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substances in hen's blood and hen's eggs. TELEGRAMS.]
Various other bloods were tried, but in them
the rabbit serum produced nothing. A | rabbit treated with a particular blood yield. od serum which produced precipitation
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therefore, however old a blooristaja may be, it can be identified with certainty. That was the immediate, practical rosult, and the object with which the experiments were begun. But in practice it is found that while cash blood has its own albuminous TO charactor, there are groups the members of which show slighter differences to each other than they do to the bloods of other groups. Evidently bore was a valuable contribution to the study of congenital Dr. UHLEN. relations among animals. HUTH followed it up, and demonstrated in the re-agent glass the blood-relationship of horse and ass, dog and fox, sheep and goat, and so on. * The reaction produced was almost quantitatively proportionate to the degree of blood-relationship." Specint investigations into the albuminous characteristics of men and apes were then undertaken, by himself and the English- U NUTTALL", whom we take to be Pro fessor NUTTALL, of Cambridge. The apes of the old world, especially the notbropoïās, produced results practically equal to those
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THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.
LONDON, May 8th. The elections in France have resulted:
Government Opposition
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THE DEATH OF MR. H. M. BEVIS.
LONDON, May 8th. Mr. H. M. Bevis died in the Thatched House.
At the coroner's inquest ʼn verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned.
SHANGHAL RACES.
SECOND DAY'S RESULTS.
SHANGHAI, May Sth. The Shanghai Races were continued
UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP
ASHORE,
LONDON, May 6th. The United States battleship Rhode Island is ashore in Chespeake Bay. Up to the present the tugs have failed to float her. AMERICAN CLAIMS AGAINST THE BRITISH INSURANCE OFFICES.
LONDON; May 6th. Nearly £1,000,000 has been shipped, by the Cunard line alone, to America during the last three weeks, and the American liper St. Paul took £367,000. These shipments were mostly to meet the claims against the British Insurance Companies in San Francisco,
THE CHINESE BOYCOTT OF AMERICAN GOODS.
LONDON, May 6th. There considerable apprehension in America at the growing strength of the Chinese boycott of American proodia.
CANTON.
(FROM OUR COLLESPONDENT.)
CORRESPONDENCE.
Yet, in spite of their sagraess and anxiety, not one of thoan who attended the meeting COMPANY REPORTS IN HONGKONG. could find his tongue and inquire as to the truth or otherwise of the rumours, which TO THE EDITOR OF THE “DAILY PRESS."
had put so many in a panic. If this con happen with a gentlems in the chair well Hongkong, 8th May. SIR-In the recent one of the Tramwayail legitimate information, isit any wonder that. | known for his courtesy and readiness to furnish Co. acme of the remarks made by the Chief in the generality of cases shareholders keep their mouths shut who, perhaps, they realise that a question might cost them a snub? It is, therefore, earnestly to be hoped that in future those responsible for the publication of reports and nessants, with the narico of the Chief Justics before theen, will put in these reports as much legitimate information as would keep shareholders well in tough with their interests, and would it be too much to ask those
Justice must have been read by the average shareholder in local companies with more than ordinary juterest, and possibly with some grotitado. In these remarks, although His Ronoar did not lay down any new rules of company law, he made it quite clear to share holders in general that they are possessed of certain deflaite rights, from which neither a majority or boards of dizertárs, or yet general mangers, can oust them.
Speaking of the Tramway Company's case and the settlement toma to with the dissentients, the latter receiving $435 per share, it was stated that, under this arrange- meat, these shareholders did not recsiru
any more value for their boldings than what they would have received under the resolutions. In other words, they d not improve their position by going to law. How this is arrived at, I do not know, for, in the ones ense, $200 was all that the resolutions offered, while in the other, well, $15 per share more is fairly substantial. I have epoken to some of the disson tients, in order to discover if they had mulo a May 7th.
calculation, mistake in their
azikl they Acting under instructions from the Hong-emphatically declare that all they understorů keng Government, H. B.Ms. Consul General in was that they would be sold out neck and crop requesting H. E. to effect the arrest of Loung sides to the issue are apparently satisfied with Man-sang, a writer in the Tung Wa Hospital, the result, there is no more to be anid. who is alleged to have emb zzled a sum of 35,900 out of the institution's funds. It is said that Leang is in hiding in his native sillage at Lam-Tau, iu a Heungshan district.
