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·HONGKONG-CANTON LINB
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HONGKONG-MAJAO LINE
ding to Macao--Daily at 8 AM, and Railings from Macao-Daily at 8 .. and
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GOWELL & COMPANY, LTD.
NEW YORK BERTH
FIR NEW YORK AND BOSTON VA BUEZ.
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Balls about 28th Angust
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£66.
NEXT SAILINGS.
OUTWARD FOR YOKOHAMA, KOBE, AND MOJI.
:
J. LACONIA "...
*48. "FIUME-L"
8.S. "PERSIA*
Baila about 26th August -
Salls about 31st August
Bails about 30th September,
HOMEWARD FOR BRINDISI, VENICE AND TRIESTE,
3.6. VENEZIA”
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4.5, **PERSIA*
Baila about 7th September Salls about 4th October
Sails about 7th Octabor
THE CHINA MAIL.
THEM UP
TO DATE
BRING
HONGKONG'S OBSOLETE HEALTH LAWS.
URGENT NEED FOR REFORM.
CONSIGNEES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE.
From NEW YORK.
THE Steamship
THE
MA
What the Local Papers Are Saying.
Hongkong's health laws have long been inadequate. Over twenty
"CITY OF CHESTER" months ago the President of the Sanitary Board and the Medical Officer of Health admitted that the Public Health and Building Ordinance was baring arrived, Consignees of: Cargo by out of date, and expressed the need for a new Ordinance altogether.ber are informed that all goods are being. Six months later, during the housing debate in the Legislative Council, landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra-hazardous Godtowns of the official members spoke about the Ordinance with all its imper-Holte Wharf, whence delivery may be fections. Further testimony bearing out the urgent need for reform. obtained. has been provided by the last two Sanitary Board meetings. The No claims will be admitted after the "China Mail" has long clumoured for this reform-us far "back" as Goods have left the Godowns, and all January of lust year we were urging that a commissjoni should be. Goods remaining undelivered after appointed to revise the Colony's entire health laws-and to-day, we are 17th August, 1924, Will be subject to waging the battle as strongly as ever. That our contemporaries also rent. feel the time for reform is long overdue the following extracts fully demonstrate, and this unanimous outery cannot but have a very strong influence in bringing the Government to a sense of the Colony urgent
needs.
..
"Hongkong Daily Press."
Sails about 7th Novembar the Peak,
F
NATAL LINE OF STEAMERS
FROM CALCUTTA & COLOMBO TO SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS. “UMZUMBI ...
Bails about 31st August Sagolar Passenger and Cargo Service to South African Porta. Through Bill of Lading issued from Hongkong.
For Freighs or Passage on any of the above Lines apply to :--- Telephone Centrs 1080, DODWELL &.00., LTD., Agents
0.
S.
K
SAILINGS, FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION-
SZIEDON, HAMRUBG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERT-Vis Singapore, Colombio, floss and Port Said,
ARGUN MARU (Call at Aden)............... Friday, 5th Sept. MEO DE JANETRO, BANTOS BUENOS AIREE-Vi« Haigon, Alagapore, Colomba, Durban & Cape towa
PANAMA MARU. SEATTLE MARU...
KORMWAT~~FIm, Singapore and Colmado
CELEBES MARU HONOLULU MARU
KARONIK-FIA Epigon, Singapure,
BUSHO MARU.....
CHLOSTIA~Via Singapers and liasgoon,
Monday, 11th Angust ...Friday, 19th Sept.
Tuesday, 19th Angusi, Thursday, 456 September.
Monday, 1st Sept.
INDO MARU......... ........................................... Toonday, 25th August OUTFORIA, SKOTTAS TACOMA & TANGOUVER—Via Kökughai and Japan Porta
ARABIA MARU ... Friday, 28th Sept. GUN TULE-Vla Japan' porta, San Francisco and Pam
ALASKA MARU (from Kobo)........Wednesday, 10th Oct.
(SAPAN PORTS
SUMATRA MARU................... GANGES MARU... SHUNKO MARU
HEILURA VÍK SWATOW & AMGY.
AMARUJA MARU KAIJO MARU...
KOTSU, ¡MARU
“ZAMAN VĨA BWATOW JOY,
"LAKAD direct,
DUSHO MARU
For further particulars please apply to-
fal Central de 4088, 4089, 109, -
Surday, 17th Aug.
Thursday, 21st Aug. Thursday, 28th Aug.
