HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held pastering at the Board Room. Mr. E. D. C. Wolko presided, and there were present:-Hn. Mr. W. Chatham (Vice-President), Hon. Mr. A. W. Brewin (Registrar-General), Sir Joseph Fayrer, R.A.M.C., P.M.O., Mr. A. Suelton
Hooper, Dr. G. L. Fitzwilliams, Mr. Ng Hon Tez, Mr. Lox Chu Pok, Dr. F. Clark (Medical Oficer of Health), and W. Bowen Rowlands (Secretary).
THE DRAFT ESTIMATES.
THE HONGKONG DAILY TTFSS WEDNESDAY, MAY 18TH, 1910.
Mr. HOOPHE-Yes, has hofore the water is number of peedbla sonross of contamination, turned on Well water can be used,
The MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH-The well has got a good deal worɛs since January, but now is the time to clean it out.
Mr.Hoorze--I move that the tenant or owner receive notice to have the well thoroughly cleaned, a proper karb built, and a substantial cover provided to the satisfaction of the Board in lien of the closing of the well
Mr. LAU CHU PAR seconded.
the traffic and the number of houses on the area are taken into consideration. We are well aware that this scheme entails a large expenditure, as it will mean the provision of new filtar beds at West Point and a now main to Pokfulam in addition to the cost of the new reservoir. But the danger of contamination of the water from Pokfulam reservoir, due to the traffic on the roads man tioned, the possible leakage of sewerage from the storm-water gullies, is such that this work should be put in hand at the earliest possible opportunity."
up and plled in heaps near branches, so that when the place is barnt the fire may travel quickly and without stopping. Whəri:: all' has boon prepared, after a spall of dry weather has made the plane roady for “a buru," a day in selected when there is some wind to help the fire, and if properly arranged it eats up the Rubber plants which have previously been in whole of the timber and branches. nurseries for some monthe are now put into the allowed to reranis in the nursery varies with the ground. The length of time when they are views of the planter and the time taken to prepare the land. Plauts may be removal, when
MR. ROOSEVELT IN PARIS.
LECTURE AT THE SORBONNE.
The Times correspondent writes under datę Paris, April 24
An audience of about 3,000 persona assembled in the great amphitheatre of the Sorbonne on Saturday afternoon to has? Mr. Roosevelt lecture on "The Duties of the Citizen it a Republic." It was an audience entirely com posed of the educated classes, including large element of young students of both sexes and of many nationalities to judge from the variety from the buss, of
↑ recital was revived with a thunderous applause
which showed that every word went home-
My position as regards the monoyed intereste can be put in a fow words. In ovory civilized. society, property ily, and in the great rights must be carefully safeguarded;
majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long ran identical; but when it clearly appears that there
real conflict between them human rights must have the upper hand, for property belongs to man and not man to property, MONEY, ORATORY, AND JOURNALISM, admired for thousalves which should be esti- In a democracy certain things were often
The PRESIDENT-Before this is put to the dwelling-houses or the dumping of night-soll in they are only a few weeks old, and they may; on of languages which omerged the American mated solely on the ground of the use to which
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Board you must understand that this man has In connection with the draft estimates the practically to experiment- President submitted:-
(1) The statement of the estimates and exs penditure for 1909, and the ostimustes for 1910, and the oxpenditure daring the first thres months of 1910. The latter is also compared with the expenditure during the first quarter of 1909.
(2). An analysis of the incidental expenses for
1909/
(3) A statement of increments to the offers of the department to which they will become entitled during the year 1911 if their services have been such that they can be recommended for them.
Mr. Hooren minated-Let a copy be sont to sach member and the discussion of same bo postponed for quite a week of its receipt.
soon it.
The PRESIDENT-I think copies have boon supplied to every member, but we will hardly have time to go through the whole question now. I don't know whether you would prefer that a select committee should go fato it and roport to the full Board, or whether you would like to dinoues the whole matter at the meeting next week.
