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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1918.

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THE WAY TO BE A SPECIALIST TO DO ONE TRING JUST A LITTLE IN BUSINESS 18 TO 1EARN HOW BETTER THAN THE OTHER FELL- OW."

To-morrow's Anniversary. Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day.

The Dollar.

ART OF BUILDING`IN COUNTRIES SUBJECT TO

EARTHQUAKES.-

Resisting Power of Reinforced Concrete.

mamoria. Their light houses. Tro mounted on a sort of framework, the angles of which rest on hig stones. During an earthquaka the houses may leave their supports, but only slepo slightly owing to the minimum height of the supporta. The damage, generally slight, is endily repaired.

WAR COMFORTS.

Canton Local Red Cross Woekers' Efforts,

The Danton Looal Bad Cre

The community in general will be gratified at the announcement contained in our last night's imño that Hin Hjorty the King has seem fit to include the names of six well-known Hongkong residents among those who have been admitted to the newly-established Order of the British Empire. --An

It has been suggested to fx sp.. {{CONTRIBUTED.) we pointed out yesterday, this

houses on rollers or on cast iron Workers dispatched ca March 14 Order was created for the

Hongkong had the experience of balls on a concrete platform. Un-to the Matron 36th - Stationary. express purpose of recognising

The opening rate of the foliar earthquake shocks on the 18th at fortunately this solution, which has Hospital, EE F., one case con- services rendered in connection

110 and 3. p.m. afterwards at 4.30 been utilised in several cases, not taining the following hospital with the war, and the Hongkongan demand to day was 3e. Old..

the next morning. Although these applicable to simple buildings or supplies:-50 yards batter shocks did not impress the public as gentlemen now honoured. have

cottages, m

maslin, 23 pair pyjamas, 27 flan- all played a part, in one direction Government Servants Quarters disasters they were nevertheless Walls should bo perfectly sel shirts, 18 shroude, 4 vargios!

Tenders are being invited for or another, in activities associat-

quite serious, especially that which od locally with the abnormal the construction of Sahari pemurred during the night. Happily hotel of equal density. It has chiefe, 48 ward towels, 110 mülk

constituted of vits, 35 pillow carer, 12 bander [Offere quarters, Kowloon, the waves were not long and at no Second Block.

been remarked for example at over 20 tray clothe, 24 table time violent. Panic tesulted to Metelin, where two kinds of Tara napkins, 7 hot water bottle covers," certain extent in the Obiness quar-

conditions which have existed *iros the outbreak of the struggle. It is extremely gratifying that the magnificent services volun-

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD, tarily discharged by Mr. Jenkin

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THE ONLY WAY.

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Magisterial Change. It is notified for general in.

formation that Mr. EDC Wolfe has saanmed she duties of Palice Magistrate daring the, abeence Mr. Arthur Drer Ball.

Kallan Output.

of

The total outpat of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week ending March 2, amounted to 63,359 tons and the trophe

toms.

Company Warning.

Stolen Iron,

Electric Bulb Theft.

University Court,

homogenous and

tors; not without esse as several were employed, that the larger & aurgical osps, & ausgions cape, buildings, if not actually destroyed, blocks shewed in relief and that the 45 Annel-many-tailed bandages, were so far damaged that the in-walls were cracked. Only steass of 71 oction many-tailed bandages, mates had to evacuate immeditely, rough surface should be employed 64 T. bandages, 64 izlangular Swatow appears to have been near- and round stones forbidden Erup bandages, 16 eye bandager, 50 eat the point of the shock the homes are rocks are generally preferred roller bondages, 96, swabu, 32 there being almost all destroyed, to sedimentary. Masonry in mortar paira kaitied socks, 2 pairs leaving many victims of the catas (perda) is to be condemned; rough surgical stockings, 6 pairs knitted stones are preferable to hewn slippers. 6 fl or awabe, 5 floor-

[and waist-cost, 8 pair scokë, 1,000 art of building in countries subject and are often not carefully laid.

On the subject of walls the ques-cigaretten, books and magazines. to these visitations, also the ques-

as to the best tion is of great import. H,,shocks attack them by their traverse, they

on the contrary, per-

walls must therefore be built in

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British Red Orden

and

Order of St. Joha 38th Stationary Hospital,

EGF. EGYPT Regiment. January 171b, 1918.

in the desert, where it is naturally more difficult to obtain eapplies. and where every thing is of use.

