1912-09-27 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS

Mosquitoes and Malaria in Ipoh.

Ipoh is said to bo suffering from swarms of mosquitoos, and thero is a lot of malarial fever reported in the town.

The Cholera, The "N. China Daily News". Ningpo correspondent states that there have been numerous cusos of oholera at that port in recent wooks, but no epidemic, such as sometimes is found at this timo of year, has occurred, - :.

King Manoel and Firemen King Manool prosented the

prizes at the Crystal Palace last month to the winnere among the 800 members of the firo brigades: which had taken part during the weok in the annual competitions of the National Fire Brigades Union.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,

MORALS AND INSANITY. THE MONROE DOCTRINE

Surprising Consus Figures.

AND THE JAPANESE,"

The following letter has been seat by Mr. J. Kishi, a Japanese, to the New York "Drening Post:

Prepaid Advertisements.

ONE CENT PER WORD'

for each into:tion

-LOST.

Astonishing Igures showing the relative, morality sobriety holth, and sanity of the sexes, na Sir: There is no denying that far ne such figures can be taken tho recent Lodge reassortion of as a basis of comparison, appear Monroeism was based on the in the first volume of the detailed groundloss rumour that the Japan Wales. Briefly, the figures show mate acquisition of Magdalena Satan. Will the finder pleate retu`n her census report for England and ose Government planned the ulti-A White Bull Terrier Bitel, Left on

dropped.. Anawera to the name of that while the womor uro. more Bay. It is silly even to deny such at or communicate with Capt. Ralph, inoral than men they are not as charge, the whole thing boing 8th Rajputs, Kowloon. sane or us sober.

fake, or the cover for a certain do-langk ng. 26th Sept., 1019, 089 aire on the part of some Impe rialists.

The statistics relating to the Boxes may be tabulated thus:...... Prisons-130 woinen to 1,000

mnou.

Certified reformatory industrial schools-278 women to 1,000

mon,

$

Workhouso establishments-055

women to 1,000 mon. Hospitals-Rexon nearly equal,

The writer does not question

TO LET

the right of the United States to tell ALTÍORA, No. En, Robieson Road,

with Garden and Lawn; modomite

othora to keep linnds off the West- ern Hemisphere, but how about

Patel,

Apply to COMPRADORE, Did it travel two thousand miles eastward dur-Hongkong, Bp., 1th, 1912. the Philippines?

Holland Chian Trading Co.. (87 ing night-time? One lins to have clean hands before telling one's six months from It Novom-

·ODREENAGE, ?1 Tho' Pank. Lunatic asylums-1,140 wonton neighbours not to steal or lio. The

to 1,000 men,

United States forfeited the Monroe har. Apply Property Office, Jardine, Certified inobriste reforma-Doctrine when she stretched here. 3rd Sep., 1912.

Matheon & Co, Ltd., “ His Excelleney Phya Viautr tories and retreats-of 1,357 in-arms noross the Pacific toward the

[689 Kosa, the former Siamose Minis-mates ou census night only 304 archipelago. tor al London, has been stung by were men.

Former Siamese Minister Snake-bitten.

Proportion of the Sexes.

Japan's future lies in the TO LET LARGE subsiantially bull, Godown aftusted on water, front, Asintic mainland, and so far as East Point. For further particulars apply the American continents are cou-Property Office, Janline, Matheson & cornod, alio entertains no design Co. Ltd.

[588

a sanke, of the venomous variety, with triangular hond, reddish

Thoro aro 1,179,270 more tail and short green body. The females than males in Englund part began to swell, and medioni aid was summoned, and His Ex-d Wales. Since 1821 the pro- but commercial expansion. Lot Hongkong 18th Aug., 1912.

| ponderance lina steadily increased, them who beliovo the Japanese

cellency is making satisfactory despite the fact that more boys are an aggressive, greedy nation. LET na 2nd Floor No. 2, Pad-

progress toward recovery.

Madras Railway Headquarters. Tho Trichiuopoly correspon dont of the “Madras Mai!" writes that definite information has hoen

dor Street..

One roomed Office. Apply Property. Office, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. Hongkong, 22nd May, 1912.

MISS BELL-IRVING'S. ENGAGEMENT,

887

The Honourable fan Maitland.

| are born than girls. The propor-look up their history: Japan tion of females to males is only fought four foreign wars the exceeded in one European coun- Mongol Invasión, Chinese, Rus- try, Norway,

sian, and Korean wors-und in recoived by the railway, outhuri- According to the revised figures, except the lost, an invasion ties of Madras from the home now jasued, the total population led by Hideyoshi, the Japaneso board regarding the removal of of England and Wales at mid-Napoleon, she took the sword the headquarters to Madras. A night on Sunday, April 2, 1911, only when her national integrity large sum has been sanctioned was 36,070,402, a decrease of was at sinke. Lot those who look whose engagement to be indrried for the construction of offices in 4,777 from the unreviseid total skanes at her naval armamento to Miss Ivy Bell-Irving, in nn- Madras. The removal is to take previously published. The bear in mind her insular position: nounced in the "London and placo as soon' us arrangements proximate number of private Nelson's defeat at Trafalgar would China Express," is, the sobond] families was 7,970,000, with an have meant English vasanlage, heir to the earldom of Tau- 'can be made to honso the staff.

