help to
FINE CLOTHES
are not much help in a typhoon but
fine glasses are
nlways
the eyes.
LAZARUS.
BYU's ID CENTRE.
The only Europeas Optician la the telony,
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
PUN JED 18)
No. 18,530
弍拜疆
魏四月登十英港番
TUESDAY,
HOME RAILWAY DISASTER.
F
SERIOUS LANCASHIRE TRAIN SMASH.
London, Noven.ber 3.
Twolve persons were killed and many injurod through the
derailment of the engine on the Liverpool-Blackpool express, be twoon Wreagreen and Lythat.
The ongino dashed into a signal-box, which was completely
turnod round.
A TERRIBLE NIGHT SCENE.
1
Later. The intoxt roports of the train smneh indicate that there was difficulty in identifying the 'bodies as the night was very dark and though thousands of helpors and hundreds of motor cars rushed to
the acone of the disaster,
Those killed include the driver, whosa. body it took some time
Star linor "Bardic". Many were terribly injurad. Many prominent Lancashiro business man were involved. One man was docapitated and another was obliged to have a log amputated.
The signál box was smashed to smithereons, the signalman be ing hurled into a brook below. Hafescaped injury. • -Renter.
WU'S INDISCIPLINED HORDES. ·
OUR VITAL STATISTICS.
THE RAVAGES OF CONSUMPTION.
According to the report of the
1921 consus was taken.
NOVEMBER JA,
1921
日八初月十
SINGLE: COPY.14 OTA
935 PER ANUM
RECKLESS DRIVER.
SMART FINE FOR KOWLOON BUSMAN.
to
There
When
WOB
TYPHOID FEVER.
REPORT BY MEDICAL OFFICER.
DODGE BROTHERS 5-passongor Business Sodan is honestly and wisoly built. It stands up under the stornost kind of servico. It will servo long beyond the span of life usually a loted to a motor car.
Standard
Special
.....$3,530
$3,730
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltd.]
Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.
33 Wong Nai Chung Road... Happy Valley,
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT.
LOCAL FOOTBALL.
INTERESTING REPORT BY LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE.
SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
There wore two big surprises in
of the Sanitary Department (Mr.
In the annual report of the Head the defeat of Kowloon by the longuo football on Saturday, one,
Surreye
Police
DIVISION I
Goals.
P.W.D.L. F.
4 4 0 0 12 1 8
7 4 0 3 12 16 8
6.2 2 2 0 9 6
32 10 8 0.5
4 2 0 2 12 7 4
5 1 1 3 2 -6 3
Medical Officer of Health for this morning, before Mr. E. W. Medical Officer of Health for 1923, At the Kowloon Magistracy In the annual report of the 1923 just issued, the total popula-Hamilton, a bus driver, er.ployed there is the following interesting G. R. Sayar) for last year, the Tamar, and the second, most tion of the Colony up to the by the Kowloon Motor Bus Con-reference to typhold and para following interesting paragraphs China "A" in the Second Division fromarkable, the defeat of South |middle of last year was 681,800,pany, we charged with driving typhoid fovera :-----
appear regarding the Colony's by Club de Recreio "B." Tho an increase of 56.634 since the bis bus recklessly in Natban The total cases of typhoid and development:
Road, on October 17th..
"Anoticeable feature of the year gach division. South China "A" Surroys now hold a clear lead in para typhoid is the bighost record. The report goos on to stalo that Sub Inspector Clark, wie waeed for the last ten years namely was the great activity in domoll- the Chinese population is liable passenger in the bus, said that 302 cases; the next highest figuretion of houses. The figures avail. will be noticed have yet to to much fluctuation owing to the vehicle was proceeding to being 249 in the year 1918. able show that 865 houses (or 2.264 concedo their first goal. The variations in the political condi-wards the Star Ferry, to find, and also Capt. Charles Creamo, commander of the White tione in the neighbouring province about 50 yards from the Centraleinding that of the New Torri Chinese houses as given in last
The estimated population (ox-oors) were demolished; this is loagno tables to dato follow:
15 por cont, of the total number of of China.
