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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

WEDNESDAY

the whole ground is first to be ex-, plored, and then, with the know-I ledge gained, it will be possible to 4uggest actual remedies.

MAY

7. 1930.

DAY BY DAY.

WHATEVER CRUSHES INDIVIDUALI TY IS DESPOTISM, BY WHATEVER So far, there has not been a great NAME IT MAY BE CALLED J. S. deal of publicity as to the precise | Mill. nature of the campaign which is

The P. and O. 8.3. Kashgar, from to be carried out here in Hongkong Shanghai, is due here at 6 am, on for the eradication of malaria. In Friday. Dr. Wellington, we are fortunate in having a Director of Medical and Sanitary Services who has had very considerable experience in dealing with the problem elsewhere, besides hich the Government has been able to secure the services of fully

CORRESPONDENCE.

The Automatic Phones.

[To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.)

Sir. When reading your paper of yesterday, I came across a column Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood, under the caption of "Automatic the well-known professional golfers, Phone Muddle," in which, Mr. J. will be in Hongkong next week, bo- F. Sherry, of the Hongkong Telc- Ing passengers aboard the s.s. Tai-phone Company, seemed to be put- ting the blame on the publie for the present confusing state of the telephone service.

ping.

Chan Hing, a married woman, aged 43, of Baulkley Road, Honam,

The Very Idea

A teacher gave his class the first half of several proverbs and asked the boys to completo them. Among the new proverbs evolved were these:---

.God tempers the wind--when He has nothing else to do.

Where there's a will-thero'a

people wanting the money.

One swallow-one bite." He that pays the piper-an't play himself.

qualified assistants who should be was admitted to the Government truth about the system? And why 'ing the year just ended. The year

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ab'e to do much for the Colony. few days ago, a correspondent wrate to us stressing the necessity of the Colony having capable malarial engipeers to co-operate with these officers. His appeal struck us as being sound and very much to the point, and we have little doubt that due notice will be taken of it in official quarters. It is possible, however, that matters have not yet sufficiently advanced to necessitate the employment of a staff of en- gineers, for, as in Rangoon, as here, the first step must be to look thor- oughly over the ground; after that has been done, the time for carry ing out anti-malarial works will ar- rive. Whilst it is essential that every possible measure be taken to suppress malaria--and dengue, too, for that matter-wo entertain the

Civil yesterday after attempting to commit suicide by jumping off the Praya near the China Merchants wharf, West Point.

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servant of A.. Ferano, Filipino family residing in Granville Road, Kowloon, was fined $5 or seven day's hard labour by kir, Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning for dumping household refuse in the street.

Mrs. S. Nelson, of 15a Jordan Road, reported to the Police this morning that she either lost or had stolen a lady's grey hand bag, which together with the contents was valued at $35, whilst at the Children's Playground in Chatham Road yesterday evening.

According to a report made by Mr. R. Karamachand, manager of Messrs. O.K. Gidumull and Wata- mull and Co., 36. William Street, he entrusted an Anglo-Indian clerk win $200 to be paid to the Dollar

Why does Mr. Sherry not tell the should he merely try to lay the blame on the public and the Chin

све?

The pastor reports 26 funerals, 17 weddings, and 9 baptisms dur- has been a good one, with many..

rejoicing: Americair Church Magazine. causes for

Irate Master (to negro servant)

According to expert opinion of electrical engineers, especially whose who are familiar with the installation of the automatic aysRastus, I thought I told you to tem, the fact that the Hongkong get a domestic turkey. This one Telephone Company used the old has shot in it." wires to effect the connexion of the Rastus-"I done got a domen. new systern is bound to bring end-tic turkey, sub." less troubles to the system. The money saved by the Company in us ing the old wires is absolutely false economy, and one of these fing days the telephone users of the Colony will yet be thrown out of communi- cation with one another enurely. A severe rainstorm will do the trick to drown the whole Hongkong au- tomatic system.

How was it that the automatic system of Canton could work with-

Master-"Well, how did the ahot get in it?"

Raaths" specks they was. meant for me, suh."

*

The meal was over and the maid

had returned to the kitchen with the empty plales.

"What had the master to say?" asked the cook.

"He's just been praising your

pastry," replied the maid guarded..

out a hitch immediately after its change over? Considering the num-ly. ber of Chinese users and their curiosity to monkey with the dial, ruined by now if Mr. Sherry, is

the Canton system could have been

The wedding of Mr. Edgar P. Les hope that it will not be found neces Line for freight, yesterday. The right about their "carelessness."

St.

to Miss Violet Victoria Wilkin- son will take place at the Joseph's Church, at 4, p.in.. May 15, 1930, after which

W. Wilkinson's house, Praya East.

No invitations are being sued, but all friends and latives are cordially invited.

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sary to embark on costly schemes. As the correspondent to whom we have referred put it; the area and

money has pot yet been paid over and the clerk has not been heard of since.

