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BAN ON SPITTING.
By-Laws Passed by the Sanitary Board.
FOR EATING HOUSES.
At the meeting of the Sanitary Hoard, yesterday, by-laws prohibit-¦ ing spilling in eating houses were unanimously passed.
In submitting the motion, the President said in part:
Let me make the quotation 1 made from the report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1921. "The total deaths in the Colony from tuberculosis diseases during 1921 amounted to 1,804 where the total dels from all the principal notitiale infectious diseases and including those from Mularin, in- fluenza, teasles, and dysentery which are not notifiable, amounted tu 1,280. This group of diseases Includes typhoid and paratyphoid fever, placue, small-pux, cholera at diphtheria.
The difference between these two¦ totals shows 614 more deaths from tuberculosis than from all the dan-
The quotation is taken from 21 report on tuberculosis made-ulso in 1921-by Dr. I. 1. Scott. Dr. Scott was at the time Government! Bacteriologist here and accordingly had ample opportunity of obtaining his facts at first band. He 8, N believe, to-day a member of the staff of the London School of. Tropical Medicine.
Overcrowding.
"The foregoing the design of Chinese tenement houses and over- crowding) constitute the main pre- disposing causes, but the direct cause of the prevalence of tuber- gulosis in Hong Kong is. facile princeps, the expectoration habit. The prevalence of tuberculosis is closely connected. with social and economic conditions-overcrowding and slumus, poverty fsanitation and. squalor.
"With regard lo overcrowding.] little, if anything can be done'; the apace available is imited, and the population is relatively large and is increasing. The question duces hself, for practical pur- poses, to the finding of a remedy for the spitting habit in the first place."
re-
geruos infectious diseases from "I am convinced that it is the ex-1 which the Colony suffers in pectorallou on the floors of the. epidemic form either continuously rooms in which the people live that -as in the case of malarin-or) is the chief source of the bacilli." from time to time-as in the case of plague, cholera and small-pox.
Tuberculosis takes Its steady toll in deaths yaar by year" and attracts so great notice."
Since that date, forty deaths have occurred every week; 2,000 each year; 20,000 in ten years- from tuberculosis.
The attention of the Board has hitherto been distracted by plague and smallpox, But I would point out that the Colony has been en- tirely free from pingue for the last eight years and that we have, after a good deal of groping, found the complete the absurdly simple and the only solution, to the problem of smallpox: namely vaccination.
That being so the way is clear for the Board to attack the main position-namely tuberculosis.
I do not wish it to be thought for one moment that I have changed my view
on the vital importance
It is evident then that in dis- couraging spitting by all means at! our disposal we shall be taking all essential steps, and it seems to me that the persistente of bad old houses only make it more urgent to check a bad old habit.
Making A Start.
out eating houses for special at-
I may be asked why we single) tention. The answer is two-fold.
(1) In the first place, we must, start somewhere,
sons
(2) Apart from the obvious rea- which will occur to every one. the eating house, apperra 10 be particularly appropriate.
For there Gre a considerable number distributed throughout the town-there foors licensed
are 800 tonement as eating houses- where people of the middle class! congregate in the aggregate in con- siderable numbers to take their meals,
of the housing question in relation It is hoped that the eating houses
to the problem of tuberculosis. will provide a channel by which this
There are many old houses in the heart of the town-dark, damp, air less, rarely penetrated by the
vital advice will percolate to what
Dr. Scott describes as the "Chief source of the bacilli-the floors of
sterilising raya of the sun. These the rooms in which the people live."
houses constitute a severe handicap
The motion was passed un-
to the efforts, of the Medical animously,
Officer of Health. I am firmly con- vinced that no plan of attack against tuberculosis can be really: satisfactory until by some means or other the bad old houses dis- appear.
TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
The report has been published
of the Committed appointed in Oc-
At the same time demolition of tober, 1984, to report on the pon- old houses does not provide the sibility of increasing facilities for complete' solution. They are the practical technical education and predisposing cause! the direct the feasibility of establishing a cause must also receive attention. trade school.
And, as I hope to satisfy you by As a trade school has been sanc quotation from a distinguished toned already in the former Vic- Medical Officer-by far the most toria British School, the report at Important direct cause is simply this data losca much of its inter- the habit of spilting.
est.
ROBERTS WINS GAME FOR OXFORD.
Cambridge's Rugby Defeat.
AFTER SCORING FIRST.
Twickenham, Yesterday... Oxford University won the fifty- sixth inter-Varsity Rugby match to-day when they beat Cambridge by two tries and a dropped goal (10 points) to a try 3 points).
