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WATER SUPPLIES
Presence Of Organic Matter And Germs
DANGER OF DISEASE
The hardness in permanently hardnoted that waters containing sub- water depends upon the presence of stances tending to make it hard are, the salts of lime and magnesia other not well borne by a considerable than the carbonates. It may be number .of people. Intestinal troubles, diarrhoea particularly, are produced also by iron or alum.
occasionally traced to them and iron in water in many cases gives rise to headaches also.
The formation of calculi may be dependent upon the presence of minerals in water, and goitre and
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In Clark's method the lime is added to and thoroughly mixed with the water, The amount used de- pends upon the degree of hardness, but in any case only sufficient to take up the carbonic acid gas is employed, otherwise the hardness will be increased and not diminish- The following programme will' ed. When thoroughly mixed the be broadcast to-day from the Gov precipitate formed is allowed to brnment Broadcast Station Z.B.W. settle.
on 350 metres. Lime Filtered Off
5.30-6.30 p.m. — In the Porter-Clark method, in-Chinese music. stead, of allowing the precipitate to
7.49 p.. fail down, the water is forced report. through layers of canvas or cloth by means of which the lime is filtered off. In this way a consider
hardness: If the per-
Programme of
Evening weather
8 p.m. Evening programme, the courtesy of Anderson Music (Columbia Records supplied through Co., Ltd.).
10.30 p.m.-Close down.
Waters passessed of temporary or of permanert hardness alone are A Valuable Collection of
rare. Usually temporary and per POSTAGE STAMPS
manont hardness occur together and
able amount of time is saved, though go to make up what is named total
the process is rather more costly (Catalogues will be issued.)
than the other. hardness of water: "A considerable Terms: Cash on Delivery.
amount of importance is attached to cretinism are believed to be dne in temporary
These methods affect only the On View from Thursday, June 20, hardness, because hard water is part at least to chemical impurities manent hardness is to be reduced, Soft waters are said to be factors soda must be employed. Special in the production of rickets, though softeners involving the use of ma- this is not generally accepted chinery for mixing line and soda Overcrowding, improper food, ab- with the water are on the market, sence of fresh air and sunlight are but as infinitely more important.
mainly used in connection with manufactories they! Webb
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wasteful from the domestic point of view, as regards soap especially, and also because boilers and pipes may be interfered with by furring.
Soft waters are soft because they contain mineral matters in small more closely a Proportions. The water resembles rain water the
softer it is. Upland surface waters
are the softest of all,, but both, as
regards these and the underground waters it is entirely a question of soil and strata.
A Distinct Acidity
is
Lead Poisoning In relation to lead poisoning, upland er moorland surface waters, because of their tendency to act on metal, are most important.
they are
need not be described.
COLONIAL MINISTER WHAT WE MAY EXPECT FROM
:
MR. SYDNEY WERB
London, June 8. The appointment of Mr. Sydney- as Secretary for the Dominions and Colonies
is gen-
with in various ways.
Bacterial Impurities may be dealterally considered to be the least impressive of the Ministerial an nouncements.
To Be Continued].
LOST IN CHANNEL
MOTOR FLEETS DISASTROUS
TRIP
London, June 10. On Saturday a fleet of 49 ves- sels, with outboard motors, at- tempted to cross the Channel from Dover lo Calais and back.
Unfortunately the weather turn- ed out badly, the sea was rough and there was considerably fog.
As a result the attempt was, a fiasco and owing to faulty com- pass work none of the boats man- aged to get across and many en- tirely lost their bearings.
The lead taken up by the water The great difficulty with a soft comes mainly from lead pipes and lead-lined cisterns, though lead- water is that in storage and dis-lined or soldered vessels, kettles, tribution it may exhibit what is
and cooking appliances may also known as a plumbo-solvent power yield a certain amount. In districts and act upon lead.
in which peaty waters capable of acting on lead is supplied, tap water This plumbo-solvency most has frequently been shown to con- marked in peaty waters from a moorland source and depends upon. the fact that such waters have a distinct acidity due to the presence in them of acids known as peaty acids, and formed by the action of bacteria on peat. In addition to a plumbo-solvent action some waters have actually the power of eroding lead, and are therefore plumbo- erosive. The effect of the water is tain the always most marked when, heavy drawn in the morning, having been sent, many dramatic rescues rains follow a period of prolonged drought, the flush of water carrying with It the acid that has been ac cumulating in the peat.
Organic matters are more seriously regarded from the point i of view of contamination than minerals. They may be of either animal or vegetable origin, and are either picked up by the water from the surfaces upon which it falls or added to it while it is flowing to or after it has reached the places where it is to collect.
