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SANITARY BOARD.

MEETING TO-DAY.

A mooting of the Sanitary Board was hold this afternoon. There were prosont: Mr. E. D. C. Wolfo, Hon. Mr. A. Chatham, Mr. A. Shelton Hooper, Hon. Mr. A. Howett, Mr. Ng Hon Tzo, Dr. F. Clark, (Modical Oilicor of Houlth), Dr. J. W. Hurtley (As sistant Medical Officer.of Hunith), Dr. Fitzwilliams, Col. Bodford and Mr. W: Bowen Rowlands (Scoretary).

(1) A tablo showing the amounts of money on nullale train- ing during each year from 1901

to 1010 inclusITO.

(2) The amount of nulish training, marked on the map with the year of completion of the work opposito it.

(3) The amount of nullah train ing, which has been asked for, ie, recommended by the board for urgent construction with dates of recommendations.

(4) The most malarial districts, as far as they can ho ascertained, differentiuled, on the map, by colour.

A WELL.

NO CHANGE OF NAME. Alotter from the Colonial

A report was received from Secretary was received with re-

Tusp. Taylor to the effect that he gard to the clungs of title of the had discovered a woll on the board tranRefatring a ground-floor-of-10-ago-Stand your letter of the 13th April, 1am that the owner was using the directed to inform you that no chunge will be unde in the title water therefrom for the purpose of the board."

The letter was laid on the

table on the proposal of the

Chairman.

RAT GUARDS.

The President of the Board

minuted the following will re- gard to the inspection of rat

of washing..

The Hon. E. A. Howott asked if case could be made out against the owner or tenunt, und whother they could be prosecuted. He sidered that it should be done if possible,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY MAY o 1911

WORLD'S NEWS.

MORMONISM IN ENGLAND,

London, May 1-A special dis- patch from Salt Lake City states that the bead of the Mormon Church has issuod a circular to

the British antion in which he denies the allegations of Socialism made upon the sect and expressos his willinguess for the conduct of Mormone to be thoroughly in- vestigated.

FROM THE MAGAZINES.

A JAPANESE ON THE

" YELLOW PERIL Even now somebody has already invented the word "yollow Peril You cannot imagine how this word

u

JEWISH COLONY.

"OVER 10,000 ACRES AC- QUIRED IN EGYPTIAN. TERRITORY.

loft us was to attend the Bunyin Bunyia feast. One day a "gin who was nursing a fine fat baby came to our camp. I spoke to her, and remarked upon the

Thio Gonoral Jowish Colónis. (yos), this follow blong like-a plump child, She said "Yoow-i Bunyin. To my further ques-ing Organisation has acquired hurts my heart. Indeed, this tioning shio hesitated to reply territory over 10,000 acres in ox- word itself is eventually inviting but her tongue being loosened by tent at Rapha, in the El Arisch most critical bitterness against promise of tobacco, slio inform-district. Under the auspices of the Asiatics who are desiring to ed me that they were going to the organisation, nonroful, ex- make a good friendship. Shall be Bunyin-Bunyin feast and alaination of Rapha has been we have to see the blood of may plenty-corrobore" that her made, and according to the re- innocont souls quite unnecessarily child was one of those selected port, the district is "especially WIRELESS TELEGRAPIY

shed by this raco question in the to be eaten, and that only femaloited for tho production IN GERMANY.

and ?. I wonder how long is this babies were selected "plenty." of almonds, apricots, figs, London, May 1.-The German world playing such fool I am This "gin" expressed no sorrow olives, mulberry troos, eu Government is extending the use earnestly expecting some great at her child's forthcoming fate; calyptus, castor and cactus of the of wireless telegraphy in the scientist to come out and classify in fact, it seemed to me that she very best quality, and it is believ Baltic and North Sons, Theme by Ethics and Humanity in- was a little proud of the dis-ed that the vine grape could also installations in all naval ports are stead of by the colours and tinction that had fallen to her lat. be planted with groat success." being improval and new stations shapes. He will find us out much presume the child was eaten, It is stated that the water supply are to bo established.

the same to cuoli other, and there for on the return of the tribe this is good and that the Arabs havo shall be a happy onphony all over

gin", had no baby with her conducted auccessful colonising the world. Mr. Yoskio Markino John Wyatt, in Chumbors's experiments in the neighborhood. in the "English Review."

