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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH 23, 114,
POLICE DOGS.
Proposed Introduction to Shangbal,
"The Council be and bereby is instructed to provide such a eum as may be recessary for the purpose of importing Police Doze and of engaging the services of a Detective exper forced in training and working such doga."\",
The resolution will be seconded
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--Mr W. Coolidge, of New York, in a new form with a smaller page,
In view of present difficulties marke an impartant step in the one measuring 17 inches wide by progress of radiography and pos-21 inches long (about 16 by 19 confronting the Plice in the sibly radiotherapy. According reading space). This is a reduc-capture of thieves and criminals.ROGATE, Austin Road, Kow- to Nature, the principal feature tion of 3 inchee off the width and special interest attaches to a re- of the apparatus consists in a 5 inches off the length The solation which will be submitted small spiral of tungtston wire new "Standard" has many more at the Hatepayers' Merting by Mr. which, when strongly beated by pages than the old.
Walter Sobarf, Phys the N. In the early days of newspapers Daily News, The resolution in electric current, becomes a source of electrons, and thus the size of the page was diatated, reads: serves as the kathode of the tube, no doubt, obie fly by ooneiderations Surrounding the spiral there is a of printing and publishing con- tungsten ring connected with the rebience. Few readers in those negative pole of an induction coll days read newspapers while tra or elatio machine. This eleo'rifi.velling. And as lime went on ed ring repels the electron from the vorhatim report of speeches the hot wite so as to bring them and law cares wecame a feature
OLET FOUR-ROOMED to an approximate foons upon s of many newspapers, and it de
HOUSES in Granville tungsten targe-antikathode-manded the big sheet of many by Dr. R. Gerngross, who is
Avenue and Salisburg Avenue,' where X-rays of varying degrees colomas.
Kowloon, Cheap rentals. of penetration are produced. The Verbatim reports are seldom especially competent to speak
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SHOP with GODOWN attach- vacuum within the tube is ex- nowadays required. Moreover, upon the proposal, baving taken
HARTING and ROGATE, oned, Nathan Fod, KOWLOON, tremely high, and comparatively newspapers are, as often as not, prominent part in the work of part of Kowloon Inland Lot 1154.
"GLENSHIEL" 124 Barker with Wharf."
Kowloon Marine Lot No. 48 wide variations of it do not ap-read in the train or the bus. Ita sciety founded in Germany for pear to affect the working of the was entirely for the convenience the purpose of breeding and Road, 5 rooms, close to Tram
Station, apparatus. Perhaps the most of travelling readers that some training doge for police work.
The experiment, as is well striking advantage of Mr Cool newspapera that have been ea idge's take over the vaul kind tablished in mordern times adopt-known, proved entirely successful. lies in the readiness with which ada smaller page than was At the present time, every police centre in Germany is provided it can be controlled. The output customary. of X-rays is simply a function It is interesting to compare the with highly trained dogs. and TO LET-Two room Flats in Kowloon. Suitable for Eur- of the temperature of the hot size of the page of newspapers their assistance to police officers kathode, all other factors remain-t will be observed from the has been of great value. The opeans, in good airy locality. ing the same. When once set table given here that evening idea has been taken up everywhere All Modern Conveniences. Terms in action the bulb requires little newspapers have usually a smaller on the Continent, and numbers of Moderate. Apply H. RUTTON-
JEE. Royal George Hotel. pge than morning papers. The these dogs have been exported Hongkong. 17th Oct. 1913. [967 provincial newspaper is, in some from Germany during the past casa, a bigger sheet than its few years. It is proposed to check Road WANTED. House or flet un-
LET.- No. 2 Park London contemporaries, tain animale of this type frem
Germany, and to bave the service Comfortable, Garden and Tennis of an expert who will train them Court. Apply to No. 4, Ripon
Terrace, up to local conditions.
Hongkong, 13th Jan., 1914. [1139
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How the Dogs Work,
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Commissioner Booth Tucker, of the Salvation Army, long ago ra commended doses of iodine 88 0 treatment for plaque and be re- turns to the subject in an up-page-
Approximate country contemporary, in view of the revival of plague in the
reading area of
The proposal is one almost cer- MODREENAGH; No. 21 appointment to E. J. DAVIS, villages. He says: "I have lately Newspapers. pages in inches, ain to meet with support, as the met one of our Europeon nurses,
Width. Longth. scheme. if successful, should be East, The Peak, from 1st April, invalas ble to the police. The de- Apply to GILMAN & Co., 80, who tells me that she treated nine "Standard" (new
form)
16 cases, all of which recovered. Two
teotive dogs are more thoroughly Des Voeux Road. "Standard" (uld
trained and tetter adapted to of these were so bad that the
form)
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"Erening
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dard" was as follows:-A dose of castor "Westminster Ga-
zette!' oil, followed immediately with from five to seven drops of tino-"Pall Mail Gazette" 12
"Globe"...... 14. ture of iodine in a little water, Baboes painted with iodine, milk
......... 18 diet. Next morning two drope of fodine in a little water. If fever, a few grains of quinine. As our nurse wasin charge of a children's home, where seven of there ourØR were treated, and a women's home! where the other two occurred, she was able to watch the casef from first to last." Commisioner Booth Tucker says that in the town where the raven casca were treated and oured, there were 500 deaths from plague, and the out break was of a virulent character. Rain Making.
