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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1939.

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CONTRIBUTORY CAUSES OF TUBERCULOSIS

TUBERCULOSIS HERE

Poor Housing Conditions

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And Poverty

DR. S. N. CHAU

INTERVIEWED

DR. S. N. CHAU, WHOSE TERM OF

OFFICE OF THREE

YEARS ON THE URBAN COUNCIL EXPIRED ON JANUARY 28. HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR RE-ELECTION. He has been pro- posed by the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock and seconded by the Hon. Sir Robert Kotewall.

No- This is the only nomination so far for the vacant seat. minations, however, aro accopted at the Registry, Supreme Court, up to February 8. If Dr. Chan is unopposed, a poll will not be nepessary.

more Interviewed by the "Hongkong Tuberchlosts, he stressed. Daily Presa" yesterday. Dr. Chaabften than not, requires long and he said that, if re-elected, he would do specialised treatment, and his best to promote the general pointed out that there is no san!- welfare of the public as far as torlum suitably situated and equip-. health was concerned, especially as ped to cope with the task. regards tuberculosis and leprosy

LEPROST

and to press for measures to pro

The problem of leprosy claims tect the public from being imposedį upon by the many quacks in the equal attention, he said. A scheme Colony.

IMPORTANT PROBLEM

which goes to the roots of the question must be drawn up to fight the disease, and he will press for

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PRACTICAL · DEMONSTRATION :

PROF. BUCK, author of "Land Utilization in China." making a practical demonstration to the agricultural Brigade of the Shumchun Rural Welfare Centre.

HEAVY RAIN AND SNOWSTORMS

Referring to the recent regula-arly consideration of the matter Add To Misery Of

"ton making tuberculosis a notin-and its translation into practice.

Dr. S. N. Chau

abic disease. Dr. Chau expressed his satisfaction that the Gov- ernment 13 making an effort to tackle

the Dr. Chau condemned scandaleus and harmful prac- tices of certain native quicks, and referred to the baneful Influence of newspaper adver- tisements of remarkable re- medies and magic cures. Drastic steps are called for, Dr. blem. It is a Chau believes, to put an end to the Illustrating his point. Dr. commendable evil.

he Chau mentioned an extreme, case beginning.

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Spainish Refugees

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PERPIGNAN. Jan. 31 (Ren- ter)-Heavy rain and know." to the adding storms misery of the refugees crossing over to France from Spain. Large numbers have died on the way while many were in- jured and received no medical attention.

Fifty-two omnibuses have ar-

in which a man who, after being rived in Perpignan from Paris to said, but is able to be defeated told by a quack doctor that he was assist in the transportation of re- unless existing prejudices, especial-suffering from leprosy and going fugees while-lerryloads of food are among old-fashioned Chinese into considerable expense to have being sent from the French capital circles, are combatted by a proper himself cured but without success for their rellef. programme of education.

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Poverly and poor housing conditions are outstanding con- tributory causes of tuberculosis, sald, Dr. Chau, and therefore any campaign must necessarily take all aspects into considera- tion:

1.登月弍年政拾盎佰玖千壹盐

ARMED ROBBERY IN SHAMSHUIPO

Tenant And Servants Bound, Gagged

Money, Jewellery and cloth- ing, of a total value of $370, was stolen from a Shamshnipo tenement when it was entered by six armed robbers yesterday `mornlar.

The men. one of whom Was stated to be armed with a revolver, and the remaining five with knives, gained entrance to the first Apr 01 No. 1231 Canton Road shortly after B.m. yesterday. surprising the tenant, Miss Lo Ah-yat, and her servants who were preparing the morning meal.

The intruders bound the inmates with wire and gagged them with: walnuts and then proceeded to ransack, the premises staying for (about 20 minutes before departing

ROOSEVELT TO VISIT EUROPE with their loot..

It was not until about half an WASHINGTON, Jm.. 31 (Thour had passed before one of the free herself and dent Roosevelt to go Europe, in raise the alarm, but by that time Oran-The intent on if Prest-victims could

the robbers had made good their order to return the visit of the King and Queen tr

Washington escape, revealed on day in a broadcast speech Mr. James Vanazan, member he Pensyl vanlan House of Repin statives.

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FIRST BIETIDAY OF PRINCESS BEATRIX

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PLANE FACTORY

IN EGYPT? CAIRO, Jan. 31. (T/Ocean),——A British Commission of engineering experts are expected to arrive

here in the next few days to study the possibility of erecting factory to build bodies of military planes, The factory would be THE HAGUE, Jan. 1 (Reuter) created with the aid of British The Netherlands a celebrating capital the first birtday Princess Beatrix, the daughter of Crown Princess Julianna and Prince VISIT ENDED

jumped into the harbour in an at-1 The French Ministers of the In

Bernhard. Houses and streets' are MANILA, Jan. 31 (Reuter) --The tempt to end his own life, only to terior and Health are

Vice-Ad- expected gatly decorated for the occasion Commander-in-Chiet, be rescued and later told by.com-in Perpignan to assist in

the while cafes and restaurants have miral Sir Percy Noble, concluded petent hospital authorities that direction of refugee rellef.

been allowed to extend their clos- his visit 'to-day when he sailed in his only ailment was a mild skin Senor Del Vayo, Republican ing time in order that the cele- the flagship HMS. Kent for Singa-

Spanish Foreign Minister, is re-brations can continue. affliction.

pere, escorted by HMS. Falmouth. Should he be re-elected, Dr. Chau ported to have arrived here. stated that he would always be The heavy rain is helping Gov- Dr. Chau deplored the lack of ready to lister to any suggestions ernment forces as Franco's alı: facilities in the Colony for the for promoting the general health of craft are unable to bomb Re proper treatment of the disease, the Colony.