W. Roberts, the Oxford skipper. played the game of his life; being chiefly responsible for, Oxford's win.
The Oxford three-quarters were weak in fatehing but their for wards took matters into their own hands. Roberts was elusive and he and N. Lamport riddled the Cambridge ranks, especially in the second half.
Cambridge scored first through R. W. Smeddle, who literally Bung himself over for a try. Oxford equalised in the thirty-fifth minute of the game, Minne scoring an un- converted try. Roberts gave Ox- ford the lead with a dropped goal two minutes hefore the interval when Oxford led by 7 points to 3. In the last minute of the game F. Hovde, the American,
won the race for a touch down. failed to convert-Reuter,
RACING,
Henley
THE CHINA, MAIL,
KOWLOON GOLF CLUB.
Junior Championship.
The following is the draw for the Junior Championship First Round to be played on or before December 27:-
H. S. Dinsdale v. J. Litton. W. J. Woolley v. A. Landibort. L. Goldman v. A. A. Laughton. J. Gallatly v. A. A. Lewis. S. Jex v. G. D. Reid.
G. P. Murphy. v. A. C. Sinton. E. C. Fincher v. H. Buxton. J. J. King v. C. G. Anderson.
CAPTAIN'S CUP.
Played over the Kowloon course on December 5 and 6 W. Taylor qualified with 72—0=00; W: J. Woolley
82-13-69; and G. P. Marply with 82-13=69; tie for second place and will replay,
with
ATLANTIC FLEET.
Portion to Pay
it
A Visit to
HOCKEY VICTORY FOR Y.M.C.A.
Plucky Resistance by
Cornwall;
IMPRESSIVE FORWARDS.
The_original
At King's Park yesterday the Y.M.C.A. defcaled H.M.S. Cornwall by two goals to one. game which should have been played on the Navy ground against H.M.S. Tamar and Small Ships was unavoidably cancelled and a last minute fixture was arranged against the Cornwall.
Considering that it was the first time that the Cornwall has placed a hockey aide in the fold since her return from Home the sailors gave a very creditable exhibition. sufficient to dampen the spirits of Although weather conditions were the most enthusiastic hockey play- er a great game rosulted with two very evenly matched sides in op position.
The Cornwall, were the first to acoro when Hollingsworth broke through to score a good goal when challenged by the goal-keeper. The sailors held their lead up to the interval though the "Y" were. unfortunate on one or two occa- sions. Beckingham, in the Naval goal, was in great form and held up repented raida with smart clearances. On the change of It has been decided that aends the "Y" swept down the field
BW. INDIES.
Rugby, Yesterday.
Weights for Saturday's portion of the Atlantic Fleet, and scored the equaliser when
Meeting.
Weights have been allocated in the following races on Happy Val- ley on Saturday:
Wine Stag
December Handicap.
Blue Boy
Ataman
Sane on
b.
140 145 145
Edenbridge
140
King's Colour
105
King's Service
155
Bright Star
155
140
African Eve
140
Young Pretender
140
Spey
150
The Phenant
140
The Comer!!
140
140
Marquis Hall ..
140
Barrier Reef Handicap.
Bb.
130
156
140 165
140
Crown Princ
'Floretta
Moon Stur Rosedrop
-St. Moritz
Thunderclap
Santa Claus announces that
he will take an aeroplane down and arrive at Hong Kong this week end and
that his Official Head-
quarters will be at
SINCERE'S
comprising the battle cruisers Brown rushed the ball into the Hood and Repulse, and the second net. a few minutes later Brown cruiser squadron Dorsetshire, was again in the limelight when Norfolk, Exeter and York shall be sent in a beautiful drive which visit British West Indies poris left the goal-keeper standing. It during the coming Spring. The was the best goal of the game and ships will be detached from the a fitting deelder. flag of the Commander-n-Chief The "7" forwards combined bet- TRIED & HANGED IN off the north coast of Spain on ter than they have done for a long January 18 or 19 after the exer- time and were frequently danger-| cises have been carried out. The ous as the result of long passes Commander-in-Chief in H.MS. from Tate and Murphy, who play- Nelson and the remainier of theed well in defence. Atlantic Fleet will use Gibraltar as the main base until return of the ships to their home ports in March. British Wireless Service.
SOVIET DEBIS TO BRITISHERS.
Rugby, Yesterday. Conversation will take place tu-morrow between the Foreign Secretary and the Soviet Minia- ter in London on the question of settlement of outstanding debts and the claims of British nation- als. This step is consequent upon the fact that no reply has been received to a note on this sub-
Y.M.C.A.
H.M.S. Cornwall
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FOUR HOURS.
Budapest Martial Law Verdict.
SATURN AND JUPITER.
Conjunction That Cause World Changes.