All claims against the Steamer meat, presented to the Undersigned on or before 23rd August, 1924, or they will not be recognised,
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowee, where they will be examined on any or Fridays between the hours of 10.15 am, and Noon, within the free storage period of one week.
by
No Fire Inturines has been affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned
THE BANK LINE LTD, · General Agents. Hongkong, 12th August, 1924.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE
F
From NEW YORK.
+
"ROMEO
having arrived, Consignees of Cargo by her are informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra tiszardous Godowns of Holt's Wharf, whence delivery may be obtained.
Goods remaining undelivered after 17th August, 1924, will be subject to rent.
All Claims against the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned, on 'or before 23rd August 1924, or they will not be recognised.
Goods are to be lait in the Godos BS, All broken, chafed and damaged
where they will be examined Tuesdays or Fridays, between the hours of 10.45 am, and Noor, within
glaring example of inefficiency in The discussions which took this Colony, and it is not pleasant
Tuesdays to think that the Government place at the Sanitary Board meet-shows little inclination to alter ing on Tuesday on such subjects matters, despite a public need. as the investigation into infectious Hongkong is probably blessed with diseuses, the increased prevalence a very efficient bacteriological, and of malaria in the Colony, and
an energetic scavenging, depart.. necessity for a Water Board, all go to support the suggestion made ment. We are quite prepared to in this column a fortnight ago that does not require a separate section believe that the Sanitary Board what the Colony needs is a pro- for bacteriology or
analytical perly organised Board of Health. Dr. Koch indeed referred to his examinations; but the obvious suggestion is direct co-operation proposal, for the creation of a
between the existing departmental Water Board as "only one step towards the formation of a Board staffs, with one or two additional Health." The Sanitary Board Workers and an enlarged Govern- ment laboratory if necessary is manifestly an ineficient, sub- stitute for such a Board: it is The money is to be had, and there inadequately staffed in its higher can be no question of its being well-spent..... We can hardly brunches for such work. In spite believe that the Government policy THE Steamship of the great development of the is to preach Oriental fatalism. Colony it has the same number of There was also a short homily on medical officers that it had ten or the old fetish of expense they fifteen years ago. The subject is one that needs to be kept alive.ad to ask the department con- cerned whether it had got the Many residents will be glad to see money, and then to put it up and that the Military Representativë on the Board raised the question say that in their opinion it would
be worth the money." Prestiming No Claims will be admitted after the of the increasing prevalence of it does not refer to the depart-Goods have left the Godowns, and all malaria in the Colony......
ment but to anti-malarial work, Surely something more could be
we emphatically maintain that-any- done, for instance, if the Govern effort to stamp out or control dis ment had the proper organisation, ense is well worth the money. to defeat the growing prevalence Until more vigour is instilled into of mosquitoes in a district such as the Government view of such Until in the last few matters, it will be futile to expect years the Peak was remarkably
a healthier or happier Hongkong. free from mosquitoes, Now they
*South China Morning Post.”....... are very prevalent. Of course, it will be ascribed to the road-mak-
..... There remains the point ing and building developments of the proper co-ordination of the that have recently been in pro-health service, urged by us for gress there, but a Board of Health some months, to which the Head specially charged with the safe of the Sanitary Department guarding of the public health eventually made some reference... would surely have made it its busi-He propounded the query "How ness to see that the breeding of far the Sanitary Department was mosquitoes by the thousand was to have other Departments under not an inevitable accompaniment its feet." That was a somewhat of building development. We do crude way of expressing it; but not want to see the Colony acquir our reply is that the Sanitary ing again the evil reputation that Department should be a Health once attached to it as a málarious Department, and for public healthTHE Motorship or Steamship place...... In the matter of its purposes all departments should prevention, as the Chairman re-be "under its feet." Mr. Smith's marked, several
Government. conception of proper relationships departments are concerned, but between departments has a help- we suggest that here, agnin. is an less, inefficient sound. He says, instance in which Board of referring to the Public Works Health would discharge a useful Department: "The only reasonable funetion if it constantly insisted way, if that Department" (Sani- that the other Government De-tary) wanted certain drainage to partments "concerned discharged be done or undergrowth to be the obligations resting upon them cleared, was to ask the Department for the proper safeguarding of the concerned whether it had got the public health. There is certainly money, and then to put it up and plenty of scope for sucly a Board, say that in their opinion it would Jin addition to the Sanitary Board.be worth it. That might sound an in this constantly growing Colony.old-fashioned and red tape way, bat any other means would lead Hongkong Telegraph.”
simply to administrative
and There is much of interest in the financial chaos." But surely there report of yesterday's Sanitary are countries governed, for health Board meeting, and for those who purposes, by Health Boards, which can read between the lines there is have not been reduced to adminis a great deal more. The replies totrative and financial chaos?