Mr. IICOPER-We have power to serve him with that notice.
Dr. FITZWILLIAMS-I object to the words "to the satisfaction of the Board," because there is no cleaning which would make mo antisfied.
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The Parsipant-Then I think we'll have to take a division on the question as to whether the well be sealed or not.
Mr. HOOPER-I proposed a resolution, there is no amendment to it.
The REGISTRAR-GENERAL-1 move as an amendment that the well bo senkal.... Dr. FITZWILLIAMS-I sooond,
The amendment, on being put to the meeting, was carried by six votes to three, and the motion was lost.
MOUNT AUSTIN NELLAH,
The Hon. REGISTRAR-GENERAL minuted Are there no dangers to the water supply front other houses situated in the reservoir drainage
area?
Thero
HDD. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS-I can- not recollect any instance in which the water from Pokfulm reservoir has come under snapi cion, but the Government Analyst might be asked whether his records show any are powerful natural agencies at work in break ing up and destroying ang foul mattor which may find its way into the streams, and their operation is favoured by the conditions which prevail in the Fofolum watershed, namely, the roughness and steepness of the stream beds.
The PRESIDENT-It has not been possible so for to obtain any reports from the Government Analyst, but you will notice in the last papor forwarded to-day that the Pokfulum reservoir examined a sample of the water, whioli he says is ansatisfactory for drinking purposes.
Mr. Hoornt-Where was that sample taken
from 7.
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The PRESIDENT -A tap in the kitchen of the Bonham Road pumping station.
Mr. Hoores Then it might have got con taminated after leasing the reservoir.
The PRESIDENT-After it left the altor beds. Mr. Hoorn moved the adoption of the report.
PROFITS OF PLANTING.
the other hand, be transplanted when they are conversation while the
plings of eighteen months The tree grows of President was awaited. When Mr Roose so quickly that at the age of four years it is fre- velt appeared on the platform, accompanied gift of making money and the gift of oratory. quently 50ft, high and 18in. in girth. During by men who are representative of all that is the time of preparatory growth, before being ominent in the polition, the literature, the tapped, the chief cost of upkeep of an eatate science, and the art of modern France, he was is the clearing of weeds, and a good planter very cordially welcomed by the great assembly endeavours to have his flekis always as clean many of whom rose from their spate and as possible,
chcored him. He quietly took his seat at table in the contre of the platform, and poured himself
out a glass of mineral water, while the Estimates of the ost of bringing estates into chairman, the Vico Restor of the University, bearing naturally vary exceedingly The rose to say a few words of introduction. On conditions of labour, the contour of the land, the right and the left of the Vice-Rector and and many other factors add to or reduce the the distinguished guest of the University, or on cost of opening, planting, and keeping in good the front seats of the auditorium, sat many condition until the yielding period. Ons thou-eminent Frenchmen such as M, Loubet, M. sand aares should he opened not luckpe for seven years at a cost of £23,000, includ ang interest, rays de Carruthers, and in the eight years interest at the rate of 15 per cont. should be earned, which should increase to danble that for the ninth year, and go on increasing till 75 per cent, or more should be earned in the twelfth and succeeding years.
they were put. Among these things wore the Unless the gift of money-making, was accom panied by higher qualities it tanded to producs one of the least attractive types of citizen in modern industrial democracy. Similarly, the gift of eloqueneo was merely banefai, and it was a symptom of weakness in a State if its citizens were too susceptible to the influence of mere words. Eloquenos was only valuable when it led to sound sotion, A kindred force, perhaps even a greater force, in our day was that of journalism, and while its influence could be eminently beneficent there was no condemns- tion too strong for the journalist who indulged is falselaood, calumny, or sensationalism, or in yond offences against good taste and good morals. Briand, M. Uson Bourgeois, ad It was no excuse to aliegs that there was a public Poincaré, M. Justorand, Ambassador it Work ington; M. Jrlas. Claretle, M. Donmergue, M. demand for writing, which was contaminated by Henotaur, M. Doschanel, and M. Frédéric these vices. As wall might a dishonest giocar Mason, The proceedings were marked by that plead that the public relished the sulforated republican simplicity which commends itself products which he sold them. alike to the guest and to his hosts, and has throughout been a feature of the visit.