Fines amounting to $310 were reception will be held at geographical configuration of Hong-imposed by Mr. Whyte Smith at the kong do not suggest any abnormally Kowloon Magistracy this morning is-difficult problem to be coped with, on a woman of 9, Cheung On Street re-and we therefore trust that con- who was charged with being in possession of 1.9 taels of raw opium, siderations of economy will not be 8.5 mace of prepared opium and lost sight of. It is imperative, also, with keeping the premises as an that something like a really serious opium divan. It was stated that the place was being run on a large

The

Thongkong Telegraph. campaign be eventually undertaken scale

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7,

with a view to educating the pub- lic on the matter. Otherwise, all 930. the efforts of those in charge of the scheme may easily come to naught.

WAR ON MOSQUITOES.

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"Tell me what he said," urged the other impatiently,

"Well, he said he didn't know how you did it," said the maid. "Did what?" broke in the cook. "Make bricks without straw,"

was the young girl's reply.

The dialing of the phone is simple and it does not take long for the Chinese to learn how to do it properly. Wait another few days, or perhaps a few weeks, the Colony will see whose fault it is. for being engaged to four girls at Yours, etc.,

PHONY.

Canton, May 6th, 1930.

*

"Here's a Chicago man in troubles

the same time."

"We should not blame him too. severely. In Chicago, I suppose, even Cupid uses a machine gun."

#

*

(In view of the statements made

we laid the "What do you do?"

"I keep house, scrub, scour, bake, in the above letter, matter before Mr. Sherry this morning, inviting his comments wash dishes, cook, do the laundry, thereon. He stated: "The elec-iron, sew."

condition of telephone And the census-taker listed her~~

is not A matter for "Housewife-no occupation.",

EXCHANGE RATES.

For keeping two geese tied to-tricul gether for some considerable time, cables

or otherwise, with the result that one of them opinion, expert

but for determination by the could not stand up after being un- tled, a stall holder of the Sham- use of electrical testing Instru- shaipo Market was fined $5 by Mr. ments designed for this specific Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magi-purpose and of which we make stracy this morning on a charge good use in Hongkong. All the of cruelty. Another stall holder cables in this Company's Rystem Paris. was cautioned as he had had one have been so tested and in every Brussels chicken tied up for only a short case show a standard of insulation time.

much higher than that required for satisfactory communication on any system."Ed. H.K.T.]

WOOD SHAVINGS ON PAVEMENT.

QUESTION WHETHER RUBBISH OR NOT.

Amsterdam Berlin Copenhagen Vienna Helsingfors Lisbon

London, May B.

123.85

.34.63

12.075

.20.865.

.18.165

.34.46

.193

108.30

Bucharest

.818

Buenos Aires

434

Shanghai

.1/10%

Yokohama

.2/0

New York

.4.36%

Geneva

.25.08

Milani

.92.71

18.10:

18.15

154%

.39:84

.375

..57%

.1/5.13/16

1/63%

The Chief Justice. We should like to add our con- As Hongkong is on the eve of an gratulations to the many which organised movement' to deal with His Honour Sir Jóseph Kemp has the malaria evil, it is interesting received on his appointment as His

Sin Cheung, Inspector of the to note that a start has just been Chief Justice of Hongkong. made in Rangoon on what it is elevation to the highest legal posi- Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Com- hr-ped will dovek into an effective tion in the Colony is a just reward pany, reports that about 4.45 p.m. yesterday, whilst the steam launch var on the mosquito, especially to for many years of faithful service Man On was making fast to the and there will be general satis-wharf at Hongkong a Chinese wo- decide whether the yellow-fever faction that the Secretary of State man named Au Kwang jumped over- mosquito of the Panama Zone is the found it unnecessary to go beyond board. She was rescued by sea- same as a certain type found in the limits of Hongkong for a judge man Li Kam, and another man, Burmah and whether this noxious to preside over the Supreme Court, who dived into the water after her. The woman was taken to the

Arather unusual case of de- Stockholm G.C.H. insect is responsible for the dengue Sir Joseph Kemp brings to the

positing rubbish in the streets Oslo epidemics which periodically break office a wide legal experience and a thorough and complete know-

Appearing before Mr. Whyte was mentioned before Mr. Whyte

Prague out there. It appears that the ori

ledge of the local laws, the draft- Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy Madrid ginal suggestion for carrying out ing of which in recent years has this morning on behalf of this morning when two women ap-

the mosquito survey come from occupied a great deal of his time. complainant in an assault sum-peared before his Worship. The the Director of Public Health, The Colony's new Chief Justice mons, Mr. J. M. Remedios applied defendants produced a quantity of and, following correspondence will worthily fill his high appoint-Tor a date to be fixed and intimat-shavings and asked his Worship

His Worship: I might. What Silver (spot). be representing the two defen- with the Rangoon Corporation, ment and we express the hope thated that Mr. T. G. Bennett would if he called that rubblish.

he will so occupy it for many years dants. The incident occurred in do you call it? it was decided to carry out the

to come. It was

Wood shav- a pleasing Shanghai Street on April 1. The The defendants: survey on a co-operative basis. incident which occurred in the hearing was fixed for the after-ings.

