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LOCAL SPORT.

CRICKET.

14. K.0.0, 9. HAVAŊ TEAM. The Following hays been selected to play for

HAMBURG.

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT).

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH, 1906.

Sunday, the anniversary of the massacres in A NEW PLAGUE PROPHYLACTIC. St. Petersburg last year, was fixed upon by the socialistio party in Prussia for a general

A preliminary repert ou a new plague demonstration against the present system of prophylastic, made to the Local Government Board by Dr. Klein, P.R.S., has just heen indirect saffrage; meetings were to be held in

ised from the Medical Department, and the ali the principal towns of the kingdom aparative thorin given as to justify the The past fortnight has bong one of anxious fat fours were entertained by the authorities | hope that sorte de Guite progress;

TOF RIÐIN.

Jouuary 23rd.

More in

to Club in the match to-day commencing at

the way o 1.35 pm. T. E. Posrcu, C. II. Mackay, Capt.

that they might lead to serious breaches of conferring protection Kriekenbock, W. A. Lowell, H. R. Phelips, R. | suspenso and excitement is this country,

the pence. All open-air meetings were conse

ained by Dr. Kathu disenso ha

researches. The of the A. B. Ponsonby, T. Sarcond Smith. V I.particularly in Hamburg. The tempo quently forbidden and notices issued by the prophylacties hitherto employer rests on the

proiple underlying the preparation Rutherford, E. A. Fowler, Major Williamson

success of the revolutionary

thh timatuity of su animal to plague niny and T. Pigott,

la-sin baving roused the aggressive spirit of police that any attempts at risting would t 11 fuct the socialistic parla a violent agitation has down with a strong hand, the military being be induced by injecting into it a certain doss of colture of dead. plague bacilli or their extrucit.

broth culture puu- Halking usessa hern carried on for the chrogation of the howsheid in readiness, lo apsist if no ay. Thanks This following will engrenant the Hongkong chich in Fanssip, Sasony and some other

o a precautions överything passe Civil Service Cricket Chut in the Leagues place a limitation on manhol suffrage match with the Kowloon CC. on the 15.2.1 ground to-day at 9.15 pm sharp: Ty a system of indirect voting; it must, there fore, apptur a somewhat dongerens sexperiment on the part of our Senate to try at the present-

H.R_c_salC. #. ROWIUON PC,

Jackman (Capt.j, R, Witchalt, G. A. Wouluock, A. E. Raven, L. E. Brutt, H. Goombs, C. Bad- ¡ cork. F. T. Labin, H. Gidley, W. B. Kelly, ret burk the hands of the clock by C. H. Sharruar. Umpir, Mr. W. H. Worley

PARSERS & ROWLION C.C.

A friendly game will be played t-day be tween these Terms on the ground of the latter at Kewlson. The following will play for two Parsees F. J. Kanga (Captain), J. B. Norin, K. F. Natlalaro, K. Jamshadji, J. A. Chiney, B. A. Tarapore, J. J. Vasuola. Di Tavulia, R. B. Cooper, D. R. Captain, J. H. Bejonji and A. B. Avania (umpire)

CRAIGEN GOWER E H. K. C. 6. "*.” This watch will be played on to-day

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altering the electoral laws of a reallic in a I have mentioned before reactionery sense, that it is fell to be a disgrace that the most important port of the empire with widespread eumreeree and rapidly increasing industries should owing to uniter snffrage, praented in the Reichstag by three

is feril, Seetalists,

Bet willout reason, that the constant influx of skilled and unskilled workman frare ports af Germany may eventually give the socialist party a cajority in the Bürgerschaft, the lower chamber of the loyal parliament, and

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THE PHILIPPINES.'

SALE NING PLATIONS DENIED.

teining a large amount bacillary growth. which altar has previously been subjected to a degren of heat (70) deg. C) mullicient to kill the belli. With Calmotto, and also at the Pasteur lastitute, the prophylactic is an

KODAKS AT HOME PRICE.

No. 3 FOLDING POCKET KODAK (£3-12-64) 235.00

4 CARTRIDGE

(5-15-0) $60.00

LONG. HING & CO..

