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24th

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WATER SUPPLIES

Presence Of Organic Matter And Germs

DANGER OF DISEASE*

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day of June, 1929, at 8 pm, at the Offices of the arrived at, a thorough chemical and Public Works Department, by bacteriological examination must be Order of His Excellency the Goy carried out and the ernor, of one Lot of Crown Land fully considered. at Shamshalpo, in the Colony Such examination should be en- of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 trusted to specialists, chemists, and years, commencing from 1st July, bacteriologists. Their opinion will 1898, with the option of renewal be given not only on the examina at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the tion of the material itself, but after of information with Survetor of His Majesty the King. consideration for one further term af 24 years regard to the source of the sample, less three days.

the position and surroundings of the PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. well or other collection of water from which it was drawn. With all samples forwarded for examination such information should always be

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Before collecting the sample the bottle should be well rinsed with the water to be collectad, and in case of wells, rivers, lakes, and reservoirs the portion to be examined should be obtained by plunging the bottle below the surface. If taken from a tap the first quantity that runs off should be rejected in order to pre- vent the entry of possible impurities from the pipe.

Stored in Ice

24th day of June, 1929, at Smaller quantities are required 3 p.m.. al' the Offices of the for bacteriological examination. Public Works Department, by They should, of course, be collected FOR SALE On Broadwood Road 3 Order of His Excellency the Gov- in perfectly sterile vessels and stored, roomed Bungalow. Reply Secretary ernor, of me Lot of Crown Land in ice if possible, till the examina- at Shamshuipo, in the Colony of tion is made. It is advisable to Hong Kong, for a term of 75 commünicate with the bacteriologist FOR SALE.Barkers," Sat Wan Ayears, commencing from 1st July, who is to carry out the investiga- fine 4-Roomed Bungalow with large 1898, with the option of renewal tion, as probably he may desire to Garden. Excellent Bathing facilities. Ideal place for Summer Hotel. For at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the send a special outfit for the collec- full particulars apply Box No. 595. Surveyor of His Majesty the King, tion and forwarding of the speci- c/ "China Mail"

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A Valuable Collection of POSTAGE STAMPS (Catalogues will be issued.) Terms: Cash on Delivery.. On View from Thursday, June 20, 1929.

Hong Kong, June 17, 1929.

cleaned.

Water Cisterns

CHOLERA

VIEWS OF COMMISSIONER OF SIAMESE RAILWAYS

KEDAH OVER-ANXIOUS

Bangkok, June 8. Interviewed by the "Slam Obser- ver" to-day the Commissioner-

whereas with a cistern the water is General of Railways said that while better conserved and there is less they were quite at one with the chance of a house going without it, authorities, on the other side of the for any reason it is turned off at the frontier in their desire to protect themselves against cholera, they main.

entirely failed to see any use in the These risks are generally regard- demand for a deposit. If a railway ed as exaggerated, but water passenger were unlucky enough to not save him or prevent the spread companies have great powers, and if contract cholera, the deposit would a cistern is insisted upon it must of the disease over the border. be provided. In such a tage it.

If the F... authorities insist-- should be properly constructed, ed on compulsory inoculation of properly covered to keep out dirt, everyone crossing the frontier, they Conveniently accessible for cleansing would be perfectly within their and thoroughly and regularly righta. Siam would know just The best material for where she stood, and would see that cisterns is undoubtedly galvanised people obeyed the regulation before iron, though, occasionally, slate and they were allowed to try to cross. lead tanks are seen. Because slate It seemed to him that Kedah was is apt to crack and lead is apt to over-anxious. People.could go into be dangerous, neither of these British territory from Siam else. materials is really satisfactory. In where without restriction. --- any case the covering, the accessi- "Straits Times”. bility and the cleansing referred to above must not be overlooked. Local authorities usually insist upon at tention to these matters, and many have by-laws giving powers to re quire that they be attended to.

