of the approved suclelies will each have well over £100,000 to pay out in sickness beneft this year.

She once was visited by two high pricats from a Far Eastern temple who wanted eyes for their Idol.

Her husband, Mr. Gustav Taylor. once made a ginss eye for a lot.

Mrs. Taylor showed the Sunday

West End Cinemas Express representative rows upon

Show Seat Plans

rows of cases containing 25,000, glass eyes-all of them lifelike. They can be moved by the eye socket muscles and the pupils will even dilate in g.

"Priced seating plan en view in natural manner. vestibule"--this was the notice dis-i played recently In many West End! cinemas,

Following the L.C.C. Entertain- ments Committee arder that the Le- cester-squaro Cinema should close, for two days. West End cinema managers are drawing attention to their public scaling, plan.

Pasadena City Of Autos

Pasadena, Cal. Latest statistics indicate this city probably has more automobiles in

It was alleged against the Leicester-proportion to its population than any square Cinenin that people were in-fother elty of the United Stacs. There duced to buy 63. seats when seats at are 38,200 cars, or almost one for 35. d. were avaliable.

every two people. The national

There is no appeal from the En-average is about one for every 10 tertainments Committee decision.

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"Rose Of Tralee" Shuns Fame

PLYMOUTH.

THE ROSE OF TRALEE the girl who posed for the paint- ing that caused a sensation at the Royal Academy in 1932- is in England for the first time.

The girl, Sheila Galvin, now 24, has only once before left her native village of Tralee in County Kerry. Still more remarkable, she has never seen the picture that made her famous,

People in all parts of the world treasure minintures of the painting, the work of the Irish artist, Leo Whelan, but for seven years Sheila has shunned fame and hundreds of offers of mar- riage.

Whelan met Sheila at a villago dance in Tralee and took her to Dublin for a three-montha' sitting.

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