The elasticity of motor buses has proved conclusively their suitability. for traffic conditions in Shanghai rather than the old-fashioned tramways, and it would appear that the Council will find it necessary in the not too distant future to reconsider the terms of the franchise held by the Tramway Company, I might add_here, however, that there remains very much to be desired in the way the motor buses are operated, They seldom draw up within less than two to four feet of the kerb when letting down or king up passengers, and their insistence on holding to the centre of Nanking and other Roads is one of the Chief contributory causes of present congestion. They must use the side of the road as much as possible in order that faster traffic may get by on their off side, Among those who received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Berlin recently were Messrs, Wang Shih-ming and Choh Shao-wang, who will return to China in the near future.
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