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BEST-GOURDIN-On the 2nd August at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, BESSIE, the second daughter of the late A O' D. GOURDIN, Tarawera, fil Robinson Road, Hongkong, to > CADOGAN HENRY BEST, of Tale

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Moyene, Seychelles."

The China Mail.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, August 3, 1916

THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY

THE CHINA MAIL.

CHINESE AFFAIRS.

Wan To Fak Po'e Service.)

THE CANTON TUTUHSHIP.

TANO SHAO-TI..

minds have been disabused to a curtain extant of the idea that victory, would, speedily be brought about by the economic strangulation of Germany. The naval blockade i indeed, a factor of every great in- fluence in the struggle, but in spite

PEKING, Aug. 2 of two see that Gormary and Luk Wing Ting has wired to the Austria and Turkey and Bulgarin-Government that, owing to sickness, ho thanka no doubt to the territory is unable to

take the Tutuhship of enptared in the first year of the war Canton. by the predominant partners have been able to carry ou for two years; and so long as they are able to

PEKING, Aug. 3 hold the territories they have con-

Tang Shao Fi (who is now at quered, it is hardly possible to count Shanghai and has been mentioned as upon an early collapse of the war as the future Freimer and. Minister of a result of the economic impoverish- Finance) is unwilling to come to ment of our enemies. They may be Poking. în sore straights, but the issues of the war are great, and it cannot be said that our enemies bave yet been reduced to such a state of starvation as to render it impossible for them to carry" on." "As far as munitions. are concerned there is nothing in the reports to indicate that our enemica. are suffering from a shortage. The chiet factor in a decision is now Canton became increasingly serions and During last night the situation at seen to be superiority in man power, fighting is now within an ace of the combined with military efficiency. Feity. "Shrapnel shells shrieked all The end of the war will be night, Lang troops replying effectively in sight when the enemy has been to the fullisade of Sham's driven from French and Belgian Several desperate attempts territory on the one side, and, on the made by Shum's troops at Fa-ti to land other, when Russis has reconquered on the opposite side of the river. Junk leads of men ware met with a rapid fire Poland,

from Lung's gun boat. The smaller wooden vessels sunk and the river was whom were picked off by the 'defending soon full of struggling men many of

Galicia and the Baltic Provinces and has also possessed her- self of the granaries of Hungary. The results of what General JOFFRE Calla the "squeeze" during the past two mouths encourages a lively hope that the Teutons will be ousted before the end of the year from all the territory that they have conquered

NEWS OF THE DAY,

LOCAL AND GENEKAL

CRITICAL SITUATION AT CANTON

-FIVE. GUNBOATS FORSAKE

GENERAL" LUNG.

DESPERATE NIGHT ATTACK.

troops.

шеп. ware

HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL.

FURTHER“ QUESTIONS ON THE CIVIL HOSPITAL

A meeting of the Legislative oil was held this aftamoon

MURSDAY, AUGUST 8 1816,

was insreaded to November, 1 t of the Victoria Hospital. The was at full strength up to and reluce Sisters are presumably aware of the ing May 1015) Out of the fo

fektema "rule in question as several applica=" Bistere shown in stimates for tons by Sisters to spend vacation sight were in the Colony available we leave in the Colony have been granted duty at that date mentioned. At that in recent years. There is no record data they had the temporary assist of such an application having been ance of four ladies, one fully and refused. The following applications Coun-three partially trained of the sight of which were granted may in-

Sistere referred to thres had completed test the Honourable Member four years servico. Of these one has row gone on leays sad the remaining two propose to mail on the 90%, and 30th August respectively

HE. the Governor, Sir F. Haar MAY, E.C.M.G presided. There were also present:

EE. Major General F. Versus, General Officer Commanding.

The Colonial Secretary, Hon. Me CLAUD SEVERN,

The Acting Colonial Treasurer, Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wotra.

The Attorney-General, Hon. Afr. 3. H. Ka

The Director of Public Works Hon. Mr. W. CHATTAN, O.M.G.

The Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Hon Mr E. R. HALLPA

The Captain Supt. of Police, Hon

Applications from Sisters Lee and Lyckman in 1912 and Sister Bar- low in 1914 were read.]