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that it is worth study by anyous interested in China and things Chinese. Casual exploration of its pages reveals many bits of di mondiferoas clay, of sparkling items of information worthy of being drsaged into the light of day,
obtained from human blood; the reaction in to-day in favourable weather. The Canton has sent a despatch to Viceroy Shum for $200, and no more! However, as both inspired by " the I.G." will not weed to be told
BURROUGH'S DEEF and IRON WINE. the case of the apes of the new world was
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slight trace. The point is that it is now an established fact that the serum of a rabbit treated with human blood produces a sediment in human and in ape's blood" bat in no other kind of blood whatever. This proves that mat, the gorilis, and the chimpanzee are cousins, and not many times
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Obviously, it will be urged at this stage that a murderer in Hongkong hus caly tú dechire that the bloodstains in his case are from a monkey to baffle the criminological biologist. But that ignores De. Uhlen- Huru's further discovery, made apparently since, Professor NUTTALL published his treatise two years ago. This is to treat au animal with its relative, as an ape with human blood. The resulting seruos re-acis in buman albumen, but not in the ape's, so
was a large attendance, and the course proved very fast, the Derby being run in record time. The results, which are appended, were generally unexpected: The Chu-xa-za Cup, ‡ mile.
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It is reported that the Viceroy has sont braves to off of his arrest and to seize any pro perty he may have.
CLAN FIGHTS,
Thi
Another important remark made by the Chive Justice came very opportune at the time it did in view of the annual reports being published by the various local compuies then. remark was to the effect that he did not see why bonourable men of business, who had nothing to hido, should be sparing in their information to shareholders. Can it be that Sir Francis A big clau fight has taken place between the Piggott, even during the short period he has people of the Tong Kai and bui Kong villages, boen in Hongkong, has already noticed the The Nas-Hoi magistrate sent one of his very meagre information contained in the deputien named Chi Chong-you to the two manual reports and acconuts? De to. as it villages in question to stila the trouble. The may, it is an undecible fact that shareholders villagers refused to bave mything to do with here are voucleated scaut inferation in the 2 him and compelled him to then back. The reports submitted to them--and, when it is also 3 mattar haing reported to the Nam-Hoi, the remembered that, io the majority of cases, latter has now despached Commodore Wong it is but anus a year that they can have no Pai-chong with a strong force of soldiers to the village, while the Num-Hoi and Pun-Ya are also proceeding thore to deal summarily with the leading one aders of both sides.
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Brownberry (Mr. Burkill)... Cotswold (Mr. Johnstone) White Blaze (Mr. Crighton)" [Time--1 min, 301 secs.
THE SHANGHAI DERBY, 1.mies.
Brockton (Mr. Hayes) Ornament (Mr:Meyerink) Coxcomb (Mr. Burkill) Time-3 min. 113 secs. THE MAGOLIAN PLATE, miles.
Haakon Seventh (Mr. Burkill)... I Pittenweem (Mr. Lauroncé) Disdonc (Mr. Hayes) Time-2 min, 143 secs, THE RACE CLUB CUP, two miles. Monsoon (Mr. Campbell) Trittenheimer (Mr. Hayes) Czardas (Mr. Cox).... THE CONCORDIA CUF, I, miles.
Chehalis (Mr. Vida)... Soy ela (Mr. Bayes Antohyens (Mr. Johnstone) was nine cases, Time--2 min. 40 secs.
THE SICCAWEI CUP, 14 miles.
Lavender (Mr. Burkill) White Blaze (Mr. Crighton)) Cotswold (Mr. Johnstone Time-2 min. 373 secs. THE JOCKEY CUP, one mile.
Correspondents must forward their names and adtive and certain is the process. DRUHLEN
PRIEMONTESE-vor-pterkiaren linowend to Worstidí on-
one mile of the paper only,
Ne anonymously signal commutations that have alvcudy appeared in other papers would he vaseries,
should b. misen, After that
seni bojore 11 am, on do so the mpply is limited. Only mupplies y Осьед l'et, graphis ddison: Puzon. Codes: A,B,0.6th Ba
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HONGKONG, May 9, 1946.
HUXLEY'S comparison of the anatomy and cerobric convolutions, of man and are satisfied most people as to their alleged consanguinity; bat striking confirmation
hunt for the fine distinctions between race and race, and man and man. Anthropolo- gists will await the result with keen interest.
Yesterday's plagas return all fatal.
The Chinese Government has put it on record (but the canton-Hankow Railway is to be loft to the management of the gentry and people,
Now's Las reached Tokyo that the Ruusisu troops in this
mur district still retain thier war equipment, and are busy in the construction of defrace works, for which Chinese cooltes are eugaged.
The Tonkinese journal, L'Indo Chinois, bas started a series of articles oa Far Eastern
towns.
