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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18680, 1 May 1926, Page 16

Speakmg 0 f conditions in England, Air N. A. Nathan, who has just returned to Auckland, said as far as he could nnd out, things were getting more normal every day, and people were settling down after the strenuous and disturbing war period. The shipping strike had done a tremendous lot of harm to business, some people even going the length of saying that it hit the country harder than the war. However, the outlook was now much more reassuring, and the country seemed to be getting baek to normal. One thing that struck Mr Is a than most forcibly was the tremendous problem London has to solve in its traffic, which has grown to such proportions that soi thing radical will have to be done. London's facility in handling traffic was well known, but in recent years even London was staggered. There was talk of regulating the number of "pirate" motor-buses, but there still remained the herculean problem of the heavy traffic. More subways for the pedestrians to cross the streets, and more underground lines were talked of, but there were already so many lines underground that the relief in that direction was limited. Although Mr Nathan was not there in the busiest season he was astonished at the way the traffic had grown in the interval since he was there six years ago, and he was not surprised that the authorities admitted they did not know what to do.