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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1929.

PLAGUE CASE

Not The First In Five Years

OFFICIAL STATEMENT

"Plagueis a very dramatic disinfected rat e doubtful although A person may be walking it may have bolted off a ship and about apparently in good health found its way into 38, Des Voeux- and then fall dead in the street," roads said Dr. H. A. Fawcett, Medical Officer of Health, at the fortnight- ly meeting of the Sanitary Board. Mr. N. L. Smith (President of the Board) presided.

After the usual routine business had been transacted. the prosi dent said that he was sorry to Inform members that a case of plague had ocenrred in the Colony, Ile, however, did not think it was the first case report ed for five years. He understood that there had been isolated cases while he was on leave.

The case reported fow days zago had been confirmed by the M.O.H., who would make a state- ment to the Board. There was. however, no cause for bringing in the stringent preventive mes sures under which infected areas could be pulled to pieces.

: Dr. Fawcett's Statement

In his statement, Dr. Fawcett said that the case was reported from No. 33 Des Voeux-road West, the sufferer being a Chinese woman of 62 years of age. Jeu Hawk was in charge of the rase and he had vished the place with Dr. Hawk.

Dr.

The first report he had had were particulars of an enlarged gland, and it was of a rather doubtful nature. Further specimens were then taken for examination.

On

This rat probably went to the top floor where the old lady was Bving and one of its fleas bit her This is the only way І сад ех- plain the case. Of course, we might still find few more plague-infected rats and continuing watch,

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I wish to emphasise that I do not think there is any cause at all for generat alarm. This CRSC did not come from a poor or over- crowded district and cne has to remember that it is rather late in the year for plague. I don't think we shall bear of another

case,"

In reply to questions put by u member of the board, Dr. Fawrett said there was no possibility of the infection lying dormant in a person for

any length of time. When the infection obtained a hold, the cases either recovered or died within a few days.

A Dramatic Disease "Plagne is a very dramatic dis- ease," he continued. "A persoa may be walking about apparently in quite good health and then fall dead in the street.

"I am asked whether, after this case is cured, the lady will be in- vulnerable against future attacks. It is possible for persons to get

THE CHINA

ALERT WATCHMAN

ARRESTS THIRD PICKPOCKET THIS MONTH

BIRCH FOR THE CULPRIT '

MAIL,

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE.

In re . E. HANCOCK (Deceased),

A Свігезе this morning pleaded guilty before Mr. T M. Hazlerigg, at the tracy, to picking the pocket of an be forwarded without delay to 11-year-old Chinese boy in Kwong J. N. OWEN, c/o Messrs. Dodwell Yuen-street 'East, yesterday after- & Co., Ltd., Queen's Bldgs., Hong Kong. This Notice admits no liabilities.

NY CLAIMS against the late

Central Magis-A Mr. J. E. HANCOCK should

noon.

Inspector Moss stated that the accused took a purse, which was empty, from the lad's breast pocket. The latter did not know that his; pocket had been picked, and accused would have got away but for the 'fact that District Watchman Ne. 8 was watching accused's movements, and promptly seized him as soon as he had extracted the purse.

'MOPPING MABEL

SUED FOR $1,000,604

PROHIBITION ROW

St. Louis, Yesterday. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willerbrandt, ex- The Magistrate said that because, accused had stolen from a person Assistant United States Attorney-Gen- under 12 years of age, he would be era in charge of the enforcement of severely dealt with, and in view of prohibition, is being sued for damages

to the extent of $1,000,000, by the ox the fact that he had been convicted Chief of St. Louis Federal Prohibition previously for a similar offence, he Department on the ground that she; would be given the maximum pen-charged him with "official misconduct alty of 12 months' hard labour and while in office" in a series of articles on 24 strokes of the birch.

