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WEDNESDAY, MÁY 29, 1929.
MUSIC EXAMINER
TRINITY COLLEGE AND ITS WORK
INTERESTING ADDRESS
interest
PRAPS
PRAPS NOT!
Scots Guards the splendid regi An address upon subjects of Mirrors were invented by a ment of which he has been special musical
was Scotsman to give Englishmen solonel for quarter of a century given at the City Hall yesterday something to laugh at. These military distinctions are afternoon-to teachers and senior probably unique of their kind, and pupils by Mr. Albert Mallinson, The editor was dying, but say much for the physique of who has been examining in Hong when the doctor bent over him, both the Duke of Connaught and Kong during the last few days. placed his ear on his breast, and of Field-Marshal Lord Methuen, In the course of his remarks, said, "Poor man! circulation al- both of whom have occupied Mr. Mallinson gave a short his-most gone," he sat up and shout- many arduous positions in various tory of the founding (in 1872) ed: "You're another! We have parts of the world. Since the and growth of Trinity College of the largest circulation in the
atter went to the Gold Coast on Music, now a national institution, world!" special service in 1873 and served which is examining 80,000 can- PAIR
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has seen service in Egypt, South Examinations were held in the compares his wife with a book." Africa (where he was Comman-British Isles, Newfoundland,! You could not compare my der-in-Chief from 1907 till 1909), Canada, South America, the wife with a book." India and elsewhere. He was South Sea Islands, New Zealand, "Why?" also Governor of Natal (1909) Australia, India, South Africa, and Governor and Commander-in-Rhodesia, Ceylon, Malaya, Burma, Chief at Malta from 1915 till Trinidad, the West Indies, and 1919. That both of those veteran Egypt.
"You can shut up a book."
*
Billiard player (to marker): Now, car you tell me what a bil- liard ball does when it stops roll- ing?"
soldiers should still be "going A sum of £3,000 was spent an- strong" is likewise a matter of nually by Trinity surprise as well as of satisfac-scholarships, tenable either at the Marker: "No sir."
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Odell left for Shanghai by the s.s. "President Jefferson."
Two cases of small-pox were notified yesterday, both being Chinese.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. da Rocha and family left to-day for America by the "Talye Maru."
Sir Henry Pollock and Lady Pollock left by the s.s. "Empress of France" yesterday Manila.
܂
Club.
for
College on
college or at the local centres. Player: "Looks round, my dear Among its Vice-Presidents were fellow!" His Eminence Cardinal Bourne!
and Sir Edward Elgar. The Chair He: Good-night, my love. of Music at the University of Lon-When you are gone I shall still don was founded with a gift of linger beneath your window and £6,000 by Trinity College..
sing you a serenade." Local Standard Good
"She: "Da. And I will drop Mr. Mallinson was glad of the you a flower."
He: "Ah! In a moment of mad of
the Lopportunity
meeting teachers and he had been pleased love." with the standard reached by many of the successful candid ates. That standard was proof
She: No, in a pot."
A lady entered a gramophone
to him of the good work which dealer's shop and asked for a cer- was being done in this part of tain record to be played over. "Is that an electrically- the Empire. At the same time he When this had been done, she would like to impress upon them asked. the necessity of not being satis recorded disc?" fied with that standard-or in-
undergoing change.
Technique,
"Yes, madam," answered the
on P
The business that took a res-
Mr. Koo Ying-fan, a high Gov-deed with any standard-but of assistant. "All records are now ponsible officer of the Public
ernment cfficial from Canton, is pressing forward to still higher electric."
"Then," said the lady, "t's no Works Department thousands of travelling to Nanking on the s.s. levels.
In the world of art nothing use to us; we've only got gas laid miles across the seas having been "President Jefferson."
stood still. Everything was con- completed, it but follows as a
Mr. G. P. Daawani, managing stantly changing
Some ambitious young men, natural sequence that we should partner of Messrs. Lalchand and methods of education, the idiom be informed that "the work, will Gagandas, has been clected Pre-used by composers, and our own who gathered together in an ex- constantly clusive little club of their own be pushed on as quickly sident of the Sindhi Merchants' vision-these were
were discussing"genius" one as possible." Still, that official
It behoved us, therefore, to ex-night.
"The man of genius must climb assurance of expedition with the
The date of the opening of the periment for ourselves, to try out much needed scheme for laying barber shop on the first floor of new methods, and examinations the ladder," said one of the com-
the harbour the Hong Kong Hotel has been were one of the means by which pany with enthusiasm.
