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THURSDAY

AUGUST

· DAY BY DAY:

1924

THE TRUE WASTE OF LIFE CONBISTS IN THE LOVE WE HAVE NOT GIVEN, THE SERVICES

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE BANK CASE!.

(To the Editor of the ff Hongkong Telegraph."!).

by the withdrawal of the permit and the Gofëmment's koizure of} the cargo. There are, of course, two possibilities which may account new, movo-first, alarm at the growing strength of the WE HAVE NOT RENDERED, THE Colony's Health Service. Volunteers; and, alternatively, a SACRIFICES FROM WHICH WE

HAVE DRAWN doniro to hold the arms against

Bliol, payment of a big sum of money; of which the Canton authoritios

BACK.-George

Judgment reSERVED.

Arguments for the Bank.

Sir,-A brief survey of the ro Although there was no cạch to port of the resont mooting of the go to resorva on September 28th, Sanitary Board should be suf-the cashtor opened the drawor Yesterday's health ratura folent to enlighten the public and chooked all the money in the are still in such great need. shows three Chinose cases of regarding the complete Incapac-safe. When he had finished he Whatovor the~xplanation, we typhoid fover, two from Hong by of that Board's and the Gov-arotaimod “You know what hau cannot aco that this chango of kong and the other from Kowloon, ernment's Medical Department beon done? There are two lakhs front la morally justifled. If the

to deal with the numerous public short." Mr. Hodgkin again wont health problems always present through the money and verified the authorities think the Volunteers It has been reported by the in the Colony. Dr. Keon and deficiency. This was the account ad illegal and ·undosirable body,

Mastor of the ss. Hop Sang that Col. Fitzgerald desorve great of the discovery as given by Mak a Chinoso dock passenger from credit for their out-epokon com- Hing-ofisung, the shroff who was they should have nipped the Bangkok to Swatow died at sea monts and endeavour, to improve usually untrusted with the com- movement in the bud and not from consumption.

matters, but oven they have only pradore's key to the vault, when given it official encouragemont.

touched on tho fringe of affairs. the International Banking Cor-

in

To allow the creation of the A collision occurred between a The plain truth, is that there sporation's claim for $200,000 was forov, later, to give permission motor Саг and LL tramcarno Public Health Servico in procoaded with at the Supreme for importation of arms and resulting in three wheels of the boon only, a ekoloton-service

Queen's Road yesterday, Hongkong, and if there had Court yesterday afternoon..

The Bank is claiming $200,000, then to withdraw that portale farmer vehicle being damaged. at work the present outbreak for which sum, missing from the |sion is not straight dealing. The No-one was injurēd.

could not have occurred. The the promises on September 28th,. merchants, who appear to havo

urgent necessary for an adequate 1922, they allege the compradore. Publlo Health Department was Iu Ku-un, is responsible under his public opinion behind them, are A young prostitute attempted pointed out to the Government agreement with the Corporation. now evidently determined to to take her life yesterday by by Dr. Norman White, (ropro- Mr. C. O. Alabaster K. C., ap-

jumping into the harbour. Sho sentativo assert their strongth, and wo

of the Loaguo of poare for the plaintifs, and the. was rescued and removed to the Nations) when be visited the defende la boing conducted by shail await further developments Government Civil Hospital Colony last year, but his death- Mr. Eldon Potter, K. C., with with the keenest of Interest. suffering froni the efforts of the ing commentary on the sanitary. Mr. Campbell Prosser,

immorsion.

conditions prevailing hors fell on Closing the caso for the de- doof or ignorant ears. One fonce this ntorning, Mr. Pottor The Trail

Four small matsheds at Kow. reason why there is no Pubile said that there was not a sointille loon Tong wore-destroyed-by-fire Government persists in regard-tion of fraud, and as for Ho being Health Berviccle that the of evidence to support the silega- From all that is reported, from last evening, resulting in damage ing the Medical Department as a responsible, which had been sug time to time. about Bolshevist to the oxtont of $200. A spark necessary evil and appear, to gested by Mr. Alabastor--why he Intrigue in the Far East it is from a chatty in the cookhouse think that the only function of a was given charge of the key of the avident that a great deal of started the outbreak. The Police medical man is to prescribe for a vault after the Bank had taken propaganda is being carried out and Fire Brigado attended. Everywhere we can see the trail

Over

Chinese

excala

sore throat or perform a minor Mr. Hodgkin from his position surgical oporation. Perhaps nas cashjor. Ho regrotted that he of this communist effort, just as The masters of CANTON'S VOLUNTEERS the garden anail leaves a slimy boats, the Moonraker No. 7 and that the Government, although portunity, but he would point out two motor more cogent reason, however, is had been forced to discuss op track to show where it has boon the Australia, were each fined propared to aquandor money on that the one person who had wandoring during the night. Wo $10 by the Marine Magistrato motor roade for the favoured opportunity was the casbior. There would appear to be a have always been suspicious of this morning for being under way few, is rosolutely determined to It wae 1 childish sugges- some of the unti-Soviet roports, in the harbour without having a apond the irreducible minimum tion that the cashier could protty kottio of broth browing in which are at times born of a certified engineer on board. The on medical and sanitary scionoo. put money away without missing Canton in connection with the propaganda us energetic as that alternative, in each case, was six

two lakhs. The compradore had arrival there of a big courigmant of the other side, but on the old days' burd labour.

