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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1926.
The Spirit of Nelson.
The rate yesterday was 1/9% TOTAL" SUCCESS. Whatever may be said with re- to the dollar As practically al gard to the Battle of Jutland, the our Imports are from countries Naval action off the Falkland with a gold standard, that means CONVINCING DEMONSTRATION Islands and other brilliant episodes we are paying for our goods up to of the Great Wart is must be con- the nose, on account of this drop ceded that never did the ocean in Exchange.
AT KOWLOON.
REMARKABLE TIMES.
exhibit a grander spectacle than People who have to remit home was presented by the British Fleet for their children's education, etc. bearing down upon the, combined are suffering: Why cannot the "In the presence of a large crowd. Hong Kong Government fix the representative of leading business Franco-Spanish squadrons noon on October 21, 1805, a few Hong Kong Dollar at 2/4 the santehouses, both foreign and Chinese, leagues to the north-west of Cape as the Straits Dollar.
a demonstration was given at the. I understand this subject was Trafalgar.
Nelson is stated to have asked brought up some years ago, but Fire Brigade Compound, Kowloon,
with the. he the Banks were not in favour of yesterday afternoon. what Captain Blackwood would deem a victory. That off. Hong Kong having a fixed rate Total Are extinguisher. cer answered that he would con- of exchange. Of course, it pays "The remarkable speed with which sider it a glorious result if the Banka to gamble in Ex-Berce fires of all kinds were blank- fourteen ships were taken; but change. The Colony suffered ter Nelson replied that he would not ribly for the last 18 months with ad the absence of all deleterious Feffects on materials, ice extremò fees than the strike and boycott and now handiness and universality were twenty. He then made a signal with this sudden and terrible drop proved beyond all doubt by the for the British Fleet to prépare in Exchange what is this place many tests to which it was sub- to anchor at the close of day; coming to?
Heeted yesterday, and when it was given, asked the As this subject is of vita, írh-
The extinguisher was first tried Captain whether he did not think portance. to this Colony and
wood .covorad that another was wanting After others will agree with me. I trust or a fire composed of bundles of musing awhile, he decided what it HE the Governor win take this et alight. The heat was of an in- should be; and the signal appear-matter up at once, and will earn
be contented with
with oil and
ed at the mast-head of the the blessing of the community testy to make itself felt even on "Victory," the last he ever made, when he carries it through, as it the outskirts of the crowd but the which shall be remembered as is up to the Hong Kong Govern- guisher was sufficient to reduce it Blong as the British name shall ment to fix the Hong Kong Dollar,
Arst blast of the Total" extin-
endure: "England expects that and not up to any one Bank orto. Impotency. The time taken was matter of 4% Becs. Only a third Banks to say yes or no. every man will do his duty."
of the cylinder was used," as was The conflict was severe; the If the Singapore Government demonstrated by the operator, pour:
X. Y. Z. Hong Kong, October 21.
DETAILS OF COLLISION AT SWATOW.
"KAIJO MARU'S" SWERVE.
With the ex- a roaring furnace. tinguisher applied to the foot of the shoot the equivalent of the Are- place the flames were subdued f about 15 seconds, "this notwith- standing the fact that cracks in the pipe were responsible for the "chimney" catching fires both inside and out. The effectiveness of the
or grievance be tolerated without enemy's ships were fought with a fixed the rate of Exchange for ing out the remaining. contents on
gallantry highly honourable to the Singapore Dollar at 2/4 years the ground: one word of warning and advice to their officers; but the attack uponjago, and it is working all right,
Chimney Fires, the powers-that-be in the true in-them was irresistible, and it why cannot the Hong Kong, Gov- erests of the whole Colony? pleased the Almighty Disposer of ernment fix the same rate for the To demonstrate the effectiveness of the extinguisher in cases of to grant His Majesty's Hong Kong Dollar? To-day we are moved more in events
jchimney free of all kinds, it was arms a complete and glorious
Yours, etc..
tested on a big chimney represent-" sorrow than in anger to join our victory.
ing that of a house,, factory or shoot contemporaries in criticising the Let us hope that just as the
of any kind which was smeared action of the Government in rais-spirit of Nelson pervaded the Em-
with crude black oil and keröaiņa. pire throughout the long and
The draught created when this was ing the fees for patients in strenuous days of the late War,"
set alight and the flames shot up the various Government-controls will it move. our politicall {fed!