Mauzo is the subject of one of the most recent, the writer of which describes it "as a Istorio rather than a real colony", and remarks that its abandonment by Portugal is constant.
has been discovered by the Gerruan savant, PAUL URLENHUTH, As so often happens
The Ha kow Daily News saya:-We learn in scientific research, he was looking
from good authority that Viceroy Clang Chi for something olae when he discovered tung is making arrangements for the growing the new proof of what he so happily of sugar beet in this province on a large scale.
men
If successful H.E. intends to erect a krge plant for the manufacture of beat angar. Wo do not plant to cultivato and wish the new enterprise doubt that the sugar beet will be a thankful
good success.
calls the "blood-relationship" of and upes.
He was searching for an infallible test by which to distinguish buman blood from all others, in cases where through lapse of time the ordinary corpus. cular test is impossible. It was to the
A message to the Mainichi states that the Czor bas allowed all reservists now in Manchuria albuminous substances that he directed bisto tako up land for cosuising purposes along attention; and be now claims to have round the route of the Siberian Railway. Each settler method by which these albuminous is to receive a grant of land. In the Harbin materials are differentiated in varisas sorts district, each family will be given a súbsidy of of blood, even after the blood to be examined | 800 roubles, in the Manoboali and Tsitsihar districts 450.roubles, and in the district between
tions.
the
Pittenweem (Mr. Laurence) Alpha (Mr. Jones) Fleder (Mr. Peters) Time-2 min, 10 secs. THE SHANGHAI STAKES, 14 miles.
Cedric (Mr. Crumming) Comanche (Mr. Moller) Argante (Mr. Meyerink). Time--3 min, 13 secs. THE SPRING CUP, one mile.
Coxcomb ((Mr. Burkill Gaelic (Mr. Cumming)
Time-2 min. 63 secs.
Narses (Mr. Vida)
Heat
THE SCURRY STAKES, seven furlongs.
Cosmopolitan (Mr. Abel)... Radium (Mr. Burkill) Willie. Work (Mr. Schuon) Time-1 min. 48 secs.
DEUTER'S SERVICE.]
GREAT BRITAIN AND TURKEY.
LONDON, May 6th.
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FLOODS AND PAMINE,
The Tai-Chap. Ting-Os, Fa-Kong, and Pak Mok-long district dykes, all in the Nam-ho district, have been demolished, Hundreds of houses bate bean swept away and the neighbour ing fields are all flooded.
The people have petitioned the Viceroy for help as they are 3 homeless and in danger of starvation. It is
canontal, the fun! nödáchraat voer.Jmjala by three weiyueas to distribute relief money 1amongst the sufferers. It is said that if the 2 rains contiane for a few days more a severe 3 famino will be felt in South China.
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The papers emphasize the significance of
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opportunity of looking into their affairs, it is certainly a matter of surprise that expressions of dissatisfaction are not more frequently heard, Occasionally, one sees some shareholder, more plucky then his follow-shareholders, or, per bags, naacially more independent, makes bold to ask a question or two, when, raore often than not, he is not with the rejoinder that the in- formation he seeks is "not handy", or, "it would be detrimental to the interests of the company concerned to make such information public" Indeed, ins, me quarters, the ssking of quest'one Sharanoher often has to make up his mind that,
megfinns i wame entry to require information from the chair, he must ran the gullot of severe booke, and would be treated as a hostile eritic. This practice of tabooing anticism is without a doubt responsible for the ent-and-dried proceedings at local meet. ings, and it is a 1ale of general accepta ace now that "silence" is strictly a mode".
The recent mins have nased many buildings to collapse. Yesterday a house in Yee Ling news came down with a formidable crash, killing As an instance, I would recall an incident one of the inmates. At the No. 1 Polica Station which occurred at a recent meeting of a well a huge tree fell, crashing through the Station. known land and estate company. A certain Fortunately for the inmates, the house did not shareholder asked for information respecting collapse at once, and they were sil able to escape. Į an item of commission, which the company had The unsuccessful cannonading to disperse the received, the reply to which, given with some rain clouds has been abandoned.
AMERICAN GUNBOAT STRANDED.