No. 17, QUEEN'S ROAD,

JUST

LAND

D.

omulsion of the basilary growth taken from GUICHARD POTHERET & FILS,

the the

New York Lassage said: - For twentieth time it is officially declared from Washington that there is no truth in the report that were buttons is on foot of con- templated for the sin of the Philippines to Jajau,

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the surface of solid agar cultures. Laslig maga the precipitate obtained from an alkalino emision of an agar culture of Bacillus pestis, Similar press are raploved by others; and the results hitherto, outained. in India, South Africs, and alsowhere, uppose to show that the methods of Haffkino sud of Calmette and the Pasteur Lusliinte are the most, trustworthy. The disadvantages attaching to them are those

generady inh-rest in all Buids prepared trova artificial cultures-namely, the difficulty, of preservation, and the difficulty of securing. suflicient uniformity of von osition to ensuro the offeney of cad singlo dowi

the Craigonower Ground, commencing at 2.1.7 thus make them rulers of ins state. It her b There is said to be a danger of the big process of drying, emulsions made from the

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rememhored that tha Bürgerschaft is composed

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SPARKLING RED BURGUNDY.

PER CASE 13 BOTTLES

21 BOTTLES

SOLE AGENTS:

H. PRICE & CO.,

WINE MERCHANTS,

RESIDENCE IN. WARM CLIMES.

THE FI AND THE UNFIT.

There is in this country a small party of uti-expansionists, wise have burer ceased to protest against the holding of the Philippines by His United States, but the vas. amjority of Amunugas card the Telande ready" an integral part of the on, no rauss for sale than, say, Viegiui: or Jaska. There are, of cous sharp difference of opinion as to In the course of investigations into the vitality the policy to be pursued both economically of Bacilius pestis in the organe huko, splaan, nad polifically, and certainly there is no ditung) of animalsriod of placia, Dr. Klein found position in any aterran Reen criticism. tained in such organs had been killed in the quarter to exempt that admini that when all the Bacili pestis originally con- stration of the capitalists getting too strong a hold on the dried material and injected into mine and rats The following wiil repressot C. C. Club :

of 160 members, eleitesi for a term of six years.Philippines, and public opicion has more than where capable of causing the death of these L. E. Lammert (Capt.), R. Basa, R. Pustonji,

oner been excited over uccusations made and rolents within hours or less, the animals on half by the whora of real estate and the

denied in this connection.

exhibiting symptoms like those of aents plague, A. Purr R. 9. Ford, J. 1). Kinnaird, I

Dr. W. Hurtigas, formerly of Hongkong, fro-called notables "and the other by the citizens

although, after death, their tisones did be. contributes to the Terrual of Tropical Medicine Irving A. O. Brawn, J W. Stewart,

of-the-republic-Of-tilattor.numler sight

contain Basilli pestis. Ils also found, wher

F and unit persons for article en The L. D'Almada Castro and H. Rapp.

coustituencies the country

and

employing for infection an quirunt, of mulsion residence in warm chistes." H.K.C.C." "team, is as follows:-A. S.

insufficient to catre speedy death, that the White living in Chin, says the doctor, I had animals, although made ill, usually recovered; often noticed how many more or less delicate Cobden, E. A. Fowler, P. Jacke, Dr. F. Hevonty-two thong of the lown. Eighty members ratirs every threw years, whma fresh elections are

and further, that these recovered itals men had bean advised " to go out Eust, as they haid, to that those roturned ja, say, 19 would

when subsequently tested with injections of

would be sure to imprors," and now, when serve until 1948), whilst those returned in 1903

virulsat Bacillus pastis wars rofractory to examining in London for varions Far Eastern plazo

coneladed firms, I have frequently to reject applicants as would not go oui usiil 1900. In order to obviate

that the dried plague organs, although not "unfit" who had likewise been told that "they the danger of a predominans of the socialistic

containing any living Facilis pretis, arbought ant to remia in England, but would gat clemont in that body the Soonto has lately sub-

nevertheless, imbast with a powerful plague on capitally in Chinu, or Burmah, or Peru, as mitted a bill tù sho Bürgerschaft, providing

toxin, which, in appropriate dosage, may serve

the cuss might be. Such advice has usually not been given by those who have had tropical that the electorate of the town be divided into

as a prophelie ie.

experience, or made a special study of opidemio logy. It is true that exceptionally fine phy thren classes, the first to comprise all these

sique, great muscular development, or exuberant whose incomes are briow 1. 3,003, the secand

Kuw, 0, 45. Olliña, W. Perko, C. B. Piggot, C. C. Seeft, Ror. Wells, P. R. Wolf and T. C. Gray (Capt.).

