1928-12-11 — Page 8

MAGNESIUM PERHYDROL

USE

THE CHINA MAIL,

UNNECESSARY NOISE

A PROTEST TO THE MINISTER OF HEALTH

BRITISH MEDICOS' 'APPEAL

SIR J. PERCY

DIES IN CAR WHILE CHATTING WITH FAMILY

“BULL" "COLLECTOR

WEALTHY MAJOR

LEAVES £1,124,764: REMARRI- AGE BAN ON WIDOW

KILLED WHILĘ RIDING The will has been proved in the Sir James Percy, the 'Irish writer The British Medical Association's, memorandum, based on a resold and wit, died suddenly while being Chestor probate registry, of Major tion at its annual meeting at Car-driven home through the West Robert Barbour, of Bolesworth diff, against unnecessary noise has End with his wife, son, and daugh- Castle, Chester, an ex-High Sheriff of Cheshire, who was killed in n been sent to the Minister of Health. tor in a motor-tar. Ak The memorandum stated that the He was chatting gally about his riding accident while training a devastating effects of such noise on experiences during the day when borse on September 3. health and efficiency of the com- suddenly he collapsed. The car munity could not be over-estimated. was driven to the house of Dr. Healthy people were 'capable on Martin Berry, Park-crescent, adapting themselves to noxious in-Portland-place, but Sir James was quences, though at a cost which, in found to be dead.

The body was "taken to the its very nature; was Incalculable. The preventable, noise were in- Marylebone Mortuary.

Lady Percy later returned to her efficiently silenced motor-vehicles. warning instruments carried on home at Totteridge, Hertfordshire,

+

The gross value of the estate is #1,124,784.

The testator bequeathed to his wife an annuity of £2,000 while she continues a widow,

If she remarrias the annulty is to be reduced to £1,000.

He also bequeathed to her all his household furniture, stores, and

MAGNESIUM PERHYDROL motor-vehicles, barking dogs, cries to which she was driving with her motor cars, and à legacy of £1,000.

against INDIGESTION

An entirely new MAGNESIUM-OXYGEN treatment.

L

Rapid relief for

HEART-BURN, LACK OF APPETITE, SICK HÉADACHE.

"THE NATURAL CURE

FOR CONSTIPATION

Once used, always used. Try some to-day, Bottles of 20, 50 and 100 tablets, also Powder, 50 and 100 gm.

All Dispensaries and Stores sell it.

G. FALCONER & CO., (HONG KONG) LTD.

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS DIAMOND MERCHANTS.

Union Building (Opposite G.P.O.)

Agents for:-ADMIRALTY CHARTS, ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S, NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS,

ENGLISH SILVERWARE; direct from Manufacturers. High Class English Jewellery.

Prickly Heat Powder

A Certain Cure for

PRICKLY HEAT & SUNBURN.

A little dusted on the skin and gently massaged in will speedily cure Prickly Heat, remove Sunburn and the offensive

odour due to excessive perspiration.

Prepared by

Queen's Dispensary

Pharmaceutical Chemists

22, Des Voeux. Rond Central

CHOY HEONG MANUFACTURER OF PRESERVED GINGER AND FRUIT,

Established For More Than Forly Years.. Office: No. 90, Bonham Strand, Hong Kong. Factory:-1A; Shim Chun Street, Mongkok

Tel. C. 1424. Tel. K. 400.

SEND YOUR FRIENDS AT HOME.

THE

NEWS

OF

THE

WEEK

AND WHEN YOU GO HOME KEEP IN TOUCH THROUGH

THE OVERLAND CHINA MAIL

WEEKLY EDITION OF THE CHINA MAIL":

Published Every Friday at 3a, Wyndham St. (Telephone Central 22.)-

All motor vehicles were required

his office in Among his other bequests are:

£60,000 and 10,000 Preference shares in the Bolesworth Trust. Company to each of his two younger sons, David and Robert.

and bells of street vendors, the husband from careless handling of milk cars, and Newman-street, W. He had had noise or rhilways.

luncheon at the Savage Club.

