LATE MR. JAMES MOGEE.
FUNERAL AT HAPPY VALLEY.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. ~ SATURDAY.
An amendment has been made to the Importation and Exporta- Į The funeral of the late Metian Ordinance to the effect that James Me Gree, chief engineer of the exportation of tin is now pro- the as. Huichow, took place at hibited to all destinations in Ean Happy Valley last evening and pean and Asistio Russia and in was largely attended by members (other foreign countries in Europe of the shipping community and and on the Mediterranean, except other numerous friends of the France and French Possessions,
Messrs. deceased.
Butterfield Italy and Italian Possessions, and Swire were represented Portugal, Belgium, Greece, Spain, and Morocco. The exportation of tin was formerly prohibited to all non-British destinations,
by Mr. Young. The service was conducted by the Rev. V. H. Copley Moyle
The interment took place in the old residents' section of the
The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, cemetery A large number of K., is to give an address to the wreaths were sent, including members of the Church of floral tributes from the England Men's Society in St. deceased's widow; the Super-Paul's College on Tuesday next intendents, China Naviga- commencing at 9 p.m. The sub tion Co., Ltd.; the China ject of the address is Work Navigation Co., Ltd.; Messrs.which requires to be done,” Butterfield and Spire; the Right Wor. Master, Otticers and Brethren
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WAR PIGEONS DEMOBILISED.
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The war pigeons, as many as 100,000 of which were employed, are being "demobilised."
Most of them are being sold or otherwise disposed of in the countries which they were used. Many will beacquired by French and Belgian fanciers. The naval authorities are disposing of their birds by auction in London.
SOLDIERS' GLASSES.
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ended by Mr. H. Satelife, MARINE INSURANCES secretary of the British Optical Cantons Association, and assisted by three North Chinas or four RAM.C. optical me finiops "Some of the longest distances chanics, were trained in the
Yangiszes flown in the war were 300 miles," variona processes of turning out, Major A. H. Osman, editor of the spectacles for the 200 ophthalmic Rucing Pigeon, said to a rapre centres established by the Army sentative of The Daily Ners, Medical Department in home. "I personally had a hen which camps and on the various fight flow 168 sex miles three weeks iuing fronta mrcession with dispatches frota Before January 1915, when the the North Sea. Usually the depot and its factory are birds will fy these long distances established, men who broad or about once a week. They want lost their spectacles in de rest after them.
trenches had to wait two or three "Many of the these long-dis-weeks at,abase before they coull- tanee fights have been over sea, be refitted. But from that tima In one case a British submarine stocks were furnished to all the entirely broke "hown in German ophthalmic centres, воще of Langkat. Combined a F. Endell Roeser; Inspector and
short Raubs 3 Fire broke out on the J.C.J.L. [erritorial waters. Pigeons were which were situated Mrs. H. G. Garrod; Mr. and Mrs.
Van Waerwijick,
sent horee with the information, distance behind the lines, and franchs J. McLeo; Inspector auf Mrs. | SS. J. J. Watt; Mr. S. Baker, evening. The volunteer and re- and also with the news that they soldiers were able to return to Urais
the Fire had seized a German trawler and the trenches within a few hours. Capt. and Mrs. MeAiush; Cap Brigade were called out and taken the crew prisoners, and
With the creation of the Citizeų and Mrs. J. D. Milne; Mrs. what at first threatened to Edwards; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. be
were being towed back by the Army the War Office, optically 11 serious nutbreak was trawler. In consequence of the speaking, found itself in a Craig: Chief Detective Juspector quickly got in hand. We under-pigeon's message an escort was dilemma ba thanks to the Murison; Mr. and Mrs. D. Kildeerstand that the steamer has not sent out and the trawler was assistance reniffered mainly by Mr. A. J. W. Dorling; Mr. suffered any very material damage saved as well as the submarine. the Optical Association, the diffi- and Mrs. H. Underwood; but it will be necessary to delay
"In battle as many as a thou-culty was speedily overcome. Mr. and Mr W. Cooper Pass the date of her departure.
