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Dunstan Times, Issue 3146, 4 December 1922, Page 7

Wo hear and read so much about the Anglo-Saxon race —meaning the English-speaking nation —that it seems only just to point out that this term is obviously wrong, writes a correspondent of a. London paper. Event the people of England itself cannot he styled “Anglo-Saxon” in view of the predominance of folk of pure Celtic origin in Cornwall. Lancashire. Cumberland. Westmorland, and certain other parts of tin 1 West Country. And when we consider the large proportion of Welsh. Irish, English and Scottish Celts in the population nf flic British Isles, the Dominions, and the United States ol America, it is patent that the term “Anglo-Cellic” race is a far more correct and satisfactory one than “AngloSaxon ”

Rubber for street paving is regarded so favorably in London that St. Martin’s Lane will shortly bo paved with rubber blocks as an experiment. If d proves successful, rubber will replace wooden blocks and asphalt road surfaces elsewhere. It has already been proved that rubber gives a hard solid foundation and has the advantage of less 1 noise and longer life over other forms of pavement, though the initial expense is greater. With a view to alleviating traffic congestion in the city of Paris the Police Department recently opened a coni|)ctition for plans for the erection of moving sidewalks. Three prizes are offered for the first three plans accepted, the prizes being 100.000 francs. 50.000 and 00,000 francs respectively. In all about forty projects have been received despite efforts in some quarters to ridicule the idea. One of the plans submitted is from an American inventor, who suggests a rolling sidewalk to bo built above the existing sidewalks, with bridges bore and there to enable pedestrians to cross the street above the dangerous traffic. He suggests stairways every 200 yards to roach the sidewalk.