British School, he told the There is always a great flow of conductor stop in front tories) for 1918 was 468,100 while year's roturn. Against this 832
for 1923 it was 597,300. people to and from Hongkong and of the school.
new houses (or 2,578 floors) have Canton by rail and ships.
a Kal Tack motor bus stand- The factor of increase of popula bean completed during the year. R. A. During 1923 the following numing outside the school, but tion for 1923 on that of 1918 is of those some 50 por cent. were burs of passengers came and defondant's brakes were out of thus 1.27. The factor of ingrosso erected on ground previously un-China." A wont botwoon Hongkong and order and he had to sworve tol of the typhoid and para-typhoid bullt on, the balance being ro-oreo-Club Chinese Territory by the Kowloon avoid a colision. He turned to losses for the same your is loss tions. The result sooms to be that Tamar... Canton Railway and the the loft of the stationary bus and namoly 1.24.-
owing to the delay that must Kowloon numerous river steamors: Jalmost knocked down a Mr. Gar
There are many ways in which occur between demolition and China NEW MENACE TO THE COUNTRYSIDE.
Immigrants 709,512: Emigrants roway and a lady who had just infection of these diseases may re-erection little benefitas regards 828,287.
alighted from the other bus”. - be acquired. In the first place it housing accommodation had been Poking, November 3.
From tho- registration of Mr. Garroway gave corrobor-le noteworthy that the water-flush gained during the year. There Before his departure from Tientsin. Wu Pei-fu handed over births, the civil birth rate ativo evidence.
system of disposal of night soll were, however, about 2.000 floora command to General Chang Feng-ling, who has since informed for the year is given as 7,39 Defendant admitted that be is adapted in few buildings in the in course of erection in Kowloon
per thousand, but the rate of had to turn to the loft to avoid a Colony. Thern are thousands of on 31st December, 1923, Fong Yu-hsiang that he does not intend to light further.
Wu's departure leaves his large forces scattered, one division 23.03 is given for the non-Chinese collision, but said there was not privies and commodos in the
Kowloob EXPANSION.
Drums of wh-ch has looted a portion of Tiantain native city. Many of these population, the big disparity bo-sufficient room on the right. Colony in which night soil is troops will be roaming outlaws until the authorities provide their
and exposed and which may be visited'
St. Jos. The year witnessed a further Club pay and transportation hame.--- kanter.
by flies. Fortunatoly flies are considerable expansion on both not in this Colony so plentiful as sides of the harbour. In Hong Ching "B" University in some Eastorn citios but they kong houses of European typo C. de R. "B" may undoubtedly be a factor infare to be found scattored all St. Jos. "B" the contamination of food by along the South side of the island; Sacred H. WEI-HAI-WEI MAN
typhoid bacilli.
a model settlement at Quarry SENTENCED.
The Chinese method of manur-Bay is replacing notorious sluma highest yet recorded here. Ros Contral Magistracy yesterday a infection. To what extent carriers In Kowloon familiar farm lots AMERICAN DISASTER
[ing vegetables with human and Whitfield has a strong claim Before Mr. J. A. Fraser at the excreta is also a possible source of to inulusion in the City limite
President Resigns
Poking, "Novoniber 3.
President Teao Kun has prepared his resignation and intends to send it to Parliament to-day.
President Teno Kon has also completed a circular tologram announcing his resignation
ingon Account of the non- His Worship convicted registration of so many Chinese imposed a fine of $30. births.
The civil death rate in given an
on the previous year, the puroly 125,98 por thousand, an inerossa
Chinese death rate boing" 26 27-
per thousand. It is intorosting
to noto that the death rato in the
After rosigning, Tsao Kun will leave the Presidential mansion and take up his abode in Li Yuan bang's former private residence.piratory diseases ---Daily Bulletin.
FOOTBALL COMPETITION. -
THIRTY-THREE
$100.
DIVIDE
Ad
number of compotitors in last last, showed himself to wock's football computition, nono discriminating man. Cuecooded in sonding in a correct
bo
Д
among the
por
POLICE DESERTER,
3 1 0 2 3 4 4 0 0 4 2 16
DIVISION IL
B"
Surreys
C. de R." China
A
"A
...
