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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1911.

KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY.

(BRITISH SECTION).

TIME

TABLE.

On and after 1st. March, 1911, and until further Notice.

SUNDAYS,

3,

7.

2.30 EM. 10.00 A.M. 3.00 M. LOWU.. 2.34. 120. 2.35 .. $10.5

2.41. 10:11,

Provints

Time Tables cancelled.

DOWN TRAINS.

„UP. TRAINS.

WEEK DATH.

SUNDAYS

WEEK DAVY.

NAME OF STATION,

NAME OF STATION.

2.

5.

KOWLOON. „Dept. 8,00 AM. HUNG HOM.....Arr.] 8.4°

Dept 8.5 YAUMATI ...........Air) 8,0

1:

*

2:39 19.0

1.

Dept. 8.11.

3.9... -3.11.

FAN LING.

TAIPO M.

252.110.22 1

3.29

TAIPO

2.53

$10.99

3.24

Derit.) 9.30 4.3.

Arr. 9.38 "Dept. 9.97

.Art. 9.48,2 Dept. 9.49,, imda, | 9,53 Dept. 10.00

17

19

JT

4.40..

TAIPO

"

3.0 10.361

198

3.38,

SHATIN

ATT. 10.13,

12

$.

1.

8.

4.15 P.3.11.30 A.M. 5.00 .M. 4,21 11.30 4.50 11.37 4.31 11.40 4.10 4.35.. 11.45 5.18 4.99 .. 11.02.

12.00 5.30 4.59 12.13 P.M. 5.43

Dept. 8.40

3.10 ..

10.40

2.40.

Dept. 10.14

5.00 12.14

3.14

10.44

3.44

YAUMATI..Art. 10.25

3.11.

Dept. 8.50**

3.18.

10.45

3.45

FAN LING....RAIT. 8.1

3.29.

$10.50

3,60..

Dept. 9.2

$34..

LOWU...............AT. 9.8

3.86

10.579 11,3

3.07.

4.3.

эт

HUNG HOM...........ATT. 10.31.

Dept. 10.32 "KOWLOON...AT. 10.35,

Dept. 10.

3.13..

6.17

12.25.. 119.04." 18.31

"

19

5.19 12.32 5.91 13.35

5.44 6.55

6.1 6.2 6.5

By Order,

ES. LINDSEY,

Manager

1..248

SHATIN......AT. 6.2,

Dayd

2.23

ATT. 8,26

TAIPO M.......Art. 8.44 „

For further information apply to

Bongkang, 20th February, 1011.-

JNO. E MENAGH,

Trapie - Superintendent,

"

HUGHES and HOUGH, Want Advertisements PLAGUE IN THE NORTH

AUCTIONEERS

COMMISSION AGENTS.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

Talons from the Aultministration of the THE Undersigned,acting under instruc-

Conton Kowloon Railway, Chinese Section, will well by Public Auction,

on

-

THURSDAY,

the 23rd February, 1911, at 250 r.a., at the Victoria Hotel, Shanicen. CANTON,

A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE WARE, SILVER WARE, BRONZE WARE,

<c.. *..

Str.

Further particulars niny, bo had from the Auctioneers.

Catalogues, will be issued

On view from the 22nd instant. Temus :-Delivery to be taken within 24 hours of completion of Sale. Cash on delivery.

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers,

Hongkong, February 11, 1911.

200

PUBLIC AUCTION...

THE Undersigned have received instrue } Tours Public Auction,

FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,

il

THURSDAY,

PREPAID

$1 por inch.

$2

3 insertions.

One week.

HONGKONG CLUB

NOTICE

How it Originated; Why it ...Sprosdeme

THE CHINA MAIL.

