GENERAL NEWS.
Relations with Afghanistan,
H. M. S. TRIUMPH)
More about the China Station's Battleship.
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The battleship Triumph, which is to come out to the China Station and be kept in reserve at Hong-
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Mr. Merk, lesturing, before the Central Asian Society, in London, said that relations with Afghanis» tan since 1880 had been on the whole satisfactory. There had been friction, sometimes serions, sure, which is being seat out, but the wonder was that the as strendy stated in difficulties bad not been much "Telegraph," to East Indies to set worse. The causes of irritation as flagship in those waters. The had not lain on one side of the "London and China Express" border only. On the whole in reminds us that the Triumph, from 1st July. most important matters they had like the Swiftsure, was built,
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seated suspicion that we intended in 1003. She was built at Bir- CRAIG RYRIE; No. 4, the some day to sunex the country. row under the name of the Liber-rooms, tonnis and ceituation; Eradiction of "this suspicion tad, and carries four 10 inch,
lawns. guns, would go far towards establish- fourteen 7-8 inch guns (ten in the ROGATE, on part of Kowloon In- FOR SALE-HARTING and ing relations of mutual confidence main deck central lattery and four land Lot No. 1154. and trust, like those with Nepal in the upper deck casemates), four- Answering Lord Lamington, Mr. teen 14-pounder guns, foar & Mark said that the Moslem dis-pounders, two 19-pounders, and quiet regarding the events in the four machine guns, and two 18. Balkons was all the more reason inch torpedo tubes. The four for reassuring Afghans and ally-heavy guns are mounted in pairs ing their suspicions.
in heavily armoured barbettea
When these two battleships Success of a Totalisator. At the annual point-to-point were purchased, their principal races of the Royal Artillery (Wool-armament, being 10-inch guns, wich) Drug Hunt on March 26 the was severely criticised, but the totalisator was introduced with powerful secondary armament considerable success. Bookmak was looked upon as almost equal TOLET BREEZY VILLA" WANTED-Chinese Dispen- ere were allowed on the course. ising this defeat. At the presented Bungalow with Tennis Court. able to read and write English but after the first race they did time the high speed of the little business, for the totalisator, Triumph and the Swiftsure worked by three of the Garrison which is nearly 21 knots make clerks, made so good a return in them eligible for the line of battle. conpection with the Garrison Cup Their protection, too, is formid- that there was a rush to supportable. Along the waterline rune the new system. Each retura deep belt of armour vary was most satisfactory, the average ing from 3 to 8 in. in thick- being to 1 against, quite two news, ending in armoured bulk- points better than could be obtain-head, and connecting with the oitadel; the barbettes are guarded ed in the ring.
Health of Bangkok,, by A in. armour, the casements by Bangkok has during the prat 7-in, Armour, and the conning cold season and the present bot tower by 11-in. armour; there is season enjoyed a remarkable im-heavy 3 in. steel deck covering in munity from epidemic disease, the engines, boilers, magazines, gaya the Bangkok Times," which and other vital parts, and the up- reprodacea, the figures for four per deck is 1-in. armour deep. years showing how statisfactory The Triumph, when fully manned,
as been the improvement in the carries 700 of all ranks, public health. 1911 was a cholera year, and there 821 deaths in the three months from January to March. The llowing year disease dropped lightly, but the city experienced a severe epidemic of sixall pox, 1,470 deaths being registered over the same period, January to March. This year there has been no epidemic of any kind, and the figures are pro-has bably a good deal more accurate thas formerly, as more care is taken in registration. There has been very little epidemio dissase throughout the East during recent months, and Bingkok has shared in the general health.
An Aerial Suicide.
MOSQUITO NOTICE.
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Mosquitues,
The Shanghai Officer of Health issued the following notice Mosquitoes carry Malaria and other diseases.
