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"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH "
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FACILITIES FOR CHINESE OFFICIALS.
[Bỳ courtesy of the "Sheung. Pb."]
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY NOVEMBER 4 1000
Tæð STAR-FERRYS
TICKET COLLECTOR DISCHARGED
Before Mr. E. R. Halifax (Flest Magistrata)
to the Police Court, this afternoon, the casa
'WORK DONE AND MATERIAL
"SUPPLIRD
ACTION IN THE BUMMARY "COURT..
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Before Mr. Jastice Gomparts (Puisse Judge)
LELIERS AND LIFE,
TRANSFORMATIONE,
To-day's Advertisements.
NOTICE.
was contioned in which G. A. de Souza, a ticket in the Summary Court this morning, Ng Tsanjamilar appearance, the trendies and driving MR.' G. `KORNING, lately employed 'lo |
collector of the Star Ferry Company, Limited, was charged with an alleged attempt to defraud the Company by the substation of an old the kal for a bona fide one Kauded to him by a Corporal Whiks Mr. W. E. Le Shenton (of Messrs. Deacon, Lonker and Dea cant prosecuted and Mr. P W. Gold ting (of Mesura, Goldring, Barlow and Meirell)
from the 6th October last. Prior to
Peking, 3rd November. H.E. Yam Cheung, Chinese Mi-appeared for the defendant. nister to Berlin, has telegraphed to the Central Government that the Emperor of Germany had lunch with him in the Chinese Legation and that His Majesty has directed the Minister of War to accord all facilities to the Chinese officials who may desire to pursue inquiries con- cerning naval aflairy.
FLOODS IN KWANGTUNG.
PRINCE REGENT'S" SOLICITUDE.
‚[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po."]
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The statement of defence did not admit the claim and set out that defendant had already paid the plaintiff $550. Defendant did not admit any right of action.
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Some three or four years ago there might be sebar in the Seward Road in the shop of a Chi- bete woodtumer a corious lathe. Its body had wheel being evidently of foreign, manufacture, and the table being of some sort of wood, ven- cared and Infald. The table-surface was in very bad condition but the whole mounting was a lathe and indeed a closer, examination shaw- reminiscent of something more domestic than
trading as Ng Tsanikee, at 36, Shanghai Street Yau-ma-ti, claimed the sum of $131.so from the Tong Tai Tseung Kes Company, of 76, Praya East, engineers, bblog balance dus for work done and material supplied. There was a counter-claim of $151.80, being amouni overpaid, by the defendant to the plaintiff.
Mr. Otto Korg Sing appeared for the plaintified that the lathe was a transformed sewing and Mr. M, Reader, Harris (of Messrs. Wilkio. Achino, still bearing in the treadle the mo Corporal Whks, re-called, stated that heon & Grist) was for the defendant.
negram of a famous firm, with a not uncem: was in the babit of crossing the harbour somer
'mon Welsh' name, whom surely it is nend- leis fanber to specify. The remarkable times three times a week, sometimes six times
ingenuity that the Chinese display in the a week, sometimes ten and sometimes not at
mechanical arts is familiar to all of us and there all. He had teen stationed on the garrison at Kowloon from s goed many times and his the defendant on the gh May, 1908, for leylugpliances undergo in order to adapt them to The plaintiff stated that he was engaged by transformations which some of our foreign ap are doubtless many further illustrations of the
tickets were never collected at the ferry cement, etc., to ship. He received in pay Chinese une. These modifications are of Service tickets entitled him to travel first-classment of laying comest concrete to the bottom course effected quite consciously and of de- Ferry on the day is question. He formerly same work of painting was carried out on the liberate purpose but more interesting than thase used to destroy bis tickets, but at presents. Mawang. On the yd loue, bo had a cop Bright about by the transference from one * the unconscious modifications that are be was in the babir af collecting them.tract ta engagé coolies to lower a steamer into He never beard that the defendant had at times the water. The amount agreed upon was $487, queatly in use, especially amongst the lower to another of words and phrases, fre ordered soldiers from first to second class. He in payment of which he received $8 and on never board of soldiers travelling with wrong 28th November, 1908, he was engaged for.ibe cases, but by no means confined to them. In tickets. On that particular occasion, when he work of mending a boiler on a steam-faunch of recent paper on "The Chinese Language and took the ticket from the defendant, the latter the Nippons Yusen Kaisha, 'lor, which he daly Western Thought a writer well known to said: "No good, old."
