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WEDNESDAY; APRIL 8, 1914.

THE CHINA MAIL..

BY TELEGRAPH BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH RATS AND PLAGUE

(Reuter's Service to the China Mall.)|(Revier's Service to the China Mail.)

BRITISH POLITIOS.

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THE LOAN BILL PASSES SECOND READING.

INDIAN GARRISON IN CHINA

REDUCTION DECIDED ON.

Lasnox, April 8,

A telegram from Simla states that it has been desired to reduce the italian garrison in Chim; and in con- sequotes, the 21th Mountain But-

A LONDON, April 8, In the Hooss of Commons, Me. Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in moving the second rawling of the Lean Bill, providing £3,000,000 for the East Africs, Eganvia andrs, the 25th and 26th Regiments Nyasaland Protectorates, sail that

arrangements would be made for tho repayment of the Ton, and that qua sequently nothing would fall on the British taxpayer. He emphasised tha atendily improving financial position of the Protectorates, The production had actually outstripped the carrying

Punjabis will retum shortly.

FAMINE RELIEF IN INDIA

ONDON, April 9.

A telegrain from Chleutta states

(Wah Taz Yat Pe's Service.)

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PEKING AND AERO- PLANES,

PERINO, April -8.· A notice has been issued prohibit- ing the tying of aeroplanes within a distance of 30 li of Peking.

WONG TAI SHIH.

PEKING, April S. It is reported that the Education Minister, Wong Tai Shib, left for London yesterday,

COMPULSORY EDUCATION,

Pesiso, April 8. The Education Minister, owing to capacity of there "countries and thereftimt The United Proviners have re-the lack of funds, has decided to

crived t the cult of £168,000.delfy the Tempulsory scheme. had been great congestion on the rail.

·ways and at the seaports. Hence the Famine relief in the form of blankets,

loan was immediately necessary tỏiến- sure adequate development. Sir, Har court urged that the Bill could be

· speedily passed,

Aftar some debate the Bill War passed without a division."

Returned Unopposed.

clothing and much.

BRITISH TRADE.

Lasnoy, April 9, Last month's trade shows in- errauses of £5,582,784 in irnports and 28.714 in exports. The former was pritaipally in lood, UT,867,548 | X1 X cotton md 43,822,535 wool,

Colonel Sharman Crawford (C.) has The export inereuses included machi- been returned unopposed for Eastery amounting to £803,639, manu- Belfast.

factures and tion 838,353 and wool 385,00, .

Mr. Bonar' Law's Offer.

IMPORTANT TRADE

A BIG QUESTION.,

Pexx, April 8.

The Provincial Governments have been asked to send a representative to Peking, at the request of the Com munication Department, tó discuss the question of the union adminis tration of railways, telegraphs, navi- gation and post offices,

SANITARY BOARD.

The fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary Board was hell yesterday afternoon. Thero

(Rautar'a Service to the China Matk).

THE ROYAL VISIT TO PARIS. „MAGNIFICENT PREPARATIONS.

Tessos, April 8.

A great reception is being prepared in Paris in connection with the four days", visit of their Majesties, King | George and Queen Mary, on the 1st inst. There will be a thilitary review cat. Vincennes and a reception at the Hotel De Ville, a banquet at the British Embassy, a performance at the Opera, a visit to the Auteuil mers and a banquet at the Quai 'Orsay. The city will be lavishly d+erness]"

A LONDON ESTATE BOLD.

LONDON,- April 8, Lord Flowag de Walden has sold his Regentis or estate, comprising 62 acres, and including streets, to a Nottinghain accountant named Samuel Derbyshire for £500,000.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN HUNTING FIELD..

LONDON, April 8. Major Henry Willians Wynn hus been killed in the hunting field.

were present Mr. D. W. Tratman (Chair THE "FIRST LORD" ON HOLIDAY. man) the Hon. Mr. E. A. Howitt 0.3.G.. Lt. Col. Irwin, Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Mr. Ne Hoo T, Dr. Fitzwilliams, Dr. F. Clark (Medical Officer of Health) and Mr. E. W. Hamilton, secretary.

The

The Unionists think that Mr. Bonar Law's offer of yesterday-that the Houw of Lords' would pass the Home Bula Bill without the frisk application

COMMISSION,

LONDON, April 8. The British Imperial Trade Com. of the Parliament Aus if, at an election, mission is despatching special commis the country approved the Bill-resiouers to Siberia and Chion to make moves the Government's last shadow prolonged investigations regarding com

passed. nature.

of excuse for refusing a prompt alec marcial possibilities.

tion.