- CLUBS.

LEAGUE TABLE.

MATCHES.

Played. Won. Lant. Drawn Paints.

24

7

3

2

Craigongower...14

Kowloon...

R. G. A..

10 #

Civil Service

11

H.K.C.C. A 12

5

$

10

5

t

4 4

V

12

3 points

I point

Army staff. 11

H'kong Police..10

R. E.

u win. a draw,

FOOTBALL.

H.P.C.. ANDERNELA,"

roprement.

made much

Some time age it was even alleged that the members of the Philippins Commission and engaged in land speculations in connection with nes railways on an extensive scale, and had

there

Ail the officials accused indignantly tho charge, but an investigation sex ordered. The matter appeared to have been forgotten until last wook, when it was revived and discussed in Congress. Mr. Taft has new officially announced that the charges, having been investigated, havo been proved to be entirely groundless so for as nay American authors of the Commission are concerned. Apparently there have been sono small irre gularities on the part of certain Filipino officials, and that is uĴ1.

infection.

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those assessed at from M. 3,000 to M. 6,000. ituslf, but it demonstrates new the firm sin ani dead buclib) of various rodents dead energy are not necessary for healthy life!

and the third those enjoying shauz! income above that figure; each to have twelve votes at the trionnial slections which are to be cumulative. The hürgerschaft referred the bill to a select committee who substituted two Slawson for the three proposed by the Sconta drawing the line of demarcation at annual incomes of M. 2.500, and giving the neper olsas 24 votes and the lawer twelve. This alteration does not strike me as a happy oue, for it makes reality of thess unfortaunto words of Mr. Gladstone Classes versy: Masses." Bo this,

The following have boon selected to play for the Hongkong Football Club in the Rughy Andromeda to-day match against HMS. (Saturday), kick-off at 4 pm. The Club will play in colours-C. M. Preshaw; J. M.G. Taylor, T. B. Pearce, A.Q. Lang, and J. G. Bowever, as it may, both draits have called forth most violent opposition on the part of the Locky:, I. Faunay, and R. J. Blackbarn

M. Kendall, A. Facials and noworous meetings have been R. M. Kanking, A Hickman, II. G. G. Bailey, S. C. Vickers, E. beld at which they have been donounced in no tarod ferns. it was inally decided to hold Rogers, T. Greenwood and H. F. Chaeil.

mass-meetings in eight different parts of the EXCITING SCENE IN THE

town in the afternoon of the day on which the HARBOUR.

first reading of the bill was to take place and to proceed from there to the town hall, where the Bürgerschaft hold their sitting. Accordingly on Wednesday last large bodies of socialists mombled at the places appointed, but au arriv. ing in the neighbourhood of the town hall they found the approaches to the building strongly guarded by the polics, mounted and on foot, who The adjacent streets stopped further progress, were soon thronged with people and it was with dificulty that a passage was kept open for the tram cars during the fast hour, after which of people. The first to proceed to the work of all trafi: had to be stopped. At about seven rosrue were the two Customus aunohen the o'clock a Brst hostile encuautor with the police

GALLANT LESCUER

An exciting scene, unfortunately attewuled with lot of life, was witnessed in the harbour on Thursday afternoon. As a coal onclic boat, with about It coulies on board, was returning from Tsim Ts2 Tani to Praya East she was caught by a squall off Wanchui and capizod The spreading sail and hulle vered the majority of the people as they s trnggled in the water and added to the seriousness of their position. Happily the accident was barred by a number

OLD CHINA HANDS.

tement

the

trepice. In my experience, wiry man, of me dis height, and alight mild, even though a little ander weight, of an active disposition, but not nervous temperament, do quite as well whea transplanted to the East as the herculonu gladiator of the playing folds or the tandly

uthansiastic gymnast.

