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SCAVENGING MOTORS.

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DISCUSSIONS.

GREAT SAVING!

It was <generally agreed at the Sanitary Board meeting yesterday that the experimental lorries used for scavenging had proved a great į saving in man power and time.

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BOITO'S

NERO."

AN OPERA WITH A HISTORY.

An opera which has been talked about for nearly 50 years is about 10. be produced at the Scala Open House at Milan. It is the "Nero" of Arrigo Boitos the composer of Mefistotele, which hitherto has been bis only known work,

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by the Surveyor of His Majesty the During the rest of his life Boito King, for one further terms of 73 years. was anderstood to be at work'on two operas, Nerone" (Noro) and "Ore- auimte," but they remained mysur ions. He was also a pet und wrote opera librettos for "Tellow-musicians. He adapted "Othello" und "The Merry Wives of Windear" for Verdi:

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Boito died during the war, aged Dr. Ozorio said that when some four or five years ago he suggested 70. In that long life he brought to that motor lorries should be em light practically nothing but the, ployed by the Sanitary Department Mefistofele of his youth, which for scavenging, he met with great made him famous. It was first sung DARTICULARS and Conditions of opposition. The Head of the Milan just 60 years ago, and caus be held on MONDAY, the 28th day the Sale by Public Auction to Sanitary Department thought it aed riots. Admirers and critics were of May, 1924. at 3 p.m. at the physical impossibility. He was so violent that the police stopped the Offices of the Public Works Department, glad to see, however, that they had run of the opera. Boito revised it by Order of His Excellency the Governor beer experimented with and had later, and in this form it was xa of eue Lot of UROWN LAND st Mount been found a success, "It don't sionally heard at Covent Garden beCameron in the Colony of Bonghong want to crow over you again in fore the war. Chaliapin has sung renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed for a term of 15 years, with the option of years to come," Dr. Ozorio said.in it lotely in America,

and so I make the suggestion now that instead of having two or three additional lorries, you should put the whole system of scavenging of this Colony on the motor system." If that was done certain items that were being indented for now would not be required. Personally he did not think there was much difference in the cost of the two He died in 1919, and the much- systems; in fact it might be that talked-of "Nero" was found to be the motor system proved a saving. still unfinished. (The libretje had One motor, he believed, did the been published in 1901). work of six bullock carts, and, it jof the Scale, is understood to have would be a great saving if the four revised the MS, for the forthcoming motor lorries asked for by the production, which, which is provi Assistant Medical Officer in Kow-silly fixed for Easter Sunday, loon and the Sanitary Inspector in The last act of the libretto has not charge of the scavenging of Hong been set to music. kong he granted. Dr. Ozorio urged that motor lorries should be the only type of dust carts used in Kowloon. The place was flat and

At the fortnightly meeting of Java sugar, average quality, per the Sanitary Board yesterday picul net" Futures" No.

24 afternoon, the attention of members rough white July delivery $10.73 was drawn to a model of a block August delivery 10.63, September of Chinese tenement houses, de- delivery 10.55. "Spet No. 24 signed by Mr. G.. R. Sayer, Head rough white $12.80, No. 24 fine of the Department, now on leave. white 19.30, No. 18 rough brown

The model fepresents a great 12.72, Java brown 11.80.

advance on the present type of Rice, average quality, per picul Chinese tenement houses. The gross for net No. 1 Siam long extent of the saving which would white $9.40, No. 1. Saigon long be effected by Mr. Sayer's schente, white 7,40.

is shown by the following illustra Flour, per sack of 50 lbs:tion based on square plot of Sperry's XXX $3.46, White Greens building land, 84 feet by 84 2.52, Nutmeg Orange 2.48, King feet: Under the existing law fisher 2.82, Maize 2.43, Big Gun a scavenging lane six feet wide 2.62, Tiger Shield 290, Glabe 2.43, would have to be provided lent itself to motor traffic. Old Mill 2.43, Reindeer 2.50. Melon 246, White Rose 2.42, C. and C. 2.56, Dayton 2.50, Kwan Tao 2.42. CREDIT, FOR SWEDEN.

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down the centre, absorbing about 504 feet. Of the remainder one-

| third would have to be left as

A FLEET OF LORRIES.

The Chairman (Mr. N. L.,Smith)

open spaces. Therefore, out of a said that Dr. Ozorio had once more total area of 7.056 square feet, 2,588 would have le be reserved for the the satisfaction of saying "I told lane and spaces, leaving 4,368 for you so," The motor lorry system building purposes.

Under Mr. appeared to have been a success. He had not been in the department Sayer's scheme, there would be no need for a scavenging lane with the result that it is possible to have 5,292 feet on which to build.

