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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1918,

|Hospital Matters,

DAY BY DAY.

· LÉGISLATIVE · COUNCIL.

WANCHAI ARMED

ROBBERY

We are gratified to observe that mong the questions to be raised at frimore's" meeting of the

LABOUR 18 WEALTH. IDLEWESS Lrogthy Agenda for To-morrow's Legislative Council is the matter BAPS TEKPOWERS OF ASPIRATION, ATTEMPT AND ACHIEVEMENT. ef improving the hospital socom AWD CAUSES THEM TO ATROPHY modating of the Colony. Mr.AND BOT. Holyoak bu, saváral queries to

The Dollar..

put in this connection, and at To-morrow's Anniversary. lesat one suggestion which is im To more in the third sani- blind will, we feel cure, dad gapversary of Italy's declaration of eral sürprt. It is that a portion war on Austria, of the present site of the Govern |ment Civil Hospital should besid and the proceeds g'ilised · for the areotion of a baspital for Barn peana in the rentral district an well as for the prevision of a

The opening rate of the dollar on demand today was&- 141.

Alleged Embezzlement.

Before Hr. J. B. Wood, at the

appliances ?

Meeting.

TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY.

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Mr. Thomas Flowman, in his Inaintes Held Up with Dammy reminiscences, "In the Daye of

Pistols,

Victoris," just published, states that Thackeray, when he stood se Liberal candidats for Oxford- The Legislative Council meets

No lees thea seren Chinese because at one of the meetings Town in 1857, lost the election to-morrow afternoon, the agenda

were charged before Mr. E.D. Ohe expressed Limself in favour of beir'g as follows:-

Safety in Places of Amusement. Wolfe, at the Magistracy this the Sunday opening of wasema The Hon Mr. Lan Oha-pak will morning, with committing To the Rev. Frederick Meyrick Bok:-1. Will the Government armed robbery at No. 7, Wood the novelist gave another possible make arrangements to have all the Road and stealing property valued reason for his defest, "I remark permane, t'public places of amuse-at $2,500, on Saturday last. [sd to him," says Mr. Heyrick, in ment periodically examined se to The prosecution allege that the bis "Memories of Oxford, "that their stability, and the adequar meu gained an entrance into the his must be a special experience, hanch hopital for Europeans in Palice Con's this morning, or otherwise of the provision of house by asying that they were sa be was known by fame to Kowloon and the improvement of Chinese was charged with en-fire-exits and fire-xtinguishing postmen and that they later beld most of those whose votes be

up the inmates with dummy vassed." "Now," he said, there the Lanatic Asylum. There is no bssling several sums of money,

2. Will the Government state pistolr. The inmates worn Reaving the fant that Hongkong amounting to shoot $40, belong

was only one man smong ill that: is none too well served so far sa ing to his firm. It appeared that what conditions they propose to red and bound and the house I went to ase who had heard ·· 139. The G. the men obtained possession of impose to ensure the safety of the ransacked. The men all got name before, and he was a cirə bapitale are concerned. OH. is not only wont insccessibly the firm's books and went to public in the case of temporary away but later were arrested, situated, but its surroundings are various abops collecting structures over, as public places Two of the defendants admitted calating librarien." And that was ten years after the publion- far from what they should be. It dur. He also great to M. of smaeement?"

|tion of "Vanity Fair”! Loriden- - Mr. P. W. Goldring appeared to overlocks a most un svoury part Mr. P. W. Goldging appeared "to

tally," however, the election defend another man, and in ask wherein his loss was doubiles of the city, while the, constant prosecute, and, the defendant wai

ing for an adjanrament also asked literature's goin-brought him noisos inseparable from a Chinese

The Colony's Health.

for bail to be granted. Quarter certainly do not tend to

The bealth retoro for the part

Inspector Sim stated that he one of the pestest compliments on the comfort and ease of patients.

record. When introdved to his What is greed is a thoroughly werk shows that the following

had been instructed to oppoes Tory opponent, Elward Cardwell, bail. ap-to-date hospital for European 8 wern

His Worship remanded all the in a central Ireality, and we

defendants for one week, refusing aincerely hope that it will be frand pessible to comply with

bail. the demand so generally felt.

Other Points-

As to the nearasite for a Euro- pean hospital at Kowloon, there can be no two opinions on that] point. In recent years there has | been a steady growth of residential

id

care

remanded for ë``arek,

the offenen. :

Hospital Matters. The Hon. Mr. F. Holyoak will put the following westions:

1. When did the Victoria Hospital on Barker Road cease taking in maternity care? and notified:--Babonic for what reason was this decision

come to?

plague 10 (five deathe), diphtheria six (all fats), anterio eight (Gre 2. How many infections cisOS desthe), smallpox one, and cerebro of disesse have been taken into spinal fever 38 (all fatal). All this Hospital daring the fortnight the eufferers were Chinese. The leading March 9th?