4 4 0 0 8 2 4 3 0 1 21
4 3 0 1 11 5 6 4 3 0 1 8.5 6
42 0 2 11 7 4 3 2 0 3 5 8 4 4 2 0 2 4 3 4
4112 5 7 3
5113 5 17 3 4 1 1 2 4 6 3
4 0 2 2 2 9 2
4-0 1 3 5 13 1
Chinese accounted for no fower Wolbaiwei constablo named
of typhoid oxist hore is unknown.have been given over to the than 5,754 doaths, or 37.6 Young Kim-man was charged
An attempt was made several buildors, and the Indian goat- cent of the total Chinons doathe, with miscondoct by dosorting
TRAIN COLLISION KOWLOON BURGLAR.} giving a rate of mortality in the from the Force on Ontoor 11th. Years ago to estimate the num-herds of Austin Road and the ber of probablo carriors by the watercross growars of Ho Mun Chinese population (excluding the The defendant was unged on examination of a few hundred Tin have been pushed further TAKES HEAVY TOLL. New Territories) of 98 per 1,000 August 2nd, 1923 for a form of Chinese employed in the pro-afold. Sham Shui Po now desig- A DISCRIMINATING THIEF. tubercular diseases last year
The deaths from all types of three years.
The Hon. Mr. E.D.C. Wolfe but by the time somewhat less loon City shrinks behind a facade
Chicago, Nov. 3. paration and handling of food, nates a modern town and Kow.
Ten wore killed and 30 injured numbered 2,071.
(Captain Superintendent of than one hundred preliminary of brand-now tonements. The in a collision between a goods A thief who broke into Mr.
Police), prosecuting, sald the de-blood tests had been made the buffalo wallows of Kowloon Tong train and a crowded tramcar at a MALARJA. Buie'sroom at No. 1 Layes Lodge,;
fendant deserted with another Although there was a vary large Nathan Road, the night before 674 (454 in 1922). Of those October. Both wont to Shanghai Ployees caused the experiment throatous to bridle the wandering]
The deaths from malaria were Weihaiwei constable on the 11th passivo resistance of these om-contract daily, a granite drain orossing over the railway track.
The passengera in the tramcar to be abandoned. were Non-Chinese (8 in 1922) and and there proceeded to Weihai-
Introams of Kowloon Teai. The wore a merry party returning 667 Chinose. This number of
Somo few decades ago. thoro frontiers of the town are boing from a masquerade. The victima "forecast for the three matches bill from a number of other notes, the total registered deaths. The Mr. Wolfe said the defendant opinion that Chinese, at any rate to remember that in a tropical niortuary in their gaudy mas-
Selecting a ono hundred doller deuths is a percentage of 4.33 of woi by a B. and S. stoomer.
prevailed in this Colony an pushed forward and it is woll were taken to the hospital and In reply to the Magistrate,
thoso of this Colony and the naar country now ground cannot bo querado apparrel. malaris for this could have left by paying cortain Province of China, ware general-won except at a price. The price
considerable compensation. Ho did not wish ly immune to typhoid.
The gateman has been arrested increase, their percentage of the to press for a heavy penalty in
is recorded under the heading on a charge of not closing the It is probable therefore that Malaria in the mortality return gates to prevent the tramcar being the highest on view of the extenuating circum-1
a last ten years. To
stancos. When he asked the many cases of this disease and of
CEMETERIES.
approaching.Reuter's American it this
means adefondant why he deserted he paratyphoid wore not diagnosed
Service en local infection it is
Tho 'grost increase in the num- Baid he had been sick and wanted! The following is the list of NOVEL NIGHT CARNIVAL. not poble to say. That there to return home. Mr Wolfe said careful pathological and bacter-similar increase in the number of With the introduction of more bor of the living brings with it a has boon Ruch increase there was no A grand carnival will be holds
boubt that the jological methods this opinion the doad. The death roll this howevor most probable,defendant had been sick. Some
yoar exceeds 15,000 as compared at the V.R.C. on Poppy Day com-Building operations have extend-of the Weihaiwoi men found the has been greatly modified. of
moncing at 8.30 pm. All proccode, ed urban districts into what
The great increase of Chinese with an average of 10,000 for the
selected. No fower than 33 com- placed on the dressing tablo, ho putitors gave the correct rosult inado off with this.
Other pro- of two out of the thrus matahes porty in the room was loft intact.
Jayed, and, in accordance with
he rules of the competition, the rize of $100.00 is divided among hem. the individual share being! $3.00.
winners, to. each of whom
chopped" coupon has buon posted, upor presentation
S. F. Shat
POPPY DAY.
of
a cause
deaths from your
total de record what incree
ül show
BERI-BERI.
number of them contracted!
Mr. Wolfe went on to say that the defendant's record not absolutely unblemished.
WAS
to
the
as such,
Chineso
NO SURRENDER.
OPIUM
SMOKING.