To
Banday, 17th August at 2 p. Sunday, 24th August at 2pm.Dr. Koch's questions are unsatis-carry Mr. Smith's example to its ........................Thursday, 28th August Noon. factory, inasmuch as they disclose logical conclusion, if a particularly a surprising apathy in official feul piece of undergrowth were Saturday, 16th August. . circles where general questions of polluting a reservoir, the .W.D., health are concerned-the more if it had no money idle at the OPAKA SUOBEN KAIBHA,
Surprising when one considers the moment, would not bother about it K. BHIMA. Manager.
efforts being made in other parts-and could not be expected to. of the world to study, and stamp That policy places public health on out, all tropical diseases. Our a low level and should not be per- schools of tropical medicine will mitted to continue.
BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE
JOINT SERVICE OF THE
"BLUE FUNNEL "LINE
(OCEÁN 88. 00. LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL 8.3. 00. LTD.) ...
LXD
AMERICAN & MANOHURSAN LINE
OLLERMAN 47BUCKHALL ELB, 00... LTJ.)
SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG.
BETUL “BELLEROPHON "
Ts Bus Callst August ETL "BOMEO" gecimation.ersemaría Suez Canal................................31st August
via Snez Canal.10th September. SELE - PERSEUS "
*Borton and New York only. Winnamoen procood via Buez Canal or Passona Canal at Owners Option.
Babimet in change without nožice,
«For Freight and particulara spply to --
SUPERRPIEĻO « SWIM; OF THE BANK LIMI, LD., HONGKONG KROMOKOMO A CANTON: HOLYOAK MASSEY & CO., LTD,' CANTON
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.
TNINGENEERS and HHIPBUILDERS, BOILER-MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS: All work doce in this establishment is guaran od. We have moje šklety yasms' experience. We own two flighways and dan soopmmodate say mimit of 300 foot long.
#own Clics : 54, Connaught Road Central, Hongkong *6gjard: Sham-Bal-Fo, Kowloon, Hongkong,
Exista fornlähed on application
Tel Central No. 459.
Tyl, Kowloony No. 1.
.
be doing little good if their teach- [The "China Mail's" views, ings are to stop short of their which co-incide with those ex- portals, and if the areas that pro-pressed above, except that we are vide so much study are to remain advocating a commission to study It is the the whole problem of local health, centres of infection. want of co-operation between are further expounded in to-day's departments that forms the most lending article]
HOW THE STRIKE WAS FOUGHT.
The above picture shows a Dairy Farm supply wagon being
operated by Messrs. Stone, Lillicrap & Searle,
the free storage period of one week.
by
No Fire Insurance has been offected
on
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THURSDAY ""AUGUST 14 1924
CANADIAN PACIFIC
THE
"Empress of Australia'
WILL SAIL FROM"
HONGKONG
FOR..
VANCOUVER
fi
via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama and Victoria
DAYLIGHT FRIDAY AUGUST 15th
Passenger Department, Tel. C. 752. Freight Department
Cables Gacanpac
Tel. C. 42.
Cables Nautilus.
STRUTHERS & BARRY.
***
OPERATING U.S. GOVERNMENT SHIPS.
EXPRESS FREIGHT SERVICE,
FOR HONOLULU AND SAN FRANCISCO FROM HONGKONG BY DIRECT ROUTE, TO SAN TRANGISOD AND "LOS ANGELES. FROM HONGKONG BY DIBEUT ROUTE. U.S.S.B. "West Jester?'
Duo Hongkong 19th August Leave Hongkong 21st August' U.8.5.3. "West Faralon
Dos Bengkong 2nd September Leave Hongkong 4th September SÅBOO ASORPTED FOR TRANSEIFHENT AT SAN FRANCIS00 07 Walka HAVLINGS FOR ATLANTIS #HABOARD FORTH.. THROWGH BIRLS OF
LADING ISSUED TO US, AND.. SANADIAN OVERLAND POINT-
TO SAIGON AND MANILA. U.S.S.B. "West Prospect" ...Dus Hongkong 28th August
Leate Hongkong 29th August TO BATAVIA, SEMARANG, & SOURABAYA. U.8.9.B. "West Chopaka
Dua Hongkong Ist Sept. Leave Hongkong Bad Sopt,
H
tik
TO MANILA, CEBU AND ZAMBOANGA,NA U.S.S.B." West Carmona”.... ...Dae Hongkong 15th Sept. Leave Hongkong 19th Sept.
