Sir Henry Streatfield London, July 26.
Sir Henry Streatfield, private Secretary to Queen Alexandra and Equerry to King Edward VII, died here today at the age of 81.—Havas, pending.
Court proceedings were instituted in 265. (57 Foreigners and 208 Chinese) of 1,285 reports of traffic offend ces received against owners and/or drivers of vehicles. The remainder were warned by letter and an entry of caution made on their records.
In regard to driving tests, 415 tests or re-tests were conducted. 124 applicants failed to pass the test.
The total number of public rickshaws licensed at the end of the month was 9,5 331 new licences were issued making a total of 7,668 of these vehicles in use. 1,121 new licences were issued bringing the total number of licensed pullers to 38,957.
847 pullers were charged in the Central and Louza Districts for various breaches of traffic regulations. 2,141 public rickshaws were found to be defective, 1416 were suspended from use for an average of three days for major defects or filthy condition of vehicle, 45 were condemned for replacement and the remainder were passed for service after defects had been remedied.
A total of 4,260 public rickshaws was presented for inspection during the hi-monthly inspection. The licences of 1,320 were removed for various defects.
The total number of accidents involving injury to person and/or damage to property was 68.
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