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THE RABIES SCARE:

WEST RIVER NEWS,

SOME INTERESTING ITEMS.

(Our Own Correspondent,)

contending for is the rich revenue-bearing likin station at

Reports current locally to the In connection with the annual offoot that the river steamer Wo of St. Ping, said to be the largest and

Ostro, Nov. 30- fastest steamer effort of the Society

on the WoAt

No further incident is reportof

Samahui, Nov, 20th. Vincent de Paul on behalf of the River run, is to be converted from Khartum.

The trouble reported last week poor of Hongkong, "Rose Day into a modern passenger boat The two British officers killed as having developed between the has been held to-day, following have been found, on enquiry, in the mutiny were Capte Yunnanase soldiers at Samshul ingular accident,"rosulting the procedent of several years to be correct.

Maclaren, of the Argylls, cit, and the two brothers of the ho death of Chinose is re-past. Appropriately unough the

This steamor, which has been Captain Tanks, of the Leicester notorious pirate chief, Luk Lang. eti from a New Territories day falls on the birthday of Chinese-owned, is now to be sold It is understood that Zagbil, ching, seems now to be nearing Queen Alexandra, and Hong to British interests, and her new Fasha has obtained a passport is a olimax. The prize they are kong ladies who have to-day been selling roses are only followingners are said to have arranged Europe, and probably takes the r of a motor-lorry left his the example of their sisters at with the local shipbuilding firm, ouro at a French or Italian bonith

the Kwoug Tack Cheong, resort.-Reuter. cle to go inside the brick- Home who, on Queen Mary's to have a now superstructure is near the Castio Peak road, birthday in each year (May built on her, with ample accom- hose, spurred by curiosity 26th) make a sillast cuticna modation for first, second and of obaritable institutions. pored with the driving gear. Undor the able direction of Mr. third-class passengere. ́ng himself at the wheel, bój3. M. Alves, the President

the Society of A the angino, and the lorry of

Bt. forward. He must thon have Vincent de Paul, very thorough of the salo Anable or did not know how. organisation

had been made, and when local bp the vehicle, for, after workers loft their homes this littio distance, the lorry morning it was to find that num- to a pond and overturned, bors of fair flower sellera wero Ten a rescue party, some awaiting to greet them. Ovor utes later, extricated the 14,000 roses had been made and in all parts of the Colony ladies

hese from under the machine and girls were stationed at tho os found that he was in a vantage points, so that fow, if us condition from swallow any, were allowed to pass un- a largo amount of water. noticed. The spirit of generosity

. stated to be due to drown-was marked and it occurred a few hours aftor. he.docoasid is a coolie fore- it was stated in the report

GAR NUISANCE.

AUSES ANNOYANCE AT

MACAO.

ATN

Macao

havo

recently boen

ing in a large number of ficants from Hongkong:-

LOCAL SHIPPING

WAR

INDIAN UNREST.

boxins

SPREAD OF AGITATION,

Calcutia, Nov. 30.

in "Swaraj week" OI.

Bengal to-morrow, and willcon- sist of an intensive campaign for raising money, which will be applied to the work in villages and rural districts,

pooted that last year's figure of $5,469.45 would ba oxceeded.

Hoart English School. Mrs. T. Cashman undertook to cover tho various police statione, whilst Mrs. Haslam was respon- sible for Repulse Bay.

U.S. MERCHANT MARINE.

London, Nov. 30, The general Egyptian situati a is affoisily described as easier and more satisfactory.

SOVIET PLOT.

PROPAGANDA IN MIDDLE EUROPE.

of

GOVERNMENT SAYS.

MUZZLING IS IM

POSSIBLE.

We are authorised, by the Posk Residents Association to publish the following còpies of correspondence between the Association and the Govern ment

ROBBERS BUSY.

TEASHOP ENTERED.

The accountant and fokle of a teashop at No. 138. Bhankiwan Road West wore bold up” by armed robbers on Saturday night, just after closing time,

Rovpivers were brandished, and sum of $52, representing the day's takings, was taken from the counter.

..

Two men are stated to have doge the affected animal may been concerned in this attack. havo bitten, we earnestly request After injuring one of the boys, that a muszling order be brought the robbers stole a sum of $18. in forthwith. With the large from him. The other eluded the number of children now at the attack and made good his oscape, Peak, we consider it essential that means should, bo takon to

BUS OVER A BANK.

