The tremendous: increase in the number of fatalities due to automobiles in Canada during the last few years has been made public by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. In 1926, there were 606, while in 1927 the number had jumped to 864, and present indications are that' the figure for the current year may be over the thousand mark. Of the total-number, many have occurred at level crossings, which are coming to be looked upon as veritas death-traps. While there has been a lot done to provide protection at these railway crossings, no uniform system of automatic protective signalling has been adopted. The st of installing such a system, which would be operated electrically, and would provide for the closing of a gate and the ringing of a bell at each erossing, is not prohibitive, and the matter is being taken up by the provincial governments and the automobile associates memorial pagoda in honour of, the fallen Revolutionary soldiers is to be erected upon the site of the Yormer Luifeng Pagoda (the Thunder Wind Pagoda) on the West Lake, Hangchow, according to. decision of the Chekiang Provineiat Government.
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