GEO. P. LAMMERT

AUCTIONEER.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

through the efforts of Dr. Gibby and pressure from Consular authoritius, a thou. and soldiers wore soat up to estab Usb an officialt cordon round the city, thun liberating the local police for inside work, and at this into date, nearly three months after the outbreak, we have rescheda atago effllciency which any other country but Cht a would havo: attained; in the Hest _mşek, __A_bg dídiqu ́ty, which took "ovor a month to decide, was the disposal of the thousands of accumulating bodies, coffined. mud uncollied, with the intens frist THE. Vndors/god has received at uflen twenty degrees Lulow zero Burying tions from the Mess President 15th uns out of the question, and from photo Mabratta Light Infantry, to noll by Publia. grapha takon,' a more ghastly sight bas Auction, rarélý boɑn seor, of nearly half a ̈milo of coffin, piled in heaps, with heads,

.on...

FRIDAY,

A number of Plants in Pota. Tins Cash on delivery.

limbs and trunka protruding somehe 24th February, 1016, commencing st

At 11, at the Umesia Mim actually sitting in the cuffs for in

Austin Road, Kowloon,- the earlier days most of the dead wore found in the streets, frozen in whatever FURNITURE AND MISCELLANEOUS

A QUANTITY OF

form they happened to fall, The Govern

MESS GEAR mont provided the coffins, of gough planks.

Also for which beal maken get a Ingo price, and the front bodies could not be got into them. The frequent method adopted by the coolies wa to brisk the limbs will heramora and so force the to body more or less into the coffin. Finally the Government consented to cremation, and this week has seen the burning of well over 4,000 colus and bodies. This does dot represent the death rate, for many were buried in the early atages of the epidemic...

The city is now divided into fum dis |tricts—every-person vabate the houss has to wear a coloured budge representing his district, so na to keep track of all "Kick District bi a central station, with a

E Undarsigned has received instrue- sell by Public Auction Itions from 3ír E. ConyzWALL LEWIS,

FRIDAY,

the 24th February, 1911, commencing at 9.30.1.x,at his residence 24, NATILAN ROAD (Upper Flat), Korlom,--

"THE" WHOLE-OP-819-- VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE (Particular from Cataloguo). Terms: Cash on delivery,

Dr W. H. Graham Aspiami, who had staff doctor, assistant doctors, students,|---On View from Thursday, the 23rd Feb.

covered that the bacillus of the pneumonie plague is the same that which causes the bubonic variety, writing to the Chinn Medical Journal from Harbin under date of February 6th Bays:—

Plague has been raging in this district for over two months, bat in other parts of

THE Undersigned has received instruc. Tou to sell by Public Auction,

saaltary men, stretcher bearers, dend 1911. entriers and police, making a total of about 300, and 400 in dach district. Nearly every house in ench district is searched daily-sick and dead removed suspecte venta Hurpoet flospital-and con- lacts to quarotino.

ro LET, from the 1st February, 1911,

TWO ROOMS in the Ground Floor Manchurin and neighbouring Mongolia for the Russians; consists of 100 railway tracks

of the ANNEXE, suitable for Ollices. Fui further particulars apply the Under- signed.

JAMES CRAIK,

Secretary. Hongkong, January 18, 1911. - 83

the 23rd February, 1911, nt 2.30 p.m., nĚ}`

their SALES Rooms, NC. &, Drs. Vaux "Haan, Corner of Ice House Street,--

FOR SALE.

ONE FULL SIZE

Burroughs and Watts

BILLIARD TABLE

WITH ACCESSORIES. Apply to

GEO. P LAMMERT.

Hongkong, June 7, 1918,

parly a year. The origin is in the marmot, which is trapped in large numbers for the market, and in conversation with a mis sicanry (Mr Stevens of Jehol), he says the Mongolian furriers cease to trap it, as soon as they discover it is sick, which is shown by anding dend ones. Apparently for ages they havo associated this form of sickness with this source of infection. The ravages of the disense during this epidemic ars due to ordinary people, not familiar with the disease, extching the marmot. Here the

Oar quarantine station, kindly lent by

two suspect Hospitals and disinfecting

each capable of holding twenty contacte. station. A Refuge and three Chinese inn for recolving the homeless and

pour, after not been dole to any great extent by leaving quarantine. House-burning Exa Chinese, the destruction of property is one of the last things they can bring themselves to, though it is inevitable, and must be done before the plagus is stamped out. The Russians do it very thoroughly.

