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Hong Kong. Monday, June 2, 1930.

BUS SERVICES.

The result is unnecessary waste of time, which means a lot to a busy man.

MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1930.

While the ferry launch Man Lee bundling a five-foot amike of un-impossible to swat all lies, for was on a trip from Hong Kong to known sting into a haversack that as I have already said, many are

nl we discovered that it supported a too small even to see Yaumati at midnight yesterday

with the I wondered at naked eye. A certain expert re- third class Chinese female passenger couple of legs.

not been recovered.

jumped overboard. The body has frat if I had been drinking or commends the following poison

whether the

was which la said to be the best "to experience muddling my brain, but my com-destroy Ales:-Formalin ounte, thepanion assured me that he had sugar 4 ounce, lime water A

pint, water 1⁄2 pint.

recommend cad-liver oil,

A report has renched Police that Chinese girl, also seen the phenomenon. named Lau Tal-fuk, aged 6, was Convinced that we had capturi missing from her home, 30, ed a rate and valuable species of sprinkled on water against flies Shanghai Street, ground floor, at reptile we carried our, treasure and mosquitoes. To kill instan- 12.30 p.m. on Saturday.

home, and after deposiling it in taneously flies at their breeding a safe place from which it could haunts I recommend potash dis- 'Mr. F Danenberg, of 21 Cameron not possibly escape, we left it solved in cream which I have Road, Kowloon, has reported with a couple of eggs and a bowl found useful when spread over a large plece of black oil-cloth and

to the Water the loza of watch, valued

Police

Et

Station of milk. sillver wrist

It was on the next morning that surrounded with groen I again thought of our treasure, colour, paper,

nt $20, which he suspects his room boy, who is now missing, to have stolen.

or rose-

and proceeded to the place of "For sprinkling rublish use concealment, only to find. to my chloride of lime, sulphate of iron, intense chagrin that the snake either powdered or in 20 per cent.

eggs.

This

The 'Police at Kowloon on had disappeared with the two aolution, borax, slaked lime or Saturday removed

Chinese,

I had not allowed for the potassium permanganate. aged about 40. to

the fact that it had legs if no eyes, will help in wholesale destruction Lunatic Asylum, by order of or perhaps for the boy, as Chin of files. Fly-papers may also be the Port Health Officer. He was a ese I believe masticnte snakes in used. passenger on the President Harri-a delightfully simple manner.

Ants,

son from San Francisco and ports.

Mr. C. E. Barros, of 555, Nathan Rond, on Saturday took to the Water Police Station a black setter dog, which had strayed into his pre- mises at 5.45 in the morning. The animal is being temporarily kept at Mr. Barros' house, pending any claim which may be made.

Yours, ete...

BIRD CHARMER, Hong Kong, May 31.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.

"Ants, because they feed on the carcases of other disease-producing germ-carriers, are in my opinion, more dangerous and greater menace to public health. Where flies may

be exterminated, mos- quitoes avoided by sleeping under

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tro the Editor of the “China Mail] mosquito nets, rata poisoned or Sir-Being a young man my trapped, anta vannot be got rid or self, I naturally feel much sym-In any practical way. I have pathy for H.E. Major-General studied for many years the problem The Chinese Dragon Rent Festival J. W. Sandilands, and I do think in five large cities of the Orient," passed off very quietly yesterday that there should be more young but have so far been unable to dis- The nsual boat race was not held, men joining the Volunteer Do- cover any feasible way of exter- ns the state of the dollar and the fence Corps. I do not, however, | minating them. Ants live in consequent trade depressian dis- think that the fair ladies can do troops of thousands. They possess couraged the villagers of Shauki-uch to help our General out in scouts, and it you can see one on wan, Aberdeen. Cheungchau and the this connection.

your dining-table or near your bed- Mainland.

It is a very well for the young stead the rest are not far from it. ladies to threaten (but I have my The best method so far for reduc-

the

The Rev. R. . V. Brougham,doubt, if they would) not to ing their number is to catch them Chaplain of the Seamen's Institute, dance, swim or walk with aby sponges soaked in sugared water. has reported to the Police the young man unless he becomes a or molasses, and then immerse tho loss of a yellow mongrel bitch, Volunteer, but they must also con- sponge along with the ants in boil- which had no licence and no collar, gider the man's side of the ques-ing water. it is stated to have been missed tion. I know for a fact that

Cockroaches and Bugs. while at Barker's Bungalow, Saimany young men would at once "Cockroaches and bed-bugs rare. Wan at 6 o'clock on Saturday. join up if they would not be ask- ly travel far from their haunts

