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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21,-1930′′-
and courtliness of old China. ULTRAVIOLETRAYS' HARBQUE OFFICE
which was so delightful, has dis- Fappeared. Certainly it is not to be found in Hong Kong to the ex- tent that it might be.
News in Brief
CURATIVE VALUE
synonymous.
1Interesting, Rumour- A Denial
WORLD THEATRE SITE.
IRRADIATION IN MEDICINE:
RECENT DEVELOPMENT39
VITAL ENERGY OF FOODS
A rumour has gained currency in certain quarters, recently that the.... Dr. Chalmers Watson, in an. ad Harbour Office staff are shortly to Lleut. and Quartermaster A. E. dress at a meeting of the Royal move their quarters to a new build- Booth, D.C.M., R.A.S.C., arrived Scottish Society of Arts, said that ing to be created on the site where in Hong Kong last week, dis-the relation of rays to matter was the World Theatro now stands.
the concern af modern physica, rays embarking from H. T. Neuralla.
The China Mad, upon enquiry, is and matter now being regarded as authoriptively informed that the Lieut. J. Courtis, R.A.S.C.. om-
According to wave- rumour h quite without foundation barked
H.T.lengths, they spoke of wireless in fact. for Shanghai an
There is not, and has not Neuralin laat week, on completion of waves, infra-red radiation, visible been any question of a change of his tour of temporary duty in light (solar spectrum), ultra-violet quarters for the Harbour Office.
rays, X-rays, and the gamma rays Hong Kong.
It is correct that the World of radium. The theory of the atom Theatro site s ' held Mille. Odette Darthys is singing had been replaced by the theory of Government lease, and alao
Until recently the that at the Naval and Military Y.M.C.A.the electron.
a schemo to construct a on Saturday night at 7.30 to the physical conception of the universe six-storey building on the site, for soldiers and sailors. No charge
built round the atom 45 the use of the Mercantile Marine, chemical conception; with the ac and Government Marine Surveyors, will be made.
ceptance of the electron theory all was mooted some years ago. AL Lieut. H. E. Fornyhough. R.A.. their views of animal and vegetable though the scheme received official at present stationed with the 5th life required revision. The exten approval, lack of funds prevanfad Flold Brigade, R.A., at Bordon, has alon of the electro-magnetic field its being proceeded with. been placed under orders for Hong bade fair to slowly revolutionise That is the present position, al- Kong, and will arrive here shortly, medical thought and practice. At though it cannot be said that the
one end of the electro-magnetic field scheme is definitely shelved.
was
There was
a large attendance the dissociation of the elestrona In the St. Andrew's Church Hall produced the energy responsible for last night, when Mr. T, J. Price the other end the energy produced of King's College.. gavo a lantern by the infinitely shorter wave- lecture on his trip with Mr. E. C. length the gamma rays-possess- ed the remarkable curative proper- Thomas fram Yunnan to the
ties or radium. Yangt3ze.
on
H.K. GOLF CLUB
Starting Times for Sunday, Feb. 23
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9.12 am.-Capt. Rigga v. W. N. Fleming.
The X-rays; discovered by Rost- Owing to pressure on our space, gen in November, 1895, proved an we are unable to publish a report Inestimable boon in the dingnosis of 9.28 1.m.-C. E. Moore v. J. of the debate at the European disease; they had also added ma- Forbes. Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, last night, on terially to their resources in treat- 9.32 a.m.-F. Lobel v. C. Mycock. "Free Trade within the Empire," ment. In sequence there followed 0.36 a.m.-D. Forbes T. G. but hope to be able to do so in to-valuable new knowledge of the In-Davidson, morrow's laste.
visible rays beyond the violet end 9.40 a.m.-W. C. Clark v. I of the visible (solar) spectrum. It Ramage.
Paris.
At her concert in the Theatre was now recognized that most of 9.44 n.m.-T. C. Monaghan v. A. Royal on Monday night at 9.15, the real health benefits obtained | Lench. foreign Press, China has been Mile. Odette Darthys will wear from aunshine
were due to the
9.48 a.m.-T. S. Whyte-Smith v. undergoing a social revolution specially for her before the left | ultra-violet rays.
A. O. Brawn. "of greater consequence," to Paris model gowns which were made Apart from the beneficial effects
9.52 a.m.-R. J. J. Sneddon v. which the world has so far not now open at Anderson's.