We are looking forward very

The following articles, when should you are next bending, wo

Sircarely yours, D. MILLICENT O. MICHELL.

in connection with the Police Reserve have been acknowledged; for the work he has pat; in inorganising that force and in bringing it to its present state of efficiency is thoroughly deserving of notice. The war has thrown loquires them to forward their names and addresses with Attorney General, who

sorrespondents are requested to observe - the rule which heavy burden of work on the sales daring the period to 69,180) This brings up the question of the blocks which are easily dislocated, | mcps, 5 Singapore coste, 1 cont mmunications addressed, to the Editor, not necessarily for laboured with characteristic.com- Bebisstion, but as an evidence of their bona fides,

«cientousness in the drawing up | It is notified that at the expiration of research of any new war Ordinances tion of three months Messrs, means of guaranteeing the safety of work in compression and extension,! and all who know Mr. Banjs and Penning. Limited, will,

the inhabitants, Kemp's abilities and capacity unless cause is shown to the

In 1908 after the San Francisco and it, for hard work

contrary, be struck off the Regis earthquake, and in 1908 that of Mes pendicularly, to their foot, and from the justice of his inclusion in ter and the Company will be sina, there were many discussions that to the reverss, it becomes much the list. Mr. Sharp and Mr.dissolved.

on this subject, and the most com- more dangerons: but as division Walls Stabb are well-known men in the Supreme Court Appointment. petent authorities (among them are maintained by facade walls, the His Exolendy the Governor has Monsieur de Montessus de Ballore, latter have to bear the entire strain public life of the Colony, and both have most enthusiastically thrown appointed Mr. Frank Birley Jobs who had studied earthquakes in many of the shock. The most extended Dear Madam,

Have received ycar kind letter themselves into organizing work on to set as Dapaty Registrar countries for over 20 years) gave in connection with war charity and Appraiser of the Supreme advice on general lines for arch such a way as to be parallel to the enclosing bill of lading, insurance movements, while Mr. Alabaster's Court, in addition to his other tects to follow in all countries amb direction from when the shock is and list of comforts sent by the

likely to come and such direction Canton Red Cross Worker- painstaking discharge of the duties, during the absence of Hr.ject to shocks.

Deedless to say bow grateful w The above-mentioned scientist in is learned by experience, duties of Assistant Cable Censor C.A.D. Melbourne or until further baa "been of greater value to notice.

a paper read before the Congress of

Openings Doors and Windows.shall Fe for them all, te

I think every thing is doubly Architects in June 1908 in Paris, These should be the object of the the Empire than the publia i most probably aware of. Since Before Mr. J. R. Wood, st the remarked that regulations on this utmost attention. They form on appreciated by the men in hospital the enforcement of the numerous Police Court this morning, a subject were elaborated in different facade two series of lines of least big Chinese was charged by Mr. countries, but sooner or later the resistence, vortical and horizontal, burden of extra work ben fallen Simmons, of the Pablic Works danger was forgotten. The precau through which the wall is lost on the Imports and Exports Department, with stealing several tions were omitted, and a castrophe Usually cracks start from the angles

of doors and windows. The form of much to the arrival of the case. Department, and we presume it pieces of iron from the Wanchai like that of San Francisco was in for this resson that Mr. afare; Defendint denied the necessary to bring builders back to their upper part has great infinoncé Hutchison banalso teen honoured, thefs but his Worebip sent him to their senses, and arrive at a system on their destructibility, and their

be glad of :-Shroads, dysentery We were rather earprised that no prison for three months hard of construction, which, if not giving security. They may be clased local ladies were included in the Isbour.

absolute security, would still offer a follows:-Listal, circular, anse de pads, socks, bandkerchiefe, carpet certain guarantee.

pannier, gothic. The simple intel slippers, butter muslin, old licer, list, for the Order is equally sp plicable to them, bas pechape At the Police Court this moru- We cannot do better than give a is inadmissible and to be conde a table paptics for sick fficers

trav cloths for sick oficers, when the next batch of honoursing, before Mr. J. B. Wood, a

resume of the paper by Monsieur de ed etnica che la

1 Floors and Ceilings-Floors and Playing and Patience carde ne is notified we shall ere the names Chinese was charged with steal. Montessus de Bellore. of some who have given no ending an electric smp balb from He remarked, and very justly too, ceilings never vibrate in synchronism are always very bankful for. of time to war charity work here. the door way of a house in Tang that in these countries architects with the walls, and this is one of Dock and flannel rails are very Cargo Dangers.

Sweet, West Point. Defendant and contractors had to foresee that the principal causes of buildings acceptable for the sick officers, re falling into ruins. These should be even old ones, as they arrive often We fear that in the case of said he did not know anything all buildings were erected to.

without anything but what they Mr. Lloyd George moet certainly has the knack of eniting his many river steamers which leave about it. His Worship sent him sist the force constantly directed tied the one to the other by perfect

change. I am so pleased you words to bis audience. That fact was again demonstrated in his Hongkong sufficient precautions to prison for six week's hard from top to bottom. At the same fixtures, making each room one solid stand up in; and so glad of a

ime they had to provide for hori. piece. stining spreal to the Free Church Council, in which he put the are not siken in regard to the labour.

