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TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1929.
in his several capacities as the MR. LU YEN-CHUA REAL “QUEEN OF
sen.
DEATH OF A NOTABLE CHINESE ARCHITECT
SONG"
“GALLI-CURCI ”
principal factor in the National Government and the Nationalist Party, has resorted to the methods which paid so handsome- SUN MEMORIAL DESIGNER ly when he first reached the top fight in Canton in 1925 and 1926, nounces with deep regret (says The Kuo Wen news agency an-
LAST NIGHT'S THRILLING
- PERFORMANCE that is, by locking up-and occa- the "N. C. Daily News" of March sionally executing all and 21) the death of Mr. Lu Yen-chi 'AUDIENCE DELIGHTED sundry whom he felt to be a
on the 18th instant, in Shang- hai. Mr. Lu was a noted Chinese
Madame Galli-Curei came to hindrance. For precedents we architect; it was he who won Hong Kong with a great reputa- have not to go far. But, in the the first prize for the design of tion and her song-recital at the matter of placing in custody, our the Memorial Hall and Tomb at Queen's Theatre last night drew sympathy is with Marshal LiNanking for the late Dr. Sun Yat- a very big audience. Every seat was filled and the audience Chai-sum of Canton, because Deceased came of a Nanking showed by their applause that ex- Chiang Kai-shek had appointed family, but was born in Tientsin pectations were not only fulfilled him one of the Hunan investiga-
in 1894. With the Tsin Hua-they were even exceeded!
he was scholarship
sent to Madame Galli-Curci is un- tors and, in that capacity-made it America in 1913, where he took doubtedly a very great artiste! imperative for Marshal Li to go his B.A. degree at Cornell Univer- Even if she were not world- to Nanking..
sitq. From 1919 to 1921 he was famous, as a coloratura singer employed in the firm of Murphy with exceptional range and and Dana, achitects, of New technique, she would still rank as York, during which time he was a great artiste, by virtue of the responsible for the designing of lovely quality of her voice, and It does not follow that because the Ginling College Group at Nan- the evenness and purity of tone the Government has completed king, which is one of the first throughout its whole range. The negotiations for the Aberdeen few successful. adaptations of low notes deep and sweet, and paper mill reservoir and because Chinese architecture to modern the top notes fresh as a bird's an official of the P.W.D. has purposes.
song.
Conserving Water
actually teft for Home in con- In 1921 Mr. Lu returned to For her first song she chose nection with the Shing Mun Shanghai and won a competition Donaudy's exquisite "O del mio Valley scheme, we can all fold our for the design of the Shanghai Amato ben," in which the smooth- arms and praise the powers that Bankers' Association Building ness of her phrasing and the
be.
Every drop of water mast and in 1925 he received his first blend of light and shade were be conserved. Every existing prize in the competition for a de-given in the true "Bel Canto" facility for the storage of water sign for the tomb of the late style. Paisiello's "Chi vuol la must be exploited to the utmost. Kuomintang leader. Again, in Zingarello" seemed almost too The optimists notwithstanding, 1926, he was victorious in another crude a contrast, but the "Recita- rain cannot be manufactured at competition for the Memorial tivo e Romanzo" from "Dinorah" will. Nor will it descend at the Auditorium and the Monument was given with delightful tender- physchological moment to avert for the late Dr. Sun in Canton, ness and sympathy. the rationing even of the Kow-
loon populace - ä terrible RUSSIAN CULTURE thought! What is being done re-
garding the Pokfulam catchment ASSOCIATION BEING FORMED area? The Public Works Depart-
very
IN COLONY
With Flute Obligato "Lo, Here the Gentle Lark," sung with flute obligato. is a "tour de force," of which any ation the antecedents and the ment appear to hate the
singer may be proud; and de- served the applause it won, by political dispositions of the Gen-mention of it. But why has no-
A new Society, the "Hong Kong reason of its difficulty alone. erals actually concerned. In this thing been done to clear it of all Russian Cultural Association," though, to be frank, it did not silt and sediment during the long membership in which will be open really suit the singer. Her voice fighting near the boundary be- dry season that the weather-to Russians as well as to Lat- is too Southern in quality for tween Hupeh and Anhui pro-wise folk tell us must come to a rians, Polish. Esthonians, etc., is Bishop's cold, clear effects. For Overland China Mail.vinces, the troops on the Nanking close very shortly? Why should now being established. The mem-an encore she gave Tosti's
side were “Ironsides" and others water? Every little helps in a prise one Latvian, Mr. Herbert perament had full scope.
it be despised as a conservator of bers of the initiative group com-Serenata," in which her tem- who are the traditional enemies time of drought."Little drops of Edward Lanepart, and two Rus- "Dein Blaues Augen" (Brahms) of the Kwangsi faction, more solocean...make the mighty ocean." sians, Captain Mikhail Mitro-was beautifully given, and it was even than Marshal Chiang Kai-Little supplies here and little sup-fanovich Afanassieff and Mr. followed by Chapi's exhilarating
plies there may shek is. These troops have been famine in that part of the island
save a water Alexi Alexeievich Trambitzky. "Carceleras" (a song at one time straining at the leash for months and would have fought on the smallest pretext.