Hoer Van Wettum, Nether-
All countries whore opium smoking is practised were repres- anted at to-day's proceedings. which were devoted to questions of procedure. The discusations will continue to-morrow.— Reuter
which at this ollice, the above less expenses, will be diverted to were formerly puroly rural dia. Hongkong climato unsuitable and medical mon trained in Western previous decade. For tho vast! named sum will be paid :---
INTERNATIONAL T. Silva, F. W. Railton, F. 8. Earl Haig's fund for disabled and tricts and it has beon quite malaria and other kinds of sick-medicine has also probably been majority of those, burial space Nicholla, Androw Wright. C.
for unemployol ex-service men and impossible
anti-malarial nose in the New Territory. The factor in bringing to light the has had to be provided within the
CONFERENCE MEETS Gosano, A. S. Sufflad, Miss L.
thoir dependants. A strong measures of permanent character defendant had boon in hospital no amongst the Chinese than was occupy Home 200 acres and at the existence of much more typhoid | Colony. The doad of past years Barretto, John Xavier, Tsai Chon, committee composed re to be completod in anticipation fewer than eight times this year, formerly supposed.
Geneva, Nov. 3. of the British of the building and occupation of
prosent rate alone an additional A. G. Joanillo, J. A. de Sousa, presentatives
The international confereuce S. S. Fong, J. C. Assumbhoy. Legion (the local branch of which new houses in rural districte.
Immunity is not absolute but 15-20 soros is being absorbed
the provontion of opium S. K. Lam, L. V. Xavier, Manuel is organising the Peppy Day Drive
relativo and it may be that the each year. In default of any smoking in the Far East, aum- Ptara, Lo Ching. W. P. Loon, Hongkong) and representatives Tho deaths from this disgao He lost his revolver on
Chineso do have generally a other space-saving device, a rigid moned by the League of Nations, ·· Miss K. Rumjahn, E. Abraham, of the V.R.C. and other clubs has were 1,270 or a percentage of 18th. August. At the time he somewhat higher degree of im-system of exhumation appeare to met to-day. L. D. Silva, B. 3. Viora, K. C. the affair in hand, and an evon-8.17 of the total registered deaths was inclined
munity to typhoid than do he the only solution. In certain Lako, Don Browne, J. E. Catlin. ing's ontertainment extraordinary Those total deaths exceed by there was some truth in the don suggests insolf that carriers an absolute necessity, and it seems lands, and Prince Charcon, Siam,
boliove that Europoans. If this bo so, the cometeries it has already become Tom Sulter, Ma Chiu Chong, O. promised those who desire to over 50 per cent the highest dofondant's story and he let him Hontley, Miss F. M. Gomes, P. pass the after-dinner hours of number
it should be were appointed president and of deaths from this off by his paying $23. Curiously may possibly be more common important that
the Wilson, J, Carver, L. M. Lopos, Tuesday next and, at the same disease during the last ten years. enough another man lost his Europeans.
amongst
itvice-prosidont, respectively. than adopted universally before time, support
becomes so in the others. theIt is impossible to say whether revolver after this. This man worthiness of which is beyond this increased inoidence is all was brought before the Magis 1923 the Colony was suffering During the earlier months of question.
real and due to a lowered trato and fined $100. I cannot There will be a
well known standard of living or is at any help thinking now that the from a shortage of water and dance orchestra in attendance, a rate in part due to the presence defendant got rid of his revolver the supply to the greater part of number of side-shows, and raffles of a much greater population than for his own boneft," said the the Chinese community was in- for a lady's diamond broach and that estimated and. theroforo C.S.P.
tormittont, The people were a gontloman's diamond tio pin. partly at lonet an
therefore compelled Mr. Wolfe said the Weihaiwei
to store JUDGMENT IN BENT CASE. A Telegraph roprosentative who The entertainmont will be on-linerosso.
water. men were all treated extremely varied lot of buckets, kerosine To do this they used a has been making enquirios to-day, livened by balloons, rattlos
well. He was prepared to take tins, jars, olc., which they brought Justlos Gompertz this morning
Judgment was given by Mr. GUN-RUNNING CASE, learns that Chinese merchants, squeakers, ato.. and, altogathor it
the defondant back and give him to taps and stroot hydrants to be in the case in which Ko Hing- in Hongkong are reluctant to should prove a joyous function.
another chance, if his Worship filled. Under these circumstances choong claimed $500 damages for furnish raliof to the sufferers in In a day or so the tickets (83
inflicted a fiae instead of impri-t is not surprising that more wrongful distress against Man the rocont holocaust in Canton, Leach) will be on sale; dress or without a guarantee that the fancy dress optional. It should
The Magistrato Imposed a fine typhold cases occurred than in Bo, & Chinoso, woman. supplies would reach the right bo omphasised that this carnival is.
