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the health of your

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See Iszarus and bo on the

fo aido.

LAZARUS

19 Queen's RoiD CENTRAL.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

The only European Opaletan In the Colony.

FOUNDED 1801

Mo. 13,694

登拜禮

PRESSING ́ ́GERMANY TO JOIN.

IS IT A WISE POLICY ?

Geneva, September 21.

Thore is much comment on the sudden departure of Dr.

Nansen for Germany in the iniddle of tho work of the Assembly.

It is not hellovod that. Dr. Nansen has been ontrusted with a mission for trying to induce Germany to apply for admission to the League, but is scting entirely on his own responsibility. The wisdom of continuing to proas Gormany to ontor. the

· Leaguo is questioned--in-Goneva-- conferonta circles.---Reuter.

I Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, who is in bis 62nd year, is perhaps bost known as the famous Norwegian Arctic explorar. Ho was an active worker in the movemont to soparato Norway and Sweden twenty years ago, and was tho Brst Norwegian Ambassador to Britain, With wido intor- national sympathies, ha has interoated himself in Russian rollef work, and is an advocate of German inclusion in the League.]

Dr. Nansen.

魏弍廿月九英港香

HEALTH MATTERS.

DR. KOCH'S LATEST QUERIES.

Pertinent Questions on Water Supply.

At to-morrow's meeting of the Sanitary Board, Dr. V. M. Koch will ask the following question THE TYPHOID OUTBREAK,

"In view of the persistence of |the occurrence of Typhoid Fever

BNTAA *NGLE: DOFT 18 C#

`DAIRY FARM MILK.

MONDAY SEPTEMBER

22 1924

CHINA WAR.

CHAOYANG

FALLS.

SUCCESS FOR

CHANG TS0O-LIN.

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CORRESPONDENCE WITH GOVERNMENT.

Objection to Proposed Commission.

copy of correspondance GX-

Official despatches report that Government troops near Chao- the Dairy Farm, Ico and Cold Mr. M. Manuk, Socrotary of yang shot down OLIL enomy Storage Co, Ltd., forwarde us aeroplane, and that three of Chang Tao-lin'e companies have changed with the Government in the Colony are any furthor/gono over to the Government regarding the Company's milk! offorts being made to trace the SUCCESS FOR CHANG possible source of infection?"

WATER REPORTS.

tioners.

tboro -Reuter.

Tho

TSO.LIN. Shanghai, Bapt. 22.

supply and asks us to publish same in our columos for the bonafit of all those interested.

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to clear

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-We must give the Centrál Motor: Cor- poration, Paige and Jowett distributo in Wheeling, West Virginia, orodis

this one:

"Daddy, doos the Lord drive a Jewelt car?" asked the four-year-old boy.. "What makes you ask the question, my boy?" answered the father.

"Well they sang in Sunday School. *The Lord will take you to His homo on high."

ZANNI IN HONGKONG.

ARRIVED THIS AFTERNOON.

The above picture shows Major Zandi (left) with his mechanic, Beltrame, in the acroplane with which he started out on his world flight.

"This Board "rospectfully res A message from Mukden, dated He adds:-" You will notice queste that the regular reports yesterday, atatea that Gonoral (that my Company has done of tho bacteriological and Li Ching-lin. commanding the ilealf of the reflections cast upon

everything possible chemical oxamination of the Second Army, to-day captured the its methods by the Medical: waters of the Colony be laid on important town of Chaoyang. [Oficer of Health the table as soon as issued for Its taking 3,000 rifles, six field guns information and for such criticism and

The correspondenco Is many now typo trench) as may be called for... •.

follows:- mortars which have been employ- 'ANTI-RABIC 'EMULSION. od most successfully..

Letter from the Secretary of "Will the Head of the Sanitary

General Wu, of Holluckiang, Civil Medical Officer,

the Company, to the Principal datad Department inform the Board commanding the Fifth Army, August 2nd:"In view of the

(i) whether anti-rabic emulsion will attack Kailu to-day.

insporvions cost upon this Com- Chihli troops numbering 3,000 pany and its mothods of cloans- is made in this Colony; if not, from where it le procured; and at Kailu, are stated to have madeing its utensils and also in view Major Zanni, the Argentine fller, of water at the back of Stone If oxpectations are realised, launches patrolled the stretch is a sufficient quantity always overtures for surrender.Renter of the scare the statements made should have arrived in Hongkong cutters, where a buoy had been kept in stock; and whore is it OHEKIANG'S NEW FRONT.

at the last Sanitary Board Meat by the time this edition is in the laid for Zami's seaplane. After stored?

