Reckless Driving Between Yangchow and Chinkiang om Our Own urrespondent.
Yangchow, Jan, 20.
Aceideats continue to occur on the motor road between Yan fang, dye chiefly The day b: fore yesterday the driver tigraggod over. a rough bit of road and the ear rolled down the embankment, str one of the ceeupants. one was seriously hurt. Two weeks ago 2 private ear with four passeners turned over while going receiving m cut on the forehead, rough sandy ground, one man
land another a compound fracture of the collar bons, both requiring hospital care. The driver w kept in gaol a numer of days by 10 magistrate, pending vestigation of the matter. There wag talk of filing suit against the motor company, and a heavy fine impoted upon those in. charge would perhaps be one of the best means of indueing the chauffeurs to be more careful The. motor service is well patronized and. during good weather has many advantages over the Munch service,—the Inunches running but twice a day and requiring four to six Hours for the trip, during this season of low water in the Grand Canal. People with much. bag-ago. invariably ride on the Jonch aa only one article can be taken with the ticket on the saving tne trae that no transfer is re-ired between: hero and Chi 7 to 8 necessary on the car service to cross the Yangtze ta Chinkiang.
Ahitch in this service made
shout 0 people tock the y_inconvenient & Week ago 'The cars arrived at the shore of the Yangtze at 2 pam. A strong east wind was blowing, the river was rough and snow began' to "fall. Passengers waited but no launch appeared. Tt seas learned. by telephone that the single boat operated as a ferry by the auto company had suffered an aceidont to the rudder. Another Taunch was to be reared and sent across by 4.30. Many country people were gathered at. the landing honing to buy "short" tickets to Chinkiang but wore scat away early as these tickets wore not being. sold. Passonxkeva frame impatient and. the Station agent. was kept buoy, betiveon arguing with them a telephon yachow to hurry up the launch at Chinkiang. A fow sail boats were making ood time up the Yangtze, but—no Taunch appeared and at 8 o-clock the people were tinken back to Yangchow through a blizzard and had their ticket money refunded at this end of the line, Mr. C.D. Tyler, an engineer from Shanghai, has been called to Yangchow by the auto com pany. He is getting the seven passenger trucks and. five prive cars in a better state of repair, and Inying new eqitinment, "Two Republic trucks have boon ordered which will greatly Insten the work of putting a hard surface on the motor road. reached the soldiers, Here the hardships ended, Dr. Thompson docs not know details of his release. All his he 8 and much of General Poroira's effects were kept by the gang. Most of Genera} Pererra's} photographs and some of his Papers wem retained Dr. Thompson. The bandits did not} treat him badly on. the whole.—- Reuter's Pavifig, Service.
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