SANITARY BOARD.
MEETING TO-DAY.
THE
DEATH RATE.
"It was reported that the death rate for the whole population of the Colony during the week onded 18th March was 13.8 por 1000 Por ne against 18.1 in the previous week.
NAT RETURN. The rat roturn showed thai during the week onlod 1st April the number of rats destroyed "in the Colony was 1982 as comparod with 1840 in the preceding, wook Four of the rodents were found to bo infoetod avith plague.
Tho meeting was not finished whon wo want to press.
Ameeting of the Sanitary Board was hold this afternoon. There wero prosout:-3F. E. D.. O. Wolfo, Hon. Mr. A. Chatham, Hon. Mr. Brewin, Mr.A.Shelton Hooper, Hon. Mr. A. Howitt, Mr. Ng Hou Tzo, Dr. F. Clark, (Modical Ollicer of Health), Dr. J. W. Hartley (As- sistant Medical Officer of Health), Dr. Fitzwilliams, Mr. Lau Ch Pak, Col. Badford and Mr. W. Bowon Rowlands (Secretary).
PROPOSED CHANGE OF
- NAME REJECTED, The first business before the mooting was a minuto by the President relativo to the pro- | posed change of title of the Board from Sanitary Board " 10
ES. Ford, Chan Sing, "Board of Health." The result, Jolmson, J. C. Brown and Charles he said, of revising the Dr. Page, residents in Kowloon, dinance by the Chief Justice were summoned for failing to was that it was suggested that take out a licence for their dogs the, Sanitary Department was a From the 1st of January. The very enmbersome form. Mom charges against the latter to bere would bear him out, that wore withdrawn and the remain- the title strictly speaking did not der were fined $1 oach, cover the work done by the Board and he suggestol that the title be changed to the Board of Health,
Mr. Sholton Hooper said that without making a formal amond ment his would advise nicmbora to vote against the proposed change. Thosamo title as tant nuder which they worked at presont was in uso in England and Wales and what as good enough for them was surely good enough for little Hongkong. Besides un dor this proposed new title they might lose their identity and have their powers more curtailed evon thin they had boen in the past.
Hon. Mr. Hewett could not 500 any reason for clango of name and coincided with Mr. Hoopor, Colonel Bolford said that as noro bird of passage perhaps ho was Inndly justified in 'spoaking but he undoubtedly favoured the propusod chango of title as being moto properly descriptive of thoir work and activitios,
1
Hoù..Mr. Brewin proferred the word "health" to 'sanitary." but after what had been said he would not press for the alteration, The President, formally movei the resolution."
Hon. Mr. Chathum seconded,
On the motion being put to the meoting it was lost by 8 votes
to 3.
COMPLAINT RE CONSER-
FANCY CONTRACTOR. There was laid on the table the report of a special e immittoo who had investigated into charges against the city conservancy" con- tractor to the effect that ho land on 23rd February failed to remová all night-soil, etc., collected in his conservancy hunts to Kwangel Bay, contrary to his contract, but hand instead removed the material to Clicungshawan.
The contractor explained that this had happened because some of his small junks, from which
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POLICE COURT.
Chong Tai, of No. 110, Queen's Road Central, was summoned for giving false particulars to the superintendent of the Import and Export department, as to the export of whisky.
Mr. Tratuan, from the Import and Export Department, pro secuted, while the defendant appeared in person,
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HONGKONG
A WHIPPED TOPICS:
TELEGRAPH TUESDAY APRIL
Mr. Oscar Ascle has given his Morry Wives of Windsor a snow. setting, ovidoutly having no fears of a frost.
"Your own baby, if you have one, cau be enlarged, tinted, and framed for £2."-Photographer's adv
But so many people profor to lot Nature do this cularging, tinting and so on:
T
**Mr. S. 31. Goldsmid, who opposed Dr. Macnamara at the lust two elections, does not again contest
intend to
the son.Evening Nows. We were not aware before that Mr. Coldsmid was one of the Channel swimners,
The Irish paper which is respon- sible for the statenicut omits to add that now the savage would hardly have time to lie down,
THE MODERN BUSINESS
MAN
BY MAX RETTENBERG,
"Now ideas" are almost always old ideas put in a more terse, more clonn-out, nore forcible way.
a
Darwin's great idea of natural selection had been in the air for long time before lo formulated it. Galton's law of inheritance had bean vaguely felt by dozens of thinkers before him. Nietzs cho's idon of slavo-morality and master-morality goes back in ori ginumuy centuries. So with "new ideas" in business. They are the old liquid ideas crystallisod out. **Renson-why advertising" was a
1911
LATE SHIPPING NEWS. PASSENGERS DEPARTED.