12-his is the case. The Euro- pean Wakmasters referred to, one of whom is it ex-soldier and the other

ex-policeman, have been given leave of absence for the duration of the war in order that they may serve in the army.

Arst place that under General Order 18. It should be explained in the

6–0) (1) (1). The wards" Tho Nursing Staff in the Colony in the reply to the second question put by the Honourable Member on the last ovasion should have been The Nursing Staff employed by the Colony. The mistake, which arose through the misreading of a retu furnished from the Government. Civil. Hospital is regrotted. The exact all members of the Civil Service position is as follows:-Throughout have the privilege of getting their the Estimates for fifteen Siders attendants compounded at the Gov- 1013 und 1914 provision was made in prescriptions made by shair, medical From January to Juno, 1918, filtrenerunt Ciril Hospital. It should Sisters were in the employment of also be explained that it has always the Government and two of these been the practice to purchase locally were on leave. From July to Octo which the Government stock may necessary drugs and disinfectants of ber, 1913; fifteen Sisters were chavs run short. In 1914 there was ployed, of whom one was on leave shortage in drugs and disinfest- In November, 1018, sixteen Sistera wera.employed of whom ono was on leava From: December 1919, to Hon. Mr. P. HOLYCAR

June, 1914. fifteen Sisters were em- I trust that the very full and detail- Mr. A. G. M. FLETCHER, Clerk of ployed, of whom one was on leave. ed information which has been given In July and September, 1914, sixteer will prove of value to Members of this Sisters were employed of whom are Council. The compilation of it has GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL NURSING was on leave. In August, 1914. given several very hard-worked officer.

Mr. Mol. Miss

Hon. Mr. War YET, C.M.G. Hon. Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K.G.. Hon. Mr. E. STELLM. Hoa: 3 Lao Cai Pin.

Hon Mr. D. LANDALE

Councils.

STAFF.

THE GOVERNMENTS REPLIES TO MR. POLLOCK,

CIRCUMSTANCES ATTRIBUTED

TO THE WAR..

H.E. The GOVERNOR replied as

卡

ants..

His Excelency added

aftech Sistors were employed, of a rast amount of labour. The poss whom one was on leave. In Octo- tion at the Government Hospitala DOW ber, 1014, fifteen Sisters were in the attributable to the state of war in which is this: Owing to circumstances wholly Colony In November and Decem, we unhappily find ourselves we are ber, 1914, aighteen Sisters were in short in our highly trained Nursing the Colony In 1913 provision was Staff. In this is you will have learned made for eighteen Sisters. Eighteen from the correspondence with the were in the Colony from January to Federated Malay Statca and Singapore

May; Seventeen were employed and, we are not singular. We have failed.

As the

follows to the questions net down by wore in the Colony in June: fitteen to replace those shortages and have had As far as can be ascertained, Shum's the Hon. Mr. AE. Follock, K.C and were employed smi. were in the recourse to the Hospitals of Japan; and troops did not effect a landing, despite published in last right's Chins Mail Colony from July to September; and I have now, after a personal investiga the assistance given by ve gunboatarding the Government Civil Hospital: fifteen were employed, one of whom tion, arranged that the Block known as which had

(The Goverment takes was on leave, from October to

B Block at the Government Civil. hitherto supported the responsibility for the accuracy of December. In 1916 provision was the charge of the Sisters and placed Hospital shall be entirely removed from Lung and had now gone over to statements of fact, it also takes the made for sixteen Sisters. In Janu-under the card of Japanese Staff other, side. Shells exploded all night responsibility for providing a sufficient are sixteen were employed, of whom Nurses and Probationers. long and maxime and rifle fire belped to for the efficient working of the one was on leave.

Government.