The Van Waerwijick was hand and birds have taken part in a From the new organisation esta niore; Mrs. If. Haines and family;ed over to the Java Line on April single engagement, and the par-blished at Clifford's Inn some engineers a. a Linan, Inspect by Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and rentage of messages delivereti 290.000 is of spectacles, suit and Mrs. A. Terrett; Mr. Co. who controlled the vessel has been as high as one hundre].able for every kind of astigmatic J. Baxter Marjorie; Eileen under the local Government re- Two birds were always sent with correction, Lave been supplied. and Stanley Gärnid; en-quisition regulations.
one dispatch duplicated, and it As a result, it is calculated that ineers 8. s. "War Drummer"; A later report shows that the
COTTON MILLS proprietor King Edward Hotel tire broke out in the No. 2 hold succeeded in getting home with placed in higher categories, ami was found that one, if not both, about 150,000 men have been Mr. and Mrs. Constantine John as the vessel was lying at Buoy the message.
$0.000 others brought into the Lau Kung Mows n.
Kung Yiks Hammes: Mr. and Mrs. T. H.No. 24. The fire floats,
The birds took no noties of Army who would otherwise have Orientals Gregory: officer's as. "War under the direction of Com- Drummer"; G. and Eileen Stub-mander Beckwith. quickly arribarrage, and if there were gas-
guufire. They flew over the been rejected.
S'hai Cottons S ed and after an hour's work
From the factory supplies are Yangtszepoos b. bings; Dr. Asger;
extinguished the fire. Appar- clouds they would fly over them sent out daily to prescriptions MISCELLANEOUS. Withell; Mr. and Miss Manukently the outbreak was caused too. On several occasions wound-fron a carefully indexes and Green Islands members of the Taikon Dockyard through the carelessness of the ed birds have flown to their loft classified stock of about 1,000,000 Borneos Staff; Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith; Mr some of the numerous workmen and delivered and Mrs. G. Dancan; Mr and Mrs. employed on board the vessel. tucant life or death to a platoongirls, who begs their training, messages that lenses. The staff is composed of
Providents McKay.
The extent of the damage has not
ura company. Sometimes they when 14 years of age, most of
Dairy Farm's been ascertained.
H. K. Electrics have dropped dead in the loft as them direct from school. Each the result of gunshot wounds.
Macao Electrics has been taught how to alter,
Ropes Theirspeed in long distances repair, and screw up lenses, to Trams. LowLevelb. $7.97 81, 7,95 depends pou the wind and make frames, and to trim, edge Trams, Peak, old b weather. In a favourable irindengrave, and surface the lenses, Trams. Peak, new b cls. 75 and in good weather they will processes in which men were Laundries
$3.50 ay up to 10 or 50 miles an hour, chiefly employed before the war, strel Foundries but in a head wind and in bad! Coloured glasses and glass eyes U. Waterboats In connection with the notifica-weather the rate is about 30 are also supplied to military hos tion of influenzai-pneumonia, miles, and, except in very long pitals, as well as cases of oculists' irculars from the Local Govern stauces, they will never rest on test lenses, goggles, and special The following information has ment Board draw attention to the the way.
glasses to the troops in the East. been received from the Java- dangers of paeumonia. This is
"There is no doubt that for Another speciality is the man- China-Japan Lija and is publish escribel as one of the chief many years before the war lead-ufacture of hori frames to replace ed for general information:- "Sunken reef discovered North Causes of death in this country.ing fauciers of long-distance meta! for cold climates such as Coast Banka Entrance Alabat The new regulations impose the pigeons believed the birds might Northern Russia. The depot is Bay. Latitude
now arranging to supply the S. 128 50" daty of notification by a medical be of great importance in war. Longitude E. 105 35′′ 59.practitioner of each case of paen- The founder of the aport in this needs of the Admiralty and the Draught 18 feet."
monia when the disease is country, Mr. John W. Logan, Ministry of Pensions. Records primary, or when it occurs as the speat large sums in buying the are kept of every man supplied POLICE RESERVE ORDER-result of influenza.
very finest strains from Belgium, with spectacles, duplicates can be ud it was no doubt due to the supplied at ehors notice, and any fact that we in England possessed case of malingering detected the very best pigeous that such either in the Army or after successful work was done. discharge from it.
Mr. J.
TO MARINERS.
