The Archive · 1935

HOLIDAY MOTORING

The Automobile Club of China has been making inquiries about the slate of the roads likely to be used by Shanghai motorists "during th Easter holidays with some very inter esting results. "As an outcome of Questions as "to the conditions in southern Chekiang they have ascer-fained that the road from Taichow (Linghal) to Hwangyen and the road from Tsingtien to Lishui (Chuchow)

not in good condition but is, despite this, passable. Going further south, however, the main road was found be entirely blocked between Lun~ chuan and Pucheng, in Fukien. Many dangers will confront the driver who Ventures along the road between Chu chow and Yungkang, since the river high and great caution is required, To those who have been here for a few years, the fact that motorists fare inquiring about roads so" far ffleld wall be- surprising, and it will be impossible not. to compliment th Chekiang administration on what they have accomplished. Be " the roads good, bad, of indifferent. it must not be forgotten that there were rouds at all suitable for motorists these regions in those times.

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