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business. Going back over this list these dispensaries for the fact that the TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS. TELEGRAMS

percentage of cases in which the cause of death was certified rose from 38 to 41 last year, which is regarded as especially satis- factory in view of the fact that the number of deaths was 9,875 as against 7,495 in 1911,

The only other feature of interest in the Report to which considerations of spare permit us now to refer is in regard to the regulation of clubs and societies under the Ordinance of 1911. Mr. HALLIFAX remarks that the value of the regulations lus not yot been severely tested, but the inquisitory powers they confor seem to have had an have been exercised. There is a pamgraph excellent effect in the few cases in which thoy

in the Report which furnishes a reason for

it is of interest to note the mportant work done by the Departmsat

in connection with emigration. Every emi. grant has to be examined. The number of women and shildren passengers examined aud allowed to procood last year was 23,248-a ́aumber which exceeded the volume of finale emigration for the year. The rocord of the occupa tions of female émigrants (women and girls) show that out of a total of 16,405 10,620 were going with their husbands or other relatives, or to join relatives; 4,439 gave their occupations as maidservants, 575 as seamstresses, and 505 as prostitutes, The remainder included 17 nuus, two school nistresses and one actress. Only forty out of the total number of passengers were detained schools recently introduced into the Legis for enquiries, which, in itself, is testimony to the excellent influence the

lative Council. Mr. HALLIFAX writes:- Department exercises over the recruiting agents.

The position of schools and educational associations is a difficulty which has arisen With regard to mala emigration Mr.

and has been submitted to the Government HALLIPAK remarks:

It might have

for consideration: schools as been expected that owing to the unsettled

guch are state of the interior after the Revolution the generally outside the scope of the Ordin. volume of emigration would have consider ably increased in comparison with former years. On the contrary, however, all the returns of assisted' emigration show, a marked falling off as compared with 1911, The reason of this striking decrease was prasumably that after the collapse of the rubber boom in 1910 and 1911 very few

of

PRICKLY HEAT LOTION | year and the demand for coolie labour fell further plastations were opened during the

off accordingly. The total number emigrants presented for examination was 21,458 as against 34,087 in 1911. The number of those examined who refused to proceed was 765 or 328 per cent, as. compared with 3.6 per cent. in 1911; the total number rejected as unfit for labour whether by the Emigration Officer or the Doctor was 2,581, percentage of 11.9 as compared with 12.2 in 1911." We note that 317 coolies were rejected by the Protector of Chinese at Singapore as:

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BRITISH IMPERIAL EXHIBITION.

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THE WATERPLANE RACE.

A MAGNIFICENT ATTEMPT TO CIRCLE BRITAIN FAILS.

LONDON, August 28th It is announced that an

LONDON, August 27th. Imperial SHANGHAI, August 28th.

Mr. Hawker wis delayed at Exhibition promoted by the Colonel C. D. Bruce, Captain-Dominions Exhibition, Limited, incor- pumped out, and he made a brilliant Chia British

owing to a leakage in the float. This was Superintendent of the Shanghai porated on the 8th May, will be held in flight in the morning over a calm sea. He reached Larne in vers, and

present appointment to take up an markets throughout the Empire, Municipal Police, has resigned his bondon in 1915, with a view to showing

the Empire's products and eresting better The

descended for petrol. He was again delayed by a slight ngine trouble.

the Bill dealing with the registration of appointment as Police Advisor to the site for the Exhibition has not yet been here is great enthusiasm and excitement

Central Government,

but the evasion of the law by the foundation of Societies under the pale of schoola is a possibility which calls for some closer definition. The question first: arese in connection with the establishment of a Chinese Political School for Girls in connection with another school at Aberdeen the Colony, and has appeared again in

and in a proposal to establish a free" giving the Government cgatrol of all Library in Hongkong." The new Ordinance

schools in the Colony appears - drastic enough to meet the difficulty.

(THROUGH RESTER'S AGENCY.]

GERMAN CRUISER FIRED ON BY CHINESE REBELS.

"EMDEN SILENCES ONE OF THE WUNU

FORTS.

BERLIN, August 28th. The Commandor of the German Cruiser Squadron in the Far East, reports that

forts in the Yangtsze fred from cannon and the Rebels occupying one of the Wuhu

silencing the fort in 25 rounds, rifles at the cruiser Emden, which replied.

THE MEXICAN QUESTION.