Another Chinese was charged with aiding and abetting the

Thackeray remarked cordially, Well, I hope the best man will win." "I hope not," replied his opponent.

returns for yesterday show seven 3 Why are infections uses others and he was represented by

The Kaiser bas refused the cases of cerebrospinal fever (lour imported into an area which Mr. Balmer Johnson, who stated deaths), two fatal cases of enteric was previously free from in that the men was en sesistant tocal crown of Courland and left it to s son. If all the little stataleta and one non-fatal occurrence of fectious diseases?

the compradore of Messrs. A. into which he is souraging diphtharina Chiare,

A Thieving Amah.

4. How many case of easies Watson and Co., and was needed have been taken into the Victoria at the office. The compradore we Hospital daring the past 3 weeks prepared to stand as security and and how many of these emanated was willing to pat ap 85,000 from Kowloon?

bail.

this case,

Russin to divide herself, preas thrones upon him, he will not know whem to follow, Frederick the Great or Napoleon, his twin

Before Mr. JK Wood, at the life on the peninsuls, and the size Police Court this morning, an of the present Enropean populs. amah was charged with stealing tion warrants the provision of a quantity of clothing from her

5. Are such disesece as Menzies,

His Worship granted bail in idols. Frederick said: "Ioths matter of kingdoma esch" takes Puch so rasential requirement 88 employer. The dafendant frank-

Diphtheris, Scarlet Fever et, a hospital. At the present timely admitted the cffence, saying "potiable" diseases? and if not, When another men was charged what he can, and no one is ever of serious illnees that she stole some winter cloth- I will the Government take im with a similar offence it was wrong except when be has to give or sccident patients bave either to ing and pawned it in order to undergo the tedious experience of buy some summer clothes. All mediate steps to make them so? stated by Inspector Sim that the what he has taken." Napoleon 6. Will the Government provide man with others had rehearsed planted monarchs as arutabes for

himself. heing conveved aorces the harbour the pawn tickets were produced in the next Estimates for increas the whole robbery in Shanghai or to be treated in their own and the women said that it was

Street, Yanmati. The man was one of Lung Chai-kwong's men- in fact, was an Admiral in his Fleet.

The case was remanded-for week without bail.

ing materially the size of Victoria Hospital ?

(a) Sell a portion of the present site of the "Government Civil Hospital" and with the proceeds

erect :--

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for

(6) A. Hospital for. EuropeaDS in the Central district of Hong kong?

(c) A Branch Hospital Earopeans in Kowloon?

(d) Improve the present Lana. tio Asylum ?

7. Will the Government give

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EMPIRE DAY.

Next Friday's Services.

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Advancing in a dozen years from artillery officer to dictator of Europe, he carved, the Con tinent like an expert. Marat, son of an innkeeper, he made King [of Naples. Brother Louis beo-me: King of Holland; Joseph, Kinga of Spain; Jerome, King of Westphalia; Bernadotte, son of sy lawyer, King of Sweden. To hig eldest sister ha

the principality of Lacos; to Pauline - the principality of Guastalla. Josephine's son, Eugene, he maried to the daughter of the

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homes, and it can easily be her intention to get back the believed that either of these clothes and return them, ister. courses might Isad to the un His Worship adjourned the care Dicerary sacrifice of life where for a week in order to give the the csa is one of extremergency, women, a chance to pat this Britiabers in Hongkong, whether affaeled by the proposed A small hospital in Kowloon statement int? praatios. change or not, will, we have no doubt, heartily welcome the official la rale out such a possibility. Arms and Ammonition. sopgangement made yesterday to the effect that conscription for Covering the improvement of For the anisaini posversion of war servios patside the Colony is shortly to be set into effet. For Longie. Asylum, this is as re-piver, an automatic pistel Weeks past there has been a deal of rumour and speculation con matter which calls for radical and 200 rounds of ammunition, carning this important question, and it was fairly generally known action. If all that we hear is a Chinese wea charged before that representations on the subject had been made to the Home true, the existing Asylam is very Mr. J. B. Wand, at the Police anthorities by the local Government. We are now informed that little short of a disgrace to the Court this morning. Evidenes the proposals put forward from this end have been generally apprar Colon, spd, so fet from produc was given by an Indian ship's id, propt that the age-limit is reduced to forty years and that the ing any learstive effect on the guard to the effect that early this Offos shall remain open on all will be held at St. John's Cathed. sue conscripted are to be sent to India to undergo training with inmates, confinement there is morning he was ou a what, am Bank holidays, other than Xmas ral on Empire Day, Friday next, made Princess of Biden. And view to being subsequently drafted as required. Beyond there facte rather inclined to have the reverse ting down. The defendant came is to be abandoned and instead of men having the choice whether an saylum aboɑld, if anything, he were salesp. Witness made no/util 12 o'clock Noon for the presehed by the Venerable (his ill-fated son King of Italy. no other information is given, but the main point is that voluntariam result. In a climate such as ours, up and asked the guard if he Day and China New Year's day, at 9 am, when a sermon will be on going to St. Helens he left or not they will serve, the matter will henceforth be decided for them less repelling and depressing snäver, and the man then went deepatch of Mails?