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THE KEYNOTE OF THE ADDRESS. ›
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There followed a long passage on Socialism, in which the speaker successively rejected extrome theories of tavoling down or of confisca tion, and the a'titude of rejecting methods of social progress mezely because they happened to at Utopian reconstructions of society.
This estimate, it should be added, was
Mr. Roosevelt, who spoke with porfect esse made three youre go, when there was no expectation of the extraordinary prices which aro, necording to the best authorities, likely to building, carried in his hand the text of his address, typerwritten on small slips of paper, prevail for at least two years more.
Tapping methods constitute on important and, although he often referred to his mann study, and in Ceylon much ingenuity has been seript, he did not coem to be reading, ospecially expended in devising tapping and pricking as he frequently interpolated extempore humor instruments.
The effect of wounding the tree appears to of impressivo illustrations sad amplifications of religion and opinion, but also complete
disconres. Ho seemed to be entirely at canso an increased flow of lator towards the home with his audience, and at the outset injured part, for if the wound ba reopened on struck the keynote of the whole address, which the following day the yield is nearly always was the duties, the airas, and the aspirations found to be considerably in excess of that that are common to the citizene of "the only obtained on the occasion of the original tapping, two Republics which are at the same time sometimes three cr four times as mach. Aleo ranked as Great Powers." if the wound is opened again on the third day. the yield is found to exceed that of the second, and generally the yiell of the fourth day is more than that of the third.
THE RIGHTS OF MINORITIES. Passing to the subject of the rights of minori ties Mr. Roosevelt maintained thist there ought to be act only complete liberty in matters
liberty for the individual to lead the life be those provided always that in doing so he did no wrong to his neighbour. Persecution was odious itseil altogether apart from the merits or demerite of the opinen, the class, or the individual perscouted. Claas hatred was per- nicions. Mr. Roosevelt continued:-
Mr. Lau Chu PAK-Impossible to digest The report of the select committee appointed this mass of figures in a few minutes.
to inquire into the conditions obtaining at The RECINTRAL-GENERAL-This is unrked Mount Anatin aulah and the water supply cul. sary argent. I have not time to read it now. lected from that area was presented. It read ag has come under suspicion. The Analyst has have since been realized for rubber, and whleh and was audible to the utmost recesses of the number among their advocates mon who aimed Please send back when the other members have follows: We visited the Pokialum reservoir drainage area on the 22nd inst, and inspectad more particularly the Mount Austin nullah from Mountain Lodge to the Peak tramway, station, and from there to Pokfulum reservoir, following the path loading from Victoria. Gap to Pokfulum village. We are satisfied that the house drainage in the above area in satisfactory and that impurities cannot under normal conditions find their way into Pokfulam, but that impurities deposited in form- water drains or the Peak Road must. find their way into the reservoir. Further impurities arising from the traffic along the Pook Roads,
Road And Pokfulam pail can also cause a contamina tion of the reservoir. The only evidences of im- parities we could trace wore in the neighbour- hood of Mount Austin Barraoke and Craig Ryzio." Opposite the married quarters at Mount Austin some washing, apparently European clothing, was drying on the side of
Dr. FITZWILLIAMS proposed that n com- mitter be appointed to consider the estimates and report to tho Beard.--
The VICE-PRESIDENT seconded, and the proposal was carrion,
The committee appointed was composed of the President, Mr. Shelton Hooper and Mr. Tau Chu Pak.
CONTAMINATED WATER.
Correspondence was submitted relative to a well at No. 112, Wellington Street.
The Government Analyst reported-A good
Harloch
at prosent the well is working satisfactorily. probably been done by the servants of the
Mr. Lau CHU Pax seconded, and the motion was agreed to,
RUBBER ROMANCE.
