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GENERAL NEWS.

Commander Masaki

Commander, Y. Masaki, of the Imperial Japanese Navy, second

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1913,

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

SERVICE MATTERS."

The Government's Educational Policy Explained.

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General Kelly,

Major-General F. H. Kelly, At yesterday's meeting of the C.B., left on 13th inst., n the in command of the Dreadnought Legislative Council, the Hon. Empress of Ireland for Hongkong oruiser Kongo, 18 recover Attorney-General moved the to take up command of the troops ing from the injuries he received

in South China. Mrs. and Misa whon, falling from aloft, be frac second reading of the bill entitled tured recently an arm and a log, an ordinance to provide for the till they join him in the antumn. No. 21, SHELLY STREET. Pantry, Kitchen and Servants' His successor has been appointed registration and supervision of

No. 59 The Peak, 6 "CAM- Quarters. Bathrooms fitted with' A Submarine Explosion. to the Kongo, which is expected certain schools.

ERON VILLAS," Mount Kellet, English Baths. Kitchen has En- An explosion occurred in sub- to sail for Japan in August.

To lot or for sale, GLEN-gilsh Cooking Range and Hot In doing so he said he might pre-marine E5, a new vessel of the SHIEL, Barker Road, No. 124, Water Boiler: Electric Light Dangerous Rifle Rango. face the fow remarks he proposed latest type, as she was proceeding Peak, 6 rooms from 1st March, throughout. Immediate Posses. sinn. Also NEW FIVE ROOMED A Malay child was hit in three to make, by saying that it was not from the North of England to 1913,"

CRAIG KYRIE, No. 4, the TERRACE HOUSES WITH |· places by bullets from the range proposed to proceed with the Bill Portsmouth. One man was killed at Pasir Panjang (Singapore) at that meeting further than the Com. W. L. Moore and a stoker rooms; tennis and croquet lawns, for

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quite certain, says the "Straits might wish to bring forward. Berica Corps, Colchester, who has One Godown, Duddell Street. Times," that the matter will be thought all hon, members would been shipwrecked, tossed by a bull, FOR SALE-HARTING and TO LET.-Godow n153, Pray the finest growth and selection, each cigarette will smoke to the enquired into very carefully as it agree with him when he said and rolled on by his horse on sevROGATE, on part of Kowloon In- is believed that during field firing education was one of the most im-eral occasions, has been knocked land Lot No. 1154. on the range, spent bullets very often find their way into a neigh-portant matters which concerned bouring kampong.

that Council, or any other Coun- The late Mr Angus Hamilton. oil, and everyone, all over the The London and China Ex-world. The question of education press" says:-Mr Angus Hamil-in this Colony was one of diffi-

A Model of H.MS. Malaya. ton, who did some good work as culty. He thought one might say a war correspondent in Chins with certainty it

Was

The appropriation of $14,572 during the Boxer rebellion, and of difliculty everywhere,

to meet the cost of a model of It II M.S. Malays was passed at the again in the Rasso-Japanese war, WOA 80 in Gront Britian, Federal Council meeting says the committed suicide ia a room at) an hotel in New York on 14th where the question of primary "Straits Times." inst, owing, it is said, to his des education had been convulsing Secretary said he wished to eay at TOLET-from let July 1913) No. 2 Mountain View, The pondeney at the failure of his political parties ever since he once he was not responsible that

Peak. Apply LINSTEAD & lectures. It appears that Mr. could remember, and in other this latest Dreadnought be pur-DAVIS.

FOR SALE-Auxetophone, by Hamilton cut. his throat with a

the Gramophone Company. Des Vreux Road, Central. chased (laughter). The suggest razor. It is stated that his ex-places where he had hitherto had ion was made by an unofficial Hongkong, 9th June, 1913. (345 Limited, complete with 100 re- cords, of which 70 are practically periences when he was captured the honour to serve. In South member of the council, the Hon.

now. This gramophone works by the Bulgari ns during the Africa, particularly, the language Me Nuit. When the Malaya is

It was recent campaign in the Balkans question and the aspect in which sufliciently far advanced, a model TO LET Furnished or Un- by an electric motor,

furnished, 3 rooms with use bought in May, 1911, and is in are believed to have affected his history should be regarded were would be taken of it and sent to of Kitchen: highest level; good good condition. Originally cost

the T.M.S. to be exhibited in the view: Reasonable," mind. He was.a stepson of Sir A,

"Hong-£100.-Apply to Adjutant 126th very difficult, and in Cyprus they W. Pinero.

museums or public building kong Telegraph."

Baluchistan Infantry, Kowloon. had to observe two nationalities, where all the people of this Bridging Johore Straits. the Greek and the Turk. The country could see what sort of a

i statement. There 1788 во At the Federal Council meeting attitude of the Greek was that ship it is that has been presented ultimatuin whatever sent to the the Hon. G. H. Day naked of being anxious to learn, take up to His Majesty's Navy."