received payment. Other payments were sub, Shanghai has traced some of the more learned trácsformations, He notes the introductions of A private belonging to the local garrisonsequently made, but a sum of $ianao were still stated that on one occasion, be lost, his ticket
"mu-lee” (motive.) ƒ ai-tee-may-tua" (ultima=" owing. and was told by a ticket collector to purchase a
tum) "Ai-koh-zz "fight (X-Rays) and, most | new ona, which he refused to do.
prominent of all. "Chib-nä? for China itself. As he obterves, trply the Chinese word "Ch'in," on which' our word ́" China ” îz based, has al- terød vinage in its Course of world-travel,
He was the first person to arrive at the of the holds of a ship Stco. Shortly afterwards
At this stage, it was agreed by both parties to close the case.
The presiding Magistrate wished to ask `n question of one of the witnesses,
Peking, 3rd November. The Prince Regent has wired to the Viceroy in Canton to give ade- quate relief to those who have suffered by the floods following the recent typhoon and not to permit any of the sufferers to remain home-the less and destitute.
TIBET.
DALAI LAMA'S ALLEGED
INTRIGUES, A
[By courtesy of the "Shoung Po."]
Mr. Goldring contended that this was mot s proper procedure.
Defendant deposed that on the 15th October he wasstanding on the Hongkong side facing praya, when the plaintiff came direct to the ticket office. He came to him to have bis ticket punched. The ticket appeared to be of
MALARIA - CONFERENCE:
READING AND. DISCUSSION OF PAPERE, The proceedings at the Malaria Conference at Simli, on the 13th ultime, were taken up with the reading and discussion of papers by Capt. S.R. Christophers, 1. M. S.. Cal. W. G. King, M. S. Lieut-Col. J. Chaytor White,
languag
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But it is in the lower stratą of word-usage that the transformations of most interest to the ordinary man ars to be found. There is scarce. ly a term in pidgin-English that has an interest ing history wrapped up in it. The word pidgia" itself is of doubtful origin, and can
trary to etymological tradition, the ́explana-
| she description issued in soldiers. The ticket into technical questions of the manifestations be the right one. Dr. Brewer calls it " pigeon"
was held by the plaintiff while it was punched by wilness About thren minù'es afterwards, the plaintiff came to hirm and inquired what time the ferry would leave. After having received a reply, bo walked back, After about two
L. M. Š., and Col H. D. Thorkill, 1. A.
Capt. Christophers' paper goes at great length of and factors involvedio'malaria in the Panjab, also, the machanism of epidemics and the prophylaxis of epidemic malaria. Punjab as many people may die 'as in a whole year of normal conditions, and it is
In the
tion usually given of its origin appears.to English and ingeniously tries to describe it as "a conglomeration of English and Portu quese words, wrapped up in a Ohinese idiom, in which the European dealers "pigeon" or try to over-reach the merchants of the Flowery
minata, another soldier camo to him with a | epidemic malaria in a fulminant from which Empire;" which it most certainly is not. The
has prevented or minimised-the normal in-
our firm, cessed his connection there- with on the gist October, rgog.
1. ULLMANN & CO. Hongkong, 3rd November, 1909.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE Steamship
having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby "KLEIST," informed that their Goods, with the excaption of Opium, Treasure and Valuables, are being
down Company, Limited, Kowloom, and West the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Go: landed and stored at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra basurdoos Godowns of
Point Godowns, whence delivery may be obtained
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods delivered after the 10th of November, have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain 'will be subject to rent.
to
be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 10th of Novembar, at 9.30 AM
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are
All claims must reach us before the 14th of
November, 1909, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected, Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the undersigand.
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"BARBER LINE OF STEAMERS.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNRES.
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Is
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Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.
Intimatio
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shipment of extra
choice
ENGLISH BACON
75 cents per lb.