"You are right,” said another, water pipes across
deferred, but will be announced in candidates and teachers could from Kowloon reveals in itself a due course.
assure themselves that they were who had more experience of the not being left behind in the for-world. "We have a genius in the pleasing thoughtfulness for the community in its present dire Colonial Secretary, and Mrs. tion.
The Hon. Mr. W. T, Southorn,ward march of methods of educa-house where I lodge. He climbs
the ladder to the garret!" Music was no longer a straits, on account of the scarcity Southern left yesterday for the mere pastime, but a real mind-
"Ah, by the way, dear," said of water, that cannot but he ap-Philippines by the s.s. Empress training process, involving quite preciated. The mere hint of the of France" to recuperate after as important educational issues as the merchant as he was prepar- those derived from the study ofing to leave the house in the their recent illnesses. employment of "rusk" methods in
other school subjects such as morning, "if I find I can't be mathe home to dimmer I will send a note literature, connection with the pipe line
The first meeting of creditors | languages.
by messenger." line scheme cannot of itself, of of the United Asbestos Oriental matics, etc.
"Don't trouble," said the wife Diploma Work
sweetly, "I have already found it course, put one single drop of Agency, Limited, will be held at
the offices of Messrs. Dodwell & He did not purpose going inte on the blotting pad." into the long queues of Co., Ltd.. on Tuesday, June 11, at details in relation to elementary buckets that are causing an ob-4 p.m. The meeting is convered piano technique, how to play "Yes, Jones is suffering from struction in every street at the to comply with the Companies scales, how to get a good legato, a nervous breakdown. There's a moment, and, incidentally, provid- Ordinance, but all creditors will when and how to use the different rookery in front of his house and
in due course be paid in full.
kinds of staccalo, how to render the noise of the birds upset him. ing an army of Police constables
correctly the simpler graces, how terribly." with a little diversion from A young Chinese was yester to use the pedal. and how to "I see eaws and effect."
day charged before Mr. T. 5. teach elementary form-all these their hum-drum beat duties; but whyte-Smith, at the Kowloon details were dealt with at length Author: "Yes, I am doing very son it is splendid to be provided with Magistracy, for throwing stones in many books easily accessible, well. I make jokes, and my wife
a ray of hope that matters shall at the female inmates of a house but he would like to refer special- makes pictures for them."
Painter: "With me it's the op- not always be so shockingly bad in Temple-street, Yaumati. Rely to diploma work. Teachers did
marking that it was a cowardly not perhaps realise how much is posite. I make pictures and my Hong Kong, Wednesday, May 29, 1929, as they are at present.
thing to so harass the women expected for success in the Col-wife Jokes about them." Having, however, thoroughly his Worship imposed a fine of lege's Higher Examinations, masticated the crumb of comfort | $5.
Examiners looked for evidence of Phrenologist: "This bump wider reading and for some show across the frontal bone seems to afforded by the official news of The P. & 0. "Kashgar,"
of professional grip. Lessons in indicate curiosity, even to the the harbour pipe line having which left London on May 2, has musical appreciation did a great point of recklessness." been approved, there still remains the following passengers for deal towards developing the Victim: "Perfectly correct. I comfort in the news, officially much to be done to mitigate the Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Craig and child' musicianly quantities in the can got that through putting my Hong Kong:-Miss E. Barham,
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BIRTH
HARRIMAN. On May 23,
1929,
at St. Paul's Hospital, Hong
Kong, to Evelyn, wife
G. A. Harriman, a (Michael).
WATER - AGAIN!
of
There may be a crumb of
"China
water
didates.