the

DA

SATURDAY,

the 25th February, 1911, commanding al 11a.m. ad 2.30 p.m., at No. 25, LYNDUVEST TERBACK, ----

A QUANTITY or VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE,

Comprising:

Silk Tapestry Drawing Room Suits (by Lare, Crawford & Co.) Hall and Holte Overmantels, Engravings & Water Colours, Occasional Tables, &c. Tapestry Curtains, Now as to the Plague itself. It is Dining Table and Morocco Covered Din unique, in that it is mailaly pneumonic-ing Clairs Hall and

by not a single case of habonio from the he.

Holtz), Marinburk Sidabeard with Marble-top and Bevelled short-handed as we sto of special mon, all fea

To such a big opidemic, and firror Writing Desks, Dinner Waggen, ginning.

our

time line been taken op with adminis-

Ware, Cutlery and Crocke -paintings, Class

&c., &c.

Bathroom and Pantry Requisiten;

21100

One Grand Piano.

tritive work, so we have to depend on the Brass and Brass-mounted Bodstanda, Russians for the bacteriological investiga. Marble-top Bureaux with Bevelled Mirrora, Paul. Haffkine (nophew of the Vaccine Bevelled Mirrors, Barble-top Washstands, tione, for they havo nine monsunder Dr Double and Single Wardrobes with man) specially sent from St. Petersburg Bedroom Safes, Rugs, Le-top Washstands,

purpose. Symptoms-none-to be relied on in early stages in our sort out all rapid pulses, and then take routine work in

in quarantine station, wo their temperature, but the disease is to marked that even if those Co

the rapidity of signs are aluent in the morning, the patiouta may be dead in the evening. The only positive agn is the bloody expector in twelve hours. Not a single case has ation, and that is followed by death mostly recovered. The majority show little or no

Ono Cottage Piano by M. F. Rachals &

And

One Enamelled Bath Tub with Fittings TARMS Cash on delivery.

On View from Friday, the 24th Feb..

1911.

plague has fallen in great severity. Harbin is a great Russian town of 30,000 people, probably the largest European settle Qual in China. Across the railway line Is the Chinese city of Fuchiation, a population, in nomination, with about 25,000 (some say moro), largely made up of thousands of coolies who Cote from Shantung and Chili to work on the rivers, railways, in flour -mills, and lumbering industries. The great spread of ibo plague south has been due to the exodus which takes place prior to the 724 Chiness Now Year, when most of the coolies take advihtage of the cheap coolio rates on the tuning and return home. The inconvenience from the sickness, until tho plague commenced about the beginning of December, and for three weeks or more it and in the septicaemic cases (the proport on the 27th February, 1911, commencing at was in the hands of the local officials and native quicks, the death rate not exceeding twenty a day. Then it took a sudden rise Teakwood Dining Room Suite, Bed THE BOARDING HOUSE, ZETLAND and in another two weeks went up to over Room Suites, a quantity of Now Rattan HOUSE at No. 12 and 14, Zetland one buadrod. At this point the Government Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Plate, Cutlery Street, with the GOODWILL, LEASE thought they ought, to do something. De and Glass Ware, a number of Pots fand FURNITURE. Intonding purchasers Mesny, of the Imperial Medical College of Palms, One Lady's Carrying Chair (now), should nitend at the Official Receiver's Tictain, with some of his graduated and Kitchen Utensils,

Office at Noorfon FRIDAY, the 21th inst... when the property will be put up for sale. non graduated students, were sent up by the Anumber of Canaries and 2 Breeding Orders to view the house and further par- Government. Aine, Dr Mesny succumbed, Ongey.'

ticulars regarding it may be obtained on after a short period of work, The death application to the Undersigned.

A LARGE QUANTITY OF VALUABLE

रा

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, (PRACTICALLY NEW),

Comprising

Also

Catalogues will be issued.

· TERMS:—An ¤real.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auztioneers.

