DAY BY DAY.
There were two fresh cases of diphtheria reported yesterday. one being British and the other Chiness {fata}). There was alsoj one case of enteric fever, the sufferer being Japanese.
ON THE WATERFRONT.
THE- HONGKONG" TELEGRAPHE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1921
ONE TROUBLE AFTER ANOTHER.
The Kiangchow Arrives This Morning.
**Misfortunes? Never Dome aingly," says the old adage, and Thenew ChinaNarigation.Com: few can say that they have DOVOT 's steamer Kjangobow, the found this to be true. In the cash third that has arrived from Home of Mr. P. B. D. Ratnaiks, splor reached Hongkong, this fore-ed on the Ingiriya Tea Estate, At noon after a voyage on which she Matale, Ceylon, malaria was the A European, whose name for behaved well. The new Tessal is original trouble and rhaumetiam obvious reasons was not divulga duplicate of the Kalgan, which followed after. It was not until, ed, was yesterday robbed of was the first of the new fleet. he drove the rheumatic poison sum of $175 while in a helpless Two more are duo within the out of his blood by the use of Dr. condition in a street at West next month or so. Point After
Williams' pink pills that he found little **cale- The vessels have nearly the permanent care. bration" st the Soldiers' Club, ha samo dimensions. Length 310 facts as related by Mr. Ratoatı Here are the engaged a ricksha and promptly feet, breadth 41 foot, depth 23 when seen at his home, 151 went to sleep in it. After feet, gross weight about 2630 Rattola Road, Matale a while ago. three hours of aimless wan-tans, dead weight 3180 tons. "Malarial fever pulled me
Charges on N. Y. K.
daring the coolia grow weary They are fitted with turbine down so greatly that I became a of the "sport" and gently machinery and have a speed of viction to rheumatism which dumped the man at a spot between about eleven knots. Water and Whitty Streets and
carme great suffering for one departed. Shortly afterwards a
and a half years," said he. "My number of mezi passed by and
Seattle Line.
joints swelled horribly, and 1 seeing what easy picking the
Heretofore the N.Y.K. charged suffered intense pain in them. European provided, rifled his uniform rate for all first-class also around my waist and to my pockets and stole bundle of bartha from the Far East to Seattle right hand. So weak and help notes of the value of $175. The ar Victoria B. C. irrespective of less did I eventually becoms that Joss was reported to the police, the location and accomodation, I could not stand on my legs nd hat it appears there is very little except for single-berth cabins and was obliged to take to my bed.or chance of the money being
cabios de luxe, to which higher six months. recovered.
rates were applied. Wish
"Nothing prescribed, benefited object of maintaining more equit-me and I began to despair of re- In his eagerness to watch other able fares, however, the Company Covery. But one day I was led people watchman stationed at has now adjusted the rates and try Dr. Williams' pink kils. the pains perceptibly Lascar Row neglected to watch graded them according to the Thea himself. A thief came along and nature of the accomodation lessened day by day. The
stole a purse from the watch-
offered.
tba
swelling left Ey joints, and bead-
man's pocket, and bad it no: Fram Yokohams they are as aches which had been among my
been
for the watchfulness of follow:-
FIRST CLASS.
symptoms ceased. By the time that I had finished fire bottles of Dr. Williams' pink pills I found Pes Berbyself completely cared.
Since deck single then I have kept in excellent berth cabin
1690 eye on Promenade deck two berth the thief for over a quarter of cabin
another watchera lukong-be would have watched in vain for the return of his purse. As it Promenade turned out the lakong, who had been keeping bis
ao bour, was right on the spot Bridge deck three berth when the thief started to put his cabin designs on the watchman into Upper deck single Berth practise. When taken before Mr. cabin
R. E. Lindsell at the Police Coan Upper deck. other Cabins this morning the thief pleaded
SECOND CLASS.
not guilty and produced two Upper deck, All cabins "friends" who disappointed him greatly by disclaiming any know edge of the incident. As a COD- sequence he was taken sbarply to task by the Magistrate for "telling llas," and questioned as
bis occupation. He
to
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The rates from Hongkong as follow:-
FIRST CLASS. Promenade deck, single
berth cabin Promenade deck, two berth WEJ cabin
a seaman, it appeals, who was Bridge deck, three berth recently discharged from the cabin
Takada on account of ill-besith. Upper deck, single berth Mr. Lindsell You are well Upper deck all cabins enough to loaf about the streets
lies!
Three
SECOND CLASS.
bealth."
Malaria so impoverishes the 600 blood and nodermines the system that sufferers from is often 600 fall victim to other maladies as
well, chief of which are rbeoma- 600 tism, goat, lumbago and scistica, 340 also digestive troubles. In all such cases Dr. Williams' pink 350 pills for pale people, the famous are blood and nerve tonic, are of the
utmost value. They are obtain-1 able from medicine vendors everywhere. also post free at 5962 $1.50 the bottle, $800 for six bottles, from the Dr. Williams* 750 Medicina Co., 96 Szechoen Road,
Shanghai.
