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a sufficient number of qualified medical men. It is estimated that among a population of four hun
HEAVY OIL ENGINES dred million, there are not
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BRADLEY-On February 12th, 1929, at the Victoria Hospital. Hongkong, to Mr. and Mrs. C. 1. Č. Bradley,, a daughter.
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
WEDNESDAY. FEB. 13.
CHINA'S MEDICAL
PROBLEM.
1929
away
DAY BY DAY.
THE INFINITELY. LITTLE HAVE A PRIDE INFINITELY GREAT.-Voltairo.
H.M.S. Sirdar left Shanghal for Wuhu yesterday.
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The P. and Q. s.s. Muntua, from Hongkong, arrived at London on the 8th February at 10 am.
FAREWELL DINNER.
ENJOYABLE MILITARY
GATHERING.
The Very Idea!
While stripping wallpaper in one
A farewell dinner organized by of the rooms of the Customs House the Regimental Branch Soldiers at Truro, preparatory to redecor- ating It workmen discovered that Guild of St. George, 1st Bn. Bed the walls underneath were covered fordshire and Hertfordshire Regi- with newspapers dating back over ment, was held on Saturday at the a century and a quarter. One of Cafe Alexandra. The gucats and them, The Courier and Evening members, numbering 56, were com- Gazette, London, of a date in July. 1797, contained dispatches signed posed of representatives of the by Iloratio Nelson, stories of R.A.M.C, K.O.S.B's and Beds, and Napoleon Bonaparte's expeditions, Hert's, Regt. The room and tables and a list of ships in the Meditor were tastefully decorated,and to rancan Fleet under the command of "
of commemorate the occasion of the Earl St. Vincent. A copy
The Star of about the same date re- Inst official function, n flashlight
corded the Introduction of Pitt's photo was taken-
first Budget, in regard to which it was denied that be intended to tax sunlight and sleep.
During the course of the evening, various speeches were made. The frat was C. S. M. Unthank who, before tonating the King expressed hopes for His Majesty's speedy re
Cheung Shing, a cabin-boy cm-overy. ployed on the 8.5. Ixion, was ar rested yesterday on a charge of member of the S. G.. of St. George, Private Kingscote, a very active stealing a watch and chain, value then spoke of the way the com- at $100, the property of Dr. H. Smittee had been supported by such Thomson, of the same ship.
a large number of people turning up, thus making the dinner a suc- cess.
10011 Wak
.
Man accused at Coventry of being drunk on New Year's night- It was the first time this year, your Worships.
Willesden Applicant-From the look of things, 1929 is not likely tu bo much class. My luck has been out since it started.
Woman at Tower Bridge-I met some Scottish friends and thuy gave me whisky. Magistrate I advise you to avoid friends at the New Year, especially Scottish
Samuel Weller was the name of a witness called for the defence in a recent case at the Reading County. Court by Mr. II. C. Dickens (a grandson of the novelist), counsel for the defence.
The P. and O. as, Kashgar is for many years so lacking in the due In Hongkong from Shanghai amenities of life and so unattrac-at about 6 a.m. on Friday. tive to the educated man, as com- A dance is being held at the pared with the large cities, that itralace Hotel, Kowloon, to-morrow is to the latter that most modern-night, commencing at 9 p.m. trained men are attracted., This, in turn, only makes the struggle for existence in the profession all the keener. To lower the standard of qualifications would not help, says
The Ben Line 6.5. Bony Dr. Woo; indeed, he foresees that from Home, Straits and Philip any such step would be most dis-pines ports, is due hero to-morrow. astrous in its consequences. The only solution, he thinks, Is the creation of a service, on the model of the Indian Medical Service, The security of tenure, the dignity of being a State ofletal, the pros- pects of promotion, the facilities
This morning's Harbour Office for research and post-graduate reports gave 15 arrivals and 11 The next speaker was Private study, and, last, but not least, the departures, with British four and C. Styler, who reminded the guests provision of pensions, would, in three respectively, leaving 78 ves that, although they were enjoying friends.
sela in harbour, of which 20 were themselves, they must not forget Dr. Woo's opinion, bo found British. The total of British car-their homes and loved ones. He also Bufficient inducement to attract the goes was approximately 7,000 tons.wished the friends who are leaving for Home and other stations the younger members of the profession
from the glamour of the A remand until to-morrow after-best of luck in their new spheres
ordered by Major C. of life: cities where they now congregate.
