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GOOD SERVICE MEDALS.
Chief Inspector CF. Mason (an Active Servicel-For work in connection with the organisation " and early training of the Forge.
Staff Inspector J. C. Wildin for raising large sums of money for War and Police Charities.
“SLANDER."
A FINE CINEMA FILM.
be a really magnificent film and it should not be missed on any
account.
TEKESHONGKONG, TELEGRAPH.
CHINESE MUSIC,
ONLY FIVE NOTES USED.
Strictly speaking, China hithe to has had no national anthem, ment has secured another William York Herald. It is one of the
The Victoria Theatre manage writes Leon Lansberg in the New
Fox masterpiece,
most musical of countries, melodi- "Slander," which is to be screened
ous and harmonious composi on tions, played or sung, figuring Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-largely in religious rites and in day, and in which Mme. Bertha social festivities. Its music is also Kalich is featured. This will highly characteristic. But it China ever has bean the least must also be bare in mind that
patriotio of countries, according to our notions of patriotism. While Mother love forms one of the nominally an empire, it has been chiefthemes in this master motion really a congress of almost in- picture. The ability of me. Amerable small democracies, Kalich sa an emotional setress
Fach village has been a already has placed her in the civic unit anto itself, owing no halls of draustic fame. As her allegiance to the province in character in the film story of which it is situated save to pay "Slander," Mase. Kalich is ousted the taxes demanded, and practic frota her home and divorced from ally noce to the empire as her husband through the injustice has been a larger unit, giving to whole. Similarly, each province of that cowardly weapon the name of which is used as the play's the empire only the formal title. She is forced to leave her allegiance of taxpaying. The two children, which parts are if any of that devotion to the individual Chinese has had little taken by Inspector F... Ribeiro for juvenile actress and actor, little Emperor and the empire which good work in connection with Miss Jacqueline Murphange and men of other nations have for charitable functions, and generMaster Walter Ferguson. The their lands and rulers. In such wronged wife after a long absence circumstances the development returns to see her children, al-of a genuine national anthem has though the courts gave the father been impossible.
Staff Inspector R. G. McEwen for much voluntary extra duty with the Regulars and Reserves.
Police Reserve Accountant A. Balean for excellent services in connection with equipment and general accounts.
Staff Inspecter B. W. Tape for good work in connection with
Headquarters Stores Police Reserve Club.
and the
Musketry Inspector F. Fisher for good work in connection with the Armoury and the Musketry
and Revolver Course.
ally.
Inspector Un Hew Fan for good service as a Unit Command- er (Proviously commended by the C.P.S. for intelligent handling of a forged note case.)
C. Sergt 41. Pun Yun Fong for good service as a Stores Officer, and generally.
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Staff
Cr. Sergt 545 C. M. Castro for exceptional services Equipment Officer.
Cr. Sergt 657 P. C. Faithful for much voluntary extra work on the Wharves with the Search - Supervisors Squad.
Sergeant 548 Baptista for long and good service.
Sergeant 4 George Lee for good services on the Wharves with the Search Supervisors Squad.
P.C. 137 Chan Yuk Shu for iconsistent good police work, (Three times commended by the Captain Superintendent of Police for (a) saving life in the street, (b) smart arrest and (c) smart
!arrest.)
Ambulance P.C. 161 Leung Cheung Man for consistent good police work. (Three times com-
mended by G.S.P. for (a) good work during a typhoon, (b) pluck in going to the aid of regular police, and (c) smart arrest.)
P.C. 204 Lam Kwai Yien for good police work. (Three times commended (a) by the Puisne Judge for pluck in a
consistent
stabbing case, (b) by the C.S.P. fora plucky arrest at great per- sonal danger and (c) for a smart arrest.)
P.C. 763 A. Hicks for good work as Editor of the Police
Reserve Gazette.
P.O. 707 E. J. Noronha for good work as Manager of the Police
Reserve Gazette.
Bandsman 583 D.C. Baptista for long and good service.
P.C. 537 J.G. Ozorio for long and good service.
P.C. 334 N.C. Lorenciano for long and good service.
P.C. 569 AM. Silva for long and good service,
COMMENDED SERVICE. Sergeant Major Roylance for plucky arres: of an armed man (Previously awarded Good Service Medal, also commended by Police Magistrate for zeal and activity), Staff Inspector G. Watt for smart action in effecting an arrest.
Staff Inspector Taylor consist ent good police work.
Inspector Butterfield by H. E the Governor for prompt action in saving life in Harbour. Also by the C. S. P. for special services in connection with the Search Supervisors Squad. (Previously awarded Good Service Medal).
Musketry Sergt. 722 A.el Arculli for services at the Armoury and with the Musketry Department.
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their custody. She is discovered Music, however has been a by her husband, which part is familiar art in China from im- acted by T. Jerome Lawler. The memorial times.
