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September as the result of a motor fatality Augusto Al- berto'da Roza (Gussie). deir ly beloved son of Carlos Augusto da Roza, age 22 years, deeply regretted.-China and Lisbon papers please copy.
The China Mail
Hong Kong. Saturday, Sept. 5. 1931.
Colony's Health-I
Hong Kong's wealth is fabul-
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and, in spite of the universal trade depression and the lan- guishing Hong Kong dollar, we
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1931.
"The effect of the rule of strict Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyon has construction might almost be been appointed an official Justice summed up in the remark that of the Penta.. where an equivocal word or 'am biguous sentence leaves a reason- At the Rotary Club meeting on able doubt of Its meaning, which Tuesday Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy will the canons of interpretation fall) speak on "Municipal Socialism."
to solve, the benefit of the doubt! should be given to, the subject.
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It is notified that the name of the Kwong On. Company, Limited," has been struck off the Register of Companies,
worda "There is little hope for Improvenient under present con ditions." That is as irresponsi- blo and ineffectual and childish a statement as we have read for many a day. It seems that those responsible are taking too apathe. tic n view of the state of affairs. and against the legislature which' There are, no doubt many and
has failed to explain`itself.” yesterday was 87 degrée. great difficulties in the way but Chief Justice, the Court had de- at 4 p.
On that ground, said the Lord humidity was 83' at 10 am, and 78 they are difficulties which must elded to allow the appeal and be faced and overcome. to-day, quach the conviction: else to-morrow and the day after they will have grown
Licking Stamps. to such
A pernicious habit to which all proportions that Herculean will fare prone. The office boy. fa start- not be an adequate nijcctive to ad on "licking stamps" and as.
The rules under the heading apply to them and instead of be continues just as assidulously to permits," set forth on pages 424-426 chairman of the board of directors Earth cutting and water-wheel ing overcome will prevail over us lick stamps. It comes so natural, of the Regulations of Hong Kong, and our faith-hearted officials.
and is so easy and effective. There 1844-1925, are rescinded. are, of course, stamp moisteners: and dampers which, after a few. days of purchase and frenzied Messrs. Lammort Brothers will use, Bre left severely alone to auction 125 bales cotton yard” (more ornament the table. Why Is this? or less damaged at the China Fro... What is the reason for the per- vident. Loan, and Mortgage Com- sistence of a habit which has been pany's Godowns, Connaught Raad described asdisgusting" and
West on Monday at 11 a.m.. "dangerous," over and over again? Periodically campaigns are started to eradicate this human frally
[Second article will appear on Monday.]
Mail Commentary.
Falling in Love.
Prof. Sir J. Arthur Thomson, the eminent biologist saya in speaking on this subject-
Like rockets they blaze their way across the firmament and lose them-
"My own experience-it is a lung
selves in ineffectual nothingness reminiscence now has been that
It will be interesting to hear a the psychological factor is so enor paychologist declaim on this habit. mously potent, and that though it of what natural unge is it a sur- comes along with the activation of vivor to-day? the endocrine glands, it is some will persist, then, should not the If, as it seems hely, this habit thing different, something on a different plane.
"The two I know, eunnot be separated, but while the endverine glunds are fundamental, falling in love is supreme."
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His Excellency the Governor häs given his assent, in the name and
on behalf of His Majesty'.the King to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council-Or- dinance No. 2 of 1991.-An ́Ordin- ance to amend the Supreme Court Ordinance. 1873.