Sir James had arranged to go to be fitted with an efficient abroad for a holiday for the bene silender, but the law was only too fit of his health. He was knight- The ed in 1921 for bis. services in naval often completely ignored. chief offenders were, motor-cycles, recruiting in Ireland during the and it was a common practice, war. particularly on country roads,. for them to travel, at high speed with open exhaust. People living near main roads found it impossible ever to get a sufficient amount of sleep. Fines did not seem to act as a de terrent, and it would seem that Im

pounding the machine, as was done in Berlin, was the only effective way of dealing with the nuisance,

Chief Justice

Chief Justice Ramon Avaneena, of the Philippine Supreme Court, known William Howard Taft of the as the Philippines." According to precedent, the post of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is given, to a Filipino, although the majority of the Court is composed of Americans,

ī

£20,000 each to his two daugh→

ters.

To his wife and eldest son, George Richard, the residue of his hold- Ings, including his holdings in the Bolesworth Trust Company, upon trusts for his sons and daughters.

All the residue of his personal and real estate to his eldest son,

Some Famous. "Balls" His witty speeches were as well known in London as 'they were in Dublin, where he lived until a few He published three of Irish Bulla and Blunders in Speech and Ameng The amount of estate duty pay. some "bulls" he quoted at a din-able to the Government will be ap

proximately £340,000. ner in London were:

months ago. volumes

Mr. Gladstonè: It is no use for the hon. member to shake his head in the teeth of his own words.

Mr. Joseph Chamberlain: The hon.. member did not want the truth. He asked for facta..

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald: The empty grave where our ruined! Industries lle.

FRANCE AND CHINA

Paris. Yesterday, The main provisions of the new Sino-French Trade Treaty, which have been reached In principle at Shanghai, are the French rećęgni- tion of Chinese tariff autonomy and China's. "grant of "most-favoured- nation" treatment to France.

The treaty, which will be sub- mitted to the French Government for approval, differs from some other treaties between China and the Powers in that political quea. tions and extraterritoriality ara-not! mentioned. Reuter.

turbing. Much of the whistling ap- peared to be unnecessary, and It: was suggested that with the sym pathetic co-operation of the railway companies, that method of signal- ling from locomotives might be reduced considerably.

'A'Diabolic Contrivance Perhaps the most diabolic of modern engineering contrivances was the pneumatic road drill, and the manner in which it had been, tolerated spoke volumes for the

£1,000 to his staff, at his wife's discretion.

"Uncrowned Queen "

H.R.H. Helen of France, Duchess of

the sometimes called

"Uncrowned Aosta, mother of the Duke of Apulia, Queen of Italy."

DIAMONDS BY "PLANE

Gen- Johannesburg-Behind

Hertzog's recent state- African that the South

Owing to the vastly improved light ing arrangements, the need for a patience of the people of our towns. eral strident, warning note was dim-Spasmodic protests had been made ment nished and in many cases entirely in vain. The Association felt jus- Government's diamond digging en unnecessary. If warning instru- tified in demanding that contractora terprise in Namaqualand has met ments must be used, a low-toned should not be permitted to enter with "great success," there lies bulb horn should be fitted.

Into agreements which necessitated a story of rich discoveries.

South African, Air Force, sero Sufferers Almost Helpless the use of pneumatle drills, ex- Barking dogs were often a source cavators, and such like machinery planes are now engaged in carry- of acute distress. The law as it in streets or in close proximity to ing the diamonds from the claims. stood left sufferers from the puis occupied dwelling-houses during to Cape Town, and their cargoes have been of enormous value. At ance almost helpless. It favoured the normal hours of sleep. the culprit rather than the victims, The Association was of opinion the moment, it is estimated that and a more simple method of deal that something, of an educative Government stones to the value of ing with owners whose dogs were nature might be done it was not at least £5,000,000 are lying in the a chronic nulsance should be de- uncommon for motorists to start up bank vaults at Cape Town avait- vised. Among preventable noises their engines and to leave, them ing disposal