Reply of the Hon. Colonial ALLEGED DISPUTE - LEADS

TO FATAL ACCIDENT. Secretary, dated November 20th. -" With_reforonos to your letter of the 14th of November

Owing, it is alleged, to a disputa directed to state that between two employees of the the question of the introduction Kai Tack Co., one of their buses of a muzzling order had already went over the bank on the Kow- received the careful consideration Ipon City Road yesterday morn"

'Lettor dated November 14th:

No arrests have been made. from the President (Mr. G. M. ATTACKED BY FOOTPADS. Young) and the Hon. Secretary

Highwaymen, who made their (Mr. E. B. C. Hornell) of the appearance in Jubilee Road, on Association to the Hon. Colonial Saturday, attacked two boys Ma Hau.

Beoretary. Our attention has employed st Felix - Villa, Rumours amongst the Chinese been drawn to the recent ones of Pokfulum.. One of the victims at Samshui barbour ware to the rabies in the Peak distriot, was injured seriously on the effect that serious fighting is resulting in the death from head by being hit with an irons expected there inside of a week, hydrophobla of an employee of bar, and he was also wounded in -It is expected that the work Messages hitherto do not Otherwise, Samshal is vary the Peak Tramway Co, Ltd, and the leg. will take from two to three dicats the ostensible cause of ipfa quies and the same general as it is unknown how many other months, and that when completed Mutiny, but it is suspected at situation is prevailing at Shiu- there will be really first-class it in the werk of an Egyptian hing, Takhing and Dosing. Passenger boat on the Hongkong- agent provocateur from Cairo. The

On the second bar between Do. Wuchow run..

first batch of Egyptian troops from the Sudan, arrived at Cairo sing and Wuchow, there is now to-day. The last Egyptian soldier only eight feet of water, and left the Budan yesterday. Reuterower water than there has been for years is expected in the Gibrallar, Nov. 30, The first battalion of the Butt river for the whole of this protect them, as well as adults, from the terrible' consequences embarked on the transport Nell winter. Of course, after the of what might appear to be a ralia for Egypt this afternoon,tremendously high food.

harmless nip from an unsuspect- last.... suminor it Reuter.

may be

ed dog." xpected that, most of the water having already passed out of the river, there cannot be a very great deal loft to keep up the lovel of the water until next spring. ** I am THE WORKERS..

Only the smaller river steamere There were about 178 workers

with light drafts are now able to altogether, but it is not possiblo at this juncture to give the cam- In a speech at Potrpar, Mr. Das

proceed all the way up to Wu- Belgrade Nov. 30. chow, the larger boats, like the ploto list. The Peak distriot was foreshadowed that the next stage In the eare of Mrs. H. W. Bird of the fight would'ocour in the Commenting on the report of Too Cheong, the Shing On and the Government, but that it ing, and fell into a streams, with and friends, the Central District villages, which be desired to the discovery of certain docu- the Wo Ping-the latter said to has been decided that cir- the result that six passengers was under Mrs. Botelho and organise co-operatively with a mente in the Soviet Logation the largest steamer on the cumstances do not at present wors injured, one of them dying Fan order. Eam to suggest that It appears that just below Sung friends, Kowloon was organised viow to stopping "exploitation of Vienna, the newspaper Pulit or no agreabout the Cartent warrant the introduction of such later in hospital, an by Mrs. Albuquerque de Castro rice, jute, and other country pro- understaande that they concerned had to stop at Dosing, and dis- you should impress on the mem- Wong lol hill, Kai Tack bus.N. dealings between Raditch, leader charge their cargo into lighters bers of your Association the dosic-851 was proceeding on the journey (kindly assisted by Mrs. Easter-ducts by the foreigner.".

Tho. Bengal Government and of the Croatian peasants' party, that lator had to be towed up to ability of keeping their dogs on a towards Kowloon Ferry when the brook and Mrs. Innes and friends), correspondent whilst the East Point district was Eastern Bengal Railway an- and the Third International for Wachow. As trade is very slack leash in order to minimize the company's inspector had an argu- te that largo numbers of well watched by the girls of the nounce a reward of ten thousand the establishment of a Soviet in on the West River now, it may be risk of their being bitton by an ment with the criver as to who

detachment of expected that a few of the larger infected animal.”

should take the whool. There is French Convent. The Chinese rupees for information loading to Jugo-Slavla, a ng in Macao, much to the distriats were in charge of the the arrest of the persons respon- Croatia stirring up a soditious and doopor draft steamer will

Letter from Hon. Boorotary of alleged to have been a souffle of the Association anoo of the authorities and daughters of Mr. Simon Tae Yan sible for the recent outragus, in-movement capable of leading to soon have to be laid up, for two

to the Hon. some kind-anyhow, the vehiola domination of bublic.

Moscow or three months at least.

Colonial Secretary, dated Novem-swerved and fell over the back fow days ago, the captain of and Mrs. Choa Po-sien, who were cluding five attempts to wreck the

throughout Central Europe.