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Morning Post" 101 "Manchester Quar-
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TO "LA HACIENDA E.", No. 74, Mount Kellett Road, from 1st April. CHATER & MODY, No 9, Apply Queen's Road Central.
police work than the bloodhounds TO LET from 1st May, 191 at one time much used in England No. 104a, The Peak, for and the United States. The ani-ed. Apply to S. J. DAVID & Co. mala are trained to follow the Prince's Buildings. weant of a oriminal, but this is not the chief feature of their work. Thy are particularly useful on patrol duty, especially when ac- companying an officer on his beat at night. Nothing could be more. effective than the search they are tought to make in dark corners, and a fugitive thief would have mall chance of escaping with one f these dogs at his heels. They are also a great protection to police officere in the event of a eudden attack. ・・・
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cessfully. There should be no dif Goalty in obtaining dogs suitable It will easily be seen that such for the climate and conditions of 4 dog would be a most veful Shanghai. For some time past. companion for an officer patroll oga brought from Germany have been on service at Teingtau, with ing some of the more dangerou excellent results, and the aniwala quarters of Shanghai at night, particularly the roads on the out-brought to Bhanghai would, of course, be young and capable of being efficiently trained to meat| local conditions.
skirts of the Settlement.
An Economy on Men, Fhould the proposal be adopted, the anggestion will be made that, for a beginning, five or six couples bould be obtained for work in the Yangtzepoo, Wayai le, Harbi fload, North Szechuan Road Gordon Road, and Bubbling Well districts. It is estimated that the cost of the scheme will be ander Tls. 10,000, and this will not be
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Approximate reading area of pages in inches. Width. Length.
The raw materials used at the Nothing is more we thy of your con- factory of the British Oil and The trouble that to-day is small and easi aideration than the welfare of your eyes 17 22.12
Jake Mills, now in full operation, ly remedied, if neglected may get beyond contribute to 13.1-2 19
the cargoes a single measures. Be on the safe side and If your eyes are giving trouble call on us teamers coming to Manchester and have them examined. No charge for ad feeding cake, oil, and other sight testing. manufactures materially help the *xporte. Discharging or on" pas-
An accidental storm bas again brought relief to a great +ize :— part of India suffering ander famine osaditions as a resulted of the failure of the ordinary rains. What an advantage it would be if we could produce downfalls of rain at will. Rain makers have been ready to sell their alleged
"Matin" powers of producing downfall
"Journal"...... 13. for a good price. The last big
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Electrical Engineers" the, ther day, Lord Kelvin held that five
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Lodge now comes to the rescue.
"Secolo" He delivered a leotare op the" Popolo Romano", 15 subject before thy Institution of "Derniere Heure"
N. LAZARUS, 22.1-2 considered at all excessive if the age are Bombay cottonseed by OPTHALMIC OPTICIAN, work of the docs proves to be is Crafford Hall, Canadian, flax by rel. 1292. 1A, D'Aguiler St 22.1.2⚫ffective as it has been elsewhere Manet es er
Exchange, Plate, Indeed, the experiment may re-linseed by Barbary, Bombay salt in a saving of money, as the cost of the dogs will be less than Plate linseed by Jedmoor. Daring cottonseed by Queenmoor, and 22.1-2 the exponse of employing extra the year the plentiful supplies of
men who would otherwise be re- quired to strengthen the patrols.
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liaseed available made prices BY USING C.N. LE 'positive" condition of the up- The smallest paper is "El
We understand that the Captain more stable, and gave an improved per atmosphere, and Sir Oliver Telegrama," published in Mexico. Superintendent of Police is in trade in producte at remunerative CHINA COMMERCIAL Co., 3 Duddati St
prices. pointed cat that the electrical Et is 4in. wide by 4in. long. The favour of the proposal, and that conditions were in foot reversed biggut on record was the it will have the support of the in cloudy and raiby weather. I "Illuminated Quadruple Constel Council, and this being so the be said, these things were assolation," published in New York matter will be brought forward 31, Queen's ciated as cause and effect that 1888. It measured 6f. by 8it. at the meeting in the form of Bo gave birth to the hope that a control of the electrical conditions of the atmosphere might be the proper line of research to follow
in any attempt to control the weather.The Globṛ,
Opening of Lungkou.
amendment to the Budget.
Previous Experiments. The ides is not new to Shanghai, though such an experiment bas
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Civil Governor of Shanghai to Some five years ago two Airedale plan for the opening up of Lang-terriers, of the kind trained by An Agnostic's Wil koa to foreign trade have eub Majir Richardson in England for Mr. Robert Trelasia Mallet, mitted a preliminary report to police, work, wore bought to formerly chief engineer of the the Governor about the population Shanghai privately by way of an Indian Railway Service, and and the product of the district experiment. Unfortunately, one Director-General of Bailways in Langkou is situated at a distance of the animale died of pneumais Indie, left eatste of which the net of about fifteen miles from on the day following its arrival at personalty has been sworn at Iwanghaien. There is a popula-Shanghai, and the second one, £8,288. The testator directed tion of about four thousand being somewhat old, oould not be that his body should be burned, people with more than seven properly trained to local condi and that the ashes should not be hundred families. The principal tions. About two years ago, dogs preserved and that no religious prodnets of Lungkou are bean of the same type were brought out Ceremony should be held over his and flour, and the yearly export to Penang, and we understand remains nor cenotaph nor me the native producte amounts that there they are working suc- morial erected to his memory, and to several million dollars. For =
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