At present only £6,000 worth of made by street vendors were the running for some minutes, while! eries of milkmen, the sellers of, they made their farewella, and then Namaqualand diamonds are per newspapers, the bell of the muffin to start off with horn-blowing and mitted to be placed on the market man (not yet quite obsolete), and slamming of doors. The Ministry each month. The Government is the bells on coal carts: The noises of Health, it was suggested, might avolding the temptation to over- added to the general hubbab and play a vital part in stimulating the feed the market, although the de-: there was no sound reason why authorities, and Government Demand for diamonds has recently they should not be suppressed. partments concerned, to appro- improved,

Before the Government took over As to the noisy milk-cans, the priate action." Association. thought that in depots The "British Medical Journal," the Namaqualand diggings, Dr. where a large number of cans were commenting on the memóradum, Hans Merensky, the discoverer, dealt with some deadening material asks the question: "Will hose de- was permitted to select a certain as a reward. might be placed, on the ground or atroy our civilization, or will our number of claims

Within a few weeks he recovered floor, or employees should be given civilization destroy nose?"

aggregating ∙12.500) to, understand that careless hand- The proposals were modest in diamonds ling of the cans would be severely scape and should be taken to repre- carats and worth £150,000, while dealt with.

sent the bare minimum of what was inside a month stones to the value The noise of shunting and the needed to deal with the noise pro- of £200,000 were taken from one

pot hole alone. whistling from locomotives was disblem.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11,

JEROLIN'

Cod-Liver Oil Emulsion "RIEDEL", with an extra high percentage of Calcium hypophosphite as a strengthening: and nutritious remedy.

Cod Liver Oil, the fat oil gained from the liver of the cod-fish, which inhabits the northern Atlantic Ocean-in Innumerable shoals, and whic has been well-known for -more than half a century, is highly regarded at the world over as a nutritive supporting the condition of the body, and especially strengthening hildren.

Besides our "JEROLIN" possesses the very valuable quality of not becoming decomposed for many months, if properly stored.

JEROLIN" contains a constant uniform percentage of medicinal Cod-Liver Oil and admixtures of approved os- teogenic Calcium Salta, Hypophosphites and some aroma- tic ingredients.

“JEROLIN" Is easily assimilated and digested, palatable and appetizing.

Doses: Infants three times a day 'a'ten spoonful, Adults and children three times a day a table-spoonful"

J. D. RIEDEL A.-G., Berlin.'.

Solt Agents:-

THE CANTON TRADING ASSOCIATION, LTB. 5th floor, China Bldg. Hong Kong. Obtainable in all big stores & dispensaries,

ALFRED LOCK & COMPANY PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIERS.

PHOTO GOODS OF EVERY

: DESCRIPTION. DEVELOPING PRINTING AND ENLARGING UNDERTAKEN Prompt Services-Moderate Prices.

Satisfaction Guaranteed:

74, Queen's Road Central,

FOOTO EASE

200224:

He, 201

Seal Chiton

POINTED MEEL.

1

OBTAIN FOOT-EASE

BY WEARING

C/FOOT EASE. HOSIERY

FOOT EASE HOSIERY MILL

HONGKONG OFFICE TEL.C.5450 FIRST FLOOR BANK OF CANTON BUILDING

HONG

KONG BENEVOLENT

SOCIETY.

Gifts of Blankets will be greatly

appreciated and may be sent to

the City Hall.

FARMER

PINOY MERLO

IMACH

NAM WAH

BRAND.

NEW SEASON GINGER.

Well Preserved:

Colour and Mellownes Guaranteed.

bum Woh Preserved Ginger Men

PETER THE

KAT THE

King of K

by populari

the Queen's Theat

to-d

NOW IS THE TIME

TO ORDER YOUR

CHRISTMAS CAKES Deliciously manufactured under our personal supervision.

Daily Supply of small Cakes and Bread.

CAFE

PAVILION.

VIDERO

96, Nathan Road, Kowloon