Study of Traffic Conditions in Europe and America Returning from long leave England and America, "Major FW. Getraid, Commissioner of Police, accompanied by his wife, arrived in Shanghai gri Tuesday, 14," in the s. Empress of Canada He spent part of his leave studying trame conditions abroad, but did not have a great deal to reveal about his except to state that he the synchronized method of Feguiating trae lights In America to bea practical improvement, though he did not know whether of not the system could be inaugurated here, owing to the great expense. Major Gerrard' said that. Sub-Inspector J. Leslie, who returned to Shanghai from England recently, also had" spent some time in Scoiland Yard studying, tragic regulation, and that he, him= self, had gone on holiday to enjoy It.
Tibetan Explorer 'The Empress brought in a large hist "of passengers." Mr." Harrison Forman, a former Shanghai journalist Jand present explorer, disembarked here, 'Mr. Forman is th author of "Through Forbidden' Tibet." an account of a trip that he made through that country in 1032-33, Ho recounted the adventure that led to the death Jof twe of his companions, Mr. William E, Simpson and Mr. Leonid Horvath. He was with them' in the spring. 1932, travelling through Kansu, turned back, but his two companions pushed on. They were murdered by Febel Mohammedans when their truck turned over, injuring them, Later, Mr, Forman, accompanied by the father of Simpson, a missionary hamed Keeble and Me. Henry Eckvall, went back into Kansu to look for the Bodies. He told of his ride. through the country and how their tuck. almost twrnéd over several times Into Seep ravines. They tually found the bodies, however, and made the trip back safely. The story had a farther tragedy, for two months later Mr. Eckvall" went back into the same country alone and was killed, " Mr. Forman is not sure how long he will tho in the Orient this tne, He ox= plained that he had engagements for Teetures in America for March, April jand May. and thal, unless he Jable to slay here, he would have to return to the United States to keep his engagements, That would mean, id, postponing: his proposed trip of until June. It he docs not to America, he will go. Into the interior, How tong ho would ro-Jmain there he did not know; it might he twa weeks or two years He travels alone as a rule. Wie present goal is Int. Aniny! Machin, which is reputed to be possibly higher than Int, Everest, He and two other Jmen have been' able to approach within about 78 miles of the. mountain, of which a survey never has been made, The first to make the trip, as far as is known, was Gon, Georuo Pereira, a Briton, who traveled from Peiping to Lhasa in 1924.25, The oceand was De. J. F. Rock, who made the trip mine years ago.
Forman arrived there in 1932-33, Two minor collisions were reported on Saturday on the river, both of which resulted in slight damage to the craft concerned, In the first, on Friday morning, three sand junks, anchored between buoys 18 and 19 and the shore, collided with the s. Store Nordiske, cable ship of the Great Northern Telegraph Ca, which moored at the buoys. in after placing refitting,
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