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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH

Preaching,

The returns for the past week! sbow that the outbreak of spotted fover ban not yet been suppressed, there being over seventy cases, with cloes on forty deaths, sin. tha last figures were fesced. The epidemia is almost ex- elasively confined to the Chicese of the population, and we are wondering whether all that might be done is being accomplished to Leep the disease A well-known within limits. Chinese resident has informed ns

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THE RACECOURSE CALAMITY.

TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.

that, in bi- opinion, the epidemic on demand to-day was 2 11,78 before a small crowd of holders he was on the spot at about 9 30, days in coffee bonses, reodiving

instant.

Planoforte Récital,

Land Sale.

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ia being eggravated by large crowds gathering to hear street Mr. E. Danenberg's fourth lecturere. He states that every aubaal papils' pianoforte recital night, in practically all parts of in to take place at St. Andrew

be ditz, groups of hundreds of Hall at 5.15 pm on the 20th natives gather to listen to thees parement oratore-the very thing that coght to be guarded against Garden Lot No. 52, abors at times like the prerent. I-Bowen Rosd, was sold at the cidentally, it may be added that W.D. se resterday. It the lecturers ostensibly discourse.

emprises about 8,000 square on medicine, wheresa in reality feet and was purchased by Mr. they indulge in political tirades, Newhouse at the upeet price mainly directed against the

$400. Peking Government and more especially against Lang Obai..

IE the kwong..

facta

se stated (and we have good which ressone for believing that they Sorrespondents are requested to observe the rule Jequires them to forward their names and addresses with are), it would be as well if the faw mmunications-addressed-to-the--Editor, not necessarily for Government employed a

listeners, for we fear that Borg ablization, bat as an evidence of their boas fides.

kong is too often used as a base All communications intended for publication should be addressed for political propagands. At any

rate, the temporary prohibition street preaching would be oppor tune at the moment, and, by en forcing it, the authorities would

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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1918,

FOOD PRICES.

It was not so many days ago that we took occasion to comment

in this column on the squeezing propensities of the Chinese retail

The Rat Nuisance.

For War Charities.

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Alleged Looting of Jewellery. It is difficult to balieve when

we read of the miracles of modern- A Obiness of the coalie olsea surgery that's little over a was charged before Mr. J. B century ago there were Inse than "This is rather an innovation Wood, at the Police Obars this a hundred physicians in London. To-morrow's Anniversary. from the stand-point of a com To-morrow is the second anni-mercial bense," said. Mr. Gordon mering, with stealing three The apothecaries rumbered over pieces of gold from the spot where 4,000. In those days physicians' versary of America's rejection

recently Selfridge of the German proposals for the

the ostastropha occurred at the made „ocfee ..houses

their gettheme of the Lusitania affair. Mrs. Lloyd George drew the win Racecourse on Tuesday. The gold rendezvous, and Sir Bichard

ning numbers of the War Bord

was valued at $0 20.

Blackmore said: "I am only & prises. The facetion took place

Mr. McI. Messer, O.S.P., asid bard-worked doctor, spending my in the Palm Court of Selfridge's,

when bè eaw defendant pick up spotheauties, or driving over the of the lucky veachers; the dense samiting from the ground near stones in my carriage visiting fog may bave prevented a larger dead body. He went up to him and patients." attendance. And, possibly, bese aing his right band found those who did come, as there was This we dropped and could not Fame cause affected te spirits cf thst be hrd in it a gold batten. an entire lack of entbasis be found again. The ornament, Sir Doeglas Hsig. He was in- They are telling this story of throughout the proceedings, not

Eo far as possible, were put near specting a cavalry troop, and was a solitary handclap being given the bodies they were closest, but particularly struck with the nast "ben any of the winners wat other pieces were put altogether way in which repsire had been announced. Therefrom it was to at this time. The Palice were in made in some of the saddles. be surmised that none of the charge of all the bodies and all Very good work," he remarked E. present possessed tickets bearing srticles of jewellery, but people to the troop sergeant-major.

the magic numbers.“

On the platforms was a brown were allowed in the ground to Who did it? Two of my identify the victime. Defendant troopers, sir," was the reply. hexagonal tombola, into which had said he was trying to find a "You're fortunate to have two During the week ending the duplicate numbere were

He showed witness such expert saddlers in your B card. He might explain troop," said Haig. As a matter February 16 no less than 1,497 placed, a stordy sergeant being rats were caught and examined entrusted with the daty of turning that when a person was identified of fast, sir, was the reply, for plague, and in the following the handle. Mr. Lloyd George, oard was put on the body. "they're not saddlers, in civil life.

Inspector Sim said the Captain being lawyers."

