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GENERAL NEWS:

40,000th. issue of the Times."

Bdr. Welis as a Runner.

COMMERCE AND NAVAL

POLICY

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY OCTOBER 5, 1912

REPELLING BUBONIC.

Vigorous Measures. In America.

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ONE GENT PER WORD for each toseilion.

WANTED.

On September 1. The "Times" Need for International Action. published its 40,000th number,

During the past few weeks and to mark the bocasion the Mr. F. W. Hirst, editor of the news reports from Porto Rico and issue of that day contained 44" Economist," addressed a large Cuba have told of the appearance extra pagos, chiefly devoted to mosting of the Dundee Chamber of bubonic plagus in those is- three subjects the history of of, Commerce recently on the lande. At the same time says the printing, the history of news Commerce of Dundee and Naval "Outlook," they have carried the papers, and the history of Tho Polioy.

reasuring information of prompt "Times."

He said that, while Britain and vigorous measures adopted must have a Navy sufficiently by the insular authorities and by XPERIENCE OFFICE

BISTANT and Accountant The Cardiff £200 sprint handi-strong to guard her against at the Public Health Serrics of the (Englishman) open for immediata ‘en- cap last month, according to the tack, that was no reason why United States to prevent the agemen. Fimi olas references. "J" "N. China Daily News," gave steps should not be taken to pro- apoend of the disease beyond the e/o this paper. Bdr. Wells a chance to show that vide mutual and general limition points at which it first appeared, Hongkong. Bid Oct., 1912 boxing is not his only strong of armaments. Every expansion and to eliminate it within the point. He was allowed 10 yds, in rooont years had only whatted infooted area. Up to the of July start from R. E. Walker of South the appetites of the firms who sold forty-five cases of plague in hu- Africa and, J. Donaldson of Aus-war material to the Government. mun beings were reported from tralia. Neither of the scratch By opposing at two Haguo con- Porto Rico--all of these, with one "TO LET. Houses in Austin mon survived the opening round, ferences the exemption of peace-exception, occurring in the port Avenue, Kowloon. Immediate but Wells won his hot in 0.4/5ful shipping and peaceful mar-city of San Juan or in ita possession. Apply A. Raymond, cfó seo, and the final in 9.3/5 seo. His chandise from capture or destruc- immediate neighbourhood. Three B. J. David & Co,

tion in a naval war, Great Britain cases were reported from Havaus, Hongkong, lat Oct., 1917. had forced the Great Powers from On July 27 a plague-infected rat

victory was easily gained and it

looks as though he is quite equal

to 10.3/5 sec. for 100 yards, which

is a really good performance for heavywoight boxer,

Siberia's Record Trapping Senson.

a

No ono neod be,cold next win-

TO LET.

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motives of tonerojul jofonce to was found in New Orleans, mark-OFFICES TO LET First Class sularge their flects to protect their ing the first foothold gained by

lare obtained at the Offices of Messrs.

The plan can be soon and all partion- PALMER & TURNER, Alexandra Buildings, 3rd Floor, Home 30ll: Sept, 1919.

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accommodation, light and own' merchant vessels from pira- the discaso in any of the cities of airy, on First, Second and Third Floor, tical cruisers in oarch of prize- the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, in in new building being erected for Mosara, money.

all of which careful watch was bo- WHITEAWAY LAIDLAW & 00.,; The idea of war with Germany ing kept for its appearance. LTD. Entrance from Des Voeux Road. ter, for, according to figures just was too terrible, and also too Other plague-carrier may be dis-lectric Lift to all floors. Elentrio pablished the trapping sonson foolish to contemplate, but he was covered in the course of the war Light throughout. has been so successful that the afraid they wore bound to con-of extermination that has been number of fur-bouring animals template it in view of the speeches stated against rate in the various caught passes all records. Ro-made by some of those who for cities, but in view of the strict ports from Siberia announce that the moment were in authority. quarantins that is being enforced about 4,500,000 squirrels and There would be no relaxation inagnints thom on all voasola arriv- 1,500,000 white hares have been the friction with German ship-ing from West Indian and South bagged, as well as 12,250 sables, owners and merchants until they American ports there is small MODREENAGH, 91 The Foak. 200,000 ermines, 100,000 blue in Dundee and their friends in likelihood of any general sprender. Apply Property Office, Jardino, foxes, 15,000 brown bears, other parts appreciated thig danger of the infection or of its commu- Matson & Co., Ltd. 180,000 kanks, and 18,500 gray and insisted upon a remedy. We nicaton to human beings in any Hongkong. 3rd Sap., 1912 wolves. Following this report it wanted to have in the country part of the country. The most

[699 is stated that furs will be extra proparations for peace as well as striking feature of the announce ordinarily cheap next season. proparations for war. TheGovernment that the plague actually was 'O LET LARGE eobstentially buil, inent must be plainly spoken to, the at the doors of the country was

To Godown situated en water front, The first cometary discovery of and we must prose for commercial that it oreated no public alarm or East Point. For further particulars apply the present year, has been made freedom to navigate the sons in unansiness. Twenty years ago, or Property Office. Jardino, Matheson & by Mr. Walter F. Gale, F.R.S., time of war, for the immunity of even ten, there would have been an amateur astronomer of New all peaceful commerce from eap-very marked apprehension ovoc