Willson, at the Central Magistracy When Private Frazer, the M.C., That China is woefully behind this morning, when the two Chin entled on C.Q.M.S. Davison to speak
The University Correspondent, in the times in the matters of public ese who are charged with posses- there was much amusement, as this health and sanitation there can be sion and uttering of forged TramW.O. is well known as a raconteur. announcing the winner of its an- no denying. The country is flooded way scrip were brought before his The C.Q.M.S. commenced by saying nual prize for the best collection of that he must congratulate the com-school "howlers," gives a selection Worship.
mittee on their good work and then from the entries received: Have a bit of bright and fatherly with charlatans and quacks, who trade upon the creduity and super-
Chan Fo, the mistress of a pondvice to the younger members, stitions of the people; and thesenger bout was charged before later obliging by giving necessity for the registration of all Commdr. J. B. Newill, D.S,O., R.N.. monologue which was well received, this morning at the Marine Court, medical
is self-apparent.
with committing a breach of her There are, conceivably, many good boat Heenee by carrying 40 bags points about some of the Chinese of salt. She pleaded guilty, and medical theories, but this can only was. fined $10. be established as the result of re- search by qualified men. Such, re- search, for which the Government might well provide funds, would have the result of preserving what is of real value in the old materia medie: But the great need la to train up a class of young and en-
benefit, by getting new members. out for another. thusiastic doctors, imbued with the
An appeal for subscriptions for spirit of service. in that work,
the Church of England waits and strays Society was then made which that the Hongkong
met with a ready response. After University, and other like institu-
singing For he's a Jolly Good might come in any time to sue tions, can do much for Chinn. Butterday. The Petersfield left Hong-Fellow" and "Auld Lang Syne" the side by side with the training of kong for Cantou at 8.30 .m. to-menthers and guest's dispersed
day and will return to Hongkong | Contributed, mustabout February 17
men
Dr. Arthur Woo, the President we believe
of the China Medical Association, who is extremely well-known in Hongkong as one
of the ablest young Western-trained, medical these young- men there men of the Chinhae community, be the creation of
The Interport Games,
real
Owing to the indisposition of Mr. E. W. Hamilton, Mr. E. J. Wynne- ones occupied the Bunch at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning. The part-heard case in which JT. Cotton is charged with establishing wireless transmitting station without a permit, was adjourned till Friday morning
The flag of 11.E. Vice-Admiral AK. Walatell, C.B., Commander fu-Oblef of the China Station, was transferred from IIMS. Kent 10 11.11.S. Petersfield at sunset yes
Government passengers leaving: for Home by the s.8. Kashgar on Saturday, include Mrs. R. E, and Miss Lindsell of the Magistracy; Mr. F. J. De Rome and Mrs. E.S. Murphy of the Education Depart- ment; Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom and children, Mr. and Mr. Wadmore and
child, Mr. R.S. Vergette and Mr. R. Cryan of the P.W.D.
dealt in a very outspoken manner State service, sufficiently" àitrac- with Chian's medical problems in tive to draw those qualified into its the course of his presidential ad- ranks. Tress in Shanghai last week. His principal suggestion was the cren- tion in China of a State Medical Service based on the model of the Indian Medical Service, and he has been worthily. upheld during The Colony's sporting reputation
made a very pertinent appeal that the week-end, the leading local ex-
Iteturns of notifiable disenses | every advantage should be takenponents of the, rugger and soccer for the past four daye show 22 of outskie help in the tank which codes both accuring convincing further cases of small-pox, all lies before the nation. We have victories in Interport duela with Chinese, of which 16 were from heard so much misinformed and our greatest rivals in the Far East, Kowloon and the rest from Vic- Shanghai. The laurels were teria distriels, There were also. ungrateful talk about the harm that foreigners have done in China thoroughly well earned, and those two cases of diphtheria, one being of our Shanghai friends who are Eurasian and the other Chinese, that it is particularly refreshing to in the Colony at the moment have as well as one Filipino imported
case of cerebro-spinal fever.
The chief work of the Britlah in Egypt since 1880 has been the ex termination of the sphinxes.
Sir W. Scott was called the Blizzard of the North. He tried to reach the North Pole but died in the attempt.
"Heard melodies are swent, but those unheard are sweeter.”— Paraphrase: It is nice to hear music, but it is still nicer not to.
The function concluded with n speech from the Hon. Sec. of the Guild-Private Culver, who, said that he was very pleased to see such a large gathering and he was sure that everybody had been, enjoying themselves by the happy look on their faces. In Soldiers Guild of St. George, the Secretary said some people were
What should the Lady of Shalot under the impression that it was a have done instead of lying down in "bunfight" but he was sure that the boat and wasting her life be- after that they would alter their cause Sir Lancelot took no notice opinions and incidently the Regiof her?-She should have looked mental Branch of the Guild would
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see that Dr. Woo is under no de-been the first to consent to Hong- lusion in this regard. He urged kong's supremney for the time
Except for the detention of a his hearers not to forget the debt being. It is a singular fact, perman on suspicion, there has bee which China owes to the medical haps, that both in rugger (which no further development in the in- men and women of the West for Hongkong won by 12 points to 6)vestigations in connexion with the and in association football (in murder of an old Chinese, employ- the introduction of scientific medi-
which we won by three clear goals), ed as a storekeeper in the Botuni-
Forestry Department, has the lead. eine into the country, for their superior science proved the decid-cat and devotion to the work of educationing factor, and it may in reason, whose body was found in a ter- must win all of the six tricks...
