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SANITARY BOARD.

“Yesterday's Meoting-

Amecting of the Sanitary Board was held yostorday afternoon, when there were present Mr. E. D.C. Wolfo, president, Hon. Mr. A. W. Brewin, Hon. Mr. EAA. Howett, Dr. A. W. Hartloy, Dr. Fitzwilliams, Dr. F. W. Clark, M. O.H., and Dr. Bowen Rowlands,

seqretary.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 27 191

||OUR LETTER BOX.

[The opinion expressal hy our cofres- pondents are not necessarily thore of

The Hongkong Telegraph.”]

ORIGIN OF MARK

TWAIN

MILK

SHELLS IN THE SKY.

THE RICE PROBLEM.

Modern Guns.

Prevention of 'Exports.

· Samuel L. Clemens. Quoted as

FIVE CENTS

the Name.

A Washington telegram dated (THE "TELBÓKAPH": CORRESPONDENT,] Saying, That He Inherited August 20 saysAltor shooting

Canton Sept. 267 In shell 18,000 feet into the airaud

The familiar story of the origin Celebration of Trafalgar Day closer to the skies than an aoro

The Provincial Treasurer. has, of Samuel L. Clemens's use of the plane has over flown, the expori-in view of the rise in the price of name Mark Twain is now declared [To the Editor of The Hongkong ments with the now naval gun. rice and the consequent hardship to be incorrect. It pictures

Tolegm, It."]

destined to lestroy the airships of devolving on the poorer classes, Clemens, Mississippi river pilot, the civil officinle listening to the mon heaving the Doar Sir, The Executive Com-an enemy, wore temporarily coh-instructed.

cluded at the Indian Hoad, Md., throughout the province and the lead at the bow of a river boat naval proving grounds to-day. deputies in charge of the Likin and singing out, "By the mark, It was announced that both the stations to keep a sharp look-out three; by the murk, twain. now weapon and its carriage had for any secret export of this staple Tableau! Olmene emites his proven eminently satisfactory, commodity. Any one caught ox-brow, and soliloquizes: "There is

Filly rounds were fired to-day. Forting rice will be punished my nom de pluime." The maximuin range of 18,000 without leniency. The rice cap- It is true that the namo...ori- foot was reached when the gun tured will be confiscated by the ginated with the picturesque ory will be handsomely rewarded. a man other than Mr. Clemona as elevated at an angle of 85 Government and the informers of the man with the lead, but dogrock.

first discovered the pictu- rosqueness. That man was Cap- tain Isaiah Sellers, who furnislied river news for the New Orleans "Picayuno." To Prof. William Lyon Phelps of Yale Mr. Clemens confessed that it was from Bollers fo got the naujo. Prof. Phelp's story is quoted in Prof. Hender 8011's "Mark Twain."

According to this book Mr.

mittee of the Navy Longue have derided to make a public appeal Arising out of the question of for the observance, throughout the allocation of furthor vegetable the Empire, of Trafalgar Day, and fruit stalls in the Tsim Shu The suggestion has received Teui markot, the president an- nounced that a European firm, widespread support from in ropresented by Mr. Howard, bad, fluential and prominent citizone, enquired whether the Bourd could and it is confidently hoped that Co its way clear to set aside a stall the celebration in some degree or for the sale of mutton and bool. The president pointed out that if other of the inemory of Nelson the Board could set aside one of will nro.so universal patriotic tho poultry stalls, half of it could feeling: be used for the sale of ment to Europeans and the other half for storage.

It was finally agreed to set aside a stall for this purpose.

Beaconsfield.

The primary object aimed at by the Committee of the Navy League to bring home to the mind of the Britishi people the doininating

NEWS.

The slut flushed accurately

course for 10,000 NAVAL AND MILITARY through a feat. Boyond that distance it lost its velocity and was af- fected by the air currents, falling into the Potomac 1,500 feet away from a spot it had boon reckoned it would drop.

Rear Admiral Twining; chief of significance of sen power in our the naval bureni of ordnance and

•

(From the "L. &.C. Express.")

Special efforts are being made by the English recruiting agon- clos to reoruit men for the King's Own Light Infantry, a consider-

kong, will go to the Reserve in

the usual course..

