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THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1929.
CORRESPONDENCE
1. APPLIANCES FOR USE DURING FIRES
LIFE SAVING
1To the Editor of the "China Mail."}
Sir,-As an old subscriber to your widely-read newspaper, 1 trust you will kindly publish this letter for which I now thank you,
to render, the local fire fighting appliances second to none,
Yours etc.,
SECURITY FIRST.
Macao, April 9, 1929. HOTEL MANAGER'S PROTEST.
EUCALYPTUS
THE
DEADLY TO GERMS AND INSECTS
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS
The mention of the word
CHINA MAIL,
THE LONDON CAT
"OLD STAGEKS" GRADUALLY DISAPPEARING
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
A writer in the "Manchester THE Undersigned have received
"Eucalyptus," "will no doubt re Guardian, has been making a three- T instructions to sell by Public
(To the Editor of the "China Mall,"1 mind one of that "dreadful cold," fold panegyric on the character of Auction
He said: (1) Sir, Much as I deprecate hav-and to most people this tree has the London cat.
"It is far fiercer than its ancestors. ing to criticise the verdict of the no other usefulness,
This, however, is far from be-Twenty years ago a cat that would gentlemen of the jury who de-. livered their findings in the King ing the truth. Eucalyptus may deliberately face a dog and ot Edward Hotel Fire Enquiry yes- well be considered a panacea. Its run at his approach terday afternoon, I feel that, in curative value, if used medically, exception. justice to myself as the manager is immense, while as a disinfect-the general rule." of the Hotel, and in justice also to ant it has no peers.
When Mr.
was a rare
To-day sneh bravery la
.
even run over
ON
SATURDAY, April 13, 1929, commencing at 11 am,, at their.Sales Room, Duddell Street.
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LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, April 11, 1929.
the-
three contentions were unsupport-
king.
A Chinese who was walking along the track of the Shanghai-Woosung Railway on a recent morning, near Changwahpang Station, was knock- ed down by an oncoming train and
Many years ago, there was a fire in the old "Carlton Hotel"; and about three years ago, a part of the "Hong Kong Hotel" was gutted by a disastrous fire. To cap this, we had lately the King
(2) "The modern London cat is Edward Hotel fire, with many deaths of guests and hotel em the proprietors thereof and toWe have it from the best of all scientific in its method of fighting a blinded eye from T ployees. European and Chinese the public, I must protest most authorities-The Eucyclopaedia dogs, and alike, have died through no faul emphatically against the Jury's Britannica"-that Eucalyptus oil well-directed scratch is far from of theirs.
expression of opinion, which was is the most powerful antiseptics uncommon": and
(3) "The modern cat has These three fires have occurred to the effect that they "consider- of its class.
All species of Eucalyptus de- developed a traffic sense, and for IN OTHER PLACES In the central part of the city and ed that the management of the within easy call of the Fire Hotel were seriously remiss in velop, as a protection from in-motorist to Brigade, that at all times have having the basement gate at the sects, fungi and harmful germs, tiniest kitten is almost unknown." CHRONICLES FROM JAPAN
TO JAVA (of Henry Gray been rendering very good service, foot of the stone steps-the only minute glands on the surface of In such occurrences. They have practicable fire exit in the Hotel their leaves containing an oil whom Professor Hobday has said
H.H. the Ranée of Sarawak and not had all the modern appliances, kept locked." In the course of which is so spreading and pene- that he knows more about cats
Home by which money can procure, such as their verdict, these gentlemen of frative in character that it blocks than any man in London) was con- Miss Brooke sailed for automatic fire escapes or ladders, the Jury had distinctly stated their air-passages and ducts, and
sulted on this declaration-in-three- the "Khiva." reaching to the top of the highest that "the internal design and con- thus chokes them to death imme
A branch of the Central Bank of storey of any Hong Kong build-struation of the premises was diately they come in contact with clauses, he said: First, that all Ing. This is a fact, which was such that without adequate means it. brought out at the recent fire in-of escape the building was from This oil, even in its most con-ed; secondly, that the London cat China has been established in An-
thirdly, eo were London dogs, quiry; but, it is not enough for the point of view of danger from centrated form, is non-poisonous was deteriorating in character; and a progressive city, like Heng fire unsuitable for occupation as to animal life and is non-cor- Kong, where property values are an Hotel." This paragraph of the rosive and non-destructive of And then he expounded his own high and where, periodically, Jury's verdict was just ante-tissue. These properties distin-tripleheaded complaint.