Per Tango-maru, for London on the 12th April-Mr.H.
that it was doduced what should be the normal day's work of a typist, and how much it cost the house to send out a letter, postcard, or parcol
Naturally, such a test revealed Takeguchi Mrs. A. J. Gough, u big difference in the capacities Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wright, of different typists. It was then Mr. and Mrs. P. Verruce, Mr. & the business of the executive to Mrs. T. Castle and child, Mr. A. study the quickest ways of work. Gough, Lt. C. P. G. Cameron, ing, without extra oxpenditure of Misses H. Brinkley, Brinkley, Mr. and Mrs. Ramlot, Mossrs, M. energy, and live the slowest Mr. and Mrs. Pearson and child, workers instructed. THE ART OF SAVING TIME. Yoshida, Capt. T. Yoshioka, Miss It may also disclose the point A. Graham, Dr. M. Paintor, Mr., C that the fault lies with one of the Kawai, Mr. T. Sugimoto, Lieut.. minor executivos, Instead of and Mrs. H. S. Thompson, Mr. roading though his morning's pite and Mrs. Ruddock and 2 children, of letters by himself, and when Mr. and Mrs. A. Marshall, Mrs. he has decided on tho juswer to Wood, Miss J. David, Mrs. A. cach calling the stonographor, Seth, and Child, Miss Seth,
A savago would have lain down big business idea of this kind. he has the wasteful businoss habit Mr. W. B. Cunningham, Mr. untl died if he had smoked three Another was "intensive advertis. of keeping the stenographer ille J. Gjor, Masters Somów (2), Mr. pipofuls of the early Trish to-ing." The latent is "scientific, while he reads through each letter S. Castelloc, Mr. M. Gibbon, bacco-but now that is altered. manngement." It is a principio in her presence. I have seen two Major and Mrs. Kirke, Consul that is vaguely felt by all business mon, with a similar pile of letters men and innost business is vaguoto unswor; spond rospectively ly applied. But it can only be for alt a quarter of an hour and the genocal commercial good that over an hour in dictating. it should be formtijeled and recog nised as a business essential of on the oues" having "no tips"? definite practionl character Stones are roplacing rollers in capable of definito practical our flour mills. In suburban application. gardens also the roller is now got- ung the push,
Sir J. Lyons is writing musical comedy. Will ho insist
K.
When the harem skirt really comes in, it may demonstrate that the hobble skirt was not so funny
niter all.
Husbands may reflect that the: is one distinct advantage about the trem skirt; it does not
The principle might be thus stated:There is, always a best way of doing routine work, and it is the immediate business of the executivo to discover it formulate it, and make it standard ORGANISING A CATERING
BUSINESS
Small time wastages, trivial in themselves, mount up astonishing- ly in the course of a year.
General and Mrs. A. Somnow, Mr. and Mrs. N. Loufo nad 3 children, Miss Weaver, Mrs. Riddell, Mr. W. Dempster, Mr. 3. A. Mackay, Mr. Mortimer, Mr. ti. Pagot, Mrs. |. Cuinod, Miss W. Russol, Mr. and Mrs. C. Owon and child, Mr. and Mrs. Norcock und child, Mrs. G. Morcado, Miss Morcado. Misa N. Lowis, Mrs. Lowis, Messrs. M. Ninagawa, T. Okonagi, B. Maru yama, T. Samejima, J. Riu, Iwa- moto, S. Haraguchi, H. Hashi- moto, K. Fujisaki, F. Matsuyama, S. Matsumura, M. Haynes, A. Brown, Y. P. Aquino, Mrs. Ya
agishi, Miss K. Morita, Mr, and Mrs, 13. Berry, Mossrs. T. Horiuchi and I. Matsuo,
Some firms take the step of standardising their letters. Print ed instructions are drawn ap by the executive as to the exnot way in which names and addresses shall be typed; the letter spaced out, and the onding worded. Rules are given as to capital let- ters, punctuation, and so on, Further, the general tone of the letters is outlined, so, that there For instanco, there is a great shall be a broad house policy
did rganisation and dividoni writer of letters is required to SHIP'S DOCTOR. Please is universally known as a splen- Each stenographer and each ciloring concern in London which running through all of them.
machine. But it is not so general-study the printed instructions. it simply can't get to likely known how minutely the ac is evor, woleqme, exon directed from thie_oxecutivo effi-
That is scientific managenient. aviators,
tons of the subordinates are
Mr Tratnun then explained, from the 20- Diet experiments cos. Exon suola a tiny detail as the case and said he did not wish withnowly-arrived animal which to press it.
inlrubite the troos of Tibet includɔs fish.
