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Future of Music.
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devices can be persuaded to do for them. But psychologists re- cognise this as a phase that must pass,
For the impulse towards self-expression is, perhaps, the] most potent of natural instincts.) As people grow to realise that music, which wireless and the gramophone have brought, for the first time, within their
reach, soothes and satisfies an
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1932.
GIRL GUIDES MOVEMENT.
Broadcast Address by Mrs. Southorn.
WORLD-WIDE POWER.
SHADOWS BEFORE
COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED IN CHINA MAIL.
Social Functions. To-day-Tea Dances at Hong Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant; Dinner Dances at Peninsula, and Hong-Kong Hotels.
Innate mental hunger, so will In the course of an interested ever-increasing numbers become last night. Mrs. Southorn, wife of Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant; broadcast address on 'Girl Guides) To-morrow-Tea Dances at Hong conscious of the urge to seck self-the Colonial Secretary, said:
Carnival Dinner Dances at Hong expression in music of their own) Gulding is an inspiration. All of Kong, Feninsula and Repulse Bay making. Here the piano, self-us, young or old, need in this Hotels; Dinner Dance at King's contained, economical, easily at-which to keep our hearts beating
world some "vision splendid" by Restaurant.
Entertainmenta.
cessible, must come into its high and our eyes lifted up to the To-day King's Theatre; kingdom. And here, also, will hills. The everyday routine of life"The Virtuous Sia." song recitals by local artistes and even when we are young' is apt to To-day Queen's Theatre: by visiting celebrities always make us get into a groove and to "A Free Soul."
be limited in our outlook, our "Sap from Syracuse." justify all the favourable criti-friendship and our interests.
Today Central Theatre:
cisms showered upon
them Gulding opens a door to friendship "The Vice Squad.”
To-day- Majestic Theatreg in the Colony.
with all the world. One cannot help feeling that much of the inter-"Locked Door."
+
But
want
national trouble arises from News in Brief.
Today Star
Theatre:
To-day-Harmston's Circus, op-
of contact. Guiding strives to unite girlhod all over the world posite Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon. Two cases of diphtheria and one in friendship and understanding.
Home Malls. of typhoid fever were notified yes-At the International
To-morrow-Inward from Europe terday.
Guide Con-via Negapatam (Katori Maru); ference held in Hungary in 1929 Outwards for Europe via Marseilles
representatives of twenty eight
any
LOCAL SHARE
MARKET.
The lowest open air temperature foreign countries and British Over- (Terukuni Maru), 0 p.m. yesterday up to 4 p.m. was 63 de seas Dominions met in the common {grees. The humidity was 31 at bond. Lord and Lady Baden
10 a.m. and 79 at 4 p.m.
Powell, who are the Chief Scout and the Chief Guide of the World. The management of the Hong rule a kingdom larger than Kong & Shanghal Hotels announce king or queen. At the Danish Jam- that for the special Carnival Din-boree the flags of thirty nations ner, to be held in the Peninsula were dipped to Lord Baden Powell Hotel to-morrow night, they have an honour unique throughout the engaged the services of some world's history. talented Chinese lady dancers 18 an added attraction.
ing themselves as Police Officers.
Barriers Broken Down.
Another Quiet Session Reported.
RATES STILL UNALTERED.
Buyers.
$24 $114
.3 2. .$96.
.3/-
$19.
Seller's
$45
.$92:
$39:
$38
$10:
INDIANS AT LAW. Plaintiff Not Entitled To Accounts.
A POINT RESERVED.
After
forms. And to the music lover,
If you travel twice round the The official summary issued by conning his score before concert lington Barracks, was the acene of that wherever you
The Garrison Lecture Hall, Wel-world as I have done, you will find the Stock Exchange to-day states
After the morning session yes- opera; the
meet a Guide) wireless en-an animated gathering last night you meet a friend. All the pre-terday, more enquiry for some of thusiast, eager to refresh mem when about 100 couples spent an iminaries of acquaintanceship, the smaller counters was in evid- ories of an enjoyable evening's enjoyable evening on the occasion which sometimes take so much time ence, but this morning the market
of a dance organised by the Chief before barriers entertainment, the piano is a true and Petty Officers of H.M.S. Cum are bridged by
are broken down, was again quiet, with no change in Recent criticisms of broad- and valued friend.
the Guide links, rates." berland. The ship's Jazz Band My kind hostess in Japan, the casting programmes, coupled Admittedly, the plano trade, in
supplied the music.
charming girls who shampooed my Douglases with the announcement of the common with other industries,
hair on board on Empress boat,. the Benguets A submission that there was no pretty Norwegian manicurist in Venz, Goldfields Chopin and Song Recital by Mr. is experiencing temporary evidence against his client was Montreal, the wife of the Governor-Chinese Estates and Mrs. A. Bowes-Smith in the slump. Yet, in this connection, Mr. W. Schofield
made by Mr. F. H. Losely before General of Canada, my delightful Singapore Tractions Helena May Institute this even-it is, M. Pouishnoff thinks, im-Police Court yesterday afternoon neighbour in the Swiss Hotel-all
at the Central hostess in Quebec, the pleasant Mackintosh ing, serve as a peg on which to portant to remember that human when appearing for the first of six were in and of the Guide Move-Indo-China (Pref} hang a few rambling observa-nature is seeking novelty, and Chinese charged with obtaining ment and brought their quota of Indo-China (Def) tions. A well-known musician, that, during the past forty years, tences.
goods by fraud other than false pre-friendliness to add pleasure to Raubs .... suggesting that the rising gen- the form and structure of the journed until February 10.