The step now taken is, in our opinion, the only right and pro then similar institutions at Home, sway, returning later with s per one, the more ac since it brings us into line with the policy in bat, if common report is anything parcel nader his arm. This vogue in the Old Country. Indeed, it would have been far more to go by, Hongkong somes very parcel was found to contain the suggest there has been any widespread evasion of daty here, bat For the eske of those whose caes ship imposed a fine of $500, or catisfactory if compulsion had been applied long ago, not that we hadly out of such a comparison arms and ammunition. His Wor because there will henceforth be no possible ocassion for arjat is the maddest that osa befal three monthe' bard labour. criticism of those of military age whose lot is cast in this part of humanity we hope the present

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His Majesty's dominions. It is well-known that practically from the causes for complaint will soon be U. S. MERCHANT MARINE. very commencement of the war there have been very many young removed.

men here who have done all they knew to get to the Front and who

have been the an jeet of cheep and most agressonable etrictures. What of Russia?

Over a year ago s body of these young patriots Isid their cases before

delayed.

Navál Reserve Seeks more Men for Bervice.

instractions that the General Post

-The Racecourse Disaster."

·K.C., will sak:-

Asbort onmmemoration service

Archdesoon Bircett.

The PEITICS is intended

King of Bevaris; her niece be

The Hon. Mr. H. E Pollock, primarily for the British children

Those and they are many cf the Colony, for whom the nats who believe that the war will be --- 1. Is connection with the and both transepts will be re which resulted in the death of, be accommodated in the nave support for their faith even in the recent disaster at the Racecourse served. The general public will finished in the air will find some over 570 persons,

necessarily reticent pages of the

aisles,

obviously increasing importance of these problems. « The speed, range, and carrying capacity of li aircraft were resabing a stage of development almost anamapeotad: at the begining of the war..

“And the ronclusion come to is

Coroner, near the close of his able for Kowloon children, will Speaking of the formation of the (i) Is it the fact that the A Government launch, avail-War Cabinet's Bsport for 1917. charge to the Jury, said a leave the Kowloon Fier at 8:20 ar Staff became a necessity in s

Air Ministry, it is said: “An Air follow:

am sharp, and will leave Bisko "It would appear that thir Pior of the return journey im serial offensive and defensive, order to consider, problema, of His Kroellenoy the Governor, and Sir Henry May, recognising the With characteristic disregard

An effort to ealist as many men calamity was one which could mediately after the servica, aneatisfactory conditions then prevailing, went as far as to of their promises, the Garmsus as possible in the United States most probably have been prevent There will also be a service at the operations of the Army and distinct from those connected with recommend to the B-cretary of State for the Colonies the are indeed riding the high borse Naval Reserve is now in progressed by the exercise of foresight, the Roman Catholic Cathedral, the Navy. The need for such a imposition of compulsory service, with the necessary power of in Russia. The latest news is to in New York and will continue and foresight which one might Bis Lordship Bishop Pozzoni body was pointed to by the exemption." However, in deference to the wishes of the Unofficial the ct that they have already for several weeks. Orders from have reasons hly expected before officiating. members of the Executive and Legislative Councils, His Excell-violated the Pesca Treaty by Washington direct that a similar the event and which one certain- soy cancelled that request by telegram and put forward the alter ignoring the boundary laid campaign be started in all sections ly found it easy to expect after Bative saggested namely, the appointment of a Commission to desl down, while in Ukraine they have of the country. Lieut.-Com- the event," with case voluntarily brought before it, which was subsequently ablately set the population mander Newton Mansfield is in (ii) Is it the fact that the Jury,sion and testing of lifts in build

no such approved. At the time, we contended that Sir Henry May's plan against them by their mid scram-charge of the campaign.. in their findings, specified certain ins? If there are would have been wiser and fairer to all concerned, and we are glad ble for food supplies. Other "While our ordere do not neglects and orferions of duty on Regulations, will the Government that Hie Excellency's original idea has now been completely happenings also reported cause specify why these men are re-the part of the Pablic Works De-, introduce such Regulations?

Orders of the Day. vindicated. Car only regret is that the decision has been so long no surprise to be felt in the fact quired, I am quite sure they are pariment sad the Police Depart

that speeding up of enlarged needed to man our new merchantment?