Shanghai, Sept. 22. ing by the Medical Officer of hands of our readors. He is duo a longtby wait, a motor-boat (i) Under what conditions is it

Chekiang forces have distributed when required for ox-shortoned the. Hwangtu-Liubo/Health has created in the Colony here at about three o'clock this came noraga from Hongkong with ample by private medical practi- front and are establishing a now ablo and necessary, in order to

my Directors consider it advis-į afternoon.

a cable stating that the flight front at Koshlog along

Shortly after noon to-day, the had been delayed, 19 just (1) Can it be obtained on Satur- the Shanghai-Hangshow railway dependent Investigation should received a cable from Hanoi been discovered in the

satisfy the publlo, that an in- Asiatic Petroleum Company before starting a defect had day afternoons, Sundays and line, with the Second Army with be made by an independent body stating that Major Zanni had left of the Publio Holidays, and what mea- drawn from Changhing,

'seaplane. The mes- Bures must be taken to procuro it," General Lu has rejected the of medical men as to our methods and that he was due to reach sage added that Zanni and the cleanliness of our Farms. Hongkong at 3 pm. The wire would leave for Hongkong to-day. WATER PURITY STANDARD. peace overtures made to him.

After a temporary lull, fighting

to ask you did not state at what hour tho "Is there a standard adopted broke out to-night-Reer

would be good for judging the bacteriological

NAVAL HELP WOR ·

enough to appoint if fossible aviator left Hanoi, purity of the waters of this Colony

There was considerable dis- WU PEI-FU.

Government Doutor]

Zanni arrived in Hongkong at including Kowloon? Local avaition authorities have telegraphically enquired at:

Shanghai, Sept. 21.

and detail two local Medical appointment over the week-end

p.m. to-day. He at the non-arrival of Zaani. 9.15 Practitionera to Tangiers. Reuter.

60-called Indepondent A telegram to hand yesterday stated that Cobham made a Have past as well as present terday to join Wu Pei-fu's North-You will no doubt appreciate our As a consequence, several part of the city and the whirr of and how has it been arrived at? Navy nailed from Shanghal yes.to our Farms and submit, their Yesterday morning, a cable was observed from the Telegraph flying rather low unblessed report for publication: received saying that he expected office remarkable light from Croydon to Tangioms in 14 hours, Including meteorological conditions

to reach Hongkong at about 1jcircling

the business and n half-hour stop at Madrid.]

ern floot. other factora been estimated and

position in this matter as the The Independent Floot con- studiod.

principal purveyors of the motor-boats and launches went his engine was distinctly heard in ill. Has such examination of gists of one cruiser, two gunboats Colony's fresh milk supply and out in the hope of greeting the the streets, causing much ex-

and two destroyers, hitherto oon- did not call at Madrid, owing to fog. He was 55 hours absent from recent months?

Cobham has returned to London vin Toulon and Toulouse. Ho those waters boon satisfactory introlled by Marshal Lu Yung, my Directors feel confident that airman on arrival, whilst polico citomont amongst the Chinese. London, during which time he flew 3,000 miles, including crossing)

hsiang.—Reuter. iv. How often are the different the Pyrenees-Reuter,

watere examined bastoríologically each month?"

ANXIETY FOR COBHAM.

T

NOT RETURNED FROM LONG FLIGHT.

Madrid, September 21. Some anxiety is felt in connection with the non-return of Cobham, who intended to return to London from Tangiers via Madrid immediately.

SAFE BACK IN LONDON,

London, September 21.

CHINA AND THE WAR ON OPIUM..

GENEVA DELEGATE PLEDGES UNRESERVED SUPPORT.

Geneva, Soptember 21.

ii. If so, what is the standard,

DEFENCE OF SHEKLUNG.

CHAN'S TROOPS ADVANCING.

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The

CLASH EXPECTED.

Mukden, Supt. 21. It is reported that on the night of the 16th inst., 3,000 Heilung- kiang cavalry arrived at Taonanfu from Taitalhar, leaving im modiately for Tungliao.

On the 19th inst. three trains containing artillery and cavalry and Harbin and Northern troops)

if you I now write

say

go

out

tank

ARRIVES.

Later,

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you will do the necessary in aastating not only this Company consumed. in the

different misrepresented and conveyed but the Colony as a whole.” Government Hospitals. Your re-an erroneous idea of our me- P.C.M.O., to the Company, dated tors who are anxious to take all the appointment of body of Lotter from Dr. J. Addison,ply will greatly oblige my Diroo-thods, hence our application for August 16th-"I beg to acknow- possible stope to cusure a pure medioal men for an independent ledgo raceipt of your letter of supply of milk to the com- and unbiassed opinion. With ra- 2nd August. I am referring your munity."

gard to your suggestion that if

duo coureo."