Hongkong, February 21, 1911.

206

For Sale:

FOR SALE

rato increased, no the Government sent Dr Wu, L. ., M.D., (Cantal), o the Impartal 251 Aemy Medical College, and Dr.Gibb,

M. FLETCHER. OFFICIAL RECEIVER'S OFFICE. Hongkong, February 20, 1911.

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE HANG TẠI CO.,

INSURANCE CO.1·

WITH WHICHL 18 INCORPORATED THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE CO.

TOTAL FUNDS AT 3ler Decemben, 1900

£10,875,357.

Authorised Capital £6,000,600. Subscribed Capital £3,275,000 Paid-up Capital £1,212,500 0 0. Fire Fund.......... 3,488,136 6 7 111-Lifo& Annuity Funds 15,083,33210

Sinking Fund Account

C

£19,875.050 198

Revenua Firo Branch...

Lifo & Annuity 1 mnenosaf Marine Department

Other Receipts"

1,807,435 14. 3.

209,021 7 8.

36,252 8 1

*£4,495,806° 7 10 |

The Accumulated Funds of the Fire and Life Departiente are free from Einbility in respect of unch other.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Agents,

42

No. 38; Praya East.

FOR SALE.

CHINA PINE, TEAK, and Various ARGE Stocks of AMERIDAN PINE Kinds of HARDWOOD, &c.

Inspection Bolloitel

PRICES MOST REASONABLE.

CHỦ CHÚNG HEL

Mander Hongkong. May 4, 1916. -

last three or four hours, being about, laughing talking and eating. No pain,

we have not worked out) there is not the definite blocdy expectoration of the pneumonie type, and really nothing to in-. diesto it except sudden death. Such a hopeless task has rarely fallen to the lot of medical mes.

MONDAY,

2.50-r.., at No. 18, NATHAN BOAD,

1st & 2nd Flatz, Kowloon

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE "HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE: (Particulars from Catalogue),... T-Usah on delivery.

the respiratory tract in the pneumonie The infection is undoubtedly through case, and consequently all the cases came We mask our faces very thickly in zohing 1911. from the bowels of the dirty aud poor. less than an inch thick pad of cotton wool, oaked in antiseptics, between two layers

auto-overalia

of gaze white cotton helmute

Oa Ylow from Saturday, the 25th Fob,

And afterwards

muce so ole. The wool serves as at MALAME GANA (No. 18, Ground Finer)

filter, as a destroyer.

A QUANTITA Or The mental and meral side of such an

FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. TERMS:-As Unatomary.

epidemic I need not write about the the Union Medical College, Peking, to

sights

are beyond description, and organize the work. Hero is not the place answer only to the great London plague, Authorities, but one of the blackost pages to indulge in invectives against the Chiesa Proventive inoculation Our method is

conclusively the deaths of thousands of of local history can be written, showing

Chinese, besides

The Ristian method is to give ärst Injec

inject 4 of Shanghai

no

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer,

J. T. SHAW,

Tailor & Outfitter,

HONGKONG HOTEL,

QUEEN'S BOLD..

WINTER

SUITINGS

16.c. of Haffking; and one week later tion of 12 cd. Zerein Sarum, mixed with Fire. 3 c.c. of Haffkino. This last wee some abble furtign they have abandon d this method and now physicians, due entirely to the ignorance,ire Bafkino 5 cc. in one injection..

Protective vile.Tirere has not been a conceit, recillation and delay of Chinees daath amongst the whole of the staffe officials. After the first big fright, the (Russian and Chinese, where faccalation Russiao, Japanese and Chinese Rallways had been completely carried out. Ther sengers, as a means of provesting the department, but not one of the hy refused to take accend and third-claas pas, Russian doctors, students and the sanitary have been numerous deaths amongst

apread by the coolies. The alarming fear not inoculated at all. Dr. Hou was been completely inoculated and many 8,352,000 17 20 TIMBER YARD AT PRAYA EAST plague should get inside the Great Wall in ightest reaction,

of the Wiawupu in Peking was lest the but: found after death on making la that there had not been the Shanbalkuan, in which case they feared