The U.S. gunboat. Callus yesterday stranded
in the West River near Samehu. It was
reported that the tug Robert Cooke had gone to her assistance, but we learned that such was not the case. Details of the occurrence have not yet come to hand
THE BENNERTZ CASE,
hoal, was that the enquirer ought to know very well what the commission was for, having paid it himself, and the matte thereupon was
On page 19, for instance, in the Sautaso report, wo find this interesting reference:—
-Aboriginal tribes, although during a small percentage to the total population, are fairly strong in certaiu localities and offer an in- teresting study to the ethologist. They are locally called shan-ea. The principal tribo is apparently an offshoot of the Lolo, having several custome in common with the Lolos in Yunnan, and the women also wear the extra of that race. They keep quite distinct from, ordinary head-dreas peul be to married women and are a mystery to, the Chinese. They are said to have no literature; they speak, in addition to the local dialect, à tongue of their OWI The men wear clothes similar to the Chinese but the women invariably wear a distinct dress, quite different to Chinese woman it consists of a short kee-skirt, a tunic (low io the neok, usually folding over the centre of the breast, on ornamental bodice, and a long frame head-dress, uxtending well out in front of and behind the head, ornamented with strings of beads and silverware. They hold the dog in me veneration, and believe that they were ori- ginally changed from that mimaai to samanferm. In features they differ from the Chinese, and have full, baldeyag-the women, especially, being houses are dirty and their general condition wall made, and, of coarse, large fosted.” Tnei stafid; and the Chines, who despise them, state that they are a dungeons and mulato sul punish man. The sername of those aboriginals 2-21 dan kan om mazati capital
Bro Lei, Lab, Pan, or Ung.
11.
Ou page 193, we are tall there is an opening at Canton for usato deposit" concern; and which vividly recalls many other Chiasso en paga 287 ía a description of Wnchow streets
cities. It is worth quoting, long as it is:--
**The streets are not wide enough for the traffle. The public comfort and convenience are not sufficiently vousuited. When the people are marketing before the two principal meals of the day, pedestrians are obliged to promed at submit to be jostled by an unwashed orned snail's pace through the streets, and mast whose homes and garments, without doubt, harbour infectious diseass. The narrow stroots are further encroached m by tradesmen's stalls. No option has the seasitire individual -he must see butcher's auest, blood, and offal, at close quartere, each time he walks the street, Possibly ladies are seated because the streets for those things are thrast ander his
very nose.
ara not fit for them to walk in; or, vice `veral
possibly the streets are filthy becacue ladies are secluded. Fists tails are purposely allowed to drop over the edge of the stall, where passengers clothing may be aciled by them. The washinge from the atille drain on to the parement, and must perforce be stopped in. Flies asiduously make teps between the gar bags in the gutter and the food exposed upon the stall. It disgusts one to think that food
allowed to drop. It will be son that the reply was intended only for the shareholder asking the question, while the rest of those present were allowed, or rather allowed themselves, to remain absolutely auiuformed on the subject And yet, not one of these, who so readily raised their hand where a show of hands was called for, could muster sufficient courage to probe the matter further. I do not, for one moment, wish lu bis judgment in the claim by Mr. H. it to be understui ibat there was anything out for the table passes throgh this fitby market. Bennertz's whitom partner at Changsha, the of the way with that items of commission. As Pigs are turned into the streets to pick up a Shanghai Chief Justice took pains to avoid a matter of fact, the company had earned it. I livig by fouling apou off These foathsome referring to Changsha as an open port, remark-merely put it forward to show how far the 3ing that he did not wish to use a compromising fashion of silence prevails among the rack and
file of shareholders at meetings. The effect of the judgment was that the firm's Another remarkable instance of the prevail debts should be paid out of the Th. 25,000, and ing dumbness occurred quite recently. t is in that any balance remaining shuald come up connection with the last published annual report 2 again for adjudication. The partnership had of a leading industriel concers. The accounts unevenly paved with large ill-fitting stones.
been dissolved when Mr. Gilmore forsook slowed total earnings for the year of early Changsha for Hazkow, bit the terms of the compensation entitled him to some share. It was extremely improbable, however, that there would be any badauce when the debts were paid.
THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.
has been long dried up. Dr. UnLENYUTH Harbin and Bokolanishinaya 300 roubles. ascertained, after many experiments, that seru ut obtained from rabbits... produced
Surely it is makind of the British Medicol Journal thus to expose a trick of the traile- sediment in an albuminous solution from
The days are past when every self-respecting hon's eggs, but not in other albumen solu- doctor was expected to dress in a style tastefully
The first discovery was that be blending the divine with the undertaker. But the Franco-Russian support of Great Britain could distinguish with certainly
"sustained and impetrabla solemnity" is ut Tubah, and regard it as more importnat albuminous substances of different birds still a priceless possession for those who would than the pacal demonstration. The French achieve unccess in medicine. If this is a natural Ambassador has advised the Sultan to yield, eggs, except where the birds were closely gift, so much the better; if not, it should be allied in species. This cannot be done by acquired at any cost."
