GHANGHATSS first "Safety First, No Accident Week" was concluded yesterday evening with a 33 per cent. general reduction in the number of accidents as compared to last week having been registered, when Mr. C. S. Franklin, chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, and Mr. J. D. E. Shotter, chairman of the Executive Committee in charge of the arrangements, addressed Shanghai radio listeners over station X.M.H.A.
In addressing his radio audience, Mr. Franklin said:
"To all listeners tonight, over 09 Station XOM.H.A., I want to express the Council's keen appreciation and thanks to all those ladies and gentlemen who have so kindly and so willingly given of their services in the cause of our Safety First Campaign. There is little doubt in my mind that a tremendous service to the community has been done and now that I have had an opportunity of studying the enormous amount of detail carried out by various members of the Executive Committee I feel that no praise of mine can be adequate. We are not able to thank each person individually but I do want them all to know that the Coun-this is possible, for a campaign of this kind should not be of a weeks' duration but should be with us at all times.
"I wish to personally thank the ladies and gentlemen who served on the Safety First Committee or assisted us in the campaign "Mr. H. M. Muir, of the Shanghat Tramways, actually postponed his departure on Home Leave to enable him to work on the preparatory work of the campaign. I have written to him and told him all about it, and the success of his own individual campaign within the walls of the depots of the Trams.
"Mr, R. K. Butler, his Board of cil are truly indebted. to th m for this work, for no municipal "lepartment could have successfully inder-taken such a huge task without the aid of the citizens and public spirited people.
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