THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH;
HUDSON Announces
Sharp Price Reductions
FOR 1924 SEASON
EFFEC FIVE AT ONCE
Get These New Low Prices Before Purchase of any Car
Rumors to the Contrary. Notwithstanding the only HUDSON that will be produced in 1924 will be
The Car You Know so Well-the Famous
HUDSON Super-Six
And More Than Ever It Will Be Known as
The World's Outstanding Motor Car Value
passenger HUDSON Touring. $3.675
7-passenger HUDSON Touring.
..53.800
HUDSON also builds the ESSEX
5-passenger Essex Touring......$2.500
(Above prices include 5 curd tyres on 5 wire wheels.)
The DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltd.
ESSEX MOTOR CARS
HUDSON SUPER
Latest Models on View at our Show Rooms and
Service Station. Come and See Them.
Wong Nei Chung Road, Happy Valley.
Telephone Central 3950.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1923.
NOTHING NEW.
Rugby Football in Ancient
Athens.
available at the time.
MODERN LIGHT AN URGENT PROBLEM.
CRUISERS.
сод
ruisers
The Shanghi Russian Refugees.
TROPICAL DISEASES. Migration of White Races. Writing on the Government's Sir Edgar Wigram writes to decision to
A report written over a year resume the
The question of the Russian ago by Dr. 8. M. Lambert, M.D., the Ties Archeologists at struction of light cruisers, Mr.refugees in Shanghai grows more of Suva, is noted in a recent issue Athens have been recently in Hector
and more serious. Much has of C. Bywater. in the
the Journal of Tropical vestigating the walls of Themis. f. Feront, considers what been done already for them and Medicine. It deals with ankylos. toctes terected in 178 B.C.; and the other Powers
the best thanks of the community tomisats, or hookworm disease, doing. are bave, bean grutified to find With the exception of one ship, are due to those ladies and gentle and mass treatment is suggested confirmation of the staterant offer at most two, launched in Japanmen who have taken upon their to deal with it. Dr. Lambert the Father of History that, in recently, all foreign
shoulders, entirely voluntarily, points out that just a few genern. the urgency of the occasion, and building or projected are of large the task of providing for these tions ahead of us the pressure of the shortage of building material, dimensions of the oceangoing unfortunates and of eventually subsistance will become so great the builders were constrained to type, as distinct from the class of sending them to permanent in the temperate climates that utilize any old tombstones and feet cruisers" su numerous in
hames. Yer it is extremely we shall be forced to develop the statue bases that they could find the British Savy. Japan has doubting whether casual volunt-Tropics and settle in them.
gained a long lead in cruising We have it on the authority of a during the past forty years at ap ary effort can solve the problem. This process has been going on One such base-known as the ships since the war and it Base of the Athletes has been possesses an imposing fleet of refuger, who manages to earn accelerating speed, the principal extracted from the wall and set large, swift and seaworthy ships, barely sufficient to keep himself,, obstacle being the discases that up in the Athens Museum ItIgnoring the two Taisutas and et spends what little he has abound in the hot zone. The first bears on its Two faces two the newly completed Yuturi.
of spare time in endeavouring great impetus given to tropical archaic but spirited bus-reliefs which are small but very list to help his fellow country-development was the discovery representing (a) six youths play-ships, obviously designed for dutyen, that there are at least 10,000 that malaria is transmitted by ing hockey, and (b) six youths with the Fleet, there are now Russians now in Shanghai, practi- the mosquito. This was followed playing Rugby football. It is not cruisers averaging 5,600 tons, all cally all without means of sub-by the demonstration in Cuba pretended, of course, that the of "which made or exceeded 34sistence and be says he is certain that yellow fever was
aisa players are observing modern knots on trial, and are remark that there are even more than mosquito transfer. Both of rules exactly. But in theable for their excellent nautical this ure. That means that the these diseases are being gray- "Rugby panel the
ball is qualities.
Three further ships Bussians here number about half pled with. and their treal- the size of a football and one are still building, so that the the rest of the white population.ment further advanced The of the "backs" has caught it.total establishment of these s
The depths to which these us-particular disease of hookworm and is about to throw it forward, called "medium" cruisers will scarcely can be imagined, but it great extent, though the coolies fortunate people have fallen does not affect the European to a while his two "forwards" are eventually reach 14 units. prepared to follow up the throw Of later design are the four will be understand how despenite on estates are frequent sufferars. with a charge Throwing is to ships of the Kako or Furutkey ar when, as is a fact, some and anything done to counterzet greater a violation of existing class, two of which are on the thon have applied to the its infection would not only al rules than Ellis's famous run was stocks and two more to be com
Chinese authorities for permiteas leviate degree of sickness but of the rules of his day; and, in- meneed this year. In these the pullers, and have been would also be economically deed, if we may assume that the displacement is 7910 tons, max when a man takes on such a job, the worse and the estate the granted them. It is obvious that sound, as a sick coolie is himself incident depicted is a thrwin mufi speed 34 knows, and 6-inch from touch. there is a need to guns of a new and very powerful is not one of those who will loser infer any violation of existing mark will replace the inch work. Then there is that sad Dr. Lambert states that wo rules at all
which Can
en know now that the hookworm Perhaps, instead of celebrating iumships are uniformly armed:
weapons with which the med-ight
daily in Sanking Read. Larva only lives six weeks in a the intrentenary of Rugby foot-The last of these four big ernisers just. shve Kiangse Ko.. tropical soil. Granted the use of ball we ought to be celebrating is due for commissioning in 19 not more than eight or nine the
of a little Russian girl. apparent-Carbontetrachloride, the twenty-fourth.
sud as the Naval Minister res
remedy he recommends, cently announced that the build-years old pitifully holding out with the knowledge of this liter ing programme would not be tardior box of cigarettes or sweets fact, we now have some real bope affected by the earthquake dis for sale. She seldom seems to sell of eradicating hookworm diseas
anything, but if she sold the lot from any given area.
