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AISLE AND FAREWELL

"So the condemned man ate a hearty knowing me as you do — was that breakfast ?**

pure altruism?"

* Oddly enough he did — in spite of last night's stag pårty. All set now for She range blossoms."

"And the little head?"

“Tighing over doautifully old · boy. Cool as a frame-full of cucumbers, Am I becoming a saturated solution — or is it just the influence of a good

"Your ignorance of the facts of life, Edmond, is little shon, of monumental. Remember the long draught of Rose's Lime Juice I made you drink before retiring 7 Pase and consider, Edmond →→→

ROSE'S LIME JUICE

"I've never known you do an unselfish act in your life old boy,”

"Right. My only concern was to save myself trouble and get you to the church in such condition that you could bath speak audibly and walk unaided. With the help of Rose's Lime Juice I have succeeded. Listen carefully, Edmond, while I explain the chemical action of Rome's — "

"I say

look! Quarter to eleven! Where's the ring ? Where's my hat 7 Is the car ready 7' Is my tie all vight 7 --- Hurry up, hurry up. Where's my ---- ok, here it is — QUICK!”

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SESSION RESOLUTIONS

CHONGKING, Nov. 17 (Cen- tral-At the fourth general meet-

"THE CONGESTION OF THE URBAN DISTRICTS IN HONG-ing of the 8th Plenary Session of KONG CONTINUES UNABATED and the sanitary conditions of most the Kuomintang CEC, presided of the town is calculated to promote rather than to prevent the over by Generalissimo Chiang Kai- spread of infectious disease." states the Director of Medical Services shek. a telegram was despatched in his report for the year 1938, which was tabled in the Legislative encouraging and comforting the Council on Thursday.

omcers and men fighting at the

The report, well set out and kong was due to

the "White front. fully explanatory. covers every Scourge. The report says that it The telegram states that alter branch of activity undertaken by is probable that at least five peo-ore than two years' unremitting the Medical Department, and gives ple "suffer from the disease for efforts by the rank and Ale, the the results of measures taken to everyone who dies of it.

enemy force is being gradually ex- check the spread of disease in the "The opportunities afforded for hausted and there are clear indica Cclony, schemes for promoting the Its spread by overcrowding are tions the nation will win flnal general health of the population, legion," says the Director of Medt- victory. It exhorts the soldiers to and recommendations for future cal Services. The average poorer continue their efforts under the. work,

class Chinese tenement today supreme direction of Generalissimo

Chiang.

The Department's total expendi- houses from 30 to as many as 60 cure for 1938 was $2,407,347.92, and human beings per floor as com- the revenue earned by all divisions pared with between 15 and 17 be- $131,034.17. The total revenue of fore the "Incident." Many of the Colony from all sources in these people are out of work, most 1938 was $37,175,897,82; hence the of those who have work are un- expenditure on medical services derpaid and all live on an inade- formed 14.66 per centum of the quate and ill-balanced diet.. general revenue as compared with ""They are exposed daily to mass 16.19 per centum in 1937.

infection with tuberculosis because

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A second telegram was sent to overseas Chinese thanking them for support and unwavering loyalty to their unstinting financial

the Central Government,

ENVOY

AMERICAN LEAVES CHUNGKING

CHUNGKING, Nov. 16 (Reuter) China, Mr. Nelson T. Johnson left Chungking by air this afternoon for Hongkong' en route to Shanghai. After remaining in Shanghai for a week or two the American Ambassador will proceed to Peiping where he will meet his wife and daughter.

SMALL-POX AND CHOLERA of the universal and disagreeable "The year 1938 was marked by habit of spitting: they are Igno- the prevalence and persistence of rant of the ways in which the dis-The American Ambassador to Infectious disease in the Colony," ease is spread: their hygienic

standards are of the lowest, and I says the report,

Small-pox and cholera were tries, therefore, not to be wondered two major epidemic diseases that at that tuberculosis heads the list occurred.

of killing diseases in Hongkong." "There is no doubt that they REGISTERED BIRTHS lasted longer than they would

Registered births in 1938 showed nave done in normal years owing an increase from 32.303 in 1937 to to the overcrowding in all parts of 35,893, while the number of deaths the City of Victoria," says the re-among the civilian population was port. "The prolotigation of the 38.818, an increase of 4,183 over Sino-Japanese "Incident" has the 1937 figure. In addition to meant that the advent of poverty- this, 29 deaths were recorded in stricken and starving refugees to the Forces of the Crown during Hongkong has continued through-the year, an increase of 18 over out the year.

the 1937 figure.

In Shanghai, Mr. Johnson is ex- pected to meet Admiral Thomas C. Hart, Commander-in-Chief nf the American Asiatic Fleet.

The Ambassador took off from Chungking in the new Douglas DS3 aircraft, a new addition to the China National Aviation Cor

The plane is making her rat

"The extension of hostilities to: the south of China in November rate was 34.9 per thousand of the

The erude uncorrected birthporation's fleet led to a sudden rise in the number i population, and the death rate round trip, having left Hongkong of refugees crossing the frontier 377 per thousand, compared with last night. She arrived in Chung- and this attained a maximum the 1937 figures of 321 and 34.4 during the month in question."

respectively.

TUBERCULOSIS MENACE

"These increases in the actual Malaria, according to the report, number of deaths and the death is no longer to be regarded as one rates refect the general deteriora of the major killing diseases in tion in the health of the com- Hongkong, but pulmonary tuber-munity, a deterioration thought to culosis is one of the great health be brought about by overcrowding, menaces. Approximately one out lack of housing- and insufficient of eight deaths in 1938 in Hong- food," says the report.

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ANGLO-FRENCH ORDERS TO U.S. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (Reuter) -The Department of State does not confirm the reports that British and French orders ΟΙ American armaments are held up pending a legal interpretation of the "Cash and Carry" Clause,

What actually happened was that certain Californian plane manufacturers were told they would have to show that the trans- actions really observed the cause before they would be allowed to make shipments.

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