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"OXFORD ACCENT POR
COCKNEY?
MR GALSWORTHY ON "EXPRESSION."
WEATHER REPORT".
July 7th at 18.00-Pressure has decreased slightly at the majority of reporting stations, The depression remains over SW, Chins, and the typhoon to the east of the Bashi Channel, The rection of metion of the latter is still uncertain.
Manila warning-Typhoon in Lat, 21 deg. N. Long, 123 leg. E. direction unknown roed
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Mr. John Galsworthy on May 30th co livered an address on Expression" at Bedford College before the English Asso piation, from the presidency of which he is retiring in favour of the on of Kedleston. The of slang said,
is, in reason, no bad thing. Slang L is, at least, vigorous and,apt. Trolmbly moet of our vital words were once slang: one by one timidly made sacrosanct in despite of ecclesiastical and other wrath.
waiting to see the expression hours, Jaly Sth is as follows- um
The forcast for the 24 hours anding at 15 rumty-too' caporised by Dean Inge, and gets my goat academied by Professor
ÚISTRICT Saintsbury,
I
"Nothing is more wilting to n writer Attempting to introduce an ewe Inmb of expression than to receive such
1 letter as this: Dear Sir, I am a great admirer of your work, but will you please tell me what slaverdy on page 233 of your latt novel means cannot find it in the din.
ary
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Saturday, 10th July, at 11 am YOKOHAMA MAKU ......
Saturday, 30th Aug.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 18 hours, July 7th, 0.01 inch. Total einer January lat, 6403 inches, against sa average MARSEILEES, LONDON & ANTWERP Fia Singapore, &c.
of 42.0-6 inches,
FORECANT
Fermios Channel
...N. winin, strong.
Wednesday, 16th July, at 11 am. Wednesday, 30th July
Mandar,
FUSHIMI MARD HAKOZAKI MARU ... HAMBURG rin LONDON & ROTTERDAM.
DURBAN MARU LIVERPOOL via MARSEILLES & VALENCIA.
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Thursday,
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Thursday,
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Tuesday,
99th July
Hongkong Observatory, July 7th
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tionary. The binty of a slang word is that
you need not put it ja the diction- it cries its own meaning to its own muffin bell. And dare we condean Cock- ney lingo whose waters, in Southerly England, ecm fast flooding in over the dykes of the so-called Oxford accent, and such other rural dialects as are left! There is perhaps no greater divider of society than the difference in wine voce expression. If the East-end on Hamp stead Heath of a Bank Holiday pro nounced its aitches and said Bai Jove Isn't it
.0- if the other hand. the aitches and said Aow Look as the cows in the tryne should we not be very near to a social millennium Which of these two forms of English, cockney twang or the drawl of culehah." is the mon desirable as a national form of speech The spirit of th
SPIN to favour cockney: and certainly it is lib. ber on the tongue. He liked to regard the English language as still in the making. capable of new twists and bold captures: yet he thought our attitude towards it Should have
more reverence, that should love QUE mother tongue as we love our country, and try to express our- selves with vigour, dignity, and
Frace
Father end dropped its Temperature
We
Mr. Galsworthy presided in the evening at & dinner at which the English Associ sion entertained Mr. William Archer and Mr. C. E. Montague at the Trocadero Restaurant. "Among those Riso present were the Master of the Tempir, Sir Henry and Lady Stephens, Professor C. FE Spurgeon. Sir Israel and Lady Gollancz, and Mr. W. G. Rushbrooke. Proposing Our Guests, Gals- worthy said Crities are very like glosquitoes; they will have your blood. I know a lady who, after an operation. care to with the words 'I don't want self-supporting, independent, economic agent; I want to be loved." (Laughter.) The literary man comes to under the knives of the critics with the words 'I con't want to be double-barelled, copper plated literary artist, I want to be rend"".
to be
WALES BEATEN IN SINGING. UNGALLANT CONDUCT AT CRYSTAL
PALACE...
Choirs from Wales and their support: ers took defeat very badly at the Crystal Palace Imperial Eisteddfod, recently. A scene rare in choral competitions fallow- ed the adjudication of Sir Hugh Allen. who awarded chief honours to Yorkshire.
There was some wonderfully good sing- ing. It was a pity more people did not hear it. The quality amply compensated for the amali number of entries:
The preliminary tests in the afternoon passed off peacefully. Male voice choire sang Elgar's Feasting, I Watch, and Cyril Jenkina Sea Fever; ".
HIGH FRAISE TO YORKSHIRE. In the evening mixed voice choirs sang Elgar's Go, Song of Mine, and Cyril Jenkits' Ole to the West Wind, and the male voice choirs sang Vaughan Williams arrangement of Down Among the Dead Men.
In both cases the prizes went to York share, the Huddersfield Mixed Choir, and the Holme Valley Male Voice Choir, winning by a considerable number of marks in each case, and gaining prizes of £500 and £100 respectively, championship cups
and
The Welsh singers and their friends did not relish the high praise given to the Yorkshire singers by Sir Hugh Allen, und his equally candid and outspoken criticism of some of the faults of fater- ¿pretation of the two other 'chairs:
Whether they had a just grievanes or not, their way of showing resentment was inexcsable. They made an organis ed attempt to prevent the
competitions from proceeding.
aper-
They refused to take part in formance of the pieces by the massed choirs under Sir Hugh Allen, which was what many of those present specially. wanted to hear.
They would not desist when Mr. Buck land: the general manager of the Crystal Palace, appealed to them. It was not, tin the police appeared that order was restored.
The second and third prizes in the mixed voice contest were divided between Treorchy and Port Talbot: and there was a similar division in the case of the male voice choira, London, Welah and William atown being equal,
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Humidity Wind Direction... Force. Weather...
Rain
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HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
Week
From July 8th to 14th, 1924.- HIGH WATER,
-Days of
F'kong;
Height..
LOW WATER
Hrong.
Standant
Time,
Standard
Time.
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b.
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8
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Fri.
213
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0 10 al, 11 20
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2 9
14a 1-0
Satur. 123 12
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Mon. 14m 6 56
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Place of Obrecation.
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VESSELS EXPECTED.
Akita Mir (T.K.K-), due to-day. duru Haris (N.Y.K.), due July stb. The ladies choirs championship and femnon, due August 6th.
Heren (Tampa), dus July 20th Daily Telegraph cap were won by the Aki Jars (NY..), due July 18th Maidstone Choral Union under Mr. F. Wilson Purts, who beat Mr. William Haruns
Burupplas (Blue
Turner's fataqus and generally invincible Kitana Maru tie July 31st.
Nottingham Choir.)
POOR MISS - 1934.
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Garfield (Dallas), due August
President McKinley (Admiral Oriental),
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Dr. Ethel Bentham, Labour candidate President Pierce (P. M.), due July 19th for fallington, at a meeting at Highbury Radnor (Tampa), due July 21st
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