mutilated ribly and in the alleviation of human be argued that the hard grounds storehouse at Kennedy Road on
The Solution. suffering. Recognising the value natural to Hongkong are worth a Chinese New Year's Eve. In view
Woo stressed considerable marein to local teams. of the character of the of past aid, Dr. the necessity for continued help
condition in a
crime,
Spades are trumps and South North and South
Not only
In this puzzle two difficulties It would, however, be creating a there are grounds for suspecting Present themselves. from outside, and he hit the nail totally false impression to suggest other motive than that of relinust South avoid losing two club and South must make a trump well on the head when he declared that our performances depended hery as was at first suggested by tricks, but at the same time North
In the the loss of certain property. solely upon the conditions.
finesse through East. that "there is a danger just now
soccer. match particularly was it
| that she (China) may; in order to evident that Hongkong's teamwork
enforce her own leadership in her was vastly superior to that de- EXCHANGE RATES.
own land, do herself great damage monstrated by the visitors from by failing to realise that there is the
Northern port. Hongkong
no nation under heaven, great in worked in happy harmony from
Paris Brussels
Parliament assembled in Novem-
ber and dissembled in December."
Tencher-after II lesson on microbes "Why, then, is it so es, sential to keep the house clean and tidy 7"-"Because somebody wo
UR."
To collect the fumes of sulphur
hold a deacon over the end of the
tube,
A circle is a line which meets its other and without ending.
What do you understand by the Theory of Exchange?-The Theory of Exchange, as I understand it, is not very well understood,
Double dealing is when you buy something wholesale to sell retail.
Teacher-Tommy, this essay on "Our Cat" is word for word the same as your brother's."
Tommy "Yes, sir; It's the same cat."
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(Blinkera, to guide the vision, is the latest aid to gulfers.)
Should I appear upon the links
Arrayed in things to guide my
vision,
"Tis true I should not see the
winka
Of Brown or Smith, and yet,
me-thinks,
I still would sense their joint
derision.
Besides, if I should find
rough,
the
And at my problem get the
gale up,
Or should I make a hopeless muff Of puti or drive, my friends of
bluff
Might whisper: "Horsey, keep
your tail up!"
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To-day's Dog Story-A Penryn, Cornwall, resident writes: "An Alsatian belonging to a friend of mine has a passion for eggs, and There is only one way in which took to stealing them from the hen both can be done. South lends house. So his master took pre- the king of hearts, and then cautions and blocked the entrance, club which North trumps with the leaving a round hole just large four. The queen of spades is now enough for a hen to pass to and fro, the matter for a London, Feb. 12. -
led, and then the king of diamonds, That settled .124.80
South discarding his last club, time, and then it was discovered .34.01%
The next lead may be either curd that the eggs were beginning to dia- .12.12% remaining in the North hand. No appear once more, and no one could .20.48%
matter which, East must trump, give an explanation, unill one day .18.10% .3464% And South then trumps over East, a small terrier was soon
.103 winning the final trick with his forth from the hen house carrying an egy between his teeth, which 100% high trump.
he obediently placed at the feet of the Alsatian.
to step
.812 If South leads a trump at the 47.7/18
second trick, East and West can "It still remains a mystery to this .2/7
the clever thief 11/10 13/32 defeat the problem in several dif- day how ever
4.85 15/32 ferent ways. But this puzzle is managed to teach his young accom-
.26.34% worthy of special attention. It plice."
the medical sense, which is not start to finish, while Shanghai for continually-borrowing and ex- the greater part of the game were Amsterdam changing Ideas and workers from a team of straggling units, the for- Berlin
wards being sometimes guilty of Copenhagen
Vienna other countrica."
A degree of sefishness. The results of Helsingfore Dr. Woo has every admiration the match are of little importance, Liaben for the progress which China is however, in relation to the spirit in Bucharcat making in the realm of inter- which the games were played, and Buenos Aires
Shanghai, while suffering defeat, Shanghai
Yokohama national polities, and he foresoca have demonstrated not only that New York that if", the spirit animating her they are still the redoubtable op Genova leaders in this regard were employ-ponents we have known of old, but Milan... ed with the samo perseverance andke all their predecessors, know Stockholm
Oslo determination in the cause of public how to accept adversity., Hong-
Prague health, wonders would be achieved kong is warm in congratulation for Mindrid
.5.20/02 within the space of a few years. our gallant adversaries, who were Athens
.1/5 81/82. 'The third and fourth tricka may young to know the story of Bombay The problem, however, is an im- never the favourites of fortune, but
who have covered themselvog with Hongkong
.2/0% be reversed. That is, North may hellum than to be steeped in the menso, one, and one of Its most honour in two fine sporting con- Silver Spot & Silver Forward .25% lend his king of diamonds and tiresome orations of Cicero,-Dr. difficult aspects is the sécuring of testa.
Rio
.92.77% frequently occurs in bridge that A reader in Italy sends a precise- .18.16% trumpa may be finessed by leadingly similar story in which a black 18.19% suit other than trumps. To be and tan terrier stole egge for a .....104 able to recognize and make use of retriever,
.31.0% auch a situation will help to im
875
prove your game.
---British Wireless then his queen of apades.
It is more important for the
Herbert Levinstein.