PLEASE DON'T WASTE WATER
metal. The water first
in contact with the pipes all night, usually contains most lead, and for this reason it is always advisable that the first of the flow should be allowed to run to waste.
A number of the boats were in
be-
danger and assistance had to be
ing effected.-"Singapore -Free Press."
·A MARSHAL'S TABLE.
Paris, May 28. Since it is a soft acid water that
After it had been knocked down exerts the greatest influence on lead, at auction to Sir Joseph Duveen for the course usually adopted as re 400,000 francs, a representative of gards prevention is either to harden the Ministry of Fine Arts claimed the water by adding lime or to the right of pre-emption on a mag- neutralise the acid by the addition nificent table of bronze and porce- of soda or other alkali. Not un-lain which formerly belonged to commonly both, alkalinisation and Napleon's famous Marshal, Ney. hardening are carried out by the The chief bidding opponent of Sir Falling on a roof the water may addition of a mixture of lime and Joseph Duveen was the Curator of pick up vegetable matter or bird soda.
the Museum of Malmaison. droppings, falling on soil it may The effect take manurial or other kinds of con- tamination. Flowing over the sur- face it may be contaminated in this way also; and flowing along in a channel above or below ground as a stream or river, or when collected in wells, lakes, reservoirs, and such
I districts in which the water like it may have contaminating sub is known to have a plumbo-solvent stances passed into it from manure
power lead.pipes should be used as heaps, from cesspools, or from little As drains or sewers so defective as to cisterns
possible. Lead-lined:
allow their contents to escape.
now commonly found.
The presence of organic matter, as shown by chemical analysis, al- ways suggests contamination with sewage and fith, and when these are present germs also are generally present.
Germs
The rain as it falls through the air picks up a certain number; the majority, however, are added after the water has reached the ground. The usual run of organisms present are quite harmless, and Include several rarely seen elsewhere than
The
exercised by time is mainly on plumbo-solvency; erosive ability of the water is not reduced, it may even be increased. It is not, however, so important as the solvent action, and is most marked on clean, bright lead surfaces.
are not
+
been said with
Cause of Diarrhoea The conditions associated with; the consumption of organically such others as all is that polluted polluted water are diarrhoea and
with organisms capable of finding their way into water and of retain-; ing their vitality therein for a longer or shorter period.
connection are
The commonest organisms in this
those of cholera,! enteric fever, and dysentery, Suffi cient has already regard to water-borne outbreaks of in water and others commonly these conditions, and it is unneces- present in the air.
The total number found varies duce a note as a reminder.
sary to do more here than to intra-
considerably, and though a standard in relation to the bacterial content is sometimes et up, it is not really possible to bate a conclusion as 'to the purity of the water on an enumeration of the bacteria alone. It is with regard to the kind of or ganisms present and their probable source that information is required, and it is because the bacteriological also test can give such information that
larvae are capable of maintaining Certain worms and their ova or their existence long enough in water to give rise to infection in man when consumed. hocmatobia (Schistostomum hama- The Bilharzia tobium) so common in Egypt and South Africa, the Oxyuris vermicu laris or thread worm, and possibly round worm, the latter found com
the Ascaris lumbricoides or
Treatment of Water
It is described as the most delicate monly enough in Britain, may test of purity The most important be mentioned as examples. pathogenic organisms that may be found are those associated with enteric fever, cholera, dysentery, and perhaps diarrhoea; bat because there happen to be many bacteria present in a water it is not possible to say that organisms such as those mentioned are also there. A
Water may call for treatment because it is too soft or too hard of it may be bacteriologically impure.
The process of hardening and the reasons for carrying it out have already been described.
In Britain the organism chiefly
Softening is usually only under- to be guarded against is the taken when the water is of consider- B. typhosus; but as it is exceedingly able hardness and domestic and difficult to isolate, it is usual to re-manufacturing processes are inter- gard it as possibly present if other fered with as a result. Since even intestinal or sewage organisms, par- reasonably hard water is not parti
from the ticularly the Booli, are detected. cularly objectionable The presence of this organism in health point of view, interference auch small quantities of water as 1 for this reason le rarely necessary. for 2 c.c. ia uitally taken as indlea-
What is done generally is to add tion of
sewage contamination. slaked lime (hydrated calcium Streptococci and the B. enteritidis oxide) and to adopt the Clark pro- sporogenes are also regarded as in- cess or its modification the Porter
Clark method. dicating such pollution,
Diseases Due to Water __The___most_important
diserses associated with the consumption of FOR water are those due to the mineral and organic matters and geras considered above,
Of these due to mineral matters, lead polsoning is by far the most mportant though it should be
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The Albanian Cabinet has decided to take a cenЯus: of the population of the country in August.
