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CANTON ITEMS

STEPS AGAINST DISEASE TAKEN

THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1929.

SORDID STORY

PRAPS-

P'RAPS NOT!

Was

GIRL TELLS HOW CONSTABLE WAS MURDERED

HEALTH BUREAU WORK

ASKED TO SELL HERSELF

An American millionaire Canton, Yesterday. A sordid story was unfolded by a The Bureau of Public Health has Chinese girl, 18 years of age, when being shown by an agent over a given notice to the public to be care-the preliminary trial of a Chinese Highland estate he intended to buy. ful of foodstuffs

present, on a charge of murdering an Indian.. When they reached the house the owly to the prevalence of the constable on July 11, was opened millionaire noticed over the entrance usual

summer diseases, such as restérday at the Kowloon Magis- hall the motto: "East, West, Hame's diarrhoea and dysentery.

tracy, before Mr. T. S. Whyte- Best."

at

So far no case of cholera has Smith.

Turning to the agent; he remark- been reported, but the officers of

The accused, Lam Ling, according ed, pointing to the motto: "I must the Bureau deem it safe to take to Mr. H. Somerset Fitzroy, Crown make one stipulation. That fellow-

take down his every precaution against tainted prosecutor, lived on a vacant lot of Hame has got la

In the meats and rotten fruits.

ground near Kun Chang market advertisement." same notice, sellers of raw fish conge which is in popular demand among the Cantonese, and of ice shavings and ices for cold drinks forbidden under a severe penalty to dispose of them to the public.

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Health officers are being detail- ed to different sections of the city to inspect all foodstuffs.

Settlement of Butchers' Trouble

Our correspondent was informed at the Bureau of Public Health that the butchers' trouble is practically settled in principle and that by September 1 all outstanding ques tions between the Government and the butchers will have found a sa- tisfactory solution.

tions,

Inquiring into the real reason of the butchers' opposition against the Government slaughter reguls from an official of the Bureau that the city butchers have no particu- lar objections against them, but that the resent the inspection of animals by medical officers, as that means no sick animals can be used for human consumption; and it would appear that in the past the butchers have not been scrupulous as to the condition of the animals that they served to the public; of course, it stands to reason the new regulations will curtall the gains

our correspondent learns

tion. But, with a perversity that is astonishing and certainly not very friendly, they persist in of the butchers. arguing that as the Plan suits them it should also suit the Bri- Eish.

Government Slaughter Blouses

Government There

are three

slaughter houses; one in Saiwan, the second in Tungkwan, and the

third on Honam island.

They had better change their attitude on this point, as the Bri-

The buildings have been erected tish will not change theirs according to the latest models exist Unless such a scheme is based ing in foreign countries, at a cost of This $300,000 local Currency. upon equity to all concerned it is amount was obtained by means of clearly unadmissible if objection farming out the slaughter houses to be raised against it by the Bri-a company. the Lee Kung Co., under ten years' contract, in which tish or any other nation concern-the company will recuperate itself ed. Until the British receive jus- from the fecs that are charged for tice the deadlock will continue the slaughter of animals. as fol-

Low:- and it should continue.

as the Youg Plan are schemes useless unless based upon justice

to all concerned.

Such

cow per head pig over 60 cattles ... pig under 60 cattics

$1.00

50

.40

pig under 20 catties sheep per head

.20

.50

As for the Rhineland evacua-, Every animal, after inspection, is tion question, in spite of the fact chopped with the Government seal in several parts of the body before that it has practically nothing leaves the premises. Any but whatever to do directly with Re-cher selling unchopped meat is parations, the French averheavily fined.

The bristles and the blood go to that it cannot be proceeded with

the management to defray the ex-

Hong Kong, Thursday, Aug. 22, 1939. until the new scheme is in opera-penses of the establishment.

INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE

Each slaughter house is under

graduated veterinary doctor, whose duties are to inspect all animals at all times as the animals are brought into the house.

tion. The whole affair seems to be decidedly Machiavellian, and it the supervision of an American- would be profoundly interesting to learn what precisely is at the bottom of it all. Meanwhile, the

It may be noted that the idea of proceedings at The Hague Con-

a slaughter house was suggested more rapidly than last year after an official inspection ference are

officials of the Cantonese ever bordering upon the farcical. by

slaughter houses in Hong Kong. The running of the Canton slaugh ter houses is based closely on the Hong Kong model.