The proposed colony, states the "Jewish Chronicle," will bo situnted within the area offered to

NEW BRITISH DREAD- NOUGHT.

New York, April 20.-The Bri- tish armoured cruiser "Princoss Royal," launched yesterday, hos a tonuage of 26,350, with 75,000 horse-power and a speed of 28 knots. She will be equipped with eight 13.5 inch guns, twenty-7- inch-quick-firing guns, and three will be of the latest type, with a range, it is stated, of four miles, THE HOBBLE SKIRT IN

LONDON.

THE DIFFERENCE, ́

I

Journal."

NATIONALITY IN BED-

ROOMS.

It takes two to make a quarre The Englisli idea of a bedroom the late Dr. Horz), londor of the

only one to make a war.--Arnold White, in the Empire Magazine."

guards: In connection with the great two water closets at tho | Lorporio tubes. Her torpedoes hardest rond out of London is at it." In 'America the bedroomis The amount of land thon available |

SANITATION. Applications for permission to new Victoria theatre, Dos Voeux Road, were also dealt with.

Permission was also asked for to erect four. urinals at the Uni- versity lostel, Bonhamn road.

THE CONSERVANCY CONTRACTOR,

provision of rat guarda, raised by one of the members, it has been found difficult for the sanitary. inspectors, who are not engaged on harbour work, to enforce the

Loulon, April 29ther bye-laws. I therefore recommend

Majesty Queen Mary has privately that the following ollicers, of the harbour master's departnient, bu The select commitico appoint-Chonbestain, that ladies saking nounced through the ori deputed by the board, undered to deal with the complaints soution 250 of the Public Health

part ja teetoti cere my made against tho conservin and Building Ordinance, to eu contractor, reported that they hundest June will be prohibited from force the by-laws for the preven-fined him $20 on one complaint, believed that her Majesty hes wearing the hobble skirt. It is tion of the dissemination of the while the others had been drop-aken this course from a fear that plaguo by rats:-

pad. The complaint in question ladies wouring such skirts will Arthur Edward Davey, 1st was that two of his boats were it difficult to nisko their boarding officer..

found in a dirly condition, and Rufino Lizola Roche, 2nd that another was partly full, con- Sinoa Nunes, 1st junk in-trary to the regulutions. spector..

boarding officer..

The Prosident said that was a

THE ESTIMATES.

curtsies.

THE BRITISH CENSUS. London, April 28. The consus returns show a markable diminu-

is a place to sleep in, bathe in and Zionist movement, in 1903, by WEICH ROAD?.

get out of as soon as possible. the Egyptian Government at the It is said that for horses the You feel that as soon as you look instance of the British authorities. are pretty. Indeed, thore seems for colonisation was not found! the most lovelons. There are to be a general desire to make large enough for the purposes of no hills to climb and descend, them look as little like bedrooms an extensive settlement. In Bibli and the tired horse has no chance as possible. Sometimes I think cal days Rapha formed part of to rest one set of muscles while that Americans, down in their Palostine. another works. Monotony pro hearts, consider a bed an improper duces fatigue; and because this

piece of furniture, to be hidden particular road is one doad. anno dan on any other loading of a waiting and only exhibited monotonous level more horses die away, when possible, in the form a writing-desk, a wardrobe or a out of London-Paul W. Golds- for what it really is--n bed--at bury, in the "Atlantic Monthly."

the last moment before getting into it. But certainly the bed rooms are protty, and, in a general tip of the nose that du Maurier belong to nobody in particular.

It was in his treatment of the way of speaking, they seem to made his girls attractivo. Thoro Mary Mortimer Maxwell in was something of an upward tilt" National Review," generally, and the heaviness one ands in the so-called antique

NOSES, ANCIENT AND, MODERN.

the

:

Intimations

BUTTER.

OUR

“DAISY" BUTTER is the finest quality Tablo Bullor Imported.

We stock three other brande

at prices to suit all. · The Dairy Farm Co., Limited.

POPULAR

"ASAHI" BEER

Nolo, oir Prico. 12:00 per, ESA' COP=. taluing 4 dozen" quarta" or 6 dozen" piole. Hongkong, 7th April, 1911.

L

NOTICE

HE Undersigned gives notion that from this day, he will not be

his wife JERONIMA ALLEN, *

F. G. ALLEN.

Hongkong, 8th May, 1911.

sponsible for any debts contrasted by

MARINE COURT.