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LORRY CRASH INQUIRY: MISADVENTURE VERDICT

Military Driver Absolved Of

All Blame By Jury

THE INQUIRY WAS CONCLUDED AT THE KOWLOON COURT YESTERDAY into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ganner Benton, of the 5th Brigade A.A... Royal Artillery. who died at Customs Pass on November 12,last in one of the worst motor smashes In Hongkong history.

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Benton sustained a fractured skull in an 'accident in which 14 men were involved, a military lorry going over the embankment in Customs Pass Road when descending a hill. down a gradient of one in eight, with a gun-carriage in tow.

A verdict was returned of death by misadventure.

publican concentrations. It is re- ported that Government forces Arc resisting Franco's advance ing are withdrawing to newly prepared lines of defence.

TEAR-GAS AND BATONS

RANGCON. Jan. 31 (Reuter)-

"SAVE JAPAN” PLEA BY REICH LEADER Hitler Warns Germany Will

Tolerate No Interference

"OUR

BEKLIN, Jan 31 (Reuter)..

Police used tear-gas and batons to "UR RELATIONSHIP WITH JAPAN is governed by our deter- disperse a crowd which was at- mination to fight bolshevism. The anti-Comintern Pact, I be- tempting to prevent a bus from leve, will become the crystallising point of a group of Fowers who operating in the streets in Ran-will make it their aim to save the blind world from $ Satanic goon. A number of persons were creation of bolshevism. injured by the tear-gas 'and others by the baton charge.

TOE CRUSHED

"It would be folly to assume that defeat for Japan could be of any

value to Europe for it would only

be followed by victory for bolshe-

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TERRIBLE U,S, BLIZZARD

NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (Reuter)- BY ICE

lam in East Asia a victory which The eastern part of the United Suffering from a crushed toe would benefit no one except inter-states is in the grip of one of the due to a piece of ice falling on it, national Jewry." sald Herr Hitler worst blizzards in many years, Hung Yee. 41, of No. 18 Jubilee in the course of his speech at the Deaths total 29 of which 11 were Street, accond floor, was admitted

reported in Chicago where snow- to the Queen Mary Hospital yester-Reichstag last night.

drifts are paralysing trame in day evening, acco.ding to a police (A full text of Herr Hitler's speech many of the city's main thorough- is given on Page 97

fares. report.

TRAIN CRASHES IN Mr. E. Himsworth sat as Coroner. and he was assisted by a jury com- SNOWSTORM

prising Messrs. H .. Dinsdale CHICAGO, Jan. 30 (Reuter)-(foreman), W, C. Tillery, and C.

The jury added to SOUTH CHINA WAR Over 50 were injured in three M. Xavier. train crashes on an elevated" rail-; their verdict two riders and a note way during a blinding snowstorm absolving the driver of the lorry to-day...

from all blame for the accident.

At least six deaths are attribut-

Lieut. A. O. G. Mills, Royal Artil-

ed to the blizzard which is one lery, gave evidence on the lorry

of the worst ever recorded Chicago.

in and gun-carriage, stating that the foot-brake was of the vacuum-

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A 12-inch fall of snow in nine server type, which only worked ful-

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Japanese Retreat To Sheklung: Set

Villages

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On Fire

Fire For Revenge

NEW AERODROME

THE DOLLAR

TT, ON LONDON: 1s. 2.7/84. T.T. ON NEW YORK: 28.15/16

London Silver Market

SHIUKWAN, Jan. 31-A joint to all villages through which they hours paralysed street trafic, and ly when the engine was running detachment of 500 Japanese in-passed for revenge.

or in gear. The hand-brake work-fantry and cavalry from Tseng- the bus and railway services.

ed independently of the engine cheng launched a desperate attack The famous Chicago wheat pit This system of braking had been at Lunwohslang on Friday morn- The Japanese aerodrome at Tal- postponed its opening hour be in use for the last three years, ing. They were successfully re-pingchang, Chungfs, is now com- cause hundreds of traders and other system being in use in the pulsed by the Chinese troops, alded pleted while another is still in the officials were unable to get there. Far Enst

by several units, that imbushef course of construction.

Feng- the enemy at Kuishing Lau and About 200 Japanese at Yangkong-lung, according to a chung, Fahsien, attacked Tanpo on

(Our Own Correspondent) Fourth Route Army communique. January 29. Other Japanese forces

London, Jan. 27. The Japanese were taken by surat Sunkal showed no sign of any

London silver prices to-day were prise and were compelled to aban- activity.