In February and ward is entirely occupied by Asiatics, make the night mora hideous Reckless

March fourteen were employed, of, I am following in this (II) The

The Government in sim, shouting and sercoching responsible

Government 18 whom one was on leave. In April on the cumple set in the Straits organiss- for the practically beyond control, the troops of the necessary.

making and May thirteen were employed, of Settlements, and elsewhere, in not arrangements to enable Sisters often fired without objective. Stray leave. Sisters, in common with all twelve were employed of whom two Sisters for the care and nursing of whom two were on leave In Zude providing highly trained European to take long OF THE WAR.

bullets fell in large number on the other Officers in the Service, are were cu leave (iv). There is no Asiaties, and I am sure that the Chines Commodore and Mrs Sandemas Shameen They were even heard to required to give nine months notice of record of the Maternity Heapital Members of Council will recognise that SOLDIERS! For two years you arrived by the Empress of dria this rattle have wrecked all the plans of the morning.

on the walls of European their intention to apply for long leave, being separated from the general the change is reasonable. This change houses during the dinner hour. This in order," to quote the regulation, hospital until August, 1913, when once in the Maternity Hospital enables with the engagement of additional exist enemy, especially at Verdur. The

that suitable arrangements for the Sister, was temporarily engaged to me to allocate the Sisters as follows. Among residents who returned toning, it was reported that four Public Service as a whole may be detale charge of the maternity hospital. A. Block time is coming when the military the Colony to day by the Empress of Asia cookies on the Shameen had been vised." power of Germany will collapse under were the Chief Justice and Lady Rees wounded.

She was assisted by a probationer 2 The resignations of Sisters nurse, or by one of the Private Nurs

Morning Poster on each Boor the general aqueeze." This is the Tavies, Mr. G. E Anderson, U.S. Consul

Craddock, Bone, and Astin were received ing Staff when available. A Sister

Afternoon sister on both floors. At dawn the river was seen to be by the Principal Civil Mertical Officer on duty in the General Hospital Operating Theatre. I sister. encouraging message which General General, Dr. W. V. M. Koch, Mr.and carrying down hundreds of corpses in May, 1015, and were immediately continued to take charge of the Maternity

Night........... 1; sister on both foura. JorFax able to give to his Mrs. Pentreath, and Mr. T. E. Pearce. troops on the occasion of the second

riddled with bullets while quite a la ge() The question of filling the October 1911, the Maternity Hos leaving 2 Sisters, and 1 Probationer fu

reported by him to the Government

1in the morning maternity cases at night. From in the afternoon anniversary of the declaration of the

uumber had been drowned. The water vacancies, which would occur on the Monday, the 7th August,, being a

was streaked with blood. One man was retirement of Sisters Everingham and pital has been cutirely separate from the Victoria Hospital. This disposition war. It breathes a spirit of satiafac General Holiday the Post Office will be seen with his arms tied behind him and Wood after their probationary perice, the General Hospital. The Govern- makes no. provision for the 2 Private tion and firm confidence, fully justified open from 8 to 9 am There will be the wounds on his chest and body was Medical Officer to the Government in tem is prefemble to the system which to supply to outsiders if called for. To was referred by the Principal Civil mens concurs, that the existing sys. Nurses which the Government is bound. indeed by the patent facts of the one delivery of ordinary correspondence evidence of the murderous torture be June, 1915. previously obtained. The former provide for such contingency. I have situation. At the time of writing and one collection of letters,, from the

had been put through. there is no cable to hand giving the Pillar Boxes." The Money Order Office

Shum's efforts to and from Fa-ti Estimates for 1916 were prepared there age of Sister, () The Superinten have telegraphed to Japan for two more (f) (a) At the date when the procedure was not due to any short- engaged Mr. MacEwen from about substance of the KAISER's message to will be entirely closed.

20th Aug, for the Maternity Hospital, I having proved to disastrous, it is stated Sister Millington would remain in the Matron, and the late Acting Mutron arrange for one or two. Volunteer Auf were grounds for anticipating that deat of the Civil Hospital, the Japanese Nurses and I am trying to his troops; but we may be sure that

that he will attempt a landing at Service until the end of the war-concur that no Sister has at any time Detachment Names to devote the whole the KAISER will not neglect this