Beckwith, R.N., Fit Godowa Before Commander C. W manager of the Holt Godown, charged. Chan Loi, master of the steam Inunch Wai Hung, and Wong Loi, inustor of the stonin

whilst she was under way, in the launch Shun Yik, with making fast their launches to the s.s. Atrous

harbour. Both nocused pleaded guilty and were fined $25, or two months' hard labour and GRANITE & $35, or three months' hard labour

MARBLE before the Magistrate they would Monuments that if they should appear again be sent to prison without the option of a fiuo. The fines wore paid.

A minuto by the President wasion in the population of Scotland, the cost of a little dignity; but kor's wish that Mr. Asquith would respectively. Thoy, were told

submitted-relative to the suggest». ed changes in the draft estimates both in the cities and the country for 1912.

.*

This decrease is largely due to increases omigration to Canada. From the city of Aberdeen alone

this year 300 persons Ive been leaving for Canada every week.

UNWASHEN HANDS. One of the best of the election oson was avoided-it may be at stories was apropos to the spea- there are no unimpaired antique clear his party of the imputation uses that I know of excopt that of being synonymous with the of the Hormes of Olympia, for Labour party and the Socialists; even the Venus of Milo has had the orator was "rominded" of the extreme tip restored, and how Andrew Kirkaldy, the golfer of much difference may not be made, renown, who was asked in the by altering the extreme tip!-T. luncheon interval between two Armstrong, in "Harper's "Maga- ¦ important matches whether he would care to wish his hands. Na, na," he replied, according to the story, "that wad spoil ma grip." Mr Ian Malcolm in the

iniunto in which he suggested that, under section 256, certain officers of the Harbour Office

Mr. Shelton Hooper minuted: should be appointed by the ghould like a copy before wo Board to enforce the byo-laws discuss it. It is impossible to relating to the provision of rat carry all the details in one's hond guards. It was obvious that on necount of the short time

REFORMING THE DE- rat guards were only

CALOGUE. allowed for the circulation of the where ships papers.

New York, April 20-A move-zine." quired in cases were moored against the shore,

tho Hon. Mr. E. A. 1owett minut-ment has been started among but oven so it was a very mach o lave not time to consider londing Christian preachers for simpler matter for boarding of these figures now.

the curtailment of tho Ton Com cers, who had to dent with the

mandments. mutter in the ordinary course of their duties, to have the matter in hand, than a sanitary officer." Of course an inspector could do the work, if the Board wished, in addition to his own duties, but he did not think they had 50 many opportunities. So far as to (the Prosilent) was tware, the Board had power to dologite anthority to the boarding officers. The police could hard- ly deal with the matter.

Hon. Mr. Howettsaid he thought

Mr. Lau Cha Pak-It is cus tomary to send a copy to onch member.

THE DYNAMITE OUTRAGES. New York, April 20-In con- nection with the dynamiteoutrage beat Los Angelos it is expected that further arrests of Labour Union leulers will be made to-day..

Nineteenth Century."

MOTION FOR INTERIM INJUNCTION REFUSED.

HOTEL COMPETITION IN HONGKONG.

the

stoam

rulo

REPAIRE

C. E. WARREN & CO.

& CLEANING

UNDERTAKEN.

WREATHS.

[874

WM. POWELL,

G. W. Couklö, L.S. 50, chargod Chan Tau Shing, master of launola Bailey,

- tho with disregarding of the road. The defondant pleaded guilty, and was fined $15, or one month's hard labour; ho preferred to pay the fine, instead of going to gaol. appears that the launch Bailey collided with the Police boat No. GENTS' OUTFITTERS. 8, which necessitated slipping

NEW GOODS

that emft.

It

LIMITED:

WAR AN ANACHRONISM.

The brutal conquest of nations has had its day. You can annox their commerce, but not thoir mind. The hope which lies at the bottom of a national conscious ness is stronger than the blows which assail our bodies. Nations live as long as they are not will-

A.W.Grimmitt, P.C.50, caught ing to dio. War has become a

Nu Wan, master of the stoom ENGLISH profession of dupos. It alieds

In the ease in which Mr. Fre-launch Tung Fat with failing to plenty of blood and brings about 'derick Reichman, proprietor of exhibit the white light while Reform Comunission, aftor study-quests are temporary and delu Mary Uschmann, of the Station 1.45 am. on the 4th inst. Accused White

infinite misfortunes, but its, con- the Grand Hotel, sued Mrs. alongside Shaukiwan Ferry at

ive. It is not victorious armies Hotel, Kowloon, for which determine and mould the terim injunction

an in pleaded guilty and was cautioned. destiny of nations. Civilisation! the defendant from carry- alono counts. It creates, grows ing on the business of a hotel.