Commander Beckwith, Harbour Master of Hongkong, issues the following notification :-
Hongkong Eastern Entrance.-- The black and white chequered buoy marking the Bokara Rock has gone adrift. Notice will be
given as soon as the buoy is replaced in position.
Orders issued by Mr. J. W. Franks, D. S. PARA-
Band Practices for April, 1919. Friday, April; Tuesday, 22nd April; Tuesday, 29th April.
FIGHT FOR FILM MARKET.
A SUGGESTED
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ORGANISATION. The fight for the British film market appears to be imminent.
DEADLY PNEUMONIA.
INFECTION BY CONVERSATION.
All cases of malaria, lysentery, and trench fever are also to be notified. The local authority is empowered to provide medical assistance, including nursing, for patients in need of it.
"The war work of birds is
One result is likely to be a already having a most marked permanent sticlation of the One of the circulars, which is influence on the sport, for the optical industry (in England, signed by Sir Arthur Newsholine, average price of long-distance This country, it is stated, can declares that pneumonia has Pedigree binis has risen very supply the world with rough. been a matter or grave concern considerably." to public health authorities for a long time, and states that in 1911 it was responsible for 37,942 deaths in England and Wales.
A NEW BALKANS.
The American share in this, Not all parts of the country were CONDITIONS IN A apparently, is not to be limited to equally affected. Mortality
the production and marketing of decreases from north to "south,
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Subject Fast'rg & Modern Sections) Boilera. Members and those interested
films, but is to be extended to the the position of Wales being It used to be an axiom of a double front, their claim actual running of picture theatres intermediate between the North diplomacy that Austria was to the much-disputad Bukoviná on an elaborate scale, if plans and the Midlands. In London necessary for Europe. Her break-being resisted which are said to have large sums the mortality is higher than inap, it was urged, would merely farms by, the Hamanians, of money behind them are carried the Midland boroughs and lower lead to arweltef of conflictfig while the Serbs and Romanians into effect. The most ambitious than in the northern towns. small nationa, to a new and more are in conflict over the lower
Almost 70 per cent. of the involved Balkan problem. scheine of the kind which is being.
reaches of the Hiver Theiss, which talked of in Filoland is that of deaths from broncho-pneumonia How much truth would be in have a mixed population, by are cordially invited.
of life. Males occur during the first five years that axiom were there no League whom German is preponderating-
are attacked of Nations to act sa guardian can ly spoken.
an organisation which proposes to run its owo filtus in its own circuit of theatres.
Meanwhile, Mr. Harry Aitken,
more frequently then feruates, be gathered from a careful sum-}**, The Serba, Croats, and Slovenes, but this is probably largely mary of the situation resuiting who form the new Jago-Slav
a leading figure on the cotomer- a question of greater ex-from Austria's disappearance, nation, are disputing with Italy cial side of film enterprise, has sure to infection. Frous one-published in a recent issue of for the mastery of the east coast come to England, and is said to third to one-half of the deaths the Frankfurter Zeitung. It of the Adriatic Sea, be surveying the ground prepar- occur during the first four months shows ap appalling state of Italy also lays claim to the atory to initiating picture profite-pf the year. Unlike most acute affaire in Eastern tion schemes in Great Britain or infectious disease, one attack of arising from.
Europe former Austrian province of the nationalist and Tyrol, which, however, has on the Continent. Mr. Sidney pneumonia seems to render the aggressive aspirations, and gives declared itself an independent Olcott who produced "From patient more liable to a sub-some measure of the task which State. And all, with the excep Manger to Cross," is also here sequent attack.
confronts the Peace Conference. tion of Italy, are disintegrating with the intention, it is under- Isolation of the patient is The Czechs are said to be busy Hungary. These disputes are stool, of producing films in this essential. It has been shown attacking the Germaus for the all very real, and waged with country, and Mr. Sheehan, pre- that in ordinary conversation in- mastery of Bohemia, aud are in all possible bitterness, and sident of the Fox Film Company, fected material may be projected tarn attacked by the Poles, unless the supremely difficult task is credited with similar intentione. four feet, and during coughing the rich mining districts of reconciling the conflicting At the same time British pro- or sneezing as far as ten feet. in Moravia being here at ambitions is satisfactorily accom- dacer-re making rapid progress, All window curtains and
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