Mosquitoes cannot multiply ozcopt in stagnant water. Where stagnant water cannot ba akoljah- ed the use of kerosine sprinkled on the surface no sa to form a film will kill mosquito 'wrigglers, London, April 2.-An extirely as it prevents them breathing novel suicide occurred yesterday when they come to the surface. At Warsaw, in Poland. Lieut.. Qld tins and bottles, broken Perlowski, a Russian officer, crockery, Rowers-pots and ancon engaged in the aviation service, sidered articles of this kind capa wrote a letter stating that as he ble of holding rain water should was the victim of official intrigues be carefully collected from the he intended to end his life in the garden and hackyard and placed air. He then mounted an coro-in the house refuse receptaule for plene, secended to a height of removal... B00 feet, deliberately stopped his Tubs, kongs, water plants, engine, and fell with it to the flower-pot sauces or other vessels earth.
of water which cannot be dispens
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The Troubles of a Panel Doctor, Jad with should be emptied or A Nottingham panel doctor sprinkled with kerosine once a states that nearly 800 of the 1,500 week. insured persons op his panels Gardeners' kongs, dug-outs, have already sought medioal treat-wells and water barrels should meut. One "urgent" call was be done away with, water for the from a woman who wanted to garden, etc,, being derived direct- borrow 133., which she thought ly from the tap or, if that be im- she was entitled to because her possible, the kongs, etc., should husband was on the doctor's be oiled once a week or kept panel. A girl after being treated securely covered so that mosqui- for a sore throat asked for "some foes cannot get to the water to lay thing for her replexion".
A. Fixture..
A Java paper describes how on B certain afternoon, at Bojolali,
their eggs.
Have the water from kennels, chicken ooops, elo., regularly emptied out.
a yell arose from a crowd of peo- Keep drains and rain water ple standing outside the railings roof channels clean and clear and of a telephone office. The reason in good repair, Gully traps was that the railings had been that are not frequently flushed connected with a copper wire to should be oiled weekly." the battery at the telephone office, Shallow rain water pools and
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Young Edison's Invention
Blows Itself to Pieces.
vestigation by the agents of the Nanchang, April 28.-Au in- | Famine Relief Committee in- dicates that in the territory below West Orange, N. J., April- Fuchowia ten per cent. of the po- 3.-Theodore Edison's "bully in- pulation have rice, seventy per vention," a glass-bottle borab de- cent have pawned their clothes signed to sink the ships of the and personal property, eat little enemy," smashed itself to pieces rice, and one meal daily; while to-day while the 14-year-old son twenty per cent. are destitute, hav- of Thomas A. Edison was experi- ing left no property of any dea-menting in his father's laboratory: cription and noʻrice. -
The worst conditions are about Likiatu. Two deaths have been reported from starvation and exposure, Children are being sold. A four-year-old girl brings two thousand pash,
Local gentry are buying_forty thousand teels of rice from Hunan and Hupeh to sell below, cost.
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Bits of glass were imbedded in oung Edison's right hand. Noy injury resulted that will be per- manent. The boy's idea" was a floating bomb constrgotąd ta ex- plode upon coming, in contact with another object.
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"Some of your first inventions blew up, did'at they, dad ?" young Edison asked after the so- Dykes are badly damaged. Incident. "They did,” replied his some places they have been father, "but I went back at them.' entirely destroyed owing in part To which Theodore replied "So to failure to repair them during | will I." the Revolution and in part to the excessive reins. Many fields have not been planted,
Mrs. Edison let it be know however, that hereafter Thomas A. Edison must be present when their son experiments.
thousand dollars as a beginning ***
The committee has over two for relief work. Public collections
Warrant for European A Rangoon telegram of April were taken yesterday in all the churches in Nanchang. One 31, aya4 provisional warrant Chinese ghurch contributed has been issued to the Singapore. one hundred dollers.
Bombay Engineer's Death. The death la announced of Mr Aitken, formerly engineer to the Bombay municipality.
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