THE ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY.

The Hon. Registrar General minutod:-Details should given of the latrines and urinals considered necessary, and those recommended for inclusion in the estimaton. The training of nullalas is essentially a sanitary matter, and the initiative should be with the Sanitary Department.

ing the now Anglo-Japanese The draft estimates consisted Treaty, has issued a statement in of a mass of manuscript, and in in which it is declared that the clauded the following: (a) A state-Fronty only slightly mitigates the

The

latter

was

Tondon, April 29-The Tariff

THE HEIGHT OF WAVES.

to restrain

Chan Chuk Chiu, accountant,

the water-police could do the workment of the estimates and ox-soverity of the Japanese Customs and destroys communities.-Jean; keeper in the Colony, his Lordship of 113 Wing Lok Street, reports The President said he thought penditure for 1910; the estimates tariff, the rates in which have not in the Contemporary Ro- the Chief Justice, Sir Francis to the police that a quantity of they would have noticed that for 1911 and the expenditure thoro hnd not been any case for a | during the first three months gone up tonn average of 55 per view.".

Piggott, refused the application clothing and a cash box contain- on the ground that there was no ing jewellery and money to the good reason to suppose that the value of about $2000 have beon Dr. Richard Scroosby, in a suc- continuance of defendant's busi-stolen from his room. cession of very careful investiga-ness would inflict injury on tions upon the mid-Atlantic in

plaintiff's business, Lowdon, April 28th-Thore tremendously rough weather,

Mr. Eldon Potter appeared for which officers of the department copis to he some mystery sued to the main rigging, noted the Gardiner, and Hon. Mr. II. E. during part of which he was lash plaintiff, instructed by Mr. J. H. will become entitled to during the rounding the sudden resignation year 1912 if their services have of the United States Ambassador greatest allitude of the most im- Pollock, K.O., defendod, instruct

at Berlin. In some quarters it is posing rollers to be no more than ed by Mr. Roader Harris.

AMERICA AND GERMANY.

long time, and he was of the of 1911.

cent. The Commission is of opinion that it was because a case also compared with the expendi- trade will be as prejudicial as opinion that the effect on British had failed, on the ground that itture during the first quarter before. had been brought by the wrong of 1010. (b). The analysis of people. He did not think they incidental expenses for 1910. (e). could doputo the water police to A statement of the incremonts to perform the work. The bonts they would havo chiefly to deal with would be rivor steamers.

The harbour master had proposed those men, because, he took it, they would have the work easily

i

The case was taken in Cham- bers this murning in which the to recover the sum of $220.44 for Gas Company sued Wan Yu Chuon gas supplied to the Cheung On Hotol, of 425, Queen's Road Wost,

MADE

Canvas

AND

Buckskin Shoes.

SMART SHAPES

28, Queen's Road, (Central.)

That was why ho had suggested it.been such that thay can be reconsidered that the resignation is 43 feet from trengli to crest: Tho The trial of the action will come Defendant consented to judgment, ¡ Hongkong, 28th April, 1911. [1048

before them.

Hon. Mr. Hewett said the men should report themselves, when they went on board,

commended for them. (d). A

1912 estimates.

statement showing the increase explained by the statement which Bydrographie Bureau puts the height of the averago Atlantio und decrease proposed in the line appeared in the German pa-

pers to the effect that the Berlin wave at 30 feet, and the maximum Government is dissatisfied with at 48. During gales they are be America's curt language, which tween 500 and 000 feet long, and FORMOSA SUGAR CROP.it is stated, America has probably they last not the eternity we got accustomed to use through imagined, but ton or sloven her dealings with South American seconde-W. 11. Rideing in the

"Pall Mall Magazine,” Sintas.

The President — Tho

: inon can carry warrantsifit is wished.

The Hon. Mr. Hewett proposed that the matter be dealt with in committee and this course was adopted.