The groat ropical explorera-Livingstone, Stanley, Emin, Johnston-men of superabon- dont gilt and energy, were none of them giants, while it is an open secret ind Lords Wolseley snd Roberts, who have faced death and disease

in

In further pasuance of the inquiry, Dr. Klein lotaruined to inject into a series of The incident is not pophaps important in animals the dried organs (containing organ determination to have the administration of of plague, with the purpose of ascertaining the Hawaii and the Philippines kept free from ability of these antorials to protect similar the corrupting influence of the professional rotten sugainst subsequent infection with virulent politician. The Filipinos are not an easy B. pestis. A considerable number of experiments were fest nude in order to ascertain the beat people to get on with, and the problems to be solved are numerous and complex, but, metbeds of preparing and preserving pro- with the example of England in Indis, phylactic material of this nature, as well American worth bis salt doug's for

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to determine what portions of the body that the Philippines can has made great undut an animal slend of plague are the most efficacious for tun purpose. These experiments, prosperous under American government.

the details of which will be published hereafter, showed that a variety of tissues, taken from guinea-pigs dead of sub-acute plagus, cut out

every climo, would not come up" to the and finely minced asezdically, spread out in thin

present physical standard of an Army medical layers in storile pluss dishes, and dried over board, Careful discrimination must, however, be sulphuric acid at 46-47*0, yielil a manterial exercised. The wealy, murrer chested, ander- sized, a mic applicant, with thin, sandy or which can burusidly and easily prepared, which is of uniform efficacy, and is in every wayfair hair, pole pinched features, too clear or superior to the other prophylactics. The high-coloured completion; and likewise the guinea-pig, being a "clean" animal as conj- pareil with the rat, appears greatly preferable for the indicated purpose. A uiuea-pig of about 300-400 grammos weight will yield 5.7 grammes of dry powder prepared from the babe, spleen, lungs, and liver, und, as the protective dose for an adult rat is found to be 10-15 milligan me, it follows that one large guinea pig will yield from 300 to 10 Three days drying in thin layers over desoss. sulphuric acid at 16°C. was found more than rufficient to deritalise all L. postis contained in Aftor three days' drying, the these organs. dry seal of material are rubbed down to inc powder in a sterile mortar: this powder is then transferred to a sterile a-mouthed battle plugged with sterile cotton wool, which is Another type to be avoided is the over-strung, placed for two or three days at 37, bi order zuberantly active, good-all-round, "admirable Crichton, who brrus the candle at both ends, to complete the process of drying. At the end of these three additional days the cation who draggi.g through his long office boura with good php is relaced by a glass stopper and the pro-gas enough, doing his work fairly well-for ho phynotic is ready for use. It can be preserved

thoroughly, has brairs-bat perhaps not spending his evenings in theatricals or dancing indefinitely in dry state by a layer of paraffin over the stopper, and when tested by cultiva

any kind.

terminal

A London journal of Jan, 20th saya Through the death on 19th just, of Edward Webb, at the age of 80, residents in Shanghai in the early days of the Settlement will soon he but a memory. The docessed was partner in the firm of Dent, Beal and Co. during the fifties, at a time when the firm reaches its zenith. Those wore the days when opium played an important part in trade, and the opium clippers, Finder, Laurick, Wild Dayroll, and others, equipped man-of-war fashion, exchanging opinu, exploiter the coast ports. weight for weight of sycee. Tv telegraphy the point at that period was Calen to, and thence steam, which had come in, took the plaes of clippers. The Lee Moon, Yany use, Hellespont E and Chery Chose, were vessels noted for bringing information of European markets in advance of the P. and O. Co. in those days, represented on the coast by the pioneer stemmer of the company, the Lady Mary Wood. The firm represented by Thomas Chay Boul, related to inuential Chinese, occupied an unique position as to obitiuing early news of the interior markets of China. Mr. Webb took a leading part in the princely hospitality accorded to naval and military men during the second China War in 1860, both in Hongkong and

Racing, too, reached its limits, the best horses from England and Australia being imported to, win the Hongkong Cup. Troatious times in this China trade in the poing of the Suez' Cannt, etc., followed, and in 1860 the old fra of Dent: end Co. ceased to exist. Later the deceased became interested in South can affaire, during the gold beow, and was director chairman of companies connected with the

gawky, underload larky skelson, with straight, lustreless, dark hair, probably bright ores, but allow, jaundiced features; or again the physically well-built, middle-sized man, un- eeetpia and slow of speech, with a dull heavy expression, and face of unhealthy colourlese he phlegmatic, except when he enlarges on theystate of his own health; are all equally an- exited for the tropics. The former become carly

victims of tropical arremia, with its couse. quences, loss of energy and inability to work. and readily succumb to prevalent intestinal die. eases; while the latter develop into chronic dys peptics, with a warbid tendancy to introsp

on, and dislike of companionship, which too frequently leads to secret tippling.