P.M.

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ADDED: NOTHING.

If you must use Separated Milk why not have

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To-day's Advertisements

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Soldiers and Sailors in uniform #

Tho Conanilteo invite the Ladios of

THE FIFI MEETING of the Season will be held at Happy Valley on SATURDAY, the Buth Whon the question of the National and Imperial life; tolosigner, expressed the conviction lable number of men being yet Clemons said to Prof. Phelps: September, 1911, commencing at 8,30) alteration of sanitary accommoda- make more completely underston that the carriage feature of the required to keep the home, and Captain 'Sellers' used. to sign hial tion at Beaconsfield, No. 1 Battery the close relationship which Waring three days' trial at Indian strength owing to the approach of Twain. He died in 1863. I liked 1.00 for others than Members of the articles in the "Picayune" Mark The Charge of Admission will be had been perfected. foreign service battalions up to weapon Path, came up for considoration, exists hotwcon our Imperial pres- end. Admiral Twining added, the relief season, during which a the president remarked that the

have done him no wrong, for 1 Club owners of the building should tige and the ofliciency of the valuable information also had been good many of the rank and file of this name and stole it. I think I Hongkong Jockey Club or Gymkhana Boguro in independent and ado- Navy, and to impress the popular obtained upon which to base the the latter battalion, now at Hong seem to have made this name) dosign of a sight for the aerial

somewhat generally known." Price. quite water supply.

Prof. Henderson records a Colonel Bedford could not imagination with the fact that the

number of interesting incidents agree. They allowed a person to Navy is our groat and only have three or four baths a day and National insurance and that upon

connected with the user ents name. For a while, when he was uso sighty or ninoty gallons of it the continuance of our in- water for the purpose if he chose, dustrial vitality and our.com

prise" humorous letters signed miner in Novada, Mr. Clomens sent to the Virginia City "Enter- but they refused to allow a man mercial vigour depond. three gallons or so a day from the

Thoro cah bo no question, that mains for what he hold was, a necessary adjunct to civilization. the colebration of an evont éo Hon. Mr. Howall proposed that momentous as the Battloof

gun.

The iden of the ono-pounder will bodeveloped into a three-inch gun. Naval ordnance exports shoot soven miles into the air. beliovo tlist such a weapon would The favourable performance of the now carriage caused naval officers the belief jubilantly to express that before long American war ships, will be equipped with hostile invadors in the air.

Lieutenant Pudsey, R.G.A., on transfer from No. 22 Company, Sheerness, has joined No, 87 Com- pay at Hongkong.

Fox, King's own Light Infantry, On alisorption Captain R, M. D.

has been posted to a company in the 2nd Battalion at Cock:

Lieutenant J. M. Jackson has

been appointed to the survoy ship

Hongkong to be present.

POPULAR

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REGINALD, F. C. MASTER,' | Notereur Price $12.00 per ones con

taining 4 doren quarts or 6 doren Han, See, and Treasurer: Hongkong, 27th Sept., 1911. [1404)

pints.

CHURCH MISSIONARY.

4

not "Mark Twain" but "Josh." 5OCIETY BAXTER SCHOOLS.

When he became a regular reporter on that paper and ro-THEANNUAL SALE OF his reports Mark Twain." Whon DAY, 5th October, at a r.. questioned as to his use of this

WORK in nid of the above 'will

permission to carry out tho altera-Trafalgar, and a memory so re-another battery of guna to. fichi Sealark, engaged in duty in the ported the Legislaturo. he signed to held at the City Hall on THURS

tions be given conditional upon vered as that of Nolson will an independent water supply

being obtained. This proposition commend itself to the public was carried. The amendment by spirit of ovory British man and .Colonel Bedford that the owners woman.. be allowed to uso water from the Government mains found" na secondor.

Tho urgo:-

(1) That whorevor possible.

executivo committee

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A GRIM DISCOVERY.

Human Head by Post.

Indian and adjacent oceans. Lieutenant Jackson has been in the service 12 years, and has had experience on the China, Austra lin, and Indian stations.

