'Many horse drivers have turned out there are about only 160 of them stil motor ar drivers and go to-day. here' who are dexterous enough, to Took atter horse carriages. "Most, of them are over 40 years old. It takes three years to tral a horse carriage driver, "For the upkeep of a horse carriage to-day, $20 will be required, daily' but' $7.00" must be spent for making one.' Unless, all, motor cars here disappear from streets, the writer speculates, very few persons" may venture to restive the horse carriage Business on account of expenses Involved. No/one else can provide horse carriages for Shanghat to-day except the Hsieh Kee in North Shance Road, itis said, Japanese garages here are said to be hard' hit by. the rationing of petrol. en out of 42) Japanese garage have been foreed te change, their line: of business while the outlook for. the rear lg sold to be doubtful, At pre= sent, Shanghai is said to Rave 12,000 uvate motor cars, \553 buses, 800 Motor-cycles and 4,000 trucks In, the Settlement." There are in all 17,383, vehicles here depending entirely petrol at the moment.
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