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GENERAL NEWS

Penang Antex .tion Anniversary.

August

1338

1 was the 127th

CANTON-HANKOW HAILWAY.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1913.

LIFE AMONG LEPERS,

Stirring story of a Priest's Heroism,

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Progress of the Work in 1912. To the Hankow section of the The heroism of Father Damien aaniversary of the founding of Penang by capt in Francia Light. Chinese Maritime Customs report will long be remembered, but ho who annexed the island on behalf for 1012. Mr. A. H. Collinson, has a worthy emulator in the of the Honourable East India Co-engineer-in-chief of the Canton papy at noon on August 11, 1786 Hankow Railway, contributes the person of Father Conardy, who

following interesting remarks on is now stationed at the leperisland 6 Japanese Toys. “ Current United States railway work in the Huph-Hunan at Sheklung in Kwong Consular Report issued from section" Burvey work was re-tung Province of Uhina, For Washington Raya Japanese Rumed in June last, since when nearly forty ere, saya the the whole route of the railway

"Evening Standard," he has are rapidly supplanting

has been rosurveyed from Wu- tho-e made in Germany in my chang to Yochow, a much better laboured among the lepers, spend- of our departments," states A lage importer of toys in London. alignment has been obtained, and ing a considerable sum out of his Thousands of gross of toy Union saving in length made of elight-own private means, Although he Jacks are made in Japan, any more than 11 miles compared also the majority of the mall with the original survey. The is now seventy-two years of age lie nodding animale, jumping rab distance by the route from is remarkably active and healthy

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to the north of Wuchang) to the condition of lepers in 1971 The Krupp Scandal.

Yowhow is 142 miles. The differ-

FOR SALE" LADBROKE." Hamburg, July 23-According once in level between the Custom when he was in India and from tra telegram from on to the low-water zeroes at Hankow and 1870 he has devoted his life in No 9 Conduit Road. Fine View of harbour; 8 Rooms, 3 Bathrooms. "Berlinar Tageblatt" the judicial echow is 17 50 feet. The line the alleviation of their" salle-Garden and Teanis Court, Ac authorities pre investigating in

as finally laid down will passings. He lab ured in Honolulu comodations for 30 Servants. connection with the Krupp-War some 3 miles to the east of Office scandal the conduct of Chengling, it having been devided from 1887 to 1896, then fir a Reveral member of the directorate that the traffic prospects at this year in Canton before taking up of the firm of Krupps who are port do not justify a costly, devis his residence at the Sheklung alleged to have received secretion, which would be necessary to reports supplied by the ordnaticeing the railway nearer the town. Leper Island, where he has since Hongkong, 27th June, 1913 [2110 LET-Ranfurly, No. 11

officers accused of corruption or Access to the river will be obtais- to have had knowledge of them. ad by a alior branch near the The investigation is specially on North Gata at Yoohow. Between cerned with three directors whose Yochow and Changaba it has also names the journal publishes...

Count de Lesseps.

efficiently in its direction.

General Chang at Manchester.

Lieutenant General Chang, the president of the Chinese National Opium Prohibition Union and one of the military secretaries to President Yuan Shib-kni, address

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resided, and where he bas all the lepers in the province under his

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lii hern decided to make a new survey and are giving him " three parties ar &t present en At a banquet given by the gaged in this work, and, from towards the cost of the erection Peninsular and ioutal Company what can be gathered from their of fifteen large houses on the to meet the recently-elec ́ed pie preliminary vey, a further island, each designed to accom

Riot Insurance Up. sident of the Surz Canal Compay, saving in length of some 14. miles modate seventy two lepare, so tant

So large, an amount of riot M. Jonnart, Gunt Charles de will be obtained. The policy of the leper population there will

insurance in South Africa con- 1. reps was among the guests. keaping in end, away from the exceed 1.000. Father Conrardy has

inues to be placed that it is im- The many English friends of river, is being followed, and the bowever, had to make himself re- Count de Lesseps have learned original somewhat lengthy de-spousible for one-fourth of the cost finest is that which is commonly possible to avoid the conclusion with pleasure that he has been viation to Siangsia has been of the construc ion of thero honses. writen of as the Lunatic's Tasts that a very serious view of the named honorary vice-president of abandonau. The probable di.The Government will allow eight the Suez Canal Company. This tanco by the new route from rents a day to ards the cost of ment for words to that effect), situation is taken by those on the but all sorts of buildings on and is a well merited tribute to the Y chow to Changsha will the maintenance of each leper. but but was actually composed by Mr. pot. Not only mining proj'erty, son of its illustrious. founder, about 82 miles, or 225 miles from out of this sum Facher Onorardy Williston Fish, a lawyer, still re-in the neighbourhood of the whom he so ably seconded in the Wichang.

has to provide the stall necessary aident in "Chicago, writes F. Bitand, even buildings entitled to The difference in initial work, and who still aide levels of the Cu-tomne zeroes at for the work. Already seven of Osborn in the "Morning Post." every possible protection, have