News reached Manila Inst week Honam, further down the riser, and Mias llington decided in October been obliged to go on duty when she of their time to Nursing at the opportunity to deliver" himself of that Bishop William Perry Eveland in that. case the aren enclosing May, 1916, and the Principal Civil

that she would retire in April or was so seriously indisposed as to be Government Civil Hospital instead of message calculated to maintain of the Methodist Episcopal church in the steamer the confidence of his people the Philippine Islands tras struck by come dangerous. The situation is beforthwith, asking that immediate steps agree, however, that Sisters will go would like to record my thanks to the moorings will be- Medical Officer reported to this effect fuct unfit for taking duty. They their mornings only. And here I and of his Allies ia the lightning and instantly killed at Harris coming hourly more critical for Lung might be taken to all the prospective on duty or remain on duty when they Misses Gordon for the excellent work ultimate triumph of their arms, burg, PA U.S.A, on July 24. Bishop and it is slao reported that on the west () The Principal Civil Medical Officer work being thrown on others. The Civil Hospital and for their unselfish are not well, in order to prevent extra they have done at the Government We may confidently count on the Eveland, who had been in attendance at side hostile troops hare made big reported on the 11th August, 1916, that, Matron reports that on two occasions sacrifice of their time in the public? KAISER'S message minimising the the General Conference held at Saratogs advances. Lung is believed to have Sisters Gorham and Barlow wished to of late she discovered that a Sister interest. For whole time Volunteer victories recently achieved by the Springs N. I was visiting members of mounted new pattern heavy guns on the same time stated that three other duty at once. A Sister was recently salaries sither as: Sisters if qualified or take long leave early in 1916. He at was not well, and she sent her of Aid Detachment Nurses in the present Allies, possibly by pointing out that his family who reside at Harrisburg the hille behind the city which he will Sisters would complete a period of four reported as haring dysentery; and a Probationers if unqualified and I frust emergency I am prepared to pay 2.80 p.m. Auction of Household just as Germany's enemies were Of the railless car acryice at

open on Shum's troops if the latter land years' service in 1916, on enquiry being made she said that I may get some applications on these Farniture, Matting etc. at Messrs driven back before, so they will be Shanghai,

In the summer of 1915 Dr. Johnson she preferred not to go off duty, terme. I trust, Gentleman, that Hughes and Hough's.

again Misrepresentation, in the Customs says in his annual report:

the Commissioner SURRENDER OF CHAI TROOPS. Put very fully and clearly before the though, had the Staff not been so these disponitions will be regarded an Transit writing of war news, has been deveThe cars run very smoothly and with were surrounded on the Tat inst, by and the grant of long leave. Superintendent states that it is matters to which my attention has Over a thousand of Lung's troops provision for the filling of vacancies glad of two or three days rest. The permit. There are some other minor Government the necessity for making short-handed, she would have been satisfactory as far as circumstações Theodolite, = Gramaphone and sloped into a fine art in Germany. the least possible vibration along the Kwangsi troops in Nam Tong They 3-The Honourshie Member is largely a Sister's own fault if aba been directed in the course of inter- Sewing Machine at Mears. Hoghes | "Military necessity" was frankly narrow roads, served by this means of held out until their" ammunition was the 1914 Estimates provision was made goes on duty feeling too ill to do it,views with the Sisters and investiga- 3.30 pm-Auction of Blackwood, facts of the Jutland naval fight were route in three quarters of a rule, and Kwangsi, troops are strongly establish

given as an excuse for it when the locomotion. The total length of the exhausted and then surrendered The under Kennedy Town Hospital for because the Sisters know quite well tions arising out of the many questions

parently under a misapprehension In

ladicrously misrepresented in the there is sufficient space to allow two ing themselves at Ng Ngan Kew

THE DIARY.

MEMO. FOX TO-DAY: 0.15 pm-The Palisade, Kowloon.

MEMOS. FOR TO-MÓRROW. Second Anniversary of the War.

2.30 pm-Auction of

A

and Hough's

Silver and Plated Wars at Mests Hughes and Hough's....

6 pm-Route March by Police

Beserve

6 pm-Special War Services in St.

John's Cathedral and Union Church

General Hemeranda.

SATURDAY, August.8-

of

Admiralty ; and "military necessity a nonneervents made by the German tone to miss one another. At the

Yangkingang Creek end the cars are

will doubtless still prompt a note reversed on a turntable, while at the aushakeable confidence and bigh other terminus the overhead wires are expectations in the messagee which

looped." Does this miggest to anybody

are certain to be given by the KAISER the possibilities of a similar service for to his own people and his Allies, and Kowloon Intended for consumption by the world at large. We expect all this,

4.30 pm-Kowloon Cricket Club "At and feel sure that we shall not be

Home

SUNDAY, August 6 :---

disappointed. But, let the memages

1 am-Excursion to Macao by situation to-day. On the Russian

"Taishan".