and the Russian Ambassador has been ordinary chemical analysis. We cannot
similarly instructed. here enter into detailed explanations of Gymkhana Club will be held at Happy Valley Tho second meeting of the Hongkong these preliminary investigations; those on Saturday afterman, and given us westbor
THE OPENING OF MANCHURIAN interested may follow Dr. UMLINIUTH should be a success. The programme includes a step by step in his own contribution five furlong fat race, polo pony race; Gym-
LONDON, May 6thr to the Monthly Review. Suffice it to say khaus Club Challenge Cup, of one pile; bran
Chaina has notified the Washington that, having satisfied himself of the bran pies containing rosettes, and when found churian ports and inland cities, only after
pie race, in which ladies must search for the Government that she
open the Man- specíficalness and the
extraordinary tie s rasetie on the bridle of their nominee's she has completed her preparations and finoness of this biological reaction", he went posy and trust to his efforts for a wis; hurdle on and discovered that it also established mee of a mile and a quarter, and a mile and a regulations for the government of the
foreign colonies there. albuminous quaxter flat race.
certain differences of the
word;
CAPTAIN'S CUP.
The monthly competitions for the Captain's Cup and May Cup took place at Happy Valley on the 5th to 7th May, 1906. The following returns were made, out of an entry of 26;-
† Mr. E. V. D. Parr Dr. G. . Harston Mr. D. B. Murray Mr. E. J. Grist... Lt. J.C. Doran...
*
90--- 981 96 13 89 :... 101 1883
89- 90.
Mr. C. M. G. Barnie... 83
+
Mr. W. D. Kroft
Mr. T. H. Norrie
93 95
Mr. E. V. D. Forr
Mr. A. D. Galloway... 106
POOL.
90
Mr. D: B. Murray 101 - 18 Mr. E. J. Brisl.: 89 Mr. C. M. G. Burais... 83 + Lt. C. B. Down..... ·
No returns.
MAT CUP.
3333 ***
47 790
Winner of Cup and Pool. The next Clab competition will take place on the 12th and 14th May for the Robertson Farewell Cap.
spavengers are afterwards seld for food. Tenis soliums, if not trichininsia, is said to shoand. ccasionally a pig dies is the street, and is allowed to lio there until the air is polluted with the gases of decomposition. Slops are sud- denly pitched out of open doorways, and even passengers in the streef. sometimes from upper windows, upon the The streets are
then
Loose blocks may conceal puddles, and when eaventy five per cent, on the ospitul, a result stopped on, may squirt liquid Sith over the assuredly went gratifying to the company's might be snupposed, a
uzvary pedestrian's dress. This is not, as shareholders. There was, however, one provi-is simply dus to urgleet. During heavy rain gamis's practical joke: it sion in the report which not only passied but and in food time many streets are transformed frightened quite a number of the shareholders. iuto open sewers; to save their shoes most people It was, so far as is known, an anusual provision, ing at the bottom of these inky streams-more go bare-foot. Splinters and potsherds lurk- absorbing nearly wu thirds of the whole poisonous than the Rivor Styx-would and title insulate the wador's feat. Ulceration, septic- year's carnings, and was given the of "a reserve fund ". It was considered remio, glaudalarenlargements, perforating alcer, an unusual provision, because the company other filth diseases are sometimes acquired in. and leprosy perhaps also bubonis plague and already had the usual reserve fund, and it had this way." bean generally anticipated that any surplus would be added to that same fund.
Bat many columns could be filled by merely Of course, selecting such tit-bits; and we must leave tha the management may have had very good and rost for the delectation of the fortunate pur- enfficient reasons for the style of division it chaser, only remarking that the true history of adopted. As is well known, however, sharo China can never be writta without frequent holdem all over the globe are an extremely reference to three invaluable publications. sensitive claw of people, and they are not an exception here. No sooner were the accounts to Tokyo as the first Green Ambassador, Baron Mamm von Schwarzenstein, who gues published than all sorts of rumours were started arrived in Shanghai on May lat, having travelled regarding this provision of "a reserve fund" from Peking overland by railway to Hankow One rumour had it that half of the sum and down the river by M. B. Tiger. At provided in that manner had already been lost, Wachang and Naoking His Excellency paid another, that it was all intact, while a third Chon Fu. There was a reception at the Ger- farewell calls on Viceroys Clang Clan-taug and gave it out that it had all been lost. Whatever man Conzalate attended only by members of the modicam of truth there may have been in German community and their wives. On May these ramons, certain it is that by the time 2nd the members of the therman Association the meeting was drawing near, all interested Cith Concordis, and on May 3rd Lady Bredon entertained His Excellency at a banquet at the were eager for information on that score.' gave a large party in Baron Mumm's honour.