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SATURDAY, JANUARY 2

SHOW ME RELIGION · NOT AT THE SEASON OF HEARINO, BUT AT THE SEASON OF PRACTICE. --S "Chrysostom.

It is notified that the name of the Mutual Bank of China, Ltd., has been struck off the Register.

The Colony's cradit balance at the end of September was $11,- 295,963, compared with $11,951,- 558 at the end of August.

The Chinese friends of the Hon. Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher are enter taining him to a farewell dinner at the You Wo Restaurant on to 7th instant.

Lieut.-Col. S. Boylan Smith, D.S.O., O.BE, M.D, RA, M.C., ins assumed the dules of Sonior Medical Officer, China Command, ' absolutevico Lieut.-Col.. F. G. Fitzgerald,;

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The Celegraph

SATURDAY, JAN. 2, 1926.

ABOUT TYPHOID.

Despite the fact that it has appeared rather late in the day,

We are informed that in éonso». quence of the fire at the long- kong Hotel; Mossrs. Lang, Craw- ford's ladion' department will for a few days be transferred to the firm's jewellery department, :

To the list of medical practi- | fionary has been added the name] of Dr. Tsoung Fat-im. 25, Hill Road, Hongkong, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of the University of Hongkong.

The marriage will take place at St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon,| it 3:30p.m. to-day between Mr. Andrew Wallace Harper and; Miss Elizabeth Mary Mahony who arrived in the Colony yoster. day by the s.s. Empress of Russia..

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The casa in which a Chinese fishorman was charged with the, murder of an Indian constable concluded at the Criminal Sos-1 the annual Sanitary Report forsions on Thursday evening just Hongkong for the year 1924 is a faftor seven o'clock, after an eight nine of information, and in parti-days hearing. The acensed was

found. not guilty and acquitted. ular that portion of it compiled Dr. W. W. Pearse, the Medical Offery of Health, is crammed full 21 fact and expert comment, There is much space devoted to the outbreak of typhoid fever which caused so much anxiety Juring the year and resulted in

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The Committee of Taikoo Club are holding a concert on Monday evening, 4th January, at 8.30 p.m. The programmes will be provided! by the Jumbles Concert Party and Orchestra of 8.8. Empress of Canada, and proceeds of collec- tion will be devoted towards the M. I Submarine Disaster Fund.

he European as well as the Chin- In relation to the firework se communities. On this sub. factory disaster at Macao, ou

correspondent writes to say jeet, Dr. Pearse has much that is that about 700 people were Interesting to say. He recalls at. work when the explosion occurred. Of these, it is estima. hat twenty to thirty years ago red that fully two hundred lost here was a widespread belief that their lives, althoug great difficulty Chinese did not suffer from the is experienced in identifying o; lisease to any appreciable extent, even counting, owing to the force ofthe explosion scattering victims' and in this connection he remarks mangled remains for some con- hat it is probably true that the sidorable distance. Splendid work wak done by the E.T. M. motor Chinese have a higher degree of buses, by which the wounded. mmunity than have Europeans, were hurri ́dly Transported to: This, combined with the habit of hospital.

ea-drinking, which means that

| drinking water is boiled, now ac-funless care be taken to prevent its counts probably to a great extent giving rise to a fly nuisance, has For the difference in incidence of been known to be, and will con- he disease between Chinese and tinue to be, a grave source of ion-Chinese residents. It is for danger. The subalitution, ther pointed out that since the wherever possible, of water-flush- introduction of bacteriological ed public latrines for former and pathological methods of "dry" latrines is put on record as diagnosis, the belief in the general being a step towards the reduc immunity of Chinese to typhold tion of the chances of Infection, fever has been destroyed, whilst as also is the installation in pri

QUALITY TOYS experience shows that, given avate houses of water-closets to

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25%

foul water supply, the Chinese replace the "bucket" privies will suffer from the disease.

formerly found in pearly every

higher presumably may be the as Dr. Pearse rightly points out,

1926.

THE HONGKONG HOTEL FIRE.

Above are pleturos takon during the big fire at the Hongkong Hotel yesterday. Top photo shows donse volumes of smoko and flume bursting through the roof. Contral photo depicts firemon and naval ratings at work on the Dos Vooux Road side, Bottom picture- shows the fire bursting through the fourth and fifth floors. (Photos: Mee Cheung),

WU PEI-FU.

CONTACT WITH CANTON. GOVERNMENT.

The report is current in official circles that Wu Pei-fu's special

THAT $75,000,

MAY BE RETURNED TO SHANGHAI.

"LITTLE HSU’S” MURDER.

It is common konwledge, of house.

NO ARREST MADE, course, that typhoid is freely Much h without doubt

Peking, Dec. 31. spread by "carriers," and in this been done, by the provision of

Considerable comment has been connection Dr. Pearse says that more public water supplies and

Peking, Jan. 1.

aroused by the fact that LII It is semiofficially reported that Cheng-wu has not been arrested. the higher the presumed immunity the installation of water closeta, of Chinese to the disease, the to keep the disease in check, but,epresentative, Mr. Poon Chan-fs, the Foreign Office has wired to the for the killing of Hsu Shu-cheng. has arrived at Canton, bearing a Commissioner of Foreign Affairs in Lu is stated to be staff officer of the First Kuominehun Army and number of unknown "carriers"there will always remain themessage to the effect that Wu Pel-Shanghai instructing him & return to have been necompanied by a body of troops at the time of the Assassination, It is understood that the Chief Executive's head- quarters are sonding a coffin and a General's uniform for the bring- ing back of the remains to Pck- ing-Reuter.

Off Marked Prices danger of "carriers" being em-canons of domestic hygiene. It is

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fu has approved of the four prin- the Municipal Council's cheque for cipal points announced in the re-1975,000 in connection with the shoul- cent manifesto of the Kuomintang ing affairs-Router. that is, namely, to form a Na- tionalist Government with the con-

PEKING PRESIDENT.

amongst them. In this regard the necessity of paying heed to the

ployed in handling food, drinks here that residents enn take their and ice is stressed. Dr. Pearse's own precautions and incidentally report contains some interesting co-operate with the authorities in and valuable comment in relation helping to keep down the disease Hent of the people; to call a meet- to the question of preventing the It is not sufficient to rely solely,

ing of the people at the earliest

spread of the disease. The eating in these matters, on the automatic

possible time; to agree upon

of raw vegetables and uncooked benefits which

Constitution at the meeting; and freedom of thembinge and of ex- oysters is described as "aying Government meлsures. We each

pressing opinions by speech and oneself open to infection," whilst and all have a responsibility to through the mouium of the press Chij is pessimistic regarding the stress is laid on the part which ourselves and our neighbours, and circulars be embodied in the situation owing to the death of its flies play in the contamination of and, in the interests of the Colony Constitution.

Shich-chong and is desirous of re food. On this latter hend it is generally, we should strive to do It is said that the special repre-tring shortly. Some of the verna-

sentative. Is negotiating with thei pointed out that the use of stable our part towards the safeguard- Canton Government the working cula" papers state that he se retiring manure in the gardens of houses,ing of public health.

basis of an agreement.

secure from

EXPECTED TO RETIRE.

Peking, Jan. 1. Chinesy circles report that Tuan

on the 18th inst:-Fruteri

Appearing before Mr. R. E Lindsell, at the Central Magis tracy this morning, on charges.of breaking into the Taikoo Sugar Refinery and stealing a quantity

personal effects from a labora tory boy, a Chinese was sentenced. to three months' hard labour. To this was added a further nine juonths on conviction on another. charge of snatching front a. Chi

nose woman.'