Kwangtun (Captain C. D. Bodoire) and the occurred, who hml to make use of their swords! Shanghai, which is still remembered by a few. Ftion is perfectly sterile, yielding no growth of joying his little dinners and suppers, taking |

condition.

industry.

Two men wore drowned, and it is el quet testimony to the prerupt assistance and smurt beatwork of the launch crews that the loss of life was not rester. Several ampaus from neighbouring junks also rendered assistance The ovudnet of the two tailors mentioned in in the highest degree praiseworthy and gives the Delilios medal for

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or giving a peg" or liqueur at every oppor

unity; he has exhausted his reserves, and while In the preparation of the prophylactic for uso,

may get along happily onong in a temporate the desired amount is weighed out und rubbed imate, will, should be go to the tropics, al- down in sterile warmed distilled water, and the

most invitably become jumpy": and hysterical, emulsion thus made is injected subcutaneously subsequently physically weaker, with progromiva Dr. Klein generally uses half a co. of water ces of weight, followed by kes of interest (if it aver-xiste 1) in work, incapability of concentrated for a dose, but the amount is immaterial. He has now experimental with the prophylactic application degenerating into a childish state of don't care, "in short, he has generally upon several dozen white mice, five to six dozen guinea-pigs, and upon over 150 rats, chiefly

"gone to picces" without any very definite white, and he finds that the animals injected

reasons therefor. This condition is usually are afforded complete protection against even the most virulent D. Eestis, while to control combated by frequent "nips," forenin "cock.

trily,

nightcaps, an early morning animals died from typical acute plagao in from

explicanism, "tropical neurasthenis, miligramamen of the lay prophylactic would be elimatic dyspeptic gastritis," 36 to 72 hours. Dr. Klein voucludes thai. 5.ntaally entrainating in that well-known more correctly a proper dose for the luman subject; and, on known as chroe alcoblism, valgurly this estimate, a single large guinea-pig, dead of "luk." fially orentuating in sub-acute plagne, would yield something like home with a poite intimation of "services 800-1,000 buman doses, an amount of pro- being no longer required. tectise untorial equal to 3.5 litres of Halkius's Whon it is koruo iu mind that this dried prophylactic does not require more than 1 to 12 days for its preparation (Haffkine's daid rec aires from four to six weeks), 1 that a large amount can be prepared of uniform strength, that ite eacy is easily standardized by injec tion to the rat, that, being dry and sterile, it can be preserved unaltered for any length of protection which it affords to the Lime, that the American Consu! Masterson, of Aden, for.at is of onsiderable duration, certainly any weeks, aud, last but not least, that the cost of wards a report by Surgeon Major Prall, its preparation is incomparably smaller, its of the Indian Army, in regard to the suppression shortly relinquish his present appointrest has not been ascertained, as they do not care of babonic plague that visite! Adou during the superiority to Haffkine's preparation must be

thor claims gallantry.

BOARD OF ADMIRALTY

PRINCE LOVIS OF BATTENBERG,

GERMAN TRADE AT KIAOCHAU.

the period between October, 1904, and Delober, The ennal report on Kinochan, covering 1903, which has been distributed in the Reich. stag shows that the revenue of the Protectorate has increased 99 per cent. namely, from 501946 marke to 1,001,170 marks as compared with the previous year. The shipping returns rase from 387 vessels with en aggregate registereil tonnago of 383,323, to 413 vessels, with a tonnago of 420,517 The receipts of the Chinese Maritimo Customs increased from 8619,0 to $790,000, while the value of the transit trade rova from 824,861,202 to $32.426,596,

BUBONIC VACCINE

*

$32.00

$34.00

12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

BABY TODD'S CURE

OF SORE EYES

Over Two Years of Awful Suffering-

Eyes Stuck Together and Would Bleed When Washed Open in the Morning-Every Lash Fell Out.

ANOTHER WONDERFUL

CURE BY CUTICURA

"I feel it my duty to tell of two most wonderful cures of sore eyes by Cuticura Qistment. My little son bad an attack of measles which left the eyes in a shock- ingly bad state. The lids became inflamed and sore and every lash fell out. Fortwo years and ten months I tried many eye ointments and lotions, besides following every advice given me, but nothing seemed to do them auy good. They would he stuck in the morting, and I had to bathe them in warm milk and water, which was a very trying duty, as the eyelids would always bleed, causing the child untold suffering,

"I had heard a lot about Cuticura Qint- ment, so I thought I would try it, and from the first application I have had cause to be thankful. Before I lind used one box of Ointment the lashes showed sigus of growing, and at the end of a few months he had a crop of lashes of which

person might be proud.