Every cistern should be provided SEQUEL TO NEWCASTLE COAL- with an overflow pipe discharging in} the open so that it may serve as an

PLEASE DON'T

WASTE WATER

indication should the valve or other fitting fall out of order. The pipe should not be taken into another pipe; certainly not into a drain.

Drinking Water Tap With both the continuous and the intermittent system there should always be at least one tap in each; house drawing water from the main for drinking purposes, Cisterns are so apt to be neglected that this is important.

Even where the supply is con tinuous there should be small cisterns for use in connection with

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Sydney, June 10, Huge crowds cheered enthusias The million people of Sydney are tically when the President and King without gas as a sequel to the lock Fuad, i an open ear, preceded out over the entire Newcastle coal- by mounted police, went slowly felds in April, when the miners de-through streets decorated with the manded higher wages.

German and Egyptian colours to the Albrecht Palace, where once Ama- nullah was housed, and which the Government has placed at the dia posal of the Royal guest and his en- tourage.

"The owners declare that they can- not compete with imported coal. A commission of inquiry was begun, but the situation suddenly became acute.

Thousands of police have been concentrated at the mines in the expectation of violence aiming at the withdrawal of safety. men.- "Straits Times."

THE RHINELAND

RUMOURED MEETING OF 3 FOREIGN MINISTERS

Madrid, June 10. The League of Nations Council began with a meeting which was not open to the public.

At a banquet in the evening the President bore testimony to the spirit of amity pervading the rela tions between Egypt, and Germany. King Fuad, in reply, referred to the growth of cultural and economic relations. Trans-Ocean. A

SENTRY DESERTER

SENTENCED TO 112 DAYS' HARD LABOUR

London, June 3... The court martial has sen--

As regards the examination made

chemist and bacteriologist nothing more need be said than that both carry out their investigation quali- tatively and quantitatively. The former examines, or may examine, for minerals, metals, and organic each of the water closets, and one matter, and stimates the amounts also for the supply of the boiler! of these as well as the degrees of which provides hot water for the hardness per gallon. The bacterio-house. With regard to the closet It is rumoured that the Foreign tenced George Stevwright, a sentry logist, in addition to estimating the cisterns it should be stated that Ministers of Germany, France and who deserted from the guard at total number of organisms present, water companies and authorities Great Britain will meet at Baden-Buckingham Palace, to 112 days' makes a special examination for always insist upon them and lay Baden at the end of July to discuss hard labour. in & civil prison intestinal and sewage organisms.

down provisions as to the size of the question of Rhineland evacua-and has discharged him from the esch cistern, as it is sometimes tion. Trans-Ocean. called, the "water waste preventer." The capacity generally allowed is from 2 to 3 gallons.

Since the hot-water is one

ex.

Law as regards Water The Public Health Acts contain a number of sections dealing with the and making supply of water, provisions for ité protection from contaminations

Distribution of Water Usually the reservoirs in which water for a community is collected are placed at a sufficiently high level to permit of its distribution by gravitation, and it is not uncom-ceedingly liable to be neglected and monly the case in large district that hot water is more apt to act upon supplementary or service reservoirs, lead pipes than cold, it should never to which the water is conducted in be used for culinary purposes. open or closed aqueducts, are placed at various points to facilitate dis- Some- tribution to certain cases. times it is necessary to pump the water to these reservoirs, but the course adopted depends entirely upon the geography of the district.

Filtration is generally carried out before the water is distributed, and unless preliminary storage is to form part of the process of purifica- tion the filter bed is the earliest destination. From this the water goes to settling tanks and thence through aqueducts direct to the

mains of the service reservoirs.