I

roquest to Government and will Letter from the Hon. Colonial my Directors desire to securo a communicate with you further in Secretary, to the Secretary of the certificate of the purity of our

Government Analyst, In the course of the debate on the report of the advisory com-i

Latter from the Hon. Sir Claud Company, dated August 22nd: tmilk they should send aamples to passed south of Chinkfatun en Savern, Colonial Secretary, to the "In reply to your letter of the gho mitteo on the opium traffic, Mr. Chao Hsin-Chu refuted the state-

route for Tungliao. ments that the cultivation of the poppy was universal in China. Ho

Troops from south of Supingkai Secretary of the Company, dated 14th August, I am directed to ghould like to point out that the

Inform you quoted a statement, which he ascribed to Reutor, that a Chinese affect that Sun Yat-sen's defence ac

that it does oscitary Board periodically do August 12th:-"With reference to (lovornor had enforced the death penalty on all persons found in line at Sheklung has been consid-

ishments for the purpose, It possession of four ounces of narcothe drugs, and he added that)

A clash la expected near Kailu, addressed to the Principal Civil that an enquiry such as you China had laws prohibiting the opium traffic in any form, and would erably shortened, the force con: where it is sale od per all, Medical Officer regarding the pro- suggest would have any useful would appear that the Govern-

centrating on the defonco of

concentrated large forces but this posed investigation by an in-result. Any imperfections that mont is not prepared to assist my

A report from Canton Is to the are also concentrating at Tungyour letter of the 2nd of, August. not appear to the Government btain samples from our estab-

be able to enforce thom to the fullest extent when the Contral Gov-sheklung. It is suld that the is doubtful, owing to the difficult dependent body of medical mon may have existed formerly in/Company to satisfy the publio 48

ernment regained control of all the provincos. Public opinion in Yunnanose force is to be left to country to traverse. Chins strongly supported the anti-opium, movemont, and China sup-handle this front, all other forcos ported honest propaganda. "We promise you our goodwill and un- boing gradually withdrawn to gathering at Supingkal.

Tho wealthy Chinoso reserved support in the movement for combating, in the name of the North River. humanity, this evil which is of world-wide conoorn." (Applause).- Reuter.

'MR. 'ASQUITH CONDEMNS RUSSIAN LOAN.

"CRUDE EXPERIMENTS IN NURSERY DIPLOMACY.".

London, Septombor 21.

diplomacy."-Router.

LOAN TO BE £30,000,000,

over Ave years,― Reuter.

London, September 21.

PEACE PACT SNAGS.

aro

dosirable that o

tho

your

of the methods employed at your the method of supplying milk to to the purity of our milk supply, Company's farms, I am directed the public have no doubt been in spite of the fact that accusa- to state that it is not considerad remedied. I am to suggest that tious were made by a responsiblo

with Government your directors to desierecoure a Government servant. It is pro- Chang Tao-lin's troops aro'well- Madical Officer should be a mom./certificato of the purity of their posed, therefore, Chan King-ming's forces are bohaved, healthy but rather poor bor of a body such as you aug-milk, they should take stops to pormission, to publish in the said to be advancing in a somi: ly equipped. The guns 800D circle and a clash is expected consisted of twelve.75 mm, field-

obtain. It by sending samples to local papers the correspondence Bost."

Governmont Analyst for exchanged in regard to this Letter from the Scorotary ofj within a few days.

matter in order that the good. guns-Daily Bulletin FRANCE TO BE IMPARTIAL

the Company, to the Hon, examination."

name of my Company, may be Colonial Secretary, dated August Lettor from the Secretary of maintained and to assure the Paris, Sept. 21,

14th: "I thank you for your the Company, to the Colonial public that we have taken all Discussing events in China, favour dated 12th instant, PORTUGUESE LAUNCII. the Petit Parisien romarks that

No. Socretary, dated August 25th possible steps to have the matter note that 3359/1924, and

the "I beg to acknowledge receipt of investigated." the opposing Generals have no Government does not consider it your letter dated 22nd inst., and Lottor from the Hon. Colonial tendency to xenophobia. Both desirable that a Government note that it does not appear to the Sevrotary, to the Seoraiary of are equally concerned to watch Medical Omeer should be a mom-Government that an enquiry such the Company, dated September over the interoste df foreigners.

COMMANDEERED BY

CHINESE MILITARY.

.

