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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 853, 27 June 1910, Page 8

Sir John Jfacdonalil. - K.C.8., read to tiic members of the T?oyal Automobile (Tub, London, recently, a paper nn the subject of the niotw- industry. In nne passage be remarked tlitat they might live In see many a branch railway stripped uf its rails nnd turned into 'a raid for nss by railway motors to bring iinil lake passengers and poods to and from the main lines »l infinitely loss expense and with <:unvon;piice and flovibihly. Ton short years had spun ISO (WO nower vehicles put into daily use on the highway. OF tho i.id.OOO horse* which London boii-md in l!!O!l. only UO.OfIO re-main.-d. The figures were '{nlling wools by week. The advent of Ihe road would be a great boon to (lie commimify Ijnth as regnrds health and wraith, and would ndi! groatlv (o Die piijnyniMir of ro-.id franrft. Tlio propl)i>cl before I hem was on onlivr-ninent of life, a diminution ul , Ihe (Toai'i-r.-.fe, and a j;eiipral ine/rpfw , of '■oihtiuwh'p of lraiifit, which spelt advantage to Qw (rader and the eonsr.mer. While diTCins in a field in f!e.tlilnnd. a hlmiiiT.v l>nnd fcnio en!us daliii" from Ihe year IIIPO, nnd a further ami ,Kt exhaustive mi-reli bremcht to Hclil. aliniit Till!!) nnd MCO liy/mliiip cv'.in-'. The authorities weiv ;i<-qu:Hnlwi wilh Hie discovery, and Ihe valuablo coHivtion is to be transferred to Mie inu'eiim. The labourer was fiiWaiitiallv rewarded. Agriculture in Germany supports . about 19,000,000 of the population.