A. S. WATSON & CO.,
By
ESTABLISHED 75 YEARS.
LTD.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1914.
Road Preservation.
More than once of late have wo referred to the condition of some of the roads in Kowloon Wo return to the subject because the heavy rains of the past fow days have given point to the reason ableness of our suggestion that, Excellency the Govern or wherever possible, the thorough-
CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS AND PERFUMERS, Appointment to His
I
WATSON'S
PURE CARBOLIC SOAPS.
Highly recommended by the Medical Profession.
DAY BY DAY.
THE SUPREME HAPPINESS OF
LIFE IS THE CONVICTION OF BEING LOVED FOR YOURSELF, OR, MORE CORRECTLY, BEING LOVED IN SPITE OF YOURSELF-Huge.
The Weather, Lower level 8 a.m. Temp 84;
At the Peak 8 a.m. Temp 76;
For the BATH and TOILET, in three strengths: Strong Medical, this is so, the surface has been fog.
Medium and Toilet.
WATSON'S
PRICKLY HEAT LOTION.
An invaluable and most effective remedy. Immediately allays the irritation.
WATSON'S
YE OLDE ENGLISH LAVENDER WATER.
The Malls.
English Mail-Arrived per as.
Davanha to-day Canadian and Siberian Mails,
Due per se. Empress
fares should be tar-sprayed. Nathan Road has in some parts been treated from pavement to dull. pavement in this way, and where
absolutely unaffected by the rains. From the juncture of. Hai- phong Road onwards towards Yaamati, however, only the centre has been sprayed, and on either side the road is in a dreadful state. All the binding material is washed away and numerous big fissures have been out by the flowing watere. It is high time to tar-spray the whole
much expense might be saved if the new, wide roadway leading
An oxquisite Perfume. Put up in Elegant Bottles. makes a delight-road. And, while on the point,
ful adjunct to the Toilet.
India to-morrow. '-'
Siberian Mail-Closes per
Devanha to-day at 5 p.m.
Count the Columns. Yesterday
of
s.8.
the Telegraph
reading matter. To-day there will be 34 published.
TRAFFIC IN HONGKONG.
I
Said to be the Wo st Handled
In the World.
ASSAULTED A CONSTABLE.
Ricksha
Coolle Rejects His Witnesses.
WATER POLO.
A Stirring Struggle Between the Club and D.C.L.I.
The league match between the V.R.C. "A" team and the D.O.L.I. This morning at the Police in the former's bath last evening Court, before Mr. C.D. Melbourne, proved most exciting. That it a privata ricksha écolie wOR
"WE LIKE YOUR LAVENDER WATER BETTER THAN ANY from the ferry wharf were to be pablished 35 columza of solid look at any part of Des Voeux had turned up to bear testimony enough to counterbalance that.. OTHER WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET IN ENGLAND. (Recent immediately so treated, before it has a chance of being seriously damaged.
Testimonial)
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS;
1
Daily issue-$30 per annum." Weekly iso-$13 per annum.
a
Clothing Stolen. Drink in Summer.
Someone entered the house Some valuable advice is, we of a clerk in Wing-lok street and notice, being given in the form stola clothing valued $180... The ratan of Subscription to the "Hongkong Felegraph" will of a memorandum issued by the be sa follows:
Health Officer at Shanghai for, the
Forgot to Come Back. A Chinese entrusted a $10 prevention of those diseases which by means of public sanitation and banknote and some five cent The rates per quarter and per mens m, proportional. Subscriptions by careful individual living are pieces to a man to get changed. for any period less than one month will be charged as for preventable. There is scarcely The man has failed to return,
a point which is left untouched, ray the police. The daily issue is delivered free when the address is accessible to even down, to the question of hesaenger. Peak aubsoribers can have their copies delivered at kitchen supervision. There is one their residences without any extra charge. On copies sent by post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage. The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the world is $1.00 Single Copies, Daily, ten conte, Weekly, twenty-five conte (for
cash only),
fali month.
ir traffic
*
and
}
Frcitement ran very high in Finch got off on an individual the second half, especially when effort and wound up with a close shot. From the goal throw the
An Adequate Ordinance Not
: Enforced.