(probably nothing could savo Peking and Tientsin. before the injection), so it was useless, the bottle had temperature not been thaken Als, suck a short-sighted policy of forbid student who died did so raven days ding coolie passengers on the trains accom. after inoculation, which shows that he must

faro

hecomo infected two days. after la plished more quickly the very thing they ocalation, and therefore in the Begative 168 wished to prerent. The local authoritics Regative Strge-Dr. Paul Haffking has in Fuchiation (Harbin) had not sufficient by Wasserman Tests proved conclusivaly force of pulico, or even the willingness, to (and contrary to his uncle's repeated declarations) that there is a negative stage. lasting from five to eight days, and thore- fero he does not allow any worker to come la contact with plague for ten days after ingealatian. ESTABLISHED 1809.

the dried bacillus into the note of guine

Infection.Paul Haffking has rubbed pigs and death bas ruaulted. Showing the THE only succonful Steam Laundry in

the Far East. THE ONLY LAUNChangli, a day or two later at Tientsin and peatonale type with, enisrgcontest Fancy Tweeds, Worsted. Footwear DRY IN THE COLONY UNDER, Peking, and as the Bankow Railway did brunchial glands,

EUROPEAN SUPERVISION'

not restrict traflo, Paoticrfu, do that Zerain Serum. Ono Russian doctor after Filtered Water, Reguins Delivery, line, is now becoming a centre of great 1000 e... (a lites) and life was prolonged to developing the plague was injected with Flannels and underwoer washed by skilled plague mortality. It is readily seen now che venth day.

Monthly rates quoted. Dry cleaning a that quarantine istions: had been Rassian maitary man received after peciality Depot No. 4, Beaconsfield established along the line, and the coolies developing the plague 120 ce and lived Arende. Tol. Ka..

had not been forced to the roads, the

until the fourth day.

Not a single case of plague has recovered. dissemination would not have occurred.- 666 tried ou Rossian student lowered Come and we will submit

Locally, we have been having a daily the temperatum slightly, but death w mortality of about 170 to 200 in the Chinese rapid is ordinarily

them for favour of kind city, whilst amongst the Chicoss in the pneumonia typu the bacilli were demon. Businn city the death rate has never ex-strated in the blood, by the microscope n

inspection, Cended Afty. Dr. Steatones and myse (off closing the bacillus daring the last

SAVED, And by block multora in ali tha Valon Medical College) were sant up week has begun to show luvolation forma

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a few days it ranched Kuang chenise Mukden and Tairoo. Io less than ten days it was inside the Wall at Zuogpingfa and

E. WOUD,

Flongkong, January 27, 1011. Manager

134

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No. 15, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, 2nd Floor.

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THE HONGKONG HOTEL,

UNRIVALLED FOR COMFORT AND CUISINE, THOROUGHLY UP TO DATE WTH EVERY MODERN LUXURY MODERATE TERMS AND NO EXTRAS,

196

AF DAVIES Manager

HOTEL,

ADMIRABLY SITUATED AT VICTORIA GAP.

"Adjoining the Tramvay Torminus, 1,400 feet above Sea Level. PEN to the South Winds in Suramer and protected from the North-east Winds in Winter Commanding a megnificant view of Hongkong, the harbour and adjacent island for forty miles.

A FIRST-CLASS FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND TOURISTS HOTEL

Terms: From 85 per day Max,

Telegraph Add: Porceful! Town Office, 4. DE YOLUX ROAD,

Hongkong, February 8, 1908.

GRAND HOTEL. NO. 2. Queen' Road Central

Al FIRST-CLASS AND UP-TO-DATE HOTEL, TINTIRELY unde European Management Safed in the most culent position. Large and Airy looms, Lazuzionaly furnished, Electric Light and Fans through. out. Bonitary armagoments of the latest pattern.

CUISINE UNDER EUROPEAN SUPERVISION: Ladies afternoon Tea Rooms Special fatos for married families on application to the Manager,

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