THE
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No Claims will be admitted after the Goods CHINESE ENGINEERING AND MINING have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain.
subject to rent.
ticket, which he punched and returned. Just crease of population in certain tracts of the suggestion that it is a Corruption of the second ng undelivered after the 17th instant will be
probably as wide of the mark as the derivatico half of the Portuguese word "occupácao" is
from the "pidjano", of the pious Jows, & cera‹
mony by which the first born are exempted
from the priesthood.. it in, said that this
At the moment that the ferry was about to staff Peking, 3rd November.
both the man approached him and plaintiff asked The Chinese Ambans in Tibet, him where his ticket was. Witness replied: Their Excellencies Lun-yi and Wen I baven't the ticket. You have it." Plaintif produced an old ticket and the second man also Taung-yao, have wired to the Cen-took out a ticket from his pocket and asked if They proceeded to the tral Government reporting that the that was the one.
ticket office, where witness suggested that they Dalai Lama has been in very iuti-should see if the number on the ticket corre mate relations with the Russians to ickets. While the argument was proceeding. cient weapon to band, namely, quinine. He against it the approval of Giles which in.
sponded with the running number of the other
the prejudice of British interests.
It is feared that complications might arise in future (through the “Lama's intrigues).
VICTORIA RECREATION
CLUB:
FORTHCOMING REGATTA,
So far another ev nt has been posted up on the notice board of the V. R, C. for the forth
coming Regatta, which is the International Challenge Cup Most probably the remaining events will be up în à few days time.
Trasping for the Chairman's Challenge Cup has bero going on strong of late; the cráme that are most assiduosly at work are those of the brothers J. A. 5. Alves aud A. E. Alver,
ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATH,
With the abolition of "kiying the Book" in England, which has a proipset of becoming law, the insanitary oath, will practically disp. pear from theised world. In France the Judge says, according to the Law Journal, "You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the trutt ?" and the witness, lifting up bis right hand, susweis, "I swear. In Austria the witoors says, with uplifted band, "I swear by God the Almighty and All Wise that I will speak the pure and fall truth, and nothing but the truth, in antwer lo suything l may be asked by the Court." Where the Bible bas Its appointed place in ceremony it is touched by the hand and not held to the lips,
In Italy the witness; placing his band upon ́un open Bibla, says, ' I swaarto tell the truth, the whole "truth," and nothing but tbs'trash." In Spkin the ceremony is similer, though rather more elab rato, Even among less civilised peoples the ceremony of oath-taking is destituta of the kiss. A Mahometaz witness, bolding the ́Koran'in his right band, bends down until his forehead touches the sacred volume. Breaking a saucer in oon method, with the Chinese; slicing off fowl's krąd another; blowing out a lighted candle a third-all' representing, of con.so, the awful fato that awaits the Chinesa witness who does not tell the truth. In none of the countries in which "kissing the Book"
is unknown can it be urged that perjury is the mors provalent by 1618oz bf its absence,
SHIPPING AND MAILS
MAILS DUR
Indian (Kumiang) 7th inst.
Canadian (Empress of India) 18ib jóst, The New York Line 21. Lannox) arrived at Boston on and lost,
“The Q.-N. Ca's. u.x. Chinhua left Shanghai on 4th lust, and is dus here on 7th inst..
The Shire Liza ae. Denbighshire left Singa porn for Hongkong on Bed Inst, at daylight, and may be expected here an roth inst.
be looked at the clock and noticed it was four teen minutes to two. Be blew his whistle for the ferry to start, when bath the men rushed to he boat. He subsequently reported the matter Mr. Shenton-You say that Corporal Whiks For what reason?-Because I have been checking his 'companions' tickets.
to Mr. O. Xavier,
evidence is malicious and untrue?-Yes,
Punjab. It shows that the logical outcome of the conclusions would seems to suggest as 'a romedial measure large drainage projects. It goes on to show, however, that it must be many years before such drainage projects can effect word passed into the common language and any serious change for the better in regard to was brought by Polish jews to England. The malaria in the Punjab, Meanwhile Capt. common explanation, that it is but a trans- Christophers holds that for urgent treatment of formation of the English word "business," an impending. epidemic there is only one effi through bizzin, pishin, pidgio, has only examines the experience of the Italians who the eyes of some is equivalent io utter re- after many years trie! have come to the confutation of the view. Tas transformations clusion that it is useless to try to prevent through which tael, candareno, mace, kod malana spidemic, by the use of quinine in the "askee" have passed, the first three from fa inter-spidemic period while they have ahtaised dian words via Malay and the last, it is alleged, remarkable results to mitigating the mortality from a Portuguese disjunctive "this," are of from malaria by quicias prophylaxis during the interest, though our interest in the last is con sime of the epidemic. Capt. Christophers considerably eclipsed by our ignorance; but still cludes that it is not quialte prophylaxis but greater interest attaches to words for which a quinine treatment that is needed; also that double line of transformation is suggested. This
You beard Mr. Hooper say that you bad to right to leave your post ?—I did it for the bene. methods suitable for small communities must, fix:includes such words as "typhoon," al eros-
fit of the Company.
