1941-08-25 — Page 8

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 25, 1941.

Kowloon Roads Criticised

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and there is much danger to children who run between the elevated grass covered centre and houses along the road.

to the ghing in Alterations Argyle Street and a curtailing of the Islands at the junction of Forfar Rond and Argyle Street were also recom- mended.

They very great danger of the Inyout at the junction of Talpo.and Castle Peak Roads was also stressed; here again, children use the island os д playground. The island itself nar- rows the road unnecessarily, whilst the high ground between the two ronds in question makes the road Junction a blind corner, wi

which should be eliminated if possible.

Congestion

Waterloo ol

Road caused by a motor car repair com- pany using this as a workshop was also brought to notfee, und recommenda tions were made that further action be taken to keep slow moving trafic such as trleycles on the inside of the Islands which reduce Prince Edward Road, Waterloo Road, and Argyle Street to comparatively narrow "il- mensions.

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A long report from Mr S. E. Faber, A.F.C., containing various sugges- tions as regards traffe.control, light- Ing of cars, and marking of pavements; during black-outs was considered, and It was decided to forward copies to the several services concerned.

Kowloon Buscs

Several letters were read from parents who protested against

Was

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BEST TO BATISTA-King Carol, exllod ruler of Rumania, who has found refuge in Cuba with Mma, Lupescu, pays courtesy call to Fulgencio Batista, Cuban prosidont, In Havana.

U.S. Air Lines Replace

German In S. America

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (UP).—Operations of American- operated air-lines in South America have increased 55 percent during the past eight months, according to Pan-American-Grace Airways.

Giving effect to the displacement or paralleling of Axis operated air routes, in furtherance of the U.S. Government's desire to co-operate with the South American republics, Pan American-Grace Airways during the past eight months have added 2,850 miles of new routes. All new route mileage dis- places or parallels airways formerly operated by. Germany's

proposed balltion children's special bus tickets. It was however, ascertained from the Kowloon Motor Is Company that there no Intention to abolish such tickets at the moment, though the conditions under which they are issued may Lufthansa or its affiliates. inve to be revised.

The question of inadequate bus

of

The need for some system signals, which would indicate to re- sidents in outlying districts that the ferries had stopped running during a typhoon, was mentioned; a special sub-committee was appointed to go! into the matter and report.

With 7,800 miles of airways; across the continent to Peru and then In the entire area served by the services was also dealt with, but the in regularly scheduled opera-northward to Ecuador and Colombia. Committee agreed that they could tions, Panagra, in route mileage. Panagra nystem, only two German do no more in this respect for the now ranks ahead of all airlines routes are still in operation, both of time being,

within the United States and is then now paralleled by Panagra's second only to the international US. flag routes. The 870-mile trans-

Andean route between

Santiago and system of Pan American Air-

Buenos Aires is stl flown by the ways with which it is asso-Condor Syndicate, a Brazilian sub- sidiary of Lufthansa, and the 580- ciated.

According to the latest Agures mile system in Ecuador is operated available, the five largest U.S. air- by Sedta, another Germano company. Ines, after the International Pan American Airways System, are:

7,800 rute inites PANAGRA American Airlines 6,700 Enstern Airlines 5,750 5,800 T. W, A:

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Kitten Causes Four Deaths

Edinburgh Accident

In western South America, at the outbreak of war, German or Gers

A kitten caused four people to be operations were man-controlled nointained over 1.243 miles of routes killed and 30 others to be injured in

Edinburgh recently. in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and With another kitten it was being Argentina. In November, Panagra carried in a hamper on the rack of established parallel operations over a tourer type bus in which the the 580-raile German system in Ecua- driver is not separated from the-pas- dor and more recently, over 2,300 sengers.

miles of lines formerly operated by During the journey It wriggled

the Germans in Bolivin.

out of the hamper, sprang onto the driver's neck and elawed at his face.

Applications now on file with the Civil Aeronautics Board by Tonagra look toward the establishinent of a framcar.

fourth schedule "the west coast of

On

A second later the bus collided with.

The four prople Bled were Agnes South America, which will com-Casey, of Edinburgh; John McMiller pletely replace former services main and Robert Johnston, of Port Seton; tained by Lufthansa between the and a woman whose identity was capitals of Peru and Bolivia, a route) unknown.

which formed a central link of the Most of the casualties were pas- German system extending from Rio sengers in the bus.

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