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REDUCING THE STRENGTH OF WINE.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1926.

FANLING GOLF.

THE CAPTAIN'S CUP,

{ In the Captain's Cup (1026)

January qualifying competition,|

CORRESPONDENCE,

[To the Editor of the Hongkong

--Telegraph.]

THE ATHERLEY TRIAL.

The question of the source of the water used by Chinese H. U. Ireland with 83-677 and distillers to roduce the alco-J. L. Shellshear, 86-9-77, tlod and will play off. Thore, wore 19 holic strength of wine, and

Sir-With reference to your also the

entries, of water

report of the evidence taken you- used in the manofacture of vine- J. K. Shaw with 90-1872 won] terday, I would like to make it. gar, wae discussed at a meeting of optional pool, in which there were clear that. I am not the "Mr. Mow the Sanitary Board yesterday. 21 entries.

Fung" mentioned therein. I have The questions were asked by Dr.

The Captain's Cup (1925) semi-not at any time had any dealings W. V. M. Koch, and the Chair-final ties resulted as follows: A. H. with Mr. Atherley or Messrs. Getz

Bros. Yours etc.. man, Mr. N. L. Smith, reply-Ferguson beat W. W. Mackenzie Ing; said that he was inform ed by the Superintendent of Im- ports and Exports that local dis- tillerles, in almost all cases, ob- tain their water supply from #hal- low wells dug on the premises, or from small hillalde streanis,

1 up, J. M. Walker beat. 0. Brawn 3 and 2.

The final will be played next Saturday.

"Governor's Shield,

F. C. Mow FUNG. Hongkong, January 12, 1926. -

'FRANCE AND GERMANY,

A. P. C. (Pendered and Butter- field) beat Education Dept. ge Rome and Brawn) and so quality A COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT, for the final tie, which will be played on 31st January.

The other semi-final, Butterfield that a Franco-German commercial

In a few cases they used the ordinary public supply. There was no control over their water and the Chinese seemed to be of the opinion that any water was harmless when used for such pur- pose. The water was never boiled and Swire (Ireland and Ironside) before being used to dilute the versus Naval Yard (Hearn and wine, and except for casual wash-Gillingham) has not yet been ing, the wine jars were not sub-played. jected to any special treatment.

Vinegar was made in certain distilleries. and except that the water was warmed, but not boiled, the same conditions applied.

:

Need for Pure Waler.

To the discussion which follow-

H. AND S. BANK.

DIVIDEND AND BONUS.

The Directors of the Hongkong ed the question of licencing was and Shanghai Banking Corporation raised, and Dr. Koch said that a proper supply of water should be announce that, subject to audit, the available. It was strongly desir-Dividend and Bonus for the half able that the water should be year ending 31st December, 1925 pure, otherwise there was always will be:, Dividend £3 per share: Bonus in addition to dividend £2 a danger. And danger may not

Paris, Jun. 12. The Petit Journal understunds

agreement has been' virtually obtained-Rauter.

MEXICO'S TRAIN BANDITS.

Moxico City, Jan. 12. Federal troops have located the train bandits and killed soveral on sight. They captured eight, who were immediately executed. All the loot was recovered and the bandits dispersed.--Reuter's American Service.

be due to impurities in the wine per share: $500,000 will be added IS ENGLAND DONE?" itself, but may be caused by the to the Silver Reserve Fund; water. He asked if it could not $1,000,000 written off Bank Pre- be insisted upon that only watermises and about $3,400,000 carried

forward to next year, from pure sources was used.,

Regarding the locations of the distilleries, the Chairman said

that the Superintendent of Im- | ANTI-TOXIN FOR TETANUS.

ports and Exports had given him

no figures, but the majority were

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London is hearing a good deal just now from travellers returned from America of the belief said;

is "done" and needs only decont burial. London is amused.

in outlying parts of the Colony. FRENCH DOCTORS' INVENTION, to be current there that England It often happened that they were situated where there was no public Water supply. He would be getting figures to show the locaties, how

over.

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Paris, Jan. 12:

Nevertheless, it welcomed the Doctor Roux announced at the concise description "tosh," given Academy of Sciences that Doctors this queer belief by Mr. J. D. Ramon and Zeller had invented Mooney, of Detroit,in an addross anti-toxin, for Tetanus.to the American Chamber of Alcohol as Germicide.

Commerce in London, the other| The Medical Offeer of Health

day. Mr. Mooney, who is vice- said the Board had had before it

president of the General Motors on many occasions the question of

think the present time was a suit-Corporation, specified the ocono- wells and distilleries. In some cases the wells had been closed.able one for imposing any addi-mic factors which he considers They had always been reluctan!tional restriction on trade, and entirely favourable to the manu- to do this, however.

facture of motor-cars in England. Raw materials, he pointed out, were readily availabio; transport and communication. wore com- paratively easy for assembling the materials, semi-manufactured Dr. Macgown said the ques-articles, and supplies, and, what

February.

that consideration would be given The mere fact that there was to them when conditions became alcohol

more normal. The matter was to wel!

impure 19

he brought before the Bourd in water. did

necessarily. tot that the wine was mean pure. In the case of wine and similar spirituous liquors which were properly bottled and scale.1 kept very strongly in mind, not SO that there was only an ex-only in the tremely small amount of air in the bottle, alcohol undoubtedly did act as a germicide.

It was stated that the Board's power was limited to well water and they had no power to deal with the supply of water from streams. A member said he thought the Board should have some direct control over the supply.

Regarding the new bye-laws which affect the matter, it was stated that when they had been passed the Board would have power to make provision for satisfactory water supply.

tion of water should be

manufacture of Chinese wine, but in the many thee things which were made for human consumption. The wat supply in all cases should be gut

able.

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Comprehensive Control.

was extremely important, Eng- land was faced with the economic necessity of capitalizing to better advantage a thing that she could do exceedingly well, nanaly, the manufacture of high-grade, com- plex, fine quality products.

The Chairman said that pro- vision was made in that connection | An oxhibit regarded with the! in respect of dairies, aerated most hopeful interest by thoso water factories, etc.

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Further Restrictions. The specific question of dis. Lilleries concerned the more general question of food pre- In reply

Those present were Mr. N. serving establishments,

S. Smith (Chairman), Dr. W. V. M. to a question by Colonel Boyland Smith, it was stated that Koch, Dr. J. C. Macgown, Col. Admiralty. Two well-known the bye-laws referred to were con- Boyland Smith, Dr. W. W. Pearse sidered by the Board about lastM. O. H.), Mr. Wong Kwong-tin, November, and referred to the Dr. Severn and Mr. G. S. Kennedy

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