SOLDIERS, Dirt Roads Practicable With Cheap Labour Available With the question before the Nationalist. Goverament of what should be done with the large number of troops recently employed in warfare, the arrival of Mr. Walton Schmidt, Field Representative of the National Automobile Chaniber of Commerce of Anierica, is considered particularly opportune. Mr. Schmidt ison a lecture trip to China at the present time, and various pects of modern road building and the value of good roads to a country's development form the topics of his illustrated lectures.
The first of these was given before the Rotary Club on Thursday at noon, and another was given to dealers in motor-cars, salesmon and mechanics at the Apollo Theatre on Thursday night, the latter being a "shop" talk of special interest to dealers.
Last night, at 9 o'clock, at the YMCA ing, Mr, Sch-mide gave another lecture on "Modern Motor Transportation" with a fine selection of motion pictures accompanying his speech. The lecture, tunder the auspices of the National Good Roads Association, the Automobile Club of China and the US. Trade Commissioner of China, attended by a large number of Nationalist Government officials, and De, C.T. Wang took the chair, Other attendants were representatives of the authorities of the French Concession, International Settlement, und the' Munietpality of Greater Shanghai.
Among the ideas which Mr. Schmidt put forward in last night's speech were the latest informa-non highway planning and construction, equitable taxation methods and the regulation of motor vehicles, motor traffic control, accident prevention, bond raising, maintenance, financing, and methods used in construction of various typos of highways, as well as pitfalls to be avoided when developing high way systems and traffic control.
Mr. Schmidt, who made a tour of the world in 1926 and lectured Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Burma, India, Egypt, and East and South Afrien, is con: versant with the various conditions to be met with in the development of roads in various countries, Ho believes that "dirt roads" are practicable for China at the present time owing to the quantity of cheap man power to build and Keep them condition, this Mr. Schmidt will leave Shangha morning for Hongkong, will lecture Canton, Java, Australia and New PERIENCED baby's nurse (British), returned from In in, desires position in Shanghai with baby or young children, Speaks fluent French. Excellent. references. Apply M., 1 Southend Road, Woodford, Essex, England, HOTEL BERKELEY, Hyde Park, London, Gardens. rud Tubes to all Two minutes "from Kensington
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