Instead of leaders at Home towards the at- MAGNOLIA DAMAGE, was such that the luterior was like “adequately: safeguarding publietainment of a long and lasting
peace. health"--to quote the Colonial For our part, we will supporti Secretary's Budget, speech-the any party that places the honour and safety of the Empire fore- Government is shattering any moat the Empire for which little faith we had in its adminis Nelson, his predecessors, and suc- itration of this "all-important cesors laid down their lives! Further details are now this. question" (again to quote the throughout the far-flung corners hand with regard to the collision extinguishing is the result of the of the globe. Let us hope that at Swatow in which H.M.Saction of the carbonic acid gas Colonial Secretary). It is simply the spirit of Nelson will pervadeMagnolia" was damaged. going from bad to worse. It the Imperial Conference at pre-
"Kaijo Maru (0.S.Kushing up with the blast and
blanking the fire. sent in session in the Empire's line) was leaving harbour as the appears to be going out of its way capital-the men to whom is en-time and as a result of an un-
A Severe Test.. to earn the opprobrium of the trusted the future destinies of the accountable
from her Even more severe was the third course she crashed into and badly test. A tray of crude oil and petrol damaged the bows of the when set alight sent out a fiercze "Magnolia," the plating being heat which was responsible for a split below the waterline,
general retreat" on the part of The ship was making water those standing, anywhere near it.. rapidly and the crew were im-Eere, one of the chief assets of the mediately called to collision sta-extinguisher came into play-the tions, mats being placed and creation by it of a screen of car- (To the Editor of the "China Mail." pumps set going. The forepart of bonic acid gas which protects the Sir-Allow me a little of your the "Magnolia" was flooded, but operator from heat radiation and valuable space hr your esteemed the strenuous efforts of the blue-enables him to approach right up to the centre of the fire. This fire journal to say a few words. What jackets finally prevailed that
does "Acolyte" mean? Is he try. After making his report the was blunked out in 42 seconds,
Capt. of the O.S.K. boat proceed. These times, considering the in- ing to be funny?
"Anti-Bigot" does not knowled to Amoy, having sustained tensity of the flames, seem, almost. to the temptation to criticise ad-respects in the past-associated
what, he is talking about. I do little damage to his vessel.
incredible but they were checked versely the actions of a Govern- with the Government's policy? not know anything about the con- H.M.S. "Magnolia," in company by others on the ground, and it is With an almost exultant air it tour of lovely arms. but I cannot with H.M.S. "Foxglove," will not exaggerating the phenomenal ment in which the public has not the slightest say.
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Hong Kong. Thursday, October 21, 1926. entire community.
HOSPITAL FEES:
Whilst it is preaching concord it la sowing the seeds of discord. Why should On what the Colonial Secretary Hospital fees be raised at this par- Why should has rightly described "the all-ticular juncture? Why
the individual be unduly penalised important question of public health the Government seems
for falling sick and requiring bent on creating bad feeling and alienating the support of a very Harge and'important section of the
treatment in a Government Hos- pital? Where is the spirit of that
autocracy "benevolent".
community. It is so easy to yield should be and has been in other
Empire.
CORRESPONDENCE.
BARE "ARMS IN LOCAL.
* CHURCH.
The
swerve
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In a Colony was declared that the increased help seping the contour of bara leave Swatow on Friday for Hong effects of the. "Total" apparatus to such as this a benevolent auto-fees would swell the Government'allege that are exhibited most im- Kong and will be relieved by the state that it makes a revolutionary cracy may appear to the higher revenue by a few thousand dol-modestly to the public gaze destroyers "Witherington and step forward in re fighting
through skirts being so short. "Verity." authorities in Downing Street tolare. If that is Government con- do not care if ladies go about in ception of high finance and sound chairs or ricshas but the sight is economy then it la high time that ugly in the extreme.
I am the mother of two girls.
the Government.
it was brought to earth and made Try as I do I have failed utterly to realise its utter impotence and in preventing them riding in a inefficiency. Why tax-for this is friesha or sedan chair. My ples for longer skirts has fallen on
on but am
MOTHER.
NEWSPAPER CHANGES IN
INDIA.
methods. It's claim to be the only Universal fire extinguisher is Justified in that it alone can be ap plied to any burning material, with equally efficient results..
The basic principle of the extin- guisher is the fact that the only way to deal effectively with a fre Bombay, Sept 20-The "Amalgas to kill the flame and not con mated Press of India", promoted by
afone:
entitled the "Morning Post of
The action of the "Total"
of publishing a daily newspaper apparatus is to tackle the flames. India," with Mr. Frederick which are at once brought down to Holsinger as aditor, will not be the burning material and are pre yented from doing further damage. considered as originally proposed.
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be ideal; but to silence the critics on the spot it must in practice be really and truly benevolent. No" community will stand for a moment for anything departing in the slightest degree from bene. what it amounts tothe sick and deaf ears; they earn their livingSir Victor Sassoon, with the object/centrate on the burning materials
are as he class the dying? Why add to the and support me. "What can I do volence. We babes-we are absolutely at the already high expense out here of Mr. Editor?