Bocking for this concert is of the ultra-violet rays obtained J. P. Sherry.
through natural sunshine, remark- 9.56 a.m.-W. G. Lorrimor v. given much attention. It is not A musical matinee, Including able effects had been obtained from H. R. C. Booth. Western civilisation that is songs, planofort solos, children's the use of ultra-violet raya arti- 10 am.-D. J. Gilmore v. H. blamed so much by Mr. Whang, given by Anan Carola (soprano), eases of the skin of
songs and fairy stories, will be fically produced in treating dis- Spicer. as the fact that the modern and and Helen K. Dinnen., L.L.A.M. intractable nature.
A previously 10.04 am.-H. Sturt v. W. J. The introduc- Alabaster. Chinese girl is too much under (planist) in the St. Andrew's tion of the Finsen lamp, with its 10.08 a.m.-A. G. Coppin v. E. ita influence and "blindly wor-Church Hall (by courtesy of the later modifications, led to investi- Des Voeux.
Rev. W. Walton Rogers) to-morrow, gations into the value of ultra- 10.12 a.m.-S. S. Perry v. D. M. ships" everything imported from at 8 p.m.
violet light therapy in a wide range Goodall.. Europe and America. We are
told:
"She hobs her hair, puta on foreign-style dresses and shoes, and carries foreign-made hand- bags. From head, to foot, every- thing on her, and everything she carries, either is of foreign make or a domestic imitation of for eign goods. To be sure, she is afraid of no men, and goes with them to have a good time in dancing-halls and cinema-houses. She stays out late at night, and enjoys as much freedom as her brothers. While in daily pursuit of pleasure and excitement, she YOUNG-At Matilda Hospital, looks upon the home-life as dreary
Hong Kong, at 5.30 a.m. or
and tiresome, and domestic affairs February 21, the Rev. F. C. Young. Minister of Union as trivial and unworthy. Thus The she nelther goes into the kitchen Church, Hong Kong. funeral takes place, to-day, nor makes her own clothes, as her passing the Monument at 5 p.m. older sisters did. She defies the orders of her parents, and laughs at the old teachings of female- virtues. She may attend the
DEATH
Hong Kong, Friday, Feb. 21, 1930.
THE CHINESE GIRL OF school, but she does so not for the sake of education, but for better- ing her chances in selecting a hus- TO-DAY
band. At school, her curriculum is to learn new dancing steps and imported love-songs.
She is
CLOUDY
FINE-
To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states:
A large but feeble anti- cyclone is central over S.W. Гарап.
Light to moderate variable winds along the S.E. Coast of China and over the China Sen.
Forecast:-N.E. or variable. winds, light; fine to cloudy.
· Rainfall- Rainfall since January 1; 3.61 inches, against an aver age of 2.69 Inches,
Temperature and Humidity.
The temperature and humidi- ty at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock
were:
Hong Kong Macao Pratas Island Manila Amoy Chefoo
63
Temp. Humid. 63 18 96
71
90
*66 *
92.
64
100
44
100
Shanghai
97
A
BURNS'S SNUFF-BOX
V. A
3
of disorders in which there was 10.16 a.m.-E. M. Bryden v. some derangement in the metabol-D. S. Robb, fsm of calcium and phosphorus,
10.20 a.m.-A, H. Penn such as rickets, malnutrition, dis- Ritchie, orders of pregnancy, lactation, and
10.24 a.m.-B. J., Lacon v. J. C. dentition, and results of much value
Clark: have been obtained.
10.28 a.m.-A. E. Lissaman V C. E. Holmes,
10.32 a.m.-H. U. Ireland v. I.
10.36 a.m.-R. J. Cherrill v. M.
10.40 a.m.-T. G. Bennett v. R. Stock.
10.44 a.m.-E. J. R. Mitchell v. D. Ellis.
16.48 a.m.-A. D. Humphreys 7. 0. Eager.
Irradiation of Milk Numerous German investigators. Geare. have proved that milk which has been exposed under suitable con- N. Cochrane. ditions to the action of the ultra- violet таун acquired remark- able properties in the treat- ment of rickets and allled disorders. These results had been amply confirmed in Britain. The rays might be pro- duced by the use of a quartz mer- milk after removal of its oxygen by cury yapour lamp and applied to the
carbon dioxide gas as in the Scholl system, or by a high tensión electric discharge in a quartz tube in an atmosphere of argon gas (Scholdt system). The taste of the milk was unaltered, and the process Increased its digestibility by effecting a me chanical change in the fat in the milk, and it also materially reduced
10.62 a.m.-I. C. Highst v. W. J. Clerk,
Moodle.
10.56 a.m.-A. F. Judd v. R. P.
11 a.m.-L. Yates v. J. Coulthart. 11.04 a.m.-A. B. Purves 'v. A. Anderson.
11.08 a.-A. C. Meredith v. F. Black,
11.12 a.m.-R. A. Green v. F. M. Ellis.