Well," ejs week 1865, were, accounted for. who was accompanied by Lady None of the rats gave evidence of Markham and Mrs Heary, took Superintendant of Police, on the calated Sir Douglas, "how men plague infection.

a smiling interest in the proceed

morning following the tragedy; who can do work like that could inge, and at the given moment handed over defendant to him have wasted their lives over law

took witness Acting on the suggestion of a inserted her hand into an apertare

I can't imgina !” correspondent, contained in s of the "magic wheel and drew few paces away and searched letter published in our issue of out number. This was the him. He found two of the three

Jack Terbas magnificently got yesterday, an anonynona writer winner of the first prize of

Defendant said all be could say to windward of the multitude of sade as two tickets, bought at $500 in the first series of 8200 pieces of metal in his pocket.

bords, the number, as given below, most likely kill two birds with the Esces, redeemable for $15. 10 heing 10.675. Again the whes was that he had picked the gold men who smoke. In the matter of tobacco he was always better off went pinning round, and once up from the ground.

His Worship asked him if he than the rest of us: to-day he is mors Mrs. Lloyd George with-

could find anyone who would say the happiest of all the worship- It has been suggested to us by & reader that in view of the The fortnightly mesting of the drew a ticket for the second prize. collapse of the matabeds at the Union Charoh Guild will be held Bat the announcement of the he was a good man, and defendant pers of My Lady Nicotine, His employed as a foreman at a glass nothing. Tobacco is one of the Racecourse, in which so much in the Lectore B-ll, Kennedy number fell quite fat. The wheel replied that there was a man tobacco in to cost him cractly faith has hitherto been pinzed, Rad, to-morrow at 9 p.m. when of fortune was given one more

lecture will be delivered by tare, this time for the consolation factory at Wanchai who would items that come to him by way of his monthly "lop chit,” and The case was adjourned in these by recent free kit concesion that due and proper precautions Lieut. Bylvestre Lee, the cab priser, namely, the natabere testify to his character. are taken in regard to other co and Deaths, in Central China "first prize number; the luck order for the 'man 'to appear in are now what he calls "Harry

jeat being "Births, Marriages immediately above and below the

Court.

Freeman." Whitehall says 10, veniences which are in general

A Chinese member of the Fire and for once the matelot agress use by the public. He instances This lecture is open to the first prize winner also won s the elevatore which are to be public, and will be the last of the consolation pris of £50, as he found in most of the large offices series arranged for this session, had bought the ticket No. 19,674 Brigade, appeared in snewer to s that my lords are all wise.

For the fall series of £200, similar charge, of stealing a gold and hotels in the Colony, and

It is impossible to read without Is dead bady, on the afternoon of gives it se his opinion that many afternoon's meeting of the Sani- £5 Bonds the winning numbers the 26th all Sanitary Inspector a thrill of pride of the wonders The return presented at this £100, 250, £20, and the popular bangle, valued at $27.30, from of these are very seldom examined

this of the Colony, for the work

Prod the ad that the death were as follows:

Frith said he was on duty which our airmen are achieving £200 Bam. are a number of lifts in are the ended February 10, was 209 per First Prizs, 1500 No. 19.675 the fire started.

supervising street watering when at oes against submarines. Bi- safely apparatus of which is thousand per annum, ex against Second Prise. £200

He went to the teen years ago at: a dipner in- always ologged with dirt, and

No. 19,377 pot to see if he could give any London to M. Santos Dumont, adds that some of them are so week of last year of 27.1. The

6 rate for the corresponding Consolation Prizso,

aesistaros and aw defendant and one of the spookers muid : “The eccentric in their movements as rate for the week ended February

£50

No. 19.874 another fireman playing the hoes Time will probably come when to saggest that they badly require 17 was 25 00, sa compared with

No. 19,676 on a heap of dead bodies. Witness we shall have not only our Fook supervision. Unless this matter with 25.3 last year.

BSW defendant bead down and Gaarde and our Horse Guards. is seen to, he says, we may one of

No. 18,518 Dick up something near his foot. bat our Aerial Guards as well. these days have osely scoident

No. 18,200 He looked at it and then pat it and eboats of laughter greeted in bis left breast pocket. He had the saying. In a private chat No-18,519 no power to search him, so-ha Bantoe Damont predicted to the No. 18 513 told Inspector Fieber

to writer that aircraft would in time No. 18,517 do

Defendant Jeft to come be the enemies and mas-“

the one stone. Hongkong's Lifts.

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The Colony's Death Rate.

•Stolen Shoes.

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£100 Bonds. First Prize, £500 8-cood Prize, £200 Consolation Prizes,

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dirigibles were his dream.