"Prohibition," which she is writing for? Inspector Moss mentioned to the American newspapers,

Mrs. Willebrandt, who is called by Magistrate that this was the third the "wets" "Mopping Matel," resign-" arrest which District Watchman No. ed her post shortly after Pres. Hoover 3 had made during the month for took over the administration. Reuter's arceny from the person, and, with American Service. his Worship's permission, he would bring the watchman's action to the notice of the Captain Superinten- dent of Police.

His Worship agreed, and, calling ⠀⠀ the watchman up, commended him for his seal, remarking that he had

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

the Sale by Public Auction

ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

to be held

on MONDAY, the 26th day. of August, 1929, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Gov- ernor, of one Lot of Crown Land fat Mong Kok Tsui, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No, of Sale

Registry So.

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Lot No. Hels

Kowlneu Inland

and Lot No. 1612

· Nathan Road.

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Ancoal Reall

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As per wale plan. 14, 14

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

DARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

done very good work in the detection the Ling Nan College, Canton, Pthe Sale by Public Auction

of sneak thieves.

Miss Amy Carlson, a teacher in

arrived in Shanghai on the Nner to be held "President Pierce."

it again. I don't think there are ROUND THE CINEMAS writer in London, of the Union

any eases on record but it is fair-

Dr. Hawk then reported

ly safe to say that plague coafers Sanday morning that he was praca certain amount of immunity, tically certain that it was a case of plague. The sufferer was then removed to hospital and bullding was thoroughly disin fected.

Continuing, Dr. Fawcett said:

An Unusual Case

the

This is a rather unusual case. In the first place, plague occurs

late in the very rarely

year.

Secondly. The infected person is Although any age

an old lady.

but this effect does not last long. "It is much the same with plague as it is with typhoid."

14 DAYS FOR A SPADE

"SOME ONE" UNKNOWN BY

ALLEGED BUYER

The

"THE SIEGE" AT THE MAJESTIC

A FACTORY FILM

Universal Film

Mr. A. B. Rouse, marine under

Insurance Society of Canton and its associated companies since the beginning of 1920, has retired, and has been succeeded by Mr. C. O Lee deputy underwriter for the

past nine vears.

A small number of workers of

45 Kiukiang Road, Shanghai, were on strike as

"""Siego" in * ! Eugene which Virginia Valli O'Brien play the main opposite roles, the "A.B.C. Press," will be seen for the last time to-day at the Majestic Theatre. Kowloon, the next change being the "Chinese Par- protest against the management | rot"

for deducting a day's wage for ́s

marries

NAME SCRAPED OFF

The mair scenes are shown in a fac-holiday. taken recently by the tory, where Eugene's aunt, an old-workers. It was also reported that Sergeant J. Serim prosecuted in fashioned thing, owns the show. a number of employees of a Nantao it at a case in which a

Virginia Chinese was But can contract this disease,

Eugehe

match factory were on strike, the tacks elderly people less than charged before Mr. T. S. Whyte O'Brien and her modern dress and

the old-fashioned aunt. reason for which was not made young persons. Thirdly, the pre-Smith with receiving a stolen spade, deas shock

public by the strikers. mises are clean and are not over-

worth $1.20, at the Kowloon Magis. another nephew, Marc MacDermott, crowded."

The old lady was bedridden and lived on the top floor of the pre- mises with her son In the cir- eumstances, it was certainly very difficult to understand how she could have become infected..

At the same time, it had to be

tracy, this morning.

The spade was the property of the Yee Wo Hing Co.