7501
824 675
436
TYPHOON WARNING.
The telegram quoted below wal received by the American Con- sulate General Hongkong, fram the Manila Observatory at 9.004 a.m. to-day
and pick the pockets of honest Upper deck, all cabins people. Telling months."
Acid and Ether. The B. I. steamer Tanda from Kote and Amoy had 9 cabin and 323 deck passengers on board. All were through passengers The typhoon is crossing the Her cargo was general, but she Visayas. Islands in the form of s had 69 cases of acid and ether, shallow depression.
CORRESPONDENCE.
To the Editor of the "agkan
Telegraph."
The S.P.C.A.
from Kobe to Hongkong, on deck.
N.Y.K. Charters Ship.
We hear that the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, which has con- Sin-Some few days ago, tracted for the transportation of noticed a letter in your columns wheat from Australia. has de from Member Only seeking cided to charter the Meiko Maru, information whether 353 repres- 6,800 tons dead weight, from ented the sum total of animal from the lovers in the Colony; or for the Transportation Company, at
Meiji Marine reasons why the remainder, re-monthly rate of Y2.40 a ton and frained from joining the Societyto place it for a single service in I have not seen any critcisms put order to facilitate the carrying off forward in reply, so I think that shipments from
It is only fair to conclude that the Japan. majority of the people of this
Colony (who must be fully aware
Australia
a
to
Praise For China Built Ships.
of the cruelly existing)are totally Mr. G. E. Hoots who re- indifferent to the welfare of dumb ceny arrived by the Golden animals, at least, those not their State in Shanghai to act as own properly.
Yours, etc. "ANOTHER MEMBER" Hongkong, Dec. 15th, 1921.
The League of Fellowship and Service.
performance engineer on the new American Shipping Board freigh ter Cathay, built at the Kingnan Dock and Engineering worke | says that Shipping Board officials are pleased with the ships built
in China. The Cathay, the fourth of the Shipping Board's 14,000) Sir, I justice to the above League, and for the benefit of on freighters built at the Chines
NOTABLE COMPOSERS.
RUBINSTEIN.
Russian Composer of Middle Nineteenth Century. Anton Rubenstein (1830-1894) those who were not present a expected to leave Shanghai for founder of the Russian National government shipping yards, is was a Russian by birth and the! last Monday's meeting. I desire San Francisco in a day two. The Conservatory of Music, yet the to point out that the following three ships of this class which majority of programme of future work was have been delivered by the Chi-reflect the influence of Romantic his compositions Lea suggested by me, namely: ese yards are the Mandarin, School of Germany, where he was 1.-1bs formation of an In-Celestial and Oriental. Every, educated. Few of Rabenstein s dustrial Institute for togs and one of them, according to Mr. works are characteristically Rus-|| girls, to serve the purpose of a Re Hooks, has proved satisfactory in sian. formatory for boys and to be also its trial mos and in service.
The most brilliant pianist of his
& training school in useful employ The contract speed of the freight day; Rubenstein toured Europe ments for both boys and girls.
2.-The formation of an Inter their trist runs they have per- success. His greatest works were ers is 10 34 knots an hour, but is and America with dazzling national Club for the purpose of bringing the different races in the
Colony closer together.
3. The education of children
useful subjects.
formed at 13 knots an hour.
|for piano; five piano concertos, A Common Occurrence.
many quintets for pisno end Three men and one woman ap-stringed instrumente; over one
at cinema theatres in various peared in the Marine Court this hundred songs, six symphonies, morning before Commander Beck-and thirteen operas His larger 4.The formation, of a local with charged with going alongside works are rarely given, and his branch of the Royal Asiatic the steamer Tanda without the fame rests entirely on his piano Society
permission of a police officer and compositions and a few songs. before the vessel had been ar-
MELODY IN F amined by the police yesterday.
The Melody in F is the most
The Committee, which was ap. pointed atlat Monday's Meeting' will shortly be convened for the Arthur Blackman, L. S. No. 5, purpose of appointing Special ho proved the charge, said that universally beloved of any of Hu-
Committees to deal with the above four subjecta.
Yours faithfully.
H. E. POLLOCK, Princes Buildings, 15th. Dec. 1921
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1872-1873, Many verses have
One of the defendants against been set to this melody for chorus whom there was no previous conviction, was fined 10 with And solo eloging. It is a perfect the alternative of 14 days' hard ample of poetic thought in the labour. The three others had long form.
been previocaly convicted and were Ened $15 with the alterETİYO
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