The Government Medical complied to the very lotter with of German artns destined for smoke there is fire, we have to assumption that where there is

Department is lamentably under his agreement, for the Bank's staffed, and its medical offlcore practice olearly showed that the the Merchant Volunteer Corps.accept the probability of a great

Charged with stealing some misorably underpaid, so much so compradore was not. considered These arnis, it appears, are in-deal of the news of Soviet intrigus spoons from a shop in which he that medical officers can only be responsible for the Cashior's

omployed for four induced to come here with the resorve. touded for the proper arming of being correct. It will be interest had been

Ho had never in ing during the next fow, nonths years, a

was to-day greatest difficulty although thore oighteen years checked it and this body, which in recent times to observe what, if any, change fined $20 and was rebuked by aro plenty of suitable mon avail- had nover boon called on to has come into considerable pro-comes

the communist Mr. R. E. Lindsoil who saidablo. Dr Koch champions the account for it. The defence, he minence in safeguarding public campaign. At least we might "You had worked in the shop for establishment of a Public Health submitted, had proved that they oxpact Britishi territory to four years and you stole 60 conts Laboratory and such an institu- had accounted for overy penny rights in general ámi those of the

to passed over in future. A worth of spoons! Have you no tion is a primary ossontial in the that had passed through their commercial community in parti-Japaneнo nowS agency. to shame at all?"

fight against opidemic disease. hands. cular. Wo are quite prepared to ographing froni Shanghai at

This institution will require a Mr. Alabaster outlined three believe that the Merchant Volun- the beginning of this month,

Wallace Roid, who has proved activities and the Government have had to have been put to a compotent man to direct its questions which he said would makes the definite announcement his aptitudo for comedy in a will have to pay more than £600 jury:-(1) Was the moneystolen ?; teor Corps is not a political that the Bolshevist propaganda dozen movio plays, organisation and that the motives has continuod unabated in China himself in "Sick Abed," the new pa. to.olitain ono, which is un-(2) Whon and from whore was it. which called it into being are of since the restoration of friendly picture which comes to the Star likely. Every large city has its lost?; and (3) Did the facts of the worthiest and loftiest char-and Russia, and adds that strike secondod by Hebe Daniels in the

800 why Hong-graphs 4 and 10 of the com accter. Let it be emphasised, funds supplied to also, that these Volunteers have strikers" have been forwarded immense amount of fun out of stand the Engineering side of the atolon and in order to answer the Canton chief fominine rolo, he gets an kong should stand alone. The pradore's agreement? It was Water Authority doubtless undor- admitted that the money was not boen socrotly enrolled; evory-

from Moscow. No indication is his part as. the husband who is LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD. thing has been done above bourd. tion was the recout one directed anxious to make him the here of his knowledge onds. Surely the sider the possibilities and draw given whether the strike in quos pursued by someone else's wife Colony's water supply, but there question No. 2 they had to con- and thero has not been the against the Shameen. The mese a movie play scenario, her own chemist and the bactorologist are implications. The possibilitios, slightest evidence of any desire 2 goes on to say that according husband being considered too dull more imporant than the engineer suggested had boon

to a Chinese traveller rosontly re- for the purpose." to oppose existing authority in turned from Mosgow, the pro- might be mentioned, has boon drinking water. The Chairman from the vault when the compra-

The story, it

in determining the purity of to two the money was stolen" Canton. As we understand the paganda fund to the Asiatic taken from a play, and of the Sanitary Board admits that dore's representative was presont, matter, those Volunteers are a countries amounted to about one picture has been made in the he s008 no connection between or it was stolen before it reached purely defensive forco, whose and three quarter million dollars. Paramount-Artcraft studios.

analytical methods and Infectious the vault, and was lost through with large sums specifically set

discase. Dr. Kosh did not bother the elacknees of the compradore's chief alm is the preservation of asido for Japan, Koroa and China.

to enlighten auch abysmal ignor-representative. If it had dropped, law and order. There is no The source of this massage makes

anco. If, however, the water he should have seen it. evidence whatever that they one hesitate to accopt it in its on-

supply had been subjected to On the third question, he said want to wrest power from any several recent references to the tirety, yet it forms but one of

chemical analysis as a routine it was up to any honest man faction. Indeed, we look upon Soviet campaign in Asia. There

practice the presence of swago to be careful to watch that the contamination would have been correct sum was being put in the organisation of this Corps as seems to be too much smoko about

doterniined without the least the vault. a most hopeful sigo, indicative of to see clearly what is at the bottom of it, but the flame is obviously a determination by the Cantonese j

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At this afternoon's meeting of difficulty, and the present out- Mr. Potter: I must protest: the Legislative Council, several break of typhoid okecked at its this is ontirely now. speeches ware made on the Bill onset, or altogether prevented. His Lordship-It was certainly providing for the Supplementary defence of his own city and in Ambulance Transport.