STORY OF KEW GARDENS GREAT EXPERIMENT.
FORTUNES FROM TREES.
thing, but purely ornamental."
When large quantities of latex have beam obtained in the liquid condition they are removed to a central factory.
REMOVING IMPURITIES.
The importatios of good citizenship in a democratic Republic, he urged, was paramount. In monarchies or oligarchies more depended upan those who were at the hord of affairs, but in Republics like Frateo and Amerion the personal character of the individual oitizens, who were in theory and in fact the rulers of France hold the country, was all important.. a place in the world which was unique in many turies her sons had set as chivalrous and
ostog
to the exemplo which for many vallant soldiers, and as men of intellect, of genius. Both France and America, however, learning, and of scientific, artistic, and literary needed at the prosent day to remember the im portance of personal character, in the foramtion of which the highest physical and the hig
highest themselves, represented only means toward all cases failed it it led to isolation or cynicism, which were the marks, not of superiority but the fight who was doing the world's work, and of weakness. It was the man in the thick of whom posterity would honour-not the mere critic who only succeeded in shanning both victory and defeat.
in
You ought to remember that the arrogant brutality of the rich or the powerful, and the various malice directed against wealth or different moni-
power are really and essential position-they
Ganae
festations of the are only the two sides of the same shield. The dominance of a class, whether it is that of the populace or of an oligarchy, is the ruin of republios..
There is no greater need to day than to koop over in mind the fact that the cleavage" between right and wrong runs at right angles to,
i net paralled with, the lines of cleavage. between class and class.
Politicians who promised to confer benefits apon one class of citizens at the expenas of man tries to obtain your vote by telling you that ho will perpetrate some injustice in your over he should find it to his own advantage. he will perpetrato sa injastico against your interests.
doal of impurity is getting into the water, but 1 the watercourse, showing that washing had did he know that, if it were not for Kew Gardens coagulating receptacles. Sometimos it is smok. intellectual officicnoy, however admiraklo another were not to be trusted." If a public Another sample might be taken after three married N.C.Os. stationed at the barracks in the earning fat dividends for their shareholders with the smoke from smouldering logs of wood that great end. Intollootual training in almost interests you may be absolutely cortain that if
months.
On arrival the latex often contains a large proportion of foreign matter, such as sand and "Kew Gardens," one may imagine a business pieces of bark. These mechanical impurition porous cloth, or by means of a contrifugal man of the City saying. A charming place, are removed by filtering the latex through thin no doubt; delightful dowers and all that sort of machine made to revolve at great spead. Freed from its impurities, the later is then either This impression would be abruptly changed accumulated in settling tanks or placed in od, by being passed through an apparates charged most of the rubber companies which are now would probably never have had any existence.
The story is quite a simple one. Rabber which have bean soaked with creosote. This operation is often considered advisable in order consists of the dried milk or latex of cer
In congalating the Latex different methods tain plants. They are distributed in various to pro at subsequent softening of the rubber. parts of both hemispheres, where they grow
are adopted, and after ecagulation, when the under a variety of conditions, sometimes rubber is soft, pliable and spongy, is subjected on billy land, netinu on alluvial plains, to much stretching and washing, and takes the and also in swamps and desert areas. Some shape of crops, biscuit, sheet, worm or lace of the rubber plants are shrubby in character,
Every man ought to work. Until he could others hare is elimbing hebit, but most of those rubber, for which here bosome familiar to a which are of considerable importance form large ravent salest. Whichever of these forms it may the nation. It was, moreovers and
which has followed the fortunes of the maintain himself he could not do suything for trees, often meusaring nearly a hundred foot in be in, the material possesses a large percentage national duty to propagate the race. Thy haight, and frequently over nine feet in
moistura wabor, and has to be dried nutil the citenmfereros. Of these the Pars and Cerais reduced to something like o per cent. Some seed shall inherit the earth" was tho benedic stand up for its rights, but should respect the rabber trees of tropical America are the most particular species which gives the Pars rubber
THE FANÈLY.
ominent
$5 it was the benediction
Republics noodled to "umbine intensity of conviction with a large tolerance for differ. одева of conviction."