With the arrival of oue detach-down, 1/18 for Spot and unchanged don their attack and withdrew to- wards Teengcheng, leaving several ment of Japanese troops there are for Forward as follows:-

now at present two detachments of score of dead behind.

During their retreat to Tseng-Japanese troops station at Hohow cheng and Bheklung. they set fire and Bamshui.

NOT AN EXPERIMENT Anti-aircraft guns have in the Chinese guerilla forces along the southern section of the Pal- past been towed along Hongkong ping-Hankow Ratway broke into roads, but never previously, as far the outskirts of singang, 112 miles as witness remembered, down Cus north of Hankow, and engaged in toms Pass hill. The towing on the heavy fighting with the Japanese day of the accident was not in the garrison there. The Japanese last nature of an experiment, over 200 men killed and wounded,

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MAP ILLUSTRATING present Empire route from Calcutta fo Hongkong, and the passible route for Imperial Airways' planes fly- - ing Lato China and Rangoon to Hongkong, thereby cutting one day off the present schedule. Also shown is the new possible als route across the Pacific Ocean, to Canada.

H.K. AND THE FUTURE OF COMMERCIAL AVIATION

Plans In Hand For An Enlarged Aerodrome

The commercial aviation industry and airlines throughout four the world are improving each month, planes. designed. months ago are to-day out-dated in certain mechanical devices, A chain of air routes circle the world with only one link missing, the Atlantic Ocean. This will be completed before 1940 by Pan American Agways and Imperial Always..

In is part of the world war has been a setback to air trans- portation, nevertheless Improvements are taking place,

Kunming (Yannanfu), Chung- king and without war fater- ference, Chungking to Hong- kong.

Air France has added another section to her route, Hañol to Hongkeng. However, this is not her final destination in the Far East. China National Aviation Corporation and Eurasia Aria- tion Corporation's services have been curtailed to some extent. but still their services off schedule are covering north China, a section of Indo-China and Hongkong. The Japanese government now has a network of commercial ·· ndr Haes throughout Japan, to For- Shanghai and Canton, These people are knocking at

ONE DAY LESB Hongkong's door, asiding for per- kaperial Airways' present feeder mission to fly here from Canton. service to their Empire route dys KL.M., the Dutch airlines, run from here to Bangkok via Hanol. through Europe to Singapore, Elimination of the Siamese capi- Bangkok and Saigon. They too, tal, making the route from Hong- art now studying routes through song. Hanoi, Rangoon or to better Kido-China, "Hongkong and north advantage Calcutta, would cut one China..

day from the present six in mul and passenger service.

Engineers for the German air

Eines are working out plans in co- operation with Eurasia Aviation Corporation for a service in the west or back door of China.

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Another great situation appears n the horizon of commercial aviation. It is the Pacific Ocean route, now solely serviced by Pan Entering this competition is the American Airways. Many nations largest air line in the eastern have their eyes on a commercial hemisphere. Imperial Airways.route over this sectiori: of water, They are planning and surveying the French, Dutch, German, Eng- routes in the Far East. Only alish and Japanese are the present week ago,news was released where ones.

by the Chinese Government allows their service to extend into China. Before summer it is possible Imperial Airways' planes may be flying from Rangoon "to

GUIDE TO THE NEWS

PAGE 2-Macao's prospects in Interport hockey. Bports notes and views. Marathon. race.

Rugby. H.B. darts

league. PAGE -The Services. Radio programmes. Japan willing to talk directly.

PAGE 5-The cineinas. Diary of local events. Crossword puzzle.

PAGE 6--Women's page. Wor man missionary going to

war.

PAGE T-Rotary timin speech. Legislative Council agenda. PAGE 8-Leading article:--

Chile's agony,

PAGE 9-Hitler's Reichstag

*speech.

PAGE 10-Hockey at King's

Park, H.K.C.C. 'teams.

PAGES 11, 12 and 13-Finance

and commerce. PAGES · 14 and 15-Shipping

news and directory.

Looking into the futur: 1940 and 1941 there will wo donht. be surveys going on for an alr route from Hongkons to (Continued on Page })

PALESTINE.

CONFERENCE.

LONDON, Jan. 31 (T/Ocean)— Lord Bearsted and Lord Reading will take part in the London Pales- tine Conference as unofficial ad- visers, it was announced here to- day. Lord Bearsted is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Shell On Company. Lord Reading s the son of the late Marquis of Reading, a former Viceroy of India.

FASCIST COUNCIL-

ROME, JIR. 31 (T/Ocean)The next session of the Fasciit-Coun-- to take place on Saturday, is awaited with great expectation throughout Italy, this being the first session to be held this year.

On the many, matters of prime | significance such as 'Count Ciano's trip to Hungary, and Yugoslavia, the fall of Barcelona, and the Fuehrer's speech, Musolini is ex- pected to make important ⠀ pro- nouncements,