Vote.

It is dreadful to road that Dr. a point that novor occurred to me. Koch's oxellent resolution for the

Mr. Alabaster sought to show the safoguarding of popular

Replying all. Correspondence which has boon

behalf of the rights. The movement has gain-running in our contemporary the Government. Sir Claud Severn improvement of the Colong's that be had urged the point

said that a medical officer with casting

bealth waS

defeated by the previously, but his Lordship ruled od widespread support through-shows how bitter is public feeling Morning Post for some time,

vote of Mr.

Smith that Mr. Alabaster had never bacteriological. qualifications who in a layman and whose oponed it, had nover put it to any out the whole provinco and aagainst the lack of facilities for would be appointed to help the knowledge of medical and of the witnesses, and he could wise step has been taken in Kowloon residents who happen

prosent bacteriologist. '

Sir Claud also indicated that such a man should have the power the cash was entrusted to the

That not open it at that slage, ... sanitary mattore is nil.

Mr. Alabaster contanded that endeavouring to place the wholo to fall ill.

It is shameful that mechanical filtration was to be to do so, is a scandalous com organisation on a co-opurative of death should have to cross the beds in place of sand filtration; the Public Health is treated by although it may have boon & people who might be at the point tried at the Bowen Road filter mentary on the manner in which compradore both day and night, basis, in which the responsibil-harbour, in any weather, exposed that quarterly reports of the the Government. itios are share by the various to the gazo of the curious, and

The position then have to wait on the other progress of important public of Chairman of the Sanitary in the vault. He said that the districts concerned. ··

side for the anibulance. We

would be laid on the Board can only be successfully compradore should havo account- As has been rightly pointed learned of a case, last winter. Civil Medical Officer was ooo-long experience and ripe judge-28th, but there were two lakhs. table; that the now Principal undertaken by a medical man of ed for $582,303,35 on September out, a Volunteer organisation where a man with a severe attack sidering the matter of a new in-

which he was unable to produce. of appendicitis was taken off a without arme is useloss. That vessel at Kowloon wharf to be that some delay was inevitable:

mont. fectious diseases. hospital, but

His Lordship, roserved judg. explains the ordering of this operated on

The Chairman's frequent refor-mont. in Hongkong

a

that the Government did largo quantity of rifles

notenco to money makes one almost and hospital. He had to await the find it practicable to grant ront despair-human suffering and ammunition, on which so much ambulance at the ferry wharf on allowances to Chinose civil ser death are as nothing compared FIRST BÉER BOTTLEN.

the other side, lying, without

Tho A tonat to the memory of money has been spent by the propor shelter from the cold wind. ants who had under 10 years to the almighty dollar. Volunteer

Cressy's valuable Benjamin-Kenton, the first boor organisation, Héro on a ship's stratober: After be built for them; that the future contribution to the discussion bottler of all time, was drunk

service, but that quarters wore to Hon. Mr. also, it would appear, everything considerable period, a European regarding the telephones all de

who saw how maktors

was to the offect that his ooolios with fervor and enthusiasm at a bae boon done with the full tending telephoned for the ambuljons now going on in London; that those creatures before and aftor Company in Londoa reréntly. It pended on the rosult of zogotiat- were clean. Does he inspect dinner of the ancient Vintners knowledge, and even approval, of spec to "get a move on," but it within six weeks or two months he allows them to play about on was Kenton who discovered the the 'Canton authoritión. Indeed, was engaged on another urgent there would be no further need to the filter bads?

wore

works

to

secrot of bottling ale so it could caso and the sick mun had to stated It is, oloarly

by tho

pass through changes of climate walt yet a little longer, to the koop the Western District on Volunteer officials that

It is earnestly to be hoped that without popping its dork.- the rider mains, owing- tho great prejudice of his chances of Military Department of Dr. recovery. Whatever might ha” now 18 inch pipe being the Government will mond its

salt of the lack of ambulance laid; and that the delay in tot of medical officers, organise an epidemios will continue and meny

woya, appoint an adaqustu staff Sun's Government granted a transport facilities, the root cause construction of Galvingpun School efficient Public Health Servicni-spared lives lost. permit for the importation of of the whole sorry business has had been unavoidable owing to and remove Mr. Smith to an Thanking you fo thèse arms on the 4th instant to be borns in mind-the qued the scarcity of facing blicks. That boing the case, soino. "X"the mainland; so urgent need) thoso`quastions wore raised had low

for a proper elvillan hospital oa Interesting speechos in which office where his energies will be

more 'productive of good results. insertion! platation than that yet, given to which should have been attended previously been delivered by Mr.The Maskot polioy

PRO-BONES duo of the volte face new dicolosed to years ago,

Holy oak and Mr. Kolewall. -. of-date, and until it in dropped Hong Kong, Aug. Th