PRESIDENT WILSON'S OPTIMISTIC MESSAGE TO

decided. The year 1935 was chosen

very close.

because of the Imperial Conference, and over the rice, as the time is becoming it is expected that the Empire Trade

LONDON, August 281b. Commission's Report will be published. Fifteen miles from Dublin a wing thon.

broke, and Hawker and a passenger fell 100 feet into the sca, Hawker's head and This weh rested by

Since its inception, the project has been accorded a great deal of support from all arm being cut. parts of the Empire. Representatives of coastguards. the Dominions in England have allowed their names to be associated with it unofficially, it being understood that they would Governments.

in 10 wise comunit

their

The Daily Mail has presented Hawker with £1,000 as a consolation prize.

Exhibition, and Earl Croy the Vice- Great Britain. His

The unfortunate accident provented the Australian aviator, Mr. Hawker, on a Sopwith biplane, from winning the Daily Lord Strathcona is the President of the Mail £5,000 for the great race reund

President.

progress

WFLS Mr. Charles John Stewart, triumphal, He covered 1,043 miles in barrister-at-law, who has been Public 1,200 minutes, and only needed another Trustee sinco 1307, is the Treasurer, and 497 miles to reach Southampton by 9.30 Mr. Herbert, formerly General Manager on Thursday morning to achieve su«xas. of the African Banking Corporation, He fell in shallow water at Lough Assistant Treasurer. Sir Arthur Birch Shinney, near Dublin. WASHINGTON, August 28th.

The waterplane is Chairman of the Finance Committee. President Wilson read his message to.

was badly damaged, and Mr. Hawker and Mc. Joseph The detachment of the 5th Punjabis, Congress in regard to Mexico.

Chamberlain, Colonel the passenger were taken to the Dublin which has recently been stationed at vocated a waiting policy. He said:--"A written expressing sympathy with the injuries were slight, but the passenger He ad Seely, and Mr. Winston Churchill have Hospital in a motor-ear. Mr. Hawker's Shameen, return to Hongkong to day.

steady pressure of moral force will break movement, and it is hoped that before had an arm broken, The Eastern Extension and the Great down the barriers of pride and prejudice, the end of the year emissaries will start Northern Telograph Companies announce

A broker of Pedder Street reports that his safe has been opened by a duplicate key and $1,000 odd taken away.

CONGRESS.

LATEEL

skin and a useful adjunct of our well | nufit for labour and went back to their homes in our advertising columns the reduction / and we shall triumph more quickly as for certain parts of the Empire with a/ Hawker quickly recovered from nervous

known Lavender Water.

at the expense of the Hongkong boarding houses which had recruited them. It is als noteworthy that arrangements made with Singapore and Penang for the repatriation A. S. WATSON & CO..] of decrepit coolies at the expense of their

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HONGKONG, Arever 29th, 1917. Few people probably realise the extent of the excellent work done in this Colony by the Department hitherto known as that of the Registrar-General, whose title, how ever, has recently been changed to that Secretary for Chinese Affairs, which gives better idea of the duties undertaken by the Department. Mr. HALLIFAX' Leport on the work of the

employers continue to work very satisfac torily. Similar arrangements with British North Borneo have now been put upon à satisfactory basis. During the year 396 decrepits were repatriated from the Malay Peninsula and 28 from British North Borneo and sent to their homes in China. The control over emigration seems offeciu. ally to minimise the abuses which, in times happily now gone by, were associated with the traffic. Commenting on the table of prosecutions for offences in connection with Emigration, Mr. HALLIFAT remarks that the majority of the offences were more or less hrinless breaches of the by-laws, but con-- tinued breaches lel to the cancellating of the licences. The most serious caso fraudulent emigration vid Swatow-involved the forfeiture of the bond for $1,000.

shout

in telegram rates to Europe and Japan Mexico's which come inte force on the 1st prox.

Lance-Sergeants Clarke, Cottle, and Wilson made a raid on three Chinese houses on Wednesday night, and secured as a result of their search Kwangtung

bank-notes to the face value of about $100,000, Another case is already before Kwangtung tank-notes to the values of the Courta relating to the seizure of

264,000.

The Tang Wa hospital's normal revenue has for some years fallen short of the penditure by some $10,000 to raise which sum a special effort was called Hsport of the Secretary for Chinese for every year. but we learn from the Affairs that the effecting of further internal economies and the raising of the rentals of the hospital property (which had remained unchanged for some 15 years): resulted in the 1912 Balance Sheet showing a crodit of 68,000.”

friends than us Mexico's view to soliciting support. enomies. Meanwhile there will be vigorous neutrality between the contend- ing factions in Mexico, and prohibition of arms and ammunition. We earnestly urge all Amerienas to leave Mexico immediately, and we shall assist them to

efforts do so, not because we wish to slacken our to safeguard their lives and interests, but because it is imperative not to take unnecessary risks."