Admission...... 20 Cents.

name ir. Clemens declared: I Hongkong, 27th Sept., 1911. [1405 chose my pseudonym because to

time. It was much shorter to say

in

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most persons it had no meaning CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE Her repairs below the water-and also because it was short.

was a reporter in the Legislature line having been completed, the A Vionnia telogram dated Aug."river", destroyer Usk, which public meetings should be held 19 says:-The story of a grim has been selected for service in discovery in the British .postolice tho Far East, has been refloated and addressed by prominent local in Constantinople is related by and placed in the steam basin at Sheerness Dockyard to finish her people,, Those meetings to be on- this Austrian newspapera.

Among a heap of undelivered rofit in time to commission with tirely non-perty in character and confined solely to an appoal for parcels was found a wooden packa full crew preparatory to her de

Major L. D. Fraser, R.. Recently there have been a widespread recognition of a vigor-gense consigned to the ex-parture for the China Station,, remarkable number of uses re-ous naval policy as a vital neces-Sultan Abdul Hamid.. Inside the

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The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Mr. Clemens made the name sth in the 10th October, both dage Compnay will be CLOSED from the known on the Pacific coast, but inclusive. it for years after the "Jumping the world at large did not hear - JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.,

General Agents. exchanges without credit, had Hongkong, 27th Sopt., 1911. 1408 being found in the streets of the best means to do honour to casket was opened, and in it lay Singapore.

shrivelled, withored hunnan

jumped into such notoriety as is Victoria. Of course, during the the memory of Nelson..

head.

NATURE STUDY..

rarely accorded. well mannered bad plague years the practice of

(2) That school fetes and de-j The Viennese journals state

frogs. In fact, its first use in any "dumping" was extremely com- nonstrations by school children that a lacchic note was also on- mon and was to be explained by should be organised, so that the closed in the caso, stating that Eagles. The cagle is called the Eastern magazine was a fiasco.

Mr. Clemons made a great scoop the four that the Chinoso felt in mind of the rising gonoration the hand was that of the mur satisfied with that description. on the Hornet disaster when he

the king of birds, and we are connection with the disinfecting should be directed towards the dored Midhat Pasha, the first in-the-eagle-wo see-a-noble-aus- was writing up the Hawaiian operations, which were carried realisation of what the name of Turkish premior, forwarded autorily. For the most part the Islands, ip 1660, says Prof. out in housos where a death from Nelson recalls.

cording to instructions to con- plagio had occurred. At the

(3) The decoration of public vince the Sultan of his death. Dagle lins the grand inner and Henderson. His account of the present time, however, this four buildings by tags and scrolls The latter statement is impic-lives up to it, swooping about the disaster, Mark sent to "Harper's PRESSED is not operative and sono explana bouring the over trostred legend bable, since the execution of Tur place, with magnificent dignity, Magazine," whore it appeared in tion other than dumping must be England Expects that Evory, koy's great liberal grand vizier and occasionally squawking "No- December, 1806, But alas! it

The Undersigned have been appointed Sole Agents iu found to account for the number | Man will do His Duty.” took place at Talf, in Arabia, in less oblige." There are bad was not as Mark Twain,” nótosu of bodies found within the last

(4) The encouragement of the 1884, and its details were well eagles of course; and it is they drawling, lovable river pilot sort Hongkong and China:

THE AIKOO DICKYARD & ENGINEERING CO., few weeks in the streets.

exhibition of flags and similer known. The murder, in their who do the baby-spatching which of person that the world beheld The theory is held in some mottoes on private houses.

OF HONGKONG, LTD. renters them so unpopular among the now author. For he had not remoto place of exile, of Midhat the heads of families. But we had written his pseudonym plainly on

Agonita, quarters that sick Chinese, when

The Navy League most carn-and two of his friends was carried hitherto been unacquainted with his copy, and "Harper's" cheer-

BUTTERFI) LO & SW RE. driven out of the house by thoir estly hope that the public ro-out with cruel barbarity. Their touchy type of eagle which is fully introduced him to fame as

aponse to this appeal will be such deaths were officially attributed to associates to lie down in the as will in very few years raise fever. The story of the assassina prey to neurasthenia; and had "Mike Swain"! streets. Whether this is due to Trafalgar Day to the position of a tion is told in the "Life of Midhat not been for the following

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in extremis or nearly so, aro

a desire to give the sick the op- great National Naval Festival. Pasha," written by his son, who telegram from Paris we should

portunity to recover in the fresh

air, or is prompted by the less humano desire to avoid trouble and expouse when death takes place, is not cloar. This is, 'at' any rate, given as an explanation by persons who are in a position to speak authoritatively.