Dofondant said ho did not know anything about it. The misuton down the back. take was made by his fokis when he was out.
His Worship--Did you, sont in requisition to the Import and Export Department? Ye for whisky..
His Worship (to the defon 1- ant):"You must realize hint you are responsible for anything, that is sigued by the firm. To nilded that the penalty for the first offence was $500, but he
occasion with p caution. would discharge him on this Defendant-Yos, I realized the. mistakes, and was angry with my fokis when I found it out.
Choung Shan, coolie, was charged with having unemployed
10 Lagls of loose opium, in his possession.
Dafondhunt salt the opium did not belong to him. He was a work at the docks and a fuki told him to carry it.
Fined $250, or.threo montlis', imprisonment with hard labour.
Tuulla, cook, was charged with the theft of a pair of gold sleava links, valued at $30, the property of Lieut-Col. Meriwood, and Sui Ts, jeweller, 282 Queen's Road Central, was elinrgod with receiv- ing samo. Caso remanded,
the roluse was "transferred for On the 29th of March. Po Yuk
i
als Day as the birthday of this The War Office has seleute 1 All
Air Battalion, 1. looks as if
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No man is more enthusiastic in his pastane than the motor-eyclist, says a journalistic admiror. To the truth of this many people can sorely testify.
Not Cricket.
the best way of laying a tablo has It was no article of costly muke, been studied and made stan-
Fashioned of silk and ebony dard; bach waitor or waitress
and gold is required to lay a table (The kind that careless men are in that particular way. So
apt to tako), that when a girl is transferred from one branel to another sho finds the dotails of routine oxaet-
the same. There is nothing for her to unlearn and waste time in unlearning.
Some of the American heiressly es must be embarrassed whether to accopt, existing opportunities, or to wait for the creation of those 500 now Peers.
The "Sinile Curo" is the latest eult in the United States. The Canadians also a thorough chance recont annexation talk has given
of testing the now fad.
Mr. Frohman states that the dramatist has got right away from the old Imsband, wife, and lover". plot. A rare instance of escape from a vicious tirele.
Please note that the captain of the Indian cricket team about to visit England is the Malurajul of Patiala-not Bat-iala.
Lady Blount, in the Madagas car Millions case, expressed the firm conviction that the earth is lat. And so, evidently are a good many people who livo upon it.
It was stated at a recent inquest that the game of "touch" in the street was most dangerous
carriage, had been delayed by a Sing, of 33 D'Aguilar Street, re, When the plausible talepitcher contrary wind and in passing ported to the pulico, two girls, succeeds in "tonching" you it's Clistingshawan the crews wine and ten years of age, wore one of the big juuks at anchorage missing; she suspected the amali,) If, as a great public schoolmas
a dangerous game anywhore. there and compelled it to take who was isthissod, to have taken delivery. He promised to warn them. She was found in No. for says, only one boy in to the crow against in repetition of 33 Lascar Road; and the child can write a good letter" how is
that at least six fathers in every ron were found in Kongmun.
The winah was charged with dozen send the extra bit of pocket comfort when they are "touched"
-of-tha offenco.
WATER CLOSET QUESTION, There was laid on the table an application for permission to erect 24 water-closets at Nos. 2 and 3 Praya East.
Mr. Sholton Hooper-Grant. Coloned Bedford --Grunt. Hon. Mr. Browius there good current flowing past this point of the Prayn?
Hon. Mr. Chatham:-The manin Bower with which the drain for these promises is connected, has its outfall nt Ship Street.
STREET DUMPING OF RUBBISH.
The list of prosocutions for Mareli for breaches of the Houlth Ordinances contained several enses in which a fine of $3 had boon imposed for 'dumping rub bish in the stroot,
alleged kidnapping of the two, by post? girls, and the case remanded.
Lam Ah Kwan, cigar packer, No. 31 Gough Street, was charged with having in his possession, for the purpose of trade, goods to which a trade mark or trade marks aro falsely applied in such a manner as to be cutculated to deceive.
it
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It was not even very noutly
rollod.
Still it was my owe lamb.
when I found
And
The place untenanted where
'crst it stood.
told my sorrow to the wainscot
round,
That is scientific managemont. With a certain multiple-shop company the window dressing of cach shop is practically all dono site in a London'office and makes I from headquarters. An oxport
plans for every shop in the chain. Detailed instructions are sent to each branch, and the branch sets out the standard window. That To again is scientific management.
I
I said some thinga that nearly cried aloud to the Olympian
warped the wood.
gods
And all the shudowy, powers
that rule the air
f
punish him that did this deed
with rods-
also spoke to the com-
missionairo.
said, "This was the apple of
my oyo,.