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING ISSUED TO ALL FORIS NOT SERVED,
FOR FULL INFORMATION APPLY TO
L EVERETT,
STRUTHERS & BARKY.
General Agent for JAPAN-CHINA-PHILIPPINES. INDO-CHINA-STRAITS AND JAVA.
Loor, qusen's Ballding Přžena Čessára) No. 8008,
10. F. BRADFORD, 'Bes,-Å;
Bille of Lading will be countersigned DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
THE BANK LINE, LIMITED. General Agents. Hongkong, 12th August, 1924.]
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.
'MUENSTERLAND"
:
having arrived Consignees of Cargo by "ber are hereby notified that all goods are being landed at their risk, into the hazardous and/or extra- hazardous Godowns of the HONG. KONG & KOWLOON WHARF GODOWN CO.,LTD., whence, and/or from the Wharves, delivery can be obtained.
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns, and all goods remaining undelivered after 18th August, 1924, will be subject to rent. /
All Claims must reach us by 25th August, 1924, or they will not be recognised.
All damaged packages will be examined by Messrs. Goddard and Douglas (Marine Surveyors) at 10 a.m. on the 18th August.
No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be counter- signed by
: ARNHOLD & CO., LTD..
Agents, Hongkong, 12th August, 1924.
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS
THE GREAT NORTHERN TELE- GRAPL COMPANY, LTD.
The following unclaimed telegrams are lying at the office of The Great Northern Talograph Company Limited);-
Lovison, from Shanghai. Irynediad, from New York.
Copy, from Shanghai.
Volkart, from Havre
3508, from Hunkow.
Lang Bang Obong, from Nagasaki.
Woo Hoag, from Manila.
5945, from Hankow.
Sang Kee Des Voeux Road Centrál, from Amoy.
E. V. JESSEN,
Raparintendent.
dongkong, 7th August, 1994,
EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRAL- ASIA CHINA TELEGRAPH '00,
[Fish of unclaimed talagraths lying la
8. E. Telegraph Odles, Hongkong. Doctor Allen, from Hamburg. Jayateb, from Bombeygen
MES E. FAIREY,
Superintendent. Hongkong, 7th August, 1994.
HONGKONG ♣ SOUTH - CHINA QOAST FORT. SERVICE.
DEGULAR SERVICE of Fark, High Cler Conch Ramere having KON Aommodation for Fizi Claue Fanengers. Eesmie Light and Fana in Stateroom and Saipons. Kroolient Cuisine,
HAI
SIKAMANI 7
HAINING HAIHONG
SWATOW, AMOY & FOOCHOW.
AND RETURN. (Deeppying to 10 Days)
GAPRAIN
[...] Capt. W. 8. Turnball... | FRIDAY,
Capt. W. 0. Passmore TUESDAY,
| Capa Ellis Walker FRIDAY,
- KRATIER:
15th August at 1 pm. 19th August at 5 p.m.
32nd Augart as 3 p.m..
Arrivada and Departness from the Company's Wharf (near Biske Plar), ---
For #FR¢GE?? and PASSION apply to→→
ELLERMAN
BUCKNALL
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Oo. -Gmers! ManGESTA
JRE
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY, Ltd,
Projected. Sallings from Hongkong- Subject to alteration.
*CITY OF LAHOBR” "OITY OF LAHUKE”.
PASSENGER SERVICE.
28th October
Shanghai and Japan. 7th December Marseilles, London, ote.
* TARES TO LONDON, Bingle lat Class "A" £12. "B" 284 *E* A60. Singla 2nd Class “A” 25% Cargo Stenton Baloon passage £8L
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THE BANK LINE, LTD.
*(Tal. Central 780)
or to Holyoak Massey & Co., Ltd, Danten.
THE
ADMIRAL LINE
SEATTLE & VICTORIA
SHANGHAI, KOBE, TOKOHAMA
SPECIAL THRU REDUCED 'KATES TO EUROPE,
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON
PRESIDENT GRANT PRESIDENT MADISON PRESIDENT MCKINLEY. PRESIDENT JAOKSON
PRESIDENT GRANT PRESIDENT.MADISON
(For Bostile)
From Hongkong
Aug. 19th
Aug. 31st
Sept. 12th Sept. 24th Uct. 6th
(Halling Every 18 days) MANILA SERVIOL.
Aug. 2nd Sept. 3rd... ADMIRA", ORIENTAL LINE,
HL E. & Bhanghai Bank Balidias.
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