NEW ZEALAND AND IMPERIAL DEFENCE...

NO LOGBENING OF THE TIES WITH THE MOTHER COUNTRY.

President Wilson also announced that several great Governments had given a Empire. generous moral support to offer of good offices.

shock, and when interviewed said it was just a ghastly pieco of bad luck that the boot slipped off the rudder bar and the machine dropped fifty feet under water before he could regain control. If bo had been 200 feet high he could have recovered.

Mr. Hawker is only suffering from slight bruises,

WELLINGTON, August 28th. Speaking in the House of Parliament, the Minister for Defence said that the Government's Naval Defence policy

The Rt. Hon. Winston, Churchill kn would show that Nor Zealand was present a message to the Daily Mait says: pared to do her duty to herself and to the The competition is of real value to Whatever New Zealand did, British flying. Though we started last, America's her ships must be under Imperial con-

we must persevere until first piace is trol, for Imperial purposes. The Gov- gained and held.” ornment's proposals would show that there was no loosening of the ties which bound her to the Mother Country. Now Zealand bad not the slightest intention of going into a partnership with Austra lia for Naval Defence.

LATER.

A message from Washington states that the Mexican situation is developing rapidly.

President Wilson has warned all Ame ricans to leave Mexico immediately, and It is mentioned in the Report of the

has also instructed the American In the section of the Report referring Director of Education for 1912 that the Embassy and Consuls to notify all civil to the District Watchmen, who number University contained 72 students, and and military officials that they will be hundred, Mr. HALLIFAX pays that their ages varied from 16 to 37, withheld strictly responsible for harm done tribute to the value of the organiss-one xceptional case of 56 years: tion. He writes: "The influence of Eighty-five per cent, of the students were

to Americans or their property... the members of the Committee in support between 16 years and 24 years of age, and of the Government and in keeping in order the average is 10 to 20 years. the Chinese in the Colony, wes of great may be as well, to add that the University is entirely independent of the Education Department, but the Director of Eduon

value. The excitement bred of the Rorolu-

tion was us its highest, and an unintelligent passion for politics was (as usual) an ele tent of langer, and at the same time an opportunity for the unrupulous; and the

the Committee helped in no small degree to unostentatious work of the gentlemon on

secure the observance of the Colony's regulations and the keeping of the peace during the year." A similar tribute be paid to their work during the more recent political disturbances.

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tion is a member officio of the Court, Council and Senate, and thus forms a connecting link between the secondary schools of the Colony and the University, every effort being made to keep the con- neetion as close as possible.

TYPHOON WARNINGS.

AFFAIRS IN THE BALKANS.

TURKISH PRISONERS NOT YET LIGERATED..

In view of the uncertainty of the situa- tion neither Bulgaria nor Greece are liberating the Turkish prisoners, of

LONDON, August 28th:

which it is stated the former holds 40,000 and the latter 80,000,

TURKISH GOVERNMENT'S FRONTIER

PROPOSALS.

A message from Constantinople says The Manila Observatory yesterday that the Government will shortly submit reported a typhoon West of Northern

Department in 1912 was laid on the table Que further matter calling for notice is Luzon, more than 100 miles distant to Bulgaria and the Powers definite pro-

INCORRECT, FIGNALS.

posals for the solution of the question of the frontier.

of the Legislative Council yesterday, and it the ovidence afforded of the useful work moving West or North-West. will not be without interest to glance done by the Chinese Public Dispensaries. briefly at its contents. It deals with the The number of casas treated at these typhoon East of Luzon, more than 300 The Manila Observatory also reported a necful work done under the Ordinances for

The Porte will insist on the retention the protection of women and girls, with dispensaries last year was 75,831 The miles distant, moving West-North-West. number of vaccinations performed -9.736

of Adrianople and Kirkilisseh, but will emigration, the registration of Chinese householders, the services rendered by

—was more than double the number for the following note from a correspondent in will be acceptable.