His Worship pointed out that The actual survey work has al Supreme Court yesterday when noon of May 15.

even shavings should not be de- ready begun in Rangoon, and as a His Lordship gave permission for

When charged with ing in un-posited on the public roadway, result of the first day's work the prisoners in the deck to be seated

The defendants replied that they and there will be many who will lawful possession of a connecting

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"bag" was sufficiently large to regard this as a most sympathetic link, a Chinesa who appeared be- were of the poor class and pointed justify the optimism of those wind kindly act. By this ruling fore Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kow out that they could not afford to initiated the scheme. According Hongkong is now brought into line loon Magistracy this morning in- throw shavings away.

timated that he had found it on It was explained by Sergeant to Rangoon newspapers, the work with the Home Courts, where con- the seashore. His Worship re- Jessop that the defendants had is being carried out under the citions are less Lying than in marked that the defendant could strewn a quantity of shavings on This further con- not have expected that it had been the pavement in Canton Road to supervision of a malariologist of Hongkong. the Harcourt Butler Institute in sideration for prisoners is in washed ashore and on being told dry. The material was constantly keeping with all the finest tradi- that it was practically new, fined being blown on to the roadway, conjunction with the Corporation, tions of British justice and the the defendant $5 or seven days' thus causing the sanitary coolics to have to sweep the street several which has deputed one if its Assis- thoughtfulness of the new Chief hard labour in default.

times. The defendants were tant Health Officers to help. The Justice is an exceedingly happy

The Police have received a re- warned to take the shavings away staff consista of eight specially augury. The local Courts afford

His Worship remarked that it trained Sanitary Inspectors, mos- several opportunities for criticism port from the purser of the s.s. but refused.

Taiyo Maru, of the N.Y.K. Line, as far as the design is concerned to the effect that a Chinese woman, was rather a funny position buf quito-catchers, laboratory Ba-

had received and

that permission DOW

for Cheung Ling-fai, aged 35, was yes-as the defendants sistants, etc. There is to be

be missing previous warning from the Police prisoners to be seated has been terday discovered to Д survey of the whole given the seating accommodation from the vessels during the voyage he imposed a fine of $1 each.

in the dock might with advantage from Shanghai to Hongkong. It is be moved so that prisoners can be believed that she threw herself overboard and committee suicide. seen and so that they can hear the The woman was travelling from If improvements Kobe and was discovered missing interpreters. can be made or if it is possible about 1 pm, yesterday, shortly be for the law to be administered in fore the ship arrived in Hongkong. any way which will still further

city of Rangoon, which, it is estimated, will take at least eight months. The mornings are being de voted to mosquito-catching and the afternoons to laboratory work. It la realised that the scheme will be of small avail without the co-opera tion of the public, and an appeal to this end is shortly to be made. The first steps to be taken by those operating the scheme will be to as- certain the various breeding-placca,

UNMUZZLED DOGS.

MAGISTRATE IMPOSES A REDUCED FINE..

increase the respect shown to it, "An employee of the Ping. Sing

Knitting Factory, of Cheung Lok. Mrs, J. S. Drummond, of No. 453, then we are convinced that these Street, appeared before Mr. Whyte The Peak, was summoned before possible considerations will not be Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy Mr. Grantham at the Central overlooked by the Chief Justice,

thia morning on a charge of lar- Police Court this morning, for al- cony of eleven woollen veste on lowing two dogs to be abroad with. various dates during the past six out a muzzle. Mr. P. G. Harrison, of Empress months His Worship sentenced On admitting the offence, she of the mosquitoes-in which con Lodge, reported to the Police yes the defendant to six weeks' hard was fined $7, his Worship pointing nexion the monsoon season is re-terday that a gold watchchain labour, but pointed out to the com- out that this was a reduction garded as the best time-and then valued at $15 was stolen from his plainant that if he had had a bet which he had allowed on a fine of room some time between 9 o'clock ter method of stock-taking, the $5 which in the ordinary course on April 80 and 10 clock yesterday theft would have been detected of events should have been impos- morning.

after the first vest had been taken, bed for each animal."

to suggest measures for the eradic ation of the pests. In other words,

Athens

Rio

Bombay

Hongkong

Silver (forward)

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-British Wireless.

WHO WASH

TOM TIDDLER?

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Perhaps it is well that the children who prance gaily through their game of "Tom Tiddler's Ground" should be unaware of the unhappy story from which it has evolved.

Tom Mopes, familiarly known as Tom T'Idler (The Idler) was a subject more for fear than for jokes among his immediate neighbours,

Had he not murdered his lovely wife in a fit of jealousy and hereafter shut himself up In his lonely cottage? The rain rotted its beams: the wind broke the panes and tore off the thatch: weeds crept up through the neglected garden to its very walls, but Tiddler nursed his bitter memories un- heeding.

A passing traveller tried to. draw him out of this slough of despair, but Tom was not to be reclaimed. "When iron is thoroughly rotten you cannot botch it, do what you may!" he rejoined,

Childres were fearful of ap proaching this house of ugly rumour, all except the most venturesome who vied with one another in daring on to Tom's ground, and out of this has grown the familiar game. This story is told by Dickens in "A Christmas

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