Yechow and Changsha is. 30 13 these houses have be iʼn preured

The Rev. Hugh B. Chapman, originally appeared in "Habran covered, feet, making a total rice from Wachang of 47 85 ft. From Chaplain of the Savoy, who took pero Weekly" in 1898. Fleroin. There are now signs that the Changsha to Chucbor, a dis-suh a keen interest in the work the legator, being of sound wind coming very full of this particolar innce of 30 miles, a railway has of Father Dawien, has just receive and disposing memory, distrib type of risk; and if the heavy be a constructed by a provincialed a latter from Father Contes the beauty and wonder of demand continues unabated rates company, which will eventually in which he gives me biblu ed a meeting of members of the be merged in the main line t detaile of the revolution white noiverso, among all human hardly fail to be raised in the Manchester Chamber of Com-Canton-regotiations for

took placo recently in China. In beings. Here is one of the immediate future. merce on 22nd ui.. on the opium transfer are still proceeding. hie letter Father Courardy, who clauses: question. He appealed to Man- Some hundreds of miles of re-la a doctor medicine, says:

"In November, the Provincial chester business men to held the

connaissance survey have been Chinese Government in trying to made from Chuchow to Heng. Government wrote to me to beg secure the withdrawal of the chowfu, and south to Ichang-me to take chage of all the lepers stocks of Indian opium which are halen, on the borders of Kwang-of the province, Considering the bloom of the bawthorn, the now lying at the treaty ports, 5tung, the country between the could do them much good by that the Iaffic may be stopped at latter cities being mountainous alleviating their bodily suffer. once. He added they now had and difficult for railway costi cinge, and way he winning a Republio which gave them free tion. The line has not yet bean their souls to God, I accepted, in dom to speak on important ques definitely located beyond Cha-apite of my seventy-two years and tions of reform for the people. show, but sufficient information lonely condition. The Bishop of The most important of those has bean obtained to estimate Canton promised me an assistant. pereon who is about to think out questions was that, of the opium approximately the distance by and four sisters volunteered them finer usages by first of all read traffic, which had done inculcul rail from Wuelang to Cunton, elves to care for the women in a that will relieve sil able harm to the Chinese. Mora which will probably not exceed separate island, as the Cloverning Mr. Fish's inspiring inven- than nine milions a year had been 700 miles. At the present time ment insisted, expended on the traffic in the last the engineering staff are busily "The government agreed to half century.

engaged in completing the survey put up fifteen big house for

I e Should M.P.'s Receive the Title work, and everything is in readi-seventy lepers each,

ness to commence construction on tributed $2,500 towards them, The movement which is on foot the coction from Wachang to and in addition I had to buy an in the Unionist party against the Yochow at an early date. The other small island for the women-

"On December 14, about tv en The Commissioner of Police contiousure of the payment of engineers report having met with members has given rise to a very nothing but friendliness and ty brigands came. I thought so has called the attention of the interesting suggestion, says an civility from the officials and lopera bad come to call for me. Indon County Council to the exchange. It is that membara f country-people thronghout, and I lighted my lamp any opened my large number of establishments Parliament should, following the that everyone scame anxions for door, only to be covered with guns where massage, manicure, or Colonial custom, receive the title the construction work to com- and revolvere from head to foot. I electric treatment is carried on, of "honoarable." in the personel mence. Traffio prospects are als asked them what they won.ad, and has informed them that in the As everyone who is reported to be very good: the and eat down to see whate me opinion of the police many of the acquainted with parliamentary line will pass through the te next on the programme. I expect placée are nothing more than us practice, is aware, the description districts at Yanglowsze and ed they would surely kill me, as disorderly houses, The Commis

The Farm is under EUROPEAN of" bonourable" is given to every Yanglowing, while the country they had threatened that if I sioner believes that the only member of the House in debite south to Changeha and beyond is fell into their bands they would method of stamping out the evil SUPERVISION and every atten- in an inpersonal sense. In cer" highly cultivated and prosperous; rip me up. They took all the is by ayatsmatic insetior, and tion is paid to the PROPER pay the the Council will endeavour to GROWING OF VEGETABLES, quarters it is now asked why the railway will tao very rich money, put by to assuming that parliamentary mineral diatrists in Hunan, and hande, my spect-oles, and all the obtain the necessary power from and the Poultry of EUROPEAN

For Parliament to deal with the STOCK. Try Our Delicious salaries cease, M.P. should not will no doubt become a great rice stored for the lepers, be invested with an honorific and factor in the development of this six months I had lived, specially matter. The Home Secretary has personal title in recognition of the profitable industry."

at nights, with the thought that intimated his readiness to assist. Grand Hotel, Queen's Road. at any moment I'might be shot, but it did not be.ome a reality

benee.

of Honourable ?

unquestioned services which they reader to the State. The proposal has already engaged not a little nttention and more will undoub- tedly be heard of it Lefore the question of the remuneration of legislators is dieporod of.

July Mortality Statistics for Singapore.

BISHOP BRENT ON

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even on this occasion. Now, in Latest additions to Circulating spite of my years, I have still Bishop Bront, the head of the much work to do, with a thousand Protestant Episcopal diocese of lepers under my ee and with the Philippine Islands, who came very little asistence, but St. across the Atlanticia the storage Joseph is our Protetor

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