MOSDAY, August 7:-

Bank Holiday

front we have the armies of the TRAB everywhere defeating the

CLOSING SHIRE QUOTATIONS.

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THURSDAY, August 10 (—— -*-*-

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Government House

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SATURDAY, Augnet, 19—1

Hongkong Hotel Cobalt yearly Meeting

a German stiffening; the German Armies at the northern end of the line Ive been #ccessfully held in check and repeated attempts by them at an offensive have been signally lefeated.

Provi Shang

FOREIGN WARSHIPS

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PUBLIC WORKS.

SANITARY AND VETERINARY STAFZD,

two Sisters, one on a dollar and one that they have only to say that they These will be sympathetically and put by the Honorable Members ot a sterling salary The 1915 and are not fit and they will be and carefully dealt with and if their sola- 1915 Estimates provide for two Sisters, always have been given a rest. tion redounds to the greater efficiency both on a sterling salary; but the 1915 -For some ten years one Sister of the Public Service I shall not forget. at the end of 1914. column, the dollar salary which lapsed in A block and of C block Latterly ment to the Honourable Member. Estimates show also under the 1914 was normally in charge of one floor to give the credit of suggesting improve-

stone Sister Eas been in charge of both It was suggested by the Colonial floors in A block. This arrangement Secretary that a system of Chinese dressers, on the lines of a system of has not been continuous and, when HONGKONG A REFUGE CAMP. nativa dressers which had worked most cremstances have admitted, separ-

satisfactorily in hospitals for Asiaticate Sisters have been in charge of The Colonel Secretary laid upon the patients in the Federated Malay States, separate floors whether in A or in table a report of proceedings, of the We have heard it estimated that should be given a trial in the Asiatic block One Sister was on duty on public works committes as within the last few weeks upwards of wards of the Government Civil each floor of A Block during morning held on the 27th July 1816. 100,000 people. must have sought refuge Hon Mr. POLLOCK That is not so

and aftemoon for nine months in 1918 The Chairman submitte in the Colony of Hongkong from the This is the caseThe late

and for ive months in 1913 and 1915 allowing the position and bourased of Canton, and one Howeit said that "probationer dressres, Sister has been on duty.

respectively. During 1916 only one shelter which it was proposed to naturally saks at once where they all although they are very wetul, cannot 10 The works in B Block is helter was shown to be com Wat Kowloon Point for Jinzik are told that the Chinese possibly take the place of Nurses harder than that in A. Block There reinforced concrete and tenem

This Government on the other hand is overcrowded.

of the opinion that properly trained are fifty i Heds in the general wards mittes unemmously agreed to recom

was estimated at $2,000+. It goes rithout saying that the dressers can and should take aver of B. Block and six bells in the ment that the shutter be proceeded

tcharges are being made large part of the duties of European private wards. There is no record of with, in accordance with the for sleepin

modation of any Nurses in wards for Anistic patients the average number of beds geçt land

residents know during for Japanese Staff Nurses and Frored to; and in any event Sisters were excavatin

Arrangements have recently been made in B Block during the periods

The Chirman explained no uncommon bationer Nursas to take charge of the in charge of half only of B. Block Reservo tain parts of the

Astatie wards in R block at the Govern until July 1915, when a re-mings leeping in thement Civil Hospitalment of warda wa mad

Probationer dressers are engaged 11The regule be on probationary period of arx year Civil Servant has any

They are required to pass amination of the end of the first, second, third, and txth year The Blue Book

changes in the? Staff

the summe

Safes, Fittings, ata, etc, it No. 7 successfully advanced westward.right Oce, price 30 ct each or 4 for a dollar Queen's Road Central (formerly through Armenia towards Sivar. On the Deutsch Astatische Bank).

the western front, as General JoFFBE 438, all the enemy's plans have been wrecked. Germany has made heavy bids for success. She has thrown formidable foten, wave after way

upon

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