Sergt. Serim stated that yester day he was walking in Reclamation Street when he saw accused chisel ling the characters Yee Wo Hing off the handle of the spade. He took

who is mute. However, the mute com- mits suicide and Virginia is placed in

A sensational seizure of opium

Ac

a controlling power in the mills, and is reported to have been made last displaces the aunt. On offering her week by Shanghai Customs officials stock to the aunt, as she does not want on board the L-C. S. "Tuckwo" when it; the latter rune mad and leaps into a she arrived from ap river. carriage, whipping the horses to cording to these reports no lesa runaway, but Virginia effects a thrill-than 15,000 ounces of the drug. rescue, giving the film a good end-totalling about $80,000 in value, ing. borne in mind that there were him to the shop and the master re- Others of note in the cast are larry of a smaller amount is also report were in the haul. Another seizure Lorraine, Beatrice Burnham, Helen Dunbar.

ed to have been made recently or Accused (to his Worship): I

M.G.M. News, a Prizma Colour, and board the str. "Suiwo". bought this spade from someone for a Hal Roach Comedy-"Liberty"— twenty-five cents. I do not know were also tcreened, the someone.

rice godowns in the vicinity and,cognised the spade as being the naturally, there were also rats. property of the firm. An examination of the premises revealed no signs of rats or fleas so, on the face of it, the case was certainly an unusual one.

Putting all the inspectors who could be spared on the job, the

entire block was cleansed by order of the Sanitary authorities and a around several zone was drawn other blocks. A house-to-house inspection was made and careful notes taken of rat-runs. Poison

were placed in every

and traps likely position.

Plague-Infected Rat One rat was caught by means of birdlime in the house where the case occurred.

Dr. Cameron said that it show- ed very suspicious signs of being plague-infected.

I heard an hour ago, it showed definite siams. There are always

a number of rats here, particular- ly in the vicinity of rice godowns. Whether this is the only plague-

COMMON COLDS

$200,000 TO BE EARNED FOR -A SOLUTION.

This gigantle prize has been offered, in that land of boundless possibilities whose coffers are ap- for the parently inexhaustible, theoretical solution of a problem that has already been solved in prac- tice. The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore knows quite well, of course, that "Aspirin" and "Gardan" will give the coup-de-grace to colds and kindred ailments in the shortest possible time. Not content, how- ever, with these practical results, they wish to make an exhaustive. research into the cause and course, of the common cold. Bacteriological science has now been in existence for a long time and has reached a very high state of development; the ambitious scientific worker must.

ambogumiliating to reflect

Very

that he is not certain even now what organism is responsible for the common cold. The magnitude of the dificulties can be judged the length of time which investiga- tors have allotted to this research; five years.

Parts of French found in the purse of

woman whose. from a pond

Horstam

bilk were

Corest

a

His Worship: I see. But this is the name of the owners off. Fined serious case, sergeant, scraping ten dollars or fourteen days impri- sonment.

The City of London Corporation agreed to the transfer of the busi ness of the fruit brokers and auctioneers from Pudding-lane and Eastcheap to the Corporation's new auction rooms at Spitalfields.

and

411 MONDAY, the 26th day of August, 1929, at

Public Works Department, by 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Order of His Excellency the Gov- ernor, of one Lot of Crown Land at Mong Kok Tsui, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 15 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Kowloon Inland

Tung Choi Street and

Registry No.

Locality.

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Houndary

Measurements.

3.

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fli About

Annual Rental

~| Upsat Price.

per male'piLİ 5,800 || 102!

PUBLIC AUCTION. 》ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS Put Sale by Publie Anction MONDAY, the After 45 years' service to thou-[to be held on sands of Chinese and Mongols, 26th day of August, 1929, at Father Edmond Rubbens, Superior 3 p.m.. at the Offices of the The Ministry of War have of the Missions Etrangeres de Public. Works Department, by Edward VII, from which they hope recently after a two months ill-ernor, of one Lot of Crown Land established an office at 38 Avenue Scheutvelt, passed away at Tientsin Order of His Excellency the Gov- to keep in touch with foreign nese. Born in Belgium, on Novem- at Shamshuipo, in the Colony of businessmen who are fulfilling con-ber 20, 1859, Father Rubbens enter- Hong Kong, for a term of 75 tracts for their department. Theyed missionary work in 1885 and years, commencing from 1st July, will also conduct some negotiations was sent to the Siwantze mission 1898, with the option of renewal through the local office of the in, Inner Mongolia, 55 miles from at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it Kalgan. Father Rubbens founded Surveyor of His Majesty the King, is considered that these can be bet- the vicariate in Sinan five years for one further term of 24 years ler handled if the War Ministry later and since then 20,000 of the in- lesa three days..

has local headquarters.