Bought when a boyish heart
was cloan of doubt;
loved the little windows where
the sky
WANTED.
apply to
** NAUTICAL," "Hongkong Tolagraph." Hongkong, 11th April, 1911.” ↑ 109 THE TRADE-MARK-ORDIN ANCE, 1000. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARK.
Intimations
HAM
Send for our AUSTRALIAN
"DAIRY FARM"
BRAND HAM.
Tho Finest Smoked Enmas On the Market. The Dairy Farm Co.,
Limited..
POPULAR
"ASAHI" BEER
Note Our Price $12.00 per caso con- taining 4 dozen quarts or 6 dozen pints,
Hongkong, 7th April, 1911.
IN
BANK HOLIDAYS,
[84
N accordance with Ordinanoo No. 6 of 1878, and Government Notifi- ation No. 87 of 7th instant, the BANKS will be EXCHANGE CLOSED"" for the transaction of PUBLIC BUSINESS on the follow- ing days:-
FRIDAY, 14th April SATURDAY, 15th MONDAY, 17th " Hongkong, 10th April, 1911. [1044. 11SH JIGARETTE PEAK TRANTED
TRAMWAYS CO.,
NOTICE is hereby given that the COMPANY, LIMITED, (o Company
registered under the Laws of Hongkonz
of No. 18 Bank, Buildings, Hongkong, and No. 22 Museta Road, Shanghai, Ching, Tobacco Manufacturers, havo ou
the 21st day of February, 1911, applied for the registration in Hongkong, in the Register of Trade Marks, of the following Trade Mark :
The Trade Mark consists of a square pand in which is depicted a format standing on`n round pule, beneath which is shoyn a Anall branch of a trea. Ai tha top of the papel are the characters 磐王, translatedńs
"PARROT," nad at the foot of the panel is shown the Company's am in Chinesosharicters, thus
英國烴公司。
in the name of the BalTisi UIGA-
TIME TABLE
Wxxx Days.
15 min.
"
15 min.
10 min.
7.90. 7.30 am to 10:00 am. Every 10 min. 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. 11.80 a.m. to 12:45 pm. 12.45 p.m. to 1.15 pm. 1.10 p.m. to 1.45 pm. 1:45 p.m. to 2.15 p.m. 2.15 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.,, 3.90 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. 5.00 pm to 8.00 p.m.
NIGHT CARS.
15 min. "10 min. 15 mín. 15 min.
f) 10 mín.
*
8.45pm, and 9 p.m., 9.45. to 11.15 p.m. every half hour.' SUNDAYS.
8.00 a.m. to 9.00 am. Every 15 min. 0.00 a.m. to 0.30 am.
9:30a.m. to 10.80 a.m.
RETTE COMPANY, LIMITED, 10.30 a.m. to 11.00 am.
(a Company registered under the Laws
80 min.
"
- 15 min.
10 min.
1.
11.45 a.m. to 12.00 noon
,15 min.
10 min.
1.00 pm. to 5.00 pm.
15 min.
"
*3
But the principle goes much further-into the routine of every factory and office. Among the I workers in a mill there will be who work quickly. It does not some who work slowly and some follow that the latter are using up more body energy; they are in most ensos economising over little motions that ure wasteful. The scientific manager goes to watch To the skilful weaver and study ex- does it. He times him with a actly what ho does and why he stop-watch; finds out how and To me my ombrifuge, my child-factured Totress in class d stoppages of the loom. From why time is lost over the routine that he arrives at the best method of working, and has it explained to the slow and wasteful workers. His ondeavour is to make the best way the stand..rd way.
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN BRICKLAYING,
of Hongkong) of No. 18 Bank Build-12.00 noon to 1.00 p.m. «
Camo pooping through whonings, Hongkong, and No. 22 Museum Road, Shanghai, China, Tobsesɔ Manu- it was opened out.
facturers, who claim to be the nolu soine their silken hats are proprietors thereof.
dear, to some Their overcoats of astrakhan
or fur,
Burglars have broken into the house of the Chancellor of the j Bricklaying sounds, a most un- Exchequer. To borrow a compromising field for business re- mont made when burglars cracked search. But astonishing results the crib of the Standard Oil Trust, have accrued from the application "their losses are unknown."—
of a keen, trained intellect to the London Opinion."
detailed study of the motions usod in the handling and laying of bricks. Even in shovelling there has been found a research field of peculiar interest and practical valno. Of course the navvy and the gang foreman consider that To-morrow, being the ovo of the old-established ways of work- Detective Sergeant Grant wont the Jewish "Passover," will being must be the right ways. But
Mr. W.EL. Shonton (from the firms of Messrs. Doneon, Looker and Deacon) prosecuted.