It is notified that the regulations post office, in consultation with the relating to prospecting and set chemist, devise a preparation to be forth on pages 827-357 of the Re used on the backs of stamps which gulations of Hong Kong, 1844-1925, Will contain one of those vitamina, in so far as they fix fees and rents essential for our well-being, about and royalties shall not apply to the So, now we know why Love is which so much is heard to-day. following,(a) earth or mud. (b) said to be blind, why Lovers are a Different vitamins on the different-send. (e) clay of any kind whatso race apart, and why we simply ly coloured stamps, the more im ever. (d) granite. (c) limestone. many who feel death apjomach-can't help ourselves. When we portant ones on the more expensive An idea! And given ing, the number of deaths record. ed is considerably lower than would be the case had all who contracted disease here remained until the end," and "the alience of accurate figures for popula- tion," make it is impossible to obtain rates, which would form useful bases for comparisons. Accordingly, the death rate, 1922?
know more about the "activation of stamps. the endocrine glunda," we shall be away gratis. able, in the majority of cases, to prevent ourselves from making fools. of ourselves as frequently,
A Nice Point at Law,
News in Brief.
Among the passengers arriving by the Empress of Japan were Mr. F. T. Sung, the new Consul Gen- eral for Java and his secretary, Mr. H. H. Lee. Mr. Sung and. Mr. Les are now guests of Dr. Frank S. Goon, the propriatar of the Em- pres Hotel, Ltd., Mr. Sung and Mr. Loe will sail for Java on Tues-
Ching and Japan Line. Metro-day per as. Thisalak, of the Java
The name of Mr. L. N. Murphy has been added to the English Auditors' Advisory Committee.
Is the age of a man 23 years and five months old 23 or 24 within the
Miss Leila Hyams, meaning of Section 2 of the Goldwyn-Mayer star, has broken a Criminal Law Amendment Act, local screen record, surely. by the.
fact that she has appeared three This question was addressed first time in succession at the Quen's
It is notified that after January
which is the usual gauge 15 to three judges, who discussed it Theatre. They were:-August 24-1, 1932, in place of the existing en-
Ten Years Ago.
[From the "China Mak" of
September 5, 1921.)
To-day's dollar is worth 2/8%.
by which the health of a com-without arriving at a decision. It 26, "Way For A Sailor" with John France fees, charges, payable as are munity is measured, must he was then placed before five judges Gilbert; August 27-September school fees, will be made for the Out" with Reginald medical inspection of pupils at the regarded with some reserve, in of the King's Bench Division--the "Stepping
Lord Chief Justice (Lord Hewart) Denny; September 3-6 Men Call following schouts Queen's College, the case of Hong Kong,
and Justices Roche, Actor, Hawke It Love" with Adolphe Menjou. King's College, Belilios Public We are told that respiratory and Humphreys. They did not Incidentally, Miss Hyams is also School, Ellis Kadoorie School, Yau-
answer the real point.
being featured at the Star Theatre mati School, Wantsai School, Gap So we have been assured diseases accounted for 88.95 per
The question arose on the appeal now, in "Thirteenth Chair" with Road School, Vernacular Middle cent. of
the total deaths, and of Thomas Chapinan against his Conrad Nagel!
School, and Vernacular Normal School for Women-$3 per pupil; this high percentage is directly conviction at Huntingdon Assizes
The N.Y.K. Haruna Maru arrty- Ellis Kailoorie School for Indians- attributed to over-crowded, ill-for an alleged offence against a
girl under 16. The section of the ed from London via Marseille on $1 per pupil. yet find no reason to disputi it. ventilated and badly lighted Act provides that:
September 2, the President of the "In the case of a man 2 years N.Y.K., Mr. K. Kagami, being on And; as a people's wealth is said houses, combined with the ex-
accompanied by Mrs. to be its health, it seems obvious pectorating habits of the Chinese. of age or under the presence of board,
that Kagami, now returning home from reasonable eause to believe that her health must be on the There seems to be reason to the girl was over the age of 16 round-the-world tour, It will be same grand scale. As a matter believe that that "scourge of shall be a valid defence on the recalled that Mr. Kugami attended of fact, we are also assured that mankind" - tuberculosis con- first occasion on which he is charge the World Economic Conference ed with an offence under this sec- held at Washington in May last, Hong Kong 18 remarkably tinues to rank as the chief cause
as chief delegate from Japan; tion.". This of mortality. It is unnecessary
from Europe healthy for its latitude.