PATRIOTISM.
then found to be fit for patable purposes it could of large quantities of building rubbish, bricks, productive, and Heves Brazilionsis is the Eastern growers, however, dispense with the ou of Biblical time, the worst of so›urges, itical morality differed from private inorat
nallah. At the junction of the causeway The MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH minated running from Craig Byria" to the Peak This well is situated on premises that are Road we found traces of exgrota in the long being tied up as an entirg-honeO. The grass, and on the path leading to the mullitary amount of nitrogon present at the analyses parade ground is large quantity of building shows a considerable amount of remote gowage material apparently from the barracks, and contamination, and I think therefore, that this also offensive garbage, smelling somewhat cotinine should be informed of this, and told like stabio manure, from the same place had alss that the well should be properly protected with boon thrown about on an old building rubbish a good kerb, and covered over with a cement hoop. Between the Fesk Road and the stream covering and a ramp tted. If the gator is opposite the barracks there was ample evidence be retained, but if not the pump could then te tiles, plastor, etc., baring heen thrown down the hillside. The rabbish was only partly covered easily removed and the opening cemented,
The PRESIDENTI think it is rather hard with grass. There was an offensive smell just -ou the way to expost him to provide a prop if at the junction of the "Craig Ryzia" causeway The may have to close the well. He is providing and the Peak Read. From Mount Austin a wooden covar. The well has a kerb
down to Pokfulam we found no further traces! Mr. No How Tez-I do not see any reason of anything offensive. As a result of our to close the well if it were covered and used for investigations we are of the opinion that thie ures can never be rendered safe from washing purposes,
contamination, and that the only remedy. must be in the eventual closing of the reservoir, as these streams cannot be cut out Meanwhile we are satisfied that every precaution is being taken to prevent contamination as far as possible by
Mr. HOOTER-If the woll were cleaned out and a kerb and proper covering provided, we might watch the result before ordering it to be closed,
Hou. Mr. HEWETT-Such premises are being usedas an eating-hones: we can have nogmrantee
The well should therefore be closed.
No more wells should be closed until an are quate supply has been insured both for cleaning and washing purposes.
of the catchment area.
of commerce.
It was in the middla, seventies that Mr. H. A. Wickham, a planter of great experience convinced himself that fortunes awaited the men who scald cultivate Horea Braziliensis in British possessions climatically suited to such abundant and purposes, where Inbours transport available. He mausged, not without difficulty, to got Kew Gardens and the India Offics interested in the project, and was commis- sioned to collect Para rubber sends from Brazil, He brought them to Kew Gardens on June 14, 1876, and though only a small percentage of the reeds germinated, these were sufficient, and by August 12 Kew was able to send nearly 2,000 healthy young Heros plants to the Peradeniys Botanical Gardens at Ceylon. Others were dispatched to Singapore, where so there is a fourishing botanical gardens. In the following museum grounds at Taiping. Others were and a few years later to S'tiawan, in the same
province.
"THE "TIANTERA OPPORTUNITY
rectangular blocks containing as much moisture drying process and skip their rubber in large as the rubber which is exported from tropical America and Africa, Rubber possessing 20 per cent, of water may be sent over long dis tances without deteriorating, providing it has been properly treated with antiseptics-Daily
Chronide.
£700,000 COTTON FRAUD,''
An alliagel cotton fraud, involving some thing like £700,000, was brought to light at Liverpool the other day by the discovery of a large number of spurious bills of lading for cotton purporting to have been shipped from the Although at present considerable mystery United States. surrounds the facts, it may be stated that
another 1400 bales were purchased by Con £40,000, from an American firm, while
tinental merchants, bringing the total value up to over £700,000
The cotton was alleged to have been shipped from New Orleans, and against the bills of lading drafta draws on the Liverpool and Continental morehants have been honoured.