The case was again ad- one's wanderings. I can remember Malabons. eration are educated to listen piano have changed comparative-
numbers of chance meetings with 8. G. Enterprises Guides-the Guide response, the rather than perform, has been ly little. Musical science, on the
Further evidence was given yes keen interest. "You saying
come from that the days of the other hand, has made immense Wong Tok, Li Lam, Mak It and Are there Chinese Guides? We'd terday afternoon when Chau Pang, China?" Oh, do tell us about it. piano as an individual instru- strides. Wireless, player-pianos, Chan Pul were again before Mr. love to meet them." The roots of ment are numbered. Superseded and continuous improvements in Fraser at the Kowloon Magistracy, Guiding strike deep into the hearts by pianola, gramophone, and the standard of gramophones ful exactions from hawkers. The realise
on charges of having made unlaw of nations-deeper than many loud speaker, the amateur pian- and recording, will shortly vie last three defendants, who were home and grounds in Hampshire, Foxlease the beautiful ist in the home, he declares, need with perfected movietone and constables in Kowloon, were addi- no longer expect a hearing. As phonofilm processes for popular tionally charged with misconduct-given to the Guide Movement by an
considerable argument American lady, is the rendezvous for the professional, mechanical favour.
of Guides from all over the world Justice (Sir Joseph H. Kemp,
throughout yesterday, The hearing was again adjourned. for training and recreation.
the Chief and broadcast music threaten to
Overshadowed by sensational crowd the concert hall out of novelties, the piano, as an indi-
now in Switzerland the gift of Indian partnership dispute case K.C.), held that the plaintiff in the Chalet has added to the chances for existence: Thus, prematurely,
vidual instrument, has inevitably
International meetings and friend-was not entitied to accounts, but people who visualise progress, as suffered temporary eclipse. Yet
liness.
reserved judgment as to the amount due to him and costs. a destructive rather than a con- to the pianist the vision of the Specimens Secured by
A Striking Instance.
Mr. F. C. Jenkin, K.C. (instruct structive force, relegate the
One of the most striking in- éd by Messrs. Russ & Co.) was for future seams full of promise. piano to obsolescence and, ultim-For is it likely that manufac
stances of the world-wide power of the plaintiff, Rattanchand Jeram- Guiding came to my notice in das, silk merchant, of China Build- ately, the scrap heap.
Ceylon many years ago. One of ing, whilst Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C.. As a practical musician, how with one musical invention after just obtained from the jungles of South India for a holiday. While (instructed by Mr. Leo d'Almada, The Hong Kong. Aquarium have the Guide Captains went over to with Mr. Leo d'Almada, fun. M. Left Pouishnoff, the
another did they not realise the Java a red and black. Lion Head there it was Christmas time-stesen.) represented the defendants, noted Russian concert and broad-ever-increasing public demand monkey. This animal is very rare went to a party given at a Leper Pritamdas Hashmatral and Utomal casting pianist, remains firmly for music in some shape or The specimen in the Aquarium is the Guide trefoil badge and to her
and is extremely difficult to catch. Home. The Guide Captain wore Thadani, of 25, Wyndham Street. convinced that the piano. Can form? Far from threatening, the not yet two years old and has the amazement
In this action the plaintif claim a young Indian girled on an agreement made in never lose its place in musical future piano, these novel types distinction of being the first Lion afflicted with leprosy came up to January, 1929, by which he lent life nor its hold upon the affect of musical expression have Head monkey to be shown here her and said: "I see you are a money to the defendants, then tions of the people. Take, first, given it a new and powerful hold Gibbon monkeys. One is a great were tears in her eyes and my chants, Wyndham Street, that he They have also obtained two Guide, I was a Guide once." There trading as Jhurai & Co., silk mer- the indisputable, self-evident fact on existence. For what music big black one, who is over three friend was deeply moved too. The was entitled to a statement of ac that the piano remains the only lover, born, or educated by his years old. The other is a baby girl had been to a school where counts of the profits of Jhural & instrument that is entirely self- gramophone or loud speaker, will
of the grey species. Guiding was a very flourishing part Co., payment of the amount found contained. To the performer it remain content with reproduction Aquarium are making a special re-veloped leprosy and everything was the agreement he was to get 20 per The management of the of the training. Ther she had de due to him (he alleged that under offers every essential of music all his days? His enjoyment of duced price of 20 cents for the changed. The Guide Captain, kept cent of the profits of Jho all the elements of harmony and home music must inevitably Chinese New Year holidays, start in touch with the girl; they corre and six per cont melody. The organ alone, c
ing on Saturday morning and end-sponded and my friend com-whet his appetite for first-hand ing on Tuesday night. The books. Guiding once again brought Upt, and manda the wider range of mus experience, his desire to see and Aquarium will be opened each day fresh interests into the cal expressions.
ever,
turers would flood the market
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