The case was one in which the two months hard provious years. There was how quarter and not bo interfored with | being organised solely and ontiro-
aver, nothing in the incidence of defendant, originally the prinolpal by Chinoso soldiers en route. ly in the interests of the Poppy The following will represent At Mr. Wolfe's request the the disease to suggest that the tenant of the first floor of victed and fined in the sequel to
In view of tho urgoncy of the Day Drive and that the proceeds, the matter, however, another meating after deducting minor printing on Wednesday at 5. p.m.-Club if he would give an assurance the cause of the disease,
Club at Happy Valley, Magistrato asked the defendant water as supplied to people at 30, Cochrane Strast, left plain- the recent gun-running charge, house tapa or street hydrants was tiff in charge of the pre has been arrested and conveyed will be hold at a near dato to chargos, eto, will go to the Earl colours :~
that he would not desert again.
mises to collock tho interest local merchants
rent, to prison, making three mon and Haig's Fund.
J. H. Koarn, J. Wedlako, C. F. The defendant replied that his water was accompanied by a fondant surrendered the principal paying the very heavy penalties. In the year 1902 a shortage of ato. Plaintiff claimed that do-detained indeterminately, for not obtain the noɑessary quorum to|
Lloyd, D. 8. Groen, I health could not stand the Hong-severe outbreak of cholera, an-tenancy to him. sanotion any stops that may bo
Duncan, H. H. Rose W. Hkong olimato and he wished to other so-called water-borne die Mr. C. A. 8, Russ was for the docided upon.
return to Shartung.
CANTON RELIEF.
HONGKONG MERCHANTS
ATTITUDE.
THE IMBRIE MURDER.
TWO ACCUSED EXECUTED,
Teheran, Nov. 3.
Two men convicted of the
murder of Mr. Imbris, the Ame- Hoan Consul, have been executed,
THE ELECTION.
HOCKEY.
لس
apparont
CLUB "A" TEAM V. NAVY "A"
Looke, II. G. Gardner, J. Kinross,
J. C. Faors, A. Bower (Capt.)
The following will reprosent THREE MORE RESULTS.
the H. K. H. C. let XI, against London, Nov. 3. the 2nd/4th Bombay Gronadiors The English Combined Univer- on Friday, at 4.45 p.m. sharp, at sitios eloction, two seate, has the U. S. R. C.-P. W. F. Mills, resulted in the return of Sir F. C, Manolo-Hughes, G. H.
Bonmont,
of $50, or labour.
ALL ACCUSED NOW IMPRISONED.
London, Nov. 3. The accused man Firmin, con-
Inflated. Reuter,
TO-DAY.
oase, and until the time when it plaintiff and Mr. R. E. A. Webster will be possible to give every defended. THE CHINA WAR.
portion of the Colony fall and His Lordship hold that whon constant supply of water through the defendant went into the WU PELFU'S RETREAT.
out the year and consequently country she made plaintiff her to prevent the storage of water agent. She was always directly Tientsin, Nov. 3-Wu Pol-fu in Chinese houses and its colloc responsible to the real landloni Martin Conway, Conservative, Piercy, D. L. Ralph, E. J.. R. left for Tangku early this morn- tion In pots ato. of doubtful for the rent and there was there and Kr. Hal Fisher, Liberal. Mitchell (Capt), Rev E. W. Ling, presumably in order to board eloanliness, there will be a risk of fore nover. Any surrender of the Another Liberal, Sir Murdoch Martin, D. H. F. Mo Master, G. a ship for the South. The Fel-water-borne diseases prevailing tenancy: Hina Lordablp: gave Macdonald, has been returned B. Hett, W. J. Woodward, H. J. tang front is completely broken during times of intermittent judament for the defendant, witis Temperature ||for Inverness.---Router,
Armstrong and B D. Evans; tan ---- Reuter.
Løupply.
Closing Exchange 2a. 4, 13/16 Lighting Up-Time ≥5,44 p.m. Barometer
8 p.m. 80,00.
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