communicated to the
head through a lift shaft to see if water crisis through which the Lt. Comdr. J. S. Crawford, Lt. Mr. Mallinson here made some the lift was coming up-and it Mail" to-day, that the approval of Island is now passing. There may R. P. Garnett, Lt. E. M. Grundy useful suggestions as to the sub- was coming down." the Secretary of State for the be valuable suggestions for the Lt.-Comde. M. V. Keogh, Mr.jects of such lessons. Then he Colonies has been received for the authorities in the addresses at Lt. H. T. Smallwood. Mrs. G. S. and gave an interesting account of E. W. McDiarmid, Mr. D. Short, spoke of tone-colour in playing adoption of Mr. Henderson's
yesterday's meeting of the Sani-Arbuthnot is joining the steamer how colour in music had arisen. Music had a dual nature. It was scheme for laying the cross-har-tary Board-that has to be test at Colombo for Hong Kong. "Music," he said, "used to be not only material but spiritual. bour pipe line, and that the worked-but certainly the community
looked upon as a moving pattern We wanted our students to be- Small-pox figures for last week in sound, but as it became more come musicians, not dexterous will be pushed on as quickly as does look to the Government to were reduced to five new cases sensitive, more temperamental, performers only." possible. Most people, however, explore most thoroughly every and four deaths. Three more tone began to require colour value. Schumann and Chopin may scarcely be expected to en- possible avenue that will result cases were, however, reported on
Monday. There were three cases were the leaders in 'this new dis- thuse, or fire crackers in sheer immediately in a lightening of of diphtheria (two fatal) and covery though they had never jubilation over the approval of the burden of an almost water-three of enteric. Three more sought inspiration directly in the Downing Street to a water supply less population. When that task enteric cases (two Indian and one painter's art. Nowadays tone-
Chinese) were also notified 00 scheme that ought to have been is done, and done well, we may sit Monday. Three deaths from in. colour is being exploited to the
pushed through when it was pro-back and await with all the fluenza and one from meningitis
full."!
Maxims for Violinists
"ROTTEN FOOD"
BOARD AND LODGING DISPUTE
EUROPEAN, LITIGANTS vided for in the Estimates three patience available the completion also appear in last week's returns. Mr. Mallinson here gave six or four years ago. Compared of the cross-harbour scheme and
The case in which a Chinese helpful maxims for violinists. At the Summary Court this morn- with the time that it takes the the divers other plans for ensur-pilgrim was alleged to have asand six for pianists. He also ex-ing, his Honour the Puisne Judge, official mind to come to a definitefing to the Colony a copious water saulted another on board the s.s.phasised the advantage of the Mr. Justice J. R. Wood, was called decision on any project the law's supply in the driest possible year. "Charles Hardouin recently, was study of elocution from delays are celerity itself. Having come to that decision, however, a
the upon to decide whether the food. "The supplied to Mr. A. Shorthouse, a concluded at the Central Mugis- literary point of view. tracy yesterday. The Magistrate study of works," he said. "by storekeeper of the Naval Yard, by decided that although it was obvi-Kingsley. George Elliot, Walter Mr. F. Smith, of No. 9 East Point highly paid member of the Public Military "Silver Weddings" ous that the complainant had Pater, Browning. Milton. Keats, Terrace, was rotten or not.
Mr. Smith sued Mr. Shorthouse Works Department must needs be
The happy reference of Fieldbeen assaulted, there was no suf-H. C. Anderson. Scott, Shakes-
ficient evidence to prove the peare, the English translations for the recovery of $100, being despatched all the way to London, Marshal Lord Methuen
to the accused had committed the of Euripides, together with some board and lodging for the month at the Colony's expense, to inter "silver weddings" as colonels of assault. Therefore, the summons of the Psalms of David, did form of April.
a splendid inreduction to the Mr. Shorthouse sai that why be view the officials of the Colonial the Duke of Connaught and him was dismissed.
sympathetic
best literature in the English did not want to pay the bill was Office and do the necessary "kow. self will evoke
interest in the remarkable mili- At the Queen's Theatre 28 new language. This course of study, because the food supplied to him towing" for their most gracious tary careers of those distinguish electric fans were installed on drawn up as it was with real dis- was so rotten that he did not think and most condescending sanctioned British soldiers. The Duke, Monday night, and the majority crimination by the College, should it was worth the money.
The question was a controver- to a scheme that cannot possibly who is a brother of the late of them were in action for the prove a great incentive to our
performance yesterday. young people to make themselves stal one and as Mr. Shorthouse ad- do aught but bore them. Prob uncle of His Majesty the King, They add very materially to the further acquainted with those in-mitted that he had boarded with the ably, more time was spent in was born in 1850, and is, there comfort of the audience during comparable riches in both prose plaintiff during that month, his Downing Street in peering fore, now in his 80th year. He the hot weather. Another altera-tand verse which the people of the Lordship decided against him. through a microscope to find has been for years identified with tion to the Theatre is the erection British Isles possessed and of Judgment was accordingly entered Hong Kong on the map than was Britain's "crack
the Grenadier Guards one of just inside the entrance of two which they ought to be so proud. for plaintiff for the amount claim- regiments new box offices for the back stalls The study of good literature dided with costs.
much towards developing Mr. W. C. Hung appeared for the occupied in giving the official and, as Lord Metanen announces, and dress circle, but these have so
young musicians has served 26 years as its colonel not yet been brought into use.
spiritually plaintiff. "Yea."
King Edward Seventh and an first