[SPECIAL ARTICLE.} In no other city in the world Kowloon Ferry wharf and also of the game, though neither side charged with obstruction at the was a goalless draw is by no means indicative of the qualities ia traffic so badly handled as in with assaulting an Indian cons-was worth a goal lead over the Hongkong," said a gentleman who table."
other. To the whistle of Mr. F. should know what he is talking It was stated that the coolie, Lammert the D.C.L.I, opened the about to the writer the other day. when spoken to about the obstrue-game in a very spirited manner am not in a position either to subtion, assaulted the constable and and Cooke and Finch were hard scribe to or to challenge an asserit was only by the aid of one of at it until the Club got into an tion so sweeping, but I can at the military police that the two equal stride with the soldiere, for least say that I hope that in no were separated.
whom Farmer at half back played other city is traflio more, badly In defence, the coolie called ana fine game. Both goale were handled. Even on the Bund at other ricksha coolie whose evid-visited in rapid succession and Canton traffic is under better ence was so unsatisfactory, in the while the passing of the Olab control, for there it keeps to eyes of the defendant, that he plagere was not so good as that of its own side of the road. Have a would call none of the others who the soldiers, they were speedy Road or Queen's Road at any on his behalf. Ono, however, At half time both keepers had period of the day and see whether jumped up in the body of the been tested with severe ahots bat there is any rule observed for court and expressed a desire to had come out scathless, the score vehicles meeting or overtaking give evidence but the defendant being 0-0. each other. The only vehicles would not take advantage of his which keep to their proper part of services. the road are the trams, and that The defendant was fined five for obvious reasons. But rickehas dollars for assault sad cautioned and trucks and the rest dance on the charge of obstraction. joyously about the street, passing
Army citadel was bambarded as they may, occasionally block-
with rapid shots until the soldiers themselves with many ories, and
extricating A DIP FOR THE MULES got away and paid a like compli
ment to the Club. Both Ward generally cbserving no rule except
and Forbos did well to keep their the rule of go-as-you-please..
ends up. A General Rule. The fundamental principls of
Despite heroic endeavours to traflio control is that fast traffic There was plenty of fun near notch a point both teams failed shall gravitate towards the middle the A. S. C. pier, this morning, and the score was left at time in of the road. There is no
when a number of military males the same condition as at the universal rule about keeping to from Kowloon were brought over interval.
The teams were:-D.C.LL:- the left in meeting, but whether for a swim. The mules were Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for a fired official nind has its way, Shang Street has reported to the police city you can name-except Hong within a few feet of the water in Farmer; Walls, Cussle and Smith. A curic dealer of 7. D'Aguilar the left or right is the rule in any hoisted in slings and lowered to Ward; Fassmore and Baldwin; V.R.C.-Forbes; Barros and Settlement in the summer time, that after a visit to his shop by kong the general rule is that the camber and then dispatched But we imagine it won't have its three Chinese he missed a roll of slow trafic shall seek the with a splash."
Carvalho; Finch; Ellis, Cooke way, all the same. We are, of silk, valued $25."
sides of the road or street. The slinging of the mules was and Pereira. course, judging from conditions Junkmaster Fined.
In practice that is the only no easy matter, as the animals in Hongkong, which are pratly Mr. Wood imposed a fine of workable plan. In Hongkong kicked out savagely se they were much the same as in the Northern $500 on a junk master for being the very opposite is the case, in attendance had to take care of brought to the crane. The Indians! port. We know of some folk concerned in exporting thirteen especially in Chinese parts of the here who, if the whole body of and a half taels of Government city. The general rule is that, the flashing hoofs, or they would The object of this paper is to publish correct information, to serve the truth Officialdom preached total prepared opium, at the Police saide from tram cara, the centre have felt the pain of their want of
abstinence, and even went the Court, this afternoon..
of the principal streets is sacred care. Once the mules were in the extreme length of practising
Appointed to Shanghai. to the very slowest of traffic water, men in a boat led the what they preached, would still Mr. Llewellyn J. Hughes, man-handled trucks. They stray animals to the slip-way, up which continue to call for their whisky formerly of the Chief Engineer's of set purpose into the very centre they passed to shore. soda.
Office, Great Western Railway, of the road and deliberately Paddington, has left England for seek the tram lines, because that Shanghai, having been appointed makes easier pulling, to the con- assistant surveyor in the Public ataat upsetting, one would aup Works Department there.
pose, of the tram company's however, it makes allowances for running, schedule. Perhaps, the hold-ups which are frequent, though we doubt it.
per quarter.
period will be continued until countermanded.
(Payable in Advanco.)
The "Hongkong Telegraph" is now on sale at, and will be delivered to subscribers by, the Dairy Farm Company, Ltd., Shameen, Canton, who have been appointed our agents there.
By Order,
"HONGKONⱭ TelegraPH."
'and print the news without fear or favour.
̇情徇竊拚彍異询事𨳊要訪染大正裔宫博宗版本
Cable Address: Telegraph, Hongkong.
:
Telephone: No. 1 A.B.C., 5th edition. Western Union.
The Hongkong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1914.
LIFE IN THE SANITARY BOARD.
Sent to Hospital.' A Chinese from Shankiwan bit of advice, however, which has been sent to the hospital suf- will most likely be more fering from a wound to the head, honoured in the breach than alleged to been inflicted by a man in the observance. It is "Do not who has cleared, off, consume alcoholic drinks during the hot weather." So, if the
hai will be A Teetotallers'
The Rate War Over.
over,
Missing Silk.
