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FRIDAY, JULY 29.
OUR DAILY TALK ON HEALTH
OVER-EATING IS CAUSE OF MANY ILLS
MORE WORK FOR ORGANS.
the
BRIDGE COLLAPSES AT SHANGHAL.“
FIVE PEOPLE THROWN INTO CREEK.
barge
Narrow Escapes.
PUBLIC MONEY.
FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVES VOTES.
EXPLORER'S LONG SILENCE.
IN UNKNOWN BRAZIL FOR TWO YEARS.
..
The Finance Committee of the Legislative Council at a meeting
Alarm is beginning to be folt held yesterday afternoon, approved for the safety of Col. P. H. Faw- TWO CHINESE INJURED.
supplementary expenditure amount cetf, from whom no nows has been recolved since shortly after he set With a warning cracking of Modern medicine gives more attention to diet than to almost heavy timber, which could being, to $124,282, The votes were out, in the early, part of 1926 any other single factor in the con- heard for a block distant, the given in detall. In Wednesday's the face of grant risics, on an ox- of the Telograph, the pedition to the Interior of Brazil.
Dr. D. G. Hogarth, referring to trol of the human body. The Markham Road Bridge over Soo issue
or woman needs to chow Creek, Shanghal, collapsed chief Items boing $95,000 for the Col. Fawcett's long silence in his normal man
Geographical Socisty. at the give some concentrated attention on Saturday hurling five Chinese Tytum Tuks schema, engine and presidential address to the Royal..
pedestrians into the water, injur ing two, pinioning a large coal boiler; $17,000 for publie conveni-Collar Hall; Bond-street, W., TQ- to this topic.
beneath the debris and onces at King's Park and the Gad-cently, said:
Before his departure Colonel The appetite is a fairly good guide to the time when eating damaging a number of smaller coigne Road Sewer, and $10,000
The accident occurred for the water boat dock at La Fawcett stated that he proposed. boats.
to go where nane but he could should be indulged in and shortly before 4 p.m. The bridge Chi Kok.
The Colonial Secretary (the Hon. hope to penetrate and pass: quantity to be taken. It is a good collapsed on the Settlement side
He insisted that no uneasiness rule to stop just short of satis:and in the centre, the Chapoi end Mr. W. T, Southorn) presided over faction. An epicure or gourmand remaining standing but threaten-the meeting, and there were also need be felt. If nothing was heard present the Colonial Treasurer of his fortunes for two whole is hardly likely to stop at thising to collapse at say moment.
the bridge to and (Hon. Mr. C. Mcl. Megaer), the years, or even more.. Traffle over point.
Hle line was to atrike north. There are
a few simple rules from Chapel, and on the creek, was acting Director of Public Works associated with eating that might completely halted and probably (Hon. Mr. H. T. Jackanan), Hon.
will be for days to come. Scores Sir Shouson Chow, Hon. Mr. D. from Cuyaba, in the province of well be observed by everyone.
of boats of varying sizes were G. M. Bernard, Hon. Dr. R. H. Matto Grosso, to the headwaters A good set of teeth permits halted, resulting in a heavy jam Kotewall, Hon, Mr. W. E. L. Shen-of the River Zingu, and on reach- tude to turn across more than complete chewing without "netch on the creek. In the meantime ton, Hon. Mr. A. C. Hines and Hon. ing the 11th parallel of south lati- erized" concentration on the num- Markham Road traffic, always Mr. J. Owen Hughes.
The votes having been approved, 1,000 miles of unknown country ber of bites or movements of the heavy, will be diverted to Stone
Almost from the start his ex- jaw, which is likely to interfere Bridge and other Soochow Greek the Colonial Secretary said there to the Atlantic. with digestion. Lumps of food bridges, while creek traffic will be was one other small item he wish should not be swallowed, and that diverted to other and smaller ed" to place before the Finance pedition had to hope to live sololy Committee. In order to improve on the country, although this is, or less desert means that food should not be ereeks.