The compliments from Man- there are such good land sales of fcedent to its condemnation of the guish Eucalyptus oll from all chester he put aside because in management which I have just other disinfectants on the mar-the first particular he considered ket, which are mostly coal-tar previously mentioned.
that cats are, and always have The management of the Hotel products.
dogs: that no are not the proprietors of the The cost of Eucalyptus oil, how.been, braver than building as is well known to the ever, has hitherto prevented its dog will ever fight a cat unless it learned gentlemen of the Jury, use as a general disinfectant, as it is trained to it; and even then it He talked of and even the owners of the Build-could not be diluted with water to will usually lose.
the old days when Kensington was ing are not responsible for the an economical strength.
full of "cram- construction thereof or for its After several years of experi-Kensington and adequacy from the point of view menting by well-known scientists schools," where the young would-be of danger from fire or otherwise and chemists all over the world, a military men kept bull-terriers and .. "And then for the purposes of an Hotel.certain chemical firm in Harrow, went cat-hunting...
discovered they used to bring their dogs to These points are clearly matters Middlesex, has. which, if any responsibility method by which the oil is held me," he said, “and in a serry state should attach thereto at all, such permanently in suspension in a they were!" He maintains firmly, the face of all popular responsibility can only lie at the transparent amber fluid. which and in
that no There are many people who con- door of the building authority be-Jean be mixed with water to any opinion to the contrary, sider that the European and the fore the actual construction of the required strength. It then bedog will willingly chase a cat.
Cat and Dog Chinese hotels have not adequate building was passed by such comes, immediately on dilution, a
And as for item two, which fire escapes reaching to the top-authority. The Jury may not be milky emulsion.
The firm who discovered this canceres scientific fighting, the floors, they are letting out to aware of the fact that when the
to that is in much the guests; and that the powers-that-building was constructed, it was method is "Lyptol, Ltd., and answer
terms Cats always were be have not insisted on
thanks to their efforts the cost of same this as and for an Hotel.
as a disinfectant acientific fighters and are always Now, returning to my protest Eucalyptus oil modern safeguard, so as to lessen, as far as possible, the loss of about the management being re- has thus heen brought down to ready to go for a dog's eyes. life, during a fire, of some magni- miss, I think it a duty which I compare more than favourably when it comes to traffic sense tude.
owe to the public, to recall to mind with coal-tar products.
thinks, alus, that cats are little, the following facts relating to the Eucalyptus oil disinfectant is if at all, better than dogs. alleged basement-gate being kept now sold under three names-cidents are common-twenty now
and to one locked, for the following rea-Lyptrol, Lyptrol Crude,
in the pre-motor era, The first named is thinks.
is Their number in- sons:--
he can find
Government lands. Between the occurrence of the Hong Kong Hotel fire and that of the King Edward Hotel, has the matter of fire escapes to the topmost floors of any Hong Kong hotel been in- sisted upon, by the Building Authority or the Fire Brigade, 'before periodically passing the premises for hotel use? I do not think this fact was brought out at the recent fire inquiry over the King Edward Hotel fire. This is a very important matter, which should have been fully threshed out, at the inquiry.
It is true that we can call no- thing our own, but death; still, the local Fire Brigade should be provided with the most up-to-date means for saving human lives during a fire; because "Life is not an empty dream."
