More Facilities for Shipping on Yangtze Mouth Supplementing the lights and fog. is the intention of the Shanghai Municipal Council to into the whole question of Public rickshaws in the Settlement. An announcement to. this effect was made by the chairman '(Int A. D. Bell), at Wednesday's ing of the 'Council, when' he stated that reports were being called for in connection with this matter from the Commissioner of Police and. other departments. These would be referred to. the Public Utilities Committee for recommendations immediately "after the August recess. A meeting of the Public Utilities Committee was called for July 25, Tt-may be recalled that in May this year the Traffle Department of the Settlement Police decided to make inspections of rickshaws during each of the two. following months. Up to 1025 "inspections had been held half-yearly, and subsequently every. two. months. It was. indicated in. May that if improvements in the cleanliness and repair of the rickshaws were shown, there might be a reversion to the hi-monthly "ingpeeion.
In view of promises of attention to. the matter, given by the Rickshaw Association on May 8, the Council announced that the hi-monthly inspection would restored on the understanding that beacons at the mouth of the Yang-|&"_, appreciable betterment of service must be effected within two ize, the three radio beacons, which months. Last month, however, it were recently completed, came into Joperation on July 20, thereby afford was officially reported that ' no fewer than 1,853. rickshaws, were tors with the most up.
methods of locating. their' still plying for hive in. a defecti or dirty condition, and early thi position with accuracy at the en~ month the Rickshaw Association france to. the estuary. Operating was informed by the Council that Jon a wavelength of 1,000 me-unless they made a greater effort tres, these stations are of the very to carry out their undertaking the latest design and embody all the Council' would be compelled to relatest improvements. sort to the more frequent inspec-To use the beacons a ship must tion, be equipped either with a radio Jcompass or a wireless direction' finder. The operator turns it(FIRE IN SHIP AT WHARF which ws to be apert round and points it at the beacon
certain time, and know ing at While the Blue Funnel liner his Glaucus was discharging cargo at bearing is correct when the signals Holt's Wharf on July 18, smoke come through strongest, He then war detected issuing from' decks, Switches over to the next, takes the fbcaring, and soon. By plotting In answer to the first call, received the three bearings on his chart, he 2.33 p.m, the Fire Brigade float knows, by their intersection, exact-from the Bund cast off.
The fire is understood to have where the ship is, making allow. ances, of course, for the distance it started in the oil pilot jet under the moved between times. bunkers, and within two hours the Fire Brigade were able to return, The three station leaving all safe. Thanks to early North Saddle, Gutzlat, discovery the damage was slight Wweishan Light-stations. compared with what would have con has its own particular call-sign, been the ease had the blaze been fand provided that the time switch set to the correct time, the whole plant works automatically, the cal Sina being sent out by a character machine driven. by an electric. mo-for and controlled by an ingenious
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