Mr. Alban Gordon (instructed by Other passengers happy state of affairs has not al- to remind readers of the terrible the Registrar of the Court of are:-Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Wuthrich, ways been, for, there was a time manner in which this disease Criminal Appeal) appeared for Mrs. B. E. Torigny, Miss M. A.
Howlett, H. Huddleston, P. Y. The excavations in Queen's Road Chapman.. once upon a time when Hong ravages its victima, of its long
Central, it was explained to a Lord Hewart asked whether a Tang, Mrs. M. Pendleton, A. G. Kong had a very evil name and drawn out agopy and extreme man was entitled to plead infancy Johnstone, Mrs. H. Haxwell, Mrs. Ching Mail reporter at the Head R. Wedderburn.. Miss I. Watson, Office of the Hong Kong Electric was coming to be regarded as debilitating effects on the human until he was 22 years of age. ·
Mr. Gordon: I should say not, Mrs. F. T. Shirington, D. S. More. Co., this morning, are. incidental to synonymous for yet another of system. It is, therefore, with
Dr. A. Carbone, T. Hausner, M. the laying of gable, the present sys- because infancy" is definite
Gulliksen, J. Lee, Prof. and Mrs. tem having practically reached the the "Empire's Eastern Came much regret we read that "there period.
These new teries." But her "remarkable. is little hope for improvement Does not a man cease to be 23. Matsunami, Mr. and Mrs. T. limit of its capacity. health" of to-day, as far as can under present conditions." There the moment he passes into his Iwasaki, M. Nagai, Miss S. Kadama. cables will be laid throughout the twenty-fourth year?--I submit not. Enya, M. Iwanami, K. Ando. City to meet the growing demand be ascertained and this is no is no, special sanitorium and notte is of the age of 28 for a period Mr. and Mrs. M. Hirota, Mrs K and will eventually form part of the Totoki, S., Matsumuro, S. Ohnert, Company's big scheme to Increase idle statement is an abiding special institute for the care of of 365 daya.
power frám 100 to 200 volta, this suffering from tribute to Western medicine.
In other words he is 23 until he and Y. Antoh, We have before us today the chronic disease, and the hospital is 247-That is so.
Mr. Linton Thorp (instructed by Medical and Sanitary Report for accommodation, all told, is but the Director of Public Prosecu the Year 1980 issued by the Hon. one per thousarid of population. tlona), for the Crown, said that one Dr. A. R. Wellington, Director of The majority of sufferers of this of the categories contemplated, by inference, in the section was a per-. Medical and Sanitary Services, dread disease are obliged to son over the age of 23, Chapman Hong Kong, from which we struggle against its ravages in was 23 years and 6 months, and
that was over the age of 23. gather that "the state of the our very midst, eksing out a
Counsel submitted that on and public health of the Colony are "living death" and ineffectually after the day a man, passed his flected in the statistics and com- fighting this disease through twenty-third birthday this defence pared with those of former years many long and weary and pain was no longer open to him was good." The crude deathful months, even years. And all Court should construe the words In a technical sense and not a rate was 15.14 per mille popula- this in our very midst spreading popular sense. tion, a decrease of 1.68 per mille the disease and infecting count
persons
The
"A statute is a technical matter;
n the figure for the previous less others. This is a state of time is a technical matter, capable
of mathematical calculation, and affairs which cannot be contem-technical language should be given plated with equanimity any long effect to technically, not popular- er. It is surprising that such a
year and less by 4 per mille than the mean for the last ten years. That is good as far as it may go,
various retorno ste out that state of affairs exists to-day, and sald, that much argument had taken for various reasons, such as the yet more surprising that the place, and might take place, on the desire of the Chinese to expire Director in his report is content meaning of the words "In the case n. their native towns or villages simply to state a fact in all its of a man of 23 years,
age
in the midst of their relations crudity and seek to wash his undor." Quoting from "Maxwall on the Interpretation of Statutes," and the consequent exodus of hands of responsibility with the Lord Howart read:
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