How long have you bean in the Company?
-For nearly a year.
I
Were you ever charged with the unlawful possession of goods?—Yes.
And you had been convicted ?—Yes.' And you say your word in better than that of Corporal Whikt? - Yes.
Further evidence baving been called, the Magistrale held that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant a conviction and accord. ingly discharged the defendant.
SHANGRAI RACES,
BECOND DAY'S RESULTS.
Following are further results of the races at Shanghal received since we went to press lant evening and for which we are indebted to the Becretary of the Hongkong Club -
The Rubicon Plate.
Kingsclere ...............(Comming) 1 Tartas Chief............................ (Moller); a Milkman.......(Burki!) 3 Time: 2.58,
The Racing, Stakes.
Raitley....................................(Cumming) ́1 Fabolus .....................................................(Mollar) a Sitius..........(Dupree) 9 Time: 3.33 2/5
The Bycan Staker.
Millapattes ..... ..........(Schnorr) 1 Kirkabistar ...... ...(Johnstone) a Valcan, ... (Springfield) ↑ Time: 1.41 2/5. The Siccawe! Plate.
Title Gem Rose...........(Barkl}} = Gemini
Orcat my...now • ...(Rowe) 3.
Time: 2.54 3/5.
THIRD DAY'S RESULTE.
↑ The Flyaway Staker.
·OICES
Gemial ..........................................(Mollor) z Sokol .................................................(Vida) 1
Time: 2013/s.. The Pos Ma Ting Cup.
Damion Tret **
(Vida) * Valture.....................(Sprizráeld) = Stradacom....
(Moller) 3
Tima: 3.934/5- The Cosmopolitan Cop.
Marbles enke
{Aldertod). Stirrup Cupunkinio (Hayen) a Pegasus 'immanpolis :(Mollar).
TIME 1-419-3/S,
not be confused with those suitable for large, Populations. The fact, too, must not be for gotten that in attempting to reduce mortality ladia we are proposing a task infinitely greater than anything of the sort previously attempted in any part of the world,
FISH AND MALARIA, Col. Chaytor. White's paper discusses the propagation of smell fish as a means of limiting malaria,
It shows how much can
tivaly from the Chinese great wind, the principal objection to which is that the Chinese do not use thatorm, or from the Arabic "afan,"Gresk "tup- han," both meaning whirlwind; whilst a second Chinese term, tal fang is most probably the trae origin. In any caso speculation as to the connection between the Arabic, the Greek and
All Claims against the Steamer must be pro- sented to the Undersigned on or before the |-:oth instant, or they will not be recognized.
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• DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, Agents. Hongkong, 4th Navambar; 1909.
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COUPON NO. 13 is payable on and Noram- ber, at the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and the Russo-Obineté Bank at Ticotulo and Shanghal,
J. ^S, DOBIE,
Agent. Hongkong, 79th October, 1909.
FRESC
-IN AID OF THE FUNDS OF THE
FET
SOCIETY OF ST, VINCENT DE PAUL.
Under the Distinguished Patronage of
HE. the Governor, Sir FREDERICK LUGARD, KOM.G., Q.B., D.S.O.