The Liberals declare that the limit)

of the Government's concussion has BRITISH - LABOURITES

been reached.

The Daily News suggests that local; powers in Ulster would be hatter than exclusion, and urges the Unionista to make the best terma they can for Ulster.

East Life.

AND THE DEPORTA.

TIONS.

A NEW MOVE.

Foxnos, April 8:

anal fortnightly returns were There was no business of a public

SPORTING..

Billiards.

Losos, April 8. Mr. Churchill has left for Madrid to play polo.

NEW AUSTRIAN LOAN.

Losos, April 8. The new Austrian Tronstry Loan 1:9* been over-subscribed

many many times.

AMERICAN STATE ELECTIONS.

Loxoos, April 8.

{IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES' IN

TRANSMISSION.

Considerably more than eight millions of people have died of plague in India during the last 17 youts, and, most of those deaths are in excess of the normal mortality of the country. Moreover, since plagos emerged from the uplands of a provívos in

ro far interior of China it has spread every continent An effective remedy for tho disonne is still to seek, though a pr phylactic has been devised which confurs moderate degree of impunity. Whon Eng lah investigators began the study of pingue in real opens they said they must find out its cause before they sought for a cure. No one then know how plague arse how the infection was dinaminated. In some mysterioas

Coas fashion it was com municated to mas from mats, but what w the intermediary between mat andurat and Patient, specialized between rat

man?

4

or

research, which has now extended ever nearly ton years, found that the inter- mediary was the tat dun. The den sucked the blood of an infected, at, and when if fed on another rat communicated the infectiou. Fleas desart a dead rat, and when un ather. main are near will bite human beings. The rer des was discovered to be the source of the pandemic of plague which has ravaged Inalia

dissection

Link by link the chain of evidence wa established, but though the proof Kas long been conclusive enough, there was always one unexplained factor. It was cay to understand how the fia became infected Fleas are like Mr. Walls's Martians, and require warm blood for their sustenance. When they suck infected blood into their stomach the pinge gern multiply enorm-

unly within them; but the germs were nover wre in the s'aninch and rectumn. therefore, the fox heaune thirsty again «nd inserted its

marbles pricker" and utice more into t or man, how did it infect its new hoet? That we the puzzla, and it has bffled the Indian Plaguel Research Commission and many other scientific workers all over the world for nearly a decade.

found han

THE FLIGHT OF THE THIRSTY itse The problem has now been solved by Mr. A. W. Bacot, entomologist to the Lister Institute, and Dr. C. J. Martin, FR.S., director of the Institute, who with an advisory committee, of which he i

member, has exercised genural contral over the work of the Comma ion. Many men study insects, hut Mr. Bacut broods them.

For a long time he and Dr. Martin tudied at the Lister Institure the me chanism of the transmission of plaqua by Ross A length they noticed, with a mo surprise. that though cartain plague-infect ed fleas sucked vigorously at the haven abdomen of mts, no blood entered their stomachs. That discovery led to the solution of the mystery.

sucke

It was found that when plagno gernis enter the stomach of a flea they soon form, solid jelly like masses of bacterial culture. Sergt. Pitt's Police and Warder. texm

Ata like many other insects, has at the opening of its stomach wonderfully-cun- hare their match with the 87th Coy.. R. G. A. in the second round of the Soldiers'

trived chamber called the proventriculus, Club Toasement well in hand. Last

Iwith tooth-like cells, art of valve covered night at the Soldiers' Club, Sergt. Fowler

which closes during the process of digestion. prosed Gunner Berry, 87th Coy. Al

What happens is that the lumpy

jelly-like the gunner played quite a

of germs drift forward from the stomach into this chamber and fill it game he was unable to stem the

it up completely. A telegram from New York says The valve is choked, and no food can pr advance of Fowler who was

was in rattling form. It was seldom that he went to the that several State Elections are in into the stomach. The wretched thes table without giving his score a good lift programs. They are tainly concern- gets thirsty and tries in vain to satisfy' towards game. Fowler made fun breaked with local questions. The most its earings le soke sod 3 special Labour conference las of 32; 4 ming when going for an easy interesting election is that of New but only subeds in di-tending with blood what simplicity we may call it get uppointed Mr. Rainsay Macdonald, cannon spelting a splendid opportunity of Jersey, because there the result is the far to the south is plocked.

beating present highest break, 44. not in Chairman of the Independent Labour Other breaks by Fowler were 24, 17 and supposed to give the measure of Hea's frantic efforts drive some of the pingue

16. Party, and Mr. James.Seddon, M.P., Berry made breaks of 17 nad 1 President Wondrow Wilson's popu-germs forward from the valve chamber Sargt. Fowler won the game by 112 hurity, as he was formerly Governor into the gulles. When it relaxus, some of to provved to South Afries to inter-points.