Apropos the ty plazon warnings, the offer certain concessions which it is hoped the district watched, the important doned during the year, 224 were taken to hoisting of correct signals ventilates a previous year. Of the 760 bodies, abau- regard to the responsibility for the work of the Tung Wah Hospital (which the Chinese public dispansuries. Tho matter which has been freely spoken of comprises not only the treatment and care Report mentions that the percentage of during the past day or of the sick but manifold other charitable these "dumping" cases to the total number: Wednesday, a.m. the S.E. black signats. work, extending to famine and flood relief in of Chinese deatha was 8.1 compared with were hoisted at Kowloon, but were pulled the neighbouring province), also of the 4-2 in 1911, an increase due largely to the down almost immediately and replaced Chinese public dispensaries and the district. plague hospitals, the regulation of

presence of small-pox and to speciul sanitary by red. To-day (Thursday) the Best red ship. precautions that are necessary to deal with drum was hoisted which was obviously

two:

·ENGLISH COUNTY CRICK ET.

KENT WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

LONDON, August 28th. Kent has won the County Champion-

Worcestershire bent Middlesex at Lords

clubs and societies, the supervision of the disease, and the Report says the mistake if the other weather signals by 170 runs. cbaritable funds, and much other work of question is now under consideration wheth just then hoisted were to be believed, viz;

a varied character. Ope section of the

Hampshire drew with Yorkshire at Report reviews the Ordinances of more keeping strictly to the existing regula quarter of an hour later to the proper the balance of advantage to the Colony lies ling West"--but this was altered about

Typhoon East of the Paracels travel-Bournemouth. than technical interest which were passed

Surrey beat Gloucestershire at Bristol during the year bearing upon the work of tione (which seem to lead to concealment signal, South.

Considering the interests by 203 runs. the Department, and a "General" chapter and dumping), or in relaxing them suti involved, Hongkong at least is entitled Sussex beat Warwickshire at Brighton deals with a variety of matters, inchid. ciently to ensure that all cases are brought to correct typhoon signals. While on this by six wickets. ing a review of the labour troubles of the notice of the Authorities concerned, subject might I ask what has become of the year, and the general state of Chinese Mr. HALLIFAX also gives some credit to the Mount Gongh Police Station

signals ?"

Kent beat Northants at Dover by fire wickets.

THE STRIKES IN LONDON,

LONDON, August 28th. The strike trouble in the Government Offices continues.

HONGKONG UNIVERSITY.

has been appointed a Lecturer in Mathe- We are informed that Dr. T. Stewart

matics in the University of Hongkong, and is expected to arrive in the Colony carly in September. He comes to Hong- kong from the University of London, in which he has been B Member of the. Faculties of Science and Arts and Lecturer in Mathematics for the past six It is reported that the Colonial Office

Feat.

He has a is dependent on candle light.

very distinguished Academie career, holding the degrees of Doctor of Science and Master of Arts of The strike position in London is prac- the Royal University of Ireland, and many rumours of serious developments, Cambridge. He commenced teaching in tically unchanged, although there are Bachelor of Arts of the University of including attempts to paralyse the whole the Royal University of Ireland and of London's electric supply.

was awarded Fellowship in that University for some The masons engaged at Buckingham in Hydrodynamics and allied subjects. brilliant work Palace, whom it was feared would come Dr, Stewart has

LATER.

published

many

out in sympathy with the painters, have original papers on mathematical subjects, robuffed the pickets.

and has been an Examiner in the Royal University and for the Civil Service Commission.

The masters meet to-day.

THE DUBLIN TRAM STRIKE.

LONDON, August 28th.

The Dublin Tramway Company are running their trams without dificulty, securing other men in place of the strikers.

OBITUARY.

LoxDos; August 28th The death is announced of the famous Bookseller, Mr. Quaritz.

HOME TURF.

THE EBOB HANDICAP..

LONDON, August 28th The following is the result of the Ebor Handicap:-

Junior Charlton

At Last Twelve ran.

Won by a head, threy lengths separating second and third,

Betting: to 1 against Junior, 100 to 8 against Charlton, 7 to 2 against At Last.

We understand that Mr. E. J. Surman, B.Sc. (1st Class Hons, Loudon). Lecturer in Materials in the Hongkong University, will also arrive early in September, and that a Lecturer in Bruc tures will join the staff a few days later, Thus it will be seen, that when the new Session contacaces there will be several additions to the Senate of the University. We are pleased to be able to add that the whole equipment for the Engineer. ing Departments has been promised by British Manufacturers, and that the wry expensive electrical apparatus for the Power Station, the Electrical Machinery Laboratory and the Electrical Technology Laboratory has largely due to the per- sonal efforts of Lord Ampthill-leca guaranteed by the British Electrical und Allied Manufacturers Association, o£ which Lord Ampthill is the President.

Whilst a Chinese woman was walking along Queen's Road she was approached by men who worked the confidence trick on bor, depriving her of jewellery to the value of about $50.