11.16 am. N. Grant 7. H.
the bacterial content. Its main Hampton. action, however, was the imparting
11.20 a.m-Dr. J. E. Dovey V
of a definite anti-rachitic property B. D. Evans. which was known to remain active. R. Cox v. J. 8. for at least several days.
This Dykes. anti-rachitic property was common- 11.28 a.m.-P. Sykes v. E. Stone. To Be Sold for Blindly supposed to be due to the forma
11.32 8.m.-W. J. S. Key v. N. tion of vitamin D.
K. Littlejohn. Ex-Service Men
Whatever the explanation of the W. A. Stewart.
11.36 an G. B. S. Thomson, “Burns Day" brought a pleasant sur. curative value of Irradiated milk in appearance is concerned, and be blind V.C., when a lady called at the disease was readily attested by the plorable, offering of modern
sides that there is nothing in her headquarters of the National Institute results of the radiological examina Chinese women, according to
for the Blind and presented him with tion of the bones by the X-rays, Chinese men writers, who are ter. Which commands our respect snuff:box maid to have been used by Recovery was promoted more surely. Shentob." ribed at the extremity of Chinese While a girl, she is a curse to her the post for many years up to the time
quickly by properly women's emancipation in China Parents: and when married, she is of his death in 1780... Proceeds. from Irradiated milk than by any other. Fox In Hong Kong, where intimate A sharper reproach to the Blind ex-Service Men. contact with Western ideals, man- ners and conduct has to a great modern Chinese girl appears in and black with age, is free from orna from the sun's rays, or indirectly
A curae to her parents in girl hood, and a deadweight to her husband in marriage, is the de modernised so far as her personale to Sir Bencheroft Towse, the rickets might be, the cure of the E. C. Marton.
extent re-fashioned the lives of
many of the Chinese younger set
there is little agitation at the trend toward the Occident to
a burden to her husband.”.
the sale of the yelle will be given to the National Institute's Fund.
Valentine.
Ten Years Ago
11.40 am-A. H. Musson v. 0.
11.44 am.-H. Mills. R. K
11.48 am.-W. Paterson v. W.
11.52 a.m.-M. D. Scott v. 3. J. [known.meana..
11.56 a.m.-C. J. D. Law v. R. According to modern conception, W. Taplin. The snuff-box, rectangular in shape energy was derived efthor directly the statement of Mr. Whang that mentation except on the lid, which has from the same épargy stored up in they lose sight of the fact that been decorated with an inlay of horti, foodstuffs. This raised the question Western civilisation, just as matase Cress. It is 344 tnches long of the vital energy in foods, and Chinese civilisation, has its vir- and 1 inch deep. Innumerable especially in fresh foods. No one which the modern girl is leaning us as well as its vices, and he scratches on the surface seem to rug would willingly consume food which gest daya when it shared a pocket with showed evidence of decomposition, urges: In adopting-Western fosse small change or an odd key or but there might be an intermediate in dress and behaviour. Yet in
'culture' and ideas, our girls
stage in which the vital energy In China proper, the very idea that
should not merely copy the super-gir Beachcroft a history of its wander through ago or the various methods morning on board the steam, launch With the snuff-box, the donor gave the food has been largely lost A piracy took place early this the birth of New China has raised
ficial and trivial things, but they ing The changes of ownership since employed in its preparation and Kowloon Teal, one of several armad the status of Chinese girls to the should pick up some qualides the death of the poet till it entered preservation. Foods could be classi Customs launches anchored off the same level as Chinese boys seems which are worthy of adoption have been array Low. The posts fed roughly into "quick" and dead. Pray In Wanchal. The crew of the National Institute for the Blind awesome to some conservative, the meantime, they should rei grand-daughter, Miss Annie Burns, of Fresh foods from the animal, and the launch, five in all, went to sleep. Chinese observers. Schools have tain these old virtues and trade Thomas Alderslade, whose widow, latively "quick" Foods which were super yet fal
Pittsville Lawn, Cheltenham, gave it to vegetable kingdoms were all re- as usual on the deck. At about lifted the ban against girls, com-tiona which have mercial houses have employed down from their fore
handed Mr. Phoebe, Alderslade, gave it to the relatively "dead" formed a very or eight pirated sover runni
present donor father. This last large part of the national dietër), vesiel. Before they cot them"without discrimination,"
transaction occurred in 1887.
An extension of the demand for themselves homegrown, fresh food); therefőße PICKED DETECTIVES POCKET WAR amp yanaatified; alske of
and the law, it is lamented,
ven gotic so far as to g unmarried women edral rights inherit
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