In the second game. the Police and of New Jersey: also at Illinois where the blod it has sucked warges back by from its gullet into the poncture view General Botha, the Premier, Warders had a dark horse in Mr. Franks women for the first time are exercis made in the man of the rat: but the blond atul present a memorial embodyingly been seen with the cue: His opponent curiosity as to the women's attitude carries plague germs with it. Such is the of the Prison Dept., she had not previousing the suffrage. There is great has become infected, and n be return

simple

explanation of the process which has been postponed owing to heated the views of the British Labour Party was Corpl. Brown. Here again the com regarding the liquer traffic.

movement against the recent de bined team farther incrested their party feeling!"

Franks mide a number of useful breaks portations.

and Crown taking some tie to run into form found himself a od number behind. Franks made breaks of 23, 18 and a number of minor doublefigure breaks; Brown

13, and 11. A 10%

Franks vor by 98 points. Two games remain to be played to night.

The Unionists nave decide oppose Mr. Asquith at East Fife.

Politics and Sport.

The Parliamentary Gulf Handicap

Rowdy Nationalists.

An Ulster Volunteer, Drill instruc- ! for was awaulted at Dungannon by a party of Nationalists celebrating the passing of the second reading of the Home Rale Bill. His condition is

presarians.

Rates In Country Districts.

"

A NOTORIOUS SUF.

FRAGETTE,

Losnos, April 8.

PO. Field.

lend.

250 Gr. William's 292

litt is to play in the last game he will maka s speci I effort to heat the highest break of 44. The 87th Coy. Magy Tichardson, who was senare 250 points behind, the scores being need some time ago to six months' Baprisonment for defucing the Velasquez, Venus" in the National Gallery, has been released after six wreks imprisonment to undergo an operation for appendicitis.

Lord Taurus, Parliamentary Secre- tary to the Board of Agriculture, {

KING OF SWEDEN INDISPOSED. spanking at Hitchin, said that the Government in the coming Budget

LONDON, April 8, statement would make considerable

The King of Sweden shortly under. grants out of Tuperial taxation to- wards assisting the rates of countryes an operation for uleer on the

districts.

THE CANADIAN

BUDGET.

$38,500,000 SURPLU?.

stornach.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.

A Bankruptcy Cart was heki this more ving in the Supreme Court twfore the Chief Justic, Sir William Rees. Davies.

Warder Gibson P.C. NeNah Wilson P.C. Grimmett. Norgt. Fowler

Mr. Franke

250 Br. Ward

250 Gr. Berry 250 Corpl. Brown 162

1450

15

A BIG BANKRUPTJY.

a perplexed experts for so long: but it has required a vast amount of minute in vestigation to prove it bey d doubt.

WHY HEAT DIMINISHES PLAQUE.

The theory of regurgitation, which as tirat speculatively advanced long sg. is in fact, the true one. Its anal discovery clears up several other doubtful points. That it was believed that a plague infected fles underwent s cleansing process after s of days, me free of number

and if it did not certain again bite a an infected rat, plagae germs. It is now found that the Au applicatish in regard to the failure belief is only partly correct. The far does

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INYOLYED.

A

233 Br. Barker 250 of a very large, Chinese firm was made in

after a time dispose of its lumps of 222 Surgt. Hunth 250 the Bankruptcy Court this morning, the bacterial culture by autodigestion, and,

103 figures mentioned in the case running into

the way to its aboudch may possibly be 138 millions of dollars,

Mr. W. B Hind, of Mr. G. K. Hall come cleared; but the process of obstruc Bratton's office. representing a petitioning tion is liable to recur, and on the whole a Tory little prospect ereditar. asked for a receiving under against Bea once infected he the Kwong

Man

Cherng. Hongkong, also of future happiness. In cool, damp the Lo Chee Saug firm of

live a long time; bus trading as the

of Hong. atmosphere it may kong: the Yow Kee firm in Canton; the heat soon kills starting fles with its Lok Kee Seng firm and Lok Ches Sen gullet plugged up: Deprived of freeh fluid, firms in Singapore; and the Lok Kong Seng the insect quickly shrivels in a hot, dry firm and Lok How Song arms in Penang. climate. Thus, it is believed, we know at The documents filed by the petitioning last exactly why in Northern and Central creditor showed assets in Singapore of when the hot weather

Indis plague spidomica abruptly cease

begion.