'i ed to sign an agreement to serve where food is available, and there Opinion is quite definite that an Previously convicted twice for for three years. It is too long a fore can be poisoned without much improvement in the bus service trespassing and once, for unlawful time, and if the period of service difficulty. Dark places are liked by

n Chinese was at the be reduced to A year,

cockroaches. If it is imposalble to on the mainland is called for. In possession,

Kowloon Magistracy on Saturday H.K.V.D.C. will have no difficulty destroy. roaches at once, it is ad- fact, bus patrons have shown morning sentenced to three months in getting recruits.

visable not to switch off the kit exemplary paticnee, whilst the hard labour for cutting some

chen light at night.” Kowloon Residents' Association-branches off a peach tree in a Sham- or its Committee at least-have

shulpo garden.

observed silence regarding this

Lau Loi, banished in 1923 from aspect of the bus services. The the Colony for life, after serving a bus companica obtain their torm of imprisonment for armed

robbery, was at the Kowloon Magis-: powers from the authorities

tracy on Saturday, sentenced to under certain conditions, one of eight months' hard labour and order- which is adherence to a time ed to receive 15 strokes of the birch, table for the various routes. for disobeying the order.

That time table was pallished in the Press a long time ago, but, were a check to be kept on it for

CORRESPONDENCE.

only one day it would be found SUGGESTION FOR TRAMWAYS that nowadays it is more honour-|

ed in the breach than in the ob servance. It is also freely stated that one of the bus companies have received the sanction of the authorities to double their fares, thus penalising their numerous patrons to whom rikishas

and a

CO.

[To the Editor of "China Mai),"1

Yours, etc.,

Hong Kong, May 31.

OLD SOJER,

INSECT 'PESTS,

Causes and Possible Cures.

DISINFECT HOUSE GARBAGE.

NAUGHTY HUSBAND

[A Medley of Two Tunes.] Music By: The Captor (Obscura and undecipherable).

Words By: The Captive (Plain enough).

(Since the music is obscure and undecipherable, our Maestro sug gest that the first two verses should be sung to the tune of Mr. Siow Chocn Leng, "Silver, Threads Among the Gold." Associate of the Royal Insti- The last verse is obviously to the (tute of Public Health (England), tune of "The Pagan Love Song.") has been for many years a sani-

is of the

to me.

tary specialist in the Orient, anti Darting, I am growing bold, is keenly interested in the exter-Silver dollars will 1 hold, Sir. With reference to the re-mination of disease-producing Life is fast becoming gay,

Fing on beer from to-day, Fort of proceedings of the extra germ carriers. After making a But my downfall you will be---will be, crdinary general meeting of the brief survey into sanitary condi-With ways punk and nasty to me. Hong Kong Tramways, Ltd., stat- tions here, Mr. Siow ing that their offer was refused opinion that the public should dis- when tay tamtay in all astirred by the Hotel Company, may I, as infect their house garbage before And your cheeks I no longer care,

shareholder, suggest to the delivering it to the scavengers. With the divorce from the Court other means of transport are out Tramways Company to цве the Mr. Siow, in an interview with I will thank you and say: of the question. The cost of liv-same offer to buy up the China the China Mail, yesterday ex- It remains to be seen whether ing has gone up quite high enough loon Motor Bus Company.

Motor Bus Company and the Kow-pressed the following views with Come with me where moonshine

egard to the causes and possible And the saucy girlies, vamping in my

Flowing in the glass the suggestion of a shareholder without raising Bus fares. In You will realise that the traffic cures of insect pests:-

heart <f the Hong Kong Tramways this regard many residents will receipts of these two companies Flies are the dirtiest crawling Single men are calling Company to take over the China be very disappointed if the in- are no doubt more than that of and flying insects on earth and And we'll cheer cach other, the Hotel buses and, moreover, equally annoy rích and poor. With the Boozers Old, song, Motor Bus Company and the creases are favoured by the Com-the future prospects of the bus Winter in any country killa prac- Kowloon Motor Bus Company is mittee of the Kowloon Residents' business on the other part of the tically all flies, but during Spring

Association.

News in Brief

harbour are great.

take over the Hotel bus68.

Yours, etc.,

A SHAREHOLDER.

Kowloon. May 31..

SNAKES WITH LEGS,

To them I belong

-SATYR.

TIN OUTPUT.

Prospect of World Regulations.

London Saturday. The Council of the Tin Produc

that

fénsible as an alternative to

they are seen again. It may be that the Hong Kong bus companies with the Kal Tack Kong and vicinity are house flies. In amalgamation of these two What we see now all over Hong acquiring the bus service of the

Tramways Company could pro-Bus Company which the company but there are 10,000 species of Hong Kong Hotel, the latter scheme apparently having fallen ride a service for the whole of now own, the company will have flies known, many so small that the mainland that would be an the monopoly of the Bus business they can hardly be seen with the through.