- THOSE "TREASURES."

ber 25th.-"I am in receipt of into the steam which flows at samor was fined $150 for agaisted by the boys of the Sacred trains in three weeks.--Reuter.

It appears the revolution was

your letter of November 20th, that spot. The Injured persons to break out at the end of January, Otherwise Wuchow is very with reference to the roquest of were ali passengers, and the one on the eve of the elections in Jugo quiet, and trade none too brisk the Peak Residents' Association who succumbed was an old Slavia and coincidently incur bavo investigated the ry for the introduc'ion of a muzal-Chinese of about 70. All the sions would be made by Macedon-mour, previously mentioned by ing order to prevent children casualties were taken to the ian and Kossoviot bands into other writers, that a lot of and adults from being bitten Kwong Wah Hospital. One Southern Serbia.

ancient art treasures. had by .dogs

with hydrophobia other man is rather badly hurt, found while The paper states that the So been

the Wo note the suggestion of the but the remaining four passengera vists, through their delegation in municipal labourers ware opening Government that I should had only slight injuries. Vienna, were sending consider up the old city wall in order to impress on the members of the The inspector and drivor were able sums of money to Raditch repair it. I found the news to be Association: the desirability of detained by the pollos. Washington, Nov. 30. The annual report of the Ship-and his agents in Bulgaria and far from correct. The facts of keeping their dogs on a leash in are that while a fow order to minimise the risk of Albania. The Belgrade Goverb-tho case THE OFFICIALS.

ping Board recommends Congress

Both appeared before Mr. J. M. Alves very gen-strongly to reaffirm its determent ls taking all necessary pre labourers were digging under an their being bitten by an infected

old temple near the city wall, animal. If this is to be taken as F. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon cautions.-Reuter. office arously placed his

atmination that the United States

they found buried under the a reply to the Association's Magistracy, this morning, on ground about twonty dollars' request for a muzzling order to charges of manslaughter, as the

coins. As none of the colne necessarily owners of dags, from His Worship remarked that the

they could hardly deserve the that the Governmens are unable (the Magistrate) reached the name of being "ancient treasure,"

to suggest something more hospital to take dying deposi effective and beg them to re: tlona, sad romsaded the THE PIRAOY EVIL, aged to bring his vossol up atmosphore of the undertaking the Inter-State Commerco Comience of telephotography was

consider the matter, which my defendants for one week, on ball ass than six days between being one of cordial co-operation mission to co-ordinate rail, and demonstrated by the success with of nows at Wuchow last week was serious one."

The only outstanding feature Association Consider is a very of $1,000 each: By shaping a course east and help.

water transportation, Macclesfield Bank, he

which the first transatlantic ox that General Wong Shiu-hung, It should be mentioned that Mr.

It also urges légal prohibition ged to keep the vessel clear Alves had the assistance of Mr. of preferential arrangements be-periments there in were carried the well-known Wushow.com Secretary, dated November 27th

heavy contrary current he. H. Dillon and Mr. da Graca.in

out to-day.

mander, who is said to have had With reference to your letter dotherwise have encounter the work of organisation, and and foreign shipping lines, and were sont by radio from London 1. had arrested one piipt, and directed to inform you that the tweon the American railways Numerous topical photographe saveral people executed previous- of the 25th November, 1984, I am be had followed the Annam that the Committee of the "Poppy exemption from taxation of all to New York, each taking only four sailors from the motor boat Government has fully considered

and thereby achieved & ro-Day drive materially assisted earnings of American shipping few minutes. which was most gratifying by loaning 150 bankets: The employed in foreign trade, but

Texaco No. 2 on the charge of the matter and is not prepared to vasgel. At the time of my de- in the circumstances of this intending to pirate their own Introduce a muzzling order whiob,

parture I Was unable to Colony, it would be extremely to-morrow.-*** lunta how tho CASO was difficult, if not impossible, to proceeding. Current opinion make effective, My previous amongst the Chinese business letter appears to have been mis- people is that the--men are understood. The word their, as to the meaning of the word fanocent. However, if anything referred, not to the owners of dogs, their in the concluding para- le proved against them, it will but to the dogs themselves. If graph of your letter, dated the certainly, so hard, with them as a owners will keep their dogs on 29th. Novamber, the antire object firing squad and six feet of ground leash, the risk of such dogs belug of our pressing for a musslog is the only reward meted out to bitten by infected animals is very order being to prevent children robbers or pirates in the Chinese materially diminished, while for and adults (dogs were never men. courts, whether they have the purpose of preventing suctioned) from being bitten by actually carried out, their latend-logs from Biting third parties, dog suffering from rabies.” An The British Ambassador, Sir second man who was freely mened piragios or not Wong Shiu- restraint by a leath is practically requestad, we will dirculate Esme Howard, in a spooch hore tioned in the Midland Bank case. hung has already done a grost as effective as muzzling members of the Askoo silon said he did not atta h any im It is believed he is abroad, out-deal towards preventing piracios Letter from the Hon. Secretary comply with your su portance to the charges that wide the King's dominions on the upper river. Ha in sald to of the Association to the Hon. only allowing their