Though the international con- ference at The Hague has now been meeting, with more or less regularity, every day during the past fortnight, practically no- thing of a defnitive nature has

In the maternity ward of the been done either as regards Re-Tung Wah Hospital on Tuesday, parations or the Rhineland. Dis- a young Chinese woman gave birth cussion of these questions was the to triplets, all girls. raison d'etre of the Conference. The former calls for, at the re- quest of the British, a reconstruc- tion or, ultimately, a revision of the Allies' allocations made under

the Young Plan decided by the Experts' Committee which met recently in Paris under the chair- manship of Mr. Owen Young, a New York banker. It was then decided, wisely or unwisely, to shelve the Dawes Scheme and substitute the Young Plan. Whe ther this received the unanimous approval of the Committee is not clear, but it was well-known that whatever decision- should be reached it should not bind the Government of the country of any of the representatives.

The British or any other dele gates at The Hague conference would therefore be fully justified

with the young girl. Their relation

Wife: ship was doubtful. It was believed

"George, dear, are there that the girl had seen all that had any fashions in that paper?" occurred, but if she was his wife,

George: "Yes, but they're out of her evidence would 301 be ad-date-it's the morning paper."

missible.

The constable, Sapuran Singh, I

on July 10, at 8.45 was last seen p.m. He was missing the next morning and a search was made.

found on The body was

vacant ground at the corner of Canton and Jordan-roads. Most of his clothing wore torn away. His head was almost severed. Hi holster, minus

the revolver, was, lying near by. There was also a chopper near the body.

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Constables Revolver

The accused and the girl were

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"Mrs. Lude is quite frank, isn't she?"

"Frank? Why, she calls a spade steam shovel!"

"Cool morning. Farmer Moggs," customer. said the butcher to a "How are you?”

"Quite well, thanks," responded the farmer.

"Wife and family quite weli?" "Yes, quite well."

Woll, then, continued the but-

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traced the next day. They were in eben, "I know now that the leg of Chinese territory, a few miles be- mutton you had, and never paid for, yond the British border line. They and said was bad, must have been were walking along a railway track, į good." and in their wake were other two men, who were following them. The young heir was in trotible the dining- Suddenly accused was seen to have again, and, called so

the padi room, had to submit to the inquisi- thrown something in field. The two men who followed tion of his mother.

"You bad boy" she exclaimed. them picked up a revolver which the accesed had thrown away. They "Now, where are all those tarts that chased the accused and eventually were left on the table?"

"I-I don't know," returned the brought him back to Hong Kong. That revolver was the one taken culprit. ""They, seem to have

vanished into the empty heir!" from the murdered constable.

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The girl emphatically denied that she was the lawful wife of the

The following is told of Winston accused. She said that she had Churchill when working at the been kidnapped by the accused, and Admiralty. An American journalist had been forced to live with him.was granted an interview, On the night of the murder, the "I've turned dowri seven of your were compatriots this morning," exclaim- accused and the constable engaged in conversation. Later the ed Winston, nodding towards a pile accused had asked her to go with of visiting cards. the Indian, saying that he had "I know. I'm them!" replied the already been paid $2 for it. She American. refused and the constable demanded

Mrs. Brown was buying a suit for the return of his money. The ac-

to do his hidding. her son, a growing lad. "Will this cusad told her

was after the material give?" she asked. saying that he Indian's revolver for use in Canton. "Madam!" exclaimed the assistant,

A Threat to Kill

this is guaranteed finest Scottish tweed." She again refused and when the Indian asked for his money again,

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"I bought a new car, and traded the accused' got hold of a bamboo

first pay- in my player piano as pole and struck him. A stragglement." "I didn't know they accept- ensued, and the Indian wrenched the

pole from accused and struck him ed player pianos as payment on new with it. Accused then got-hold of cam" "They don't usually, but the a chopper. She then ran away, but salesman is a neighbour of mine." before that accused had asked her to i help him saying that he would kill her if she refused.

The girl said that she ran to her brother in Austin Road and when she returned later, she found the accused and the Indian sitting down talking.

The hearing was then adjourned.

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A teacher had dwelt with weari- some iteration on the part played by carbohydrates, proteids, and fats re- spectively in the upkeep of the human body. At the end of the lesson the usual test questions wera

put.

"Can any girl tell me the three foods required to keep the body in health?" was the first one.

Private John Naismith, of the 1st Battalion, the King's Own Scottish replied: "Breakfast,

tea!" Bordarers, who had been missing from. barracks for a week, gave himself up to the Police yesterday. He was turned over to the Military authorities.

There was zilence till one maiden dinner and

An official return made by the Sanitary Department for the 24 hours ended yesterday, showed be- side the word "Plague," a notifiable disease, that three rats, evidently infected, had been captured in the Victoria registration district.

Fire in Lamp Shop Shortly after 10 o'clock last night Hong Kong's quarantine restric-a disastrous fire broke out at Choy tions against shipping arrivals from Lan-streat, destroying six houses Saigon, on recount of cholera and and causing damage to the extent of several lakhs of dollars. The plague, have now been removed.

origin of the fire was reported to The preacher in St. Andrew's the police as a gas lamp being re Church, Kowloon, on Sunday morn-paired in the Tung Cheong shop, ing will be the Rev. A. D. Stewart, which exploded and, before assist

of St. Paul's ance could be called to extinguish teer Headquarters, to-morrow even- MA., head master

the flames, the whole house caughting, has been cancelled. College.

fre.