zontal undulations and vertical

An inverse solution has been pro- bave sent us some. With many arues of the war before his hearers in terms which were bound to protection of imflammable cargo appest to any section of the people which concerns itself with what from the danger of fire. It is His Excellency the Governor vibrations due to tremblings of the posed, ic. complete independence thanks. the Premier termed the physics and moral fibre of the nation. quite a common sight to see out has nominated Mr. Wei Tak, ground surface by thousands per with a space between. Then each Outting away all high-Rown language, he contrasted German going boats literally stacked up 0.M.G, to be a Member of the second, of which though the period element would vibrate on ite own declarations with German sctione, showing, by spt references to the with all manner of merchandise Court of the University of Hong- icity did not continue over a few account without affecting the other seconds, the amplitude amounted to Chimneys. The destruction of Russian situation, how the spirit of dominanoe still suimates the of this character, which is piled kong for a term of three years several feet, giving the earth an as chimneys by even moderate shocks, Hou" dagger wrapped in the Sermon of the Mount," as the up on deck, along the mal vice Mr. Chang Kingshi raiga celeration of several yards per generally attains, enormous pro- Premier tersely put it in one of his characteristically pointed rails and expecially at the ed, and Mr. Robert Ban Thomson

pigrams. He had an easy task in indicating the ssential justice stern. We ourselves recently to be a Member of the game Court second. They had also to take into portions. In the violent earthquake pariences of the San Francisco of the Allied cause, laying special emphasis on the point that it is saw one of these ateamers go out during the absence of Mr. account ground of little cohesion, at Charleston in August, 1885, 04% catastrophe, their resistance must be with waves of several feet in height, out of 14,000 came down. Not only did considered of capital importanos in the aim of the Entente astions to bring about a condition of affairs particularly overipaded in this George Thomas Eskios. - in which the making of war will be regarded as a punishable oxime, respect. The danger is from Supposed Murder,

during the rapid passage of which their fall cause many casualties in large cities. Great damage is caus- Yesterday the body of a man the ground momentarily took the the streets but the roofs were ed by the explosion of liberated gas That is precisely the object for which the Allies are fighting, and native passengers who often sleep they will not lay down their arma till its socomplishment is within on deck and are constantly mov. was found at a house in Ewo property of a liquid and was raised smashed as well" It is absolutely coming in contact with fre. Besides necessary that chimneys should be the broken water pipes cannot be sight.

ing among the cargasmoking and Street, Wanchai, anfering from like the sea in a strong wind

It is evident that we cannot pre- independent of the rest of the used against the fire, and the *** We were gied to us that Mr. Lloyd George approached the quen throwing cigarstie ende about terrible injuries to his head.

the "foundations of damaged build- tion of the outa blinkment of a League of Nations from a standpoint of Old residents will remember the Theus had evidently been ir i ated tend to ensure complete security of building so that they may oscilate crevices caused help to undermine sheer practicality. Each a development cannot be attained by sitting disastrom fire which occurred on by s chopper. There seems to be edifices against such phenomena, without danger to the root. down and dreaming about it, and it was much to the point that the the steamer Hankow in 1968, little doubt in the minds of the there being a limit which we cannot Balconies, and ornamental parts.ings.

Monsieur de Montos de Bal overcome. In certain earthquakes All architectural parts, relief, and Premier should say that the Bolsheviks have forgotten that this when over six hundred lives Police that the man had been the ground has opened up in overhanging, are condemned, which lore goes on to study the different ideal must be fought for. As he so well pain it, while the Russian were lont At the er quiry bratally murdered. Two men

· extremista "have been busy writing despatches and making into that affair &

rider have been arrested in connection crevasses, promoting slides in the is certainly regrettable from an methods of construction in countries

same proportion, which no human aesthetic point of view, but cannot subject to earthquakes In speeches, they have been left with barely half a nation to was added to the verdict, express-- with the affair.

prevision could prevent. For or be remedied, the presence of these ticular he states the reason why leagan to anybody. And that must always be the fate of ing the opinion that it was a

ample in Central Japan in Oct, ornaments being a danger without the most of the Japanese temples have for centuries resisted any people which only talks when it is faced by such dangerous practice for ships to

1891, a crack 100 miles long opened which the building might have re menace Fab German militarism. It is all very well to talk carry it fammable cargo, an- CATHEDRAL ORGAN.

violent shocks In their constene». the mouth of which shewed in sisted the shocks. of Leagues of Nations and disarmament, but there is a lot to protected, on their main dreke;

several places a difference of level Arches-This important piece of tion timber is used in great propor- be done before we can settle down to work out plans of this sort. and there san surely be no doubt

The Re-opening Programme.

of from 0 to 80 feet Againit much architecture is also doomed o tion but all parts are so tied The war has to be finished first, and it can only be terminated by on that print. Little is gained by

convulsions man in helpless destruction because it is built solely together or dovetailed piece by piace removing these who stand in the way of the realisation of great being wise after the event, and