It may seem premature to din. improvement on the present, within the. Kowloon peninsula and naked eye, but all carry disease.

am fully confident that if this sug-producing germs. cuss the suggestion at all until out any increase in the fares. If gestion is acted upon the Company

Flies. it is definitely known whether so, they ought to be encouraged will have better returns than to both the Bus Companies in Kow. by shareholders and the general

"In Hong Kong, as the city-éra: Association announces garbage is properly dumped into Messra. F. J. Houwert and J. loon would be prepared to con-public of Kowloon, to act on the

the sen by the health authorities, Van der Brock of Billiton, Dutch mentioned, above sider an offer. Even then, oppo- suggestion

garbage improperly kept by house East Indies and Messrs. F. E. Malr sition might be raised on the namely, to endeavour to acquire

holders, hotel and restaurant and C. V. Stephens, representing old score of creating a monopoly the services of the other two.com-

keepers is solely responsible for the Planters' Association, Malayan the accumulation of files, and Sections, will sit as a apecial Com- on the mainland. Monopolies panies at present operating on

the peninsula.

[To the Editor of the "China Mairy unless covered receptacles are mittec appointed to deal with the are dangerous things inasmuch as

used in which to stare domestic regulations governing tin output Sir, I was very Interested in refuse, I am of opinion that there in the world. they are liable to be abused with-

an article on "Snakes with Legs." can be no hope of exterminating There are also two Bolivian and out the public gaining in the

which appeared in the columns of them or even reducing their aurone Nigerian representatives. It alightest degree. Still, it might

the China Muil, and was surpris ber. It would be advisable to le stated that, the Committes has very pertinently he asked whether

ed to see that one of the Mail have galvanised Iron receptacles completely agreed to all points but readers and actually seen one. with well-fitting matallic covers bas yet to make public any fresh a monopoly under such an old

I had rather an uncanny expert to ensure dryness of the contents recommendations-Reuter. established company like the

It was a Sunday, and I went with is an important point, as the pre- ence with one of these reptiles, and protection from water. This Hong Kong Tramways would be

a friend for a walk over Custom's gence of moisture hastens patre- any more abused than at present

Pass: We had a dog with us, faction and the formation of on certain bus routes where only Commander Cabral, Comman and we had just passed the sum offensive ganes in the refuse. one Company la operating on dante of the Macao Aviation Station, mit when loud barking assailed Such receptacles, and the ense the mainland. Patrons of buses on will be landing at Kai Tack to our ears, We turned a bend in with which they can be removed morrow on a visit to the Colony, the path and came upon my little and carried to the acavengers these monopollged routes already

fox terrier prancing round what trucks, constitute a very great ad- 134d, allege that they are not getting Well wishers of the Chinese locked like a piece of bent tub vantage over other kinds of dust- value for their money as, they Young Women's Christian Associn. ing. On closer examination we bins. In Summer retting house The s.6. Jehangir (Capt. A. Jen-

Hion will be pleased to hear that Lady saw that it was a snake. It did garbage attracts a large number kyns) has just completed say,ne regular time table is Peel has graciously, agreed to be not seem to resent the attentions of files, which invade surrounding remarkable voyage. After lying adhered to and as often do not come Patroncas of the Association of my dog, did not even look at houses and settle, on food. 16 for six months or more at Talkoo," they arrive at the Star Ferry only

it in fact, and our first conclu must be remembered that most she put out to sea again yesterday According to report 'made stone that the reptile was blind disease-producing germs are car and was successfully navigated to to see the Ferry gangway un or

to the Police, a.amall the Ferry moving***

from the containing

were strengthened when we plac- ried from place to place by files, the vicinity of Stonecutters where of the ed an obstacle in the way, and it "Countless numbers of fice she is now at anchor, and inha whart At other times they have Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking went mack against it. Rather have already made their appear-bited by Court bailiffs. She laito Corporation, à library, book" and then allow the poor thing to re- once all over this city. What be sold. As she lett Talkoo, she 4200:14 How was eith

reptiles we shall we do about 7 Shall we was decorated, with huge placards, che of the all simply keep quiet Swat We'll be back soon,

them) - Screen the food we eat Wanted," open on Sundays,”

Fink7git in and the like.

to wait unreasonably long either

at the Star Ferry on at stoppi

aces along these mo routes for

bus to come

Madame Carols and a Chinese bailet of seven will appear at the Majestic Theatre to-day, to-morrow and Wednesday..

olen or mar

lost from Su Stephe

Stanley some ime on

bötiveen 9.30 am, and 12.30, D.m.si

wagin

Ten Years Ago

[From the China Mail"

--June-2, 1920.)

-To-day's dollar is worth.

Waltress