THE WATER SUPPLY". Level and Storage of water in reservoirs on the 1st April, 1914:

CITY AND HILL. DISTRICT WATER WOSES LEYKL

195. Eytami t 1

Tytam Beach 24 ft.

bol overd

li i beli overdow

IP14. 35ft 4i beinw overflow"

21 in. balow gredflaw.

Tytam. Internadinta 13) eitt. 7mm. low overflow

It in,below overden j

Pokfalam. It th

4 10.

below overdos me

7ft. I in, below overflow

Won Nai Chung,

Itin, below overdo in gitto

STUSLINE HALLONS (in millions and dreimal).

fr.

3. S. Carpmael appeared for the first time tam gewash since his appointment's Official Receiver,

41019.

110.00

1914.

14

30

1

Tytam Intermediate .... Fokforum WORK Nei Chan

MGNO

22.40

-24

IMAG

Water

On the application of Mr. B. C. Faith fall, representing petitioning eridi or on an adjourned petition, ar ceiving order was made against sul Kwan Ying.

LONDON, April 7, Reater's correspondient at Ottawa |

An order in bankruptcy was made against Kwong Tai Cheong on the application of telezraphs that Mr. White, the Minis the Official Receiver, and Mr. Gedge, of ter of Finance, in introducing the laws John Stoker and Wanber, eolic Budget, estimated that there would be tore, was appointed trusso. The first mecting of creditors had been held, and

• surplus of $36,500,000 in 1914. Re- the 83 persons present unanimously de-

Oficial Receivor stated.

$247,800

liabilitie 84,400,000 at

How, then, does it reappear again next ising to creditors in Singa cold weather? There is much still to lears pore and $900.000 is due to creditors in that point, but the probability i- that it lingers during the hot month among Canton excluding secured creditors, and it

The foss are 8600,000 to creditors

Hongkong ex. rata and flash below grounuch smaller

fower; the mat mortality

cluding secured creditors.

The Oficial Receiver asked for the and not visible above ground; but when appointment of an outside trustee, stating favourable conditions recur plague may that the case was a very complicated one blaze up again, and in dus coupe the and would almost certainly involve litian thirsty infected flene bite human beings as st Sujife, where the ass and the t die off. An epidemic among rats liabilities were on

mermans. Storvariably precedes, vocasionally by weeks,

1 the Hongkong er ditors bad been excluded epidemic simuóg human beings. The

And the petition mide in order to limes. Total

107.80 bring pressure to hear on the Binsapore Consumption of

the City creditors to let the Hongkong creditors And Hill Diarriet during the month of into the secret. March

In millions of gallons.

1915.

1914.

187.16

consrespton per head

per day were

-population-mm-162,310-=-266410-

12.4

20.0*

3

Services to houses in Bider Main die tricts disconnected from Rider Mains and

The Chief Justice observed that he could I not assume that.

THE PLAGUE.

and

LANE, CRAWFORD Co.

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AGENTS FÖR

(ALL "8LZBA)

AS" "İLLUSTATE

"BURBERRY

AND

"ZAMBRENE

RAINCOATS

(NO RUBBER)

$50.00 BACH

$28.00

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ANDERSON'S

TROPICAL

WATERPROOFS

(RUBBER PROOFED) $12.0 TO $30. EACH

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$18.

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LANE, CRAWFORD" & ̈TM C0.

TASTEFUL ·

FABRICS

AT DISTINCTLY ADVANTAGEOUS PRICES FOR CASH ̧

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & CO., LTD.

FANCY COLOURED VOILES

WELL COVERED DESIGN

PE SINT SEASON STYLE WIDTH 28-ENCE.

Our Price 85 Ota. Vám.

STRIPED VOLES

DAINTY WHITE GROUND YOILES

WIT: SMART STRIPES

Our Price 30 Cts. Yard.