The following is the fine pro- In his paper the scientia abore to withstand a vertical effort. that they constitute an indestructible universal ideals. That is the keynote of the Premier'e latest speech, we hope therefore that the gramme that is to be played as mentioned studied successively the When exposed to the horizontal whole, Speaking of the roadie and it is one that we would commend to those folk who would seek to authorities will keep an eye on the re-opening of the Cathedral following:-

effort it is bound to fail at the island," Saatorin, he end the war by a weak and dangerous patched up agreement between this matter, on the principle that organ on Mander arening next Choice of site.-The site of a keystone,

monolithes made of blocks of the belligerente, These miserable pessimists were no doubt the stitch in time saves nine.

st 9.15, by. Mr. Denman Faller, building is imposed on much more Roofs-The ordinary roof often "aspe," a kind of concrete, pierced people Mr. Lloyd George bed in mind when he declared :-"Don't Two Ways

The programame in an all-British than left to the choice of the owner, causes the destruction of buildings, by openings. These are indestructi discours ge, don't depress, don't always point to the clouds and ask Testerday's telegrams clearly one and several of the pieces have Material and systems to avoid-If well made it forms a block which ble by earthquakes as the small when the dawn is coming." But there are individuals who find showed that the British meant not been played here before. The He remarks that only materials of moving under vertical vibrations, cracks formed are quickly closed by their chist delight in locking on the dark side of life and who what they said when they threat Barclay Allegro Appassionato is the first quality should be need and falls back with all its weight on to the weight of the whole to such s appear constitutionally unable to be anything else than wetened air reprisals on Germany, one if the finest pieces of modern strict supervision enforced. Build walls and breaks them down, and point that they are ferisible, next blankote." If they kept their ideas to themselves, it would not They spoke of new raids on organ masic that has yet been ings of classic antiquity built to the whilst it sometimes comes to the day. That example shown learly matter mach, but, unfortunately, they have a way of passing on their Coblens and Frisburg, immense written. The programme is being rules of the art, with good material ground intact, it brings the whole the complete necessity of an indefer-

mable box mood to others. It is to these that the Premier addressed his damage being done in the former isened in booklet form and con. had remsiged upright, and several of the edifice with it. appeal, and if they have any intelligence at all they must surely see instance. What must strike the tains a history of the organ and had resisted without damage the that his viewpoint, which might be expressed "not first and talk reader of war news is that when an account of what has been after," is sound and thoroughly logical.

we carry out raids we are not in done to it since it was first erected. One cannot but be struck by the Premier's declaration when the habit of promiscuously drop 1.Choral Song and Fague, he said that he had a terrible task on his shoulders--alm et more ping kombs on open towns,merely

Wealey. than he could bear. For the lot of the head of any of the great for the fan of destroying residen-2--The Curfew, EJ, Horeman: warring nations at this time is not an enviable one. It is made all, tial property and killior innocent 3.—Allegro Apaagionato, Arthur the harder by the frothings of the pacifist pessimista. That in why women and childras.- When we Barelay.

15 feet in depth. In consequenze Foors-the-amplitude of "rea" a man like Mr. Idoyd George, who has done so much while others, strike, we make for vital spote, dem Andants Grazios. Amszt, there would be much more than matic movement is at least three have been content to talk, decezvea, the helpful sympathy of all specially in commeatica with the sensor Hymn 166, * hotelars of resistance if foundations wer

wore times a great on the first foor As alsace. He does not want war any more than the people do, but enemy a means of munition: pro- 5.-Barcarole, Sterudste Bennett, sunk deeper and continued to this on the ground floor, from which it mae he lays, there is no other way to pesos than waging war with all duction. The German method is to 8--Out of the Past, Denman body of the structure, In soft may be judged what would be the our strength," without betraying the cause for which we took up yukteur big centreaud population, Faller

ground there is a great Ivantage effect on the thirty fourth or fith Arm Once in the war, we must pat our whole besrt and soni inte merely, for the mis of attempting 7 –Military March, E. Elgir. → in making the foundations in the of the sky

3 and to Brittzhers overseas it is comforting to feel that there in

will at the head of i ffaire a man who now the weakness and fallscy

and to create

mentions

Moderate shocks, may have no Monsieur de Monteeru de Ballore shocks of twenty centuries or over, other consequences than the tiles comes to the conclusion that ro Effect of shock on the elements falling on people who are prudently inforced concrete fills the conditions sed in building It was noted in clearing out of the buliding. Even to be desired and in this connection Japan by seisometric direct that this can be remedied by the Chloete fakes allusion to the words of the movement is notably diminished system of borders which stop the Engineer Lescasse, who also spec

ly studied building at the bottom of a shelt from a to falling tiles

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