The concluding portion of the address was devoted to patriotism and its bearing upon international relations. A truly patriotic nation made the best momber of the family of nations. An honest nation ought to treat other nations
other an honest man treated men. It should rights of others. He could never numit "that of our own. Sterility was t than voluntory serility. The most essential
or that a promise made on the platform was and nothing was more deserving of reprobation necessity was "that the man and the woman different from a promise made in every-day should become the father and mother of life," A statesman must not resort to de healthy children, so that the race might increase ception in international any more than he and not decrease, Voluntary sterility was would in private relations. He had great hopas worse than a misfortune; it was a crime arising of international law, though it was still from selfishness, from the dread of pain and of in its infancy and lacked the sanction which peril, and it was one which stars in the ent-enforced-private law. For the present every would panish more severely than any other nation must be the final judge of its own vital If we of the great Repablice, if we, the free interests, and in the last resort mast have the people who claim to have emancipated ourselves will and the strength to withstand the wrong from the thraldom of wrong and error, bring which another would inflict upon it. Thay were all for peace and justice, but they would down on our heads the curse that comes upon the wilfully barron, then it will be an idle despies the man who would not stand fast in waste of breath to prattle of our achievements, just cause, even if the whole world were in to boast of all we have done, No refinement of arms against him, life, no delicacy of tasto, no material progress, no sordid hosping up of riches, developments of art and literature can in any way compensate for the loss of the great fanda
petuate the race.
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Mr. Roosevelt's peroration was a tribute of eminence in the history of civilization. Any calamity to her would be not only a grief to the There rero lessons of generous valour and of than any other nation. He quoted Froissart, who had truly said Le royaume de la France: ne fut enques si déconst qu'on n'y trava bion toujours à qui combattre."
In conclusion, Mr. Roosevelt said:—
You have a great past, and I am con vinced that you will have a great future. May yon long bear yourselves as prond citizens of a nation which plays one of the foremost parts in the instruction and the advancement of mankind.
homage to the greatness of France and to her
that the water might not be used for cooking. means of special patrol by the Public Works year seeds or saplinge were planted in the averpool cotton merchants have purchased mental virtues, and of these great fundamental United States but a disaster to the whole world,
Department and the Sanitary Department in Mr.LAU CHU PAK-I agres with Mr. Hooper, addition to the ordinary police patrol. We introduced to the Kummoning Estate, Perak, some 25,000 bales of cotton, valued at nearly virtuos the greatost is the race's power to portare which she could teach the world better
would suggest, however, that matters might be temporarily improved by stricter supervision, "ON" the part of the MA in the neighbourhood, of There seems to have been very little interest taken in the matter at the time by the planters Mount Austin to provent the washing of clothes either in Ceylon or the Malay States. The in the Mount Austin stream adjoining the Peak demand for rabber was easily supplied from Road, the removal by the military authority of South America. And coffee, and leter, in all building rubbish and other rubbish deposit with a decline in the price of coffee, planters Ceylon, tes were far mere profitable. But, ad alongside the path leading from the outse
of other sonroes look for to way at "Craig Ryrie" to the parade ground the fencing in by's fence at least six feet high of
The REGISTRAR-GENERAL-The well should
bo covered over so that it cannot be used.
The PRESIDENT said it would perhaps be us well to note in this case that the house was an sating-house, and therefore they had to be more particular than in the ordinary tenement houses. They had already watched the result, as minuted by Mr. Hooper. They allowed the well to the stretch of the Peak Road beginning at remain open after the as ysis made in January, least ten yards above the causeway leading to and the result of the farther analysis made in Craig Rygis" and running down the Peak April showed that the water was contaminated: Road to a point where the path is too high for
began revenue, and about thirteen years ago rubber was taken up seriously in the Malay States. Since then its saltivation has received grest and growing attention. La 1900 there were in the Federated Malay States alone aboat 40,000 aures planted with rubber, at the close of 1906 more than 85.000 acres, between 6,000,000 and 7,000,000 trees at the beginning of 1906, and on 1, 1907, over 10,000,000.