The Three Greatest
Mr. Webb, who is receiving a Peerage, has a reputation of koowing Blue Books inside out, speaking lucidly on complicated whilst he has a great gift for
problems.
He probably holds no parti- cular views on Colonial matters, though his policy is likely to be inclined to the doctrinaire rather than practical,
It was thought that he had re- tired from politics, entirely owing to
age.--"Singapore Free
his Press,"
BUS SCALPED
REMARKABLE ACCIDENT AT PENGE
Lordon, June 10, A most remarkable and terrify. ing accident took place Penge, south London..
A motor bus took the wrong turning owing to a new route be- ing opened and attempted to pass under a railway bridge.
near
The bridge however was too low and the top of the bus was cut right off and the passengers swept away into the road.
Twenty people were injured, a number of them being seriously hurt.-"Singapore Free Press."
The mixed commission dealing with wages in the Belgian · metal. industry has decided upon in- creases of 5 per cent, in the Liege area and 2% per cent. In the Charleroi district.
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THE-EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA & CHINA TELEGRAPH.CO., LTD.
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Law-sam Lee, 283, Des Voeux Road, from Leicester.
8. LACK,
Superintendents Hong Kong 18th June, 1929.
Orchestras
In the Country
have Red Seal records in this June list of Victor records. That includes the marvelous readings of Arturo Toscanini. .. Leopold Stokowski.. and Serge Koussevitzky! But that's not all. If you are interested in the world's finest music we are absolutely certain to have something new on hand that will en- trance you.
If your tastes lie along the lines of popular vocal or red hot dance numbers, the June Victor record Hat has some snappy surprises in store for you. Let us play for you such of these selections as particularly appeal to you. We'll gladly do this... and, the sooner the better!"
RED SEAL
El Gaucho Tango (Schipa) In Spanish Luna Castillaria (Castilian Moonlight) (Schipa-Rose-Longas) In Sparush
TriO SCHIPA No. 1372, 10-Inch Malaguefins (Malaga Love Lament) Clavelitos (Carnations) (Estic-
Valverde)
LUCREZIA BORI
No. 1385, 10-inch
Rondino (Kreisler) Violin with Piano Fair Rosemary (Schön Romazin)
(Kreisler)
„FRITZ KREISLEA No. 1386, 10-inch
Etude in C Minor (Chopin) Piame Étude in G Flat Major (Black Keys)
(Chopin) IGNACE JAN PADEREVSKI.
No. 1387, 10-fuck
Overture-Part 1 and Part 2 ("La,
Grande Pâque Russe") (The Russian Festival of High Enster)
LEOPOLD_STEKOWSKI AND THE
PHILADELPHIA ONGRESTRA
No. 7018, 12-inch
POPULAR
Gems from "The New Moon
(Mandel-Hammerstein Romberg) "Marianne" --"One Kies”"—"Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" "Lover -- Come Back to Me” “"Stout
Hearted Men”.
RECORDS Overture--Part 3 and Part 4 ("La
Grande Pâque Russe")
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI AND THE
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA. No. 7019, 12-ch Traviata Prelude to Act 1 (Verdi) Traviata-Prelude to Act 3 (Verdi)
· ARTURO TOSCANINI AND PHILHARMONIC.
BYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK
No. 6994, 12-inch L'apprenti sorcier-Part I and Fart 2 (After a Ballad by Goethe) (Dukas)
ABTURO TOSCANINI AND PHILHARMONIC- SYMPHONY OBCHESTRA OF NEW YORK * Kg No. 7022, E-luch
A Garden in the Main : (Dyrenforth-
Gibbons)
Lover Come Back to Me
(Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd-Sigmund Rouberg)
JOHN MCCORMACK No. 1400, 10-inch Carmen-Chanson du Toreador
(Toreador Song) (Bizet) Tosca-Te Deum (Puccini)
LAWRENCEYFIRBETT KITH
METKOPOLITAN ÖPEKA CHORUS
No. 8124, 12-inch
VOCAL RECORDS
Gems from "Whoopee
"Until You Get Somebody Eise "I'm Bringing a Red, Red Rose”—
Come West, Little Girl, Come West The Gypsy Bong! "Makin' Whoopee
VICTOR LIGHT OPERA COMPANY No. 25969, 12-fùi
Christina Looking for Love (from Ziegfeld's
Midnight Frolic) LEVIS JAMES
No. 11962, 10-inch Where is the Song of Songs for Me? Mi amado (from the "The Wolf Song"")
LUTE VELEZ No, 21932, 10-ipeh
I'll Always Be Mother's Boy (from
Pathé picture, Mother's Boy")
There'll Be You and I (from
Pathé picture, Mother's Boy")
MORTON DOWNET.
No. 21910, 10-inch
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