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At the same time, the National Government has still left the door open for settlement. It has order.
The authorities have informed immensely popular-but now in which is situated the Pokfulam Mr. H. E. Lanepart that the Gov-heard all too seldom). The dif- catchment area. Why wait for ernment has no reasons against ficult acompaniment was brilliant- other schemes to mature or come it, as long as the proposed So-ly played by Mr. Homer Samuels, to completion, gambling on a suf- ciety acts in accordance with the and the song quite electrified the ficient rainfall to tide the com- law munity over to this time next year? The Pokfulam reservoir is nearly as dry as the proverbial opportunity to
motor road above.
R.A.0.B.
IN CLUB
audience who would have liked a repetition.
Then followed Rimsky- Korsakoff's most lovely air,-the
"Chanson Indone" from the opera "Sadko." In spite of the intru- sive efforts of a Chinese fiddler in the street outside, the Prima-
ed all troops "at the front" to bone- golden mark time and cease operations of clean out the silt that accumu. SUCCESSFUL "OPEN NIGHT lated as the result of the collapse. an aggressive nature. Beyond in-of the new sisting on the dismissal (and The greater storage capacity the R.A.0.B. Club last night Donna scored a well-deserved
"Open Night" was celebrated "further investigation") of two would serve a very present, help with a smoking concert. A party triumph by her exquisite delivery Kwangsi Generals who were res- in time of water trouble. If, as from H.M.S. "Hermes" provided of this song in which she convey- ponsible for precipitating the dis-made use of in connection' with the entertainment.
ed all the charm and mystery of
minor cadences which fell like It would
seems inevitable, it has to be
mostly of
songs
turbance in Hunan, Yeh Chi and the extension of the Aberdeen The programme was a long one, the East in the slow-dropping
reservoir scheme, why wait until consisting Hsia Wei, the National Govern- the rain does come and the work Shortly before the interval Mr. pearls from her lips. ment does not ask for anything of cleaning out the catchment Eull mystified the audience with have been a pity to follow such Fai material immediately. It takes are cannot be done half so satis- some sleight of hand and card dream-land music by anything so Terrace, Hong Kong, on March the opportunity, however, to conditions? Merely to indulge in very successful and both the or-and Madame Galli-Curei wisely factory as under the present ideal tricks. The entertainment was banel as Bishop's "Echo Song" make certain appointments anathema whenever the Pokfulam ganisers and those who took part exercised her woman's preroga mostly of men belonging or sub-reservoir is mentioned appears
tive of changing her mind, and are to be congratulated.
Admittance was free and a col-gave instead that delightful song ordinate to the Kwangsi faction, but an excuse to shirk the per-
lection was formance of an obvious duty in
taken in aid be it noted-to pave the way the interests of whose to whom
of Una Voce poco fa" from Rossini's R.A.Q.B. charities.
"Il Barbiere di Siviglia." In toward reducing the strength of a regular water supply is indeed a
operatic airs the Diva is at ber best and sings with that breadth the Kwangsi faction's armies, blessing.
and freedom which only a very great opera singer can command. This is done in the name of dis-
Runs and Trills Her runs and trills are clear
24. a son. WARD. On March 14, at the Victoria Nursing Home, Shang- Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Ward, a son, Michael Richard
hai, to
Northern.
MARRIAGE
WILSON-WHATMOUGH, On
DEATH
A cable has been received by Mr. W. Anderson, of Anderson The plain fact is that change is Music Company, the local Secre- March 20, at H.BM. Consulate armament. If Nanking's orders essential to life. Life, indeed, is tary of the Trinity College of General and afterwards at are carried out, the National Gov-change; and change is of the Music, London, congratulating and fresh as running water, and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shang- ernment will have achieved the essence of reality. Everything is him on the excellent entries reat the close of the fine cadenza hai, by Dean Trivett. Frederick double purpose of making its the product of a process of de-ceived for the forthcoming music which ends the introduction to Wilson to Lily Whatmough.
velopment. It is thus that art, examination. Mr. Mallinson, the "Rosina's" song the audience authority felt in the province and science, civilisation, morals, re-college's examiner, is expected burst into the wildest applause, of going ahead with the disband-ligion, have come into being. Any here from London on or about bouquets surged on to the stage, HOOD-On February 14, at Worfavourable to such.
ment scheme in a sphere least experience seems to teach that if May 23.