There is a latter returns to discover his tradition that it was invented by Cantons
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b. a wonderful piece of acting on traditions that it was introduced | Yanglazes the part of the great star, har into China by the first migration Far Easterns opposite and the two little ones. of aliens into that country the
FIRE INSURANCES. Mine. Kalich in this picture invaders being tribes from the China Fires play does acting which critics region of the Caspian. This theory H. K. Fires assert is eveu more wonderful of an early invasion of China than her stage triumphs. She is gives to speculation as to who great advocate of the motion were actual autochthones, if picture, and doubtless feels before not, indeed, as to whether there the camera an inspiration whichever were any such people. We 15 as great or greater than that hear of every land having been
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habitants. How about the cher acting a power
of Basques or the Arnauts?
But to return of our muttons pantomimic reaches the vory peak of dramatic which should, of course, be to
expression which expressive act. The internat our
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wit, Chinese
ional actress who has appeared music. It is related that the the stages of many countries music of the Emperor Fu-Hsi is supported it air. Fox's latest was called "Fu-lai" that of the film by a strong company, many Emperor Shen-Sung. "Fa-te," of whom have noteworthy stage and that of the Etaperor Huang
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"Hsien-chih." These names were not the titles of specia! compositions, bat were applied to music as a whole, the last of Sergt. 728 Beattie for special the services with the Search supervis- pervading influence," a phrase three meaning the "all- ing Squad.
which clearly indicates the gen P.C. 611 H. A. Allen for special eral use and vast importance services with the Search Super-nich music had by that time visors Squad.
P.C. 827 Karis Deen for smart gained in the Flowery Kingdom. arrest of a snatcher. (Previously Hoang-li, who dates from 2697 commended for intelligent action B. U., is known in history as the in Yaumati coal stealing case.) "fellow Emperor," and it was
P.C. 513 Remedios for smart in
Ewas his time, apparently, that arrest of a snatcher.
P.C. 522 Cruz for smart arrest acteristic and unique form.
Jainese music assumes its char-1 of a pickpocket.
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Following this epochal reign, succeeding Emperors compose musical pieces after the fashion set by Huang-Ti and introduced into the great religious special services with the Search The Emperor Shun in 2255
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Ambulance P.C. 144 Li Wing piece is said so greatly to have and thief, Also for courageous facins, six centuries later, that for conduct in saving the life of a three months after first hearing would-be suicide by drowning. it he could scarcely think of any Bugler 195 Lai Duen Foo for thing else in his own words, for smart arrest of a snatcher.
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or in the folk music of the people.tubes be made in the proportion of Each of the five notes is assumed three to two, they wil barmonize to have a special and peculiar in tone as partecily as earth and significance. The five correspond heaven. So the base tube of the with the five planets, Mercury, instrument was made niso inches Venus, Mars, Jupiter and long and the second two-thirds Saturn, with the five colours, black, that length, or six inches. white, red, yellow and blue, course the third had to be two- which now adorn the Chinese chirds the length of the second, flag, with the five elements, for four inches; and so on. The wood, water, earth, metal and resul; was that the note of the fire, and with the fire points of second tube was what we call an the, compas, north, south, east, finterval of a fifth above that of the west and centre. They are also first, that of the third a fifth assumed to be identified with the above, the second, and so on fire relations of man and affairs, through the whole range. as follows The note "kung' With the abolition of the old corresponds with the Emperor empire and the establishment of become a lost art and that nothing head of the State; the note ceptible increase
or now with the President, the
a Chinese republic there is a per- of patriotic like it was known in their later shang" with the Ministers of spirit which will doubtless in times. That may be so, yet it is state;chiao" with the people; time result in the development of difficult to believe that no trace"chih" with politics, the affair natural airs and has already led of ancient music remains in China of State; and yu" with material to the adoption of one national to-day, or that modern Chinese
objects. music is not largely a survival of
anthem. This has supplanted in The characteristic musical in-that capacity the piece called that of the days of Hoang-Ti. Istrument of the Chinese is a ser-"The World's Delight," which such is not the case, it would baies of bamboo tubes, the longest was formerly called by some the interesting to know when modern of which measures about nine in-national air of China, Chinese music had its origin,
Chinese music has theoretical- ly seven notes in the scale, though in fact only five are used: whether in the ritual music of the temples and State functions
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ches, and of which the remainder is a composition of considerable diminish in length at a regular melodic and harmonic interest, ratio, each being just two-thirds but showing decided marks of the length of the one before. Western influence. Indeed, it This arrangement was devised by can scarcely be considered char- the Chinese-they say, by the acteristic Chinese music at all, Emperor Huang-fi-on the save in some peculiar cadences. following principle: Between Another, called "Moo-Li-Ws," heaven and earth there is perfect or the "Flower Bong" is far harmony. Now, the number three more typically Chinese, but is is the emblem of heaven and two scarcely to be ranked of earth. It, then, two pipes or patriotic or national anthem.
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