...

* STRIPED ZEPHYRS

IN A RANGE OF SMART COLOURS

Our Price 10 Cts. Yard.

OUR PRICES MEAN À SAVING ON:

EVERY YARD YOU BUY..

+

30 Des Voeux Rond Hongkong,

TETE A TETE

Pardon my mentioning the matter but didn't you order

& WHISKY-TANSAN for yourself and TANSAN LEMONADE for me." "Yes and that's what we've got and not only that it's WILKINSON'S the one and only GENUINE TANSAN on the Market. Mr. Hind mid be was going to apply for last week 91 cases of bubonic plague ward The best people want the best things you know !

The Ufficial Receiver informed his Exord- ship that he was not prepared to take over the work involved by the litigation, in

..91 Cases Last Week.

The Medical Officer's return, ahows that

antified, 84 proving fatal. Forty occurred.

ferring to the financial crīsīs of 1913, cided to make these applications, the apply giren hy public fountains only dur. Bis Lordship made a receiving order in the city; of the districte outside Victoris | Ahem!" "Hal Hal its all right, then I shall alway

he said that most of the British criti- On the application f Mr. J. H. Gardiner,ing March, 1913.

the appointment of an outaille trusten.

terms without any prejudice to the right

side trantcy.

Intermittent apply by Bider Mains in of the feind Receiver to appoint an out Yumari furnished moist car, 34, with insist on getting the Genuine Article in future.

cism.of Canadian borrowing was unuting petitioning creditor, who Rider Main districts during March 1914.

that the Ufboial Rocafver wished to inquire into the sects, a petition against

On was adjourned into Chambers."

just bat perhaps it was not Lame worthy under the trying conditions in the London market. However, Canada

The Trustees of Lingd Patriotic could not suddenly discontinue ber Fund, who from 1899 have administered a rowing without damaging the previous fund for the relief of man dimbled in the Transvaal War, report that the number investors who had supported the united in 14 years is 10.225, at a cost of dertakinge which must be Anished to £77,097. Unly £500 was distributed last be productive. Thorn would be no year, and the sum of £20,950 is now

investati. general revision of the tariff, but there would be increases on rolled frun and

The Lusitania recently, established a

| world's ** record” by steaming 618 knots

KOWLOOK WATER WORKS LEVEL.

1914. Kowloon Urava 3, 14, 13, kin.

tion Flocervaks... i below overflow,, belewowLZE

STOLAUK DILLONI in millions and desimali.

1913. 501.00

1

161,50

Reservals...-oncog

Kioon Umvitation ||

Consumption of water in Kowloon during the month of March.

in millions of gallizza

Estimated population „

THE FORTY YEAR TESZ

A

ten deaths. Those affected included a Sentsman, Filipino, a Malay and an Indian, the rest haing Chinese. Of two entric cases notified two ara fatal; the pet ants included two Britishers, one being 1. Englishman. One Britisher, and twelve Chinees enatracted small-por, and eleven deaths occurred.

Narticle must have exceptionsi merit

The year plague cases up to Balurday to snevive for a period of forty year. I numbered 861, with 241 deaths. Chamberlain's Congh Romely was firat ufler to the Pabile in 1879. From 39.28 | 29|(lion | 6. small begining It has grown in lavor and poolarity mail. it has attained a world

THE FRUIT SEASON,

125 sales wide repetation. You will find nothing TOWEL complint is sure to be prevalent

‚ steal, and wire rods, which at present between Tharadayoon and Friday noon that the water is of excellent quality.

were fere, would pay $3.60 per ton; there would be a drawback on Jensing

at an average apard of 28.70 knots. The previous record for day's run east was A14 knata, sccomplished in April, 1911, by

the Mauretania,

Ooneptiem par bead $10.7

The Government anisiyata sepata show

4. F. CHURCHILI Water Authority Publie Werka Departmenata.

hotter fan's cough or cold. Try it and you

will understand why it is a favorits afrPER

period of more than forty your Cham Berks Cough Retsed not only gives relief-it card For Cale by all Chemiets and Storekeeperi

Raging the fruit ze sort Be sure to

SOL AGENTS

Gande, Price & Co., Ltd.,

kepel of Chamberlain's Collo Tel, No. 185

users and Diarrhings Remedy on hand it may save a life. For by if Chemista and Storekeepecký

WINE MERCHANTS

Queen's Road Central,

HONGKONG.