Members of the Sanitary Board wore favourably impressed with _the_model_both from the sanitary.

and economical point of view.

Arturo

There is enormous interest in Italy in this curiously fated work. All feats have been sold for the first two performances, some of them a £10. apieos.

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Wold Furniture

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long enough to know of the objec. FOURTH EXTRA RACE MEETING, tions to it, but he imagined the principal one was that refuseTHE conditions for Race No. 7 on the First Day and Race that a bullock cart ambling down No. 3 on the Second Day have been collecting was a slow business and

the streets with a belt was more cancelled and the following sub, likely to make a complete stituted therefor:- clearance of the refuse than a SATURDAY, 7th June 1924.

He lorry which dashed along.

2.-GRANVILLE STAKES: thought, however, that that had SIR WILLIAM E. GOSCHEN. been disproved by their experience e Mile For China Ponies. The Canadian Pacific steamer

with the two refuse lorries Griffins of this Sasson. Weight "Empress of Britain" arrived at

for inches as per scale. Winners at present being used in Quebec on her first voyage from

Toak Hat Stand, Chesterfield Couch Liverpool as cabin-class steainer

Losbus, May 20, the eastern district. There was of not more than two races 7 lbs under her new name, "Montroyal." The death is reported of Sir certainly a great saving in mai extra; winners of three or more races and Chairs, Overmantel, Teak Ex- She is the fastest vessel sailing William Edward Goschen-Renter: power and time, and, as he had 12 lbs extra. Subscription Griffins tension Dining Table, Tesk Chairs, out of Liverpool and is scheduled Sir William Edward Gosehen pointed out, the whole question of of this Season allowed 3 lbs. Un Sideboard, Glass Cabinet, Ics Chest,

Ornaments, Jockeys who have not won more Brass to run from there to Quebec in six was born July 18, 1817. He was having the retuce disposal organis- placed runners allowed 5 lbs. Carpet, Curtains, Glassware, Crockery, and a half days.

edented of Rugby and Qxford anded so as to get it further from than four Official Races allowed Pictures, etc, etc. entered the diplomatic service as the centre of the town must

5 lbs. Entrance Fee $5.- 1st Prize VANCOUVER'S GRAIN altache in 1869. He served at Mad-necessarily depend upon some $400.- 2nd Prize, $150- 3rd Prize

of motor transport. In EXPORTS.

rid, Buenos Aires and Paris up to

view of his 1877 and was attached to the Right

predecessor's There is now no doubt that the Hon. G. d. Goschen's special em- views on the subject he was only MONDAY, 9th June 1924. port of Vancouver will ship out hassy to Constantinople in 1880. In prepared to go slowly and sug3-MAIDSTONE PLATE: lorries, with One Mile For China Ponies that 50,000,000 bushels of grain during 1885 he was mide steretary of the Rested two new the current crop year. Official 'cking Legation and served as the possibly more later on. The Com- have started in Hongkong since returns to the end of March show same capacity in Copenhagen Ozorio had said and thought the this Mesting and have not won a

mittee agreed with what Dr. 1st January 1924 and previous to (New) that the receipts here had been 18 Lisbon in 1800, Washington in Department should launch straight race since 1st January 1924. pedis Britannica 11th Edition (20 35,614,000 bushels, of 22,336,000 1893, rad Penograd in 1804. From

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Oce Complete Set of The Ehoyclo-

more than during the same months 1898 to 1000 he was Envoy Extra-out into quite an expensive fleet of Weight for inches as per scale. Volumes

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last year, and there are months still to run.

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Sir William E. Goscher that the New York, May 20-By a new Germen Chancellor declared that process of electrical transmission ROME, May 20. "just for a 'scrap of paper. Great the American Telephone and Telo, The Congress of Agriculturists, Briain was going to make war on & graph Company yesterday success attemled by over 300 of the world's kindred nation," the surap of paper, | fully sent to New York from Cleve» prominent apricuitarists has come to it will be unembered, being no land, Ohio, 15 photographs in two an end. It clopted a proposal to fling less than the treaty guaranter hours. The pictures were five by establish an International Boriety of ing the mentality of Belgium which Agricultural Science with headquar. Germany intended to, vinlate. “He fers at the International Institute ofisted me to underand saye Mr. Agriculture. The President of the Goschen in his rereas to Sir Edward Bociety will be Professor Lipman of Grey (August 8, 1914) that for the United States and the Secretary shical rensons it wes; a' matter General, Professor Hissing of Hol-of life, and death to Germany to Land-Reuter.

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