OWAELJ. The officers of the When arrangements are made education and even pay for it for a railway bridge across the himself, provided he could have

company referred to, asked for Straits of Jobre, will provision be it on the lines on which he liked

an jooreuse of wages. The r ply aleo made for a roadway for vehicit and wanted it. The Turk was

they got was to effect that nothing could done until the matter ular and pedestrian traffo? The quite indifferent to education

was put t fore a higher authority Chief Secretary replied: The and looked on education 38 & Consul-General G.E. Anderson than that ruling n Singapore, consulting engineers are being matter for inferior people requested to prepare plans and (laughter). He had read in the says:Increased and increasing On receiving this, the ollicers estimates for a railway bridge press that the Government ought calls for electric appliances, es- held a sultation and, acting the examination and the fitting and in the alternative for a rail- take in hand the education of pecially for lighting apparatus, ae the gentlemen that they are, of lenses that will relleve all way bridge with a roadway for Uolony, and that it ought to take fans, and various special lamps, they decided to wait the decision trouble. The only charge is for vehicular and pedestrian traffic: it in hand seriously and deal are reported by Hongkong im of this higher power There was the glasses. The latter is being asked for on with it properly. This Bill was posters. General progress is re- no question of a strike, but had of the they done so, and stuck the ships the suggestion of the Government a step in that direction, but it did sponsible for mach of Johore and the extra cost for not profess to be, nor was it pro- Chinese merchants have found point for the time being.

demand,, but the fact that up, they would have gained their the roadway would not be borne posed to be, final in any way, but

well-placed electric lights more It has always by the Government of the Fedt might be a surprise to people to effective and more economical than policy of the officers to ap- the erated Malay States." Straits know what an enormous number Times."

of schools there were in the Col. the lights heretofore used in proach the owners in an amicable Chinese Rupees.

ony and in the New Territories their places of business is also spirit, trusting that their demanda A correspondent who is familiar Schools which were conducted in responsible for the present in-will have the consideration which with the province of Szechuan tells simple fashion, without any con has been such as to tax the take up too much of your valuable.

crease, The demand for current they deserve. I do not wish to the "Pall Mall" that the "rupees" trol, and-without any sort of car capacity of local plants. There is space in voicing this matter, but taken by China into Tibet are riculum being laid down or any also a strong demand for electric it is only in justice the officers us manufactured in a mint at Cheng; kind of observances, and were light installations ranging from in question, that this shot d Le VEGETABLES, E005, and ta. He has personally inspected kept under conditions which were 60 lights up to 30,000 lights, made public, in view of the attack this mint. The coins are made probably in many cases extremely including complete engine and that has Laen made on them in to resemble, Indian rupeos as unsatisfactory. There were 550

dynamos, taking up their pre.ant action. closely as possible, but instead of private schools, under all kinds of power equipment,

awitchboards, and wires and King George with a Crown they conditions and all kinds of per cables. The power desired is men will ag with me that they I am sure all right-think og carry the presentment of the sons, without an English staff

almost exolusively kerosene, have done quis right in acting as Emperor of China beneath "a and without any proper control

or suction

gas they have done, and not forcing mandarin hat. The Indian rupee or inspection at present. All crude oil has a face value of 1s. 4d., and of those schools were going to be motors of few and simple parts, the hands of their employers. oven more, and this value is affected by the ordinance which which can be run by native accepted all over Tibet. But its was now before the Council. It engineers. A small plant for intrinsic value is only about 8d., was therefore a very important The demand for these small plante Kongmun is being competed for. so if the Governors of Szechuan measure and needed vory carofal oan coin eightpenny rupees and consideration. The Bill did not is growing to such an extent that circulate them through Tibet deal at all with Government various American and other for- at 18: 4d, they have tapped a Schools. It did not deal with the sign concerns are reorganising their South China agencies with source of personal profit. military schools, which were con

trolled so commendably. It had There is a growing trade in a view to handling more business, Dr. J. Baird Morton, Medical been stated in the press that to heaters for use in cool weather in superintendent of the Bury Hos-appeal from the Director to the Hongkong and aboard ship. In Governor-in-Council W16 like pital Board, bas declared that kissing is the rause of the spread appealing from Peter to Paul fact, one of the strongest elements

The Kissing Habit.

That was not so and such criticism of much dissab, particularly con- sumption. Yer, for all that, it is was absolutely puerile. 10 be feared that kissing is a habit

The Hon. Sir Ho Kai said he or custom that is not likely soon did not rise to oppose the Bill, to be abandoned, Another medical as, he was in favour of all the man of prominence seen by a rep schools and education in the resentative expressed the opinion Colony being properly organised that kissing was a positively dan- and supervised, He did think, gerous practice, but he would however, that there should be a

in the demand for all these goods at the present time is that for use aboard ship. The demand for electric fans of all kinds is greatly on the increase.

** COLD FEET"

not go so far as to designate neist the Registrar of Education "Cold Feet" was given in our col- A cutting from the "Straits Board of gentlemen, formed to Times," under the heading of it as a filthy babit, The habit however, was one which, in in the work.

umnson Wednesday. The follow- his opinion, would never be over- His Excellency said that edu-ing letter by " Mariner" is taken come. He did not regard the act cation in the schools which the from another issue of the same of kissing as one of the main Attorney General had referred to, paper:-I have read your article causes of the spread of consump was in such a chaotic state that in last night's issue of your valu- tion, having regard to the fact no Board could possibly assist able paper, under the above that among the upper and middle the Government in desling with heading. Firstly, I would point classes, where kissing prevails as the matter. His predecessor out to your correspondent, that much as among the lower, the made an endeavour to deal with before airing his views in the statistics of consumption show the vernacular schoole by means public. press, he should be very that the disease is less prevalent of a Vernacular Board, composed sure of his facts. True, dissatis- there. Other factors have there-principally of Chinese gentlemen. faction prevails amongst the fore to be taken into consideration That Board was found to be an officers owing to the inadequate a contributory to the spread of absolute failure, and the senior rate of wages prevailing, and the disease. Kissing, in his hon, unofficial member admitted compared with wages ruling out opinion, would continue to flourish there was absolutely no necessity of England, a rise in wages must long after consumption was for any such Board."

eventually take place. Your pradicated,

correspondent was wrong la hu ~ (Continued on page. 10),

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