of Most those were 1
Now it has been discovered that many of the bills of lading are spurious, and that no cotton has been shipped against them,
It is believed that two dezon Liverpool firms are affected, and many of the leads have hur ried to the United States to endeavour to inves tigate the matter. The losses tell in most in. starces on firms of large capital, who will be ablo to tide over the situation without difficulty, but some tow, will be affected to a more serious One leading firm is said to be involved to the
extent
It seemed to him useless to carry on for a persons to climb down on to the bank below Jantia the progeny of the trees originally extent of £6,000, but it is hoped by the dires.
further period.
over
a
of
The British Government refused to not in the
After dwelling upon the necessity that a man should work to support his wife and family. Me Roosevelt proceeded to deal with the case of those who by great success in business, or by inheritance, placod beyond the stress of material cares. Material well-beitur represented nothing bat the foundation, and was worth as unless there were roared apoa it the superstructure
characteristic passage
ho of a higher life. In a continued
That is why I dooline to recognize the mere multimillionaire, the man of more wealth, as
Mr. Roosevelt attended Divins servise to-day at the American Charob in the Rna de Berri where ho was give a special seat at the entrance an asset of value to any country, and especial. of the choir The Bormion, delivered by the ly as an asset to my country. If he has Rev. Chauncey W. Goodrich, was on the virtues earned or uses his wealth in a way that of a
a good Christian, makes him of real benefit, of real use-and After the service Mr. Roosevelt was the szch is often the case why than he does at luusheen of Mr. Jusserund. Among
gueat become an asset of worth. Bat it is the those prosent wore the American Ambassador Way
in which it has been earned and used in Paris and Mrs. Bason, Colonel Baily- Mr.
and not the mere fact of wealth that entitles Blaskerd, of the Amerima Embassy. him to the credit. There is need in business, Frank Mason, the American Consul-General, as in most other forms of human notivity, of M, Anatole Leroy Beaulieu, Baron Pierra de the great guiding intelligences. Their places Coubertin, the Marquis de Las syre, Count. Osnact be supplied by any number of leaser Jacques de Pourtales, and the President of the intelligences. It is good thing that they American Chamber of Commerce. should have ample recognition, ample reward. Bat we must not transfer our admiration to the
reward
instead of to the deed rewarded, And if what should be the reward exists with
THE RIOTS AT CHANGSHA.
In an article on the
the Cliness rising at Obong- -out service Loving been rendered the admire she the Nevos Vremy denounces the disturbing. tion will come only from those who are an influence of the Christian missionaries, espacio
it of soul. The truth is that after a certainly those of the Protestant faith, whose work, measure of
of fangible material emocess or roward says, has long lost. Its heroic character, and is has boon sobieved the question of increasing now merely a profession, or rather, a sport it becomes of content that can be done in tirale strive to show themselves to be the best Is importance among the Protestant scots in which the various compared to other things.
a nation to raise life. It is a bad thing for und to admirea false standard of success, and there can be no falser standard than that set by the delication of material well-being in and for itself.
with ease. Two gates, ono giving access to Mr. HOOPER The well has not been cleaned Craig Ryrie," and one to the military parade introduced from Kew Gardens, although dietor of the Cotton Association that the crisis
Two years
the Liverpool Collon Associa out, and no cover has been put on since January. ground, would have to be provided. A short ficus elastics, a native tree, and, therefore, in the will be met without failures on this sido
and conditions of Malays, was planted to country and also of America that the nature of The PRESIDENT--A snall wooden cover was stretch of the road near the "Umbrella Sent" opinion of many, more suitable to the climate tion complained to the Government of this- provided. It appears to me that the most satis just above the barracks, should also be railed small extant,
Tt was calculated in 1907 by Mr. J. B. Car the American through bills of lading incited factory arrangement in the case would be to act off; two gratings over the tunnel under the on the anggestion of the Registrar-General and Craig Byzie" causeway should be provided, rather, the Director of Agriculture in the fraud, and asked for some remedy.