The firemen must be trained so as to do well their hazardous work; and, if possible, avoid the sad fate of the seven persons who, in trusting to the open jumping -sheet, so invitingly spread out for them to leap into, have, neverthe- less, met with such a tragic end. a net. Many people think that like the one employed by the Harmston's Circus, in the trapeze stunt, is better than the jumping! sheet, which was used by the Fire Brigade; and that even rub- ber jumping sheets should be tried. If, however, the old canvas jumping sheet must still be used, then it would be good that public demonstrations of its utility be, frequently, given by the local Fire Brigade, for:-
F
open.
Lyptolene.
killed instantaneously.
The National Fine Arts Exhibi-
tion was opened in Shanghai on the 10th instant and already some 200 Chinese and 50 Foreign paintings have been selected for honours. The exhibits have been insured for
$1,000,000.
Chinse members of the Mari- time Customs staff met last week to discuss the rules relating to im- proved treatment for the Chinese staff which were recently publish- ed by the Inspector-General.
But
The friends of Mr. A. F. Evans of the Salt Gabelle, Yuchang, Shanghai, Shansi, who is in the General Hospital recovering from an operation, will be glad to learn that he is now
convalescent and able to receive visitors,
he
Ac-
be
(a) There are no regulations by the for personal and household use; creasing steadily, and
Government that such gate the crude quality is for animals little evidence of any increased should be kept at all times and poultry; and Lyptolene, pre traffic-sense in either cats or dogs pared from the best and finely to compensate, Accidents multip- (b) Apart from the basement rate, distilled oil, is excellent for cuts ly, but so does the traffic; it seems
there is another" exit leading to the lane between King Edward and raw surfaces. It has a great almost as though the two frcrease Hotel and Alexandra Building, healing value.
in a direct proportion. from the fire escape.
fire cacapo.
The Greater Shanghai Bureau of Landa has notified land-owners that they must apply at once for plans of their properties in order that they will know the exact posi- tion of these and in order to pre- vent unnecessary litigation.
Orders have been issued by the to Shanghai District Magistrate the Commissioner of Public Safety to keep a vigilant lookout for Com- munists who are, it is said, prepar
sent unsettled situation to create trouble.
Lyptrol has been tested by the: It was here that the point of (c) The management is not respon-Ridea! Walker test, and the deterioration arose. "Gray holds.
sible for not having an external germicidal properties have been in something of a paradox, that the ing to take advantage of the pre-
found to be 3 times more character of both dogs and cals is (d) If either or both of the said powerful than carbolic acid. This deteriorating because of the great exits from the fire escape were disinfectant is now being used in attention paid to breeding now-
and nurseries,
sick Tooms, obstetric surgeries.
allowed to be kept open, apart
Mr. Kingdon Ward, the explor from guards, which would be
adays. "The tile-cat or the back-
er, who 20 years ago was a school- nccessary by day and by right,
yard cat," he says, "is disappearing master in Shanghai, has arrived at how could the Hotel manage-
and the highbred cat is taking its Rangoon to join Colonel Roose- ment deprive thieved from en-
place. Watch a Persian cat in velt's expedition through French tering the premises of the
It will remain Hotel?
Since July 1, 1928, the Soviet Go- the street.
per Indo-China. Irrespective of what has been vernment has placed orders with fectly quiet with lorries running Electric Co. at both sides of it.. It will let itself stated above, I fail to understand the General
over quietly. But the be run common cat is like the street-arab. It can 'fall from the top of the house without getting hurt. I get
the mentality of these learned Schenectady, New York, for £120,- gentlemen of the Jury when they 000 worth of radio equipment. censured the management for
of
this simple reason, that the The Court of Appeal at Viborg, "The sense of death is most in majority of the people who escap- Finland, has sentenced fourteen no common cars brought to me as
apprehension;
ed from the burning building Communists to terms of imprison accident cases, but plenty we saved themselves through one or ment, varying from one to seven thoroughbreds."
other of the exits above mention-years, on charges of plotting high In corporal sufferance, finds a led. If anyone had perished in consequence of either of the gates
And the poor beetle, that
tread upon,
pang as great
As when a giant dies."
treason.