A gentle- the profits would be minute. Thereto. who has been Colonial
of several also is a street shoeblack and a Secretary
of His Majesty's Colonies, suggests the scissors-grinder.
The white man's prestige al possibility with proper organisa- dy must have fallen very con- tion of treating whole populations siderably and if it is to count for on one day a year, or two days a anything at all, these unfortunate Fear six months apart. If this
were done it would Hussians must be got way to
to
BRITISH CHESS EXPERT FOR INDIA.
Subject to the necessary in-aster. this date is evidently to be ancial arrangements being made, adhered to. Larger and more the Council of the British Chess powerful in were respect are the Federation have decided to try four "semi-armoured cruisers meet the request from the which complete the Japanese pro- Indian unit by sending the Bri-gramme. Whether work has tish Champion. Sir G. A. Thomas, actually started is not Known to India in the cold weather of positively, but the first two were 1924-45. I hoped that Sir ordered from the Kure and Sasel George will be able to play in Dockyards in the spring of this series of matches with the best year, so that the keels have Indian chess experts in Bombay probably been laid by now and Calcutta. Sir George's visit understood the third and fourth will also interest india's tennis ships will be prat in hand early players as he ranks almost 15 next year. One was to have been high in the lawn tennis world is built at Yokosuka, but the almost total destruction of that dockyard will ueressitate the placing of the work elsewhere.
lin chos-.
SINCERE'S
CHRISTMAS
BAZAAR
IS NOW
IN FULL
@SWING®
This Year The Variety of Merchandise
To Be Found At Our Store is Greater
Than Ever.
Give The Kiddies A Treat By Bringing Them Early.
THE SINCERE CO.
OLD NAMES REVIVEU
It is
1
which is
mean time
the elimination each place where they can earn about of a big gymkhans to be the egg-laying females which living. There is a rumour going of ver 90 per cent. of
Officially, cause soil pollution. Such held for their benefit.
thing has been heard of it, hot plan would mean the control en would be a quick way to raise masse the ill-effects
transportation money, if anyone can say where the exiles could be sent. NA.D.N.
destined speed be less than 33 Owing to their size and import-knots. If the three smaller "Beet ance, it is proposed to bestow in feruises" are added, the ali these fit ships names which brought up to 25. It is important commemorate the old battleships to note that in 1927 the oldest of that made history in the was with these ships will have been in Russia, so that a new Fuji, a new Asahi, a new Shikishima, etc.
service barely eight years.
i- the
P
of
hookworn disease. If this plan
were followed for several years. be suggests, it might mean the permurent erarlication of the disease as an economie factor. has been done in the way shown at the recent Medical of prevention of malaria Was Congress at Singapore.
of what has been accomplished The testimony of Dr. Watson
Next in importance
at Carey Island, in the peninsula United States cruiser deat, per-shows what can be done in bring- and Blakan Mati, at Singapore, sent and prospective. It consisting tropical diseases under con- at present of ten units, all exactly
building or are about to build.
NEW LAMBETH BRIDGE. London County Council was
may be found under the Chrysin themum flag. High speed, for midable armament, and large fuel capacity will be distinctive fea-alike, France and Italy are al-o trol.-Ex. tures. Normal displacement will be 10,000 tons, and they will The only other new cruising mount six or eigh: Sinch guns in ships of any importance are the turrets. These ships are due for Java and Sumatra, completing to be asked recently to agree to completion not later then 1927. for the Netherland Fleet. They the construction of a new bridge By that date therefore. Japan will are vex-h of 7,000 tons and 30 at Lambeth 60 feet in width in have the following modern crui- | knots speed, with an armament of place of the existing one, which ser: Fourteen "medium"
ten 5.0-inch guns.
was condemned as long ago as about 50k rons; four "heavy"
1892. This would provide two 7,210 tens: and four
footways each 12 feet wide, and arinoured." 19,999 tons ma total of
a carriage-way 36 feet wide, 22 ships all suitable for overseas
which would accommodate four. operations. In no case will the
lines of vehicular traffic.
-
ÚGGETT & MYERS TUKTI &
Until the new ships are started the Batish, Sasy will contain only five cruiser comparable in size, speed, and power to the foreign ship- referred to abdre.
HESTERFIELD cigarettes are
possible quality at the lowest possible price.
We buy only the choicest and most expensive grades of Turkish and Ameri can tobaccos. And then these fine to- baccos are blerided in just the right pro- portions for full flavor and pleasing taste. You can't buy such quality in any other cigarette at the price.
Try them today.
"They Satisfy"
Chesterfield
CIGARETTES-
of finest Turkish and American tobaccos-blended
Lacter & Myens Toucco Co., U. 8. A., Mandatorer