The "Times" and Japan.

average family of 1.4. The den- and one mistake by Togo at the derdale, ns the only child of A letter from the Times" sity of population is now 618 to Taushima Strait, the starvation Viscount Maitland, the eldest son Tokyo correspondent on the the square mile, against 558 in or harakiri of forty-five million of the present holder of the title, spiritual problem of Japan has 1901, 497 in 1891, and 152 in souls attracted much attention'nt Home.1801. Each person

The Japanese conquest of Amer. Following the example of his father, who was just 22 whou he After noting the wonderful evoluants just over an acto, and if the ica! Yes, the twentieth century inerried the daughter of the late tion under the lato reign, ho naka inhabitants were separated at will witness it, though not nili-Judge Vaughan Williams, of Bod- what of that other evolution which equal distances over the whole tary, but intellectual conquest. longa, Mr. Maitland is making an in accompanying the material country they would be 765 yards We, the Japanese, in the past

now repre

Increase in Population, The census shows an incronse

transformation of Old into Now part. Japan? What of the evolution of the Japanose? It is this, ho suggests, which will form the problem of the now era of Taisho, a problem oven n more difficult anil dangerous than that which was tackled se resolutely and success fally in the era of Moiji,

Heavy Gale at Bangkok.

twonty-five hundred years, amal- gamated the civilization of China and India by turns, and are at the West, while retaining our own. prosent fast assimilating that of

sion of the Oriental and Occidental

"

J. Kishi..

Now York, August 4.

earlier murringe than is usual nowadays, as it was only a few The Maitlands got their carldon months ago that he came of age.

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in population of 3,542,640, the decennial rate of increase, 10. It is our ambition to build Now Kingdoms of England and Scot per cent., being the lowest re- corded. As the excess of birthe Japan out of the blending or fuland, from which period the ma- over deatha rose slightly, this de-izations, to climb up to the jority of the existing Scottish eline is put down to emigration. foremost rank of world culture Peerages date. Miss Bol-Irving Buch u gale of wind as that elined frois 1,530,267 to 4,521 Europe, but also the other side London's population has de-and invade not only Asia and which preceded a rainstorm at 685. but Outer London has of the earth. Bangkok, on the evening of the

Middlesox by 42 per cent, grown, 12th, is a raro occurrence, There has been a slight increase tween seven and eight o'clock, it in the urban population generally. blow with romarkable violence, Of 07 towns of 50,000 or more ausing blinding clouds of dust people all have grown excopt which for the time being almost alifax, Aston Manor, and Hass- brought traflie' to a standstillings Southend holds the re But the most inconvenient effect ord for expansion, doubling it was the cutting off of the electric self twice since 1891, in the last light in woveral districts, through decade increasing 117 por cent. tress falling ou the wires. Whole Ilford, Ealing, and Acton of the streets and houses were plunged London suburbs, had the largest into darkness. The telegrapli anıl increases. The outer ring has telephone services were also in expanded by 33.5 per cent. The terrupted.

rate of growth of largo towns Acting-Consul Mr. O. W. Paar- generally has dropped from 15.3 son states that the consumption of per cent. in 1891 to 8.3 por cent.

Cigarettes in Wuhu.

cigarettes is rapidly increasing

in and around Wuhu, the grow

in 1901.

ing predilection on the part of MAJOR GENERAL. HAMIL-

the jeunesse (dorce or otherwise)

of China for anything foreign,

naturally aiding the substitution

TON BOWER.

Major-General Hamilton Bower,

3 Duddell St.

Notice

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Not Explosive. CN is not even infiammable. Cal pit, gasoline, kerasne, and other forms of patrole zu only used fr driving away inuecia, ata extra vcly dangerous, espaislly when usad en orpels and woodwork, or in small of wats where the explaire gases in lager fir sons du CN can be used with niety in el sits with an open light, CN av be placed on an open fame and boiled-a onvincing tad of its non-xplosivo quality. · Iddeed, the James mide by boiling CN are beiliar to the lings and tiront.

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of the cigarette for the water-pipe | who has been given the K.O.B. or brass-bowled long stemmed for his successful conduct of the article ubiquitous before the age Abor expedition, will be 54 on of foreign educated students and Sapt. 1. Probably no English repair of bollers and baile, welding of cracks. revolutions. Foreign-made ciga-officer is better known in China rottes have inaroused steadily than General Bower, says the during the last four years, jump-1"L. and C. Express," and his ing from 31,121,000 in 1908 to journey across Tibet ranks 41,284,000 during 1911, showing among the greatest journoys'evor an increase of "over 4,000,000 made in Asia, For this he was during the past year.

nwarded the gold medal of the, Illuminated Signs for Motorists. Royal Geographical Society. He Why ten-mile limit signs should was attached to the Chinese Army only be visible by day and not by during the war with Japan, and night, although the speed limits subsequently drafted a scheme for which they denota are in foroo at the reorganisation of the Chinese all times, is one of the many co-Army. In 1897 be organised the nundrums conncoted with the Mo-Chinese Regiment of Infantry at tor Osr Aot which the Local Go-Weihaiwel, and commanded vernment Board should be called that corps at the relief of Paking upon to answer, says the "Auto- in 1900. Later he was in com "Lar.". Mr. C. E. Gibbs, of Redhill, mand of the British Legation

Surrey has persistently onlled Guard at Peking for some years, attention to this anomaly for some years past, and has succeeded in prevailing upon the Reigate Cor- poration, where he doubtless has

Fighting Jack Hayes Dies. some personal influence, to give Brigadier-General Edward effect to the obvious, necessity of Mortimer Hayes, United States lighting these signe at night, He Army, retired, familiarly known has also tried his best to induce as Fighting Jack Hayes, died at the Local Government Board to Morgantown, NC on August 16. make the illumination of ench General Hayes served in the Oivil signs.compulsory upon all local war, on the frontier in many antorijles who have caused them, Indian campaigns, and in Cubs

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