Mr. Asquith added his voice to the condemnation of the Russian) Treaty in the course of a letter to a correspondent, in which ho especially condemns the projected loan as unprecedented in British history, while the Troaty gonerally settles nothing and leaves the A Macao correspondent reporta As long as her nationals are not bor of a body of medical men for as I suggested in my letter to the 2nd: I am directed to acknow whole future to a chapter of accidents. that Anglo-Russian relations cannot bo put on businesslike lines, a report from the Tai On Towing precautions, will maintain an methods empolyed by my Com-have any useful result in view of of the 25th of August, 1924, and He expresses the opinion that the Government has received injured, Franco, while taking all the purpose of investigating the Principal Medical Officer would lodga the receipt of your letter secured by adoquato safeguards, by "crude exporimonts in nursery Company Towned by a Portuguese attitudo of impartiality towards (pany on its Farms as suggested in the assumption that any imper: in reply to state that this Govern- merchant) that a steam launch the conflict and confine horself to my letter under date 2nd August fectins, that may have existed ment has no objection to the addressed to the Principal, Civil formerly in our methods at the publication of the correspondance plying between Macao and Shaki expressing the hope that one of Medical, Officer. Am I corrent Farm have since been remedied. relating to the precautions taken and Dying the Portuguese flag, other of the contestants will carry Commander Kenworthy, in a spoooh at Hull, said Mr. Wheatley has been commandoered by the the day suficiently and decisively therefore in assuming that only I should like to point out that we by your Company to secure the had told him that the Russian Loan would be £30,000,000, spread military authority at Shaki for to cause a restoration of Chinese local Medical Practitioners will bays never been aware of any purity of the milk supply.

Lotter from the Secretary of the purpose of carrying soldiers. order and unity, thereby benefit-be appointed for the purpose ? Imperfections in our methods of

our milk and my the Company, to the Hon. Colonial It is also sta tod that the mastering the commercial interests of right mention that I personally handling

request to.

SP Segretary, dated September 4th- of the junk and one of his sailors Franco and other Powers as well prilled to Dr. Koch with view to Company's

4 Commission inviting the local Medical Board point were arreste d end imprisoned for as those of China, Reutor;

to I beg to acknowledge receipt of two days. The Macao Govorn

to appoint a commission to go out investigate our mothede was your favour dated 2nd inst, No. mont intende anking the Canton

to-our-Farme-end-to-make-themade because a Government 8350/1924 and note that the Gov- Government for an explanation.

and Official, without any definite ernment has co objection to the investigationA ft was on Dr. Koch's ad-proof, saw fit to cast aspersions publication of the correspondence vide that I applied to the upon my Company's methods enhanged with the Government WOMAN RAISES ALARM,

Principal Avil Medical Officer as Under the circumstances and in relating to the purity of this Com- Early this morning armed the proper person to appoint auch the interests of publio bealth, it pany's milk supply, for which I robbers entered an-matsked "body. The idea of having = does not seem unressõnable that thank you." situated on the Billside at Tai- Government Dester as a member my Company should expect the hang, but wereped to make an was not only-bossues the purity Goverment to riake all possible The small delegations are uneasy, and declare that. Britain and

parly, exit whiny lihe wife of a of the mill, had been challenged steps to establish the corráskeuse Francs are running the show. They are dissatisfied with M. Bezos'

gardener who temnated the shed by a Government Official Without or offferwise of such statements. project. The opposition of the British Dominions thereto is causing The Special Service Squadron This woman, kamering a daggersten, the Government Medical

St. John's, Sept. 21... raised the alarmă

proper investigation, but also to The Assistans Médion! Ofoer of ilth; want out to our farma grant anxiety in League clroles. It seems impossible that the pro-loft for England on the oonold that was being kald, muinul her, Department full opportunities of

inspected, our methode, birt Jest can be Introduced before the Assembly earlier than the begin sion of the world tour, which has shouted *Bay, 2-

vho defects a farka Priming of October --Reuter. |

In our orinlopi

SMALL DELEGATIONS EXPRESS OPPOSITION.

London, September 21.

A Geneva telegram dwolle on the difficultios of drafting a security pact, and says that it is now generally felt that the 'pact when it comes will be submitted in the assembly, and will bo far less sweeping than was hoped after the speeches of Mr. MacDonald and M. Herriot at Geneva.

WORLD CRUISE.

BRITISH SQUADRON

RETURNING.

ARMED BBERS.

be attracted nearly two million wials the gang ra

tore, s'milliona

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necessary

TO-DAY.

Closing Exchange 28. 1. 11/16. Lighting Up-Time 6:20 păm Baromster