Hocgkong, 19th Ang, 1912, South Wales. This is his second ture, and for the abolition of all such a situation. This changed cometary discovery, as he found floating minesaud all contrivances attitude is due to the fact that the foomet 1804 II. with a 3in. which ondangered the life and medical research within the past telescopo; it became a

con-property of noncombatants. The two decades has identified the spicuous object with a tail 4dog time had come for all the great in-cause of the disease, has deter- long, and was visible for Evo dustrial and shipping communi-mined how it is transmitted, and, months. The new comet was tios in Great Britain,, and along most important of all from the found on September 0 at 9, 2013. the Dutch, Gerinan, Scandinavian, practical aido, has shown how it am. (Greenwich time), in Right and Russian souboard, to com-can be controlled and prevented south declinatiod 36deg. 31min. with their Governments to take plague was shrouded in mystery, It is, therefore, an evening star, new precautions and get new when it traveled by unknown 37dag. cast of the sun, and 24deg. guarantees against war.Daily channels and struck without" south of it. Americans and the British Motor

Discovery of a Comet.

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The "Daily Expresa liahoa facts and figures with ro-

News."

VISIBLE IN FOG.

Ships' Direction Recorded.

warning, when nobody know how to avoid its scourge, tho announco- ment of its approach caused a very panic of fear. Then Yorsin and Kitasato discovered the micro-

gard to the invasion of Grant Considerable interest has been Britain by the cheap American aroused in Liverpool by a demou-organism that is the causative motorcur, and urges that some stration of the working of an in-agent of the disease. Simond and concerted action be taken, at vention for use in shipe, par-Veribitski traced its actual trans- once, by British manufacturers to ticularly in time of fog, to show mission in the bodies of rat fleas. stem this invasion and save the direction of sounds such as Other workers, building upon the great and profitable industry, those of the sirens of other ships, which offers a wealth of wages to says-the N. China Daily News." the British working man. It says

The apparatus, which is the that the only way to recapture invention of two brothers named the huge trade in this class of car Hodgkinson, opusista of

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investigations of these pioneers,

havo demonstrated that the de struction of the rat that carries the fea that harbors the germ means the elimination of the

is for a firm of manufacturers or "drum" to receive the sound disease itself. As a consequence

a number of firine to concentrate waves and an indicator. The of this gradually acquired know- on the oloap oar and turn it out drum," which is ft. by 5ft, ledge, while we dread the plague an sach quantities that it will pay. is placed aloft, where it cannot be no long than before, our chief The Burden of the Death Duties. affected by sounds on the deck, concern upon its approach is that!

The Hon. Irons Lawley, who and it is connected electrically the machinery for preventing its inherited the Escrick Park Estate, with the indicator, which is plac spread shall be put promptly and near York, from her fathor, the old in such a position that it can effectively into operation. There late Lord Wenlock, and who beroudily bo soon by the ship's can be no complaint on this score .boon oliged as she stated in officer on duty. The receiver con- in the present instance.

letter to abandon her intention of sists of a number of units, each living on it owing to the heavy of which receives sound waves death duties, has made a state from a particular direction. ment of her case. She says: Though sensitive to sound waves When all that it is possible im. they are not affected by ordinary

Mr. Frederick Williams mediately to realize from sale of mechanical vibrations. By means proporty (a sum of £20,000) has of an electrical device a sound Englishman, aged 50, engineer of been paid, the death duty claims wave from a particular direction the Kailan Administration com- pany's steamor Kaiping died last £5,000 a year for eight years causes an electrical lamp in u the period permitted for paymont particular position on the in-wook after a brief illness at the by instalmonts. This takes the|dicator to light.

general hospital at Shanghai, whole of my personal income Track Shown by Light. (which might have been $4,000 The position of the lighted a year), and and also necessitates lamp shows the position that the the reduction of estate expenses, ship whose siren is sounding oo

It seems to me that a tax capies with regard to the ship which takes all of my income and which carries the apparatus. The turns me out of my liome is con-lamp remains alight until soon fiscation rather than taxation, by the officer on duty, who onn Lieutenant-General MacArthur. then switch it off. If the other Lieutenant-General + Arthur Vossel is moving, different lamps MacArthur, the United States light in succession, showing the Army veteran of the Civil, Indian, vessel's course. and Spanish-American Wars and It a claimed that the apparatus the Philippine insurrection, died indiestes the direction in which suddenly at Milwaukee on Sept. a vessal blowing a fog horn in 6 while addressing the reunion travelling whether sho is banquet of the 24th Wisconsin going ahead, astern, or on either Regiment. In 1898 he went to sido. If there are several shipa the Philippines as a brigadier in the vicinity the recording general of volunteers, and took lights from any of them can be part in the capture of Manila. shut off until the position of the In February, 1899, ho repulsed others has been observed: - an insurgent attack upon Manila Exhaustive tests, extending and fought the Battle of Caloocan., over eight days, have been made

Ship's Engineer's Death at Shanghai.

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