Federated Malay States, that, allowing for saal it, and if at any time it was necessary to one at either and to prevent parens from enter mortality due to the various causes which affect matter, and after begotiations with European epen it to clean it ont and ne it, it would noting the tunnel We have evidence to show rabber trees-droubt, exess of moisture, and American merchants an international com-
winds, insect, fungal sudden
and bac
mittea was appointed and met at Liverpool, the be necessary to dig a fresh well. If left open to that this tunnel bus in the past been used by torial pests there would be alive and delegates being American cotton asperters ad be used for washing purposes, it might also be members of the garrison for the purpose of flourishing in 1912
British, French, and Italian importers and 2,000,000
bankers. mead for other purposes should their other bathing; the training of the two streams trees, which, at an average of 1lb.
por trea
They asked that the American Government supply fail.
which join as the "Craig Byrin" causeway would gire about 4,250 tons. These frures, of Mr. LAV CHE PAX-What harm is thero in from their sources for a distance of at oras, take no want of the planting that should enforce the law on a new form of through
has taken place owing to the extraordinary ries bill of lading, but this has not been done, it if they boil the water?
Shippers at New Orleans and other ports have Jasst two hundred yards below the causeway in the price of rabber.
boon in the habit of filling in bills of lading and The PRESIDENT They won't boil it.
STARTING A RUBBER PLANTATION.
forwarding these with their drafts on banks at Mr. LAW CHU PAR Chinese always boil to prevent access to these streams by unuthoris
ed persons and also to prevent the breeding of The land chosso for rubber eatatas in the this side without waiting for the mastors of the check the consign- mosquitoes. In conclusion, we would urge that Federated Malay States is, with few exceptions, steamers or the agents to the constraction of the low level reservoir at virgin jungle, and the processos by which it is ments as they were put aboard.
PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE COMMUNITY, converted into rubber plantation, and the The result has been that many thousands of
Mr. Roosevelt, except for a few introductory Tytam be pashed on as soon as possible so that results after the same periods have elapsed, vary bales have been diverted by
engaged in the use of Pokfulam reservoir may be dispensed very little. Upon receiving the grant of their handling and disposed of to outside works in Fresh, had been hitherto speaking
giving all
United States. iri English. He now desired to leave no doubt a permanent title,
speculators and resold in with. We are of the opinion that no authority the land, which is a
the rights of free-hald, the planter proceeds to Within the past few weeks the shortage of in the minds of any of his Franob audiones as on sanitation could uphold for an instant the get rid of the jungle. This he usually does by deliveries has become prononcée, culminating to his attitude towards the rights of private classing of a watershed (from which water for contract. During wet weather all trees are out, in the discovery of tho hoary loss by the arrival property when balanced against the interests. drinking purposes is collected) as ideal or ander with the exception of certain extremely hard of several steamers which were entirely without of the nation. He therefore delivered the any other heading than dangerous, when the wooded species, and, sometimes, of a few of the congnments for which bills of lading had boon following passage, first in English and than in clearly pronounced French, and the second giants of the forest. The undergrowth is cleared forwarded and drafts honoured.
their water.
The PEESIDENT-They used to, but I don't think they do now.
Mr. HOOPER-I am against closing the well. When wo are short of water they cannot even use i for sanitary purposes, and in case of fire these wells are most useful where there is only
an intermittent supply,
The VICE-PRESIDENT-The principal moins are always sharged.
the
those
"akters of men"-men who mostly consist of the worst Chinese elements, and who are only too willing to benefit by the resources and support of the missionaries, behind whom are their respective countries' Ministers, Corals, and warships.
· "WEIGHT" AND GREIG'S PREMIER"
BCOTCH WHISKYjust the same as you
got at home in Bootland-Advt
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