For the fourth year the course
Special postage stamps bearing pictures of the West Lake Exhibi- tion will shortly be placed on sale to commemorate the opening of the industrial fair in Hangchow on June 6.
"Hurricane" and "Soft Daily." two Shanghai "mosquito" papers, have been placed on the banned Jist by the Bureau of Public Safety and steps are being taken
being locked, I would have had The trial of Friedrich Rybar and of instruction in the Gaelic This apprehension, on the part nothing to say against their re- Wilhelmine Miltner, who are alleg-language at Queen's University, for their suppression. of those who have not yet been marks, but as there had been no ed to have been in possession of Kingston, Ontario, has been un- initiated in the art of leaping into evidence put forward at the Er-securities stolen from the "Levia-attended.
a jumping sheet, is a great draw-quiry to the effect that the locked than in June, 1928, has begun in
back against its usage, bearing in basement gale had caused any Vienna. mind the sad fate of the seven death or injury to any person or unfortunate people, who have lost any delay in effecting any such their lives in the recent King person's escape, I fail to see why
The distress is acute, and per-
A baby whale was successfully brought ashore by a couple of stud- ents of the Tung Chi University
the "Eastern Times."
Edward Hotel fire, and who had the Jury should have condemned half of the profits to the Miners' at Woosung several days ago, says the great courage to leap into the the management at all, unless it Fund? open jumping sheet, which had be that, in considering their ver- been prepared for them. above-mentioned net should also be fully tried, its merit or demerit should be amply proven, because
"By medicine, life may be prolonged."
The dict, in as much as they thought haps few out here can realise it their duty to exonerate the the amount of material relief two Fire Brigade (which I agree) and or three dollars subscribed in condemn the Government in con- Hong Kong can bring to those in nection with certain recommenda- need at Home. I imagine it is tions made by a Commission ap-difficult for the British here to pointed in 1926 regarding fire realise the fact that there are fighting improvements (about thousands, not only of the miners, Finally, I wish to emphasise which I know nothing) they had but also of their wives and chil- that sohic of my friends earnestly thought fit to pass some censure.dren who lack not only proper ac- trust that you will kindly treat,
I regret that I should be tak-commodation and clothing but editorially, this important mattering so much space in your valu- even food itself. Hong Kong has of modern fire appliances, fire able columns, but trust that you always given generously 'bo' escapes and nets, in order to will forgive me for any outspoken famine relief in China. But now lessen, as far as possible, the comments on what I consider to they are asked to contribute to chance of casualties occurring be "not cricket" on the part of the support of white women and during a great fire, in any of the the Jury-
Yours etc.,
J. H. WITCHELL,
Late Manager,
King Edward Hotel. Hong Kong, April 10, 1929.
DISTRESSED MINERS
children who are actually hungry. Generous support has been afford. ed. But I would point out that an opportunity is afforded the Community of combining amuse- ment for themselves and practical aid for the needy."
hotels, the largest stores, as well] as on premises where a large number of persons congregate, not forgetting also the repre- hensible use of wax and petroleum mixtures for floor-polishing of premises, because these mater
The public has supported the ials are highly inflammable and
A.D.C. well, but on Tuesday I saw are, moreover, very dangerous;
many vacant seats which I feel: and their further use should be
sure need not have been vacant. forbidden, either by the Govern ment, the owners of properties or Sir,As a stranger in your And I would urge those, who have even by the Fire Insurance Com- interesting town, but as a re- not yet seen the play to which I panies, before the acceptance of sident of one of the areas at Home refer, to combine personal plea- fire risks of the premises which wherein the distress among the sure with practical charity and to have been using this extra hazar miners is most acute, may I ex-support the A.D.C. to-day and on do mixture.
press my great pleasure at the Friday and Saturday. Apologising for taking up so charitable enterprise of the Hong] much valuable space, and trust-Kong A.D.C. in putting on "The Ang that everything will be done Dover Road," and devoting one
To the Editor of the "China Mail"]
Yours etc.,
TOURIST. Hong Kong, April 10, 1929.
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