A conlie was charged before dealer. Our observations were then of a general character. Since accorting. We do not know what Mr. A. Dger Ball, at the Police then, information has come to our knowledge which would appear steps, if any, are taken to see that Court this morning, with stealing to lend colour to the idea that the compradoras have again been in the lifte in nas here are in good a pair of eboee from Mesere. copolare with a view to the further exploitation of the public. Many order, but if it should be the osse Whiteaway, Laidlaw and Co. Mir. of them, we hear, have circularised their customers to the effect that, that the authorities do not compel Hidden, of the firm, spoke to see-18.518 slso beld the four previous wondered away in the direction be did not think of aeroplanea; In this case, the bolder of No. the other man with the bose and ters of the submarine. But even in consequence of an alleged shortage of mutton, the price of that periodical testing, then we thinking defendant being held by an numbers, and threefore gained ac of the road way. very necessary commodity has been advanced se from the let instant. it high time they did.

Indian watobman and the shoes Accordingly, the household "book" shows an increase which works Germany Unmasked.

Inspector Fisher asid be lying on the floor. Robberies extra prize,

watched defendant some time, For three hundred years the out at about four or five cents a pound. In what manner the Practically ever since the war were of frequent occurrence of

£50 Boads. alleged shortage has been brought about, the compradores say not. first broke out, there has been a late, but the culprits were seldom

Frist Prize, £500. No. 39,890 and then went up to him before inhabitants of Jerusalem have Their excuse will probably be that it is "because of the war," or long eaccession of exposures in caught. Defendant was sent to Second Prize, 8200 No. 40,542 he could mix with the public, and, cherished prophecy and 's hope în Obinere, asked him what be that their city would be taken by may be the recent earthquake bsa something to do with the matter one part of the world or another, prison for six weeks' hard labour.

Consolation Prizes, It would be as well, however, if the authorities took pains to in-showing that in the matter of

£50

No. 39 858 bad picked up. Defendant merely a friendly and benign Power; that The Spotted Fever vestigate the point in order to ascertain whether or not there is intrigue our Teatonio enemies

No. 39 898 Raid" "No."

Witness searched it would fall without bloodshed; say reasonable ground for this freeh imposition.

From the Colonial Secretarisk are not only past masters at the This question of the price of the meat may not be a very big game bat have descended to the we have received the following one of itself, but it is typical of what is occurring in many other very lowest depths in an endear. telegram, dated the 4th March, Again the frat prize winner was taken to No. 2 Police Station signify Allah and his prophet. directions. It will be recalled that in October last an outbreak of our to gain enfair advantages, 1918, which has been received held the numbers above and and charged. anthrax was reported in the district from which cattle are imported Every week there is from Hia Britannic Majesty's below, and therefore he gets into Hongkong, necessitating the slaughter of many animale, with unearthed in America a badget "Your telegram of 22nd February, there were four consolatico prista Consul General at Bingkok - £600. In consequence of this a resultant shortage. The authorities then intimated that dealers of documents revealing, the Hongkong des ared to be infected in that series. were permitted to raise the prices for the various kinds of beef by extent to which seemingly

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being

vast dia-

Outbreak.

The Colony's Health. The weekly health return

show that the number of cers- bro epinal fever cases which

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£20 Bonds.

Consolation Prises,

£50

No. 39.891 him and found the bangle that the conqueror would enter it No. 39.889 (produced) in his pocket. He on foot and that bis name would

The case was adjourned.”

to exeitement seemed

If the driver of a motor car is a

A number of officers were

That prophecy has been fulfilled. General Allenby entered the Joppa Gate on foot." There wsU to bloodshed, and he entered an a friend. Then his name is pasigaifioni. "Alle" is obviously 15 per cent. "antil further notice." There were good and sufficient friendly Germans are plotting cerebro spinal meningitis; all

over them. As a huge ssck, Allah, and "oby" in the Arabic ressons for the authoriastien of that increase, and no-one complained. against the world, and the latest abipe leaving subsequently to 2ad Frist Prise, 8500 No. 203,878 weighing three-quarters of stands for some thing very nearly A couple of weeks later, the Chairman of the Banitary Board defin revelations in connection with March should call at Koh Phra Second Prise, 200 N. 227,518 baudredweight, and containing equivalent to prophet of meer. italy stated that in a chort time" the price of beef would come the Indiss conspiracy tris form get pratique."

|200,000 tickets, was emptied into down, adding that there was then no shortage of cattle. But what another object lesson for the

No. 263,877 the tombols, one called out "* tell are the facts? Since that time, the compradores have gone on oberg: democracies of the world to learn,

No. 263,879 the constable to mix them up ing the higher price, sad, though we may ressonably sasume that Coincident with emphs tio denials