To be held in the
.COMPOUND OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIO CATHEDRAL,
SUNDAY,
7th NOVEMBER, 1909, from 9 P.M. to 11.30 P.M.” Admission Ticket....................$t
Chinese terms is worth following. A which is entitled to a Souvenir on its presentation at the Souvenir Pavilion on the evening of sjmilar cast-and-wast polution, is offered for the √
the Fete only.
be done upon these lines to reduce the named "compound" in the sonse of an encio-
sure. The Malay "campong" in very dear, Fa The public is respectfully invited to inspect the various stalls from a to 7,5M, op the ber of malaria-bearing mosquitoes and sad phonetically closer than the Portuguese 7th insist gests that the greater prevalence of malaria
* campania," a plain. after dry years may be partly due to the great destruction of fish which occurs when the
monsoon stops suddenly as was the case in
1907.
Col. King gave a detailed historical sketch of the chief anti-mälarial measures employed in the Madras Presidency up to September 1905, and in Burma up to date, and urged the deve lopment of a wall-organised executive ranit- ary department to deal with the health interests of the country, Mosquito brigades and other palliative measures, 1ogether with the supervis. ing of systems for the cheap provision of quinine, ought to be regarded as coming within the scope of its rontise duty.
CENTRAL AUTHORITY,
Of words that undergo or have undergone transformation and become parts of the Chinese language thero ars not a fow. There is a carious word "hampalong" the three charac ters of which make no sense at all, bat the word is usad: regularly in Canton and Swatow
amagat business and working-class circles for
"all" The explanation given of it seems to be far fetched, for it is said to be a corruption of the phrase 'wrap up all and come, "ased by the bumboat men at Whampoa when directing their assistants to take away whatever old clothes etc. the sailors on the foreign ships |might have given them in payment" for their ostablas,” “ Boing subsequently imitated by the Cel. H. C. Thorabill's paper points out the lacks themselves, their corruption "ham- need of a definite policy and if possible a cea-palang "passed into the Cantonese, dialect as a convenient expression for "all" Giles. tralisation of authority to enable measures against malaria in cantonments in India to be points out in connection with the above that whatever may be the value of the explana- carried out systematically and upon a clear presion in this particular case many English arranged plan, thereby avoiding waste of money words and phrases are becoming part of the upon schemes unlikely to succeed and making Chinese Inngange. Thus "pong" is used for it possible to, concentrate.expenditure which is
[“ ponad,*·" sense" for "cent," "aumba-one" Decessarily limited is amoyat is likely to be
for "frstrate", and "can-do" has taken it productive of useful effect. Some cantonments
**] place in a Cantonese proverb. for example, are very malárious while others are But who would dream that “xum too sik" nol malarious and to spend money as is now would be imagined by a Chinese to be English,, sometimes done upon anti-malaria measúzas in
and that English the numbers' soyon, two, six, non malarious stations in clearly to fail to and that this expression mesas "I have ceased take the course likely to be productive of the to bother about it." Yet so it seeme, for savan, bass insulto Col. Thornhill recommends the, aix, pronounced in Cantonese fashion are forination of a strong contral committee of prac identical in sound with the Chinese is my tical men who would be aware of the relative heart has dosisted from thinking about it. It Importance of the different cantonments, of the may laterest soma, day to notice.transforma amount of money that might be available, and tions in the other direction, from Chinese to who would possess the influence and driving English-Shanghai Mercury. power necessary to enable any scheme which. they approved to be carried out as quickly as possible. The commities should include an adviser who had made a special study: 'of "mal-" aria in India." The committee. would finally decide upon the particular scheme to be follow. ed in each cantonment thereby preventing mis takes involving usälsan expenditure of large sume of money and providing a defolte com
-FOOTBALL.
LUOBY,
The following have been: chosen to play w. a Service Team, on Friday next, 5th fast., ON the Club Ground at 5 pm., Messrs. Oliver H Carroll, Kilby, Wood, Oliver, Claxton, Clarke,
| tinaçús policy for each cantonment to work up || Lester, Welle, Robertson, Thicknesse, Hesth
| to au fands allowed.
Coto, Hughes, Courtney, and Mellraith,
Tea and Cakes will be served during the afternoon.
By kind permission of the Commanding Officer and Officers of the 13th Rajputs, the band will play from 9 to 11.30 PM,
Tickets can be obtained from to-day at Messrs. Graça & Co., 17, Des Vœux Road, and at. the Roman Catholic Cathedral Compound on Sunday, the 7th Novembar, from 9 AÏM: tó y p and at the gate on the night of the Fete.
Hongkong, 1st November, 1909.
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