and it was quite a long time te- change does not take place in one sall Hall, lower Worsall Yarm,
fore the audience could compose Which, in direction, it takes place in an- The Government has decided to themselves sufficiently to allow, England, Doris, wife of short, means addition to the pres- other. If there is not progress, proceed immediately with the Madame Galli-Curci to continue Ninnian Hood, late chief en tige of Nanking as the centre of there is degeneration; there is,
Aberdeen reservoir scheme, her song! gineer of China Merchants, Ltd. the whole country.
and can be no such thing as stand- After protracted negotiations the In view of
An excellent. contrast was pro- ing still-The "London Evening Government has secured a revided by three crisp and spirit- the multifarious interests at News.".
sumption of certain water rights ed piano solos played by Mr. stake, it is difficult to visualise
held by the Taishing Paper Manu- Homer Samuels. The last. was either side throwing itself whole- Mr. W. H. Bell and Mr. and Mrs. facturing Co., and they contem. "Uncle Remus Rhapsody" by heartedly into a campaign which Colony on the "President Jeffer-reservoir, near the present Pok-piece which was warmly encored... Cyril H. Burton returned to the plate the construction of a new Morris, a bright and rhythmical will last not less than three son" from Manila yesterday. fulam reservoir. It is hoped to Signor Luigi Alberghini, too, months, with disastrous effects all
secure An extra 2.12 million did sterling service in his capacity round.
There is at present estimated gallons a day by this scheme of flautist to be 90 days' supply of water on which will cost about $2,600,000
In the second half of the pro-
Hong Kong, Tuesday, Mar, 26, 1929.
CHANCE OF PEACE YET?
In spite of news, hitherto un- confirmed, that fighting has
ייקיד
broken out between units profess- Assuming the rivals got to ing loyalty to the National grips, it will be impossible to say Government of China at Nanking who is directly responsible. and the Kwangsi faction. at Chiang Kai-shek appears to be
the Island. The harbour pipe line, and should, if all goes well, be gramme the Prima Donna gave the end of the year it is hoped, will be completed by completed in three years.
The splendid troupe, "The Samoan Dancers" are giving fate-
Hankow, respectively, there is the aggressor, but is the Kwangswell performances to-day at the sible that any singer could give signal for a series of encores,
ton.
us three English Ballads--none of them worthy of her voice or talent, though all very dalnlly sung. The last of these was the
still a chance of peace, or at least faction free from blame? Admit Queen's in conjunction with Syd the "Shadow Song from "Dino- last, until it seemed as
each more charming than the if the of compromise. The report which tedly, the Kwangsi faction gave Chaplin's great comedy "Skirts." raha song which ranks with audience could not let her go.
"A fors e lui" and the "Bell Song" has caused most anxiety is that offence in Hunan. But practically of last evening to the effect that every demand of Nanking was Brenan on leave, Mr. G. S, Moss, most difficult "coloratura" songs next "Comin' Thro' the Rye" and During the absence of Mr. J. F. from "Lakme" as one of the three Love's Old Sweet Song." The Her first encore was "Molloy's. several hundreds of wounded accepted right away. It is patent M.B.E., British Consul in Foo-ever written for soprano-leggi at the third encore Madame Galli- soldiers have been brought into that Chiang Kai-shek was itching chow, will take over charge of the ero). Yet this difficult feat was Curci did a very surprising Nanking and that the authorities to curb the power of the Kwangsi. British Consulate-General in Can-accomplished without the slight thing! She sat down at the piano est apparent effort by the singer and sang to her own accompani- there have announced casually ites once a chance presented it
Echoing the flute obligato, she ment proving herself a true that these casualties were suffer.seif. Many observers have said
Mr. Wong Kwong-tin has kind-rippled through the runs and ed in operations against "bandits all along that hostilities at some y consentend to distribute the trills and cadenzas with all the musician by the ease with which
prizes to the successful students brilliance of a lark. The echo
she played a difficult accomparit up-country." That Nanking time or other were inevitable be- of the Sacred Heart College to effects were faultlessly given, should attempt to camouflage the cause the parties have never morrow at 11 am, at the Majestic and the final D flat in alt with another encore--the ever-popular Needless to say this evoked obvious is most likely due to a fought to a real finish before. It Theatre, Nathan-road.
which this song ends roused a "La Paloma," and after this fol- storm of applause such as is rare lowed two more encores both desire there still to prevent war if is necessary to ask if the Kwangsi
During the week ended March ly heard in Hong Kong! face can be saved. And, in faction has placed itself in the 23 one case of diphtheria (fatal) Madame Amelita Gaill-Curci is delightful analysing the situation in any wrong by "not playing fair" to was reported, and three cases of landed a very great artiste, and her After such
a lengthy pro time of crisis in China, it is neces- Nanking and thereby arousing were Chinese. Two fatal cases of those privileged to hear her last (Contrated at foot of precedi
enteric fever (one fatal). All Voice will long be remembered by gramme, it seemed almost impos- sary to take into careful consider Chiang Kai-shek's ire. The latter, in fluenza were also notified. night.-A. W.
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