Trafic—Tram Stop on Broadway.—In view of the fact that the south bound tram slop on Broadway, adjoining the Asior House Hotel at the junction of the Whangpoo and North Soochow Roads, is a very congested loading point for passengers, and as there is insufficient room between the tram rail and the kerb for even a narrow loading platform, _consideration is given to the desirability of enforcing a new rule that no vehicle may pass between a stationary tramcar and the kerb at this point.
The enforcement of stich a rule at tram stops has hitherto been negatived in the view that it is important to keep traffic on the move as much as possible rather than to hold it up and so accent tuate the existing congestion in the streets. Members are of the opinion that this policy is sound, but in view of the number of accidents which have occurred at the particular point referred to, and of the, fact that the existing safety standards are constantly being knocked down and are thus not a great protection for tram passengers, they concur that as a further safety measure special signs should be erected warning motorists to slow down.
Chinese Advisory Committee.—A letter from the General Seeretary of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce has been circulated to members submitting on behalf of the Chinese Ratepayers' Association five nominations for membership of the Chinese Advisory Committee for 1922/23. Four of the members are already on the membership of the Committee, the fifth, Mr. Jabin a is. nominated in the place of Mr. David Yui. As one of the conditions laid down in the resolution passed at the Annual Meeting of Ratepayers in 1920 approving of the creation of the Advisory Committee, was that the nominees should not at the time of nomination or whilst on the Committee hold any official appointment under the Chinese Government, and as it is reported that Mr. Hsu acts as Adviser to the Board of Communications, members concur that before transmitting his nomination to the Consular Body, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce {should be addressed stating that the Council will be glad to know whether the report in question is correct or whether My. Hsu in fact holds any Government appointment.
Educational Department, Nieh Chih Kuei Public School for Chinese.—This school was originally designed to accommodate 400 pupils, the seating being arranged on the "dual desk" principle. By the adoption of the single desk, whicn is in every way preferable, the available classroom accommodation was reduced to 300. The Manual Training Centre, instituted in accordance with the wish of Mr. O. C. Nieh who donated the ground on which the school stands, has also been carried on in the same building, further reducing ordinary classroom facilities. here is every prospect of the present number of pupils being largely exceeded in the near future and with a view to meeting future requirements, the Council authorized the inclusion of a sum of Tls. 93, 23,000 in the Estimates of Extraordinary Expenditure for 1992, to provide for the needed extensions.
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