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A thrill of horror passed through Y.M.C.A.-L. D. Skinner; A. Budapest when it was learned that R. A. Bates, F. S. W. Smith; J. J.21, Joseph Onde, had been tried Tate, E. O. Murphy: F. Allen, an American-barn youth of barely
Ferguson, G. C. Burnett, D. Me-sentenced to death, and hanged Lellan w. J. Brown.
(captain), F. Selk. and within less than four hours of a of extraordinary interest in the
charge of robbery with violence.
On October 15 Onds and another youth of 19, Joseph Bonyi, held up
shots at
That Cardinal Plorre d'Allly, Bishop of Cambrsi, prophesied, the French Revolution 400 years before It took place, is revealed by M. Charles de la Ronciere in an article
current 'number of the "Revue dès Deux Mondes,"
This astonishing prediction was the Budapest Commercial Bank made in Cardinal d'Ailly's work, jeet sent in July to the Soviet and stole a large sum of money. "Accord de la verite astronomique Government by Mr. Arthur Hen-When pursued they fired a number et de l'histoire," in which he noted derson, who was then Foreign of ineffective
theft that every grand conjunction be- Secretary.-British Wireless Ser-pursuers.
tween Saturn and Jupiter, happen- Under martial law, which is now ing every 960 years, produced in force throughout Hungary, the perturbations in the Empires of tho drastle provisions of the old Habs- world.
vice.
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COOLER-SWEETER BETTER
burg monarchy rule are revived. The eighth conjunction would fall The military court can pronounce in the year 1789; and, wrote. Car- sentence of death only for any dinal d'Aily: "If the world should crime with which violence is con- last until that year, which God alone nected; but unless the decision is knows, there will be great, numor- unanimous the case must go to the ous, and astounding changes in the ordinary courts.
world, principally in law and re- The sen- ligion."
No appeal is allowed. tence must be submitted to the head of the State-in this case the Re- gent-who may give or refuso
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free pardon. If refused, the pri- soner must be hanged within three hours.
Gallows Got Ready. When the trial opened morbid crowds gathered outside the court,
Columbus Map,
The main purpose of M. de la Ronciere's article, is to prove that a map of the world extant in the Bibliotheque Nationale is the actual map used by Christopher Columbus, and was made by him and his brother Bartholomew.
Mundi," edited by M. Edmond
This suggestion had already been as it was known that Kosarck, the made by M. de la Ronciere, but did public executioner, had arrived with not carry conviction to historians. his two assistants and bogus the It is, however, now immense.. erection of a gallows in the court- tion of Cardinal, d'Ailly's "Ymar
strengthened by the recent publica- yard. Prisoners executed in Hun- gary are not hanged by means of a spring trap, but are hoisted into the Buron, the archivist of the Canadian air. Judge Toercky, who is noted for the severity of his sentences, tried the case, with the assistance of four advisers. He ordered a strong force of police to be ready to deal drastically with any public mani- festations:
The trial ended at three p.m. Onda, a son of an Hungarian farm- er, born in America in 1910, una.
Government.
:
This work, consisting of four cosmographical treaties by d'AÂîlly in Latin-a French translation of which is supplied by M. Buron was copiously annotated. by Christopher Columbus himself; to whom it was one of his sources of inspiration. -- Red Sen Voyage.
M. de la Ronclere shows that a.. educated in an ordinary American large number of Columbus annota- school, who has been in Hungary lons in d'Ailly's work appear, some since 1920, was sentenced to death. of them textually, and reproducing His companion, being only 19, was Columbus' peculiarities of spelling, not liable to the death sentence, but on the map in the Bibliotheque was given the maximum penalty of Nationals, a coincidence further Afteen years Imprisonment. **. supported by material similarities On the sentences being pro- between the substance of the map nounced, the youths embraced and and the ideas contained. In the.. kissed one another. At 6.25 Onda d'Ally annotations.... WAB taken to the courtyard and hanged.
One, for instance, of the annota tions, rands: "The voyage through the Red Sea is made in six months; and from there (de bf') it takes u year to reach India.”
Pardon Refused: When Bentenco was pronounced, the father of Onda collapsed un- conscious, The Judge asked the top runs: "As to the Red Sea, Its The corresponding legend on the prisoners if they desired a free par-length is six months of navigation; don, to which they replied in the and from there (de lbf) it takes affirmative. The court then with whole year, to reach India." drew for five minutos, and returned.
to say that the Regent would not of the map at 1402; \
M. de la Ronclein puts the ante
be recommended to grant a pardon,
The defending lawyer said, "But I the air. The court returned no have telegraphed this morning an answer to the interjection. The Ing him to exercise clemency for boy was taken to execution in
this boy, who only fired shots into state of semi-collapse.
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