New York, April 29-Gorman newspapera state that the motive for the resignation of Mr. Hill, the U.S. Ambassador at Berlin, was his disapproval of the attempt to open coercive negotiations od sugar manufactories, any with Germany on the polish ques 09,380,000 kin, is also inoluded, tion, which stop, he considers, The sugar manufactured by the was an act of discourtesy to a Taiwan Soito, the Shinko Seito, grent Europeau States. the Niitaka Seito and some other important manufactories this year

According to investigations made by the authorities, the total amount of sugar produced in Formosa this your is estimated to be 420,919,000 kin. This quanti The President proposed that ty includes brown sugar, which is Arthur Edward Davey, 1st board-manufactured by the original ing officor, Rufino Lizola Rools, sugar manufactories, and rofin- 2ard boarding officer, and Sinica Nunos, 1st junk inspector, be ap- pointed to enforce the bye-laws for the provention of the dis- somination of the plague by rats, Colenol Bedford Beconded, and the resolution was carried.

NULLAHS.

The head of the sanitary do- partment minuted-I should be

•

HOLLAND AND THE

PHILIPPINES. **

is supposed to be 330,629,000 ́kin. Now York, April 27-A Dutch The total is estimated at warship has hoisted the Datoh | 420,910,000 kiņ.

flag over a small island about sixty miles south-east of the Philip much obliged if you could have According to a tologram receiv-pino archipelago. In connection a'inap prepared showing the ex-ed yesterday from Batavia, the with this the United States has Notherlands India Government lodged a protest, maintaining that have declared Hongkong to be an the island was coded by Spain to infected port on account of plague. the United States together with

A Chinese wire says the Em- the Philippines. press Dowager hins boen advised not to take up residence in tlie

tent of nullah training, in and around the city of Victoria, in- cluding Shaukiwan, and another showing the same thing in Kowloon T propose" hanging Allom in the board room,

#Dr.: Folzwilliams mikated ---- Affiched to the map I should like

Canada orpoots to ropalve Jammer Pälsos this year. Its 175,000 immigranja: 'from Great pairs to the Falnos have been Britain- quarenda

Arrent year

(118,000/

on shortly, ki

WATER RETURN. Level and Storage of water in Reservoirs on the 1st May, 1911.

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS LEVEL

gia

ו:

· {Kkte, volní telów) aylis, zoło, below Tyloverdow

Overflow Tytan Bye sie głin, below? 'sk. an betow

Wastoverflow

overflow

medias... Loverbum

・overdow Potfalum everflow

{{raft, rojha. Lalow sef, Glo, below

overlow Wanginai-jit

18 in below) saft, coin, below

overfow

chung.....overflow

STORAGE GALLONS.

109,110,0:0

11.500

*95.0 AM 6 75,100,000 Gog, 00 tam Intermediate .............. 09,662, ra

1,035,000

103,034,000

am Bewaak Pokfulam Wei-cb

Consumption of water jo the Cily and Hill" £45. ct during the mouth of April, 1911, Comumption 17,000 Estimated

1410

populationi ste,ulo Caption per

107,077,000 gallo

BIF,260

THE STAY-AT-HOME BOAT. T Enter fuft. in below soft, solin below.

For conturies the Japanese Government tried to isolate the people and prevent their contact with foreigners of any kind. To counteract the natural instinct of an island race for travel a junk of special design was invented. No departure from the authorised pattern was allowed even in in- lernal accommodation,: Ita mástí romarkable feature was its stern. - Except some slight protection for the cargo, it was left entirely open to the waves, with the express object of increasing the dangers of a voyage. As not even a Columbus would'venture for un-

Kowloon Cra-Y !

vitalion ald,300,000 der such conditions, the Japanese

•Kassers!!· were forced to confine themselves!

Consumption of water; in. Kowloon during sie to their own coasts, off which manch of for s rough weather was unlikely of Consumption...1,310,200 could be easily avoided.—" Wind- sor Magazine,"

head per day.. Intermittent supply by Rider Maldi ja Käse

in districts dating Kay to both years

KOWLOON WATER WORKS LEVEL,

Kozen O-DE),

viation Ra De

غرور .

{ 16′′ 3′′ Below overflow. STORAGE CALIONS, AN

(per basis?

HeyIbe Overa m

THE VICTIM. It has been mentioned that the Aer la of acculant daly time the (Queensland) h

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