Off With Collar And Tie

DOCTOR SEEKS BAN ON

MEN'S COLLARS

DR

R. THOMAS DARLING

TON, former health commissioner, who was

a leader in the campaign 24. years ago in abolishing long. skirts for women, is crusading for the emancipation of man from his present uncomfortable clothing.

Dressed in a tan cont of a heavy poplin material, without collar.or. to light-weight trousers and 'suis- penders, ut his New York office he was the picture of comfort. He ap- peared: thus attired at the Rolary Club luncheon at which hundreds of conventional males, followed what Darilngton regards as a silly custom, the wearing of collar and

The cont la wimilar to that worn by dental studenta, e Rusalan blouse effent. Speaking of bis coul costumn, ke sald:

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DR. THOMAS DARLINGTON

"The trouble is that men sure it must be pulled tightly to hold the more conventional than women. trousers without wrinkling at the They have less courage than women ankleN

to begin a change. It is quite The coat worn by the doctor. proper that they should continue to while buttoning on the side with a be conventional in conie way for high collar erect is loves end e- instance to wear a coat at the lows for room at the peck, When table—but as to what is under the the modest public is used to (KB) coat is another matter. The time carb it will be able to tolerate shie has come when someone should do, ing the man's neck. Like milady's something for the man, tie te wred jimb showing to the thes the pub- {from the heat end weight of clothes the must frit be trained, he said, -

and the collar and us in this hot say

KAREN MR la time the man will be able to "Man's clothing to Bummer should open the collar of his shirt. It f❤ <consist of my cotton unton sair Chiness custom to dress this way, socke, eknes, Lequsers with sospend-It seems to me that instead of the east a coat with collet Bay Chiness adoring our mode of dress penders are better than belt should adopt their for health, balt constricte ofroniation because comfort, and efficiency

habitants have become Christians. Five churches have been established and thousands attend the services every day, the Inner Mongolians being among the best Christians in China. During the whole of his missionary career Father Rubbens Was- a hard worker he spent a large part of his time teaching the people, to whom he was like a father, and during the troubles in the year 1900 he defended his people and gave them moral sup- port. Two months ago, Father Rubbens contracted pleurisy and was brought to Tientsin for treat ment but he succumbed to the ill-

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Locally,

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Janction of Aplia

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An interesting report condemna- tory of the ways of the younger. generation appears in the northern Chinese newspapers, the gist of it being as follows: In a village near DARTICULARS & CONDITIONS Hang chew there resides a wealthy of the Sale by Public Auction man named Chu Feng-seng. He to be held on MONDAY, the has three sons, the two elder being 26th day of August, 1929, at decent respectable fellows, but the 3 pm, at the Offices of the youngest son is a prodigal and the Public Works Department, by companion of rowdies and oafers Order of His Excellency the Gov It has long been his practice to ernur, of one Lot of Crown Land abstract valuables from the home at Waterloo Road, Kowloon, in the and sell them in order to get funds Colony of Hong Kong, for to continue his orgies. Lately he term of 75 years, with the option of has incurred larger debts than renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed. these petty thievings would satisfy by the Surveyor of His Majesty the and so he determined on a bolder King, for one further term of 75 stroke. He arranged with some of

years. his lawless companiona to kidnap his father and demand a ransom of $50,000 The elder sons guessed that their younger brother was at the bottom of this plot and arrang.. ed for the old man's release on pay. ment of $2,000 The ways of the younger generation are truly de- plorable, former reverence for old age has gone the way of many other good customs, but it has seldom been heard that aan might kid- nap his father and not be punish- er for it. This act seems the nega tion of all virtue.

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