I recommended Cuticura to & Bira, Paillips

for her child, who also had sore eyes, and her little one was ented with less than one box. I have advised dozens of people to use Cuticura Cintment, often stopping them in the street, as I did Mrs. Phillips, who was a total stranger to me. I have auch implicit faith in it that I have written to relatives in England and Ire- land telling them of its wonderful virtues, and asking thent to recommend it to any aufferers they might know.

my own

"I am sending you this testimonial of own free will, in the hope that others may be benefitel as we have been, (signed) Mrs. C. Tode, Old South Heal Road, Waverly, Sydney, N. S. W. Rel erence, Messrs. R. Towns & Co., Sydney. Criticara Nuep, Dissent, and Pile are sold throughout the Brit. Depoleon Charterhous S. Paris. A 1-10 de La Paix Antraise, . Tuwa tu, Nydary, Putar Drug & Chen. Cura, Bustin, 1. 5. A., Sole Prope

Madindow to Cute for Baby' Skin and Baalp"

36--12 COPPER-ALLOY METAL, PENS OF

BRITISH MANUFACTURE.

FLEET PEN. MACHIVER CAMERA

Will not corrode in Warm, Damp Climates.

MACNIVEN & CAMERON, LD.,

-Edinburgh:-

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Kowton Tea (Captain A. K. Tellefson). They in order to stein the tide; after that no serious sent out their best anil tuo crews acceded in disturbances seem to bare taken place, art rescuing the grater number of the coolies. Two about elevoz, when some of the riffrait of the sailors of the Bortoon Tsai named Lui Cherand town, who ou such occasions sally forth from La Fu distinguished themselves by a heroic their habitual brants in order to fish in troubled dialay Beib good livers and swimmers, they waters, attacked a small body of police; tive in roscued no fewer than seven men, cun woman number, who were stationed in the Fischmarkt. and four claikion who were entangled in the Thoy pelted them with stones, beer bottles, gear of the junk, most of them in an unconscious brokin giass and other dangerous missiles while the crowd behind made thom a rail upon the shors and offices in the neighbourhood, smashing windows, furniture, etc., and carrying what they could boy bande ou; a jeweller's shop was completely oloured out. When mounted policemen appeared on the scene the rioters tore up iron railings and plants, using them as lanes, and piling up sents and banches,

A tropical climate ices undoubtedly "got ou

A SELECT DAY SCHOOL the nerves, but it is usually ably assisted by and orected barricades which they set on fire in

"Scotch, Irish," or "Cognuc, good, bad,

University Trained Foreign order to stop the Enrsonen.. They were,

and indiferent; nevertheless, the man of mer Teachers and Capable Chinese Toachers. however, put to flight at last, and on order being

Tous temperament is not a good subject for the Careful supervision and individual attention restored attempts at incendiarizm were discover.

tropics, while the victim of any of the usurases assured. Both ENGLISH and CHINESE ed in sovoral places. Fortunately, slices were

is genially ut for work or residence in hot taught. Special attention given to Conver This mouth Rear Admiral Prince Louis of lost, for although many of the police sustained

elinates Asthma muy probably be excluded entional English. Only a limited number can be from this generalisation, we supposing the admitted. Battenberg completed a year's service in com.

asthmatic to have the power of selection, bo ROOM for ONLY a FEW SEATS MORE. mund of the Second Cruiser Squadron, which injuries of a more or less severe character, ons

muy lind a suitable place wherein he will enjoy

Apply at once to recently made a series of most successful visits of them being reported dead and other to Canadian and American ports with bis fatally wounded; both of the latter, however,

est complete immunity, but in the absence of such choice the tropics anil sub-tropics Serono Highness" flag flying, in the armoured sarvived and are now in a fair way towards

should be avoided. This prohibition applies recovery. How many of the mob were wounded cruiser Drake; end it is understood ko will

ain to the epileptic, evon if only suffering from obvious.