The case was remanded, and bail was fixed at $500.
A little girl was attacked by a couple of men this afternoon, in a side lane in Gough Street, and relieved of her gold banglos.
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to the defendant's shop at observed as a festival amongst the about eleven o'clock yesterday Jewish community. The festival morning, and seized_134 boxes will last for eight days.
of cigars of various brands, the
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:
the scientific manager goes to work on experiments with shovels
hood's chum..
He said, "I will inquire about
it, Sir." Alas! I have no hopes. But this,
,
ali this,"
Is what annoys me most about
the thing:
I fondly deemed, if e'or I came
to miss
·
Whate'er might be the chances of The well-known handle, tlie
familiar spring,
the chango, Whatever substituted gamp
bore, Chill to the grasp, and comfortless
and strange,
In valno I was simply bound to
Bcore.
Some elder post, fired with
hoavenly flame, Might leave his thyrsus with
tho gilded knob, And brandish mine unconscious
till he camo
Home to his flat and then bo
vexod the snobi
I
I myself, through want of proper care,
Might fail to localise my
gingham room, ·
The Trado Mark is intended to g used by the Applicants forthwith la Tuspect of the following goods, Manu
A facilitle of the Trade Mark can be seen at the Otis of the Registrar of Trade Marks, Hongkong.
BRITISH CIGARETTE COMPANY,
LIMITED
R. D. HARVEY,
Altomicy.
DR MACE
[1050
10.min. 5.00 pm to 6.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. ,,15 min. ..7.00 p.m. to 8.00 pm. 10 min. NIGHT CARS as on Wook Days,
SATURDAYS,
Exim cars at 8.10 p.m., 11.80 p.m.
and 11.45 p... SPECIAL CARS by Arrange-
ment at. the Company's Omles. Alexandra Buildings, Des Voeux Rond Central JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
Goneml Managers, Hongkong, 1st April, 1009.
KENZIES
BURTON ON TRENT
SPECIALLY BREWED
FOR THE EAST
INVALID
STOUT
Very Palatable,
Light,
and
Nourishing.
PER DOZEN SPLITS
$1.74
The Local Government Analyst Cortified on the 28th January
And seize some editor's of samite last, on the Analysis made by him on a Bottle of this Stout, taken
of different sizes and weights and slipes, and finds out while one Hon. Mr. Chatham:-Some same as those manufactured by Mr. John. A. Mackay (of the and which way of working will heavier penalty should be pressed the Oriont Tobacco Company, firm of Messrs. Armstrong and make the easiest work for the Or for in the maltor of dumping'
Mackay) leaves to-morrow at day-normally built mavvy. Then it is rubbish in 'the stroots.." It is u Detective Sergent Wills board-light by the Tango Maru, after a his business to make the now way very common practice and a very of a cargo boat last night off short visit to Bongkong.
of, working the standard. objectionable one, bosides invol- Kellot Island. In the fore and
In the office, there are the same ving the Goverment in consider aftor part of the hold there wore An extraordinary general meet opportunition for standardising able expanse for the removal of found two tons of coal valued at ing of the Kowloon United Bor- in the factory! A certain firm the rubbish. Many of the pretty 10, believed to have been stolen.vices Club will be held on Satur-required all its shorthand-typists parts of the city, such as Glenoaly, The crew (five men and a woman) day, April 16tifat 11 am., at to fill in a printed schedule of the are made eyesores by such dum- failed to givonsatisfactory account the Club House. The General number of letters they took down; ping.
of their possession of same, and Officer Commanding will presido the lotters, postcards, telegrams, Hon, Mr. Browin:$3 in they ware charged this morning at the mosting. As the general memoranda, etc., they typed the equivalent to a fine of at least 24 with unlawful possession of the policy of the club will be discuss odd bits of envelope-addressing in England, and in my opinion coal. After boaring the evidence, od, as many senior officers as pos- and parcel-wrapping, they carried the punishment fits the crime or the Magistrate discharged the sible who belong to the club are out.. Gradod markaweronwarded more than fit it,
dofendanté,
requested to attend the meeting," for each kind of work, and from
raro,
Curated with chrysoprase ann by him at random-from-a-bin, that the Sample was both good and –
waterproof.
sound.
But now these hopes bave crum-
bled into dust,
Cursed bo the man who took
beyond recall The ancient shelter of a bardio
crust,
And never brought “his
brolly hard at all. Eroo
H. PRICE & CO., LTD.,
WINE MERCHANTS,
12, Queen's Road,
Hongkong, Brd April, 1911, -
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