A VILLAGE FEUD:

(THE "TELEGRAPH" CORRESPONDENT,

I am, Deur Sit,

Yours faithfully,

P. Hannot, Secretary.

August 29, 1911.

Sugar Stealing.

I. S. Wills and a party of detectives boarded a cargo junk

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DON'T FORGET.

Wednesday, Sept. 27. Entries close for Hongkong. Cricket League Competition...

"China Mail" Harbour Race,

5.30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 28. Kowloon Cricket Club annual meeting, 5.15 p.m,

Friday, Sept. 20. Royal Hongkong Yacht Club's aunaul general meeting, 5.30 p.m. Hongkong Cricket Club's an- nual meeting, 6 p.m.

receives.u pension from the Young never have suspected that the

A Paris teacher,! Turkish government and lives in type exists:

while cycling near Lake Annecy, Constantinople.

The head found in the British in the Haute Savoie," we read, "received an unexpected blow on postoffice is said to bave been posted in Tripoli in April, 1900, the head which partially stunned him. No aggressor was visible, This makes it probable that it

bat looking upward the teacher belonged to some one assassinated

eaw un-oggle soaring aloft with Mark in the weeks of fierce plotting carried on by the Sultan before's cap in his book."

you, wo know that cap which Inst night as it was going between the outbreak of the countor the teacher was wearing. Go like. in the Kellett Island and Jardine's volation in that month. Unde Wharf. They ordered the owner another theory it may have been anywhere you

Haute Savoie and you will be Canton, Sept. 20. of the junk to make fast at a head sont to the Sultan by offendou by the sight of scores of A daring armed robbery was Jardino's Wharf and then Young Turk as that of Midhat,

caps similar to the one snatched committed recently on the Chelsearched the vensol. They with the intention of inspiring by the fastidious angle. As for peirailway station, on the Chinese found, in the after cabin, tivo him with terror and remorse.

the shares of Lake Annecy, they Beation of the Canton-Kowloon bags and a jar full of sugar, in

ewarm with those same caps. Tomenade Concert. Railway. Toatai Chen, Director of all about 110 lbs. the property of ~ Overheard in the Peak Tram.

say that those oups are hideously the Railway Police, consequently Mesars. Jardine and Matheson's increased the force by ten men. Sugar Rbfinery. Six men and

Two ladios were travelling in ugly is to load this style of head- When the new batch of police two women were arrested and the tram, Peakwards, a few days gear, comparatively, with fulsomo reached their post and took up to-day they appeared before Mr. ago. Their identity must for admiration. But that does not over remain a socrot. They were exonerate the eaglo. Civilisation their quarters in the barracks a Hazoland. The men were dis- conversing. One suddenly dis is coming to an imposed if crossty olan fight over the water supply charge but the

are not allowed to wear perfectly started between the villagers of sent to prison for a month's hard covered sous

progress above the filter beds, awful caps without eagles bag- Sho said:

ging them by force."The Globe.

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freely used. As the polico bar

In 1910 the United Staton

"Oh! what is that?" "That," replied he companion,

is Mrs. Brower's new road.'

Pry

here are said to be 12,000 of "And who is Mrs. Brewer, the morally insane"

in Now York at the present time.

OTE.

In a single month, a single think that she must have been

During the past year 1,200,000 miles of telegraph wire were

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racks, which were in the line of produced two-thirds of the world's

fire, were made of word, some of output of petroleum, shots fired lodgod in their quarters.

The Polico mistook the fight for another attempt to rob the railway

I really don't know, but I

station, and look up their position caterpillar devours 6,000 times its some wealthy lady who died and inride that building for the night"|own weight in food,

left a lot of money to the colony

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