First reading of a Bli intituled this: "It was possible to envinge In brief, the system which is to be adopted here is, so far as can preparations for the renewal of marine." said Commander Mane- (iii) Is it the fact that the Jary An Ordinance to amend the Bills from the results of boub ng be seen, on all fours with that which obtaine at Rome. It does not hostilities against the intraders is field. "I know that that the recommended the making and of Erobange Ordinance, 1885. operations sirrady practised on necessarily mean that every man coming within the age limit will be, now being orged. Even a worm regular navy bas as many men en faro:ment by the Government First reading of 8 Bill insitule lines of communication and other compelled to serve, but it does mean that the Commission, or will turn, and the Rossions, har as it needs, but trained and of orrain classes of regulations An Ordinance to rgzire certain places behind the enemy's lines, Tribunal, will have the power to decide the cases of all men not over ing had a taste of the German capable seamen will be needed for the purpose of minimizing, eo returns to be made to the Custo- the effect which the extension of these operations might hava úpon forty-whether their place, after all considerations bave been taken ides of "pesce," wald ser to to handle the transport and supply far ze possible, the risk of a fatare, disn of Enemy Property... into account, is bere or in the Army. Presumably there will be a be getting to realise that the ships operating between this traorrence of such a disaster? First reading of a Bill intituled the determination of e ptruggle now Tribocal appointed, on which the Militar. will be represented, conolasico of the Bratcountry and Earops. No limit 2 If the answer to the last An Ordinesos, to smend farther which es regards the ons fots of and this body will be empowered to decide on the question of the litov-k Treaty

Wax 息 Failie ant to the number of men question is in the affirmative will the Summary Off snoe Ordinance, the opposing armies on the ge

Western front, brøstened to ential character or otherwise of a man's calling, as well as on his mistake. Even yet, our former to be enlisted, Bad the need the Government take early steps 1845. foess for service, his indispensability in commerce and on other Ally may make matters trouble of enlisting as large a number to pass the penessary Regulatione, Firat reading of a Billin'itoled reach, if not a deadlock, stall germane issors. There will, we understand, be a right of appeal ame ft the Germana, while she se possible without delay and, in the framing. of rach E. An Ordinance to amend the events a.endition whers vistory from the Tribunal's decisione, either by employer or employee, to the later, by drawing sway troops is emphasised. So far car gulations, will the Government Dangerous Smoking Prevention might only suran by a long and

Bostly process of attrition." Governor in Conncil. Seemingly the new order will apply to both from the eastern foaier, may me chant ships have been intake especial care to sunct that Ordinance, 1900. married and single men, though in.tbs.f.rmeroses special considers come to are that they have independent of the navy. Now certain défaite Officials in the Firat reading of a Bill intituled tion will no doubt be given to the particular circumstances of the dulged rather too much in the they are under the Shipping Government Service shall be An Ordinance to provide that with remark ble experiment in menoted. On the whole, the proposal appears to have every-babit of conating their chickens Board, and indications are that personally responsible for seeing certain exceptiona na perara shall meeting with great entre as thing to commend it, and it will be-especially endorsed by many before ibey are batched. eventually the American Day that soch Regulations are carried reside within the Park District Oslord In the famen Shel who have bad doubts, because of family and business reasons, au LO

will man and control, all of the out?

without the consent of the Go Tosure, D. H. P. A len a servics før singing by whether they should cfler themselves, but who will now rejoics at

nation's shipping, according to 3. Will the Gavernment also vernor in Council. having the point impartially decided for them. Best of all, when

the Bitish pleD, AND

direct the early revision and the Bread reading of the B11 other atto/otion is provi the system is in operation every mas remei-ing in the Colony will A surgical glove has been Able-bodied men between the enforcement of all Esgalations intitoled An Ordinazos to repeal ref such is the pe bare the happy consciousnes that he is in the right place. Hongkong invented which will enable a egen of sightsen and forty fur relating to the stability and con the Malay Frata Extradition tickets toys to be Britishers want to do their daty and to bear a fair share of the burden min who has lost the use of the will be enlisted. They will emraction of and overcrowding in Ordinance, 19031 of the war, whether in military or busiarea 1fe. The introduction tendons in the back of the hand sent at once to Pelham Bay for and fire precautions in theatres Becond reading of the Bill- &1len, of conscription will facilitate their desires. In the meantime, we to be able to write fast as well training. Those who show special and other places (including may intituled An Ordiosoos to pro- do await faller detalle of the sehrme and shall be particularly interest as if he had these tendons there, aptitude will be given three shede) of public entertainiaent?hibit exhibitions, publications, inst ed to know it any distinction to to be made between men who bava This statement was made by months extra training and then 4. Will the Government state and advertisementsof an indecent, was unn Mandy volunteered, sod not been accepted, and those who will be Burgeon General Bir Francis given an examination for the whether any, and, if so, what obecere, revolting, or offensive ubo ponnaripted under the proposals shortly to be put žato foros. Treherne recently.

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