Business Bad.
رصد
The steamship companies' rate war, by which Chinese passengers to Canton gained greatly, is It was suicidal from the
In consequence of the floods in atart, as is overy rate cutting, war of the kind. However it may be South Chins, there is at present conducted it is bound to be practically no movement of goods disastrous for the companies cor- into the interior from Hongkong, cerned. Passengers cannct be and Chinese business circles are carried for next to nothing and badly feeling the zeeultant stag money still be made.
Even nation in trade. The money though passengers are attracted market is also easy in con in larger numbers than ever sequence, before, the popularity thus secured
Ferry Shelter.
[...
Broken Laws.
Unusual Sight in the A.-S. C. Camber.
THE PORTSMOUTH COMMAND.
Sir Hedworth Meux's Successor.
THE PANAMA CANAL
Regulations as to Ships'
Measurements."
Col. George W. Goethals, Gov ernor of the Panama Canal Zone, has issued a circular to shipowners warning them that vessels which use the new waterway must be provided with proper tonnage certificates. The circular says:
"It is important that versele There is no truth in the report which expect to use the Panama that Admiral the Hon. Sir Hed- Canal should provide themselvou worth Meux, formerly Commander with the proper tonnage corti Now, why should the publio in-Chief of the China Station, is ficate, based upon the rules laid which uses the care be put upon soon to vacate the post of Com-down for Panama Canal messure- in this fashion? Why should the mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. ment. The rules, regulations, and Tramway Company be humbug-It seems to have originated in a laws which govern this measure- ged and put to expence for no port order of Admiral Sir Richard ment vary from those for similar earthly reason? I say put to Poore at the Nore, from which it measurement on the Suez Canal is largely fictitious and is any- The promised shelter at the
expeuse advisedly, because not was erroneously supposed that and in the United States andTM-- For once in a way the Sanitary Board was in an active-al thing but permanent. Indeed, for Ferry Wharf at Kowloon is anon once but many times have I Sir Richard was making the foreign countries, and vessels most a truculent-mood on Tuesday. The charge is often mad, go to normal the public is dis-permit having been granted by raile broken by what were obthe King during His Majesty's to conform to the Panama rules. some time after the rates again to be erected. The necessary noticed the edge of the tram arrangements for the reception of require a remeasurement in order against it that it is a moribund body, and the unkind suggestion posed to find that it has been the Government, tenders were viously wobbly-wheeled tracks. three days' visit from July 18 to has more than once been made that it might as well close its doors rather hardly treated and that a been let to a local firm. The of traffic covers these points. It
called for and the contract has Now the Ordinance for the control 23,
"The Collector of Customs at and give up business for all the useful work it does. On Tuesday, return to the old free tiered work of casting the necessary provided for passing on the left, for Hedworth Meur would remain in United States, and certain pro- New York, the collectors in some In the ordinary course, Sir of the other large cities of the however, some of the members took off the gloves and hit out the companies concerned have
robbery. All things considered, iron columns has begun, and it is low traffic keeping to the edge the Portsmonth command until perly designated officials abroad straight and oleau at certain matters which they believed greatly done well in burying the hatchet hoped that the actual work of of the road, for tyres being of a July 30, 1915, when his three have been authorized to measure wanted attention. "Disgusting condition" and "a scandalous and again fixing faree that shall three weeks' time. The shelter trae, for every evil in fact from March 5 next a vacancy in the and issue the required certificate,
erection will begin in two or certain width, for wheels being years term expires. were amongst the phrases which were thrown allow of the steamers being run will not extend the whole length which traffic in Hongkong suffers. list of Admirals of the Fleet will and in order to avoid delay and But on vessels under the Panama rules about, and they indicate that the discussion was not conducted along long time before they again go point opposite an approach from of that Ordinance which is not age of Sir Gerard Noel, and at the Canal, it is strongly at a profit. It will probably be a of the pier, but will be taken to a There is hardly a single provision be created by the retirement for measurement upon their arrival the new railway station to the broken day and daily. Read-Admiral Meur will by that time recommended that all vessels pior which it is contemplated ers must have seen, time and have reached the top of his list, provide themselves with the Providing.
again, coolies struggling to get a as the present senior admiral, Sir proper certificate before their heavily loaded track back upon Edmond Poe, must retire on Sep-arrival in Canal waters, th the tram lines. So long as they are tember 11on reaching he age of "In case a vessel haa failed to permitted unchallenged to use 65 years. It is unnecessary, provide herself with the proper these lines, so long will trucks be therefore, that any change should tonnage certificate, it will be of overloaded. Force them off the take place at Portemouth until great assistance and save time if lines and overloading will cease at March next, when Sir Hedworth she be provided with a fall set of once. Similarly with the other Maux receives his promotion to blue prints of her plans and a copy traffic evils, the Ordinance is the rank of Admiral of the Fleet. of the measuremente which were adequate, if it were only enforced. His successor, it is fairly well made when she received her
"
breach of the Läw
the mildest of lines.
to war with each other. A Nuisance and a Danger.
