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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MARCH
SMALLPOX
23, 1938.
REFUGEES' Workers Of
CONTINUES ASYLUM IN Mexico Back ALHAMBRA
TO WANE
A further substantial decline. In Amallpox was recorded yesterday, when 24 enses were notified, as ngainst an average of 34 for each day last week. Indications are that the epidemie, which has so far claimed 1,100 ves, is now definitely on the
wane.
Sixteen of yesterday's cases were reported from the residential areas of the city of Vielerin, ve from Kowloon, one from Shizukiwan and one from Aberdeen.
eases
BRITAIN LIMITED
Door Not Open To
All Emigrants
Cardenas' Coup
Oil Companies Seek Diplomatic Aid To Save Propertios
Dominions To Behroughout the nation will stop work
Consulted
London, Mar. 22.
Mexico City, Mar. 22. It is announced that workera
to-morrow for several hours demonstrate their support of Presl- |dent Cardenas' expropriation of the
foreign-owned oil industry.
to
In view of the stoppage of the electric power service, newspapers The plight of Austrian re-have arranged to publish early. Fugees being refused admittance
of
Yesterday was particularly free of all notifiable diseases, the only other coses reported to the benith
Meanwhile, it is understood that authorities being two of measles in to Britain at the ports, was the the American Snelling ond Refining
finding a solu Victorin and one of meningitis in subject of a statement by the Company is near Kowloon.
The only notifiable dis- Home Secretary, Sir Samuction to the difficulties of its 10,000 reported
from the New
employees.--United Press. in the House Territories in the past fortnight Hoare,
DENIAL OF JUSTICE have been three cases of meningitis. Commons to-day. He said that
Hussteen, Mar. 22. Health returns for last week dis-while doubtless there Was # close that 192 of the 230 enses of
Six petroleum companies, including smallpox reported proved fatal; 134 general desire to maintain the the Standard Vacuum, the Cali- cases were reported from Victoria, 94 traditional policy in Britain of fornin, Mexlean, Sinealir and Penn- from Kowloon, Ave from Shaukiwan, offering an asylum to peraous mex have filed a brief with the State twe from Aberdeen and one from the who, for political, racial and action in Mexico. The text of the Department requesting diplomatic religious reasons had to leave brief is not revealed.
State Department offeinls said the their own country, there were
the brief. n manifest objections to any policy which would aggravate unemployment, The State Department also reveal- housing and other Hocialed that the telegraphed reports that American oil workers were being problems.
held as hostages were erroneous. United Press,
New Territories.
There were seven
cases
of
diphtheria, one proving fatal. Two the other hand, obvious Department supported
of the cases were reported Victoria and the remainder Kowloon.
trom
from
One of the nine cases of typhold Four reported last week was fatal.
enses were reported from Victoria, three from Kowloon, and two from Aberdeen.
on
While it was, therefore, proposed to pursue a polley of offering an asylum as far as was practicable, it was essential to avoid creating the There were seven deaths from impression that the door was open to all kinds of Immigration. He did menlagitis out of 22 cases reported, twelve cases occurring in Victoria, not think ony ground existed for seven in Kowloon, one In Shaukiwanialtering the naturalisation law, and two in the New Territories.
One case of puerperal fever each from Victoria and Shaukiwan were fatal.
Fourteen cases of measles (six in Victoria and 8 in Kowloon) were non-fatal, as were nine cases of
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There were 70 tuberculosis deaths during the week, this being the lowest weekly total since the begin- ning of the year. Total tuberculosis deaths since January 1 are 1,015.
SPRING WEATHER-
MAY VANISH
Hongkong's spell of spring weather may be short-lived.
North-easterly winds within the next forty-eight hours may bring drizzle or light rain and local fog.
Humidity at 10 o'clock this morn- ing had climbed to 94 per cent., com- bining with increased temperature to make conditions unpleasant for town dwellers.
Yesterday's maximum temperature of 70 degrees is the highest recorded since the heat wave corly in the month.
A further eleven points of rain recorded during the 24 hours ending 10 m. brought the total s!nce January 1 to 0.24 inches, compared with the average for the same period of 4.70 inches.
TRICK TRIED ONCE TOO OFTEN
Attempting to use the same trick tuice, Wong Sáu-chung. 22, un employed, was caught and handed over to the police yesterday, and charged this morning before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy with having with intent to defraud, obtained $6 from Wong Stu-hang at the Chung Wah College. He pretend- ed he was the son of one Pong Lok-
Detective-Sergeant D. Davies sald that on March 17 defendant went to the college and told the complainant that he was the son of Pang Lok- san, a friend of complainant.
He said he had come from Fanling to say farewell to his elder sister who was sailing for Honolulu, and asked for a loan of $0. Complainant gave him the money. Later he found out that defendant was not the son of his friend.
Yesterday defendant went to Wah Yan College and looked for Sang Kan-ching, said he was a cousin of his from Jamaien and Bald something about a Joan. Sang who knew the Incident at the Chung Wab college, left the room and informed the police.
af
Defendant pleaded gulity and gave a long account of his hardship and asked his Worship to deal with him leniently.
A remand of 24 hours was ordered to ascertain whether defendant could repay complainant.
SMALL · EARTHQUAKE RECORDED
Berkeley, Calif., Mar. 22. The seismograph recorded moderate earthquake at 7.20 a.m. some 1,200 miles north-west of the Queen Charlotte Islands. United Press,
BIPS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
The following ships are expected to be in wireless communication with Dhe Hongkong Radio Station. Sarpedon, Tiibadak, Hanguang, Tai- nan, Sphinx, President Jefferson, Empress of Japan, Terukuni Maru, Trocas, Scharnhorst and Kator Maru.
The Mexican claim is denial of justice."
ASK ASSISTANCE
Washington, Mar. 22. Alleging that a "manifest denial of justice" had occurred, four American ull companies have fled a brief with "Anyhow", he added, "no nitera- United States State Department with tion to the naturalisation law could regard to their Mexican claims, and be made without consultations with with the request that the State De-
take partment
direct diplomatic the Dominions. The provisions of the law relating to British nationality
netion to help them settle their differ- operate not only in the United Kingences with the Mexican Government. dom, but the colonies and
dominions, and it is a settled policy that no substantial changes shall be made in the naturalisation laws except in agreement with the self-governing dominions."
SYMPATHY ASSURED Sympathetic consideration would be generally given in respect to applications to stay in Britain be- yond the limited period already granted.
Reuter.
their chances of going to England,
Sir Samuel said be thought some further organisation would be neces- sary, and he also undertook to take. Mr. account of the suggestion by
to com- Thomas Edmund Harvey municate with the dominions on these cases. He said he would look into the matter of accepting a
from Britons guarantee
prepared to A number of questions followed offer homes to the refugees. this
announcement to which Sir! The House subsequently refused, Samuel Hoare replied. He sald by 210 votes to 142, to give leave to whether a particular individual might Col. J. C. Wedgwood (Lab) to
practice a profession here was a introduce a Bill going beyond Sir question that the Government was. Samuel's statement with regard to prepared to give sympathetic const the immigration and naturalisation
deration to all individual enses of Austrian refugees-Reuter.
irrespective of means, whose work in the world of science, arts, business! and Industry, might prove advan- tageous to Britain.
SPECIAL MACHINERY
Mr. G. le M. Mander (Lib) asked if special machinery would be set up to help guide people in regard to
POLICE CONFISCATING PRIVATE ARMS
Vienna, Mar. 22. The police have ordered the sur render of all arms and ammunition by March 25, after which possessors of firearms and ammunition will be severely punished.--Reuter Bulletin.
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