Full length sleeve or no sleeve mercy of a Government with ar maternity cases? Why pick on matters not but I do hope clergy official majority in the Legislative unfortunate, Hospital patients to men will attend the more press Council. Its ways may not be our pay the piper? In the Budget theng question of ridiculously short ways"maskee" say's the Gov. Government thinks in millions, skirts instead of sleeves. 1am pany, Ltd., the owners of the "Bom- The main object in efficient, fire disgusted with the manner in In the Hospital ward the patient which my girls carry
bay Chronicle," formerly edited by fighting is to reduce the combustible, ernment. Once a decision is ar-
Hiquidation..
ing is. Impossible and the only rived at, let the public squeal-it thinks in dollars. Truly the cost powerless. Their only reply, is Mr. B. G. Horaimer, has gone into temperature to one in which burn
The goodwill and Presa were method of achieving this to kill. may be good for its lungs and of living in this Colony is high that they must follow the fashion
and that there is no harm in, do auctioned to-day and bought for the oxygen in the air by diluting cannot possibly affect or influencs enough already without, the Gov-ing so.
Rs. 140,000 by Mr. Lakshmidas the air with carbonic acid gas. Yours, etc.. ernment doing anything to in
Tairsee, a prominent Congressman. This principle has been accepted Yesterday we felt obliged to crease it still further! Are the
who will carry on the paper as a for many years but the Total Hong Kong, Oct. 20.
going concern.
apparatus is the first evolved which rap the Government over the pecuniary conditions of Hospital |
gives practical expression to it. "It. TO "ACOLYTE": knuckles for its astounding policy patients a negligible quantity in
has many advantages in addition to. its blanking capacity. It is in regard to the rebuilding of the comparison with the clamour of
“Acolyte":You any No such
In the report yesterday of a guaranteed not to deteriorate in Government Civil Hospital on an well paid private medicos to raise notice as is alleged to have been adjoining site in the heart of the Hospital fees on the score of com-hung formerly at the entrance of Summary Court case in which any manner if left untouched for G. H. Kikabhoy unsuccessfully Ave years to ascertain if its con- native quarter. We would much petition? Is the poor European the Holy Rosary Church in Kowsued his former employer, H. M. tents are unimpaired it is not neces rather we had been spared that assistant struggling to make ends loon" ever existed.
The notice formerly displayed at Hajee Esmail, and the latter suc- sary to use it but only to weigh duty. In such a cosmopolitan meet, with possibly a wife and the Rosary Church "la now in the cessfully counterclaimed it was it ons balance; it is fitted with a mentioned that, according to safety valve which ensures against community It is surely the best family to support, to be push-China Mail" office. You are wel- Kikabhoy's evidence, he had mar- any possible accidents; its con- course for all Europeans, official ed further down into the slough come to see it. In two language ried the adopted daughter of struction is simple and foolproof; with black, type on stout cardboard, Esmail. It should also be men- it is a "dry" extinguisher and its and unofficial, to show a united of financial despair because he 18 it reads:-
tioned that in the witness box Mr contents damage nothing it is an front to give practical evidence unlucky enough to fall ill and is of that spirit of concord which His obliged to go into a Hospital? It Ladies not dressed according to Esmall stated that this Chinese absolute non-conductor of electri Excellency the Governor cherishes is not every firm that pays its Christian modesty are kindly woman was only employed by him city refilling is done at a very requested not to enter this to look after his children and was moderate, price and it answers all the requirements of the Board of never adopted by him. Church
Fire Underwriters.
Mr. J. Smith (of China. Speaking before the congress Buildings) in the South of the German People's Party
so much. But we would be false staff's medical expenses, and, to our principles as a newspaper even where this does hold good, were we to confine qurselves only why should the firm be further to those points in the Govern- penalised than before when sick ment's policy on which there is ness and disease befalls any of perfect unanimity, declining to its assistants? Firms, no less enter the lets when the public than individuals, are keenly feel- bas a genuine grievance.. It,ining the pinch of the hard times the Colony been passing an inarticulate community, it la not the province of the Press through Why, 718 the organs of public oplaton-to question
point out the weaknesses in the to raise overhead costs Government's armour, then whose the ways of
of the petty
Government are
is it? Must an apparent wrong sometimes past understanding!
NOTICE
Christian modesty excludes:
sleeves shorter than the elbows; skirts shorter than the knees; deep neck cuttings; all transparent dresses.
Editor, China Mall" STANDARD DOLLAR FOR
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To the Editor of the "China, MAILST StrAs the Sterling Exchange ist dropping, every unda the price mpo bound to s hardships on
oin's Tower.
Cologne the Reichs Minister of Obing agent for the "Total" Fire Economy, Dr.Curtius, gares. Extinguisher, the claims of which warning against too much optimista were so successfully demonstrated regarding Germany's economic yesterday, situation, pointing out that this year's trade would show but twoj thirds of the pre-war zures The be declared, were going
ods afaith inflict be done
A severe criniz and the stu
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them proddetive
Royal Marines Old Com- sociation are giving a dinner to Captain
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