On account of bad weather; it notified that the promenade concert arranged to take place at the Volun-

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There

was

H

once politician, formerly a farmer, whose reputation was such that a colleague, meeting. an old man from his district, asked confidentially:-

"What do you think of him down your way; is he an honest man?"

The countryman

stroked his

whiskers and smiled.

"Would you call him a liar?" asked the other.

Another stroking of the whiskers, then he replied:-

"Well, now, I don't know that I'd so far as to call him a liar, but those as knew him down our way do say that when be wanted his pigs to come for their feed he had to get some one else to call 'em."

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Unde "I suppose you two are

With the gasoline and kerosene Tc, determine the mental status Senders of telegrams for Shang- hai and beyond are informed that, on the premises the fire made rapid of Australian aborigines and to as- headway, spreading itself to the ad- certain the relation of their phy- owing to faulty cable connection joining houses. When the fire en-sical eficiency to their mental de putting servething by for a rainy and beyond are subject to delay. telegrams to and from Shanghai gines arrived, the fire was already velopment, Professor S. D. Forteus day?"

making a firm hold. After work has left Melbourne on an expedi.

(brightly): “Oh,

for a

Young Wife

closed eart

Child (calling up chimney) "Please, Santa Claus, bwing me a bicycle, a steam twain, a weal wife, an' a gweat big box of soldiers (pause)-now I s'pose I must go to bed an' wake up to find handkies, hair bwush an comb, an' a book for clean hands in my stockin' to- morrow morning

A fall of earth from an embank for aoput three hours, the fire tion to the North-West of Western rather! We're saving up

brigade was able to control; the fire Australia, ment opposite the Kowloon Cricket but even up to this morning there. Club, yesterday, partially buried an was still to be seen flames and earth coolie who was engaged on smoke issuing from the premises. some excavation work at Cox's Path. Consignment of Silver public. It is situated at Pan Fuk He was extricated without difficulty,

The third consignment of silver street in the north of the city. and was not injured.

consisting of 3,300,000 ounces is

Cinema. Dispute Yesterday afternoon, Mr. A. E.ready at Shanghai for shipment. As previously intimated, the Hall mentioned to MT. T. M Mr. Chau Mun-cho, Manager of Canton cinema firms closed their Hazlerigg the case in which an the local Central Bank, has given theatres in opposition to the in- in objecting to the new proposals, employee of a sub-contractor's shop information that this consignment creased amusement tax collected

at Kau-yue-fong, was severely dealt is expected very shortly. they thought it expedient to with for attacking a bill-collector

them, illogically and absurdly appear to think that it should also suit the British even though, in

Honam Pablle Park

by the new tax farnier.

The Municipal Finance Depart

"Why did you send for the

а settlement between the Muggleswick fire-engine? You've

do so. But the representatives with a chopper, inflicting a serious The Hoi Tong Monastery on Ho- ment has mediated three times of four of the Powers France, wound on the shoulder. Mr. Hall an island, according to muni-for Italy, Belgium and Japan-evid-pleaded extenuating circumstances cipal plans, will be thrown open parties concerned, but without re- got one of your own," said a country- in that his Worship had found that as a public park At the moment sult. It is now reported that the man to the captain of the village fire

brigade, ently finding that the Plan suits the assault was made at accused's the monastery in being made use Bureau hopes to solve the dilli- of course we have," replied the master's instigation, and applied for of by military officers as head-culty. by adding a further sure of revision of sentence. His Worship quarters. The Municipality is now $30,000, to the previous tax of captain, "but so many people bor- revised the sentence to one of a fine arranging with the officers to va- $45,000, instead of charging a rowed it last year to water their of $50 in place of a prison, term. cate the monastery at the earliest percentage on each ticket sold at lawns that we don't know where it

the theatres, but it appears that the matter of percentages, it is In view, however, of loss of employ-

this arrangement is not satisfac- grossly and impossibly unfair to ment by the complainant as the Municipal Hospital

Are you quite sure that your mis- the British. They have been told result of the wound he had received, The Municipal Hospital, which tory to the tax farmer and the

and medical expenses which he had was built at a cost of $120,000 matter is now again submitted to tress is out?? 20 by Mr Snowden, as the Incurred, accused, must pay $50 to local currency is now completed the Government for further con- Absolutely sure, I'd lose my place

and will soon be open to the sideration-Canton News Agency: if I wasn't sure." spokesman of the British Delega complainant as compensation.

moment.

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