1 take a lot of revenue from Chin Colonial Secretary, dated Docom leash, Britain was not carrying out the Router

osa shipping himself, but at the berist Iam in receipt of your free terms of the Washington Treaty

same time he provides four letter of the 27 h ultimo,, from dog on the for limitation of naval armaments.

soldier guarde" for "raoh mötor which I regret to note-tyst He pointed out that neither the

vansel's protection at the Government are not pre ridiculously low rate of aight dollars (small, money) per-man and their board, found And there are not

ITEMS.

ING BOATS TRYING

PASSAGES.

0.5.

Prominent

arrived

The various depots were super- intonded by Mrs. C. P. Marcell (Lower Peak Tram terminus); Mrs. Louroiro (Hongkong Hotel); Mrs. Silva Netto (King Edward Hotel); and Mrs. Osmund (Kow- loon Forry.)

SHIPPING BOARD'S

PROPOSALS.

MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES.

Mr.

Yesterday from Saigon and the disposal of the Committee, shall maintain permanently a fed very bad weather on and the money was being count-mercantile marine commensurate TELEPHOTOGRAPHY. worth of small Canton silvor prevent children and adults, not result of the old man succumblag un up, the monsoon at times od hore by shroffs kindly with the needs of the country,

ing as much as Forco il by loaned by the Hongkong and from the standpoint of commerce

ifort's scale (75 miles per Shanghai Bank. Mr. Alves provid- and national defence, and also GREAT SUCCESS ACHIEVED.Were more than fiftoon years old, being bitten; I very much regret man unfortunatly died before he

d

, with tremendously high ed all sellers with refreshments recommends the creation of a Nevertheless, her experi-as they wont to hand in their joint committee composed of ro master. Capt. Jensen baskets and tins, the whole prosentatives of the Board and

London, Nov. 30. The marked progress in the

r existing weather condi- Ocean, Accident and Guarantee does not enter into details as to the photographe as quite recognis A New York, incasago describes coasting steamor Hervar Corporation, Limited, granted to how these aims can be accomable. They will be reproduced in

the organisers, at a much reduced plished. Reuter's American bor the newspapers

ed yesterday after a hard premium, a general policy cover vice. go from Bangkok. Sho ro-ling all stroot risks for the workers 3 having experienced G during the day-an aot very much

gor monsoon than has been untored for years, and was

days under way.

e Dollar Line steamer Presi

appreciated.

A feature of the sale was the loan of the donkeys, by Mrs. L Yates, quito a good business being

Garfield was rather badly done by those in chargo,

ked about on her run down

Selling flashod at noon, and

Bulle, but the extent of the just before going to press wo age le not known: She was learned that a sum of about $5,000: {

heavily laden on leaving had boon realised.

gkong, but it is hoped that

lamage done does not involvo

than the possible. loss of

nk pargo.

MOTOR FATALITY.

TAN CHAMPION. MISSING DRIVER FOUND.

INS. MIDDLEWEIGHT

NAVAL ARM- MAMENT.

THE "ALARMING

Reuter.

CASE OF "MR. Á.”

ANOTHER WARRANT-

ISSUED.

London, Nov. 30, DISCLOSURES,"

It is understood that a warrant Washington, Nov. 30. has been issued for the arrest of

The driver of the motor-lorry United States nor Franco, nor in last wook's accident, in wbloh Italy had made any protest to

CHINESE NEWS:

A

a woman was killed in Queen's London, so it was left to privato

Peklog, Dagsavt).. Road West, has been arrosted by citizens to make those alarming! WangI-tang has been appointed

to

[Tall of Anhul in sucosasion to,

DORKY

dilan, Nov. 30, Ho le now charged with man- Bir Esme Howard was eviden MaLien ohis, who is relieved heard of on the t

wantly rounds slaughter, it being alleged that he referring to Mr Shoarer

Ion- drove oft after the mosiders,with, unsuccessfuls

ttini out rendering tetanos to the

who was fatally inftired of £KWA

ormer Civil Governor

ikon to Hospitalit

the Lower

Reply of the. Hon. Colonial

Introduce) a-mu

TO-DAY

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