Aqueducts Closed

from materials

Local authorities are given wide powers for obtaining supplies and incurring expenditure in the con- struction of reservoirs and other necessary apparatus in connection therewith. N

In the case of premises without a supply the owner may be compelled to provide it, and in some instances,

he fails, the local authority may make the provision and recover the cost,

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In London and in rural districts avoid escape of water and to pre- Auctioneers. vent entrance of contaminating in England no new house may be outside, the used for human habitation until a aqueducts should be closed. The so-certificate that there is an adequate called water mains are always closed supply of water has been obtained pipes and run underground. They from the sanitary authority. are practically invariably made of iron in order to withstand pressure, and consist of lengths of piping of varying diameter all carefully and securely jointer with lead.

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The jointing is very important, particularly in roadways, since the sewers and gas mains are usually not far off, and should there be any leakage from these the soil will be come impregnated and the rush of water in the water main is quite capable of sucking in materials from the soil through a very small defect..

Further, in rural districts it la the duty of the local authority to see that each occupied house has a supply of water within a reasonable distance. It may be mentioned, however, that views as to what is

"reasonable distance vary, and in some instances the nearest supply may be a quarter of a mile or more away from some of the houses,

As regards purity of water, persons who foul a aupply with gas washinga are liable, to heavy

"Wells: and cisterns yielding

the procedure to obtain closure is

From the mains the water polluted water may be closed bat distributed by service pipes to the somewhat complicated and may be various houses. The pipes used are

prolonged. ordinarily of lead, since this material is easy to work and to carry. to any point within the premises at which the water is to be delivered. The only objection to it, as already" noted, is that it may be acted upon. by suit water.

Domestic Storage of Water

Since it is the exception rather than the rule the sup made by an authority Intermittent, fe. cut off for certain periods each day instead being. tantly on or

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RED SEAL RECORDS ··

El Gaucho Tango (Schipa) In Spanish Luna Castillana (Castilian Moonlight) (Schipa-Rose-Longas) In Spanish

PTÍO SCHIPA

No. 1972, 10-inch

Malagnefias (Malaga Love Lamont) Claveliton (Carnations) (Estic-

Valverde)

LUCREZIA BOBI-

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Rondino (Kreisler) Violin with Piano Fair Rosemary (Schön Rosmarin)

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FAITZ KREISLER No. 1386. 10-inch Etudó in C Minor (Chopin) Pino Etude in G Flat Major (Black Keys) (Chopin) IGNACE JAN PADEREVSKI

No. 1337, 10-inch

Overture-Part 1 and Part 2 La

Grande Pâque Russe") (The Russian Festival of High Easter)

LEOPOLD STOKOVSKI AND THE

FILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA No. 7018, 12-Inch

Overture Part 9 and Part 4 ("La

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LEOPOLD STEKOWSKI AND THE "

PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA No. 7019, 12-Inch Traviata-Prelude to Act 1 (Verdi) Traviata-Prelude to Act 3 (Verdi)

ARTURO TOSCANINE AND PHILHARMONIG- SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK

No. 6991, 12-inch L'apprenti sorcier-Part I and Part 2 (After a Ballad by Goethe) (Dukas)

ARTURO TOSCANINI AND PHILHARMONIC- SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK

No. 7021, 14-inch A Garden in the Rain (Dyrenforth

Gibbons) Lover Come Back to Me

(Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd-Sigmund Romberg)

JOHN MCCORMACK No. 1400, 10-inch Carmen--Chanson du Toreador

(Toreador Song) (Bizet) Tosca--Te Dein (Puccini) LAWRENCE TIBBETT WITH

METROPOLITAN OPERA CHORUS No: 8124, 12-inch

POPULAR VOCAL RECORDS

Gems from The New Moon

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Christina

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Until You Get Somebody Else I'm Bringing a Red, Red Rose Come West, Little Girl, Come West The Gypsy Song" "Makin' Whoopee

VICTOR LIGHT OFERA COMFANY No. 35966, 12-inch

Looking for Love (from Zieged's

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No. 21382, 10-inch

121 Always Be Mother's Boy (hom

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There'll Be You and I (fraint

Pathé picture, "Mother's Boy")

MORTON DOWNEY,

No. 21940, 18-inch

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