The common house fly has always been regarded as a nuis ance, but it is now, apparently, being taken more seriously and health. In America, of course, this has been recognised for a long time and everyone in that country knows that it is a duty: to "awat that By," "But an anti- y campaign in England is a new
Mr. Goldring drew attention to the condition of certain alleys n the centre of the town and did not hesitate to describe their condition as absolutely disgusting. No one who has passed through the lanes in question will deny that the terms employed, in refer-accepted as a menace to pablic ence to this matter, both by Mr. Goldring and the Hon. Mr. Hewett, were abundantly justified." The wonder is that the matter has been 'permitted to go so long unchallenged. The President, of course, pointed to the difficulties which had to be encountered with respect to these and other alleys. We say "of course," because it
of. The county of Kent has set
LANGKAT OUTPUT.
The Langkat output for June
daily output was 288.76 ton-
Mears. Wright and Hornby
seems the proper thing in most official circles in Hongkong, when thing and is worth taking notice was 8,663 tons and the averageCoolies must be taught the rule of understood, is to be Admiral Sir tonnage certificate, and also the anything new is recommended, to discover at once that it will entail the example. The county medi-ladvise us that the output for It would seem that the majority Commander-in-Chief of the Home Vessels which have the proper a deal of difficulty or labour or expense. The public has begun to cal officer of health asked all the July la expect these plaintive excuses and it is seldom disappointed.
.
8th
J
sanitary authorities and school 1st July... In one case, said the President, in order to get a prosecution, batile. He explained that when 3rd managers to co-operate in a grand 2nd they had to have an inspector, also a uniformed foreman, who was the part played by flics in spread-4th employed at $80 a month, to watch a case of dumping for three ing disease, especially amongst th days; and that was a tremendous waste of time. We do not see that infante, was fully understood, 8th the waste was so tremendous in face of the fact that one successful steps would be taken throughout 7th prosecution means that many people are deterred from dumping, the country to have the insect And even if the waste of time is tremendous it is surely justified entirely eradicated. Well, Lon th where the danger to public health, through filthy alleys, is even don had its lesson during the hot 10th more tremendous. It is hardly necessary to, say much regarding summer of three years ago, when Mr. Hewett's minute, which came later in the afternoon. Somebody, infantile mortality rose to ex- 12th on whom the responsibility has yet to be fired, has been using water traordinary figures, but in some 13th drawn from the mains and not from the existing well as a closet things English people take a deal water supply. He was righteously indignant over this and carried of teaching. Set them in the the Board with him when he recommended that the matter should tropios and they will reduce the be forwarded to the Attorney-General to take action. Tuesday's meeting, take it all in all, showed that there is a deal more life in ness but at Home they are content mosquito to comparative harmless- the Sanitary Board than had been supposed by most people. It is to neglect a danger that has been to be hoped that it will continue active în well-doing.
staring them in the face for years.
the road, but who is to teach them? George Callaghan, at present tonnage certificate itself. of the Police know little or noth- Fleste, who will haul down his certificate, will probably suffer no 263 tone ing of the provisions of the flag in that appointment on com- delay in transit, but those which 204
Vehicles Ordinance, or, if they do pleting three years on December are not so provided will be delayed know, they deliberately wink at 5 next, when Vico-Admiral Sir until the proper measurements. it. They can have it whichever John Jellicoe, now Second Ses can be made. way best pleases them.
249
12
220
210
# 228
258
244
218
208
11th
181
201
297
263
187
-Total to date
Daily average
3,500
238.8
14th
TYPHOON WARNING.
Lord, will succeed him.—Times,
One Wanderer Returned.
24
Foreign vessels may be measured not only in their home ports, but also in the port of New
Sergt. Pitt prosecuted a Chinese York, and probably in other large, this morning at the Police Court, American porte, without any for returning from banishment, additional charge, but those The telegram quoted below was The man, who was originally desiring such measurement received by the American Con- banished from the Colony for should give sufficient notice in sulate General, Hongkong, from twenty years for larceny, was advance and appoint a date when the Manila Observatory of 11.44 sentenced by Mr. Wood to six they will be empty an sa to facili- a.m. yesterday
months imprisonment. He was tate the measuring Under any Cyclone or Typhoon Pacific further warned that the next conditione the Canal authorities Oosan, about halfway between time he came back to the colony reserve the right to check and the Mariana Islands and Luzon, he would be whipped and put correct any measurement or moving W
A 220 in the stooks,
oertificate issued elsewhere t
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.