**patit mal. Likewise the man of bibulous join the Board of Admi

rinliy A vacancy at

Dr. Kl in points out that there remains the habits is most uusuitable. The elave of the Whitehall will,

it is stated, occur through the to betray themselves by seeking surgical winter of 1904. The consul makes a synopsis selection of the present Second Sea Lord, Vice- assistance at the hospitals.

of this report as follows;--

interesting and important question of whence Admiral Sir Charles Drury, or Commander-in-

For several youre past the government of

the eficacy of the now prepuration in derived, pipo and the cigarette fiend are recommended to stay at home. Dr. Hartigau is not, however, Chief of the Particular Servico Squadron. This peesons in whosa possessiva sane of the stolen tudia and many of the physicians of that seeing that it contains, not only the dead bodies

an anti-smoker, for he says, "in moderation the country have been trying to get the entire of plagao bacilli and associated tissue toxin, fragrant weed in soothing and harmless.” population of infected districts to submit to but also, in all probability, other tiesne vaccine innculation as a preventative of plague, constituents. In this direction he has not yet At first there was but little, if any, real objection unto more than preliminary experimtrate to it among the people, but just about the Bat he has sscertained that the clear time it was needed the worst to stay the awinl from a watery emulsion of the porder possesses The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued

of the plague, through the carelessness undoubted prophylactic efficacy. Injection of the following toport ravages

patients died of the clear liltrate derived from 10 milligrammes On the 23rd at 125 p.m.-The barométeri totanus, and this gave ould have nothing to do

people

over Japan. Prince Louis of Battenberg is an officer of by their special order, but considering some time the

virulent . Pestis; a resalt which shows that A depression is situated in the 5.W. part of when the whole service speaks well-a good the violent huguago thoy xado usu of in with the remedy, sud many even assorted that adult rat against a subsequent infestion with administrator, a capable foot commander, their speeches and in the handbills with which it was not a preventative. But since then the the new prophylactic does not act solely by the Sea of Japan. It is probably moving seientist in all matters of war equipment, and

the town was inundated, they must be held, government has provided a specially instilated mons of the dead bacilli which it contains.de ..

aboratory at Bombay, where this vaccine is Times. abor leader of men. His Serene Highness

impossible to become contaminated with outside proved a most overgetic Director of Naval morally answerable for what has occurred. Intelligence before ho went to son once more a

poison: Again strenuous efforts are being made to get the people to submit to inconlation, as from experience and results thin soms to be the only remedy that in any manner diminishes the ravages of this disease.

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force, which is mainly used for training purposes, property was fetud bare boon arrested; some is now in the West Indies, with the flag of of them are members of trade unions, but Admiral Sir Day H. Beacquet fring, in the nearly all brave previous convictions recorded cruiser Ariatine. This officer will vacate this position on his recent promotion to fall against them.

The socialist lenders, of course, repudiate all. rank when he returns to England early in the spring, and then the change in the composition responsibility for the disturbances, and it is

WEATHER REPORT.

F. O. LEISER, Head Master, Chinese Y.M.C.A.-26. Des Voeux Road, Central

Hongking. 6th February, 1805, ASSOCIATION

SCHOOL

958

NIGHT

BUSINESS COURSES A SPECIALTY.

INGLISH taught in SIX FORMS.

Careful lospection of all work.

SIX FOREIGN TEACHERS. TWO CHINESE TEACHERS. Opening from 1st March, 1905.

For further information call or write THE HEAD MASTER,

of tùs Board of Admiralty will, it is reported, likely enough that they were not committed of someone, a lot of in a setback that for of the dry powder confers immunity upon az has risen over the E, const of Chius, and fallen i Chinese Young Mon's Christisa Association,

be made.

The Bürgerschaft having come to no decision year ago, and has an intimate knowledge of the last week, the debate will be resumed to-morrow routine at Whitehall, Rumour associates the name of Rear-Admiral Niblett with the com- night, when it is hoped there will be no further mand of the Scoond Cruiser Squadron.

i trouble.

it

It is well in the interest of orderly progress that the impetuous ardour of youth is tempered by the deliberation of mature ago, that over against the charm of novelty is over set the lotr

of repose.

W.

Pressure is highest over Central Chins. The monsoon will est in again in the Formen Channel, and probably over the N. part of the China Sea by to-morrow.

Forecast:-NE. winds, freshening; foggy, probably eum rain.

26, Des Voeur Road, Central, Hongkong. [416 Bongkong. 15th February, 1906.

LESSONS IN FRENCH.

TEW and easy mathed of learning French in a few months, mainly by conversation by a Frenchraan. Terms very moderate.

Also Lessons in English by an English Lady.

B. R. Cure of Office of this Paper.

Hongkong, 16th August, 1905.

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