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INTIMATIONS

HONGKONG AND SHÁNGELAT DANKING CORPORATION.

THE DIVIDEND DECLARED for T

the Half Year ending 30th June. 1915, at the rate of Two founds Three Shillings Sterling per Share, is payable on and after MONDAY, the 17th day of August, Current, at the Odiges of she Corporation, where Shareholders are requested to apply for Warrants.

By Order of the Court of Directors,”” «

N, J. STABB,

INTIMATIONS

CHINESE POSTAL GUIDE.

THE CHINESE POSTAL GUIDE (Tah issue) is now ISSUED FOR SALE and applications may be sent to the Postal Commissioner, Canton.

THE

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THE HONGKONG ROPE

(MANUFACTURING"CO, LTD."

AN INTERIM DIVIDEND of ONE THE CHINESE OPTICAL CO.

ON

DOLLAR ($1.—) per Shars for account 1919 will be payable THURSDAY, the 15th August, 1918. Shareholders are requested to apply fur Dividend Warrsit the Company's Office 81. George's Buildings. Hongkong. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from. SATURDAY, the 10th August, 1918, to THURSDAY, the 18th August 1918

ith days inclusive

SHEWAN, TOMES & CV, General Manager.

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THE NEW EPIDEMIC..

*AN" ENSEMBLE OF SYMPTOME,'

gives an account of this epidemic which in all respects "corresponda" with that observed here.

THE CIVIL SERVICE.

It further appears that we have with In the third article which he has con- this disease only another instance of the tributed to the Times Trade Supplement itruth of Con Akba's saying that there is ▲ Medical Currespondent writes to nothing new under the sun, for a small on British Trade with Chins under the Ecine paper: Many of our medical epidemic of a similar character is re-title of Commerce and Industry of corded to have occurred in 1712 in Hongkong, Professer C. A."Middleton specialists were puzzled when, during Tubingen, in Germany; it was then Smith says:- tribute must be paid to last March and April, they were called called "sleeping sickness. (It has of upon to see patients with an "ensemble" course, nothing to do with the sleeping the local Government officials of this of symptoms hitherto unknown to them, sickness of the tropics.) And to come and past generations. The temptations the principal of these being a great to more recent times, a similar spidomic of the Far East are subtle, and permente

In 6ccurred

1940 in Upper Italy somnolence occasionally deepening into and Hangary; the disease was named No one who is without experience of the official life of the adjoining country. come, and paralysis of some of the Noo," A number of cases, many ak muscles of the eye,, followed frequently them fatal, occurred in Mantun, and such matters can possibly understand

Oriental outlook by facial paralysis. The cases did not others kept cropping up until 1895, the

on wha few being seen in Switzerland; is called "squeezes." occur in great frequency still few France, England-in fact, all ever

Fortunately. physicians with a large hospital and rope, and some in the United States, the Government officials of Hongt consulting practice would see ten or At first it was feared that the epidemic kong, have never succumbed to the twalra sneh Cases during those two

insilious auggestions which reach them. months. Professor Hal, of Sheffield might become as prevalent as 12: venza Commercial men complain that Govern="" |

less.

Eu

There is every bope that

epidemic. It in neef evident that the contaging or virus,

Hospital, London, were the first toma

their canes in the fined, may hold good for this that the same ment officials do not assist them se mach describe Naturally they looked about for & can whatever, it might be, is not very ef this supposed new illness and infectives, no two cates haring so far Dr. Harris finding that epidemics with been observed in the same bouse, or al disadvantages of the system under very similar symptoms had occurred at de, happily, many persons sears pets to diferent times, mostly in Germany, the infection. Some experiments to after eating sausages which somehow isolate the poison were made in Vienna had gone wrong, the idea occurred that last year, so far without certain results. the disease might be due to the ingestion

of the me micro-organism which caused sausage poisoning,

the

as they might, but it must be remember. ed that the Hongkong cadets have not been trained in economics or applied science. They have all of the advantages which the British Civil Service has trained its servants. As a scientist, the writer has emphatic views about disadvantages. But nothing that

has

Bacillus botulings (botula-the sausage), CENSOSING A MINISTER'S SPEECH. only in Hongkong, but in India

However, this theory could scarcely hold good, for it was found that many of the patients had not partaken of any fod which cuual be suspected, nor hed even two cases of the new disse been seen in the same house or family, members of which had all eaten f the same tin

tiza of Peservel Dasat or salmon, &c. Epidermica of botulism have always appeared in Germany in groups the BASH enten there are mostly smoke-cured and only partly, if at all, cooked; further, the Baailing betalinga has not be a found.

any of the so-called cases of botslim England, and somaessential diffie ers in the symptoms could be noted: Thos. for instance, the dilatation of the pupil of the eye and the drying up of a glandular secretions, saliva, tears &c. which form such a remarkable feature in true botulism, were mostly absent. o illustrate the latter it is, for instance. corded that a mother who had lost two chikiren from batuliam and was ill herself with this disease could not cry,

her 12 tear-gland bad ceased to secrete. It was, therefore, somewhat unfortunata that at a time of food scarcity an up- founded suspicion should be thrown on all preserved foods. This suspicion may now happily be dismissed. Of course, it is generally known that no ting of pre- served food solidenced by bulging r be used in which gue have developed, fizzing out when being opened; that trns, when opened, should be used up immediately and the contents, if possible,

Sa had to do with an

by re-cooked before use epidemic, of a faw cases spread over a wide ares. It is known that & nervous disease of a 'some- what similar character, but principally children, occurs is rather wide- ffecting spread epidemics of sporadic cases. This disease-epidemic Infantila paralysis or [304 poliomyelitis-affects mostly the spinal cord; the new disease, though occurring mostly in adults and affecting mainly the brain or medulla oblongata, bas many pathological and post-mortem appearances in common with the former, Bik is therefore & "polis encephalitis.

Though the Parle epidemic Netter calls the disease gue epidemique Cephalite lethargi???

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the 'one in

London only by a few weeks, it appears that Vienna had an epidemic of a mmilar nature in the winter of 19re and 7917. Vinta medical jokfrisket, KALUP

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been said or written upon that subject weighs in the scale against the splendid tradition which has been maintained by the British Civil Service, not and the Straits Settlements No Mr. Banar Law told Mr. Hagge in the such a record of clean administration. other nation in the world has produced House of Commons that the speech of For that we have to thank, primarily, General Smuts at Glasgow was not sub the public schools. The Hongkong mitted to the Consor. The speech of cadets come out to the Colony full of newspapers to the consit, not by all ideas about "playing the game, and her pin the the Cer of Ray throughout the whole of their official nd with the consent of Mr. Barnes A life they carry out, to the last, letter, the splendid code of honour upon which few words were deleted.

idena are.founded. If only, there could be grafted on to the code some training in elementary scientific subjects they would understand more fully some of the complex problems which face the commercial men of the Colony

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