the sanitation round about the hut-in part, of more taken in haste. The saliva should
ments at Shumshuipo, the military character. Further on, it would be thoroughly mixed with the food, since it contains valuable
So far as could be ascertained jauthoritics were very anxious that have to make contact with tho digestive terments.
there were no deathe as a result the Government should proceed wildest of Indian tribes, out of Since Colonel. Fawcett more Overeating means that more of the collapse, which is regarded with the latrine provision for the reach of white races. food will be taken than can easily as a miracle as the bridge is usual area. The Government had not be digested, and that extra weightly more or less peopled at that hour intended to go on with just yet than two years ago left the ex- will be carried, and that the organs About a score of persons, it was owing to lack of funds, but the treme range of effective Brazilian will be given more work to do stated, were on the bridge at the military were prepared to put aphority at Bakuiri post all has No mission. of search could at. than they can reasonably handle. time of the collapse, the majority $10,000, and in view of this, they been dark.
tempt to follow him far beyond Their response is to develop dis of them taking warning and run thought it wlae to go straight
ning for safety. Five, however, ahead with the scheme, which that point, for if the party that.. orders.
were thrown into the water and would cost $16,000. He there he led could not penetrate and Becomes a Habit.
were pulled out by Chinese in fore asked the Committee's appro- push through, much less can any
val of the scheme and authority to one else. The only thing to do.
It was an will be
to prospect in various Eating may be developed into a boats.
The bridge has long been in carry out the work. habit so that one becomes hungry at definite hours and so that suffi- need of repairs, it was learned, eminently desirable schome, and directions, just so far as is con- cient time will einpse between but the Chapel authorities refused as they would get rather more than sistent with reasonable prospects meals to permit complete diges- the necessary permission to the half contributed by the military, of apfe return,, and gather from tion of the food that is taken. Settlement to have the repairs he thought it was wise to proceed. natives such information of what
The Committee approved.
is beyond as may be procurable. Some foods require four or five made. Engineers of the Public hours for digestion. It is obvious Works Department, of the Séttie newment have long felt that the undesirable to pour in
On the arrival of the Renown at materials while the old are in bridge was unsafe and repeatedly mediately under the structure on process of absorption.
made efforts to have it repaired, the Settlement side, was caught by Portsmouth it was learned that it were met with the falling piles and tightly wed-was partly due to the courage of It Petty Officer Jefferies that the fre ged in by the heavy timbers. Americans have developed the all of which
steady refusal by the Chinese. habit of eating or drinking to re-
Although it is not a difficult will be a matter of days before which broke out in the cruiser lieve fatigue. When a person is tired his body needs a chance to matter to divert pedestrian and the boat is released. In the meanwhile in, the Indian Ocean on May recuperate and it is not advisable vehicular traffic to other bridges, time a score or more of coolies are 26 was got under control. The will greatly inconvenience bringing the cargo of coal to the outbreak was caused by the burst. ing of an oil supply pipe, and dim- to throw in quantities of food at it
So far as Socchow shore.
Immediately after the collapse city was experienced in stopping such a time, neither is it desirable many persons. to overstimulate the body with Creek traffle is concerned the tol stimulating drinks or drugs in lapse of the span will work hard-Settlement police arrived on the the flow of oil from the burst pipe order to overcome fatigue. At ships upon many persons who descene and affixed a red warning into the stakehold. This was such times the body requires restpend for the livelihood on their flag to the Settlement approach to accomplished by Petty Officer Jof- business transacted on the creek the bridge. The same was done ferics, who pluckily made his way. through the smoke and flames and more than anything else.
It will be some time before the on the Chapel approach.
The two Chinese who were in-shut off the supply pipe and also debris is removed and honts per-
jured sustained only minor hurts, shut off one of the boilers. P,0." mitted to pasa.
it was stated, and were not sent Jefferies, who was thanked by to the hospital. During the after-Captain Sullivan, the captain of yes-noon thousands of Chinese lined the ship, for his bravery, suffered terday, a large coal barge, head the creek shore on the Chapel side from burns and the effects of the prepared causes a reflex flow of ing upcreek and at the time im- to gaze at the wreck of the bridge, smoke, but recovered after a few gastric juices which aid digestion.
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