How Army in Shanghai Fought Mosquitoes One Chinese Coolie Dead, Two Injured London, Jan, 15.
The annual Army health report issued by Great Britain to-day con-fins some amusing accounts of [various anti-malarial devices.
Preventives for the Shanghai troops living in hutted camps. set Chinese-owned land had to be carefully studied before being} ested, owing to the restrictions imposed by the Municipal Council on Political' grounds. However, something had to be done, as the land around the camps swarmed with!
Treating the infested ponds with oil was the first method used, but the smell was concluded to be a far worse evil than the mosquitoes, and this method had to be abandoned! Jatter a few days. "Paris Green" ras the next experiment but it was While North Szechuen Road was more than crowded during. the la neem our on Jan. 19, P-V.D. whose girth strap had. broke amok for a distance: of 500 during the course of which, he int Sared three persons. One of these ied in hospital later in the after-
'AY about 1.30 pin, a mafoo was leading the pony along North Szechuen 'Head, rear i fersection with Haining Road, Tu Some mainner the girth band. broke land the animal, suddenly' released, Hsecame: frightened and. bolted free from his attendant's grasp.
There was general scampering of pedestrians to shop entrances and Testa coolies dropped their vehicles their haste to get away. Others fan their Tieshasy passengers. sil ding, on to. the pavement, while From ether rieshas) the passengers amped oot without fu the part of the ples.
allowed past and women screame Coolie anotto as the anna they hurried for placer of safety. Chauffeurs, driving' ina. northerly rection got as close us possible the kerb, For a few minutes, great confusion enaved on thie' bit of and, The pony had barely begun his'mad alloy before he trashed. into a in the pond Ercliat, completely bawling bim over went down like nine-pins unde The lad. wat not badly injured, how lethal effects "ofthe poison Sa lever, The next. victim was a public this plan had to be abandoned, as asha coolie. The riesha was knock: weeping the ducks "alive" was cone fod on ite tide and the coolie thrown the road, Other: neslias upset killing: the mosquitoes.
0 be more im) iment simultaneously, without their Being touched. Further along. the ant third desperate attempt was {Wro. he: pends were "Alled, with neve farce than the first oadened anil an with fol force against the occupant of a Driv asha puller. He was tendered Un: predatory fish known to have a fancy for, mosquitoes. But it. was ime conscious.
"At the intersection of Tiendon mediately discovered that both the Chinese andthe ducks had even Road, the pony, stil wild, crashe into a bus, coming to a sudden halt, cartier appetites for the th, and JAn inspector of the Bus Company gallantly tackled "the pony and fnanaged to hold. the bridle until Jthers came to hin assistance. Three injured persons were taken to St. Lake's Hospital in a Fire Brigade ambulance, where" some time later. the private puller suefeumbed to his iajaris.
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