SINGAPURE'S PROBLEM
RICKSHAWS AND CYCLES While administrators of the city of. Christchurch think of their cyclist, problem, Singapore’s corporation and city engineers puzzle over the rickshaw problem. Mr. O. W. Gilmour,. a civil engineer of Singapore, who is," in New Zealand on a furlough tour, said that from 10,000 the number of rickshaws in the city had decreased to 3500 in the last few years, and now the bicycle was presenting itself as a problem. A cyclist in Singapore who has to swerve suddenly to the side faces the danger of a gutter 3ft.. deep. “Our problem is not liow to get enough water, but how to get rid of our 100 inches a year when it comes down,” Mr. Gilmour. said. “The result is very deep channels, at the side of the roads, becoming deeper to Gitnear the outfall.”
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 131, 9 January 1939, Page 3
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140SINGAPURE'S PROBLEM Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 131, 9 January 1939, Page 3
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