No. 263,876 well, Governor." Mra. Lloyd chauffeur sud a pilot of han the anthrax outbreak is now a thing of the past, they continue to that she has no dreams of world oocarred during the week ending ner beld the number immediately (beadful, and "it was discovered the name for the men who work Once more the first prize wio- George drew out a generous seroplane is an aviator, what is rake in their extra 15 per cent. profit. Why the Government basfoonquest and that she is fighting March 2. was 71, of which 58 below, and therefore carries < that there were 770 instead of and fight in the Tanka? The know. It would seem that, realising that the authorities are not being exposed as not ordered a reversion to the old price, we ebould much like to defensive war, Germany is curred in the City of Viotoria consolation prize as well. In this 760 tickets, However, Mr. Belt French have already ohristened bothering further in the matter, the compradores have agreed to pat seminator of revolt, a proceding 38 deatha. up the charges for matton so that the normal ratio as between the not done merely for the sake of Portuguese and the rest Chinese, Mrs. Lloyd George drew out the the firm would give prizes for the

and 13 elsewhere. There were denomination there were offered ridge was equal to the Cocasion, them. The man in a tank is “a

One patient was 200 prize of $1 eseb, for which as he smilingly announced that tanker." prices of mutton and beef shall be restored, for, ordinarily, mutton embarrassing her enemies bat eelle at a higher rate than beef and the compradores apparently see to secure s hold on territories There were slso three cases of tickets in handfulla; the winning extra twenty numbers. no reason why, if they can get increased prices for beef, the rule she has long coveted to rule diphtheria (two fatal), all being number for these will be posted In all £3,378,000 worth of orossing from Southampton jo should not also apply to matton. That, at any rate, is the only Mr. F. N... Doubleday Ohinese, two cases of enteric up in Selfridges.

bonds were subscribed for, and Havre to rejoin their units. The explanation we can think of to account for this latest move. And it cently showed how the mensoing

(one fatal), one being Indian

the approximate amount of the boat was a very small one, and is quite in line with the Hongkong way"-prices can go up on hand of Germany was, long and one English, one fatal case First Prize, £500...No. 11,717 prize-money works out at 1.7th accommodation was limited. T the flimsiest pretext, but it almost needs a mirsolé to bring them before the war, reaching out to fatal cases of small-pox (Chinese). Consolation Prize, £50No, 71;716|the firm do not take any broker-adczen of them were washing at of scarlet fever (Chinese) and two Second Prize, 5200...No. 232,430 per cent. It should be added that was just before dinner, and half down.

the Phillipince, and it would Where, we may be pardoned for seking, is the illustrious Food essily be possible to give a long Committee in all this? It was appointed for the specific purpose of recital of other exposures which

No. 71,718 age. It is impossible to announce the row of small basins provided TRAMWAY RETURNS.

No.232 433 the names of the winners at for the purpose, -periodically fixing prices of foodstaff, and that it hoe powers in the prove beyond all possible doubt

No 222,422 present, but Selfridges hope to officers were waiting behind to matter has been demonstrated by the summoning of shopkeepers that Germany had seriously aimed

Thus, the first prize-winner pay out the cheques before to take their furn, and the for selling above the sathorised prices. But it is some very con-at world domination. When one The following is the approxi- receives £550, and the second Christmass, if those holding the general result was a Foramble. siderable time now since à prosecution of that character was realiess what such an event would mate statement of the Hong-prise winner bolding numbers lucky tickets communicate with Suddenly the air raid stariu: wan instituted. Why has the Committee lapsed into inaction? Is it result in, the war that the Allies kong Tramway Company's traffic above and below his tickets wine them at once, so that their claime given, and every light was lo asleep, or has it, to continue the Scriptural analogy, gune on s are waging lakes on the hne of a receipts for the week ending £300. In addition to these prizas, may be verified. Meanwhile the mediately turned out. For a journey? One thing is certain it is not concerning itself with the rasade ornaade that would March 2nd, 1918----- very many instances of flagrant profiteering which are apparent to keep the world free from the sway Stary body in Hongkong. At Home, the profiteer in ceverely punish of catoorsey, ander which peo- ed. Here he has the whole field to himself. When will the ples would be denied natural This Year: Government goad the Food Committee into action? The com- development and be forced to Last Year: pradores have hell their turn. Surely some solicitude should ere conform to the dictaten of self- Incense : this be shown for the long-suffering public.

glorified potentaten.

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£5 Bonds..

Namerons

there were slap offered 750 of £l winning numbers are posted on moment there was a terrible mix Aggregate each, the numbers for which were the windows of the store, and are up, and then a vojca oried out Recap Receipts for drawn out by handfalle by the published in the Press. The plain tively, "I say, you follais

week. 9 Wocks, $21,068 128,408 Prime Minister's wife. Evidently draw concluded with Mr. are any of you by any chan

19.964 128,733 the greater proportion of those Selfridge's expression of thanks washing a face that has a menele

1,104

1.675 present held £5 bonds, and for to Mrs. Lloyd George for her and a rather short mons

the first time a wave of suppressed courtesy in assisting them

dashed if I can fndler: