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STAR THEATRE

TO-NIGHT

at 9.30 p.m.

THE NEW

OUR

CABARET

CHARLES CHAMIER'S

Revue Company of Ten London Artistes

· in

"SNAPPY

1

Booking at Moutries and the Star Theatre Prices $3, $2 & ȘI.

Complete change of programme on Wednesday,

August 16th.

Queen's

Theatre

TO-NIGHT

st 9.30 p.m.

LEO PODOLSKY

FAMOUS "PIANIST

and

MME VERA MIROVA

PREMIERE DANSEUSE

Booking at Moútrics and after 5 p.m. at The Theatre.

Prices $3, $2 & $1

COLGATES IS

Extract Eclai

THE BEST

Insist upon

Colgates Specialities

Obtainable at all

High-class Stores.

Dental Power

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WAR AGAINST MOSQUITOS.

WORTHY CAMPAIGN IN

MANILA.

MONDAY,

OUR DAILY TALK ON HEALTH.

HOME 'STUDY FOR CHILDREN A PROBLEM.

MAY DULL THE MIND.

AUGUST 8, 1927.

CAPTURE OF GUN RUNNERS.

WITH REVOLVERS AND 700 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION.

Three revolvers and five hundred rounds of ammunition were seized by officers of the Singapore Preven- tive Service on Friday. Inst on three Cantonese landing at Singa- pore from the Dutch mail, boat Tjerimni.

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RAWALPINDI

Destination

From Hong-

Tons

kong (about)

16,619

20th Aug.

10,953

3rd Sept.

Marseilles & London Marseillos & London

8,155

17th Sept.

9,114

1st Oot.

10,986 8,985 11,120

15th Oct.

29th Oct. 12th Nov.

Marseilles, L'don & A'werp

·M'los, L’don, A'werp & Hull Marseilles & London

The appointment of a committee 'of fifteen in which newspapers and other persons are to be included, for the purpose of arousing public

A British periodical concerned sortiment against the mosquito with education in the public was suggested at a meeting in schools emphasized recently the Man in last Sunday of the mos-fact that excessive home work dulls quito drive committee, hended by the growing mind and urges that The men were in a taxi. They Mr. Justice Charles A. Johns. It the hours assigned to home werk were members of the crew and pre- was also decided that information should be materially diminished.ted the usual ticket that is given MOREA regarding mosquitos in Manila In support of this view, many by an officer of a ship to any of the *DEVANHA should be requested from the British periodicals pointed out crew desiring to land legitimate KHYBER Rockefeller Foundation, the Army that children, in some secondary Laggage. By this means the smug-MALWA and Navy and the Philippine schools work two, three, or even giers would have succeeded in avoid-KASHMIR health service to determine the four hours on their lessons, pre-ing dection but for the smartness MACEDONIA

competition of the Malay taxi driver. This man, sumably plan of campaign.

between schools and between having noticed an unusual bulki- In connexion with the drive pupils is great.

ness about the waists of his pas Trequent connections from Fort Baid for Passengers & Cargo to Constantinople, Justice Johns issued the following| The British Medical Journal sengers, signalled his suspicions to Fyraus. Smyrna and other Levant Ports by Steamers of the Ebedivial Mail S. 8. 0., atatement.

cmphasizes the fact that the the Preventive officers, who there- amount of knowledge which upon searched the occupants of the

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS children must acquire is greater car with the result stated above.

Another Seizure,

*SANTHIA | 7,754 || 14th Aug. than ever before, and that there

Another seizure, of a revolver | *Calls at Rangoon. is mugh a volume of material to

on a Cantonese be learned that it simply cannot and ammunition be covered in school hours.

landing from the same vessel, was made later in the day.

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many children and the home space In fumilies where there are is small, parents welcome home work because it helps to keep the children out of mischief and under control. This is especially the case in winter when children can not get cut-of-doors to play. Keels,

Mother's Resentment.

"Regardless of nationality, the proposed drive on mosquitos should be a matter of deep interest to every man, woman and child in Atanila. By nature it is beautiful City, and there are many beautiful homes here and many

The detective department had ex- more in the course of construction,

peeted an attempt at gun running yet very few, if any of them, are

to be made by men landing from free from mosquitos. If that is

the Tierimal, and Detective Inspec true as to the people living in such

tor Poulain, unaware that three of homes, how is it with those of the

them had already been laid by the great body of the common people,

was waiting for them on all at whom have more or less mos-

South Bridge Road, when along quitos. It is a fact that at least On the other hand, the mother came a taxi with a single Cantonese forty per cent, of all the sickness of a large family, who is depend-passenger. in Manil can be traced either ent an her children for assistance) The taxi was stopped, and a directly or indirectly to mosquitos, in her daily tasks in the home, is yearch yielded the further find of a It is also a fact that if one-half likely to resent too much home fourth revolver and 200 rounds of of the money which is now spent work because the child is thus ammunition. for remedies to kill mosquitos was į prevented from giving the neces- scientifically used to remove the sary assistance. curse and stop the breed, there would he but very few masquitos here. The thing to do is to arouse public opinion to the necessity stopping the breed of mosquitos, and to free Manila and its sur roundings from the places where) mosquitos are bred. The people would not only save money, but there would be a marked increase in the health of the people and the general appearance of the city."

SLAYOR OF 7 TAKEN -

ALIVE.

MAN CAPTURED AFTER

WEEK'S CHASE.

This

All four men are under arrest. Further Armed Men Captured. After all, the real criterion in Acting op information which this must be the possibilities of they had received, Detective Inspec- the individual child and its ca- tors Tongue and Poulain made a preity for work. Incidentally,the smart capture on Saturday night physical condition of one child of three Chinese, two of whom were may permit much more than that armed. of another. The variations in The arrest took place in Bras children Basah Road, at, about 10 o'clock. physical capability in from 12 to 16 years of age are tre- The two Inspectors, who were with ather embers of the Detective branch! saw three Chinese coming towards them in two rickshas. De tective Inspector Poulain arrested one, while Inspector Tongue secur- ed, a second. The third man ran away, but was chased by a Chinese detective. Seeing he was being chased the man drew a revolver and fired' at the detective hitting him in the hand.

mendous.

tion.

In the present method of educa- the child is supposed to work out many problems for him- self. If these matters are made interesting, the tax on the intel- lect is no greater than attendance at a moving picture show or prae- tice at the piano.

He was eventually caught, but it! was not until after a hard fight that he was finally overpowered and

If teaching has been done well in school during the day a review of the work at home is easy, even if tiresome. If new problems are concerned in the review at home, the child may find them trying. disarmed.

Above all, a certain amount of individualization in, education, as in the care of the body in health

•

A terrible explosion has taken from Salonika

Gerardo Limquis, trailed by the constabulary for a week in the hills of Luzuriaga, Negros Orien- tal, was captured alive last Sat and disease, would seem to be the place five miles day, by the constabulary.

most important of all of the fac-in a factory in which submarine is according to report received at tors concerned,

mines, placed by the Allies during. constabulary headquarters from

the war and subsequently retrieved Captain Irineo Buenconsejo, pro-

from the sea, were being broken vincial commander of Negros Mrs. Barnes, widow of Mr. down. The proprietor of the fae- Oriental.

George Carnac Barnes, Commis- tory and two women workers were sioner of the Cis-Sutlej States in killed and the factory was the Muling close confidant of pletely destroyed. It contained a John Lawrence and mother of quantity of dynamite and gur- Sir George Barnes, has died at cotten and a number of aeroplane the age of 98.

bombs.

Limquis ran amok on the morn- ing of July 25. He killed sevi, persons and wounded many others

Headquarters officials deeve that Linquis was insane..

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EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South)

TANDA

6,956 ST. ALBANS 4,500 ARAFURA 6,000

2nd Sept. 30th Sept. 28th Oct.

(Manila, Sandakan, Thurs.« Island, Townsville, B'bano. [Sydney and Melbourne.

Regular Monthly Sailings from Hongkong to Japan and Hongkong to Australia

The E&A. 8, 8. Co., Ltd. steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Cebua Kolambugan, Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other porta en route as inducement offers.

Frequent connections from Australia with the following The Union 8.3. Co's Steamers to the United Kingdom vis New Zealand, Vancouver San Francisco, sto.

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TANDA TALAMBA MOREA NAGPORE KHYBER

ST. ALBANB NYANZA MALWA

1:

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN

6,956 | 9 Aug. Daylight | Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Yoko

12th Aug. S'hai, Kobe, Osaka & Yoko

8,018

10,953

19th Aug.

5,283

30th Aug,

9.114

4,500

6th Sept.

7,023

15th Sept.

10,986

16th Sept.

2nd Sept.

Shangbai

S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Yoko S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Yoko Moji, Kobe, Osake & Yoko Shanghai, Moji & Kobe S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Yoko

All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice.

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24th Aug.

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21st Sept.

19th Oot.

2nd Nov.

SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & VLADIVOSTOCK,

Due Hongkong

18th Aug.

6th Sept. 18th Sept.

29th

Sept..

18th

Oct.

Motor Vessel "GLENAPP"

Motor Vessel "GLENLUCE”

Steamship "CARMARTHENSHIRE".

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Motor Vessel "GLENTARA”.....

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via Suez Canal 26th Aug.

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